A bang so big it invaded other media. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the times “The Big Bang Theory” traveled through the TV vortex and got a shoutout on other shows.
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00:00Carl, Minnie, Barney, Moe, and a fat, bald guy who hollers,
00:02know that it all started with the Simpsons.
00:05Go!
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:07And today, we're counting down our picks
00:09for the times the Big Bang Theory traveled
00:11through the TV vortex and got a shout out on other shows.
00:15Young Sheldon won't be making the cut,
00:17since it's an extension of the Big Bang Theory universe.
00:20Ah!
00:20Ah!
00:21Ah!
00:22Ah!
00:23Ah!
00:24Ah!
00:24This ain't good.
00:27Number 10, The Big Bird Theory, Mad.
00:30While Mad TV was known for its satirical sketches,
00:34this one takes things to a new level.
00:36It starts with Leonard and Sheldon
00:38roasting their own show, then deciding to jump ship.
00:41I can't take this anymore, Sheldon.
00:43You mean the way they make us dress up like nerds
00:45from the 1980s?
00:46No.
00:48The hairstyles?
00:49Not that.
00:51The demonic laugh track that plays after everything we say?
00:56Luckily for them, there are a couple
00:58of guys who want someone to tell them how
00:59to get away from Sesame Street.
01:02Honestly, who can blame them?
01:04This isn't the sunny street we remember from our childhood.
01:06Well, back at home, you just write numbers down.
01:09But at Sesame Street, the equations actually talk back.
01:12Hey, we're exhausted from hanging up here all day.
01:15Can we get down now?
01:16That's enough out of you.
01:18After a quick comparison of both shows
01:20and a wave to Johnny Galecki, Leonard
01:22figures he's better off back in Pasadena.
01:25It's not a crossover anyone expected,
01:27but can you imagine if Burt and Ernie stuck around?
01:29Penny and Leonard's story might have
01:31turned out very differently.
01:33We found out we both wanted Ernie.
01:35We didn't speak again till middle school.
01:39Over puppets?
01:40The heart wants what the heart wants, Leonard.
01:43Number nine, Dr. Cox needs to understand
01:46the Big Bang Theory hype.
01:47Scrubs.
01:48Dr. Perry Cox never struck us as someone
01:51who cared about trends or what everyone else was into.
01:54Everything on the planet, everything in the solar system,
01:55everything, everything, everything, everything,
01:57everything, everything, everything that exists.
01:59Past, present, and future in all discovered
02:01and undiscovered dimensions.
02:05Oh, and Hugh Jackman.
02:08But by the final season of Scrubs,
02:09the Big Bang Theory was such a massive hit
02:12that even this usually disinterested doctor
02:14had no choice but to pay attention.
02:16So while delegating tasks to his favorite medical student,
02:20Drew, he tags on an extra personal errand.
02:23I need you to prep some forms for Dr. Kelso,
02:26get the notes for today's lecture out of my office,
02:28and set my DVR to record Big Bang Theory.
02:31The whole world is watching this thing
02:33and I've got to know why.
02:34Funnily enough, Scrubs also gets a shout out
02:37in an early episode of the Big Bang Theory
02:39after Raj's parents mentioned
02:41they're fans of Doogie Howser, M.D.
02:43Actually, I read somewhere that it's one
02:44of the most popular programs in India.
02:46It might speak to a cultural aspiration
02:48to have one's children enter the medical profession.
02:50I bet you're right.
02:51I bet they love Scrubs.
02:53What's not to love?
02:54It's just too bad we never find out
02:56if Dr. Cox thought Big Bang lived up to all the hype.
02:59Number eight, Big Bang in there,
03:01not a great liar, Supernatural.
03:04In this episode, the Winchester brothers
03:06investigate an attack on a comic book store employee
03:08called Stuart Blake.
03:10What can I help you guys with?
03:11Funko pops, magic cards?
03:14Stuart Blake? Vintage Hot Wheels?
03:17I'm sorry, were you getting helped by Stuart
03:20with Vintage Hot Wheels?
03:21No, sorry.
03:23Yes, you heard correctly, Stuart Blake.
03:26While that could just be a happy coincidence,
03:28there's a more concrete link
03:30between the two shows later on.
03:32When the brothers question Stuart,
03:34it quickly becomes clear that he's trying to hide something.
03:37After they leave his mom's house,
03:39Dean points out that Stuart isn't the most convincing fibber.
03:43Wow, lady, you wasn't kidding.
03:45That guy's a piece of work.
03:46Whatever happened was not an accident.
03:48Okay, but Big Bang in there,
03:50not a great liar, no.
03:52Thanks to the Big Bang theory,
03:54geek culture hit the mainstream,
03:56and even in Supernatural.
