| 1 | ->''You can try. But you'll never catch me.'' |
| 2 | -->--'''Dr Sheldon Cooper''', ''The Einstein Approximation'' |
| 3 | |
| 4 | '''As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff as per policy.]] Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.''' |
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| 6 | The Medicinal Laughter Conjecture. |
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| 8 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[folder:Season One]] |
| 11 | * Penny says that she's a vegetarian. Except for steak. |
| 12 | * In the first episode, the boys are taking Penny out to a restaurant. Howard starts singing karaoke, and Sheldon observes to Leonard that compared to the others in the car (himself, at this point pretty much asexual; Raj, who can't talk to women, and [[CasanovaWannabe Howard]]), he's "a veritable [=MacDaddy=]." |
| 13 | * [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sO4KO-jnybA/UBx-KA3huqI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/NSf2dYgdTB0/s320/SarcasmSign.jpg The Sarcasm Sign.]] |
| 14 | * Sheldon's sister Missy introduces herself by telling his friends that he'd spent nine months with her legs wrapped around his head. The other guys' expressions are priceless (until Sheldon clarifies that they were in the womb together, being twins). |
| 15 | * Raj's long, slow hallway walk after trying to ask out Sheldon's sister. |
| 16 | * In "The Dumpling Paradox," Penny spends the night on Sheldon and Leonard's apartment after her friend hooks up with Howard in her apartment. After the sleeping arrangements are made, everyone goes off to bed, turning off the lights as they do. Cut to Raj, standing alone in the kitchen holding a half eaten sandwich and looking utterly confused before he awkwardly leaves. |
| 17 | * How about the whole low register skit in the second episode when Sheldon breaks into Penny's room at night to clean it? |
| 18 | * Penny's reaction to seeing her apartment clean. |
| 19 | -->'''Penny:''' '''''SON OF A BITCH!'''''\ |
| 20 | '''Leonard:''' Penny's up.\ |
| 21 | '''Penny:''' '''''YOU SICK GEEKY BASTARDS!'''''\ |
| 22 | '''Leonard:''' [[OhCrap How did she know that it was us?]]\ |
| 23 | '''Sheldon:''' I may have left a suggested organizational schematic for her bedroom closet.\ |
| 24 | '''Penny:''' '''''LEONARD!'''''\ |
| 25 | '''Leonard:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck God, this is gonna be bad!]] |
| 26 | * The whole time machine acting-out segment. |
| 27 | ** In the same episode, at the end, Sheldon's DreamWithinADream in which he uses the time machine to travel to the future and gets eaten by Morlocks starts out as NightmareFuel, but quickly CrossesTheLineTwice when he tells Leonard he needs to move it out. The moving company workers turn out to be Morlocks. |
| 28 | ** 'Starving Morlocks' moving company. They have jumpsuits. |
| 29 | * Leonard hearing a noise and coming out of his bedroom with a lightsaber. |
| 30 | * The end of the Physics Bowl. "Here, I am janitor. In former Soviet Union, I am physicist. Leningrad Politeknika. Go Polar Bears." |
| 31 | ** Also at the same episode, Leonard attempts to make Sheldon have a HeelRealization by asking if proving that being smarter than everyone is so important that he would rather lose by himself than win as part of the team. What is Sheldon's rebuttal? "I don't understand the question." Realizing that Sheldon [[HeelFaceDoorSlam is straight-up saying 'yes it is']], a dumbfounded Leonard then just tells the judge to go ahead and say that PMS won. |
| 32 | ** This glorious moment of catharsis for Leonard: |
| 33 | -->'''Leonard:''' Oh, wait, someone's sitting there. |
| 34 | -->'''Sheldon:''' Who? |
| 35 | -->'''Leonard:''' MY PHYSICS BOWL TROPHY! ''(pulls the trophy out from under a cushion)'' |
| 36 | -->'''Sheldon:''' That trophy is meaningless. I forfeited, ergo you did not win. |
| 37 | -->'''Leonard:''' I know someone who would disagree. |
| 38 | -->'''Sheldon:''' Who? |
| 39 | -->'''Leonard:''' [[GagEcho MY PHYSICS BOWL TROPHY!]] |
| 40 | * Sheldon's reaction when, after he gets fired from work, Leonard calls his mother to snap him out of his obsessive funk. Watching him mouth the words "YOU CALLED MY MOTHER?" silently with a ''very'' offended look on his face is priceless. |
| 41 | * When Leonard, Sheldon, Howard, and Raj all end up almost going as Franchise/TheFlash. And the series of "Oh no!"-s during said scene. |
| 42 | -->'''Leonard:''' I call Frodo!\ |
| 43 | '''Everyone else:''' Damn! |
| 44 | ** Raj's suggestion that they all go as Franchise/TheFlash, but standing one behind another so it "looks like we're one guy going really fast". |
| 45 | ** "[[InsistentTerminology He's a hobbit!]] I got your back, Leonard." |
| 46 | * Sheldon: "Ah gravity, thou art a heartless [[PrecisionFStrike bitch]]." |
| 47 | * One of Leonard and Sheldon's first meetings with Penny: |
| 48 | --> '''Leonard''' (staring after Penny after she's left): "Our children will be smart ''and'' beautiful." |
| 49 | --> '''Sheldon''': "Not to mention imaginary." |
| 50 | ** Which becomes a BrickJoke ''all the way at the end of the series.'' |
| 51 | * The [[BizarroUniverse Chinese Dopplegangers]] of Sheldon and Leonard at the end of "The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization". |
| 52 | * Sheldon calls to Leonard that he's sick. Cut to Leonard ''racing'' out of the apartment as fast as he possibly can, juggling clothes, glasses, and shoes as he goes. |
| 53 | * Howard and his mom are awakened by an early morning phone call: |
| 54 | -->'''Howard’s Mother''': Well, who’s calling at this ungodly hour? |
| 55 | -->'''Howard''': I don’t know. |
| 56 | -->'''Howard’s Mother''': Well, ask them why they’re calling at this ungodly hour. |
| 57 | -->'''Howard''': How can I ask them when I’m TALKING TO YOU?! |
| 58 | ** It turns out to be Sheldon, so Howard pretends to be his mother, complete with voice. |
| 59 | -->'''Howard''': Why are you calling at this ungodly hour? |
| 60 | -->'''Sheldon''': I need soup. |
| 61 | -->'''Howard''': Then call your own mother! |
| 62 | * This demonstration of Sheldon's SesquipedalianLoquaciousness from "The Bat Jar Conjecture": |
| 63 | -->'''Sheldon:''' Yes, well, I'm polymerized tree sap and you're an inorganic adhesive, so whatever verbal projectile you launch in my direction is reflected off of me, returns on its original trajectory, and adheres to you. |
| 64 | * Sheldon delivers a hilarious TwoFacedAside in "The Jerusalem Duality" after Dennis Kim calls his research a "dead end" and Dr. Gablehauser tells him to show Kim around the university: |
| 65 | -->'''Sheldon''': You can count on us! We're on it! ''[to Kim]'' What the ''hell'' do you mean, "dead end"?! |
| 66 | * Sheldon's hilarious Mandarin. |
| 67 | -->'''Sheldon''':(In Mandarin) Show me your mucus! Your mucus! |
| 68 | -->'''Chinese Man''':(In Mandarin) Blow your own nose and go away! |
