Jerry tells Kramer - "If only you could put your mind to something worthwhile. "The Revenge" (1991) - Kramer plots to put concrete in the washing machine of a Laundromat for revenge so that the concrete will solidify in the machine. For once Elaine is the one with the comic book know-how when she tells Jerry there is no Rubber Man, to which Jerry replies: "Why did I think there was a Rubber Man? There's Elastic Man and Plastic Man." Jerry's reference to Elastic Man is likely a mistaken reference to either the Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny) or Superman's pal, Jimmy Olsen, as Elastic Lad. Jerry gushes over his male maid's cleaning skills noting he even got into hard-to-reach places like. "The Statue" (1991) - He guest-starred on the first season of "The Superfriends", he appeared in the Grant Morrison-penned JLA comic book alongside Superman, he's Plastic Man. At the end, after Jerry sold a stock prematurely that George ended up profiting on, George lauded it over Jerry: "Too bad you can't get your buddy Superman to fly around the Earth at super speed and reverse time, get all the money back." Elaine interjects: "Superman can go back in time?" Jerry replies: "We went over that."
But he ain't funny."īut Superman returns later in this episode. Jerry: "Why? Why would that one area of his mind not be affected by the yellow sun of the Earth?" George: "I don't know. Even if you go from the red sun of Krypton all the way to the yellow sun of the Earth." As George makes his point, he uses the red ketchup bottle and yellow mustard bottle to represent the red and yellow suns. He's got super strength, super-speed I'm sure he's got super-humor." George: "Either you're born with a sense of humor or you're not. Jerry: "I think Superman probably has a very good sense of humor." George: "I never heard him say anything really funny." Jerry: "It's common sense. "The Stock Tip" (1990) - The episode opens with George and Jerry sitting in regular haunt Monk's Coffee Shop debating whether Superman has a super-sense of humor. Now if it were anyone else's pilot of any other sitcom, I might believe this was a coincidence but Jerry's a geek like us. There's a scene where Jerry's relaxing at home in bright red and blue sweatpants. The next episode wouldn't air for almost another year. "Good News, Bad News" (1989) - This is the pilot episode of the show. Without further adieu, here's the episode guide of references to Superman and other super-heroes on "Seinfeld": Oh and for the record I don't include a list of every episode in which the magnet and/or the statue could be seen - even I have more of a life than that. Even if you count these types of Superman appearances, it's still far from something super snuck into every episode. Or even the Satellite-era Justice League of America poster that isn't ever seen full-on but hangs over George's bed early on. But the statue doesn't show up until over a year after the magnet in 1994's fifth season episode "The Wife" (which featured Courteney Cox immediately pre-"Friends").
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Or the Bowen Superman statue that's so associated with the TV show it routinely shows up on eBay as "Seinfeld Superman Statue".
Like the Superman magnet that didn't show up on Jerry's fridge until 1993's fourth season episode "The Shoes". Some have suggested that there's something hidden in every episode even if there isn't an overt super-reference.
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As it turns out, the episode guide that follows is a complete list of all the episodes, in order, that mention Superman or other super-heroes (barring mistakes or omissions and please feel free to make me aware of any you spot). Thanks to my TIVO, I've taken a ride around the syndication wheel of "Seinfeld" repeats on TBS over the past few months, screening the episodes for Superman references. But an urban legend has sprung up that Jerry snuck a reference to the Man of Steel in every episode of NBC's Must-See comedy juggernaut, "Seinfeld", which aired from 1989 to 1998. Superman on Television Seinfeld's Pal, Superman A Look at the Superman Related References on TV's "Seinfeld"Īlmost everyone knows that comedian Jerry Seinfeld is a big Superman fan.