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* George thinks his PIN code is airtight and no one could ever guess it. But then Kramer, showing unprecedented grasp of SocialEngineering (or the BatDeduction, take your pick), gives it a shot and comes devastatingly close. He methodically breaks down George's character, watches George's reactions, and correctly narrows it down to a brand of chocolate syrup. George runs away before Kramer can pinpoint it.
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* George thinks his PIN code is airtight and no one could ever guess it. But then Kramer, showing unprecedented grasp of SocialEngineering (or the BatDeduction, take your pick), gives it a shot and comes devastatingly close. He methodically breaks down George's character, watches George's reactions, and correctly narrows it down to a brand of chocolate syrup. syrup in under a minute. A terrified George runs away just before Kramer can pinpoint it.
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** For some behind-the-scenes awesome, the entire monologue had been handed in by the writers at the last possible minute before shooting the scene, and yet despite having no time to rehearse it Jason Alexander delivered the performance featured in the episode ''[[OneTakeWonder on the first take]]''. The stunned reactions of Jerry, Kramer, and Elaine wasn't acting, it was genuine awe from the actors at what they were witnessing.
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'''GirlOfTheWeek:''' And [[ADateWithRosiePalms you're gonna need it]].
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'''GirlOfTheWeek:''' And [[ADateWithRosiePalms you're gonna need it]].it.
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* In "The Marine Biologist", George gets an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome when he saves the beached whale -- but his dramatic description of it makes up for it. The famous "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw The sea was angry that day, my friends]]" monologue is genuine MundaneMadeAwesome. And it's a meta Awesome Moment as well, as the actors' comedic timing works perfectly, it was done in one take, and Jason Alexander was given the monologue no more than ten minutes before shooting and memorized it anyway. Jerry's open-mouthed astonishment at George's delivery is [[EnforcedMethodActing not entirely acting]].
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* In "The Marine Biologist", George gets an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome when he saves the beached whale -- but his dramatic description of it makes up for it. The famous "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw The sea was angry that day, my friends]]" monologue is genuine MundaneMadeAwesome. And it's a meta Awesome Moment as well, as the actors' comedic timing works perfectly, it was done in one take, and Jason Alexander was given the monologue no more than ten minutes before shooting and memorized it anyway. Jerry's open-mouthed astonishment at George's delivery is [[EnforcedMethodActing not entirely acting]].
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* George tries to save evidence of one of the few accomplishments in his life: he still has the high score in the ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' machine at his old pizza haunt. When the store closes, his attempts to save the machine without unplugging the power and erasing the high score data sees him having to haul the cabinet across the street in heavy traffic. Which he does[[note]]almost -- he makes it to the other side but [[ShaggyDogStory can't get the cabinet up over the curb]][[/note]] -- as if he's playing a game of ''Frogger'' in real life, with the camera facing straight down and sound effects from the game itself. And he proves his skill at the game. It doubles as a meta moment, because that scene was done with no special effects; that really is Jason Alexander pushing an arcade cabinet through slow-moving traffic that's expertly timed to allow him a path through it.
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* George tries to save evidence of one of the few accomplishments in his life: he still has the high score in the ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' machine at his old pizza haunt. When the store closes, his attempts to save the machine without unplugging the power and erasing the high score data sees him having to haul the cabinet across the street in heavy traffic. Which he does[[note]]almost -- he makes it to the other side but [[ShaggyDogStory can't get the cabinet up over the curb]][[/note]] -- as if he's playing a game of ''Frogger'' in real life, with the camera facing straight down and sound effects from the game itself. And he proves his skill at the game. It doubles as a meta moment, because that scene was done with no special effects; that really is Jason Alexander pushing an arcade cabinet through slow-moving traffic that's expertly timed to allow him a path through it.
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* The very concept of "The Chinese Restaurant" essentially changed the {{Sitcom}} forever. It seems kind of [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny old hat to us now]]; it's shown in RealTime, depicting the characters waiting for (and never receiving) a table in the eponymous Chinese restaurant. When it aired in 1991, it was totally groundbreaking -- so much so that the NBC executives thought there were pages missing from the script and refused to air it until the end of the season [[ItWillNeverCatchOn out of the belief that no one would like it]]. Instead, critics loved it, and while it isn't necessarily the single funniest episode, it's definitely the point at which the show [[GrowingTheBeard Grew the Beard]] and became one of the most popular and influential shows on television. The rest of ''Seinfeld'' owes everything to this episode.
* The sets in "The Parking Garage" were so realistic and convincing, it [[AwardSnub cost them an Emmy]], because the voters thought it was filmed in a real parking garage.
* The "Notes About Nothing" trivia subtitles on the DVD reveal a few meta moments. The best is that they kept count of Kramer's {{Dynamic Entr|y}}ies over the course of the show. The one that just happened to be the 100th was the one in "The Contest", when he bursts in the door and gives his big reveal, "I'm out!"
* The episode "The Outing" is a masterpiece of being funny without being offensive. It's about Jerry and George being MistakenForGay and trying to correct the misconception without looking like they're homophobic, in the process [[TropeNamers naming]] the trope NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat. Indeed, they gave that line after ''everything'' they said that could possibly be taken as objectionable, poking fun at the stupidity of both homophobia and PoliticalOvercorrectness. The writers were worried that they would alienate their LGBT fanbase. They didn't; the episode won a GLAAD award.
* The very concept of "The Chinese Restaurant" essentially changed the {{Sitcom}} forever. It seems kind of [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny old hat to us now]]; it's shown in RealTime, depicting the characters waiting for (and never receiving) a table in the eponymous Chinese restaurant. When it aired in 1991, it was totally groundbreaking -- so much so that the NBC executives thought there were pages missing from the script and refused to air it until the end of the season [[ItWillNeverCatchOn out of the belief that no one would like it]]. Instead, critics loved it, and while it isn't necessarily the single funniest episode, it's definitely the point at which the show [[GrowingTheBeard Grew the Beard]] and became one of the most popular and influential shows on television. The rest of ''Seinfeld'' owes everything to this episode.
* The sets in "The Parking Garage" were so realistic and convincing, it [[AwardSnub cost them an Emmy]], because the voters thought it was filmed in a real parking garage.
* The "Notes About Nothing" trivia subtitles on the DVD reveal a few meta moments. The best is that they kept count of Kramer's {{Dynamic Entr|y}}ies over the course of the show. The one that just happened to be the 100th was the one in "The Contest", when he bursts in the door and gives his big reveal, "I'm out!"
* The episode "The Outing" is a masterpiece of being funny without being offensive. It's about Jerry and George being MistakenForGay and trying to correct the misconception without looking like they're homophobic, in the process [[TropeNamers naming]] the trope NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat. Indeed, they gave that line after ''everything'' they said that could possibly be taken as objectionable, poking fun at the stupidity of both homophobia and PoliticalOvercorrectness. The writers were worried that they would alienate their LGBT fanbase. They didn't; the episode won a GLAAD award.
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* In "The Opposite", George takes AntiAdvice to the next level, doing ''everything'' the opposite of his instinct. He's thinking that his instincts have always led him astray and made him the loser he is, so the opposite will benefit him greatly. And it works ''brilliantly'' -- he starts out single, unemployed, and living with his parents, and he ends the episode with a girlfriend, an apartment, and his dream job with the New York Yankees.
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* In "The Opposite", George takes AntiAdvice to the next level, doing ''everything'' the opposite of his instinct. He's thinking that his instincts have always led him astray and made him the loser he is, so the opposite will benefit him greatly. And it works ''brilliantly'' -- he starts out single, unemployed, and living with his parents, and he ends the episode with a girlfriend, an apartment, and his dream job with the New York Yankees. Even more impressive, he gets this done in ''under a week''. Most guys trying to better their life usually have to wait at least 6 months before they start seeing results.
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* George making $8,000 on the stock market in "The Stock Tip." It's one of his very few clear, unambiguous victories over the course of the whole show. Granted, it's from the beginning of the show, before his MemeticLoser characterization kicked in, but it still counts.
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* The episode "The Outing" is a masterpiece of being funny without being offensive. It's about Jerry and George being MistakenForGay and trying to correct the misconception without looking like they're homophobic, in the process [[TropeNamers naming]] the trope NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat. Indeed, they gave that line after ''everything'' they said that could possibly be taken as objectionable, poking fun at the stupidity of both homophobia and PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad. The writers were worried that they would alienate their LGBT fanbase. They didn't; the episode won a GLAAD award.