| 69 | -->'''Sheldon''':(In Mandarin) This is not a tangerine bicycle. |
| 70 | -->'''Chinese Man''':(In English) Crazy man. Call the police. |
| 71 | -->'''Sheldon''':(In Mandarin) No! Don’t call the library! Show me your mucus. (Leonard and Penny are seen entering, and then leaving again quickly.) Oxen are in my bed! Many, many oxen! |
| 72 | -->'''Chinese Man''': HUAHHHHH! |
| 73 | -->'''Sheldon''':(In Mandarin) Oy Vey! |
| 74 | * Raj gets a call from an Indian woman whom his parents are trying to set him up with, but as we all know, Raj can't talk to girls. Howard's solution? Take Raj's phone, call her back, do an overblown imitation of Raj's Indian accent, and set up a date! [[RefugeInAudacity It works!]] |
| 75 | * In "The Pancake Batter Anomaly", Sheldon tries to convince Leonard that he is sick from [[TyphoidMary Penny]], but Leonard [[CassandraTruth dismisses it as him being paranoid]]. A few scenes later, Sheldon finally becomes sick. Not three seconds after he announces this, we see Leonard ''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere bolting]]'' [[OhCrap out the door trying to get his clothes on, shoes included]]. |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:Season Two]] |
| 79 | * Dr. Gablehauser greeting the gang. |
| 80 | -->'''Raj:''' Dr. Gablehauser. |
| 81 | -->'''Gablehauser:''' Dr. Koothrappali. |
| 82 | -->'''Leonard:''' Dr. Gablehauser. |
| 83 | -->'''Gablehauser:''' Dr. Hofstadter. |
| 84 | -->'''Sheldon:''' Dr. Gablehauser. |
| 85 | -->'''Gablehauser:''' Dr. Cooper. |
| 86 | -->'''Howard:''' Dr. Gablehauser. |
| 87 | -->'''Gablehauser:''' ''Mr.'' Wolowitz. |
| 88 | * In one episode, Leonard comes back from a date with Penny and discovers that Howard and Raj were watching him say goodbye to her on a surveillance camera, which leads to this: |
| 89 | -->'''Leonard:''' Sheldon, how could you just sit there and let them spy on me?\ |
| 90 | '''Sheldon:''' [[DeadpanSnarker They were clever, Leonard. They exploited my complete lack of interest in what you were doing.]] |
| 91 | * "I possess the DNA of Creator/LeonardNimoy?! I can GROW MY OWN LEONARD NIMOY?!?" |
| 92 | * Penny uses a ''very'' geeky simile: |
| 93 | -->'''Penny:''' Leonard and Howard and Raj aren't like other guys. They're special. How can I explain this? They don't know how to use their shields. |
| 94 | -->'''Alicia:''' Their shields? |
| 95 | -->'''Penny:''' Like in Star Trek, when you go into battle, you raise the shields. ([[{{Beat}} stunned pause as she realized what she said]]) [[LampshadeHanging Where the hell did that come from?]] |
| 96 | * Sheldon's attempt at trash talk: |
| 97 | -->[[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness I am given to understand that your mother is overweight.]] ''(Pause)'' Of course, if this is due to some glandular problem, rather than overeating and sloth, then I retract my statement. |
| 98 | * "It's hot in here. Must be [[Creator/SummerGlau Summer]]." |
| 99 | ** Later, Howard's EpicFail at trying to ask her out. |
| 100 | * Sheldon high on Valium and suffering from trying to keep a secret. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQdpZV1yRhw Too funny for words!]] |
| 101 | -->'''Sheldon''': "Penny told me a secret, but I'm not supposed to tell you." |
| 102 | -->'''Leonard''': "What's the secret?" |
| 103 | -->'''Sheldon''': "Mom smokes in the car. Jesus is okay with it, but we can't tell Dad." |
| 104 | -->'''Leonard''': "Not that secret! The ''other'' secret!" |
| 105 | -->'''Sheldon''': *deep voice* "I'M BATMAN!" |
| 106 | -->'''Leonard''': "Damn it, Sheldon!" |
| 107 | * Sheldon and Stuart arguing over [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1zoX5Ax9U Gradations of wrongness.]] |
| 108 | -->'''Sheldon''': I am asserting in the event that Batman's death proves permanent, the original Robin, Dick Grayson, is the logical successor to the Bat cowl. |
| 109 | -->'''Stuart''': [[StealthInsult Ooh, Sheldon, I'm afraid you couldn't be more wrong.]] |
| 110 | -->'''Sheldon''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint More wrong?]] Wrong is an absolute state and not subject to gradation. |
| 111 | -->'''Stuart''': Of course it is. It's a little wrong to say a tomato is a vegetable, it's very wrong to say it's a suspension bridge. |
| 112 | ** Particularly notable because so few people ''ever'' catch Sheldon in a logical fallacy. |
| 113 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkzNiqXWFzI Sheldon accidentally gets a date.]] |
| 114 | * Sheldon's [[TheUnSmile attempt at smiling]] in "The Griffin Equivalency": |
| 115 | -->'''Leonard:''' [[http://i29.tinypic.com/106g84x.gif "We're here to see Koothrappali, not kill Batman!"]] |
| 116 | * Sheldon's money is hidden in the hollowed out buttocks of an action figure, whose identity will remain secret for his own protection. |
| 117 | ** But if you ever find yourself short, there's always a couple of twenties in Comicbook/GreenLantern's {{ass|Shove}}. |
| 118 | * The first episode with Leonard's mother, Raj and Howard [[KickThemWhileTheyreDown were teasing Leonard about all sorts of childhood issues]]. Leonard [[TheDogBitesBack got back at them by directing his mother's psychoanalyst nature at them]] ("Howard lives with his mother and Raj can't talk to women unless he's drunk. ''Go.''") with an evil grin. Her conclusion of Raj and Howard being in an "[[HoYay Ersatz]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners Homosexual Relationship]]" leaves the two almost catatonically stunned silent (Raj even more so) and Leonard's victorious smile/[[{{Troll}} Troll face]] just making the scene. |
| 119 | ** And when she's gone, they start arguing LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. |
| 120 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDcrCtSfGCo Space toilet + Mrs. Wolowitz's meat loaf]] |
| 121 | * Penny screwing with Sheldon as he does his knocking routine in the season finale: |
| 122 | -->'''Sheldon:''' *knock knock knock* Penny? |
| 123 | -->'''Penny:''' *knock knock knock* Sheldon? |
| 124 | -->*Sheldon looks puzzled* |
| 125 | -->'''Sheldon:''' *knock knock knock* Penny? |
| 126 | -->'''Penny:''' *knock knock knock* Sheldon? |
| 127 | ** This goes back and forth, faster and faster each time, culminating in Penny finally opening the door wearing a mischievous smile on her face. |
| 128 | * [[BriefAccentImitation "Sure, why not! And after the sun's down, we can all pile in my pick-up and go skinny-dippin' down at the crick. 'Cause today's the day to STOP MAKING SENSE!"]] |
| 129 | * "Here, drink-slash-eat this [a stick of butter in a cup of hot cocoa]." |
| 130 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hesQ6ujrfqQ Sheldon trying out a driving simulator.]] |
| 131 | --> '''Leonard''': Awww...The pet store? |
| 132 | --> '''Sheldon''': Remind me to compliment Wolowitz on the software, it's amazingly detailed. |
