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* In some circles, it's popular to refer to the show as "one of the greatest anime ever," similar to ''Series/CoryInTheHouse.''

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* In some circles, it's popular to refer to the show as "one of the greatest anime ever," similar to ''Series/CoryInTheHouse.''''
* "You're crying from ''Film/HomeAlone1''?" "The old man got to me"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A scene from "The Junior Mint" where Jerry finds George crying while watching ''Home Alone'' became a popular source of memes, with people editing the line with their movie or show of choice.[[/labelnote]]
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* "The UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} is weak."/[[SuddenlyShouting "UKRAINE IS GAME TO YOU?!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A game of ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}}'' between Newman and Kramer being interrupted by a random Ukranian's PatrioticFervor on the subway. Tends to resurface whenever UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} starts acting belligerent towards Ukraine... [[HistoryRepeats again]].[[/labelnote]]

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* "The UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} is weak."/[[SuddenlyShouting "UKRAINE IS GAME TO YOU?!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A game of ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}}'' between Newman and Kramer being interrupted by a random Ukranian's PatrioticFervor on the subway. Tends to resurface whenever UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} starts acting belligerent towards Ukraine... [[HistoryRepeats again]].[[/labelnote]][[/labelnote]]
* In some circles, it's popular to refer to the show as "one of the greatest anime ever," similar to ''Series/CoryInTheHouse.''
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** I don't want to be Switzerland.
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* "The UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} is weak."/[[SuddenlyShouting "UKRAINE IS GAME TO YOU?!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A game of ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}}'' between George and Kramer being interrupted by a random Ukranian's PatrioticFervor on the subway. Tends to resurface whenever UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} starts acting belligerent towards Ukraine... [[HistoryRepeats again]].[[/labelnote]]

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* "The UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} is weak."/[[SuddenlyShouting "UKRAINE IS GAME TO YOU?!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A game of ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}}'' between George Newman and Kramer being interrupted by a random Ukranian's PatrioticFervor on the subway. Tends to resurface whenever UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} starts acting belligerent towards Ukraine... [[HistoryRepeats again]].[[/labelnote]]
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* "This was supposed to be the summer of George..." [[labelnote:Explanation]]George lamenting his injury in the episode of the same name used as a response to missing out on something one is looking forward to. It particularly became popular in TheNew20s as Covid-19 and its variants led to worldwide shutdowns, disrupting people's social lives and plans.[[/labelnote]]

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* "This was supposed to be the summer of George..." [[labelnote:Explanation]]George lamenting his injury in the episode of the same name used as a response to missing out on something one is looking forward to. It particularly became popular in TheNew20s as Covid-19 and its variants led to worldwide shutdowns, disrupting people's social lives and plans.[[/labelnote]]
* "The UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} is weak."/[[SuddenlyShouting "UKRAINE IS GAME TO YOU?!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A game of ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}}'' between George and Kramer being interrupted by a random Ukranian's PatrioticFervor on the subway. Tends to resurface whenever UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} starts acting belligerent towards Ukraine... [[HistoryRepeats again]].
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* But at least he's the [[ADateWithRosiePalms master of his domain]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]One episode was spent on a contest between the main characters on who could go the longest without masturbating, and ''not once'' was the word "masturbation" used, prompting an enormous amount of {{Unusual Euphemism}}s, this being the most popular.[[/labelnote]]

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* But at least he's the [[ADateWithRosiePalms master of his domain]].domain. [[labelnote:Explanation]]One episode was spent on a contest between the main characters on who could go the longest without masturbating, and ''not once'' was the word "masturbation" used, prompting an enormous amount of {{Unusual Euphemism}}s, this being the most popular.[[/labelnote]]
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* Who! Who doesn't want to wear the rrribbon!? [[labelnote:Explanation]] The scene in "The Sponge" where Kramer is mobbed for not wearing a ribbon during a anti AIDS walk. The meme is about people refusing to partake in chain challenges (such as the Ice Bucket Challenge) or trends (like adding the LGBT filter on profile pictures on Facebook after the national legalization of gay marriage in the US).[[/labelnote]]

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* Who! Who doesn't want to wear the rrribbon!? [[labelnote:Explanation]] The scene in "The Sponge" where Kramer is mobbed for not wearing a ribbon during a an anti AIDS walk. The meme is about people refusing to partake in chain challenges (such as the Ice Bucket Challenge) or trends (like adding the LGBT filter on profile pictures on Facebook after the national legalization of gay marriage in the US).[[/labelnote]]
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* "Kramer, what's going on in there?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A scene in "The Chicken Roaster" where Jerry discovers that the neon sign for the newly-opened Kenny Rogers Roasters is so bright that it practically becomes a second sun in Kramer's apartment across the street. The bit became a popular exploitable at the start of 2022, depicting the light as actually coming from various events in other works (sometimes changing the color of the light to match).[[/labelnote]]