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* The episode "The Outing" is a masterpiece of being funny without being offensive. It's about Jerry and George being MistakenForGay and trying to correct the misconception without looking like they're homophobic, in the process [[TropeNamers naming]] the trope NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat. Indeed, they gave that line after ''everything'' they said that could possibly be taken as objectionable, poking fun at the stupidity of both homophobia and PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad.PoliticalOvercorrectness. The writers were worried that they would alienate their LGBT fanbase. They didn't; the episode won a GLAAD award.
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* "The Foundation". George realizing how much he's been HoistByHisOwnPetard when he realizes how wealthy he would have been had he married Susan instead of doing everything he could think of to delay the ceremony.
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* In "The Reverse Peephole" Jerry gets in a good jab about how much Kramer leeches off of him when Kramer is begging Jerry to lie to the landlord so that Kramer and Newman won't be evicted (he still does help in the end).
--> '''Kramer''': All right, why don't you just take a good, hard look at what your life will be like if I'm not around?
--> '''Jerry''': ''(with a contemplative smile)'' Newman, too?
--> '''Kramer''': All right, why don't you just take a good, hard look at what your life will be like if I'm not around?
--> '''Jerry''': ''(with a contemplative smile)'' Newman, too?
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* "The Stall"
** Elaine stealing all of the toilet paper in the bathroom before Jane visits to get revenge on her for how Jane refused to give her a single square when she ran out of toilet paper at the movie theater.
** Jane breaking up with Jerry due to Elaine stealing the toilet paper and Kramer and Jerry accusing her of being the phone sex woman that Kramer's been calling. Earlier, she denied it, but she confirms it in a surprisingly impressive way at end of the episode. '
--> '''Jane''' ''(to Jerry)'' Don't call me anymore. ''(She turns to Kramer, then speaks in a sensual voice before sticking her tongue out)'' [[WhamLine You either.]]
* In "The Glasses", George convinces a blind man to trade the frames of their glasses, as George's glasses are of a woman's style (something he doesn't tell the blind man) and the blind man's are too tight. Once the swap is done, George muses that the glasses really are tight, and the blind man coldly says "A deal's a deal."
** Elaine stealing all of the toilet paper in the bathroom before Jane visits to get revenge on her for how Jane refused to give her a single square when she ran out of toilet paper at the movie theater.
** Jane breaking up with Jerry due to Elaine stealing the toilet paper and Kramer and Jerry accusing her of being the phone sex woman that Kramer's been calling. Earlier, she denied it, but she confirms it in a surprisingly impressive way at end of the episode. '
--> '''Jane''' ''(to Jerry)'' Don't call me anymore. ''(She turns to Kramer, then speaks in a sensual voice before sticking her tongue out)'' [[WhamLine You either.]]
* In "The Glasses", George convinces a blind man to trade the frames of their glasses, as George's glasses are of a woman's style (something he doesn't tell the blind man) and the blind man's are too tight. Once the swap is done, George muses that the glasses really are tight, and the blind man coldly says "A deal's a deal."
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* A telemarketer interrupts the scene with a pitch for a long distance service. What follows when Jerry picks up is a true SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, in typically mundane Seinfeld style, but utterly awesome nonetheless:
-->'''Telemarketer''': Hi, would you be interested in switching to [[StealthPun TMI]] long distance service?\\
'''Jerry''': Oh gee, I can't talk right now, but why don't you give me your home number and I'll call you later?\\
'''Telemarketer''': Uh, well I'm sorry, we're not allowed to do that.\\
'''Jerry''': Oh I guess you don't want people calling you at home.\\
'''Telemarketer''': N-no.\\
'''Jerry''': Well, now you know how I feel. ''(hangs up)''
** For those too young to remember, this episode happened during an EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE telemarketing war between long-distance carriers. EVERYONE was fed up with getting calls from them CONSTANTLY. (To put the fake "TMI" in context, one of the WORST and most hated real-life offenders was "MCI." The similarity is probably not a coincidence.)
** The scene has something of a sequel when Jerry gets a call asking: "Would you be interested in a subscription to the New York Times?" He simply says "Yes" and hangs up.
* And for George there's the entire episode "The Opposite", in which he resolves to always do the exact opposite of his natural instinct and quickly gets a girlfriend, an apartment, and a job with the Yankees. Particularly good are his terrifying rant at the annoying guys behind him in a movie theater [[labelnote:Transcript]]("Shut your traps and stop kicking the seats! We're trying to watch the movie! If I have to tell you again, I'm gonna take you outside and I'm gonna show you what it's like! You understand me? Now shut your mouths, or I'll shut them for you. And if you think I'm kidding, just try me. Try me. Because I would ''love'' it!")[[/labelnote]], and telling George Steinbrenner just what he thinks of him.
** Particularly awesome is Steinbrenner's response: "Hire this man!"
** Don't forget when he deduced the strategy to effectively pull off the Roommate Switch. Pity he tried using that to dump a no-longer-velvet-furnished girlfriend instead of the Pick.
** After an apartment he's had his eye on is given to a survivor of the Andrea Doria simply because the condo board sympathized with his story, George retaliates by bringing the board to tears with his entire life story, which includes one of the greatest examples of AndAnotherThing ever:
--->"In closing, these stories have not been embellished, as they need no embellishment. They are simply the stories of my life as a short, stocky, slow witted, bald man. ...Oh, and my fiance died from licking toxic envelopes that I picked out. Thank you for your time."
* In the finale, Newman - spurned once too often by Seinfeld - predicts his coming downfall with devastating accuracy:
-->Alright! But hear me and hear me well! The day will come - oh yes, mark my words, Seinfeld! - your day of reckoning is coming! When an evil wind will blow through your little play-world and wipe that smug smile off your face! And I'll be there! In all my glory! Watching! ''Watching'' as it all comes ''crumbling down''!!! (EvilLaugh)
* Kramer getting extremely close to figuring out George's PIN code in under a minute, just by analyzing George's character and watching George's reactions. George runs away after Kramer has it narrowed down to chocolate syrup.
* After Kramer wins big at an off-track betting site, a mugger notices the money and follows him down into the subway, chasing Kramer through various trains. Eventually, Kramer bumps into a street performer he gave money to earlier. The mugger catches Kramer and demands he give him the money. Turns out, the performer was an undercover cop and arrests the mugger. Even the audience cheered.
* Elaine getting one over on the Soup Nazi. After she's banned her from his store, she ends up getting an armoire that belonged to him at one point (he gave it to Kramer not knowing he was going to give it to her) . The kicker? All of his recipes are still in there. At the end of the episode, she walks into his store and recites one of the recipes she's found, then tells him...
-->'''Elaine''': You're ''through'', Soup Nazi. Now pack it up. No more soup for you. '''NEXT!'''
* The bit in "The Fire", entirely off-screen, after Toby's pinky toe is cut off by a street sweeper. We see Kramer in Jerry's apartment telling the story of how put the toe in a Cracker Jack box filled with ice, hopped on a bus, and told the driver "I got a toe here buddy. Step on it." Then a mugger pulled out a gun. Then Kramer ''beat him up'' because he knew they couldn't delay. Then the driver passes out from the excitement.
-->'''Kramer''': The bus is OUTTA CONTROL! So I grab him by the collar, I take him out of the seat, I get behind the wheel, and now I'm driving the bus!\\
'''Jerry''': Wow.\\
-->'''Telemarketer''': Hi, would you be interested in switching to [[StealthPun TMI]] long distance service?\\
'''Jerry''': Oh gee, I can't talk right now, but why don't you give me your home number and I'll call you later?\\
'''Telemarketer''': Uh, well I'm sorry, we're not allowed to do that.\\
'''Jerry''': Oh I guess you don't want people calling you at home.\\
'''Telemarketer''': N-no.\\
'''Jerry''': Well, now you know how I feel. ''(hangs up)''
** For those too young to remember, this episode happened during an EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE telemarketing war between long-distance carriers. EVERYONE was fed up with getting calls from them CONSTANTLY. (To put the fake "TMI" in context, one of the WORST and most hated real-life offenders was "MCI." The similarity is probably not a coincidence.)
** The scene has something of a sequel when Jerry gets a call asking: "Would you be interested in a subscription to the New York Times?" He simply says "Yes" and hangs up.