03:58The show's title is used synonymously with nerd.
04:01Come on, that's basically what Dean was getting at.
04:04Okay, if you're gonna question the importance
04:05of an actor's signature on a plastic helmet
04:07from a movie based on a comic book,
04:09then all of our lives have no meaning.
04:13Number seven, it's cool to be Big Bang weird, Mom.
04:17Since Mom is another Chuck Lorre show,
04:19it's no shock that he sneaked in a reference
04:22to his popular series.
04:23Okay, question one, rank the following aspects
04:26of Sheldon Cooper in order of appeal.
04:28Intelligence, ruthless attention to hygiene,
04:31playfulness, Java applet writing.
04:34In fact, this won't be the only time
04:36we see this connection here.
04:37Anyway, in season one, Christie's teenage daughter Violet
04:41looks for adoptive parents for her baby
04:43and meets the Taylors, who seem perfect,
04:46even if Jeff is a bit quirky.
04:48No matter how many times we had intercourse,
04:51nothing ever happened,
04:52and we tried some pretty weird positions.
04:56Please go back to fonts.
04:58TMI? TMI.
04:59Unfortunately, the baby's father isn't on board
05:02with the adoption yet, so the Taylors leave.
05:04Christie tries to lift her daughter's spirits
05:06by pointing out Jeff's oddities,
05:08but it turns out that Violet quite liked
05:11that he was Big Bang weird.
05:12We see what you did there, Mr. Lorre.
05:14I wanted them.
05:16You sure?
05:17He's kinda weird.
05:21Yeah, but he's cool weird.
05:23Big Bang weird.
05:27Number six, engineering majors shamelessly rewatch
05:30The Big Bang Theory.
05:32Shameless.
05:33After Lip spends the evening with his girlfriend
05:35at some fancy sorority event,
05:37they go out to a diner with a group of friends.
05:39Lip tells Amanda that the party was not at all
05:42what he expected, to which she responds.
05:44Well, we're a bunch of engineering majors.
05:46Our parties usually consist of us watching Big Bang reruns
05:50and bleaching each other's mustaches.
05:52Now, we have to ask, why would a group
05:55of engineering majors want to watch the series,
05:57given how often Sheldon makes fun of their field?
06:01Engineering, where the noble semi-skilled laborers
06:04execute the vision of those who think and dream.
06:08Hello, oompa-loompas of science.
06:10Sure, Howard does some great stuff for the sector,
06:12but he's probably not in line to win
06:14engineer of the year anytime soon, either.
06:17Maybe they enjoy pointing out all the engineering mistakes
06:19or just like cracking jokes about theoretical physicists
06:22like Sheldon.
06:23Guess what?
06:24Engineers are just as smart as physicists.
06:26You take that back.
06:31No.
06:35Number five, Cisco loves a Big Bang top.
06:38The Flash.
06:39Any TBBT fan knows Sheldon loves a colorful graphic tee.
06:43There's his 73 shirt, the melting Rubik's Cube,
06:46Green Lantern, and of course, all sorts of The Flash attire.
06:50Life has a way of amusing us, blessing and bruising us.
06:55Drink l'chaim to life.
06:59Well, the costume designers on The Flash
07:01seemingly notice this, too.
07:03Like Sheldon, Cisco Ramon wears his geek pride on his chest.
07:07In the very first episode, he's seen wearing a bazinga shirt.
07:11Why is it shaped like a lightning bolt?
07:13So it's not boring.
07:15Also in that same episode, he's sporting a rock, paper,
07:18scissors, lizard Spock tee, a game made famous,
07:21though not invented, by Big Bang.
07:23Did you catch his This Is My Spot shirt, too?
07:25The Flash acknowledging the existence of the Big Bang
07:28theory creates all kinds of paradoxes,
07:30but we appreciate it nonetheless.
07:33Paradoxes are part of nature.
07:35Think about light.
07:36Now, if you look at Huygens, light
07:38is a wave, as confirmed by the double slit experiment.
07:41But then, along comes Albert Einstein
07:43and discovers that light behaves like particles, too.
07:46Number four.
07:47It all started with The Simpsons.
07:49Oh, The Simpsons.
07:51The Simpsons is known for its clever pop culture references,
07:55so it's no surprise they've nodded to the Big Bang
07:57theory a few times.
07:58People think I'm a nerd, but I'm actually super cool.
08:01That's why I'm here to talk about the really cool subject
08:04of distributed consensus-based cryptocurrency, Kachinga.
08:08Yes, that is Jim Parsons.
08:10In Much Apoo About Something, be sure to check out
08:12the scratch card Apoo plays.
08:14Come on, Big Bang theory scratcher,
08:16bring me back to break even.
08:18Sheldon?
08:19Sheldon?
08:20Oh, Wolowitz.
