History YMMV / Seinfeld

* MoralEventHorizon: George feeling relieved over [[spoiler: Susan's death]] may be one for some. The fact that in the season 8 premiere Jerry and George almost get emotional when discussing [[StarTrekII Spock's death]] but are indifferent when visting [[spoiler: Susan's graveside.]]

* FountainOfMemes: Hoo boy... One of the biggest pre-internet sources of MemeticMutation in the history of media: "Yada, Yada, Yada", "NO SOUP FOR YOU!", "Hello...''Newman''", "Serenity now!", "[=~Not That There's Anything Wrong With That~=]", "Master of Your Domain", "These Pretzels are making me thirsty", "Maybe the Dingo ate your baby", "I don't wanna be a pirate!", "You very, very bad man!", Vandelay Industries, shrinkage, man hands, spongeworthy, assman, puffy shirt, Festivus, double dip, high-talker, low-talker, close-talker ... the list is enormous. There was even a period in TheNineties where ''adults'' began referring to themselves in the third person, like the character of Jimmy.

* DoubleStandard: Present in the episode "The Sniffing Accountant" in regards to "feeling someone's material" (that is, rubbing a part of someone's shirt between the thumb and index finger). When a man does it with a woman's shirt, it's [[DisproportionateRetribution treated as the nonverbal equivalent of a death threat]] (though the guy who did it with Elaine's shirt was somehow exempted from it). But when a woman does it with a man's shirt, nobody so much as raises an eyebrow.

* FountainOfMemes: Hoo boy... One of the biggest pre-internet sources of MemeticMutation in the history of media: "Yada, Yada, Yada", "NO SOUP FOR YOU!", "Hello...''Newman''", "Serenity now!", "[=~Not That There's Anything Wrong With That~=]", "Master of Your Domain", "These Pretzels are making me thirsty", "Maybe the Dingo ate your baby", "I don't wanna be a pirate!", "You very, very bad man!", Vandelay Industries, shrinkage, ManHands, spongeworthy, assman, puffy shirt, Festivus, double dip, high-talker, low-talker, close-talker ... the list is enormous. There was even a period in TheNineties where ''adults'' began referring to themselves in the third person, like the character of Jimmy.

* AwardSnub: The sets for the episode "The Parking Garage" were ironically not nominated for an Emmy for being ''too'' good, so that the voters assumed the episode was filmed in a real parking garage.

!!''Seinfeld'' is the TropeNamer for the following YMMV tropes:
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Everything revolutionary about the show, from its observational humor to its UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist cast, is now the standard for every American {{sitcom}} made since. In fact, as revolutionary as ''Seinfeld'' was, it still made use of a LaughTrack, a now-DiscreditedTrope that few sitcoms use anymore.
* SeinLanguage: As evidenced by [[TheEuropeanCarryAll the]] [[ManHands other]] [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat tropes]] [[KavorkaMan it's]] [[SeinfeldianConversation named]].

!!And as for the rest...

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Everything revolutionary about the show, from its observational humor to its UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist cast, is now the standard for every {{sitcom}} made since. In fact, as revolutionary as ''Seinfeld'' was, it still made use of a LaughTrack, a now-DiscreditedTrope that few sitcoms use anymore.

* MemeticMutation: Hoo boy... One of the biggest pre-internet sources in the history of media: "Yada, Yada, Yada", "NO SOUP FOR YOU!", "Hello...''Newman''", "Serenity now!", "[=~Not That There's Anything Wrong With That~=]", "Master of Your Domain", "These Pretzels are making me thirsty", "Maybe the Dingo ate your baby", "I don't wanna be a pirate!", "You very, very bad man!", Vandelay Industries, shrinkage, ManHands, spongeworthy, assman, puffy shirt, Festivus, double dip, high-talker, low-talker, close-talker ... the list is enormous. There was even a period in TheNineties where ''adults'' began referring to themselves in the third person, like the character of Jimmy.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKsUlf20DF0 Relevant to your interests...]]
** Also [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hE3tphkOBX4/Se4UmfE-XII/AAAAAAAAAV0/MT5L81bTID4/s400/seinfeld.jpg this]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The TropeNamer.
* SeinLanguage: [[TropeNamer Ditto.]]

* DudeNotFunny: Jerry's stand-up about suicide might have produced more grunts of disgust than laughs.
** Of course YMMV here, big time.

** The reunion episode of CurbYourEnthusiasm basically squelches the Hell theory, as we see the foursome going about their daily lives, such as they are, back in New York.
** NoExit does have four people stuck in a waiting room forever as a punishment...

* HilariousInHindsight: One of Jerry's girlfriends was played by Teri Hatcher. Giving Jerry's Superman fandom, it's rather amazing he dated [[LoisAndClark Lois Lane.]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny
* SeinLanguage

** Also [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hE3tphkOBX4/Se4UmfE-XII/AAAAAAAAAV0/MT5L81bTID4/s400/seinfeld.jpg this]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the episode 'The Masseuse', Elaine is trying to get her boyfriend Joel Rifkin to change his name to avoid being confused with a serial killer. One of the names Elaine suggests (whilst reading a baseball magazine) is O.J. [[spoiler: Seven months after this episode aired, O.J Simpson was accused of murder, leading to one of the most controversial murder trials in US history.]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: Though again, YourMileageMayVary.

* FanDisservice: Invoked in one episode when Jerry and his girlfriend walk around the apartment naked. He sees her as a vixen, she sees him as a gorilla.

** Also [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hE3tphkOBX4/Se4UmfE-XII/AAAAAAAAAV0/MT5L81bTID4/s400/seinfeld.jpg this]]
* YourMileageMayVary: The finale was either great and enjoyable for all its {{Continuity Nod}}s, or it was a DethroningMomentOfSuck.

* CriticalResearchFailure: George on how to open a condom
-->'''George''': You gotta open it like a bag of chips!

* WallBanger: The DidNotDoTheResearch example concerning the finale.

* {{Flanderization}}: Everyone goes through some level of this, except arguably Jerry.
** His neat-freak tendencies grew, somewhat.
*** They deliberately had to flanderize George's idiocy; because he wore glasses, people insisted on seeing him as TheSmartGuy, to the point where the writers had to have him openly proclaim himself "Lord of the Idiots."
* LargeHam: Quite a few: Michael Richards as Kramer, George, Newman, Peterman, and Steinbrenner. Also the oneshot character Mr. Bookman in "The Library."