* And for George there's the entire episode "The Opposite", in which he resolves to always do the exact opposite of his natural instinct and quickly gets a girlfriend, an apartment, and a job with the Yankees. Particularly good are his terrifying rant at the annoying guys behind him in a movie theater [[labelnote:Transcript]]("Shut your traps and stop kicking the seats! We're trying to watch the movie! If I have to tell you again, I'm gonna take you outside and I'm gonna show you what it's like! You understand me? Now shut your mouths, or I'll shut them for you. And if you think I'm kidding, just try me. Try me. Because I would ''love'' it!")[[/labelnote]], and telling George Steinbrenner just what he thinks of him.
** Particularly awesome is Steinbrenner's response: "Hire this man!"
** Don't forget when he deduced the strategy to effectively pull off the Roommate Switch. Pity he tried using that to dump a no-longer-velvet-furnished girlfriend instead of the Pick.
** After an apartment he's had his eye on is given to a survivor of the Andrea Doria simply because the condo board sympathized with his story, George retaliates by bringing the board to tears with his entire life story, which includes one of the greatest examples of AndAnotherThing ever:
--->"In closing, these stories have not been embellished, as they need no embellishment. They are simply the stories of my life as a short, stocky, slow witted, bald man. ...Oh, and my fiance died from licking toxic envelopes that I picked out. Thank you for your time."
* In the finale, Newman - spurned once too often by Seinfeld - predicts his coming downfall with devastating accuracy:
-->Alright! But hear me and hear me well! The day will come - oh yes, mark my words, Seinfeld! - your day of reckoning is coming! When an evil wind will blow through your little play-world and wipe that smug smile off your face! And I'll be there! In all my glory! Watching! ''Watching'' as it all comes ''crumbling down''!!! (EvilLaugh)
* Kramer getting extremely close to figuring out George's PIN code in under a minute, just by analyzing George's character and watching George's reactions. George runs away after Kramer has it narrowed down to chocolate syrup.
* After Kramer wins big at an off-track betting site, a mugger notices the money and follows him down into the subway, chasing Kramer through various trains. Eventually, Kramer bumps into a street performer he gave money to earlier. The mugger catches Kramer and demands he give him the money. Turns out, the performer was an undercover cop and arrests the mugger. Even the audience cheered.
* Elaine getting one over on the Soup Nazi. After she's banned her from his store, she ends up getting an armoire that belonged to him at one point (he gave it to Kramer not knowing he was going to give it to her) . The kicker? All of his recipes are still in there. At the end of the episode, she walks into his store and recites one of the recipes she's found, then tells him...
-->'''Elaine''': You're ''through'', Soup Nazi. Now pack it up. No more soup for you. '''NEXT!'''
* The bit in "The Fire", entirely off-screen, after Toby's pinky toe is cut off by a street sweeper. We see Kramer in Jerry's apartment telling the story of how put the toe in a Cracker Jack box filled with ice, hopped on a bus, and told the driver "I got a toe here buddy. Step on it." Then a mugger pulled out a gun. Then Kramer ''beat him up'' because he knew they couldn't delay. Then the driver passes out from the excitement.
-->'''Kramer''': The bus is OUTTA CONTROL! So I grab him by the collar, I take him out of the seat, I get behind the wheel, and now I'm driving the bus!\\
'''Jerry''': Wow.\\
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* A telemarketer interrupts the scene with a pitch for a long distance service. What follows when Jerry picks up is has a true SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, in typically mundane Seinfeld style, but utterly couple of truly awesome nonetheless:
-->'''Telemarketer''': Hi, wouldresponses to telemarketers. In UsefulNotes/TheNineties, telemarketing was incessant, inescapable, and widely despised, so it's perhaps no wonder that Jerry's lines get a particularly cheerful reaction from the studio audience:
** The first (possibly a reference to particularly hated telemarketeer MCI):
--->'''Telemarketer:''' Hi! Would you be interested in switching to [[StealthPun TMI]]long distance long-distance service?\\
'''Jerry''': Oh '''Jerry:''' Oh, gee, I can't talk right now, but now. But why don't you give me your home number number, and I'll call you later?\\
'''Telemarketer''': Uh, well '''Telemarketer:''' Uh... Well, I'm sorry, we're not allowed to do that.\\
'''Jerry''': Oh '''Jerry:''' Oh, I guess you don't want people calling you at home.\\
'''Telemarketer''': '''Telemarketer:''' N-no.\\
'''Jerry''': '''Jerry:''' Well, now you know how I feel. ''(hangs up)''
** For those too young to remember, this episode happened during an EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE telemarketing war between long-distance carriers. EVERYONE was fed up with getting calls from them CONSTANTLY. (To put the fake "TMI" in context, one of the WORST and most hated real-life offenders was "MCI." The similarity is probably not a coincidence.)
** The scene has something of a sequel when Jerry gets a call asking: "Would second is much shorter but no less effective:
--->'''Telemarketer:''' Would you be interested in a subscription to theNew ''New York Times?" He simply says "Yes" and hangs up.
Times''?\\
'''Jerry:''' [[BluntYes Yes!]] ''(hangs up)''
*And for George there's the entire episode In "The Opposite", in which he resolves George takes AntiAdvice to always do the exact next level, doing ''everything'' the opposite of his natural instinct instinct. He's thinking that his instincts have always led him astray and quickly gets made him the loser he is, so the opposite will benefit him greatly. And it works ''brilliantly'' -- he starts out single, unemployed, and living with his parents, and he ends the episode with a girlfriend, an apartment, and a his dream job with the Yankees. Particularly good are New York Yankees.
** He kickstarts the whole thing by chatting up a pretty lady sitting at the counter in the cafe. He works up the nerve to talk to her and bluntly tells her, "My name is George. I'm unemployed and I live with my parents." It works.
** George takes his new girlfriend to a movie and quickly gets annoyed at the people behind him misbehaving. He decides to show that he can stand up for himself, and he turns around and gives a frankly terrifyingrant at rant, to the annoying guys behind him in a movie theater [[labelnote:Transcript]]("Shut applause of the rest of the theater:
--->'''George:''' Shut your traps and stop kicking the seats! We're trying to watch the movie! If I have to tell you again, I'm gonna take you outside and I'm gonna show you what it's like! You understandme? me?! Now shut your mouths, or I'll shut them for you. And if you think I'm kidding, just try me. Try me. Because I would ''love'' it!")[[/labelnote]], and telling it!
** GeorgeSteinbrenner just what he interviews for the Yankees job and is introduced to the team's owner George Steinbrenner. Rather than show respect for him, George decides to go off on a rant that many Yankee fans have probably wished they could deliver to him at one time or another:
--->'''Steinbrenner:''' Nice to meet you.\\
'''George:''' Well, I wish I could say the same, but I must say, with all due respect, I find it very hard to see the logic behind some of the moves you have made with this fine organization. In the past twenty years, you have caused myself and the city of New York a good deal of distress, as we have watched you take our beloved Yankees and reduce them to a laughingstock! All for the glorification of your ''massive ego''!\\
'''Steinbrenner:''' ...[[HireTheCritic Hire this man!]] ''(walks off)''
* George thinks his PIN code is airtight and no one could ever guess it. But then Kramer, showing unprecedented grasp ofhim.
** Particularly awesome is Steinbrenner's response: "Hire this man!"
** Don't forget when he deducedSocialEngineering (or the strategy to effectively pull off the Roommate Switch. Pity he tried using that to dump a no-longer-velvet-furnished girlfriend instead of the Pick.
** After an apartment he's had his eye on is given to a survivor of the Andrea Doria simply because the condo board sympathized with his story, George retaliates by bringing the board to tears with his entire life story, which includes one of the greatest examples of AndAnotherThing ever:
--->"In closing, these stories have not been embellished, as they need no embellishment. They are simply the stories of my life as a short, stocky, slow witted, bald man. ...Oh, and my fiance died from licking toxic envelopes that I picked out. Thank you forBatDeduction, take your time."
* In the finale, Newman - spurned once too often by Seinfeld - predicts his coming downfall with devastating accuracy:
-->Alright! But hear mepick), gives it a shot and hear me well! The day will come - oh yes, mark my words, Seinfeld! - your day of reckoning is coming! When an evil wind will blow through your little play-world and wipe that smug smile off your face! And I'll be there! In all my glory! Watching! ''Watching'' as it all comes ''crumbling down''!!! (EvilLaugh)
* Kramer getting extremely close to figuring outdevastatingly close. He methodically breaks down George's PIN code in under a minute, just by analyzing character, watches George's character reactions, and watching George's reactions. correctly narrows it down to a brand of chocolate syrup. George runs away after before Kramer has it narrowed down to chocolate syrup.
can pinpoint it.
