History Recap / SeinfeldS4E11TheContest

After George is caught masturbating by his mother, causing her to fall and injure her back, the gang makes a contest to see who can go the longest without masturbating. Although it becomes very hard for each of them to resist the temptation to masturbate when an attractive woman is stripping across the window from Jerry's apartment, George sees a beautiful female patient at the hospital getting a spongebath behind the curtain of his mother's room, and John F. Kennedy Jr. joins Elaine's gym.

'''Kramer:''' Not everyday!

* DistractedByTheSexy: Each member of the gang suffers from this as they try to resist the temptation to masturbate; Jerry and Kramer by a beautiful naked woman across the window from Jerry's apartment in addition to the former dating Marla, whom is a virgin, George by an attractive female patient taking a sponge bath from an attractive nurse behind the curtain from his mother's hospital room, and Elaine by John F. Kennedy Jr.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: The plot of this episode is the entire gang making a bet to see how long each of them can go ''not'' doing this, only to find out that it's easier said than done.

* CaughtWithTheirPantsDown: George's mother caught him masturbating over a magazine in his parents' house and accidentally threw out her back.

* UpToEleven: PlayedForLaughs when George tells Elaine that she has to pay extra to join the titular contest, because he thinks women have an easier time abstaining than men. He initially says that she needs to wager $200, and Kramer blurts out "No--make it a THOUSAND!" Elaine ignores this and offers to go in for $150, which the group agrees to.

After George is caught masturbating by his mother, causing her to fall and injure her back, the gang makes a contest to see who can go the longest without masturbating. Although it becomes very hard for each of them to resist the temptation to masturbate when an attractive woman is stripping across the window from Jerry's apartment, George sees a beautiful female patient at the hospital getting a spong ebath behind the curtain of his mother's room, and John F. Kennedy Jr. joins Elaine's gym.

* TheFaceless: John F. Kennedy Jr. never physically appeared in the episode and was only mentioned and shown offscreen.

After George is caught masturbating by his mother, causing her to fall and injure her back, the gang makes a contest to see who can go the longest without masturbating. Although it becomes very hard for each of them to resist the temptation to masturbate when an attractive woman is stripping across the window from Jerry's apartment, George sees a beautiful female patient at the hospital getting a spongebath behind the curtain of his mother's room, and John F. Kennedy Jr. joins Elaine's gym.

* {{Callback}}: In "The Puffy Shirt", it is revealed that George won the contest when he talked to the photographer of his hand modeling photo shoot. However, in the series finale George confesses that he cheated and that Jerry is the real master of his domain.
* CaughtWithTheirPantsDown: George's mother caught him masturbating over a magazine in his parents' house and accidentally broke her back.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Each member of the gang suffers from this as they try to resist the temptation to masturbate; Jerry and Kramer by a beautiful naked woman across the window from Jerry's apartment, George by an attractive female patient taking a spongebath behind the curtain from his mother's hospital room, and Elaine by John F. Kennedy Jr.

* GaveUpTooSoon: Elaine thinks John-John didn't show up for their date and goes back up to Jerry's apartment. She runs into George who tells her that John-John ''did'' show up, but he just left with Marla (who just broke up with Jerry).
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: George's reaction to the gorgeous nurse giving her equally beautiful patient a sponge bath.

* SexySilhouette: The attractive female patient getting a spongebath in George's mother's hospital room can only be seen as a shadowy figure from behind the curtain.
* SpeedSex: When Kramer can't resist the temptation of the beautiful nude woman in the apartment across from Jerry's, he leaves the room. Less than a minute goes by, and then he walks back in and slaps his money on the counter with a brief "I'm out."
* TheUnreveal: It's never explained who won the contest in the end, though it's probably George. "The Puffy Shirt" would reveal that he did, in fact, win...and then the GrandFinale of the series confirms that he cheated, so Jerry was the real winner.

* UpToEleven: PlaayedForLaughs when George tells Elaine that she has to pay extra to join the titular contest, because he thinks women have an easier time abstaining than men. He initially says that she needs to wager $200, and Kramer blurts out "No--make it a THOUSAND!" Elaine ignores this and offers to go in for $150, which the group agrees to.

* TheUnreveal: It's never explained who won the contest in the end, though it's probably George.

* {{Callback}}: In "The Puffy Shirt", it is revealed that George won the contest when he talked to the photogapher of his hand modeling photo shoot. However, in the series finale George confesses that he cheated and that Jerry is the real master of his domain.

