These quotes still make a big bang. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most quotable lines and catchphrases from “The Big Bang Theory” that have seeped into our everyday lives.
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00:00Welcome to Ms Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most quotable lines
00:09and catchphrases from the Big Bang Theory that have seeped into our everyday lives.
00:15We're sticking to spoken dialogue, although soft kitty is purr purr purrfectly quotable
00:22too.
00:2310.
00:35My spot, various
00:37Let's be real, Sheldon Cooper isn't the only one who's partial to a particular spot.
00:44We all have them.
00:46Maybe our reasons are a little, okay, a lot less elaborate than his, but we can't deny
00:59the frustration that bubbles up when someone else sits in our preferred place.
01:10Would we lecture them about why we need to sit exactly there?
01:14Probably not.
01:16Should we politely ask them to move?
01:18We might.
01:19Or we, TBBT fans, might just skip all of that with a short and punchy, that's my spot.
01:26Then if they refuse to move, we might be tempted to hit them with a Sheldon-esque rant.
01:31Look, just don't sit in our spot, alright?
01:34In the summer, it's directly in the path of a cross breeze created by opening windows
01:37there, and there.
01:38It faces the television at an angle that is neither direct, thus discouraging conversation,
01:42nor so far wide as to create a parallax distortion.
01:45I could go on, but I think I've made my point.
01:50Number 9, a non-optional social convention.
01:54The peanut reaction.
01:56If you know someone who'd rather stay home and watch another Big Bang Theory rerun than
02:01engage in any social activity, you might have used this line once or twice.
02:06In the series, Howard offers Penny this one-liner to explain why Sheldon has to buy his friend
02:12a birthday present.
02:14Why am I telling him it's a non-optional social convention?
02:18What?
02:19Just do it.
02:23It's a non-optional social convention.
02:26Ah, fair enough.
02:30However, we'd argue that this phrase can be used in a multitude of ways.
02:37For example, if someone had told Amy to use it, maybe she wouldn't have had to attend
02:42her family event alone.
02:44I had to go to my aunt's party all by myself and everybody was like, where's his boyfriend
02:48you're always talking about?
02:49Is he real or did you make him up like Armin the miniature horse breeder?
02:54Just a heads up, if you use it, brace yourself for the chaos of dealing with a social convention
03:00newbie.
03:01Sheldon, we have to go.
03:03Why?
03:04Well, for one thing, we're late for Leonard's birthday party, and for another, I told him
03:07to call security.
03:09Number 8, nerdy insults.
03:12The Middle Earth paradigm and the bat jar conjecture.
03:15Besides some super quotable lines, TBVT dished out perfect insults we're definitely ready
03:22to use when the moment calls for it.
03:25Of course, we're all animals, but some of us have climbed a little higher on the evolutionary
03:29tree.
03:30If he understands that, you're in trouble.
03:33So what?
03:34I'm unevolved?
03:35You're in trouble.
03:37Like, remember when Leonard and Kurt face off at Penny's Halloween party and Leonard
03:42pulls out this whimsical zinger?
03:53It's ideal for a sneaky dig at someone's intelligence.
03:56Just maybe make sure they can't respond with brute force first.
04:01If you're after something more playground yet intellectual, how about Sheldon's twist
04:06on the ol' I'm rubber, you're glue?
04:19Feel that burn, Leslie?
04:20Well, do ya?
04:23Sure, Leslie's inorganic adhesive might've rebounded from Sheldon's polymerised tree
04:29sap, but that won't stop us from giving it a whirl.
04:34Penny has a knack for expressing her thoughts without saying them outright.
04:44For example, when she drops a sweetie, it's normally not quite as sweet as you might think.
04:51Just ask Sheldon.
04:52Penny has upgraded his designated term of endearment, thus distinguishing him from those
04:56she calls sweetie, usually in an attempt to soften a thinly-veiled insult.
05:02You're boring people, sweetie.
05:05Although sometimes she omits the veil entirely.
05:08However, when we're in shock or utter disbelief, there's another quote from Penny that we often
05:14turn to.
05:15Sorry.
05:16Holy crap on a cracker.