* After Kramer wins big at an off-track betting site, a mugger notices the money and follows him down into thesubway, subway. He eventually starts chasing Kramer through various trains. Eventually, between the train cars, until Kramer bumps accidentally runs into a street performer he gave had given money to earlier. The mugger catches Kramer and demands that he give him the money. Turns out, money... when we hear the performer was an undercover cop line, "Freeze!" and arrests the mugger. musician [[UndercoverCopReveal flashes his badge]]. Even the studio audience cheered.
* Elainegetting gets one over on the Soup Nazi. After she's banned her from She's been kicked out of his store, she ends up getting an store for not following his rules, but he offers Kramer a replacement armoire that belonged to him at one point (he gave it to Kramer not knowing he was going to give to Elaine after hearing the story of how she lost the first one. She goes to thank the Soup Nazi, only for the man to furiously proclaim that had he known it was for ''her'', he would have smashed it to her) . The kicker? All of his pieces. But then she discovers that he left some old recipes are still in there. At the end of the episode, his armoire, so she walks extracts her revenge by walking into his store and recites one of the recipes she's found, then tells him...
-->'''Elaine''':reading them out loud to him, proving that she can and will ruin him.
-->'''Elaine:''' You're ''through'', Soup Nazi. Now pack it up. No more soup for you.'''NEXT!'''
''NEXT!!''
*The bit in In "The Fire", Marine Biologist", George gets an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome when he saves the beached whale -- but his dramatic description of it makes up for it. The famous "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw The sea was angry that day, my friends]]" monologue is genuine MundaneMadeAwesome. And it's a meta Awesome Moment as well, as the actors' comedic timing works perfectly, it was done in one take, and Jason Alexander was given the monologue no more than ten minutes before shooting and memorized it anyway. Jerry's open-mouthed astonishment at George's delivery is [[EnforcedMethodActing not entirely off-screen, after acting]].
* Similarly, even though it's an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, Kramer's description of how he saved Toby's pinky toeis after it was cut off by a street sweeper. We see Kramer sweeper is awesome in Jerry's apartment telling the story of its own right. He regales how he put the toe in a Cracker Jack box filled with ice, hopped on a bus, and told the driver "I got a toe here buddy. Step to step on it." Then it -- and then a mugger pulled pulls out a gun. Then Kramer ''beat Kramer, out of pure urgency and impatience, ''beats him up'' because he knew they couldn't delay. Then up'', but the driver passes out from the excitement.
-->'''Kramer''': -->'''Kramer:''' The bus is OUTTA CONTROL! ''out of control''! So I grab him by the collar, I take him out of the seat, I get behind the wheel, and now I'm driving the bus!\\
'''Jerry''': '''Jerry:''' Wow.\\
-->'''Telemarketer''': Hi, would
** The first (possibly a reference to particularly hated telemarketeer MCI):
--->'''Telemarketer:''' Hi! Would you be interested in switching to [[StealthPun TMI]]
--->'''Telemarketer:''' Would you be interested in a subscription to the
'''Jerry:''' [[BluntYes Yes!]] ''(hangs up)''
*
** He kickstarts the whole thing by chatting up a pretty lady sitting at the counter in the cafe. He works up the nerve to talk to her and bluntly tells her, "My name is George. I'm unemployed and I live with my parents." It works.
** George takes his new girlfriend to a movie and quickly gets annoyed at the people behind him misbehaving. He decides to show that he can stand up for himself, and he turns around and gives a frankly terrifying
--->'''George:''' Shut your traps and stop kicking the seats! We're trying to watch the movie! If I have to tell you again, I'm gonna take you outside and I'm gonna show you what it's like! You understand
** George
--->'''Steinbrenner:''' Nice to meet you.\\
'''George:''' Well, I wish I could say the same, but I must say, with all due respect, I find it very hard to see the logic behind some of the moves you have made with this fine organization. In the past twenty years, you have caused myself and the city of New York a good deal of distress, as we have watched you take our beloved Yankees and reduce them to a laughingstock! All for the glorification of your ''massive ego''!\\
'''Steinbrenner:''' ...[[HireTheCritic Hire this man!]] ''(walks off)''
* George thinks his PIN code is airtight and no one could ever guess it. But then Kramer, showing unprecedented grasp of
** Particularly awesome is Steinbrenner's response: "Hire this man!"
** Don't forget when he deduced
** After an apartment he's had his eye on is given to a survivor of the Andrea Doria simply because the condo board sympathized with his story, George retaliates by bringing the board to tears with his entire life story, which includes one of the greatest examples of AndAnotherThing ever:
--->"In closing, these stories have not been embellished, as they need no embellishment. They are simply the stories of my life as a short, stocky, slow witted, bald man. ...Oh, and my fiance died from licking toxic envelopes that I picked out. Thank you for
* In the finale, Newman - spurned once too often by Seinfeld - predicts his coming downfall with devastating accuracy:
-->Alright! But hear me
* Kramer getting extremely close to figuring out
* After Kramer wins big at an off-track betting site, a mugger notices the money and follows him down into the
* Elaine
-->'''Elaine''':
-->'''Elaine:''' You're ''through'', Soup Nazi. Now pack it up. No more soup for you.
*
* Similarly, even though it's an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, Kramer's description of how he saved Toby's pinky toe
Changed line(s) 25,96 (click to see context) from:
'''Kramer:''' Yeah. Yeah, I am Batman! Then the mugger--he comes to and he starts ''choking me''! So I'm fighting him off with one hand and driving the bus with the other, ya know? Then I managed to open up the door and I kicked him out the door, ya know, with my foot, ya know, at the next stop.\\
'''Jerry''': You kept making all the stops?!\\
'''Kramer''': Well, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint people kept ringing the bell]]!
** Speaking of this episode, anyone who has ever had to put up with an obnoxious heckler will appreciate Jerry giving Toby a taste of her own medicine by going to her workplace and heckling her while she's trying to do her job in revenge for her ruining his show.
* {{Sociopath}} Joe Davola gets one when he goes to the opera ''Pagliacci'' dressed as a clown. While walking through Central Park, three thugs start harassing him, prompting him to beat the living shit out of them without saying a word.
** Another moment of Davola's might qualify: At the live filming of the pilot for Jerry and George's sitcom (Jerry), Joe Davola leaps out of the audience and off the balcony towards Jerry, brandishing a knife while shouting "SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS" ("Thus always to tyrants", mistranslated as "Death to tyrants")
*** For those without common knowledge, this was said by John Wilkes Booth prior to his assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and supposedly originated from Brutus, when he assassinated a certain famous Roman.
** Elaine also gets one after discovering Joe's {{Stalker Shrine}}, escaping by spraying her [[strike: perfume]] breath spray into his eyes.
* One for both Kramer and Michael Richards: drinking beer and puffing on a cigarette at the same time. It should be physically impossible, yet there's the evidence.
** Sorry to spoil this one, but in HD you can see the cigarette is outside the glass on the far side. However, it's still awesome as a trick rather than the real thing!
* And of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw "The Marine Biologist."]] George's [=CMoA=], the telling of which also serves as a [=CMoA=] for comic acting, pacing, ''and'' timing, from all four stars.
-->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw&lc=UggcN7TUxir94HgCoAEC Jumpmann]][[note]]Youtube commentator[[/note]]''': True fact
-->This scene was written and then learned by the actors in ten minutes
-->They did one take
-->This had the longest continuous laugh in the show's history
-->Praise Seinfeld 
* Jerry winning the 20-meter-dash against his old high school rival Duncan Meyer, to the sounds of [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic John Williams' "Superman" theme]].
* Michael Richards has said that Kramer's "defining moment" was the second season episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk3DjXKdVcY "The Statue."]]
* Frank Costanza after finding out Morty Seinfeld lied about there not being any available condos in the area he's just moved to: "This is Frank Costanza. You think you can tell me where to live? We're moving in lock, stock, and barrel. We're gonna be in the pool, we're gonna be in the clubhouse, we're gonna be all over that shuffleboard court, and I DARE YOU TO KEEP ME OUT!"
