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Notice how Jerry, in the first 3-4 seasons, having just broke up with Elaine, has a lot more easy-going attitude and is able to come up with wise cracks and intellectual dialogue. Then by the 7th-9th seasons, he really resents people, is obsessed with small, insignificant quirks of the girls he dates, and by the 8th year to the end, he actually resents having people over and prefers privacy and peace. Look how he's aged!
Examples:
S1: "what, you think I go around with this tiny T-shirt scamming dry cleaners out of money?"
S9: [After George or Elaine berates birthdays- it's awful; you have a bunch of people over and you're thinking these are my friends?] ..."Everyday must be my birthday".
Character I'm Ranting About: Lt. Johnny Martel of the Los Angeles Police Department
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It was the morning of November 8, 2023. Seinfeld happened to be on the TV when I came in, and it happened to be the episode where Cosmo Kramer is accused of being the Smog Strangler. Yes, obviously, the Smog Strangler's actions were sinful and punishment-worthy, but you know which character's even worse than him? Johnny Martel, the very police lieutenant who's trying to capture him!
Where do we even begin?
For starters, we see he's in the Los Angeles Police Department, a police department I just so happen to have a grudge against. (If you worked for the LAPD in March 1968, you know what you did!)
During the interrogation scene, Martel is shown to be verbally abusive towards Kramer, trying to force a confession out of him and refusing to listen to his alibi. (Who knows what Martel would've done to Kramer had that phone call not arrived in time?)
It probably didn't even occur to him that the Smog Strangler is based in Los Angeles, and Kramer is from New York.
And even after he finally does realize his mistake via a telephone call from his superiors, Martel continues to be rude to Kramer, as he simply orders him to leave the room, not even caring enough to answer a question he had for him. (Basically, "Alright, you're innocent. Get outta here!")
And does he ever apologize to poor Kramer for the whole ordeal? No! It's like he didn't even care that he verbally abused (and potentially traumatized) an innocent civilian for a crime he didn't commit.
Also, TV Tropes tells me that at one point, Martel yelled at an officer for saying "on her person" as if it was inappropriate or something. I never saw the whole episode, so I wouldn't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if he also yelled at the witness who mistook Kramer for the strangler in the lineup (assuming a lineup scene was even in the episode; like I said, I didn't see the whole thing).
And to top it all off, he is never shown to suffer any comeuppance, by law or by nature, for his hostile demeanor, making him a Karma Houdini (unless you count being forced to release Kramer from custody &/or having the disappointment/embarrassment of his suspicions being disproven as karma).
Lt. Johnny Martel could easily be considered one of the rudest characters to ever appear in the entire show, and I'm honestly surprised he's not on any "Worst Seinfeld Characters" list I could find online, (and he doesn't have a page on the Loathsome Characters Wiki). "Seinfeld" is known for most of its characters being horrible people, and this guy is far from an exception. It's amazing how he didn't appear in the Finale, despite it taking place in the very city whose police department he works for. (Either he got fired offscreen for being too much of an a-hole, or the show's creators just forgot about him.)
Lt. Martel, I hope you know you're going to Hell when you die, and I don't say that lightly. (But, if it makes you feel any better, Kramer does eventually go to prison with his friends for a year for not helping a mugging victim.)
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(This has been a character rant by Connor Banjoper. Follow him on Fandom for more content created by him. All rights reserved.)
I just noticed something rewatcing the Finale
Jerry George Kramer and Elaine
Are really bad people considering all the things theyve done in the past
2 days ago was the 35th anniversary of Seinfeld! I was quite busy that I didn’t get to make this “announcement” on July 5th.
Is it possible that, in Seinfeld show, there are some allusions to the BTF trilogy?
For example:
"King of the castle" (When old Marty comes home in BTF 2)
Names "Elaine Benes" vs "Lorraine Baines"
The "Biff !" remark that Jerry sometimes gives George
The "Calvin Klein" issue
Other?
I was reading the book “Seinfeldia”, and it said that George is a Jewish-Italian. This means that his nationality is Italian and he is Jewish. This also answers the question of what religion he converted from in the episode “The Conversion”
Jerry - Alex
George - Marty
Kramer - Melman
Elaine - Gloria
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George Costanza is my favorite character in Seinfeld,he’s the best and funniest character in the show
There are some girlfriends and boyfriends missing on these lists. Please let me know how I can submit them. Really surprised by some that are missing! Like Marcy, who coined the phrase Yada Yada Yada.
The main characters--except maybe Kramer--were so incredibly self-centered, I'm not surprised they ended up in jail. Serves `em right.
Someone please help:
What's that scene/episode where Elaine get's deliberate bad service from the shop staff? The staff have a secret phrase for it.
This is driving me crazy as I'm surprised that word didn't become more popular...I would use it every day.
It might be in a deli or cake store, but not sure.
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Jerry Seinfeld - Mr. Fantastic
George Costanza - Thing
Cosmo Kramer - Human Torch
Elaine Benes - Invisible Woman
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