Someone To Watch Over Me

Sally Field's famous 1985 Oscar acceptance speech for Places in the Heart, often misquoted as 'You like me, you really like me!'

“They like me, they really like me.”— Frasier

A 1969 disaster film about the eruption of Krakatoa. The scene heading 'Krakatoa, West of Java (The Movie Was Wrong)' references the film's geographical error —…

“KRAKATOA, WEST OF JAVA (THE MOVIE WAS WRONG)”— Scene heading

Lizzie Borden (1860-1927) was an American woman tried and acquitted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother in 1892, becoming a figure of American folkl…

“Lizzie Borden. I want you to autograph my hatchet.”— Niles

Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme was a follower of Charles Manson who attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975.

“Does the name "Squeaky Fromme" mean anything to you?”— Martin

A popular Christmas song and character about a reindeer with a glowing red nose who guides Santa's sleigh.

“Whoa Roz. Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?”— Bulldog

A popular song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1926 musical Oh, Kay! The episode title and act title reference this son…

“SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME”— Episode title

A 1986 pop ballad by Chris de Burgh about a man captivated by a woman in a red dress.

“THE LADY IN RED”— Scene heading

An indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon known for their traditional hunting practices and distinctive art.

“On a trip to the Amazon I was able to observe the hunters of the primitive Shipibo tribe.”— Frasier

The headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service of London, commonly associated with famous criminal investigations.

“That's exactly how Scotland Yard caught "The Butcher of Brighton".”— Daphne

A fictional serial killer referenced by Daphne in her anecdote about handwriting analysis.

“That's exactly how Scotland Yard caught "The Butcher of Brighton". He used big loops — a clear sign of anger.”— Daphne

A volcanic island in Indonesia famous for its catastrophic 1883 eruption, one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events in recorded history.

“my nose erupts like Krakatoa!”— Roz

NASA's reusable spacecraft program (1981-2011), referenced here humorously to suggest Roz's blemish is visible from orbit.

“From where? The Space Shuttle?”— Roz

'The Flying Dutchman,' an opera by Richard Wagner, premiered in 1843, about a ghostly captain doomed to sail the seas forever.

“Frasier and I are going to the opera. We're seeing "Der fliegende Hollander".”— Niles