| 133 | * Leonard goes on a quest to get Penny's ex, Kurt, to pay back the money he owes her. |
| 134 | ** Leonard tells the guys, who were terrified of coming with him, "You can go if you want, but I'm staying!" Cue the other three turning around and walking out. |
| 135 | --> '''Leonard''': Okay, I guess that was my fault. |
| 136 | ** "''The Ballad of Leonard Hofstadter''", sung by Sheldon, after Leonard succeeds (and gets Kurt's signature scrawled on him): |
| 137 | --> '''Sheldon''': *''Sings''* There once was a brave lad named Leonard, with a fi-fi-fiddle-dee-dee. He faced a fearsome giant, while Raj [[BringMyBrownPants just wanted to pee]]. |
| 138 | * One of the rare occasions where an incredibly funny moment is also a TearJerker: After Leonard reveals he built a hugging machine to use on himself as a kid, due to [[IceQueen his mother giving him no affection at all]], he also notes his dad used to borrow it very often. |
| 139 | * Penny accidentally shoots Sheldon's "spot" on the couch with a paintball gun... after attempts to clean it up go wrong, Penny tries to solve the problem by turning the cushion over. Leonard notes there's no "butt-print" so Penny sits in the spot. In a great bit of ComicallyMissingThePoint: |
| 140 | -->'''Leonard''': It's too small and too... perfect. |
| 141 | -->'''Penny''' (grinning): ... THANK YOU! |
| 142 | -->'''Leonard''' (also grinning): You're welcome... |
| 143 | * The response by Leonard (and later the other three guys) when asked if he remembers Kurt (Penny's ex-boyfriend): Holding a hand way above his head to indicate how big he is. |
| 144 | * Secret agent laser obstacle chess! ItMakesSenseInContext. Well, as much as anything in this show makes sense. |
| 145 | * Leonard telling Sheldon that "[Starfleet] General Order 104 Section A does not apply in this situation" because "THIS IS NOT STAR TREK!" |
| 146 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXd20B2Oj5U Sheldon high as a kite after just a few cups of coffee.]] |
| 147 | -->'''Penny:''' We should've let him go to bed. |
| 148 | -->'''Leonard:''' Bam. |
| 149 | * In the blooper reel for the season, Leonard screws up the word "prepared" about five or six times in a row. |
| 150 | * The epilogue in "The Hofstadter Isotope" when Raj, who had a one night stand with a woman, [[BedmateReveal wakes up in bed in her arms.]] He at first looks confused, then shocked things went that far, then shrugging and looking content. |
| 151 | * While Sheldon's in the middle of a monologue about tapioca pudding, Howard interrupts him. The need to finish his thought sends Sheldon into a silent conniption and when the guys let him speak again, he blurts out the rest of his rant at top speed before taking a long drink of water. |
| 152 | -->'''Sheldon:''' ''You promised you wouldn't do that anymore!'' |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder:Season Three]] |
| 156 | * Leonard gives Penny a preserved snowflake from the North Pole. |
| 157 | -->'''Leonard''': It'll last forever. I preserved it in a one percent solution of polyvinyl acetal resin... |
| 158 | -->'''Penny''': Oh, my God. That's the most romantic thing anyone's ever said to me that I didn't understand! |
| 159 | * The entire Dr. Crawley scene, just all of it (see the full thing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI02uGb7peU here]]). |
| 160 | --->'''Dr. Crawley''' (seeing Sheldon, Howard, and Raj in his lab): Don't knock, just walk in. Why be polite to the world's leading expert on the Dung Beetle. |
| 161 | --->'''Sheldon''': Excuse me, are you Professor Crawley? |
| 162 | --->'''Dr. Crawley''': Who wants to know? |
| 163 | --->'''Sheldon''': I'm Dr. Cooper from the physics department. |
| 164 | --->'''Dr. Crawley''': Couldn't wait huh? |
| 165 | --->'''Sheldon''': I'm sorry? |
| 166 | --->'''Dr. Crawley''': I haven't even packed yet and you're already measuring my lab for one of your godless laser machines! |
| 167 | %%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5oc-70Fby4 Raj and Sheldon's... offbeat montage]]. |
| 168 | * [[SayMyName "WHEATOOONNN!!!"]] It occurs again in the 19th episode of this season when Sheldon's team forfeits due to Wil Wheaton manipulating Penny to break up with Leonard, albeit quietly, and in the 6th episode of Season 11 when Wil is cast as the new Professor Proton. |
| 169 | * Pretty much the entirety of "The Adhesive Duck Deficiency", but a couple highlights: |
| 170 | ** Leonard, Raj, and Howard high (they ate some brownies they got from a pair of elderly hippies) while waiting for a meteor shower out in the desert. Especially the end where Leonard and Raj are rolling on the ground laughing at Howard's expense over an embarrassing story he reveals to them. Also, Raj trying to slow down the Earth. With his mind. |
| 171 | ** The munches setting in, with Leonard, Raj and Howard devouring all the food they brought with them, and driven to the point where they start planning a raid on a nearby boy scout troupe just to get their snacks (and Raj got close to eating the toxic cooling packs in their gear, because they started to look like tasty otter pops). Thankfully, this turns out to be unecessary, as Howards mother packed a delicious brisket with all the trimmings for their trip, and they just hadn't noticed it before. Of course, they completely miss the meteor shower as they're too busy devouring the brisket with their bare hands. |
| 172 | ** Sheldon [[ThanksForTheMammary accidentally getting to second base with Penny]]. |
| 173 | --->'''Penny''': Is that my arm? |
| 174 | --->'''Sheldon''': It doesn't feel like an arm... |
| 175 | --->'''Penny''': Then maybe you should ''let it go''... |
| 176 | --->'''Sheldon''' (doing so): All righty. |
| 177 | ** Sheldon attempting to be "normal" and comfort Penny. "There there... Sheldon's here." |
| 178 | ** Sheldon filling out the form at the hospital. "Change headache to YES". |
| 179 | %%* The whole episode "The Bozeman Reaction", too. |
| 180 | %%* Two Words: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH1VOy7HKRs Ballpit Bazinga!!]] |
| 181 | * Leonard's [[DeadpanSnarker explanation]] for having to go out: Sheldon escaped and is terrorising the village. |
| 182 | * Leonard's new ringtone is the Joker laughing. |
| 183 | * Sheldon appears on Creator/{{NPR}} to explain magnetic monopoles, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQVKu2guWQ Kripke fills his office with helium]]. Later on, Sheldon is sulking in his bed while Leonard tries to plant an idea of revenge. |
| 184 | --> '''Leonard:''' Are you really admitting defeat?\ |
| 185 | '''Sheldon:''' [[{{Determinator}} I never admit defeat.]]\ |
| 186 | '''Leonard:''' Good.\ |
| 187 | '''Sheldon:''' However, on a completely unrelated topic, [[DistinctionWithoutADifference I am never getting out of this bed again.]] |
| 188 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiSGsHT1vLo Sheldon's drunken stand-up act]] |
