Seinfeld Poll - most despicable main character? (best, characters)

[Sandhillian]

I say Kramer. At least the others are insecure in addition to being selfish so you could feel some sympathy.

[joxerlives]

Shame in the final scene we don't see Elaine femme slavegirl of the lesbian prison gang Would have liked the other idea where they all die in a car crash and all the minor chracters from the series troop past their coffins making disparaging remarks, that would have been hilarious

[Tunky]

I thought they should all have to be their victim's butlers.

[Sophiasmommy]

Jerry and it's not even close. His character was self absorbed, narcissistic, extremely shallow and worst of all he constantly talked behind peoples backs and always made snarky snide comments.

[kevinm]

Elaine seems arrogant, but has no accomplishments in her background to justify her attitude about others.

[joxerlives]

Originally Posted by kevinm

Elaine seems arrogant, but has no accomplishments in her background to justify her attitude about others.

Face it, she hardly had much competition, in looks alone she's better than the rest

[cheers fan]

I'd go with Elaine. She's unfunny, complains too much, acts stupid. I prefer the other 3 characters to Elaine. But that's my own opinion.

[daynet]

I went with Elaine.

[LoveBeingAMommy]

George...but it should really be Bubble Boy

[Unsettomati]

The obvious answer is George Costanza.

All of the characters displayed various degrees of lacking empathy. That said, Kramer in particular was often nonetheless helpful to others, and Jerry and Elaine certainly were more often than George. Furthermore, they displayed less (not no, but less) deceit and outright betrayal of the others than George. And most of the really bad things the other characters caused - Kramer burning down the cabin, Jerry causing Babu to get deported - were unintentional. But George? He pushed children and the elderly out of the way when there was a fire. And he was pretty remorseless at the lack of his fiancee's death. That trumps even the worst of the things the others did (Elaine contemplating putting a 'hit' on a dog comes to mind).

Frankly, the lack of morals of the show - that it didn't pretend that a sitcom is supposed to be about 'teaching a lesson' (newsflash - if you need a sitcom to guide your morality, you've got serious problems that no amount of television is ever going to fix) - was a good thing.

PS - I notice a lot of posters are confusing the actual subject of this thread, clearly laid out in the title and the original post, with 'which character I disliked the most'.