After having enough of Martin startling him, Frasier's attempt at giving Martin a taste of his own medicine backfires.
Tropes:
- Continuity Nod: This isn’t Frasier's first time dressing up as a clown and frightening an elderly person.
- Hollywood Heart Attack: Martin collapses with a heart attack after Frasier scares him with the clown costume. It ultimately turns out to be a "mild cardiac event" and nothing life-threatening. When he finally tells Ronnee about it she indicates that she's had worse happen to her.Ronnee: No surgery, home the next day, that's a bee sting. Did they use the paddles?
Martin: No.
Ronee: Well, talk to me after they've used the paddles.
Martin: (shocked, awed) You had the paddles?
Ronee: All right, let's just say I didn't have the best lipo guy, okay. - Wham Episode: Martin and Ronnee get engaged to the shock of his sons.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Frasier is treating a woman with severe Coulrophobia which is affecting her ability to work as a pediatric nurse. During one session he attempts exposure therapy with a Jack-in-the-Box to mixed results.Frasier: Is there anything you want to say to our little clown friend?
Mimi: Please don't kill me.