| 189 | * In "The Gorilla Experiment": |
| 190 | ** Sheldon and Raj playing ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart Mario Kart Wii]]''. |
| 191 | --->'''Raj:''' Ha-ha! Eat my dust, racially stereotypical plumber! ''(The race ends and Raj wins.)'' |
| 192 | --->'''Sheldon:''' That's not fair! I got stuck behind a tree. |
| 193 | --->'''Raj:''' And a cow, and a penguin. Face it, dude, whether it's a real car or a virtual cartoon car, you can't drive. |
| 194 | --->'''Sheldon:''' I just need a little more practice. |
| 195 | --->'''Raj:''' What you need is cheat codes, motor skills, and a magic genie who grants wishes to little boys who ''suck'' at Mario Kart. |
| 196 | ** Sheldon tries to teach Penny physics, but ends up only confusing her (Penny is revealed to have never taken a science class before). At last, a very confused Penny breaks down in tears, resulting in this exchange: |
| 197 | ---> '''Sheldon:''' "Why are you crying?" |
| 198 | ---> '''Penny:''' (exasperated) ''BECAUSE I'M STUPID!" |
| 199 | ---> '''Sheldon:''' "Well, that's no reason to cry. One cries because one is sad. For example, ''I'' cry because ''others'' are stupid and it makes me sad." |
| 200 | * Raj in a bad mood: |
| 201 | -->'''Leonard:''' "I've always been a little confused about this... why don't Hindus eat beef?"\ |
| 202 | '''Raj:''' "We believe cows are gods."\ |
| 203 | '''Sheldon:''' "Not technically. In Hinduism, cattle are thought to be ''like'' gods."\ |
| 204 | '''Raj:''' "Do not tell me about my own culture, Sheldon! In the mood I'm in, I'll take you out, I swear to cow!" |
| 205 | * Sheldon gets a summons due to a traffic fine he got helping Penny out when she dislocated her shoulder in the shower, Sheldon denies any wrongdoing, meanwhile, Raj has been wearing a sound effect t-Shirt and playing sound effects the whole episode. |
| 206 | -->'''Sheldon''': I'm not going to pay a fine, that would imply I'm guilty! |
| 207 | -->'''Howard''': But you ''are'' guilty. |
| 208 | -->'''*Raj plays the Franchise/LawAndOrder "Dun Dun" sound effect, which everyone laughs at*''' |
| 209 | -->'''Howard''': That one I liked. |
| 210 | ** Even with all the legal consequences, Sheldon is most upset about the fact that he missed out on meeting Creator/StanLee at Stuart's comic shop, which just gets worse when Leonard points out that they all got personalized autographs and got to go out for gelato with him (except Raj who managed to piss him off). To make it up to him, Penny tracks down Lee's adress and brings Sheldon there later that night, which leads to Sheldon being the proud owner of an exclusive Stan Lee restraining order, which he happily enshrines with his Leonard Nemoy one. |
| 211 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-RsB4a4ogc I abandoned my goal to master Tuvan throat singing!]] |
| 212 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZmb1unJ3Ow Spock's body with Mr. T's head]]. |
| 213 | --> '''Leonard''': Here's Spock's head with no body. Here's Mr. T's body with no head. Ah, here it is, Spock's body with Mr. T's head! "I pity the fool who's illogical!" |
| 214 | * Stuart's crowning moment of sadness describing the 'big night' he has planned- sharing a tin of tuna with a cat he doesn't own that may or may not stand him up. |
| 215 | * Sheldon's attempt at trash-talking along with Stuart's deadpan reaction: |
| 216 | -->'''Sheldon''': You bowl like your mama. Unless, of course, she bowls well. In which case, you bowl nothing like her. |
| 217 | -->'''Stuart''': [[SarcasmMode Oh. Ouch.]] |
| 218 | * "The Precious Fragmentation": |
| 219 | ** Leonard's over-the-top double-take reaction to Sheldon's "I never get my way" comment. Even those who hate the show were bursting into laughter during this scene. |
| 220 | ** Penny shrieking and whacking Sheldon right in the nose after he tries to steal the One Ring from around her neck while she's asleep. |
| 221 | --->'''Leonard:''' What was that?\ |
| 222 | '''Penny:''' Sheldon tried to take the Ring and I punched him.\ |
| 223 | '''Leonard:''' That's my girl. |
| 224 | * Sheldon has an unintentionally unfortunate name for his team in "The Pants Alternative": |
| 225 | -->'''Penny:''' So what do you say Sheldon, are we your X-Men?\ |
| 226 | '''Sheldon:''' No. The X-men were named for the "X" in Charles Xavier. Since I am Sheldon Cooper, you will be my C-Men.\ |
| 227 | ''[Sheldon leaves the couch, while Penny and Leonard are horrified by his naming choice.]''\ |
| 228 | '''Howard:''' Oh, that's not a good name. |
| 229 | * '''Sheldon''': [[SuddenlyShouting "NO! YOU DON'T SCREW THE ROOMMATE AGREEMENT, THE ROOMMATE AGREEMENT SCREWS YOU!"]] |
| 230 | * In the flashback to when Sheldon and Leonard first become roommates, Sheldon reveals that the apartment has a flag, which should never be turned upside down, unless the apartment is in distress. Later, when Leonard's rocket fuel experiment goes horribly wrong, the guys are freaking out and rushing to get it out of the building before it explodes, [[BrickJoke and Sheldon calmly turns the flag upside down.]] |
| 231 | ** Leonard runs the vat of volatile rocket fuel out to the elevator, then Howard points out the absurdity of standing around waiting. Leonard then begins to run it down the stairs, only for the elevator to arrive. Leonard dithers. Sheldon, with an expression that just ''screams'' "utterly done with this,'' grabs the vat, puts it in the elevator, presses the button, shoves Leonard out, and quick-steps outside himself. |
| 232 | --->'''Leonard:''' Oh, what'd you do that for? We had plenty of ti- |
| 233 | --->''BOOM!'' |
| 234 | --->''(The elevator explodes from the inside, everybody except Sheldon stands in shock)'' |
| 235 | --->''(beat)'' |
| 236 | --->'''Sheldon''': (deadpan) You’re welcome. (walks off) |
| 237 | * "The Lunar Excitation" has Penny introducing Zack to the guys. He thinks their experiment will be in 3D (because they're wearing glasses to see the laser beam) and genuinely worries that they're going to blow up the moon with their laser. Sheldon is offended (though knowing this group, that honestly may not be such a bizarre worry). |
| 238 | ** Later, a half-drunk Penny bangs on the apartment door and announces to Leonard that they'll be having sex, '''now,''' because she is just so frustrated with Zack. The crowner comes when a sleepy Sheldon opens his door as they pass by and asks what's going on. |
| 239 | --->'''Penny:''' Put on your noise-canceling headphones, 'cause this is gonna get loud. |
| 240 | --->'''Sheldon:''' Oh, not this again! |
| 241 | ** Leonard later tries to do the same to Penny, only to be shoved out of her apartment, and he comments that he feels that there's a double standard in place. |
| 242 | * Howard and Raj set up a dating profile for Sheldon by answering all the questions in the way that he would do. Then they blackmail him into going on a date by telling him there's a dirty sock hidden somewhere in the apartment. |
