History Seinfeld / TropesAToH

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: In one part of "The Betrayal," Elaine says to Jerry that in the Indian language, his name would be "Jugdish." It sounds funny, except for a couple of things. For the first, there is no one "Indian language;" it's actually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world]]. For the second, most languages don't have direct translations of English names. And both can be justified, since Elaine was drunk out of her mind.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The diner is a real Manhattan diner, in the Upper West Side, called Tom's.
** The Boston Red Sox actually have an "Administrative Assistant to the Traveling Secretary and Baseball Operations".
** There was, at one point, an electronics chain store called The Wiz, their slogan being "Nobody Beats The Wiz," although they didn't have a mascot. The store was eventually phased out at the TurnOfTheMillennium.
** Frisbee golf (from "The Summer of George") is a real game dating back to the 1960s.

** One episode involved Jerry and his then-girlfriend making out while watching ‘’Film/SchindlersList’’. Another episode involved Jerry dating a woman played by Elina Löwensohn who had a small role in that film.

** Jerry himself is an example.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: When unmedicated, "Crazy" Joe Davola speaks with a flat affect, pedantically takes statements as literal, exhibits extreme paranoia, responds to perceived transgressions with calculated violence, and CannotTellFictionFromReality.

* CheerThemUpWithLaughter: One episode has Jerry be informed that a friend of his, Fulton, is in the hospital and "could use a laugh". As a comedian, Jerry finds the prospect challenging. He thinks he's good, but not "make someone forget about terrible pain" good. Throughout the episode, he tries cheering Fulton up multiple times. At the end, [[spoiler: it works too well, and Fulton DiesLaughing.]]

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Jerry says the opposite; in "The Sponge," he's of the belief that a woman being a genuinely good person is a mood-killng turnoff.

* FanDisservice: Used in-universe in "The Apology" when Jerry's girlfriend walks around the apartment naked. He is initially thrilled by this, but seeing her do strenuous tasks naked that involve her muscles contracting are hard for him to stomach, leading to him later explaining to George the concept of "good naked" and "bad naked." When Jerry tries walking around the house naked himself, his girlfriend sees it as "bad naked" entirely.

* FanService: Notice throughout the final seasons, the [[GirlOfTheWeek Girls of the Week]] were wearing shorter and shorter skirts.

--> '''Elaine''': ''(inner monologue)'' That's not a compliment- who ''wouldn't'' like me in this leotard? I look ''amazing'' in this leotard.

--> '''Elaine''': ''(inner monologue)'' That's not a compliment- who 'wouldn't'' like me in this leotard? I look ''amazing'' in this leotard.

** Interestingly, WordOfGod has it that one of the reasons behind the ExecutiveMeddling in the beginning was that the network execs were concerned that the show's overall humor was "too Jewish" and "too New York", and wouldn't appeal to the masses.[[note]]Famously, the executive who said this was the Jewish New Yorker, Brandon Tartikoff.[[/note]] The executive who championed the show[[note]]Adam Ludwin, a gentile from Cleveland[[/note]] basically responded with "I'm not Jewish, I'm not from New York. I found it funny".

** Interestingly, WordOfGod has it that one of the reasons behind the ExecutiveMeddling in the beginning was that the network execs were concerned that the show's overall humor was "too Jewish" and "too New York", and wouldn't appeal to the masses. The executive who championed the show basically responded with "I'm not Jewish, I'm not from New York. I found it funny".

* {{Corpsing}}:
** All but Michael Richards were prone to this... so much so, in fact, that Richards would try to ''not'' lose his cool whenever his costars would start to break up. HilariousOuttakes aside, it's not uncommon to see either Seinfeld or Alexander stifle a smile; in fact, Alexander has acknowledged his breaking up at the end of "The Parking Garage," when [[ThrowItIn Kramer's car actually stalled for real when he tries to get it started]].
** Jerry is unable to hold in his laughter during Library Detective Bookman's monologues. The fact that he's played by Phillip Baker Hall, and delivers them completely straight probably has something to do with it.

* DullSurprise: Creator/JerrySeinfeld the actor is not an especially versatile actor, which is [[SelfDeprecation slyly referenced several times in the show]], and in many episodes just stares at the zany antics of his castmates [[{{Corpsing}} with a bemused grin on his face]]. The show takes advantage of this by both writing Jerry as the OnlySaneMan who is probably already thinking how [[WriteWhatYouKnow he is going to put this into his act]], and also how the characters [[WithFriendsLikeThese can be quite mean and dismissive of each other]] per the "No Hugging, No Learning" rule.

** Jerry is unable to hold in his laughter during Library Detective Bookman's monologues. The fact that he's played by Phillip Baker Hall, and delivers them completely straight probably hast something to do with it.

* AbsenteeActor: Jerry was the only character to appear in every episode. The other three leads missed at least one each.
** Specifically:
*** Elaine was introduced in the [[SecondEpisodeIntroduction second episode]] after NBC requested a female character be added and was also absent from the two part VacationEpisode that started season 4.
*** Kramer is absent in both "The Pen" and "The Chinese Restaurant." Doubles as EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, as Kramer was originally written as agoraphobic and therefore never left his apartment.
*** George is absent from "The Pen." Jason Alexander was so upset that he told Larry David to "do it permanently" if he was ever written out of another episode.

* ComicSutra: In "The Fusilli Jerry", Elaine's boyfriend [[PatrickWarburton Puddy]], who is also Jerry's friend, steals Jerry's sex move and uses it on Elaine. The only part of the maneuver that is described is the very end, and it is referred to only as "the swirl". The swirl is contrasted with the pinch, which Jerry finds "a little presumptuous". It is found out that George also has invented a sex move, and all we know is that there is a knuckle involved.

'''Frank:''' No, you never said "milky-white" --"\\