* Peterman confronting Elaine over eating his antique piece of cake. "Do you know what happens to a butter-based frosting after six decades in a poorly ventilated English basement? Well, I have a feeling that what you are about to go through is punishment enough. Dismissed!"
* One for the set designers: the incredibly realistic sets in "The Parking Garage" were the victim of an {{Award Snub}} because they were too convincing, and the Emmy voters assumed the episode was filmed in a real parking garage!
* The "Notes About Nothing" trivia subtitles on the DVD keep a count of Kramer's entrances into Jerry's apartment, and reveal that his big "I'm out!" scene in "The Contest," definitely the most famous of all his entrances, is actually the 100th time he entered the apartment onscreen. What the hell are the odds of that?
** The season two Notes About Nothing mention that after Kramer leaves when he sees a woman at a bus stop, Michael Richards made an unauthorised entry with a woman wearing a trench coat, who then stripped down to a g-string, apparently as a joke on either Jerry Seinfeld or Jason Alexander.
* Creator/WilfordBrimley's {{One Scene Wonder}} appearance as the Postmaster General. "It's the job of a general to BY GOD GET THINGS DONE!"
* The making of the episode "The Outing." NBC execs were worried that it would offend the homosexual community, so the line "[[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat Not that there's anything wrong with that]]" was added after every problematic line. Not only did it solve the problem, but also became one of the show's most popular lines, and also nicely mocked the people who made the objections by pointing out how ridiculous it would be to have some kind of standardized disclaimer after anything potentially offensive.
** The LGBT community also completely loved and embraced it. It even won a GLAAD award. [[CallBack Not that there's anything wrong with that.]]
*** [[FridgeLogic ...wait...]]
* George decides to keep his job at Play Now despite everyone hating him, and one day finds the door to his office is boarded shut.[[note]]Despite lying about a disability in his job interview, his contract allows him to remain employed as long as he shows up to his office by a certain time each business day.[[/note]] He gets in through the air vent, and calls his boss's secretary. "If he needs to see me, tell him I'm IN MY OFFICE!"
* Elaine's internal monologue from "The Hot Tub" as she finally breaks her writer's block, which doubles as a [[{{SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments}} Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]:
-->'''ELAINE:''' Ohhh, I'm exhausted. I've been on this street a thousand times! It's never looked so strange! The faces...so cold! In the distance, a child is crying. Fatherless...a bastard child, perhaps. My back aches...my heart aches...but my feet (stops to look at her feet) ...my feet are resilient! (a big smile grows in her face, as she thinks...) Thank God I took off my heels, and put on my... HIMALAYAN WALKING SHOES!!! (lifting her arms up in the air, in ecstasy, as she says...) Yes!
* Kramer gets even with Cable TV servicemen who deliver crappy customer service by turning the tables on one of them.
* "The Trip Part 2": The [[OneSceneWonder police detective]] who interrogates Kramer, suspected of being the serial killer.
--> '''Kramer''': I didn't kill anyone, I swear! I swear to God!\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Don't you ''ever'' swear to ''my'' God, Kramer. My God is the god who protects the innocent and punishes the evil scum like you, have you got that?\\
'''Kramer''': You're making a big mistake.\\
'''Lt. Martel''': No! ''You'' have made the mistake, Kramer. Sickies like you always do. The only difference is that this time you're gonna pay.\\
'''Kramer''': What?\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Now you might beat the gas chamber Kramer, but as long as I have got a breath in my body you will never ever see the light of day again.\\
'''Kramer''': Wow wow wow wow, you've got the wrong man!! It wasn't me!\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Oh yeah, right. Maybe it was one of your other personalities, huh? The "wise guy", the little kid, the bellhop, the ball player, maybe the door to door vacuum cleaner salesman, but not you, right? No, you wouldn't hurt a ''fly''. You just couldn't help yourself, could you Kramer? You saw life brimming brightly with optimism and verve and you just had to snuff it out.\\
'''Kramer''': Okay, can I just talk to somebody? Can I just explain...\\
'''Lt. Martel''': I'm not interested in your explanations, Kramer! Sure, I bet you've got a million of 'em. Maybe your mother didn't love you enough, maybe the teacher didn't call on you in school when you had your little hand raised, maybe the pervert in the park had a present in his pants, huh? Well, I've got another theory Kramer: you're a weed.\\
'''Kramer''': No...\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Society is filled with them. They're choking the life out of the all pretty flowers.\\
''(Kramer sobs)''\\
'''Lt. Martel''': You see something even remotely pretty and you have to choke the life out if it, don't you Kramer? You killed all the pretty flowers, didn't you Kramer? You killed the pretty little flowers, didn't you? You dirty, filthy, stinky weed! Didn't you?!\\
''(phone rings)''\\
'''Officer''': Lieutenant, it's for you.\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Martel. ''(listening)'' Yeah... yeah... yeah... yeah. ''(hangs up)''\\
'''Officer''': What it is, Lieutenant?\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Let him go.\\
'''Officer''': What, but Lieutenant?\\
'''Lt. Martel''': You heard me, let him go. They just found another body at the Laurel Canyon. Go on Kramer, get out of my sight.\\
'''Kramer''': [[NoodleIncident Hey, how did you know about the guy in the park?]]\\
'''Lt. Martel''': I said beat it!
* The ''very concept'' of "The Chinese Restaurant." Back in 1991, the idea of the main characters waiting around to get a table, in real time, and ''failing'' to get one was unheard of. When the episode was sent to NBC, they were aghast[[note]]They actually thought ''pages were missing'' from the script they were sent[[/note]] and refused to air it until near the end of the season [[ItWillNeverCatchOn out of the belief that no one would like it]]. Not only was the episode beloved by critics, but it would eventually turn out to be one of, if not ''the'', defining episodes of Seinfeld.
* After George threatens to break up to get some control in his relationship, referred to as "hand," the woman turns the tables on him in a glorious display for anyone who's been on the receiving end of this kind of thing, complete with huge applause from the audience.
-->"''I'' am breaking up with ''you''!"
-->"You can't break up with me, I have hand!"
-->[[ADateWithRosiePalms "And you're gonna need it."]]
* Elaine instantly turns one of Jerry's burns back on him.
-->'''Elaine:''' Your standards are too high.
-->'''Jerry:''' I went out with you.
-->'''Elaine:''' That's because my standards are too low.
* George's real life game of ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' in a desperate attempt to get the game across the street to plug it in and preserve his high score. No special effects are involved; we're actually watching Creator/JasonAlexander pushing an arcade game through slow-moving traffic expertly timed to allow him a path through it, and at the end it really is him standing in front of a truck bearing down at full speed and just barely diving away in time.
* Creator/MarisaTomei punching George in "The Cadillac".
* George gets hit with some LaserGuidedKarma for his role in, and [[ComedicSociopathy total indifference to]], Susan's death in Season 7 finale "The Invitations" in Season 8 finale "The Summer of George." While bringing Jerry some party invitations he was supposed to order for his girlfriend (from the same store), he slips on an invitation, falls down a flight of stairs, and is told that he needs to spend the rest of the summer relearning to walk. After commenting, "Wow, invitations again," his friends blandly [[IronicEcho decide to get coffee]] and leave him at the hospital.
* In "The Lip Reader," Jerry and George have a conversation about using Jerry's deaf girlfriend to spy on their friends with her lip reading skills. They work hard to keep their mouths covered throughout the conversation to avoid offending her, but she's still able to make out what they were saying. And then she agrees to help without missing a {{Beat}}.
* Sidra's ad-liibbed parting zinger at Jerry when they break up, after she finds out that he's been trying to find out for the whole episode if her breasts are real.
--> '''Sidra:''' Oh, by the way - they're real, and they're spectacular.
* [[MistakenForJunkie It is based on a misunderstanding,]] but in "The Shower Head," Peterman boldly throws Kramer out of his office after thinking that he's trying to buy drugs from Elaine before giving her a speech urging her to admit that she has a problem and get help for it, and then temporarily firing her when she continues to deny using drugs.
* In "The Foundation," there's the scene where Kramer gets beat up by all of the elementary schoolers from his karate class to get revenge for his mistreatment of them. It's also implied that they are emboldened by seeing Elaine angrily shove Kramer to the ground after she found out that he gave her life-altering advice based on a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' quote.
'''Jerry''': You kept making all the stops?!\\
'''Kramer''': Well, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint people kept ringing the bell]]!