| 243 | ** The fact that Sheldon only got to meet his future soulmate because his friends threatened him with a dirty sock. |
| 244 | ** Once the two meet and surprisingly hit it off at the end of the episode, we're treated to [[OhCrap the silent horror on Howard and Raj's faces]] when they realize that Sheldon and Amy are a little ''too'' alike. |
| 245 | --->'''Howard:''' …[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Good God, what have we done?]] |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:Season Four]] |
| 249 | * The entirety of "The Robotic Manipulation". |
| 250 | -->'''Raj''': You slipped and fell into a robot hand?\ |
| 251 | '''Howard''': Yes.\ |
| 252 | '''Raj''': Penis first?\ |
| 253 | '''Howard''': Yes, now help me!\ |
| 254 | '''Leonard''': I'd suggest a lubricant, but I have a feeling you fell on some of that as well. |
| 255 | ** Raj suggests that, like when Winnie-the-Pooh got stuck in the honey tree, that they just pull him out. Leonard emphatically shoots that one down on the grounds that he's "not touching another man's honey tree". |
| 256 | ** Later, at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWSjtzX8Rmw#t=0m50s hospital]], the nurse absolutely steals the show with her [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiness]]: |
| 257 | --> '''Althea''': What ''is'' this ? |
| 258 | --> '''Howard''': It's a robot arm. |
| 259 | --> '''Althea''': ... Where's the rest of the robot? |
| 260 | --> '''Howard''': I only built the arm. |
| 261 | --> '''Althea''': (smirks) 'Cause that's all you needed, right? |
| 262 | --> '''Howard''': Can you please just help me?! |
| 263 | --> '''Althea''': Alright, alright, hang on, stay calm... (loudly over the intercom) I need an orderly with a wheelchair, I've got a robot hand grasping a man's penis out here. |
| 264 | --> '''Howard''': Do you think you could be a little more discreet? |
| 265 | --> '''Althea''': [[BrutalHonesty I'm sorry. We don't have a code for "robot hand grasping a man's penis."]] |
| 266 | ** The nurse freeing Howard just by rebooting the computer controlling the robot hand. |
| 267 | ** [[HereWeGoAgain "What do you mean it happened again?!"]] |
| 268 | * Howard trolling Raj: |
| 269 | -->'''Penny''': How does (Raj) know I jog? |
| 270 | -->'''Howard''': Oh, he watches you from his car with high-powered binoculars. |
| 271 | -->(Raj's eyes widen) |
| 272 | -->'''Penny''': Oh, my God! That is so creepy! |
| 273 | -->'''Howard''': I KNOW! |
| 274 | -->(Raj whispers in Howard's ear) |
| 275 | -->'''Howard''': [[BlatantLies Oh, and he says he's not gonna stop]]. |
| 276 | -->(Raj's eyes widen again and he whispers in Howard's ear again) |
| 277 | -->'''Howard''': (to Raj) Then see a shrink and figure out how to talk to women! |
| 278 | * Sheldon nearly causing Leonard to crash his car with his JumpScare bazinga in "The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification." |
| 279 | * Howard's mood-setting preliminaries to masturbation in 'The Hot Troll Deviation' including easy listening music, fancy footwork and ambient lighting (courtesy of crossed lightsabers hung above his bed). |
| 280 | ** Creator/GeorgeTakei and Creator/KateeSackhoff doing a GoodAngelBadAngel routine regarding whether Howard should make the move on Bernadette. |
| 281 | ** Earlier, the two of them shared a discussion about what it's like to be [[TypeCasting typecast]] as science fiction icons. |
| 282 | ** "HOWARD! HAVE YOU SEEN MY GIRDLE?" |
| 283 | * The entire exchange between Raj and Sheldon regarding the giant desk. |
| 284 | --> '''Sheldon''': Its size is completely disproportionate to its purpose! |
| 285 | --> '''Raj''': Given that its purpose was to piss you off, I'd say it's spot on! |
| 286 | ** [[InherentlyFunnyWords Brobdingnagian]]. Especially how it turns into a bit of a RunningGag. ''Brob-ding-nag-ian''. |
| 287 | ** In a [[FreezeFrameBonus Blink and you'll miss it moment]] when the two are exchanging nerf-gun fire, as Sheldon dislikes Babylon 5 and loves Spock, Raj writes "Babylon 5 pwns Spock" on Sheldon's whiteboard. |
| 288 | * Howard trying to decide which attitude to play when he sees Bernadette for the first time since they broke up. |
| 289 | -->'''Howard:''' Wow, how am I gonna play this? Sophisticated and relaxed? Friendly and noncomittal? Cold and distant?\ |
| 290 | ''[Bernadette turns around; Howard dives under the table]''\ |
| 291 | '''Sheldon:''' ''[looking under the table]'' I see you decided to go with "pathetic and frightened".\ |
| 292 | '''Raj:''' It's one of his best moves. |
| 293 | * A classic instance of Sheldon's NeverMyFault attitude when Leonard complains of Amy's constant presence. It's Leonard's reaction that sells it. |
| 294 | --> '''Sheldon''': Are you suggesting I terminate my relationship with Amy? |
| 295 | --> '''Leonard''': No, no! Of course not, just have your relationship someplace else. |
| 296 | --> '''Sheldon''': May I point out that for 8 long months, [[BlatantLies I suffered in silence]] as your female companion [[note]]Penny [[/note]] filled our apartment with her off-key country music caterwauling, the unappetising spectacle of her grinding a pumice stone against her calloused feet in our living room, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and night after night of uninformative TV documentaries about the]] [[Series/JerseyShore Jersey Shore]]? |
| 297 | --> '''Leonard''': ...[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Suffered in ''silence?'']] |
| 298 | --> '''Sheldon''': [[BluntYes Yes]]. And I'd thank you to do the same. ''(enters the apartment)'' |
| 299 | --> '''Leonard''': ... Really-'''''[[SuddenlyShouting SILENCE?!]]''''' |
| 300 | * Sheldon's reaction to Amy asking him to meet her mother: he politely says he'd love to, turns off the webcam... and then runs down the stairs in a wild panic calling for Leonard to help him. |
| 301 | * Leonard invokes the Girlfriend Pact with Howard and says he wants a woman in his life like what Howard has. Howard's mother is off screen on the toilet and talking loudly about how much liquid is pouring out of her. Leonard quickly points out he meant Bernadette, not Howard's mother. |
| 302 | * Sheldon's 25 cats! |
| 303 | ** Leonard's reaction when he walks into the apartment and sees Sheldon has gotten some friends for Dr. Oppenheimer. |
| 304 | --> '''Leonard''': Oh ''no''... |
| 305 | ** Mary Cooper drily notes that Sheldon gave them nice Jewish names.[[note]] He actually named them after Manhattan Project scientists, but then, most of the scientists there were Jewish.[[/note]] |
| 306 | ** [[OddNameOut One of the cats is named Zazzles]]. Sheldon was going to name him after Herman Von Helpolt, but changed his mind due to the cats "sassiness". |
| 307 | ** Mary assuring Leonard that she's already seen Sheldon at his worst due to raising him, only for her to be stunned by the sight of Sheldon surrounded by cats. The smell (implied to be from the cats scent-marking) doesn't help. |
