History Series / BillNyeTheScienceGuy

* ThemeTuneCameo: In the "Motion" episode, every time someone mentions inertia, the line "Inertia is a property of matter." from the opening theme repeats.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUbjx4xPYeU&feature=related Here.]] Just look at how positively ''gleeful'' he is while doing it. "That's a lot of ''dam'' power!"
** "'''ANAL SPHINCTER'''"
** [[Music/ColePorter "Birds do it. Bees do it.]] Practically every animal does it. Let's do some right now!" It's the introduction to the episode on Animal Locomotion.
** The flower episode has a bee (or a woman in a bee costume) on a gossip show suggestively talking about how she pollinated a snapdragon. That's not the only instance in the flower episode--quite frankly it's hard to talk about flowers ''without'' getting suggestive since they're all about sex.
** The stoners lying on their car in the space episode. ''Whoooooooa.''
** The ''Momentum'' episode features a demonstration that Bill Nye starts off by saying "Now here I have... a rocket in my pocket." The rocket is decidedly phallic and pink on top of it. The poor choice of words was even lampshaded by the show's LaughTrack, which moaned derisively when he made the joke. Shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kPa0DLv8b4&t=9m13s here]]. (Kids would take it as a play on the Dr. Seuss book ''Wocket'' in my pocket.)
** In "Invertebrates," Bill refers to vertebrates as "backboners," followed by faint laughter from [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead Butt-head]].

* ParentalBonus: Plenty, whether it's GettingCrapPastTheRadar or more subtle humor.

One of the best examples of the kids' ScienceShow genre from the [[TheNineties 1990s]]. The show, produced by a joint venture between Seattle PBS affiliate KCTS-TV and [[Creator/{{Disney}} Buena Vista Television]], lasted from 1993 to 1998, 5 seasons and 100 episodes. Each episode is centered on an area of scientific study, varying in level of focus from a single concept to an entire discipline. The show's eponymous host, dressed like a cross between a MadScientist and a birthday party magician, would teach the subject with a genuine level of excitement and interest most men reserve for the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl.

Oh, and Bill Nye was [[http://www.americanhumanist.org/who_we_are/about_the_AHA/Humanists_of_the_Year Humanist of the Year]] in 2010. Make of that what you will.

-->'''Pollution Grrrl''': *picks up garbage* You see this stuff? You and I made this stuff! Do ''you'' like it?! Well, ''I'' don't [[spoiler:fucking]] like it! (cue image of a dog with its ears perking up in alarm) '''''CLEAN UP YOUR GARBAGE!'''''

-->'''Pollution Grrrl''': *picks up garbage* you see this stuff? You and I made this stuff! Do ''YOU'' like it?! WELL I DON'T '''*BLEEP*''' LIKE IT!!! (cue image of a dog with its ears perking up in alarm)

* [[InertiaIsACruelMistress Inertia Is A Property Of Matter]]

-->'''Pollution Grrrl''': *picks up garbage* you see this stuff? You and I made this stuff! Do ''YOU'' like it?! WELL I DON'T '''*BLEEP*''' LIKE IT!!! (cue image of a dog with it's ears perking up in alarm)

[[caption-width-right:284:'''[[EarWorm BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!]]''']]

-->'''Offscreen kid''':Hey Science guy? Even a banana cream pie?

** Did you know that this is the compass that Compass Man uses?"

* SplashOfColor: Occurs in the recurring shot of a 1950s family watching television, which is edited so it looks like they're watching Bill Nye's show. The shot is black-and-white StockFootage ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSXEQPoYlwk here's the original]]), but the footage of their TV is in color ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJp2TxyBP6M&t=16m24s here's how it appears on the show]]).

* UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest: Bill does a lot of filming there, as the production was based in {{UsefulNotes/Seattle}}.

* UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest: Bill does a lot of filming there. The production was based in {{UsefulNotes/Seattle}}.

* UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest: Bill does a lot of filming there, which makes sense as Seattle is right next door.

* SplashOfColor: Occurs in the recurring shot of a 1950s family watching television, which is edited so it looks like they're watching Bill Nye's show. The shot is black-and-white StockFootage ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSXEQPoYlwk here's the original]]), but the footage of their TV is in color.

** One of the song parodies, "Science in Music, Oh Yeah!", was based on the song "Time Warp" from ''Film/RockyHorrorPictureShow''. There's a pretty slim chance his demographic would have seen the source material, so it's safe to assume that the cover was just for the parents' sake. Then there's the notorious "Let's Talk About Stress", which is a filk of ''Salt-N-Peppa's'' "Let's Talk About Sex". Again, the source material only plays on adult stations, so it's unlikely that the target demographic would've heard the original and thus it can be assumed that the song was just there to entertain any parents watching along.

* TheOtherRainforest: Bill does a lot of filming there, which makes sense as Seattle is right next door.

One of the best examples of the kids' ScienceShow genre from the [[TheNineties 1990s]]. The show, produced by a joint venture between Seattle PBS affiliate KCTS-TV and [[Creator/{{Disney}} Buena Vista Television]], lasted from 1993 to 1998, 5 seasons and 100 episodes. Each episode is centered on an area of scientific study, varying in level of focus from a single concept to an entire discipline. The show's eponymous host, dressed like a cross between a MadScientist and a birthday party magician, would teach the subject with a genuine level of excitement and interest most men reserve for the SuperBowl.

* AntiNihilist: Bill Nye is a humanist who believes that death is a complete Cessation of Existence, but while we're here, "We can...dare I say it... change the WORLD!"

This show ran on PBS in the mid-1990s, and also in syndication (Disney co-produced the show with Seattle's PBS station KCTS). It then retired to Noggin and stayed until Noggin was merged into Nick Jr. However, Bill Nye is still on TV. He has a series of specials called ''The Eyes of Nye'', which are much closer in form to a TVDocumentary series (like ''Series/{{Nova}}'') than his previous show. Today, he's an outspoken environmental activist. His series on Planet Green, ''Stuff Happens'', is a show about the unintended environmental consequences of the stuff we do and use. He also occasionally guest-stars on the reality show ''Living With Ed''; he's really Ed Begley Jr.'s neighbor, within a few miles, and the two have an ongoing rivalry to "out-green" each other. Bill Nye is also the go-to guy to explain interesting science stories on cable news outlets Creator/{{CNN}} and {{MSNBC}}. His latest endeavor is the Creator/{{Netflix}} exclusive ''Series/BillNyeSavesTheWorld'', which is clearly targeted at those who grew up with the old show.

** [[ColePorter "Birds do it. Bees do it.]] Practically every animal does it. Let's do some right now!" It's the introduction to the episode on Animal Locomotion.