05:24A post-grad student called Ramona enters Sheldon's life, and their relationship becomes a little,
05:30let's call it intense.
05:32Ramona's quirks leave everyone puzzled, but Penny ends up in some seriously awkward
05:37situations that leave her utterly dumbfounded.
05:41Penny may not have coined the phrase, but since she first used it, we found ourselves
05:46using it a whole lot more.
05:50Sure.
05:51Sisters.
05:57Holy crap on a cracker.
05:59Number six, reasons one cries.
06:02The gorilla experiment.
06:04We've all been in situations where someone's sheer lack of sense leaves us utterly speechless.
06:11Even the opposable thumbs insult wouldn't cut it.
06:14Like that time when Penny just wanted to learn a little physics, and Sheldon made her feel
06:19like she was totally dim.
06:22A little physics?
06:25There's no such thing.
06:26Physics encompasses the entire universe, from quantum particles to supernovas, from spinning
06:31electrons to spinning galaxies.
06:33Yeah.
06:34Okay, cool.
06:35I don't need the PBS special.
06:37Seriously, he didn't need to be such a jerk about it.
06:40How can you not know?
06:41I just told you.
06:43Have you suffered a recent blow to the head?
06:45Hey, you don't have to be so mean.
06:48I'm sorry.
06:49In Sheldon's world, anyone who isn't him or a fellow supergenius is basically a moron,
06:56so poor Penny didn't stand a chance.
06:58But let's be honest, we've all been there.
07:01You're so frustrated with someone's cluelessness that you feel like you might just cry right
07:06there on the spot.
07:08One cries because one is sad.
07:10For example, I cry because others are stupid and it makes me sad.
07:17Number five.
07:18Who's calling at this ungodly hour?
07:20The pancake batter anomaly.
07:22With the technology boom in recent years, it can be really hard to switch off.
07:27It's for you.
07:29Hello?
07:30Penny, this is not a good time.
07:36Nowadays, people can contact you at whatever ungodly hour they see fit.
07:41Well, sure, you could put your cell on silent.
07:44Who here hasn't forgotten only to have their sleep rudely interrupted by an early caller?
07:50If you're a TBBT fan, you might find that as you groggily sit up and rub your eyes,
07:56you wonder to yourself, well, who's calling at this ungodly hour?
08:01Or maybe you'll hear an irritable voice echoing it from another room.
08:05Hey, maybe you even skip the usual hello and greet them with that line instead.
08:11Bonus points if you do it in Howard's mum's voice.
08:13Well, ask them why they're calling at this ungodly hour.
08:17How can I ask them when I'm talking to you?
08:23Number four.
08:24Your Ken can kiss my Barbie.
08:26The panty piñata polarisation.
08:29This is proof that sometimes you don't need to understand the context to deliver a killer
08:34comeback.
08:35Take Penny and Sheldon's feud, for example.
08:38They trade some seriously memorable lines.
08:41Yeah, no, there's a new policy.
08:42No shoes, no shirt, no Sheldon.
08:45I bet we could sell that sign all over Pasadena.
08:49But there's one that really hits home for us, and we'd be lying if we said we hadn't
08:54thought about using it in our own arguments.
08:57Penny really gets under Sheldon's skin by messing with his laundry night.
09:02Do my laundry another night.
09:05Another night?
09:06Well, I guess you can try, but deep inside your heart, you'll know that laundry night
09:11is always Saturday night.
09:15He then snaps back, all fired up, claiming she doesn't know who she's dealing with.
09:20But then, in less than ten words, Penny fires back so brilliantly that you'd think Sheldon
09:27might turn pinker than Barbie's Malibu beach house.
09:31Woman, you are playing with forces beyond your ken.
09:34Yeah, well, your ken can kiss my Barbie.
09:39Number 3, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock.
09:43The Lizard, Spock Expansion
09:45According to Sam Kass, co-creator of This Game of Chance, when you play the original
09:50Rock, Paper, Scissors with someone you know well, the chances of tying are pretty high.
09:56Players familiar with each other will tie 75 to 80% of the time due to the limited number
10:00of outcomes.
10:01I suggest Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock.