** Speaking of this episode, anyone who has ever had to put up with an obnoxious heckler will appreciate Jerry giving Toby a taste of her own medicine by going to her workplace and heckling her while she's trying to do her job in revenge for her ruining his show.
* {{Sociopath}} Joe Davola gets one when he goes to the opera ''Pagliacci'' dressed as a clown. While walking through Central Park, three thugs start harassing him, prompting him to beat the living shit out of them without saying a word.
** Another moment of Davola's might qualify: At the live filming of the pilot for Jerry and George's sitcom (Jerry), Joe Davola leaps out of the audience and off the balcony towards Jerry, brandishing a knife while shouting "SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS" ("Thus always to tyrants", mistranslated as "Death to tyrants")
*** For those without common knowledge, this was said by John Wilkes Booth prior to his assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and supposedly originated from Brutus, when he assassinated a certain famous Roman.
** Elaine also gets one after discovering Joe's {{Stalker Shrine}}, escaping by spraying her [[strike: perfume]] breath spray into his eyes.
* One for both Kramer and Michael Richards: drinking beer and puffing on a cigarette at the same time. It should be physically impossible, yet there's the evidence.
** Sorry to spoil this one, but in HD you can see the cigarette is outside the glass on the far side. However, it's still awesome as a trick rather than the real thing!
* And of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw "The Marine Biologist."]] George's [=CMoA=], the telling of which also serves as a [=CMoA=] for comic acting, pacing, ''and'' timing, from all four stars.
-->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw&lc=UggcN7TUxir94HgCoAEC Jumpmann]][[note]]Youtube commentator[[/note]]''': True fact
-->This scene was written and then learned by the actors in ten minutes
-->They did one take
-->This had the longest continuous laugh in the show's history
-->Praise Seinfeld 
* Jerry winning the 20-meter-dash against his old high school rival Duncan Meyer, to the sounds of [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic John Williams' "Superman" theme]].
* Michael Richards has said that Kramer's "defining moment" was the second season episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk3DjXKdVcY "The Statue."]]
* Frank Costanza after finding out Morty Seinfeld lied about there not being any available condos in the area he's just moved to: "This is Frank Costanza. You think you can tell me where to live? We're moving in lock, stock, and barrel. We're gonna be in the pool, we're gonna be in the clubhouse, we're gonna be all over that shuffleboard court, and I DARE YOU TO KEEP ME OUT!"
* Peterman confronting Elaine over eating his antique piece of cake. "Do you know what happens to a butter-based frosting after six decades in a poorly ventilated English basement? Well, I have a feeling that what you are about to go through is punishment enough. Dismissed!"
* One for the set designers: the incredibly realistic sets in "The Parking Garage" were the victim of an {{Award Snub}} because they were too convincing, and the Emmy voters assumed the episode was filmed in a real parking garage!
* The "Notes About Nothing" trivia subtitles on the DVD keep a count of Kramer's entrances into Jerry's apartment, and reveal that his big "I'm out!" scene in "The Contest," definitely the most famous of all his entrances, is actually the 100th time he entered the apartment onscreen. What the hell are the odds of that?
** The season two Notes About Nothing mention that after Kramer leaves when he sees a woman at a bus stop, Michael Richards made an unauthorised entry with a woman wearing a trench coat, who then stripped down to a g-string, apparently as a joke on either Jerry Seinfeld or Jason Alexander.
* Creator/WilfordBrimley's {{One Scene Wonder}} appearance as the Postmaster General. "It's the job of a general to BY GOD GET THINGS DONE!"
* The making of the episode "The Outing." NBC execs were worried that it would offend the homosexual community, so the line "[[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat Not that there's anything wrong with that]]" was added after every problematic line. Not only did it solve the problem, but also became one of the show's most popular lines, and also nicely mocked the people who made the objections by pointing out how ridiculous it would be to have some kind of standardized disclaimer after anything potentially offensive.
** The LGBT community also completely loved and embraced it. It even won a GLAAD award. [[CallBack Not that there's anything wrong with that.]]
*** [[FridgeLogic ...wait...]]
* George decides to keep his job at Play Now despite everyone hating him, and one day finds the door to his office is boarded shut.[[note]]Despite lying about a disability in his job interview, his contract allows him to remain employed as long as he shows up to his office by a certain time each business day.[[/note]] He gets in through the air vent, and calls his boss's secretary. "If he needs to see me, tell him I'm IN MY OFFICE!"
* Elaine's internal monologue from "The Hot Tub" as she finally breaks her writer's block, which doubles as a [[{{SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments}} Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]:
-->'''ELAINE:''' Ohhh, I'm exhausted. I've been on this street a thousand times! It's never looked so strange! The faces...so cold! In the distance, a child is crying. Fatherless...a bastard child, perhaps. My back aches...my heart aches...but my feet (stops to look at her feet) ...my feet are resilient! (a big smile grows in her face, as she thinks...) Thank God I took off my heels, and put on my... HIMALAYAN WALKING SHOES!!! (lifting her arms up in the air, in ecstasy, as she says...) Yes!
* Kramer gets even with Cable TV servicemen who deliver crappy customer service by turning the tables on one of them.
* "The Trip Part 2": The [[OneSceneWonder police detective]] who interrogates Kramer, suspected of being the serial killer.
--> '''Kramer''': I didn't kill anyone, I swear! I swear to God!\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Don't you ''ever'' swear to ''my'' God, Kramer. My God is the god who protects the innocent and punishes the evil scum like you, have you got that?\\
'''Kramer''': You're making a big mistake.\\
'''Lt. Martel''': No! ''You'' have made the mistake, Kramer. Sickies like you always do. The only difference is that this time you're gonna pay.\\
'''Kramer''': What?\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Now you might beat the gas chamber Kramer, but as long as I have got a breath in my body you will never ever see the light of day again.\\
'''Kramer''': Wow wow wow wow, you've got the wrong man!! It wasn't me!\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Oh yeah, right. Maybe it was one of your other personalities, huh? The "wise guy", the little kid, the bellhop, the ball player, maybe the door to door vacuum cleaner salesman, but not you, right? No, you wouldn't hurt a ''fly''. You just couldn't help yourself, could you Kramer? You saw life brimming brightly with optimism and verve and you just had to snuff it out.\\
'''Kramer''': Okay, can I just talk to somebody? Can I just explain...\\
'''Lt. Martel''': I'm not interested in your explanations, Kramer! Sure, I bet you've got a million of 'em. Maybe your mother didn't love you enough, maybe the teacher didn't call on you in school when you had your little hand raised, maybe the pervert in the park had a present in his pants, huh? Well, I've got another theory Kramer: you're a weed.\\
'''Kramer''': No...\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Society is filled with them. They're choking the life out of the all pretty flowers.\\
''(Kramer sobs)''\\
'''Lt. Martel''': You see something even remotely pretty and you have to choke the life out if it, don't you Kramer? You killed all the pretty flowers, didn't you Kramer? You killed the pretty little flowers, didn't you? You dirty, filthy, stinky weed! Didn't you?!\\
''(phone rings)''\\
'''Officer''': Lieutenant, it's for you.\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Martel. ''(listening)'' Yeah... yeah... yeah... yeah. ''(hangs up)''\\
'''Officer''': What it is, Lieutenant?\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Let him go.\\
'''Officer''': What, but Lieutenant?\\
'''Lt. Martel''': You heard me, let him go. They just found another body at the Laurel Canyon. Go on Kramer, get out of my sight.\\
'''Kramer''': [[NoodleIncident Hey, how did you know about the guy in the park?]]\\
'''Lt. Martel''': I said beat it!
* The ''very concept'' of "The Chinese Restaurant." Back in 1991, the idea of the main characters waiting around to get a table, in real time, and ''failing'' to get one was unheard of. When the episode was sent to NBC, they were aghast[[note]]They actually thought ''pages were missing'' from the script they were sent[[/note]] and refused to air it until near the end of the season [[ItWillNeverCatchOn out of the belief that no one would like it]]. Not only was the episode beloved by critics, but it would eventually turn out to be one of, if not ''the'', defining episodes of Seinfeld.
* After George threatens to break up to get some control in his relationship, referred to as "hand," the woman turns the tables on him in a glorious display for anyone who's been on the receiving end of this kind of thing, complete with huge applause from the audience.
-->"''I'' am breaking up with ''you''!"
