History Heartwarming / Seinfeld

* While Michael made a bigger deal than need be because Kramer didn't know what he did was illegal (not that Kramer showed remorse), he speaks highly off his father who worked long hours in less than ideal conditions to put him through law school.

* In a strange way, George reassuring the bevy of beautiful women he interviews for his secretary job that he's not assuming that being attractive=being stupid, explicitly telling them--"You're obviously very qualified" and that ''he'' is the problem.

* Jerry and Jeanie hitting it off immediately and their subsequent FallingInLoveMontage in "The Invitations" is actually rather cute. It might fall apart in typical "Seinfeld" style, but it's still just about the closest the show has ever come to depicting a genuine love story.

* In “The Gum”, Kramer goes out of his way to reassure Lloyd Braun about his sanity and protect him from any perceived slights after Lloyd returned from the mental hospital. Of course, Kramer is over-the-top about it in typical Kramer fashion, and shenanigans occur, but it’s still sweet to see how much he genuinely cares about his friend and wants him to be treated fairly.

* Another Jerry and Elaine moment, in "The Limo" George and Jerry pretend to be an O' Brien and Murphy to borrow a guys limo since Georges' car broke down. Unfortunately they find out O'Brien is a Neo-Nazi after he invites Elaine and Kramer to join them thinking they got free tickets to the Knicks game. [[ConspiracyTheorist Kramer]] is quick to believe Jerry is a Nazi and says Jerry has always been suspicious. Elaine doesn't doubt his innocence for one second and is sure it's just a misunderstanding.

* In "The Deal", Kramer's card for Elaine: "Think where man's glory most begins and ends/And say my glory was I had such friends." - Creator/WilliamButlerYeats

* There are very few moments where what could be argued as love is shown. There are well wishes, appreciations, compliments, condolences, concerns and congratulations shared between the main four, but only once is there a hint of actual love: At the end of "The Deal", Jerry and Elaine admit that their deal is breaking their friendship apart. They can not simply have "that" (sex) without consequences and Elaine can't go back to just "this" (friendship). She wants "the other", a true romantic relationship. [[spoiler:They start one.]] Both Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David said that this is the only moment where there is real true emotion between the characters. (Since this is ''Seinfeld'', everything was back to normal by the next episode).

* Another meta one: the reason why "The Raincoats" had so many ''Film/SchindlersList'' references? It's because of Jerry (real life Jerry, that is) finding out that [[spoiler:when making the movie, Creator/StevenSpielberg got so depressed he would watch episodes of ''Seinfeld'' to help cheer himself up]].

* In “The Merv Griffin Show”, Kramer creates a fake talk show in his apartment out of set pieces from the garbage. The first thing he says to Elaine is that she looks more beautiful every day, and they both laugh good-naturedly about it.

* In "The Hot Tub", while it all goes wrong, of course, it's genuinely sweet to see Jerry be concerned about Elaine's guest not oversleeping and missing the marathon as he did the previous year and pulling out all the stops to look after him and make sure it doesn't happen.

* "The Red Dot" is a rare episode where Jerry makes up with someone whose life he ruined. After causing Elaine's boyfriend to fall off the wagon (by accident) and thus cause him to lose his job the end reveals that Dick has once more kicked his alcohol addiction and is attending one of Jerry's comedy performances, smiling as Jerry talks about the entire indicent.

* "The Red Dot" is a rare episode where Jerry makes up with someone whose life he ruined. After causing Elaine's boyfriend to fall off the wagon (by accident) and thus cause him to lose his job the end reveals that Dick has once more kicked his alcohol addiction and is attending one of Jerry's comedy performances, smiling as Jerry talks about the entire indicent.

* In "The Heart Attack, as George is being rushed to the hospital, Kramer can be seen resting his hand on his shoulder, trying to comfort and calm him.

* Most obviously, the montage of still frames, behind-the-scenes footage, bloopers and classic scenes at the end of the penultimate episode, "The Chronicle", set to "[[IsntItIronic Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)]]" by Music/GreenDay. We dare anyone who watched Seinfeld during its original run to not break out in goosebumps and feel unable to stop smiling. Doubles as a TearJerker, especially during the line "We hope you had the time of your life", because it was so true. The '90s were the time of most presently-living people's lives, and Seinfeld was the end-all-be-all of their entertainment.

