History Awesome / TheBigBangTheory

--> '''Sheldon''' (angry) Well, I hate to say it, but I think everyone is being incredibly selfish.

--> '''Amy''' Well, you would be the authority on the subject.

--> '''Sheldon''' What does that mean?

--> '''Amy''' Sheldon, no one is happier than I am to win the Nobel. But, it’s not more important than our friends.

--> '''Sheldon''' (furious) How can you call them friends when they’re abandoning us?

--> '''Amy'''(Angry) They’re abandoning us because you broke their hearts.

--> '''Sheldon''' I didn’t mean to.

--> '''Amy''' I know! You never mean to! That’s the only reason people tolerate you.

--> '''Sheldon''' Does that include you?

--> '''Sheldon'''(sadly) Sometimes, yeah.

--> '''Sheldon''' No one is happier than I am to win the Nobel. But, it’s not more important than our friends.

* Amy giving Sheldon a much deserved TheReadonYouSuckSpeech after he hurts the gang due to his selfishness.

** Sheldon also gets one for his response to Howard's challenge that he doesn't know anything about engineering. When the dynamic is reversed, he easily manages to answer Howards questions to him, proving that yes he really is that smart. The guy maybe a snobbish Jerkass, but he does live up to his own standards.

** Howard himself deserves a lot of credit for actually [[spoiler: kicking her out of the house when she "tattled" to his mom about the issue]] because she had crossed the line, and freely admitted to the others they might break up over the whole thing. Coming from a guy who normally lets women walk all over him so long as they have sex with him, that showed a great deal of personal integrity.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyNwbcQ_5kE In "The Ornithophobia Diffusion", Leonard hanging out with Penny and showing a spine]] by: [[spoiler: making her pay her fair share and choosing the movie and not backing down.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNYJt1zft9o Raj]] [[spoiler:finally overcoming his selective mutism, as soon as Lucy broke up with him.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Raj''': What is wrong with me? I'm unlovable!]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Penny''': Oh, sweetie, that's just the booze talking.]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Raj''': No, it's not. [[WhamLine I haven't had a drink since last night!]]]]

* Though very sad, Amy's [[spoiler: decision to take a break from her and Sheldon's relationship]] can count as one total for her growth. It's been mostly all take and no give on the part of Sheldon and Amy makes it clear that his actions and behavior really hurt her and that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jW4BF8WkQo she's not letting him get away with that]].

* The first episode has Amy deliver TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Sheldon [[spoiler: before breaking up with him]] after he asserts she shouldn't keep being single and childless at her age. This is enough to upset him and shock him.

* What does Sheldon do when [[spoiler:Ramona Nowitzki kisses him?]] Leaves the building, grabs a cab, catches a red-eye to New Jersey and [[spoiler:proposes on the spot to Amy.]]

* Howard's reaction: [[spoiler:It's [[Creator/MarkHamill MARK FREAKING HAMILL!]]]]

* Series finale minor spoiler: [[spoiler:Leonard slapping the ever-loving crap out of Sheldon]]. Sooooo satisfying.
** [[spoiler: Um... And Sheldon and Amy ''winning a Nobel Prize!'']]
** Leonard telling Sheldon like it is, after the latter learns that [[spoiler:Penny is pregnant]], and is indifferent: [[spoiler:You are a selfish jerk. To hell with you and your Nobel prize]].

-->'''Penny''': What the hell's going on?//
'''Sheldon''': ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness (With genuine anger)]]'' You ''hypocrite''!//
'''Penny''': What?//
'''Sheldon''': Little Miss "grown-ups don't play with toys"! If I went into that apartment right now, would I not find Toys/BeanieBabies? Are you not an accumulator of Franchise/CareBears and [[Franchise/MyLittlePony My Little Ponies]]? And who is that Japanese feline frolicking on your shorts? Hello, Franchise/HelloKitty!

-->Sheldon: "Well done Leonard. The true hero doesn't seek adulation, he fights for right and justice because it's his nature."\\
Leonard: "Penny's hooking up with her jerk of an ex boyfriend and I have indelible ink on my forehead!"\\
Sheldon: "That is your badge of honor, your 'warriors wound' if you will. I was wrong, minstrels will write songs about YOU."

