History Awesome / Frasier

* In another meta-level, ''Frasier'' aired opposite ''Series/HomeImprovement''. More than a few television critics noted that ''Frasier'' was able to celebrate intelligent comedy about two pompous brothers against what was the poster child for lowbrow, lowest-common denominator family sitcoms.

* Frasier's toast in "And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon", which was basically a covert TakeThat at Mel (to all but her, that is).
-->'''Frasier:''' Well, ah... Love...is an awesome force. It can make us do things we never imagined possible. For you see, we don't actually choose love, it chooses us. And once it has, we are powerless to do anything about it. Ladies and gentlemen, raise your glasses with me in toasting my brother... and the love of his life. For she is truly the woman of his dreams, and my father and I could not be more thrilled with his choice. To the happy couple!
** ''She'' knew exactly who it was about; the toast was for the benefit for everyone who wasn't aware of the complicated secret wedding / RunawayBride / Niles and Daphne situation that Mel was spitefully forcing Niles to conceal; that's partly what makes it so awesome.
** It becomes even more brutal given what occurred directly before the toast. Mel, trying to humiliate Frasier, announces that HE will be toasting her sham marriage with Niles, much to his surprise. So just on the spot, he comes up with the above toast, and in one fell swoop, gets every single friend of Mel's to toast Niles and DAPHNE, and does so in such a manner that she cannot even respond and has to feign happiness about it.
** Subverted in that Mel gives him a {{Touche}} then promises to make ''his'' life hell by allying herself with Donny.
* And again "And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon", the rooftop scene. "Your table is ready, Sir" is possibly one of the most glorious lines uttered by Kelsey Grammer.

* Another contender for Martin's [=CMOA=] is at the end of "The Ring Cycle", in which Niles and Daphne have a spur-of-the-moment isolated wedding, followed by several staged weddings so no one's feelings are hurt for missing the real one, with different people "in" on each layer of deceit. In the end, the truth is revealed that they all missed the real wedding, and everyone bickers about it, except Martin, who says "I just have one question. If you two are already married, why aren't you on your honeymoon?" Made better by the fact Daphne calls him "Martin" for the first time.

* In a meta-level, only ''Frasier'' could take post-9/11 patriotism and get laughs out of it, as it did in "Mother Load".

* In 'Radio Wars', Frasier is the victim of relentless shock-jock pranks from KACL's new morning show "Carlos and The Chicken". He decides to fight back by making a speech to them deriding their actions, which he gleefully describes as containing quotes from Mencken, Twain, La Rouchefoucauld, etc. Martin warns him that if he does that, they'll never leave him alone, and likens the situation to when Frasier and Niles, as children, used to run around in bowler hats pretending to be John Steed from ''Series/TheAvengers'', and thus marked themselves out as targets. Frasier opts to go ahead with the speech anyway, and when Roz gives him the same warning Martin did, he says this:

* Niles gets one in "The Guilt Trippers" when, upon deciding to marry Daphne, he travels all the way to Manchester and tracks down her father Harry, whom he wants to reconcile with Gertrude. In the TimeSkip between this and the next episode, "Moons Over Seattle", Harry tosses him out five times and Niles marches back in ''each and every time''. Niles doesn't tell Daphne what he did, but after Harry and Gertrude fail to reunite, Harry confides to Daphne how Niles kept coming back, proving to Harry that he really is the right man for Daphne. This is the catalyst event that brings Daphne to Niles' door, saying she wants to marry him that very night. And TheyDo!