| 308 | * Sheldon and Amy pretending to be in a actual relationship on a video call with Amy's mother. |
| 309 | ** "Time to make love to your daughter's vagina." |
| 310 | * Sheldon and Amy's experiment on memetics throughout "The Herb Garden Germination", where in reaction to gossip of impending break up between Howard and Bernadette led to them getting engaged ended that scene with this particular gem: |
| 311 | --> '''Sheldon''': Perhaps your talk of my sexual prowess renewed her faith in love. |
| 312 | ** Emphasis on the fact that it's '''SHELDON''' saying that. |
| 313 | ** The way Amy tries to spread rumors. |
| 314 | --->'''Amy:''' Sheldon and I engaged in sexual intercourse, in other news, I'm starting an herb garden, mum's the word, gotta go! ''*leaves*'' |
| 315 | ** This exchange; |
| 316 | --> '''Amy''': I described your love-making as aloof, but effective. |
| 317 | --> '''Sheldon''': Oh, I wish you hadn't have done that... It'll make me a ChickMagnet and I'm busy enough as it is. |
| 318 | ** Plus this little gem between Penny and a completely plastered Raj: |
| 319 | ---> '''Penny''': Sheldon and Amy had sex! |
| 320 | ---> '''Raj''': '''Shut. Your. Ass!''' |
| 321 | ** And a moment later. |
| 322 | ---> '''Raj''': Did they know that's what they were doing when they were doing it? |
| 323 | ** The ending. |
| 324 | ---> '''Amy:''' ''(at Penny's door)'' I'm carrying Sheldon's child, mum's the word, bye! |
| 325 | ---> ''(she walks down the stairs, and bumps into Leonard at the bottom, who has his cell phone in hand)'' |
| 326 | ---> '''Leonard:''' YOU'RE ''PREGNANT?!'' |
| 327 | *** This whole thing gets particularly HilariousInHindsight after Sheldon and Amy eventually do start having sex. |
| 328 | * "Sometimes your movements are so lifelike, I forget you're not a real boy." |
| 329 | * [[{{Pun}} Oh, the Humanities!]] |
| 330 | * '''"WHO'S THERE?! ARE YOU A SEX CRIMINAL?!"''' |
| 331 | ** "Sex criminals don't have keys, Ma!" |
| 332 | * "The Toast Derivation" revealed that Sheldon once got punched by Bill Gates for saying: "Maybe if you weren't so distracted by sick children in Africa, you could have put a little more thought into Windows Vista." |
| 333 | * Pretty much all of the Sheldon storyline with his group of new friends consisting of Barry Kripke, Zac and Stuart starting with their introductions 'Hello, my name's Stuart and what I'm most hoping to get out of this evening is a hot shower', a duet by Zac and Kripke of 'Don't go [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome bweaking my heawt]]' and culminating with them plus Stuart (in a towel) singing "Walking on sunshine"[[note]]And proving, once and for all, why none of them ever embarked on a singing career[[/note]]. |
| 334 | ** And then Creator/LevarBurton [[BrickJoke walks in the door...]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and right back out as soon as he sees what's going on.]] |
| 335 | ** Sheldons explanation for why he ditched his new group. |
| 336 | --> '''Sheldon''': They were having fun the wrong way. |
| 337 | * Sheldon's ImagineSpot where after Leonard asks if he can change the temperature settings on the thermostat, Sheldon imagines himself as The Flash, running to the Grand Canyon, screaming and running back to Pasadena. |
| 338 | -->''[[SkywardScream "GOOD LORD, HOW YOU FRUSTRATE ME, LEONARD HOFSTADTER!"]]'' |
| 339 | ** From that same episode (The Justice League Recombination) Sheldon's variation on his usual "knock knock knock Penny" bit. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKd5A4oJByY "I'm the Flash, I just knocked thirty-thousand times."]] |
| 340 | ** And Howard's Batman voice, especially when Penny punches him in the arm. |
| 341 | --->'''Howard:''' [whiny] Ow! ... I mean, [Batman voice] ''Ow.'' |
| 342 | ** Raj's Aquaman costume complete with integral seahorse- 'I've said it before... Aquaman sucks!' |
| 343 | ** When Penny says she won't go, Zack says he won't go without her, so Sheldon proposes switching to their ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'' costumes. Raj calls Kermit, but Sheldon disagrees. |
| 344 | --->'''Sheldon:''' I'm Kermit. You're Scooter.\ |
| 345 | '''Raj:''' Aw, Scooter sucks! He's the Aquaman of Muppet Babies. |
| 346 | ** At the end of the episode, the group, still in their Justice League costumes, walk home and witness a car theft going on. |
| 347 | -->'''Howard''': Whoa, check it out. Those guys are breaking into that car.\ |
| 348 | '''Leonard''': What should we do?\ |
| 349 | '''Sheldon''': We’re the Justice League of America. There’s only one thing we ''can'' do: Turn around and slowly walk away.\ |
| 350 | (''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere The group does just that]]'') |
| 351 | * In "The Agreement Dissection," Amy (drunkenly) offers to have her pet monkey assassinate Priya for Sheldon: |
| 352 | --> "If I can train a monkey to smoke, I can sure as Hell train him to shoot a poison blowdart, and no jury would convict us because PEOPLE LOVE MONKEYS!" |
| 353 | * In the fourth season finale, Penny finds herself waking up in the morning in the same bed as Raj. Freaked out she insists that they completely forget that anything happened. Raj nods silently in agreement, having sobered up since last night. Penny asks incredulously "Really... ''still'' can't talk to me?!" |
| 354 | * Any time Leonard's mom shows up. Especially when she mentions Howard and Raj's "latent homosexual tendencies". |
| 355 | ** When Sheldon thinks that Amy wants to take their relationship to the next level, he changes his and Leonard's address: |
| 356 | ---> '''Sheldon''': Oh, I explained my predicament to our letter-carrier. His exact words were "I gotcher back, Jack. Bitches be crazy." |
| 357 | * In the fourth season finale, when Raj is Sheldon's temporary roommate: |
| 358 | --> '''Penny''': What happened to Leonard? |
| 359 | --> '''Sheldon''': The same thing that happened to Homo erectus: he was replaced by a superior model. |
| 360 | --> '''Raj''': [[ThatCameOutWrong I'm the new Homo in town!]] |
| 361 | * "Forbidded it?" |
| 362 | ** "Forbodded it?" |
| 363 | ** "The word is forbade." |
| 364 | *** "Are you sure? That doesn't sound right." |
| 365 | * "I think you’re on." |
| 366 | ** "Oh... That bitch!" |
| 367 | ** From the same episode, same scene: "I don't have an urge to fling my waste." |
| 368 | ** Then later: "Amy was right, I ''do'' feel the urge to fling my poop at her." |
| 369 | * When [[NerdNanny Penny]] and Priya are finished with the longest, most awkward stair-climb ''ever'', Priya goes into Leonard's apartment and Penny, unlocking her door looks back and says, "Amy was right. I ''do'' wanna fling my poo at her". |
