Running gags in Seinfeld
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This article is a list of the many running gags in the US sitcom Seinfeld.
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[edit] Elaine
- Elaine exclaims "Get OUT!" and pushes someone down when excited, surprised, or trying to express thanks.
- Elaine is a terrible dancer, and her public efforts at this lead to derision and merriment.
- Elaine is very liberal, and is against fur, and pro-choice on the abortion issue.
- Elaine, though considered more intelligent than the other three characters, is also known to misuse words. Among them are "vomitorium."
[edit] George
- George refers to himself as "the idiot," and in one episode, "Constanza: Lord of the Idiots!"
- Jerry continually refers to George's similarities to Biff Loman from the famous Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman, especially in the third season.
- George is obsessive about minor details, especially the possibility of someone not liking him.
- George will go to any length to prove a point, no matter how minor.
- George is a prolific liar, often posing as an architect and referring to himself or a fictional friend as the importer/exporter Art Vandelay.
- During the series' run, George began occasionally referring to himself in the third person when angry, adapting the habit from another character. ("George is getting upset!")
- George has a fear of being diagnosed with lupus, which he expresses by asking people, "Lupus! Is it lupus?"
- George exclaims "I'm busting, baby!" when happy or excited.
- George loves velvet, and often states that he would drape himself in it "if it were socially acceptable". This dream came true in Season 6's "The Doodle."
[edit] Jerry
- Jerry continually makes references to superheroes, especially Superman (his favorite). According to legend, every episode containes a visual, thematic, or audible Superman reference. This is actually only true of about 75% of the episodes.
- Jerry frequently finds something unfavorable about his dates, much to the dismay of Elaine, who thinks Jerry is superficial.
- Jerry responds to a crazy idea by sarcastically saying, "Oh, I like this idea."
- Whenever someone suffers a calamity of some sort, major or minor, Jerry says dismissively, "That's a shame."
- Jerry always greets Newman with the words "Hello...Newman" spoken as contemptuously as possible.
- When George sometimes calls with an urgent request, Jerry replies, "Who is this?"
- Jerry sometimes in a whiny voice says that he doesn't want to be something, for example "I don't wanna be a pirate!" (from The Puffy Shirt), and also "I don't wanna be a Cowboy!", "I don't wanna be Switzerland!". Also, in a continuation of the gag, Kramer (wearing an eyepatch, after Jerry tells him he looks like a pirate) says "Oh, I wanna be a pirate!"
[edit] Kramer
- Kramer enters Jerry's apartment without knocking, and the door is almost always unlocked. Kramer has been seen entering Jerry's apartment over 380 times throughout the show's 180 episode run.
- Kramer treats Jerry's apartment as his. As he put it, "Do you realize how much time I waste in this apartment?"
- Kramer takes things such as food out of Jerry's apartment back to his apartment.
- Kramer often invents huge schemes to make millions, which ultimately fall flat. However, it was planned that Kramer would become a millionaire in the show's final season, though the idea never got off of the ground. Template:Citation needed
- Kramer always says "Giddy Up!" when he likes an idea.
- Kramer impersonates a fictitious doctor named Dr. Martin Van Nostrand. Van Nostrand was first "seen" in "The Pilot," in which Kramer uses a pseudonym to get into an audition.
- Kramer tries to get his coffee table book published. (Season 5)
- Kramer uses strange nicknames for George, which he comes up with on the spot.
- Cosmo Kramer is the most mysterious of the four, to the point that his first name wasn't said in the first season. He also has some strange friends outside of the main group, including Bob Sacamano, who is never seen.
[edit] See also
| Seinfeld |
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| Characters |
| Main Characters: Jerry Seinfeld | George Costanza | Elaine Benes | Cosmo Kramer |
| Related to Jerry: Helen Seinfeld | Morty Seinfeld | Uncle Leo | Kenny Bania | Sally Weaver | Dr. Tim Whatley |
| Related to George: Estelle Costanza | Frank Costanza | Susan Ross | Mr. Wilhelm | Mr. Kruger | Lloyd Braun |
| Related to Elaine: J. Peterman | David Puddy | Mr. Lippman | Justin Pitt | Sue Ellen Mischke |
| Related to Kramer: Newman | Mickey Abbott | Jackie Chiles | Bob Sacamano | Babs Kramer |
| Other: Soup Nazi | "Crazy" Joe Davola | Little Jerry Seinfeld | Minor characters in Seinfeld |
| Culture of the Seinfeld Universe |
| Rochelle, Rochelle | Festivus | Master of Your Domain | Regifting | Prognosis Negative | Sack Lunch | Chunnel |
| Episodes |
| List of Seinfeld episodes | The Seinfeld Chronicles |
| Other |
| List of Seinfeld references to actual people | Running gags in Seinfeld |