10:06However, with more options, those odds are lowered, unless all the players are huge Star
10:13Trek fans.
10:14Okay, one of us is going to have to stop putting up Spock.
10:16How do we decide that?
10:19Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock!
10:23Still we can't deny that we've tried this version to settle disputes.
10:28We might have tried Missy's version from Young Sheldon if she had elaborated on the
10:32rules a little more.
10:33Well, what if we added a few more choices, like Rock, Paper, Scissors, Candy, Pony?
10:39Yes, the rules are hard to follow.
10:41In the bloopers, even Jim Parsons struggles to keep up.
10:45But once you get it down, it's a handy time saver.
10:48Lizard eats paper.
10:49Paper, oh gosh, I messed up.
10:53It's not as simple as you think, Mark.
11:00Okay.
11:01Number 2, Schrodinger's Friendship, The Russian Rocket Reaction.
11:04Before the Big Bang Theory entered our lives, many of us likely hadn't heard of Erwin Schrodinger.
11:11Thanks to the physicist and, surprisingly, Sheldon, we discovered a new equation to tackle
11:17some of life's problems.
11:19Just like Schrodinger's cat, your potential relationship with Leonard right now can be
11:23thought of as both good and bad.
11:25It is only by opening the box that you'll find out which it is.
11:29Sheldon puts this theory to another use during a spat with Leonard over an invitation from
11:34Wil Wheaton.
11:35We've all been at odds with our friends, and wouldn't it have been great to have
11:39such a simple way to handle it?
11:41Until you either do not go or go to Wil Wheaton's party, you are simultaneously my friend and
11:48not my friend.
11:50I'm characterizing this phenomenon as Schrodinger's Friendship.
11:55Who needs full-on blowouts or underhanded jibes when you can just let physics do the
12:02fighting for you?
12:04Warning, proceed with caution.
12:06You might just end up infuriating your buddies even more.
12:10Pretty cool about Howard, huh?
12:12Don't talk to me as if nothing's happened between us.
12:14And yes, it sure is, buddy.
12:16For God's sake, will you stop with the Schrodinger stuff?
12:21Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
12:26Jibber-jabber, the engagement reaction.
12:28It's not that Penny invented the phrase, but we sure use it a lot more often after
12:33hearing her say it.
12:35Interesting.
12:36Do you know where the phrase jibber-jabber comes from?
12:38Oh my God, you were about to jibber-jabber about jibber-jabber.
12:44Three knocks, various.
12:46Don't tell us you've never greeted your friends the Sheldon Cooper way.
12:50I bet that started off as a joke, but by the third one you realise there was something
12:55strangely enjoyable about it.
12:58Yeah, I kind of want to do it again.
13:02It's a Saturnalia miracle.
13:04The bath item gift hypothesis.
13:07How to spot a The Big Bang Theory fan at Christmas.
13:12Leonard, look, Sheldon's hugging me.
13:16It's a Saturnalia miracle.
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13:36Number one, Bazinga, various.
13:40In the Big Bang Theory universe, the term Bazinga originally started as an inside joke
13:45among the writers, notably Stephen Engle, who would use it while playing tricks on his
13:50colleagues.
13:51OK, how's that?
13:53You actually had it right in the first place.
13:57Once again, you've fallen for one of my classic pranks.
14:01Bazinga.
14:04Though the term predates the show today, it's inseparable from Sheldon.
14:09In fact, it's so iconic that its origins even get a nod in Young Sheldon.
14:14It's quite amazing how a simple inside joke among coworkers evolved into one of the most
14:20beloved catchphrases of the entire series.
14:23Amy, I find myself wondering if we should actually engage in coitus at least one time
14:28in our relationship.
14:30Bazinga.
14:33As huge Big Bang fans, who among us hasn't bounced around a ball pit shouting Bazinga
14:39at the top of our lungs?
14:41Well, maybe we have.
14:43Or maybe not.
14:44Bazinga.
14:45Bazinga.
14:48Bazinga.
14:53Bazinga.
14:55Which TBBT line do you often find yourself quoting?
14:59Let us know in the comments.
15:01Sorry, I was waiting for the Bazinga.
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