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Crane is well-to-do, with [[upper class]], [[intellectual]] tastes and a snobbish, uptight demeanor. He is something of an [[epicure]], and enjoys the finer things in life, such as [[wine]], good food and expensive tailoring. He is also an aficionado of the arts, including [[opera]], [[European classical music|classical music]], [[theatre]], [[Mongolia|Mongolian Throat Singing]], and obscure African artifacts. His large [[ego]], coupled with his [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[Oxford University|Oxford]] education, make him extremely confident in the advice he gives on his radio show. He is also somewhat self-absorbed and [[narcissistic]], a consequence (or a cause) of his lonely childhood. He is extremely pompous and [[verbose]], prone to making grand, melodramatic declarations regarding his intentions and making the most of every opportunity to make a speech. Frequently, his pomposity and snobbery is undercut and belittled by the other characters he encounters, and is often the cause of many of the misfortunes and crises that occur in his life.
Frasier is passionate about [[psychiatry]]. A staunch [[Sigmund Freud#Freud's Innovations|Freudian]], he strongly believes that "there are no accidents" and that every action (and dream) carries with it a meaningful and unconscious subtext. This frequently leads him to obsessively overanalyse and fret about minor details regarding his life and relationships, which frequently creates problems in his life. When obsessing so, he is frequently prone to ignore the (wise and appropriate) advice given to him by his family and friends (in particular his father, Martin) and pursue his own course of action, which more often than not leads to disaster. His habit to overanalyse is so severe, that he once spends an entire episode fretting about a dream with homo-erotic implications, only later realising (with Martin's help) that the dream did not possess any significant implications regarding his life; it was merely a consequence of his subconscious attempting to give himself a challenging patient (himself) following a
Whilst rarely heeding the advice given to him by others, Frasier himself is full of advice to impart, and offers the benefit of his counsel to the extent that he frequently meddles in the affairs and relationships of others, much to the chagrin of his family and friends. Although this approach is sometimes beneficial (such as his influence in bringing together his brother Niles and [[Daphne Moon]]) and forms the basis of his successful career, his advice and plans can frequently backfire on him, and can frequently lead to complicated, tangled, embarrassing scenarios. For example, in the above situation of bringing Niles and Daphne together, he is targeted by Daphne's fiancee for a lawsuit because of his actions. Frasier's meddling - and the adverse consequences it frequently leads to - is not intended maliciously, however; he is extremely well-meaning and eager to please, and desires nothing more than to be liked and popular (possibly as a result of his lonely childhood, in which he was the frequent victim of bullying).
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