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* SophisticatedAsHell: During his rant Frasier refers to the situation between himself, Sam and Diane as a "menage-a-boobs".
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Cliff Clavin, usually wrong about everything short of the color of the sky, insists that Wile E. Coyote is not trying to catch a roadrunner, but rather ''that particular'' roadrunner. According to Chuck Jones, that was actually the point of the shorts. Of course, since this is Cliff and Cheers, the barflies dismiss this and continue arguing.
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* IResembleThatRemark: As Frasier tries to point out to Sam and Diane that they are still in love and won't admit it, they begin yelling that he's wrong, forcing him to yell over them so that he can continue.
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Episode: Season 4, Episode 15\\
Title: The Triangle\\
Directed by: Creator/JamesBurrows\\
Written by: Creator/SusanSeeger\\
Air Date: January 23, 1986\\
Previous: Suspicion\\
Next: Cliffie's Big Score\\
Guest Starring: Creator/KelseyGrammer, Creator/AlRosen]
"The Triangle" is the 15th episode of the fourth season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
It's been the better part of a year since Diane Chambers the RunawayBride left Frasier Crane at the altar in Italy, and Frasier (Creator/KelseyGrammer) still hasn't gotten over it. In fact, he's still at the bar, jobless, running up a big tab as he drowns his sorrows with beer. Disturbed at Frasier's condition, and feeling guilty since after all it is her fault, Diane decides they have to help him. Her plan: have Sam pretend that he's suffering from depression, and go to Frasier for "help". Curing Sam will give Frasier the confidence boost he needs to get his life back in order and start practicing psychiatry again.
Initially, this stunt fails badly. However, the next day Frasier comes back into the bar in triumph, announcing that he has figured out Sam's real problem: Sam is still in love with Diane, and he won't admit it, not even to himself. That's bad enough, but Sam is really horrified when Frasier insists that Sam has to admit this to Diane.
In the (pretty abbreviated) B-plot, Cliff lures Norm into a painting party at Cliff's house.
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!!Tropes:
* BoyfriendBluff: After Frasier says that he thinks Sam has to confess his love for Diane, a panicked Sam goes to Diane. She says they have to lie about having a moment where they professed their love for each other.
* DrowningMySorrows: Frasier is still in Cheers drinking heavily, months after Diane dumped him. It's gotten to the point where he's going to have to sell books and furniture to pay his bar tab.
* EroticDream: Frasier makes an admission in passing that he's been dreaming about Diane naked.
* EternalLove: Invoked by Diane, when she and Sam "plan out" [[ItMakesSenseInContext their false account of a romantic evening together, to fool Frasier]]. When supplying Sam's [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel ideal declaration of love]], she basically [[RomanticHyperbole pulls out all the stops]]:
-->'''Diane:''' ''[Dictating]'' "I love you, Diane.... I've always loved you--and I always will, to the day I die. ''No''...[[TogetherInDeath not even the]] ''[[TogetherInDeath grave]]'' [[TogetherInDeath will diminish our love]]--[[ThePowerOfLove only make its flame burn brighter...!]]"\\
'''Sam:''' Whatever.
** BrickJoke:
--->'''Sam:''' It's gotta be more. Something like, "I love you so much, I can't stand it. As far as I'm concerned, you're the only person in the world that matters to me, and I'd jump at the chance to be your ''love slave''."\\
'''Diane:''' Whatever.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Frasier's frustration at Sam and Diane boils over, and he tells them the unvarnished truth.
--> '''Frasier''': You two may not have the courage to face it, but I finally do. Sam and Diane, you are now and have always been, hopelessly in, I guess the word for it is "love." And unfortunately for you, like it or not, you always will be. I know! I know! Now you're gonna deny it. Even though it's ludicrously obvious to everyone around you, you two will go on pretending it's not true because you're emotional infants! You're in a living hell. You love each other and you hate each other. And you hate yourselves for loving each other. Well, my dear friends, I want no part of it. It's time I just picked up my life where I left off. It's time to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again. So I'll get out of here now so you can just get on with your denial fest.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Happens InUniverse when the gang starts discussing the ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner'' cartoons:
--> '''Norm:''' ''[Sarcastically]'' I suppose that means the coyote is the ANTICHRIST!
* FridgeLogic: InUniverse, as the gang wonders why Wile E. Coyote doesn't just take all the money he spends on Acme products and use it to buy food.
* SeinfeldianConversation: The gang goes off on a tangent about Wile E. Coyote, much to Diane's irritation as she's trying to get them to focus on Frasier.