''{{Series/Seinfeld}}'' is the last show you would ever expect a heartwarming moment from, and in accordance with that perception, nearly all the moments are only heartwarming because they are tinged with meta, but there are a few worth mentioning:

* "The Yada Yada" has [[BigGuyLittleGuy Kramer and Mickey Abbott]] squabbling over some girls they're double-dating with, neither of them being sure who's supposed to be dating who. After the argument is finally settled in Kramer's favor, he goes to meet his new girlfriend's family only to discover that her parents are little people like Mickey. At this, he unhesitatingly switches girlfriends, convinced that Mickey will be happier with that family. This goes about as well as you'd expect (turns out the girl already prefers Kramer), but it's a very rare moment of unselfish consideration from a ''Seinfeld'' character.

* Similarly, when Elaine agrees to have sex with Jerry to save the friendship in “The Mango.” She didn’t like the idea of having sex at first, but when their friendship was on the line she decides that she’d rather do something she doesn’t want to do rather than lose Jerry as a friend.

* "The Yada Yada" has [[BigGuyLittleGuy Kramer and Mickey Abbott]] squabbling over some girls they're double-dating with, neither of them being sure who's supposed to be dating who. After the argument is finally settled in Kramer's favor, he goes to meet the his new girlfriend's family only to discover that her parents are little people like Mickey. At this, he unhesitatingly switches girlfriends, convinced that Mickey will be happier with that family. This goes about as well as you'd expect (turns out the girl already prefers Kramer), but it's a very rare moment of unselfish consideration from a ''Seinfeld'' character.

* "The Yada Yada" has [[BigGuyLittleGuy Kramer and Mickey Abbott]] squabbling over some girls they're double-dating with, neither of them being sure who's supposed to be dating who. After the argument is finally settled in Kramer's favor, he goes to meet the his new girlfriend's family only to discover that her parents are little people like Mickey. He unhesitatingly switches girlfriends, convinced that Mickey will be happier with that family. This goes about as well as you'd expect, but it's a very rare moment of unselfish consideration from a ''Seinfeld'' character.

* "The Betrayal" ends with a flashback to Jerry moving into the building eleven years earlier and meeting Kramer for the first time. Notably, [[HilariousInFlashback Jerry is the one who invites Kramer, who's afraid to impose, in for a bite to eat]], encouraging him with the phrase, "[[ExactWords What's mine is yours]]" with no awareness of [[LiteralMinded how literally Kramer's going to take that dictum]].

** In a rare (perhaps totally unique) glimpse of George's romantic side, he admits to Elaine that [[ShipperOnDeck he's always secretly wanted her and Jerry to get back together]].

** In a rare glimpse of George's romantic side, he admits to Elaine that [[ShipperOnDeck he's always secretly wanted her and Jerry to get back together]].

* "The Betrayal" ends with a flashback to Jerry moving into the building eleven years earlier and meeting Kramer for the first time. Notably, [[DramaticIrony Jerry is the one who invites Kramer, who's afraid to impose, in for a bite to eat]], encouraging him with the phrase, "[[ExactWords What's mine is yours]]" with no awareness of [[LiteralMinded how literally Kramer's going to take that dictum]].

** In a rare glimpse of George's romantic side, he admits to Elaine that [[ShipperOnDeck he's always secretly wanted her and Jerry to get back together]].

* "The Serenity Now" is just a full episode's worth of experimentally violating the "no hugging, no learning" credo, with hilarious results (and arguably a bit of TakeThat to the idea of making ''Seinfeld'' anything other than the SadistShow it is, with Jerry noting that getting in touch with his emotions improves his life in every way [[ComedicSociopathy at the expense of his comedy]]). A few moments stand out as genuinely touching, though, among them the fact that while George's reaction to Jerry's PlatonicDeclarationOfLove is one of [[WeWantOurJerkBack utter horror]], Kramer responds to the same with an unfussy and casual, but clearly sincere, "I love you too, buddy."

-->'''Kramer:''' No, no, you're stout. The camera loves stoutness! ''(He crouches down to talk to George.)'' Look, we're not going to do anything that makes you feel uncomfortable! The key word is "tasteful." Now I want you to relax and have fun. 'Cause you're a fun guy! ''(Sees George cheering up.)'' All ''right!'' Let's do it, huh?! Yeah!