| 370 | * The second-to-last scene of "The Love Car Displacement": The episode had been full of growing tension between the characters and it all comes to a head in a Q&A panel at which the scientists in the group ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and their friend Howard]]) are giving a presentation, with Penny in the audience. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJvqSbsPRj8 The scene is here]]. [[note]] All you really need to know about the episode if you haven't seen it is that Howard and Bernadette got into a lover's spat over her ''enormous'' ex-boyfriend, and Raj cock-blocked Leonard.[[/note]] The panel...it doesn't go so well. |
| 371 | ** When Sheldon is the voice of reason, something has GoneHorriblyWrong. The absolutely hilarious faces he makes as he desperately tries (and fails) to keep the panel on topic are really the cherry on the cake. The scene is topped off with Penny getting a ride home from Bernadette's very tall, very good-looking ex-boyfriend, and Leonard's "NO!" |
| 372 | * The Howard/Raj accidental kiss. |
| 373 | * Sheldon's emotional breakdown when he's learning how to act from Penny. Penny's first response is to call his mother and say "[[IThinkYouBrokeHim I think I broke your son]]." and puts Sheldon on the phone. |
| 374 | -->'''Sheldon''': [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove Mommy, I love you!]] Don't let Spock take me to the future! |
| 375 | * Penny's reaction to a disheveled Leonard returning home in "The Benefactor Factor": She gives him a knowing smile, greets him with "Good morning, ''slut''", and confirms that she ''knows'' the "walk of shame" when she sees it... |
| 376 | ** At the end of the episode, the whole cafeteria gives an embarrassed Leonard a standing ovation...and as the scene fades out, you hear one last line: |
| 377 | -->'''Howard''': How was she? |
| 378 | * In "The Desperation Emanation", Amy asks Sheldon to be presented to her mother as her boyfriend. Sheldon asks Leonard what to do. This leads to this exchange: |
| 379 | --> '''Leonard''': Let me see if I can explain your situation using physics. What would you be if you were attached to another object by an inclined plane wrapped helically around an axis? |
| 380 | --> '''Sheldon''': Screwed. |
| 381 | * When Howard tells Leonard that he's getting back together with Bernadette: |
| 382 | --> '''Howard''': I think I’m gonna take her to miniature golf. |
| 383 | --> '''Leonard''': Ah. Well, I guess for you guys that’s like regular golf. |
| 384 | --> '''Howard''': [[HypocriticalHumor Short jokes? Really? You’re, like, a quarter of an inch taller than me.]] |
| 385 | --> '''Leonard'''(laughing): Yeah, and don’t you forget it. |
| 386 | * Howard's mother in general. Gems include her explaining her inability to answer the door with the delightful information she's conducting a bowel cleanse and is "like an upside down volcano" ("Holy moly, how much liquid can be in one tuchus?!") and when Howard tells her he has some news... "I hope it's good news because I've got nothing but disappointment in here!" |
| 387 | * In "The Boyfriend Complexity", the sheer amount of schadenfreude Leonard gets out of posing as Penny's boyfriend while her dad is visiting. |
| 388 | -->'''Leonard:''' Hey, lovebug. |
| 389 | -->'''Penny:''' Shut up. You know what I’ve been doing for the last hour? |
| 390 | -->'''Leonard:''' Mm, dreamily doodling "Mrs. Leonard Hofstadter" in a notebook? |
| 391 | -->'''Penny:''' Listening to my father go on and on about what a great guy you are. |
| 392 | -->'''Leonard:''' ''(completely serious)'' Well you got to admit, I am, I’m delightful. |
| 393 | -->'''Penny:''' Why are you making this so difficult? |
| 394 | -->'''Leonard:''' It’s not difficult for me, I’m having fun! |
| 395 | * Sheldon has been the butt of many practical jokes throughout the series but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2MsNoar600 Howard's card trick prank]] was truly inspired. The crown jewel is undoubtedly bringing Penny in on it. |
| 396 | -->'''Penny:''' Aww, he has the same look my little nephew gets when he can't figure out how I got his nose. |
| 397 | * The gang revealing each others' betrayals in 'The Irish Pub Formulation'. Special mention goes to Howard sharing that Sheldon has been grinding insects into Leonard's food for the past month, but he insisted that it was an experiment to see when "food starts tasting mothy." |
| 398 | -->'''Leonard:''' You put ''moths in my food?!'' |
| 399 | -->'''Sheldon:''' [[ForScience For science]]. |
| 400 | * "The Zarnecki Incursion" has Penny solemnly declare that she's going to show the boys how you finish a quest in Nebraska. Hint: It involves a GroinAttack. |
| 401 | -->'''Penny:''' Give my friend his stuff back. |
| 402 | -->'''Zarnecki:''' I don't know what you're talking about. |
| 403 | -->'''Penny:''' ''([[TranquilFury quieter]])'' Well then, good news. Today's the day a girl is finally gonna touch you in your little special place. (cue swift and efficient knee strike). |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:Season Five]] |
| 407 | * Two words: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpOqnSc9fPU Internet Kissing]] |
| 408 | ** Leonard's "what the hell" expression as he watches sells it. |
| 409 | ** Leonard and Priya's attempt at web sex. |
| 410 | --> '''Leonard''': (hesistantly) Y-You're a naughty girl. And uh, I wanna punish you with my love...? |
| 411 | --> '''Priya''': [[FlatWhat What.]] |
| 412 | --> '''Leonard''': ... not good? |
| 413 | --> '''Priya''': That's terrible, try again. |
| 414 | --> '''Leonard''': Okay, uh... you're... ''not'' naughty. You-you-you're dirty. You're a... dirty girl? |
| 415 | --> '''Priya''': Ohh yes, yes I ''am''. |
| 416 | --> '''Leonard''': Yeah yeah okay you're a ... dirty, disgusting, revolting girl! ''Bleeurrgh!'' |
| 417 | --> '''Priya''': God, Leonard, stop talking. |
| 418 | ** "TA-DA, MAN NIPPLES." |
| 419 | * After Sheldon got himself purposely ''slaughtered'' in paintball due to his incompetence as a leader, it ended up inspiring the rest of his friends to take back the game. "If there is going to be a Church of Sheldon, this is where it began." |
| 420 | ** Made even better by exactly ''how'' he gets himself slaughtered. "Geology isn't a real science!" |
| 421 | ** Sheldon's Jesus pose as he "dies" really sells it. Especially coming from a determined agnostic. |
| 422 | * Sheldon's "Look everyone! Creator/WilWheaton is my friend!" Followed shortly by "Creator/BrentSpiner, you are now my mortal enemy." |
| 423 | --> '''Creator/WilWheaton''': Don't worry. It doesn't take up a whole lot of your time. |
| 424 | * Leonard's attempt at "prayer": |
| 425 | --> '''Leonard''': It's probably a little late to ask you to make me taller... |
| 426 | ** Penny gives him the most adorable little look after he says that. |
| 427 | * Everything about Sheldon using dice to control his life. He makes strides in his professional life, but also stops wearing underpants and grows a mustache. "The dice giveth and the dice taketh away." |
