ΨPhilosophy/PsychologyReferenced in 5 episodes
Oedipus complex
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A psychoanalytic concept originated by Sigmund Freud, describing a child's unconscious desire for the opposite-sex parent and rivalry with the same-sex parent.
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Oedipus complex appears across 5 episodes of Frasier.
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.”
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.”