'''Frasier:''' When you see that newspaper headline: "Big Willy Boone, Millionaire, Dead." Oh, how I wish I could be there when you watch the funeral on the news. ''[Bebe is grinning along with Frasier]'' Watch the casket being slipped into the ground. Only, you won't be watching that. No, no, you'll be watching... the widow Boone. Tiffany, perhaps. Oh no, better yet, "Kelli" - with an "I"!\\

** After a long week at work, Frasier is looking forward to a nice evening at home with his family and friends celebrating his father's birthday, only to find them all miserable and at each other's necks. After trying to get everyone to lay their problems aside from the night, he finally steps in and doles out advice, the one thing he'd been hoping to avoid. Once everyone's feeling better, they hear word of another party and are about to step out. And Frasier gives this speech:

* In "Frasier-Lite", Frasier finds out than one member of the team his own team are competing against is a former childhood bully of his, who once stole a chess set than belonged to him. The bully makes a deal in which if Frasier wins, the bully will buy him a new chess set. If the bully wins, Frasier has to wear a skirt on T.V. As they prepare to shake on the deal, the bully yanks his hand away, yelling "psyche". Once Frasier's team finally win, the bully grudginly asks where he needs to go to get the chess set.

** And to add to this, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHxCfbxQRAM one of the flashbacks in]] "Crock Tales" takes place immediately after this, and as Daphne raves on to a very surprised/stunned Roz, Niles is so good Daphne says "He's spoiled me for any other man."

* The beginning of "Daphne's room in Season Two. Frasier, alone in the apartment, taps out a few Mozart notes on the piano... Then launches into an absolutely DYNAMITE rendition of "Great Balls Of Fire"! Then immediately switches back to Mozart when his dad and Daphne walk in.

** Niles FINALLY being able to get one over on Maris, when he and Donny discover that her family made their money through urinal cakes rather than through lumber. Niles' "Hellooooooooo Maris!" (she's in the middle of a week-long vow of silence) as he reclines and puts his feet up on Donny's desk is fantastic.

* That glorious moment when Niles [[spoiler:unwraps Roz's gift]] at the [[TheTag very end]] of 'Visions of Daphne'. Just try watching that without the biggest grin on your face. Doubles as meta-awesome in that the writers are investing something so insignificant with so much meaning thanks to a ''masterful'', lengthy buildup - and, this being the season finale, providing the perfect CliffHanger on the way when [[spoiler: viewers begin to suspect it's all [[FauxShadow fauxshadowing]]]].

* From "Taking Liberties", Niles finally calling Mel out on all the misery she'd been putting him through. He's less concerned about his own suffering, and more about Daphne's. The scene is also a brilliant rebuttal to the view espoused by Frasier's new butler in the episode that class is an insurmountable barrier, [[spoiler:ultimately leading to said butler deciding to try to rekindle a mutual attraction with an upper class lady from his past.]]

** Niles FINALLY being able to get one over on Maris, when he and Donny discover that her family made their money through [[spoiler: urinal cakes]] rather than through lumber. Niles' "Hellooooooooo Maris!" (she's in the middle of a week-long vow of silence) as he reclines and puts his feet up on Donny's desk is fantastic.

* Even if it was [[spoiler: AllJustADream]], Martin and Ronnee's [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic cabaret-style musical number]] at the end of "Freudian Sleep" definitely qualifies - not only because of their [[TheCastShowoff singing abilities]], but because it serves to end on an otherwise surreal, disturbing episode on a high note that's Awesome, Funny, and Heartwarming all in one.

* Season 6's "Dinner Party" was a BottleEpisode that takes place almost entirely within one room. It is also universally hailed as one of the series' best episodes. It speaks to the show's writing and acting that such a terrific episode can be created that almost exclusively relied on dialogue.

* In 'The Show Must Go On', although it's not presented as awesome considering he's a terrible actor, it is pretty impressive that Jackson Headley does his one-man show with a broken leg.

* Even if it was [[spoiler: AllJustADream]], Martin and Ronnee's [[AwesomeMusic cabaret-style musical number]] at the end of "Freudian Sleep" definitely qualifies - not only because of their [[TheCastShowoff singing abilities]], but because it serves to end on an otherwise surreal, disturbing episode on a high note that's Awesome, Funny, and Heartwarming all in one.