-->"You can't break up with me, I have hand!"
-->[[ADateWithRosiePalms "And you're gonna need it."]]
* Elaine instantly turns one of Jerry's burns back on him.
-->'''Elaine:''' Your standards are too high.
-->'''Jerry:''' I went out with you.
-->'''Elaine:''' That's because my standards are too low.
* George's real life game of ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' in a desperate attempt to get the game across the street to plug it in and preserve his high score. No special effects are involved; we're actually watching Creator/JasonAlexander pushing an arcade game through slow-moving traffic expertly timed to allow him a path through it, and at the end it really is him standing in front of a truck bearing down at full speed and just barely diving away in time.
* Creator/MarisaTomei punching George in "The Cadillac".
* George gets hit with some LaserGuidedKarma for his role in, and [[ComedicSociopathy total indifference to]], Susan's death in Season 7 finale "The Invitations" in Season 8 finale "The Summer of George." While bringing Jerry some party invitations he was supposed to order for his girlfriend (from the same store), he slips on an invitation, falls down a flight of stairs, and is told that he needs to spend the rest of the summer relearning to walk. After commenting, "Wow, invitations again," his friends blandly [[IronicEcho decide to get coffee]] and leave him at the hospital.
* In "The Lip Reader," Jerry and George have a conversation about using Jerry's deaf girlfriend to spy on their friends with her lip reading skills. They work hard to keep their mouths covered throughout the conversation to avoid offending her, but she's still able to make out what they were saying. And then she agrees to help without missing a {{Beat}}.
* Sidra's ad-liibbed parting zinger at Jerry when they break up, after she finds out that he's been trying to find out for the whole episode if her breasts are real.
--> '''Sidra:''' Oh, by the way - they're real, and they're spectacular.
* [[MistakenForJunkie It is based on a misunderstanding,]] but in "The Shower Head," Peterman boldly throws Kramer out of his office after thinking that he's trying to buy drugs from Elaine before giving her a speech urging her to admit that she has a problem and get help for it, and then temporarily firing her when she continues to deny using drugs.
* In "The Foundation," there's the scene where Kramer gets beat up by all of the elementary schoolers from his karate class to get revenge for his mistreatment of them. It's also implied that they are emboldened by seeing Elaine angrily shove Kramer to the ground after she found out that he gave her life-altering advice based on a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' quote.
to:
** He goes to
**
*** For those without common knowledge, this
** Elaine
*
* Jerry's old high school rival Duncan Meyer challenges him to a rematch of a 20-meter dash from their school days, claiming Jerry only won because he jumped the
** Sorry to spoil this one, but in HD you can see
* And
* In "The Statue", Jerry suspects that his cleaning guy has swiped a statue from his apartment and enlists Kramer to get it back. Kramer [[https://www.youtube.
-->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw&lc=UggcN7TUxir94HgCoAEC Jumpmann]][[note]]Youtube commentator[[/note]]''': True fact
-->This scene was written and then learned
-->They did one take
-->This had the longest continuous laugh in the show's history
-->Praise Seinfeld 
* Jerry winning the 20-meter-dash against his old high school rival Duncan Meyer,
*
* Frank Costanza
-->'''Frank:''' This is Frank Costanza. You think you can tell me where to live? We're moving in lock, stock, and barrel. We're gonna be in the pool, we're gonna be in the clubhouse, we're gonna be
* Elaine discovers that the slice of cake she polished off from the fridge in her office was actually a collectible -- a slice of the wedding cake of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson]], for which Peterman
-->'''Peterman:''' Do you know what happens to a butter-based frosting after six decades in a poorly ventilated English basement? Well, I have a feeling that what you are about to go through is punishment enough.
*
* The "Notes About Nothing" trivia subtitles on the DVD keep a count of Kramer's entrances into Jerry's apartment, and reveal that his big "I'm out!" scene in "The Contest," definitely the most famous of all his entrances,
** The season two Notes About Nothing mention that after Kramer leaves when he sees a woman at a bus stop, Michael Richards
* Creator/WilfordBrimley's {{One Scene Wonder}} appearance
-->"It's the job of a general to
*
** The LGBT community also completely loved and embraced it. It even won a GLAAD award. [[CallBack Not that there's anything wrong with that.]]
*** [[FridgeLogic ...wait...]]
*
-->'''George:''' Hello, Marjorie? George Costanza. How are you, sweetheart? Listen, could you give Mr. Tomasoulo a message for me? If he needs
* In "The Hot Tub", Elaine's internal monologue
-->'''ELAINE:'''
-->'''Elaine:''' Ohhh, I'm exhausted. I've been on this street a thousand
''(looks at her
My feet are resilient!
''(raises her arms
* Kramer
-->'''Cable guy:''' All right, I know you're in there... I know you can hear me... You win, okay? You win! I can't do it anymore... What do you want from me? An apology? All right. I'm sorry. There, I said it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I see now how we made you feel, when we made you sit at home, waiting. I don't know why we do it -- I guess we just kind of enjoy taking advantage of people. Well, all that's gonna change. From now on, no more 9 to 12, no more 1 to 5 -- we're gonna have appointments! Eleven o'clock is gonna ''mean'' eleven o'clock! And if we can't make it, we're gonna ''call'' you, tell you why! For God's sake, if a ''doctor'' can do it, why can't we... Anyway... that's it...\\
'''Kramer:''' ''(opens the door and hugs the cable guy)''
* In "The Trip Part
--> '''Kramer''':
-->'''Kramer:''' Okay, can I
'''Lt.
'''Kramer''':
'''Kramer:''' No...\\
'''Lt.
'''Lt. Martel''': Now you might beat the gas chamber Kramer, but as long as I have got a breath in my body you will never ever see the light of day again.\\
'''Kramer''': Wow wow wow wow, you've got the wrong man!! It wasn't me!\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Oh yeah, right. Maybe it was one of your other personalities, huh? The "wise guy", the little kid, the bellhop, the ball player, maybe the door to door vacuum cleaner salesman, but not you, right? No, you wouldn't hurt a ''fly''. You just couldn't help yourself, could you Kramer? You saw life brimming brightly with optimism and verve and you just had to snuff it out.\\
'''Kramer''': Okay, can I just talk to somebody? Can I just explain...
'''Lt.
'''Kramer''': No...\\
'''Kramer:''' ''(sobs desperately)''\\
'''Lt.
: :He's quite disappointed when another victim turns up, meaning they've got the wrong guy. But in a kinda horrifying way, he showed how good he was at his job, when Kramer says this:
-->'''Kramer:''' Hey, [[NoodleIncident how'd you know about the guy in the park]]?
* In "The Andrea Doria", George loses out on an apartment to someone who had survived the eponymous shipwreck, as the condo board sympathized with him. George figures his life as a ButtMonkey has been ''much'' more worthy of that sympathy, and he retaliates with a phenomenal game of MiseryPoker, bringing the parties in front of the condo board and having each tell their story. George's bit is told only in pieces, but all of them are {{Call Back}}s to prior episodes. And at the end, when he's reduced the entire condo board to tears, only ''then'' does he [[AndAnotherThing remember to mention something]]:
-->'''George:''' Oh, and my fiancée died from licking toxic envelopes that I picked out. Thank you for your time.
* In the finale, Newman, spurned once too often by Jerry, predicts his coming downfall with devastating accuracy:
-->'''Newman:''' All right! But hear me, and hear me well! The day will come -- oh yes, mark my words, Seinfeld! Your day of reckoning is coming! When an evil wind will blow through your little play-world and wipe that smug smile off your face! And I'll be there, in all my glory, watching! ''Watching'' as it all comes ''crumbling down''! ''(EvilLaugh)''
* After George threatens to break up with his girlfriend as a means of exacting control in his relationship -- something he refers to as "hand" -- the woman calls his bluff. The audience applauds loudly, because it's a glorious display for any woman who's been on the receiving end of it:
-->'''GirlOfTheWeek:''' ''I'' am breaking up with ''you''!\\
'''George:''' You can't break up with me, I have hand!\\
'''GirlOfTheWeek:''' And [[ADateWithRosiePalms you're gonna need it]].
* Elaine instantly turns one of Jerry's burns back on him:
-->'''Elaine:''' Your standards are too high.\\
'''Lt. Martel''': You see something even remotely pretty and you have to choke the life
''(phone rings)''\\
'''Officer''': Lieutenant, it's for you.
