Editing Cosmo Kramer (section)

==Personality==
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{{quote box|width=30em|quote=[Kramer's personality] is hard to pin down. A profile in ''[[The New York Times]]'' described Kramer as "cartoon-like" in a piece with a headline calling him "Seinfeld's craziest neighbor". The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' calls him "eccentric" and "flipped-lid". To ''[[The Washington Post]]'', he was "goofy". But he's more than so much concentrated comic schtick. Kramer is an attitude. Kramer's revolutionary far more than he's "funny". He's liberating, a one-man guide out of stereotyped sitcom behavior toward the nut-ball stuff that really happens.|source=—Peter Goddard, ''[[The Toronto Star]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=The K-K-K- Kramer Effect|author=Goddard, Peter|work=[[Toronto Star]]|date=September 14, 1997|page=F1}}</ref>}}

Though eccentric, Kramer is generally caring, friendly and kind-hearted; he often goes out of his way to help total strangers, and tries to get his friends to also help others and to do the right thing even when they do not want to. He is confident in his own unique way of doing things, yet he can be neurotic and highly-strung. His quirkiness, strange body movements and frequent gibberish mutterings have become his trademark. He is also well liked by Jerry's parents, whom he calls once a week, as if he were their own son.

Kramer was originally envisioned as a recluse who never left his apartment except to visit Jerry.<ref name="Inside">{{cite video|people=[[Julia Louis-Dreyfus|Louis-Dreyfus, Julia]]; [[Michael Richards|Richards, Michael]]; [[Jerry Seinfeld|Seinfeld, Jerry]]; [[Larry David|David, Larry]]; [[Jason Alexander|Alexander, Jason]]; [[Tom Cherones|Cherones, Tom]]; Wilkie Newman, Karen; [[Larry Charles|Charles, Larry]]; [[Warren Littlefield|Littlefield, Warren]]|title=Seinfeld Seasons 1 & 2: Inside Looks – "The Chinese Restaurant"|medium=DVD|publisher=Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|date=November 3, 2004}}</ref> This was the original reason behind why Kramer helps himself to Jerry's possessions and food without any pushback and also why he is absent from the season two episode "The Chinese Restaurant", which takes place entirely outside of the building. However, in season three Kramer starts to join Jerry, Elaine, and George in various scenes outside of the building. As the series progresses, Kramer completely loses any hints of reclusiveness and becomes one of the most extroverted characters on the show.

Kramer also gets his friends directly into trouble by talking them into unwise or even illegal actions such as parking in a [[disabled parking|disabled parking space]] ("[[The Handicap Spot]]"), urinating in a parking garage ("[[The Parking Garage]]"), committing [[mail fraud]] ("[[The Package (Seinfeld)|The Package]]") or even hiring an [[assassin]] to get rid of a dog ("[[The Engagement (Seinfeld)|The Engagement]]"). Kramer is also known to [[wiktionary:mooch|mooch]] off his friends, especially Jerry. Kramer regularly enters and uses Jerry's apartment without knocking, and often helps himself to Jerry's food. Kramer also uses tools/appliances of Jerry's, only occasionally with permission, and often returning them in a state of disrepair (if at all).

Kramer is known for his extreme honesty and lack of tact; in "[[The Nose Job]]", he tells George's insecure girlfriend that she needs a nose job. In "[[The Kiss Hello]]" Elaine tries to take advantage of this personality quirk by inviting Kramer to meet her friend, Wendy, whose hairstyle she feels is outdated. Kramer rarely gets into trouble for his candor, but his friends often do; in "[[The Cartoon (Seinfeld)|The Cartoon]]", Kramer makes comments to [[Sally Weaver]], who then blames Jerry for "ruining her life" as a result.

In general, Kramer excels at persuading Jerry into doing things against his better judgment. Kramer has displayed an almost unbending loyalty toward Jerry, such as in "[[The Millennium (Seinfeld)|The Millennium]]" and "[[The Bottle Deposit (Seinfeld)|The Bottle Deposit]]", risking the failure of his own plans for Jerry's benefit. Kramer also thought nothing of giving Jerry a large amount of his banked blood in "[[The Blood (Seinfeld)|The Blood]]". In the same respect, Jerry has helped Kramer out of good will and always seems to forgive and ultimately accept Kramer's mooching tendencies. At times, Jerry is entertained by Kramer's antics, which may also be a factor in the friendship's endurance. However, Kramer is also quick to assume the worst of Jerry, believing him guilty of everything from sabotaging a [[Miss America]] contestant (in "[[The Chaperone (Seinfeld)|The Chaperone]]") to having a double life as a [[neo-Nazi]] leader (in "[[The Limo (Seinfeld)|The Limo]]"), and is often oblivious to his sentiments. In "[[The Serenity Now]]", an emotional Jerry declares a near-brotherly love for Kramer, and Kramer is not even prompted to look away from his current activity, merely responding in a rote tone, "I love you, too, buddy."

He is close friends with [[Newman (Seinfeld)|Newman]]; however, like the other main characters, Kramer and Newman frequently get into conflict with each other, most notably in "[[The Butter Shave]]", in which Newman attempts to eat Kramer alive. Their [[get-rich-quick scheme]]s appear in "[[The Old Man (Seinfeld)|The Old Man]]" and "The Bottle Deposit".

One of Kramer's friends, Bob Sacamano, is referred to by Kramer on several occasions, yet never makes an onscreen appearance. Sacamano is used as a source for several weird anecdotes, nutty ideas, or inaccurate information. Lomez is another good friend of Kramer's who is mentioned, yet never makes an appearance.

Kramer's apartment is the subject of numerous radical experiments in [[interior design]]. Oftentimes, the "experiments" never happen due to Kramer's inherent short-attention span, including his plan to eliminate all furniture and build "levels... like ancient Egypt" in "[[The Pony Remark]]". He reconstructed the set of ''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]'' in "[[The Merv Griffin Show (Seinfeld)|The Merv Griffin Show]]". Inside views of Kramer's apartment are seldom seen, but it's known that he installed hardwood flooring and woodgrain-like wallpaper to, as he explains to Jerry, "give it the feel of a ski lodge." The apartment is centered around a large hot tub and couch styled after a [[1957 Chevy]]. The apartment is decorated with many small statues of people, all made entirely out of [[Macaroni art|pasta]]. Kramer has also experimented with his apartment entrance, including reversing his peephole "to prevent an ambush" in "[[The Reverse Peephole]]" and installing a screen door alongside plants and wind chimes in "[[The Serenity Now]]".

Kramer enjoys smoking Cuban cigars. In "[[The Abstinence]]" he sets up a smoking club in his apartment, which included a regularly-scheduled "pipe night" for those who preferred pipe tobacco to cigars and/or cigarettes. His face gets ruined after so much smoking and he hires Jackie Chiles to sue the cigarette company, but instead gets his image as the [[Marlboro Man]] on the Marlboro billboard in [[Times Square]]. He hires Cuban cigar rollers in an attempt to make his own Cuban cigars in "[[The English Patient (Seinfeld)|The English Patient]]".

Kramer's conversation sometimes contains [[onomatopoeia]] or nonsensical sounds in order to stress an emotional point or describe earlier actions. He sometimes expresses his agreement with a sentiment or suggestion via the word "[[wiktionary:giddyup|giddyup]]". He indicates pleasure with "Oh, Mama!" and frustration or disgust with "Oh... yeah!"

Of the four main characters, Kramer has the fewest on-screen romantic relationships. He has no trouble attracting women, but interactions with them usually begin and end with purely carnal encounters. What few relationships he has are short-lived.