ΨPhilosophy/PsychologyReferenced in 5 episodes
Oedipus complex
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A Freudian psychoanalytic concept describing a child's unconscious desire to compete with and surpass the same-sex parent.
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Oedipus complex appears across 5 episodes of Frasier.
Chess Pains
Season 3 · Episode 18 · S03E18
“it's the classic Oedipal conflict”
The Focus Group
Season 3 · Episode 23 · S03E23
“hate that Oedipal thing, but, oh, love the penis envy!”
The Impossible Dream
Season 4 · Episode 3 · S04E03
“It's the classic Oedipal dream!”
Momma Mia
Season 7 · Episode 1 · S07E01
“I'm talking about Freud's theory of the "Oedipus Complex." He believed that every man subconsciously wants to sleep with his mother and kill his father.”
Kenny On the Couch
Season 10 · Episode 17 · S10E17
“A controlling, narcissistic father and an overprotective mother. It has all the earmarks of a classic Oedipus complex. Well, well. Old friend, we meet again.”