Jerry's newest relationship is threatened by a unique joke he and his friends share about her stomach having a voice. Meanwhile, a chance encounter with David Puddy leads to Elaine renewing their relationship, George sticks with a job where his co-workers all hate him because he has a one-year contract with the company, and Kramer hires an intern and works with him on creating an oil bladder system.
Tropes:
- 0% Approval Rating: Unlike in the previous episode, every single one of his coworkers at Play Now hates George after finding out he was faking his handicap.
- The Bet: After Elaine bumps into Puddy, Jerry warns her that she'll be back with him almost immediately. She's so insistent that won't happen that she bets Jerry $50 (with George serving as the witness). She almost immediately has sex with Puddy, prompting Jerry to say she lost. Her saying they had dinner first is taken as further proof of that. She ultimately has to relent and acknowledge she and Puddy are back together, but when she insists she's breaking up for real this time, she bets Jerry double or nothing. She loses, refuses to stop betting, and has to keep giving Jerry money (to the point of asking Puddy for some cash).
- Brutal Honesty: When first wanting George to quit the company, Mr. Thomassoulo is at his most diplomatic, simply talking about going separate ways and leaving it at that. George doesn't take the hint, prompting a blunter response that he is Hated by All and no one wants him in the building.
- Determinator: Per George's contract, he must show up to work every day to get paid. Mr. Thomassoulo does whatever he can think of to make that as difficult and frustrating as possible (even outright barricading the door), but George just won't give up.
- Laser-Guided Karma: George abuses his job security at Play Now to the point of encouraging Kramer and Darren to try their "oil bladder" experiment from the open window of his office. This leads to the bladder falling on Claire (who had agreed to meet with Jerry there) and results in her suing Play Now to bankruptcy... costing George the entire year's worth of back-pay he was fighting for.
- Loophole Abuse: Done both ways between George and his superior. Play Now can't fire him because they signed a one-year contract and so as long as he keeps showing up for work, his job is secure. His boss, recognizing this, decides to instead make everything about George's workspace hell in order to goad him into quitting.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Darren's university cancels his internship under Kramer, but Darren comes back on his own because he believes in Kramerica. Kramer rewards his loyalty by being implied to have pinned everything on him when their attempt at testing an oil bladder at George's company causes a huge accident.Kramer: Darren is going away for a long long time.
- Not So Similar: When Jerry says she can't break it off with someone just like that, Elaine points out he does it every week, even the time he got engaged. Jerry says she had actual feelings for those she dated, whereas he didn't.
- Pyrrhic Victory: Jerry's girlfriend Claire demands he either give up the joke about her stomach's "voice" or they break up; Jerry after some pondering chooses to keep doing the voice. Unfortunately, all of his friends have grown tired of the voice and say he should stop doing it.
- Relationship Revolving Door: Elaine and Puddy spend the entire episode repeatedly breaking up only to get back together again.
- See You in Hell: After a lot of back-and-forth, Mr. Thomassoulo offers to give six months pay in exchange for leaving now, but George refuses on the grounds he can get it all if he stays. Thomassoulo retaliates by opening up the bathroom that George alone had access to to all employees and even their families.George: Well-played.
Mr. Thomassoulo: I'll see you in Hell, Costanza. - Shout-Out: While trying to claim he is handicapped, George says stress gave him temporary Super-Strength like on The Incredible Hulk (1977). Mr. Thomassoulo never watched that show, so George asks if he saw The Amazing Spider-Man (1978) instead.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Kramer hires an intern from a university to help manage his day-to-day tasks so he can focus on Kramerica. However, when the university reads his journal and discovers he's mostly just doing menial chores and keeping logs for an unemployed man in his apartment ("which may or may not contain a chicken"), they rescind the internship.
- This Is Gonna Suck: As Kramer and Darren were getting their "oil bladder" experiment ready to go out a window, Jerry was checking out the view from the bathroom window and saw Claire was standing right where the item would land. He tried to shout a warning to her, but she thought he was doing the voice again and refused to look up. It's at that moment that Kramer and Darren get the ball out the window.Jerry: This is gonna be a shame.
- This Is Reality: After making the bet, Elaine ended up sleeping with Puddy almost immediately. Jerry says that means she lost the bet, but she retorts it was just a one-off round of sex and nothing more. Jerry cites TV when saying that's not how it works.Elaine: We are not back together!
Jerry: Then what do you call it? People don't just bump into each other and have sex. This isn't Cinemax.
