The cast have varying degrees of success trying to obtain legendary soup from a temperamental restaurateur. Kramer tries to stand guard over an armoire, but gets mugged.
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!!Tropes:
* AcquaintanceDenial:Jerry and Sheila are waiting in line for soup when The Soup Nazi attempts to kick the two of them out for kissing. When Sheila makes a big fuss and gets in more trouble, she storms out and wants Jerry to go with her. Still wanting soup, he pretends not to know her.
* ArgentinaIsNaziland: Parodied at the end when the "Soup Nazi" is said to have moved to Argentina when Elaine took his recipes.
* CatchPhrase: "NO SOUP FOR YOU!" serves as one for the eponymous "Soup Nazi," and caught on out-of-universe for a time, too.
* ComicalOverreacting: The "Soup Nazi" throws out customers from his restaurant for holding up the line. He bans Elaine for a year for a serious breach of protocol; she drapes herself on the counter, tries to make small talk, hassles the owner, and engages in a lengthy Al Pacino impression.
* GenreSavvy: When Newman enters the soup shop, he orders the large jambalaya, gives the money to the cashier and thanks the chef before leaving with the soup, evidently listening to Kramer.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: While on a double date, George decides to annoy Jerry by fawning all over Susan the way Jerry does with his girlfriend, to show him how annoying it is. Jerry ups the stakes until both couples are outright making out in the restaurant. A few days later, Jerry has finally broken up with his girlfriend, while George is now suffering through Susan's clinginess, which was inspired by his behavior.
* OddFriendship: The "Soup Nazi" is a short-tempered perfectionist with zero tolerance for lollygagging among customers in his food line. He is, however, good friends with Kramer, with whom he carries on an extended conversation while working, and even [[PetTheDog offers Kramer an armoire from his basement, for free,]] out of the kindness of his heart.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode was inspired by Soup Kitchen International (renamed The Original Soupman in 2010), an NYC soup restaurant whose owner, Al Yeganeh, was known for his acidic attitude.
* SeriousBusiness:
** Two street thugs threaten violence to Kramer who's trying to stop them from taking a wardrobe. Elaine had purchased the armoire, but was unable to move it into her apartment until the following day, necessitating Kramer keep an eye on it in the meantime.
** Also the soup itself. It's incredibly delicious and worth not just the long wait time to get it but also the extremely stringent ordering requirements imposed on the patrons once they enter the restaurant. George and Elaine find this out firsthand when they get booted from the establishment with a pointed "NO SOUP FOR YOU!" after failing to adhere to the rules. Very much TruthInTelevision as the real-life restaurant it was based off of had similar requirements and was not shy about denying soup from people who held up the line, yet people still lined up en masse every day to buy the soup solely because of how good it was.
* SecretWeapon: After being banned from the restaurant and further insulted by the "Soup Nazi," Elaine finds his soup recipes in an armoire unwittingly gifted from the restaurateur. She makes his amazing recipes public knowledge, which in turn leads to the man closing down his restaurant out of despair.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Jerry and his GirlOfTheWeek, who address each other as "shmoopie!" and can't stop hugging and kissing, much to everyone's annoyance.
* {{Troll}}: Kramer borrows the back cushion off Jerry's couch while he stakes out the armoire. He has his own, but Jerry has a nicer couch.
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