Oedipus

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Reference to the Oedipus complex, a psychoanalytic concept developed by Sigmund Freud describing a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent. The joke plays on 'oedipal' vs 'edible.'

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Appearance

Mentioned once in A Lilith Thanksgiving.

A Lilith Thanksgiving

Season 4 · Episode 7 · S04E07

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“So the rabbit said to the bear, "No, no, I said 'oedipal,' not 'edible!'"”
— Frasier

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