History Seinfeld / TropesAToH

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: PlayedForLaughs -- {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Kramer's SkewedPriorities mean that he often doesn't understand when he's doing something wrong, and even when he's trying to help the attempt often goes sideways.

** Kramer doesn't seem to be all that grounded in reality, considering his wacky and over-the-top personality and penchant for engaging in crazy schemes that actually work most of the time. He mooches off Jerry constantly, demands things be done his way, is constantly asking for favors and to get out of things he's agreed to, and whenever he does do something for someone else (for example, giving Jerry blood), he usually expects an increasingly bizarre series of things in exchange. Still, more than the other members of the group, he seems to mean well, and doesn't really ''get'' that he's asking too much -- he'd do the same for them, they just don't seem to want the same things.

* GoodIsDumb: Kramer seems to be Larry David's AuthorTract on how being unselfish and caring for people makes you an idiot. Zigzagged in that Kramer's idea of 'good' are often fairly bizarre, and George is both the dumbest and most unscrupulous member of the group.

** It's the contrast between would-be real-life adventure hero J. Peterman's romanticized vision of the world and the {{crapsack|World}} nature of the show he's on that provides most of the comedy between him and Elaine, based on the real Peterman catalog's over-the-top descriptions of fairly mundane clothing items. Dropping off the map in Burma and handing the reins of his company over to Elaine is just business as usual at the company.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Kramer doesn't seem to be all that grounded in reality, considering his wacky and over-the-top personality and penchant for engaging in crazy schemes that actually work most of the time.
%% ** Elaine.
%% ** Peterman.
%% ** Steinbrenner.
%% ** Steinbrenner's {{Exp|y}}ies Fidel Castro and the President of Tyler Chicken.

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: It's debatable that Elaine almost told Jerry she loved him in "The Finale Part 1" because she thought their plane would crash. But the plane straightens out before she can finish her sentence. Also debatable that Russel Dalrymple did this in "The Pilot 2" when he is seen drifting away and a fellow Greenpeace member is shouting "I'll remember her name! Elaine Benes! I'll write to her. I'll tell her all about you and what you did out here!"

* GoodIsDumb: Kramer seems to be Larry David's AuthorTract on how being unselfish and caring for people makes you an idiot.
** This is only debatable, as Kramer is actually incredibly selfish; He mooches off Jerry constantly, demands things be done his way, is constantly asking for favors and to get out of things he's agreed to, and whenever he does do something for someone else (for example. giving Jerry blood) he demands an increasingly bizarre series of things in exchange. Also George is unambiguously awful and is the dumbest member of the group.

** This is only debatable, as Kramer is actually incredibly selfish; He mooches off Jerry constantly, demands things be done his way, is constantly asking for favors and to get out of things he's agreed to, and whenever h does do something for someone else (IE giving Jerry blood) he demands an increasingly bizarre series of things in exchange. Also George is unambiguously awful and is the dumbest member of the group.

--> '''George''': How could anybody be so selfish and inconsiderate?
** In "The Burning," George says he strongly dislikes just saying "it's me" as a phone call greeting, saying it's self-centered and egotistical - qualities George himself has in spades.

--> '''George''': So she doesn't like me?
--> '''Jerry''': No.
--> '''George''': She said that?
--> '''Jerry''': Yes.
--> '''George''': She told you she doesn't like me!
--> '''Jerry''': Yes.
--> '''George''': What were her exact-
--> '''Jerry''': "I don't like him."

*** Interestingly, Massachussetts has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_rescue "Duty to Rescue"]] law (often incorrectly referred to as Good Samaritan Law despite being completely unrelated), '''''but''''' it is ''explicitely'' a duty to ''report'', not a duty to aid. [[note]]Chapter 268, section 40 provides "Whoever knows that another person is a victim of aggravated rape, murder, manslaughter or armed robbery and is at the scene of said crime shall, to the extent that said person can do so without danger or peril to himself or others, report said crime to an appropriate law enforcement official as soon as reasonably practicable." [[/note]] Since a police officer was at the scene almost immediately, they are not responsible to do anything. On top of this, Duty to Rescue laws are often ignored by lawmakers, law enforcers, courts and the general public, so any conviction for violating one is extremely unlikely.
** In ''The Bottle Deposit'', Newman and Kramer try to return bottles in Michigan for the higher deposit. Michigan prohibits out of state bottle returns, and limits returns to $25 a piece, though this is probably justified since Kramer and Newman weren't thinking beyond getting the bottles there.

%%* AnnoyingLaugh: Naomi from "The Wallet", "The Watch", and "The Bubble Boy". Her laugh is described as "[[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Elmer Fudd]] sitting on a juicer".
%% Described by whom? If not by someone in the show, please remove.

-->'''Jerry:''' The guy who runs the place is a little temperamental, especially about the ordering procedure. He's secretly referred to as the Soup Nazi.
-->'''Elaine''': Why? What happens if you don't order right?
-->'''Jerry''': He yells and you don't get your soup.

--> '''The Soup Nazi''': [=NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!=]
* AnnoyingLaugh: Naomi from "The Wallet", "The Watch", and "The Bubble Boy". Her laugh is described as "[[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Elmer Fudd]] sitting on a juicer".

* FridgeBrilliance: InUniverse example. Jerry is dating a girl whose name he can't remember. The only clue he gets is that it rhymes with a female body part. He and George go over a list of names they can think of, but only come up with nonsense names (Mulva, Heast) or rather outdated names (Bovary). When the girl realizes Jerry doesn't know her name, she gives him one guess. He fails it and she leaves him. Just after she leaves, he goes to the fridge and...
-->'''Jerry:''' Oh! Oh! ''(runs to the window)'' Dolores!

* FragileFlower: For two grown people, both George and Elaine will cry about something at the drop of a hat.
** Jerry's girlfriend in the episode "The Understudy" would also [[RunningGag cry about something at the drop of a hat]], ''[[SkewedPriorities except]]'' [[SkewedPriorities finding out that her grandmother passed away.]]

* FanMyopia: Invoked in the episode "The Soup;" George assumes that his [[GirlOfTheWeek then-love interest]] will find horse manure to be as fascinating a topic as he does. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere It prompts her to come up with a fake boyfriend.]] Though it does work later on when George meets Marisa Tomei.

** Interestingly, Massachussetts has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_rescue "Duty to Rescue"]] law (often incorrectly referred to as Good Samaritan Law despite being completely unrelated), '''''but''''' it is ''explicitely'' a duty to ''report'', not a duty to aid. [[note]]Chapter 268, section 40 provides "Whoever knows that another person is a victim of aggravated rape, murder, manslaughter or armed robbery and is at the scene of said crime shall, to the extent that said person can do so without danger or peril to himself or others, report said crime to an appropriate law enforcement official as soon as reasonably practicable." [[/note]] Since a police officer was at the scene almost immediately, they are not responsible to do anything. On top of this, Duty to Rescue laws are often ignored by lawmakers, law enforcers, courts and the general public, so any conviction for violating one is extremely unlikely.

** The series finale; Good Samaritan laws do not work that way. There is so much wrong here we made a list (and is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhg3hW3K_KA examined by an actual lawyere here]]):

** The series finale; Good Samaritan laws do not work that way. There is so much wrong here we made a list:

* FanMyopia: An in-story example; in "The Soup," George assumes that his [[GirlOfTheWeek then-love interest]] will find horse manure to be as fascinating a topic as he does. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere It prompts her to come up with a fake boyfriend.]] Though it does work later on when George meets Marisa Tomei.