History Frasier / TropesHToM

** In the episode about Niles having previously donated to a sperm bank and going in to check if any had been used, the scene swerves wildly back and forth between between "teehee sperm" type jokes and seriously addressing Niles discovering his likely infertility and inability to conceive with Daphne.

** Frasier’s psychiatric brilliance can fall into this category as well. His radio show is little more than an advice column in the vein of “Dear Abby,” which doles out trite advice more than psychiatric diagnoses. To be fair, Niles does lampshade this on occasion, lamenting that he is a much more accomplished psychiatrist than Frasier despite the fame his radio show has brought him. Gets a bit zig-zagged as ''Series/{{Cheers}}'’, helped established his psychiatric credentials, and on occasion he would successfully demonstrate his abilities [[RuleOfFunny when the show allowed him]].

** Frasier was often stated to be a “stickler for his ethics,” but shows no compunction about being dishonest and conniving in order to sleep with women. His deceitful ways stoop to a nadir in “Out With Dad.”
** Frasier’s psychiatric brilliance can fall into this category as well. His radio show is little more than an advice column in the vein of “Dear Abby,” which doles out trite advice more than psychiatric diagnoses. To be fair, Niles does lampshade this on occasion, lamenting that he is a much more accomplished psychiatrist than Frasier despite the fame his radio show has brought him.

* HollywoodDateless: Played with. They [[YankTheDogsChain yank Frasier's chain]] an awful lot, but he ''does'' get a lot of dates, but he's also a local celebrity with notable wealth who's got frequent dating problems.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In one episode, Frasier [[AtTheOperaTonight drags Martin to see]] ''Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}'', and he spends most of his time lampshading the sillier tropes of [[{{Opera}} the genre]], such as {{GASP}}, FawltyTowersPlot, TheBeard and LoveDodecahedron. Frasier's [[GilliganCut well-timed]] {{GASP}} is the cue for [[WhoWritesThisCrap an entire episode full of exactly that kind]] of {{Farce}}.

** Frasier appears to be an offender: while having sex with Kate in her office, Roz, listening in and believing him to be going through intensive salary negotiations, hears him "banging on the desk and screaming "More! More! More!"". Later when they have sex on air he's heard yelling "Yes! YES!!! I am a bad boy, aren't I, you dirty girl!" before [[OhCrap noticing the "on air" light]]. [[spoiler:Roz]] also mentions him yelling "Outstanding!" while they were having sex.

** The episode "Guns N' Neuroses" has Frasier and Lilith help a couple in the next door room fix their marriage, at which point they go back to their room and make up very... ''loudly''.

* IncrediblyLamePun: Plenty.
** They tend to crop up when Frasier describing his sexual conquests. {{Lampshaded}} by Niles when he asks if Frasier actually ever says those lines in front of his dates. Frasier admits that he's not ''that'' foolish.
--->'''Frasier:''' I guess someone wanted to rack up a few more frequent Frasier miles.
** Daphne asks Frasier if one particular romantic interest likes his bad puns, and comments, "She's a keeper!" when he tells her she actually likes them.
** In a convention in Aspen:
--->'''Frasier:''' My fellow psychiatrists, as I watched you on the slopes today I realised I had never seen so many Freudians slip!
** And occasionally a not-so-lame one, such after Daphne has a fall after becoming [[HideYourPregnancy obese]]:
--->'''Martin:''' I just thought of something funny: it took three Cranes to lift you.
** A notable one came from a title card reading "Sleepless in Seattle". The card humorously lampshades the groan-worthiness of this in parentheses with "(you knew we had to do it eventually)".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGGRNR4RTio The last straw.]]

* InstantTasteAddiction: In the episode "Roe to Pedition", Roz doesn't see what the big deal is about caviar, and Frasier says she's never had ''proper'' caviar and offers her a taste of top quality Beluga caviar, before reminding her she's not invited to the party where it's being served. Since the whole caviar business is being [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin presented as a drug deal]], Roz becomes totally addicted based on that one taste.

** In Season Five's "Room Service", after Frasier catches Lilith and Niles after their one night stand:

* InsufferableGenius: One thirteen year old caller to Frasier's show (played by Creator/ElijahWood) calls about bullies picking on him for his smarts. After Frasier advises him that he'll get the last laugh later in life, the caller immediately turns into this, picking apart Frasier's advice and outright insulting him for it. Frasier then in turn takes a certain amount of vindictive glee in pointing out that the caller had now just announced to any his bullies who might have been listening exactly where he is.
* InventedInvalid: {{Discussed}} in "The Two Mrs Cranes". Gil is looking to get out of a dinner party, and asks Frasier to back him up on an excuse. Frasier explains he's driving his father to his army reunion. Gil assumes it's this trope, and laments that he can't use the same excuse - he already "killed off" his father to escape a "Labour Day Clam Bake".

* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: Zora's reaction to Martin introducing Daphne as his physical therapist in "Beware Of Greeks".

** In the first two seasons, Martin refers to Frasier as Dr. Crane when he's annoyed at him and/or thinks he's handled something badly (for instance, the AccidentalInnuendo-laden breakfast in "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast?")

* InsistentTerminology : Daphne is Martin's ''Physical Therapist''. Not the maid, nor the housekeeper.

* MonochromeCasting: All the main characters, and pretty much all the supporting cast, are whiter than an aggressive Zinfandel. However, the black people that did appear had quite a broad scope. One black recurring character was "Dr." Mary, a stereotypical SassyBlackWoman who Frasier was terrified of criticizing for [[WhiteGuilt fear of being seen as racist]] — an unusually no-nonsense approach to racial issues for a 90s sitcom. On the other hand, Frasier's SitcomArchnemesis Cam Winston was a wealthy, fussy snob very much like Frasier himself, and the fact that he was black was a complete non-issue. Cam's mother was also briefly used as a love interest for Frasier's father, Martin. Another memorable guest appearance was Creator/JamesEarlJones as a blind man, making him a TwoferTokenMinority. Considering UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}'s demographics, though, an even bigger oversight is that hardly any Asian people, who make up 1/8th of the city's population in real life, have speaking roles. The publisher Sam Tanaka in "Author, Author" is a rare example, as well as a focus group member in "Focus Group".

* MonochromeCasting: All the main characters, and pretty much all the supporting cast, are whiter than an aggressive Zinfandel. However, the black people that did appear had quite a broad scope. One black recurring character was "Dr." Mary, a stereotypical SassyBlackWoman who Frasier was terrified of criticizing for [[WhiteGuilt fear of being seen as racist]] — an unusually no-nonsense approach to racial issues for a 90s sitcom. On the other hand, Frasier's SitcomArchnemesis Cam Winston was a wealthy, fussy snob very much like Frasier himself, and the fact that he was black was a complete non-issue. Cam's mother was also briefly used as a love interest for Frasier's father, Martin. Another memorable guest appearance was Creator/JamesEarlJones as a blind man, making him a TwoferTokenMinority. Considering UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}'s demographics, though, an even bigger oversight is that hardly any Asian people appear, who make up 1/8th of the city's population in real life. (The publisher Sam Tanaka in "Author, Author" is a rare example, and a focus group member in "Focus Group".)

* KillEmAll: How Frasier's live radio drama ends in "Ham Radio" when an annoyed Niles - in an InUniverse case of WagTheDirector - hijacks the proceedings and kills off the entire cast in about 30 seconds.
-->[[BlackComedy Could the [=McAllister=] sisters stand back to back? I'm short on bullets]]. [BANG]

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Roz's arrogantly ignorant hipster friend Jen (a pre-famous Creator/ZooeyDeschanel), who, among other things, wants to go to Vietnam on vacation [[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance because "Americans haven't heard of" the country]], and that an art gallery mostly focused on paintings of ''landscapes'' [[InsaneTrollLogic is intended to "make us feel good" about]] [[YouKeepUsingThatWord American "imperialism"]].

** "Bristle While You Work": Niles has been dealing with insane coincidences (an African American Niles greets an African American Daphne at one point, and he's constantly winning a water bottle cap prize like fanny packs). He finally goes to the doctor to have an earache checked, at everyone's insistance that since he's been hitting long odds all day, it might be serious.

-->'''Roz:''' Wow Frasier, I'm impressed you're so good at charades!
-->'''Frasier:''' I'm impressed you could [[ReallyGetsAround mime a virgin...]]

-->'''Daphne:''' It's an English expression. What does it mean here?
-->'''Frasier:''' Oh, something else. You'd definitely be awake for it, though.

* HurricaneOfPuns

--->'''Frasier:''' Now, now, now, Niles, withholding sex may be just as difficult on Maris! She may crumble first!
--->'''Niles:''' Are you ''serious''? One hour of passion can sustain her for months. She stores it up like some sexual camel.