* GaveUpTooSoon: Elaine thinks John-John didn't show up to pick her up for their date and goes back up to Jerry's apartment. She runs into George who tells her that John-John ''did'' show up, but he just left with Marla who just broke up with Jerry.

* HomeNudist: A female neighbor who walks around naked lived across from Jerry's building, with Kramer even peaking at her. He would hook up with her later on.

* TheUnreveal: It's never explained who won the contest in the end, although it's possibly George since after being dumped by Marla Jerry looked again at the naked woman across and left possibly to masturbate.
* UnusualEuphemism: The gang doesn't actually use the word "masturbate" instead referring to their resistance to it as "being the master of [their] domain".

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "The Puffy Shirt", it is revealed that George won the contest when he talked to the photogapher of his hand modeling photo shoot. However, in the series finale George confesses that he cheated and that Jerry is the real master of his domain.

* OneThingLedToAnother: George describes the incident where his mother caught him as "I came to my parents' house and there was nobody there. I picked up a magazine and started looking at pictures of hot girls. So one thing led to another and I ended up doing ''that''..."

* AsHimself: John. F. Kennedy Jr. guest stars as himself in this episode (although he is not visibly shown to the viewers).

* DistractedByTheSexy: Each member of the gang suffers from this as they try to resist the temptation to masturbate; Jerry and Karmer by a beautiful naked woman across the window from Jerry's apartment, George by an attractive female patient taking a spongebath behind the curtain from his mother's hospital room, and Elaine by John F. Kennedy Jr.

* NotUsingTheZedWord: Not once do the characters say masturbation nor any of its more common euphemisms.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: In "The Puffy Shirt", it is revealed that George won the contest when he talked to the photogapher of his hand modeling photo shoot. However, in the series finale George confesses that he cheated and that Jerry is the real master of his domain.]]
* GaveUpTooSoon: [[spoiler: Elaine thinks John-John didn't show up to pick her up for their date and goes back up to Jerry's apartment. She runs into George who tells her that John-John ''did'' show up, but he just left with Marla who just broke up with Jerry.]]

* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler: It's never explained who won the contest in the end, although it's possibly George since after being dumped by Marla Jerry looked again at the naked woman across and left possibly to masturbate.]]

!!!This episode containes the following tropes:
* AllMenArePerverts[=/=]AllWomenArePrudes: When Elaine enters the contest, she is given higher stakes because it's easier for women to abstain, whereas for men, as Jerry puts it, "It's part of our lifestyle. It's like shaving."

* UnusualEuphemism: The gang doesn't actually use the word "masturbate" instead referring to their resistance to it as "being the master of [their] domain".

* HomeNudist: A female neighbor lived across from Jerry's building, with Kramer even peaking at her. e would hook up with her later on.

After George was caught by his mother masturbating which caused her to fall and injure her back, the gang makes a contest to see who can go the longest without masturbating. Although it becomes very hard for each of them to resist the temptation to masturbate when an attractive woman is stripping across the window from Jerry's apartment, George sees a beautiful female patient at the hospital getting a spongebath behind the curtain of his mother's room, and John F. Kennedy Jr. joins Elaine's gym.

* ADateWithRosiePalms

* IllBeInMyBunk: When George Jerry and Kramer first see the attractive neighbor from across the window of Jerry's apartment, Kramer briefly leaves the room to masturbate. He then comes back and pays up admitting defeat.

* AllMenArePerverts: When Elaine enters the contest, she is given double stakes because it's easier for women to abstain, whereas for men, as Jerry puts it, "It's part of our lifestyle."

* AsHimself: Joh. F. Kennedy Jr. guest stars as himself in this episode (although he is not visibly shown to the viewers).

* DistractedByTheSexy: Each member of the gang suffers from this as they try to resist the temptation to masturbate; Jerry and Karmer by a beautiful naked woman across the window from Jerry's apartment, George by an attractive female patient taking a spongebath behind the curtain from his mother's hospital room, and ELaine by John F. Kennedy Jr.

* AsHimself: Joh. F. Kennedy Jr. guest stars himself in this episode (although he is not visibly shown to the viewers).

* UnusualEuphinism: The gang doesn't actually use the word "masturbate" instead referring to their resistance to it as "being the master of [their] domain".

* UnusualEuphenism: The gang doesn't actually use the word "masturbate" instead referring to their resistance to it as "being the master of [their] domain".

* DateWithRosePalms

* CaughtWithHisPantsDown: George's mother caught him masturbating over a magazine in his parents' house and accidentally broke her back.

* ADateWithRosePalms