* In another meta-level, ''Frasier'' aired opposite ''Film/HomeImprovement''. More than a few television critics noted that ''Frasier'' was able to celebrate intelligent comedy about two pompous brothers against what was the poster child for lowbrow, lowest-common denominator family sitcoms.

** Subverted in that Mel gives him a {{Touche}} then promises to make ''his'' life hell by allying himself with Donny.

* Bebe is incredibly condescending toward Daphne, assuming that she's some kind of servant. So in "Agents in America, Part III", Daphne gives Bebe one of Eddie's "cookies".

'''Daphne:''' Yes, and it'll remove tartar and give you a nice, shiny coat!

'''Daphne:'''' Oh, well. I might as well. I never really have understood this game. ''(lines up a shot)'' Never understood it, when I started playing with me older brothers, at the age of six. ''(sinks the shot)'' And I never understood it during all my formative years, spent mostly in the pool halls of Manchester. ''(sinks the shot)'' Playing in local competitions and club tournaments. ''(sinks the shot)'' Winning cup after cup after cup until our poor dad had to convert the pantry into a trophy room. ''(sinks the shot)'' And I can't really claim to understand it ''(aside)'' eight ball in far corner ''(resumes)'' even today. ''(sinks the last shot)'' But I certainly do enjoy it.

* Whether or not you agree with the title character's beliefs in "Dr. Nora", you have to admit that she was a smug, holier-than-thou shrew to everybody she came in contact with. (And a stereotypical StrawFeminist, at that!) So, when Frasier tracked down her ''mother,'' who then charges into the studio, reveals all of Dr. Nora's dirty laundry '''on the air,''' and completely shatters her superior attitude in less than 60 seconds and leaves her a hysterically sobbing mess, it is LaserGuidedKarma at its best. The best part is that Frasier was only trying to help, while Roz disapproved, wanting violence over reconcillation. When Mrs. Mulhern bellows, '''''"YOU LITTLE WHORE!!!"''''', Roz jumps up and down gleefully exclaiming, "I was wrong, Frasier! Your way '''''is''''' better!"

'''Frasier:'''' Perhaps I can better illustrate my point by reading from a poem entitled, "An Onion for Trisha."\\

'''Frasier:''' Yes. Yes, and how did you love her? From afar. You were never in love '''''with''''' her, you were in love '''''at''''' her. Now, you've been given a chance to experience her in a real relationship and yet for some reason, you're '''''resisting''''' it. Rather than see her as she really '''''is''''', you keep holding on to the ''memory''.\\

'''Frasier:''' ''(almost angry)'' Niles, the woman gained '''''sixty pounds''''', and everyone in the world saw it but ''you''. All you ever saw was a perfect woman in a red dress.\\

'''Frasier:''' Maybe Daphne's not the only one who's afraid she won't measure up. Maybe you're afraid too. After all, if it turns out she's not perfect, then there's a chance things won't work out. Then not only will you lose Daphne, but you'll have wasted the last '''''seven years''''' of your life chasing an '''''illusion'''''.

* Niles vs Gunnar the Bavarian fencing instructor. Errol Flynn is born again!

--> '''Frasier:''' He demands an apology! He did not steal your... ''shoes.''
--> '''Niles:''' ...'''Shoes!?'''
--> '''Frasier:''' Yes. Sorry. Apparently I mistranslated.

* Niles finally calling Mel out on all the misery she'd been putting him through. He's less concerned about his own suffering, and more about Daphne's. The scene is also a brilliant rebuttal to the view espoused by Frasier's new butler in the episode that class is an insurmountable barrier, [[spoiler:ultimately leading to said butler deciding to try to rekindle a mutual attraction with an upper class lady from his past.]]

--->'''Leo:''' But before you take that shot, why don't we make this a little more interesting? All you have to do to win is run those last five balls. So what do you say we double our bet?\\