* ShownTheirWork: Frasier buys a new suit at Louis. Louis was a store for fancy men's clothes in Boston from 1930 to 2015.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Frasier comes back to the bar in a snazzy three-piece suit. As he explains later in the episode ("It's time I just picked up my life where I left off. It's time to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again."), he is putting his life back together.
* SorkinRelationshipMoment: Diane's OldFlame Frasier calls Sam and Diane out on their reluctance to admit their feelings for one another.
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Episode: Season 4, Episode 15\\
Title: The Triangle\\
Directed by: Creator/JamesBurrows\\
Written by: Creator/SusanSeeger\\
Air Date: January 23, 1986\\
Previous: Suspicion\\
Next: Cliffie's Big Score\\
Guest Starring: Creator/KelseyGrammer, Creator/AlRosen]
"The Triangle" is the 15th episode of the fourth season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
It's been the better part of a year since Diane Chambers the RunawayBride left Frasier Crane at the altar in Italy, and Frasier (Creator/KelseyGrammer) still hasn't gotten over it. In fact, he's still at the bar, jobless, running up a big tab as he drowns his sorrows with beer. Disturbed at Frasier's condition, and feeling guilty since after all it is her fault, Diane decides they have to help him. Her plan: have Sam pretend that he's suffering from depression, and go to Frasier for "help". Curing Sam will give Frasier the confidence boost he needs to get his life back in order and start practicing psychiatry again.
Initially, this stunt fails badly. However, the next day Frasier comes back into the bar in triumph, announcing that he has figured out Sam's real problem: Sam is still in love with Diane, and he won't admit it, not even to himself. That's bad enough, but Sam is really horrified when Frasier insists that Sam has to admit this to Diane.
In the (pretty abbreviated) B-plot, Cliff lures Norm into a painting party at Cliff's house.
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!!Tropes:
* BoyfriendBluff: After Frasier says that he thinks Sam has to confess his love for Diane, a panicked Sam goes to Diane. She says they have to lie about having a moment where they professed their love for each other.
* DrowningMySorrows: Frasier is still in Cheers drinking heavily, months after Diane dumped him. It's gotten to the point where he's going to have to sell books and furniture to pay his bar tab.
* EroticDream: Frasier makes an admission in passing that he's been dreaming about Diane naked.
* EternalLove: Invoked by Diane, when she and Sam "plan out" [[ItMakesSenseInContext their false account of a romantic evening together, to fool Frasier]]. When supplying Sam's [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel ideal declaration of love]], she basically [[RomanticHyperbole pulls out all the stops]]:
-->'''Diane:''' ''[Dictating]'' "I love you, Diane.... I've always loved you--and I always will, to the day I die. ''No''...[[TogetherInDeath not even the]] ''[[TogetherInDeath grave]]'' [[TogetherInDeath will diminish our love]]--[[ThePowerOfLove only make its flame burn brighter...!]]"\\
'''Sam:''' Whatever.
** BrickJoke:
--->'''Sam:''' It's gotta be more. Something like, "I love you so much, I can't stand it. As far as I'm concerned, you're the only person in the world that matters to me, and I'd jump at the chance to be your ''love slave''."\\
'''Diane:''' Whatever.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Frasier's frustration at Sam and Diane boils over, and he tells them the unvarnished truth.
--> '''Frasier''': You two may not have the courage to face it, but I finally do. Sam and Diane, you are now and have always been, hopelessly in, I guess the word for it is "love." And unfortunately for you, like it or not, you always will be. I know! I know! Now you're gonna deny it. Even though it's ludicrously obvious to everyone around you, you two will go on pretending it's not true because you're emotional infants! You're in a living hell. You love each other and you hate each other. And you hate yourselves for loving each other. Well, my dear friends, I want no part of it. It's time I just picked up my life where I left off. It's time to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again. So I'll get out of here now so you can just get on with your denial fest.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Happens InUniverse when the gang starts discussing the ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner'' cartoons:
--> '''Norm:''' ''[Sarcastically]'' I suppose that means the coyote is the ANTICHRIST!
* FridgeLogic: InUniverse, as the gang wonders why Wile E. Coyote doesn't just take all the money he spends on Acme products and use it to buy food.
* SeinfeldianConversation: The gang goes off on a tangent about Wile E. Coyote, much to Diane's irritation as she's trying to get them to focus on Frasier.
* ShownTheirWork: Frasier buys a new suit at Louis. Louis was a store for fancy men's clothes in Boston from 1930 to 2015.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Frasier comes back to the bar in a snazzy three-piece suit. As he explains later in the episode ("It's time I just picked up my life where I left off. It's time to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again."), he is putting his life back together.
* SorkinRelationshipMoment: Diane's OldFlame Frasier calls Sam and Diane out on their reluctance to admit their feelings for one another.
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