* NeverMyFault: Plenty of examples throughout the series. Though shortly after Frasier questions her, Roz asks Bulldog for a loan so the cheque she has written to return Frasier's money won't bounce ("I cashed a bad cheque"). Turns out they were all justified expenses (a coupon, a gift from her mother, a store credit for a return, etc.) apart from one (a bottle of perfume) which she got to treat herself. Just before the episode ends, ] * NeverLendToAFriend: Frasier lends Roz some money to help her through single motherhood, but calls her spending into question when Daphne sees her at a spa, and Frasier sees luxury items in her shopping bag. The woman turns out to be ] The whole event ends up being publicized in the media, making Frasier a laughing stock. While driving his car, he sees a woman standing in the rain, and decides to give her a ride.
* NestedStoryReveal: In one episode, Frasier is seriously doubting whether he should help strangers in need. Noel retaliates by translating the bar mitzvah speech into Klingon, a language which he apparently knows well, but which Frasier can't distinguish from Hebrew. Noel agrees, but later on he gets angry with Frasier when Frasier fails to get him the signature of Creator/ScottBakula, the actor playing Captain Archer in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. Since Frasier doesn't know Hebrew, he asks his co-worker Noel, a stereotypical middle-aged nerd, to translate the speech.
* NerdsSpeakKlingon: In "Star Mitzvah", Frasier's son Frederick is about to have his bar mitzvah, and Frasier wants to give him a speech in Hebrew. In addition, Frasier and Niles suffer physical ailments when they go against their ethics (nausea and nosebleeds respectively), but here it has little effect on them. Granted, they were kids at the time, but some viewers might find it a bit odd. The show's brand of humor was wry and highly ''. The emphasis was on understatement and taste: the show used title cards in place of establishing shots, was one of the first sitcoms to completely dispose of the SentimentalMusicCue, had an opening theme] Or, rather, several different opening themes used on a rotating basis.] only ''a few seconds long'' (with the cast credits running amid the opening sequence)]which, back then, was seen as novel, but these days, is fairly common], and wasn't afraid to mix up highbrow wordplay and regular old humor. The series was able to run contrary to almost every other sitcom ever made by having two wealthy, snobbish milquetoasts as its main characters, who clash with the Average Joes that make up the rest of the ensemble.
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