'''Officer''': What it is, Lieutenant?\\
'''Lt. Martel''': Let
* George tries to save evidence of one of the few accomplishments in his life: he still has the high score in the ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' machine at his old pizza haunt. When the store closes, his attempts to save the machine without unplugging the power and erasing the high score data sees him
'''Officer''': What,
'''Lt. Martel''': You heard me,
* In "The Cadillac", George manages to score a date with Creator/MarisaTomei, who happens to have a thing for guys exactly like him. George eventually comes clean and admits he's already engaged to someone else. She punches him and walks off.
* In "The Lip Reader", Jerry and George discuss using Jerry's deaf girlfriend to spy on their friends with her lip-reading skills -- while she's sitting across the table from them. They cover their mouths throughout the conversation to avoid offending her (like they're FilmingForEasyDub), before George finally convinces Jerry to ask her. He turns to her, and before he can tell her what he's thinking, she nonchalantly says, "Sure, I'll do it!"
* Sidra's famous parting zinger after breaking up with Jerry, who had spent the whole episode trying to find out if her breasts are real: "Oh, and by the way -- they're real... and they're ''spectacular''." That line was [[ThrowItIn ad-libbed]] as well.
* In "The Shower Head", Kramer finagles his way into Elaine's office and begs her to let him
-->'''Elaine:''' Why don't you just
'''Kramer:''' Jerry's got nothing, Newman's got nothing! You're the
'''Kramer''': [[NoodleIncident Hey, how did you
'''Peterman:''' ''(bursts in)'' Not on my watch! ''(grabs Kramer)'' [[MistakenForJunkie I won't have you turning my office into a den of iniquity]]! Get your fix ''somewhere else''! ''(tosses Kramer outside)''
* In "The Foundation", the
'''Lt. Martel''': I said
!!!'''Meta'''
* The
* After George threatens to break up to get some control in his relationship, referred to as "hand," the woman turns the tables on him in a glorious display for anyone who's been on the receiving end of this kind of thing, complete with huge applause from the audience.
-->"''I'' am breaking up with ''you''!"
-->"You can't break up with me, I have hand!"
-->[[ADateWithRosiePalms "And you're gonna need it."]]
* Elaine instantly turns one of Jerry's burns back on him.
-->'''Elaine:''' Your standards are too high.
-->'''Jerry:''' I went out with you.
-->'''Elaine:''' That's because my standards are too low.
* George's real life game of ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' in a desperate attempt to get the game across the street to plug it in and preserve his high score. No special effects are involved; we're actually watching Creator/JasonAlexander pushing an arcade game through slow-moving traffic expertly timed to allow him a path through
*
* George gets hit with some LaserGuidedKarma for his role in,
* The "Notes About Nothing" trivia subtitles on the DVD reveal a few meta moments. The best is that they kept count of Kramer's {{Dynamic Entr|y}}ies over the course of the show. The one that just happened to be the 100th was the one in "The
* The episode "The
* In "The Lip Reader,"
* Sidra's ad-liibbed parting zinger at Jerry when they break up, after she finds out that he's been
--> '''Sidra:''' Oh, by the way -
* [[MistakenForJunkie It is based on a misunderstanding,]] but
* In "The Foundation," there's the scene where Kramer gets beat up by all of the elementary schoolers from his karate class to get revenge for his mistreatment of them. It's also implied
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* In "The Lip Reader," Jerry and George have a conversation about using Jerry's deaf girlfriend to spy on their friends with her lip reading skills. They work hard to keep their mouths covered throughout the conversation to avoid offending her, but she's still able to make out what they were saying. And then she agrees to help without missing a {{Beat}}.
* Sidra's ad-liibbed parting zinger at Jerry when they break up, after she finds out that he's been trying to find out for the whole episode if her breasts are real.
--> '''Sidra:''' Oh, by the way - they're real, and they're spectacular.
* [[MistakenForJunkie It is based on a misunderstanding,]] but in "The Shower Head," Peterman boldly throws Kramer out of his office after thinking that he's trying to buy drugs from Elaine before giving her a speech urging her to admit that she has a problem and get help for it, and then temporarily firing her when she continues to deny using drugs.
* In "The Foundation," there's the scene where Kramer gets beat up by all of the elementary schoolers from his karate class to get revenge for his mistreatment of them. It's also implied that they are emboldened by seeing Elaine angrily shove Kramer to the ground after she found out that he gave her life-altering advice based on a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' quote.
* Sidra's ad-liibbed parting zinger at Jerry when they break up, after she finds out that he's been trying to find out for the whole episode if her breasts are real.
--> '''Sidra:''' Oh, by the way - they're real, and they're spectacular.
* [[MistakenForJunkie It is based on a misunderstanding,]] but in "The Shower Head," Peterman boldly throws Kramer out of his office after thinking that he's trying to buy drugs from Elaine before giving her a speech urging her to admit that she has a problem and get help for it, and then temporarily firing her when she continues to deny using drugs.
* In "The Foundation," there's the scene where Kramer gets beat up by all of the elementary schoolers from his karate class to get revenge for his mistreatment of them. It's also implied that they are emboldened by seeing Elaine angrily shove Kramer to the ground after she found out that he gave her life-altering advice based on a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' quote.
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* George gets hit with some LaserGuidedKarma for [[spoiler:his role in, and [[ComedicSociopathy total indifference to]], Susan's death in Season 7 finale "The Invitations"]] in Season 8 finale "The Summer of George." While bringing Jerry some party invitations he was supposed to order for his girlfriend (from the same store), he slips on an invitation, falls down a flight of stairs, and is told that he needs to spend the rest of the summer relearning to walk. After commenting, "Wow, invitations again," his friends blandly [[IronicEcho decide to get coffee]] and leave him at the hospital.
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* Marisa Tomei punching George in "The Cadillac".
* George gets hit with some LaserGuidedKarma for [[spoiler:his role in, and [[ComedicSociopathy total indifference to]], Susan's death in Season 7 finale "The Invitations"]] in Season 8 finale "The Summer of George." While bringing Jerry some party invitations he was supposed to order for his girlfriend (from the same store), he slips on an invitation, falls down a flight of stairs, and is told that he needs to spend the rest of the summer relearning to walk. After commenting, "Wow, invitations again," his friends blandly [[IronicEcho decide to get coffee]] and leave him at the hospital.
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* George gets hit with some LaserGuidedKarma for [[spoiler:his role in, and [[ComedicSociopathy total indifference to]], Susan's death in Season 7 finale "The Invitations"]] in Season 8 finale "The Summer of George." While bringing Jerry some party invitations he was supposed to order for his girlfriend (from the same store), he slips on an invitation, falls down a flight of stairs, and is told that he needs to spend the rest of the summer relearning to walk. After commenting, "Wow, invitations again," his friends blandly [[IronicEcho decide to get coffee]] and leave him at the hospital.
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* George gets hit with some LaserGuidedKarma for [[spoiler:his role in, and [[ComedicSociopathy total indifference to]], Susan's death in Season 7 finale "The Invitations"]] in Season 8 finale "The Summer of George." While bringing Jerry some party invitations he was supposed to order for his girlfriend (from the same store), he slips on an invitation, falls down a flight of stairs, and is told that he needs to spend the rest of the summer relearning to walk. After commenting, "Wow, invitations again," his friends blandly [[IronicEcho decide to get coffee]] and leave him at thehospital.hospital.
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* Elaine getting one over on the Soup Nazi. After she's banned her from his store, she ends up buying getting an armoire that belonged to him at one point.point (he gave it to Kramer not knowing he was going to give it to her) . The kicker? All of his recipes are still in there. At the end of the episode, she walks into his store and recites one of the recipes she's found, then tells him...
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** After watching the four core characters screw over so many people over the years (even though it was done for [[{{RuleOfFunny}} comedic effect]]), seeing them get their comeuppance was ''very'' satisfying.
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* George gets hit with some LaserGuidedKarma for [[spoiler:his role in, and [[ComedicSociopathy total indifference to, to]], Susan's death in Season 7 finale "The Invitations"]] in Season 8 finale "The Summer of George." While bringing Jerry some party invitations he was supposed to order for his girlfriend (from the same store), he slips on an invitation, falls down a flight of stairs, and is told that he needs to spend the rest of the summer relearning to walk. After commenting, "Wow, invitations again," his friends blandly [[IronicEcho decide to get coffee]] and leave him at the hospital.