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* "Kramer, what's going on in there?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A scene in "The Chicken Roaster" where Jerry discovers that the neon sign for the newly-opened Kenny Rogers Roasters is so bright that it practically becomes a second sun in Kramer's apartment across the street. The bit became a popular exploitable at the start of 2022, depicting the light as actually coming from various events in other works (sometimes changing the color of the light to match).[[/labelnote]]
* "This was supposed to be the summer of George..." [[labelnote:Explanation]]George lamenting his injury in the episode of the same name used as a response to missing out on something one is looking forward to. It particularly became popular in TheNew20s as Covid-19 and its variants led to worldwide shutdowns, disrupting people's social lives and plans.
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* These examples are making me thirsty. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Kramer once had a brief role in a CreatorWoodyAllen film with the sole line "These pretzels are making me thirsty", which became a RunningGag throughout the episode.[[/labelnote]]

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* These examples are making me thirsty. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Kramer once had a brief role in a CreatorWoodyAllen Creator/WoodyAllen film with the sole line "These pretzels are making me thirsty", which became a RunningGag throughout the episode.[[/labelnote]]
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* These examples are making me thirsty. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Kramer once had a brief experiencing at acting with the sole line "These pretzels are making me thirsty", which became a RunningGag throughout the episode.[[/labelnote]]

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* These examples are making me thirsty. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Kramer once had a brief experiencing at acting role in a CreatorWoodyAllen film with the sole line "These pretzels are making me thirsty", which became a RunningGag throughout the episode.[[/labelnote]]
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* That's gold, Jerry! Gold! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A memorable exclamation of enthusiasm from Kenny Bania.[[/labelnote]]

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* That's gold, Jerry! Gold! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A memorable exclamation of enthusiasm from Kenny Bania.[[/labelnote]]
* "Kramer, what's going on in there?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A scene in "The Chicken Roaster" where Jerry discovers that the neon sign for the newly-opened Kenny Rogers Roasters is so bright that it practically becomes a second sun in Kramer's apartment across the street. The bit became a popular exploitable at the start of 2022, depicting the light as actually coming from various events in other works (sometimes changing the color of the light to match).
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* Assman [[labelnote:Explanation]]Kramer accidentally gets a vanity plate with this word printed on it in "The Fusilli Jerry." The word has become a common descriptor for men who prefer women with more, [[HartmanHips well...]][[/labelnote]]

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* Assman [[labelnote:Explanation]]Kramer accidentally gets a vanity plate VanityLicensePlate with this word printed on it in "The Fusilli Jerry." The word has become a common descriptor for men who prefer women with more, [[HartmanHips well...]][[/labelnote]]
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2sBURgUBI The Seinfeld Theme]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Late 2016 saw a resurgence in the Seinfeld theme, generally indicating a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly3NNdeSjZ0 bad punchline to a joke]].[[/labelnote]].

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2sBURgUBI The Seinfeld Theme]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Late Theme]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]Late 2016 saw a resurgence in the Seinfeld theme, generally indicating a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly3NNdeSjZ0 bad punchline to a joke]].[[/labelnote]].[[/labelnote]]
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* Man hands. [[labelnote:Explanation]] [[MinorFlawMajorBreakup Every relationship any of the four were in ended swiftly when they discovered some inconsequential detail they couldn't tolerate, with one of Jerry's partner's man hands being the most famous]].[[/labelnote]]

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* Man hands. [[labelnote:Explanation]] [[MinorFlawMajorBreakup Every relationship any of the four were in ended swiftly [[MinorFlawMajorBreakup when they discovered some inconsequential detail they couldn't tolerate, tolerate]], with one of Jerry's partner's man hands "man hands" being the most famous]].famous.[[/labelnote]]



* The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli. [[labelnote:Explanation]] George telling the story of how, while posing as a marine biologist, he was forced to rescue a beached whale.[[/labelnote]]

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* The sea was angry that day, my friends - friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli. [[labelnote:Explanation]] deli.[[labelnote:Explanation]]At the end of "The Marine Biologist", George telling the uses this line to begin a story of how, while posing as a marine biologist, about how he was forced to rescue a beached whale.whale while posing as a marine biologist. Originally part of the payoff of that episode's BrickJoke, the line since caught on thanks to the absurd nature of the simile; since then it's often been invoked as an ironic reference to overblown anecdotes.[[/labelnote]]



* When you control the mail, you control - ''information!'' [[labelnote:Explanation]] Newman's BadassBoast in "The Lip Reader". Popular given how true it is.[[/labelnote]]

