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Oedipus Complex

Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory that children have unconscious sexual desires for the parent of the opposite sex and rivalrous feelings toward the same-sex parent.

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All 5 Appearances

Oedipus Complex appears across 5 episodes of Frasier.

Momma Mia

Season 7 · Episode 1 · S07E01

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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.
Niles

Chess Pains

Season 3 · Episode 18 · S03E18

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it's the classic Oedipal conflict
Frasier

The Focus Group

Season 3 · Episode 23 · S03E23

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hate that Oedipal thing, but, oh, love the penis envy!
Frasier

The Impossible Dream

Season 4 · Episode 3 · S04E03

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It's the classic Oedipal dream!
Niles

Kenny On the Couch

Season 10 · Episode 17 · S10E17

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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.
Frasier

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