* In "The Contractual Obligation Implementation", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_j869cfKDs Sheldon answers Leonard's challenge to spend five seconds thinking of an idea for their project, to get more women into science]]. Sheldon spends less than two seconds and, instead of offering an idea, points out the fundamental flaw in everything Leonard's suggested so far -- all Leonard's ideas target women who are at university level and by then, it's far too late to get them into science. For once, it's nice to see Sheldon showing that yes, he really is that smart.
** Another where he points out it's more helpful for girls to hear from actual women scientists, than from bumbling male scientists about the need for women in the field
** Leonard pointing out to Sheldon about the flaws in his "People should help themselves" philosophy (the man that needed a ride from Leonard) and that Franchise/StarTrek wasn't a gender-blind society due to "the black lady answering the space phone".
** Amy and Bernadette's on-phone lecture to middle school girls about how the world of science needs more women but [[StayInTheKitchen unfortunately gir]][[MenActWomenAre ls are more encour]][[MenAreStrongWomenArePretty aged to worry about their looks rather than cultivate their minds]] and that [[DareToBeBadass everyone of them has]] [[YouGoGirl the capacity to be anything they want to be]]. One can call this {{Narm}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDdrnacKumg but sadly it's something still too many girls need to be told]].
* Raj talking to Penny ''while he's sober''.

* Howard's reaction: [[spoiler:It's MARK FREAKING HAMILL!]]

-->'''Penny''': What the hell's going on?
-->'''Sheldon''': ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness (With genuine anger)]]'' You ''hypocrite''!
-->'''Penny''': What?
-->'''Sheldon''': Little Miss "grown-ups don't play with toys"! If I went into that apartment right now, would I not find Toys/BeanieBabies? Are you not an accumulator of Franchise/CareBears and [[Franchise/MyLittlePony My Little Ponies]]? And who is that Japanese feline frolicking on your shorts? Hello, HelloKitty!

* Howard mirrors my reaction in this one.[[spoiler: It's MARK FREAKING HAMILL!]]

** Granted the reason he slapped Sheldon isn't ''as'' satisfying, but it's a result of a moment of awesome for Sheldon and Amy: [[spoiler:he wanted Sheldon to know he wasn't dreaming: they really ''did'' win a Nobel.]]

** Leonard pointing out to Sheldon about the flaws in his "People should help themselves" philosophy (the man that needed a ride from Leonard) and that StarTrek wasn't a gender-blind society due to "the black lady answering the space phone".

*** Amy's [[HenPeckedHusband Father]] had to cheer Penny.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVOV6eCyLCI The entire cast dressing up]] as the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica for a New Years party. It summarizes everything that makes this show awesome in one episode.

-->Penny: [You know what the worst part is? You’re sitting here, perfectly happy and he’s at home, a blubbering mess.

* Penny gives Lucy her long overdue TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, calling her out for treating Raj like dirt. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLse6q0AIhc She even explicitly calls her "a bad person" to her face]].

* Penny gives Lucy her long overdue TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, calling her out for treating Raj like shit. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLse6q0AIhc She even explicitly calls her "a bad person" to her face]].

*** Not the last one, mind you, about poisetti's equation, proving that sheldon doesn't know everything. Then again, he may have been coughing up the spitball instead of actually answering.

->''[[AGodAmI I possess the DNA of]] Creator/LeonardNimoy!''

* The majority of ''The 21-Second Excitation'' has the guys trying to see an extended cut of Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk, but by the time they get there, the tickets are sold out. How does Sheldon react? He sneaks into the movie theater through the back door, steals the film cans from the unguarded projection booth, [[RefugeInAudacity shows off the cans to]] Creator/WillWheaton, (who got into the theater earlier because the doorman was a fan,) [[RefugeInAudacity and runs off while humming the Raider's March!]]

* Anytime Penny [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously takes a bad role seriously]] it's [[SheReallyCanAct brilliant to watch]] notably her and Sheldon doing a dramatic reading of Sheldon's ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[HerCodenameWasMarySue fan-fiction]] or her scene in the [[StylisticSuck "Serial]] [[KillerGorilla Apeist"]] with Creator/WilWheaton.