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* When you control the mail, you control - control... ''information!'' [[labelnote:Explanation]] Newman's BadassBoast in "The Lip Reader". Popular given how true it is.[[/labelnote]]



* "Maybe a dingo ate your baby!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by Elaine, complete with faux-Australian accent, in "The Stranded" - though this is a meme the show itself referenced, based on an infamous real-life incident, rather than being created for the show.[[/labelnote]]

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* "Maybe a dingo ate your baby!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by Elaine, complete with faux-Australian accent, in "The Stranded" - though this is a meme Stranded". Though the show line itself referenced, based on was referencing an infamous real-life incident, rather than being created for it's more heavily associated with the show.[[/labelnote]]
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* "Maybe a dingo ate your baby!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by Elaine, complete with faux-Australian accent, in "The Stranded."[[/labelnote]]

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* "Maybe a dingo ate your baby!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by Elaine, complete with faux-Australian accent, in "The Stranded."[[/labelnote]]Stranded" - though this is a meme the show itself referenced, based on an infamous real-life incident, rather than being created for the show.[[/labelnote]]
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* That's gold, Jerry! Gold![[labelnote:Explanation]]A memorable exclamation from Kenny Bania.[[/labelnote]]

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* That's gold, Jerry! Gold![[labelnote:Explanation]]A Gold! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A memorable exclamation of enthusiasm from Kenny Bania.[[/labelnote]]
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* I gotta focus. I'm shifting into soup mode.[[labelnote:Explanation]]George bracing himself for the precarious process of ordering from the Soup Nazi. "Soup" is often changed to something else.[[/labelnote]]

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* I gotta focus. I'm shifting into soup mode.[[labelnote:Explanation]]George bracing himself for the precarious process of ordering from the Soup Nazi. "Soup" is often changed to something else.[[/labelnote]]
* That's gold, Jerry! Gold![[labelnote:Explanation]]A memorable exclamation from Kenny Bania.
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* "YOU KNOW WE'RE LIVING IN A SOCIETY!"[[labelnote:Explanation]] Clips of George angrily yelling the phrase have found popularity in recent years due to a mostly unrelated meme involving ComicBook/TheJoker saying the same phrase.[[/labelnote]]

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* "YOU KNOW WE'RE LIVING IN A SOCIETY!"[[labelnote:Explanation]] Clips of George angrily yelling the phrase have found popularity in recent years due to a mostly unrelated meme involving ComicBook/TheJoker saying the same phrase.[[/labelnote]]
* I gotta focus. I'm shifting into soup mode.[[labelnote:Explanation]]George bracing himself for the precarious process of ordering from the Soup Nazi. "Soup" is often changed to something else.
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* "Maybe the Dingo ate your baby!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by Elaine, complete with faux-Australian accent, in "The Stranded."[[/labelnote]]

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* "Maybe the Dingo a dingo ate your baby!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by Elaine, complete with faux-Australian accent, in "The Stranded."[[/labelnote]]
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* Who! Who doesn't want to wear the rrribbon!? [[labelnote:Explaination]] The scene in "The Sponge" where Kramer is mobbed for not wearing a ribbon during a anti AIDS walk. The meme is about people refusing to partake in chain challenges (such as the Ice Bucket Challenge) or trends (like adding the LGBT filter on profile pictures on Facebook after the national legalization of gay marriage in the US).[[/labelnote]]
* When you control the mail, you control - ''information!'' [[labelnote:Explaination]] Newman's BadassBoast in "The Lip Reader". Popular given how true it is.[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2sBURgUBI The Seinfeld Theme]][[labelnote:Explaination:]]Late 2016 saw a resurgence in the Seinfeld theme, generally indicating a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly3NNdeSjZ0 bad punchline to a joke]].[[/labelnote]].

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* Who! Who doesn't want to wear the rrribbon!? [[labelnote:Explaination]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] The scene in "The Sponge" where Kramer is mobbed for not wearing a ribbon during a anti AIDS walk. The meme is about people refusing to partake in chain challenges (such as the Ice Bucket Challenge) or trends (like adding the LGBT filter on profile pictures on Facebook after the national legalization of gay marriage in the US).[[/labelnote]]
* When you control the mail, you control - ''information!'' [[labelnote:Explaination]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] Newman's BadassBoast in "The Lip Reader". Popular given how true it is.[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2sBURgUBI The Seinfeld Theme]][[labelnote:Explaination:]]Late Theme]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Late 2016 saw a resurgence in the Seinfeld theme, generally indicating a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly3NNdeSjZ0 bad punchline to a joke]].[[/labelnote]].
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