08:22Always Wolowitz.
08:25But perhaps their best reference is in season 28's
08:28Looking for Mr. Goodbart.
08:30The animators ditched the usual opening sequence
08:32and swapped it with a parody of the Big Bang's intro.
08:36The whole Fox network was in a hot dance state.
08:39Then nearly 14 billion years ago, they began a TV show.
08:43Then Bart tried to sell his soul.
08:45Lisa turned to vegetables.
08:47Grandpa started fighting bull.
08:48After 30-plus years, it does feel
08:51like The Simpsons has been around since the dawn of time.
08:54Also, if you love shouting bang at the end
08:56of the original tune, there's a fun moment for you here, too.
09:00Springfield built a wall.
09:01Double played on the top.
09:02Carl, Lenny, Barney, Moe, and a fat bald guy who hollers,
09:05so that all started with The Simpsons.
09:07Go!
09:08Number three, all the Bazingas.
09:11Various.
09:11As the scientists say, Bazinga.
09:14There are plenty of quotes and running gags
09:16we've picked up from The Big Bang Theory,
09:18but perhaps few are more iconic than Sheldon's famous Bazinga,
09:22which he typically says after a joke or prank.
09:24Hey, how's that?
09:26You actually had it right in the first place.
09:30Once again, you've fallen for one of my classic pranks.
09:34Bazinga.
09:37Fun fact, it was actually inspired
09:39by writer Stephen Angle, who would say it
09:41after pulling practical jokes on a colleague.
09:43It has become so legendary that Warner Brothers even
09:46trademarked it.
09:48Naturally, other shows have jumped on the Bazinga bandwagon,
09:51too.
09:51Does Nicolaj even like basketball?
09:53He loves to get your head in the game number
09:54from High School Musical.
09:56I haven't seen it, but I know that's not the same.
09:57Look at them.
09:58Does it seem like he's actually enjoying this?
10:00Bazinga!
10:01You can hear it pop up in series like Brooklyn Nine-Nine,
10:04The Great North, and What We Do in the Shadows.
10:07The list doesn't stop there, but more on that in a moment.
10:10Bazinga!
10:15Bazinga is the war cry of Sheldon, the tall leader.
10:20Number two, Bazinga.
10:22That's from a TV show, Two and a Half Men.
10:25Ah, yes, another Chuck Lorre classic.
10:28In this case, he doesn't just throw the old Bazinga
10:31into the dialogue.
10:32He even named the episode after it.
10:34Bazinga.
10:37You've fallen victim to another one
10:38of my classic practical jokes.
10:43I'm your boss now.
10:44You may want to laugh at that.
10:46This episode first aired in 2013,
10:48when Big Bang was in its sixth season and well into its stride.
10:52In the episode, Jake, who's on army leave for a weekend,
10:56shares some stories about his new role
10:58leading the kitchen staff.
10:59That's where the Big Bang references come in.
11:02I don't understand.
11:03Which part, earning or respect?
11:06Bazinga.
11:12That's from a TV show.
11:14Also, almost serendipitously, the episode
11:17features Emily Osment, who would later
11:19join the Big Bang universe as Mandy in Young Sheldon
11:22and star in its spinoff, Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage.
11:26Just out of curiosity, how did you meet Hannah Montana here?
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11:46Number one, various references, Family Guy.
11:50Much like The Simpsons, Family Guy
11:53is famous for its pop culture humor
11:55and not being shy about lampooning big TV
11:57hits like The Big Bang Theory.
11:59In the episode Our Idiot Brian, Peter
12:02makes jokes about Jim Parsons, while Brian uses Sheldon's
12:05famous catchphrase.
12:07Oh, man, I've never felt better, Beef Stew.
12:09Bazinga.
12:10Then in Welcome Back Carter, we get a few more references
12:14to the sitcom, including a playful jab at its humor.
12:17You know, I keep not laughing at The Big Bang Theory,
12:19and I figured I'd give it a shot.
12:21I keep not laughing at The Big Bang Theory,
12:23and I figure it's got to be the television.
12:25You know, TV this size, forget it.
12:27It'll have me laugh until I got snots falling out of my nose.
12:29However, arguably the best reference
12:32is in Business Guy, where Peter insists that Carter throws
12:35a Big Bang Theory viewing party that nobody shows up to.
12:39We then cut to a parody of the show voiced by Jim Parsons
12:42and Johnny Galecki themselves.
12:44I'll have you know that I can bench
12:46press over 690 billion nanograms.
12:49That's less than two pounds.
12:51Sounded better the way I said it.
12:52Can you think of any other time The Big Bang Theory
12:54was mentioned in other media?
12:56Let us know in the comments.
12:58The whole world is watching this thing, and I've got to know why.
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