| 428 | * When Penny finds out that Raj paid off his girlfriend's credit card bills, she sighs that she ought to have dated him for a couple months. |
| 429 | * In "The Good Guy Fluctuation", after being the victim of many pranks throughout the episode, Sheldon finally gets his payback on Leonard in a big way when he springs out of the couch in zombie makeup. Granted, playing a prank on your best friend about five seconds after he painfully breaks up with his girlfriend isn't so much a prank as a KickTheDog moment. |
| 430 | ** From the same episode. |
| 431 | --> '''Sheldon''': It's me, Sheldon, Mrs. Wolowitz. |
| 432 | --> '''Howard''': That's not my mom. It's Bernadette. |
| 433 | --> '''Sheldon''': Really? That's very unsettling. |
| 434 | ** This is topped moments later when Sheldon, forgetting the ElectricJoybuzzer he's wearing, performs a FacePalm after getting pranked again. |
| 435 | --> '''Sheldon''': Oh, how could I be so stuUuUuUuUuUuUuUuUuUuU- *falls over* |
| 436 | ** In the same episode, when Stuart and Howard see Leonard flirting with a girl in the comic book store, Stuart tells Leonard that he's going on the Wall of Heroes. When Stuart prepares to take his picture, Leonard poses and smiles. |
| 437 | * Sheldon's reaction to seeing the bluejay [[FelonyMisdemeanor sitting in his spot]] in "The Ornithophobia Diffusion". |
| 438 | --> '''Sheldon''': One. two. three! |
| 439 | --> '''(he attempts to scare off the bird with a broom)''' |
| 440 | --> '''Sheldon''': Go! Shoo! Am-scray, ird-bay! |
| 441 | --> '''(It flies past him)''' |
| 442 | --> '''Sheldon''': [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Bird in the apartment! Bird in the Apartment!]] |
| 443 | --> '''(He finds it sitting on [[BerserkButton his spot]])''' |
| 444 | --> '''Sheldon''': '''[[BigNo NOOOO!]]''' |
| 445 | ** Earlier in the episode, Sheldon tries to scare it off with an ultrasonic blast. It shatters the glass on the window, but the Blue Jay is still there. [[ColdHam Raj's quip on this]] is certain to get a chuckle. |
| 446 | --> '''Raj''': That is one tough birdie. |
| 447 | ** Leonard and Penny's [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple Old Married Couple]] fight got pretty creative. |
| 448 | -->'''Penny:''' "Maybe she would like to know that half of your dirty movies... [[{{Hentai}} are animated]]!" |
| 449 | ** After Bernadette catches the bird, Sheldon tells her to carefully "flush it down the toilet". |
| 450 | * Penny playing with Sheldon's OCD knock. |
| 451 | -->'''Penny:''' Who do we love?! |
| 452 | --> '''Sheldon''': Penny. |
| 453 | -->'''Penny:''' Who do we love?! |
| 454 | --> '''Sheldon''': Penny. |
| 455 | -->'''Penny:''' Who do we love?! |
| 456 | --> '''Sheldon''': Penny. |
| 457 | * Sheldon unveiling the Relationship Agreement to Amy, enumerating, iterating, and codifying the rights and responsibilities of Sheldon Lee Cooper (hereinafter known as "the boyfriend") and Amy Farrah Fowler (hereinafter known as "the girlfriend"). Not only is it completely in character for Sheldon, but Amy is visibly moved by the whole ordeal (Mayim Bialik hits just the right tone between deadpan and getting choked up). |
| 458 | -->'''Amy:''' "It's so romantic!"\ |
| 459 | '''Sheldon:''' "Mutual indemnification always is." |
| 460 | ** There's an extra layer in that scene, depending on when Sheldon drafted the Relationship Agreement. If he did it after getting confirmation from Amy to be his girlfriend, then he drafted a 31-page paper in the less than two hours, it's awesome. If he did it before he asked Amy, then he wanted her to be his girlfriend for quite some time, it's heartwarming. |
| 461 | * After third-wheeling Amy's date with Stuart and successfully asking out her out, Sheldon promptly leaves the two of them to watch the movie together. He then gets into Amy's apartment...without a key. Somehow. |
| 462 | * Sheldon after a night of snuggling with Amy: |
| 463 | -->'''Sheldon:''' (To Howard and Leonard) "The two of you need to get your women in line!"\ |
| 464 | '''Leonard:''' "... what?"\ |
| 465 | '''Sheldon:''' "Last night, I was strongarmed into a night of harp music and spooning with an emotional Amy Farrah Fowler. This on a night I had reserved for solving the space time geometry in higher spin gravity... and building my Franchise/{{Lego}} [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]]. And why? Because your gal pals, Penny and Bernadette, went shopping for some wedding nonsense without Amy. An action they took with no thought or regard as to how it would affect me, the future of string theory or my LEGO fun time!"\ |
| 466 | '''Howard:''' "What do you want us to do about it?"\ |
| 467 | '''Sheldon:''' "You clearly weren't listening to my topic sentence... get your women in line! You make them apologize to Amy and set things right. I am a man of science, not someone's snuggle bunny!"\ |
| 468 | '''Leonard:''' "Why do I have to talk to Penny? She's not my girlfriend."\ |
| 469 | '''Sheldon:''' "You [[ContinuityNod invited her to lunch four years ago]]... everything about her is on you! [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration You make it so!]]" |
| 470 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pWkv_a6dk4 Same episode, Amy convinces Sheldon to cuddle]]. "Just saying, second base is ''right'' there." |
| 471 | * [[https://youtu.be/UM4xLrRHYeQ?t=2m50s Amy freaking out over receiving a "tiara, tiara, tiara!" in "The Shiny Trinket Maneuver".]] |
| 472 | -->'''Amy:''' Jewelry? Seriously? Sheldon, you are the most shallow, self-centered person I have ever met. Do you really think that another transparent manip- ''*pulls the tiara out of the bag*'' Ohhhhhh, it's a tiara! A tiara! I have a tiara! *Rushes to Penny* Put it on me. Put it on me. Put it on me. Put it on me. Put it on me. Put it on me. Put it on me. |
| 473 | -->'''Penny:''' ''*places the tiara on Amy's head*'' You look beautiful! |
| 474 | -->'''Amy:''' ''[[MotorMouth OF COURSE I DO! I'M A PRINCESS AND THIS IS MY TIARA!]]'' ''*grabs Sheldon's face and passionately kisses him, then hugs him*'' |
| 475 | -->'''Sheldon''': ''*to Penny, utterly serious*'' You're right, the tiara was too much. |
| 476 | ** From the same episode, Howard's magic show. Especially the exchanges between Bernadette and the kid who's not getting any cake. |
| 477 | * Leonard showing up Sheldon in "The Friendship Contraction" when the power goes out and Sheldon suggests using glow sticks. Leonard takes out his full-size lightsaber, and tops it with a ''Film/CrocodileDundee'' ShoutOut. |
| 478 | -->'''Leonard:''' You call that a glow stick? ''That's'' a glow stick. |
| 479 | * From "The Rothman Disintegration": |
| 480 | ** Sheldon Cooper & Barry Kripke playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpHjX0OyrX0 basketball]] against each other to decide who gets Professor Rothman's office. |
| 481 | ** Leonard, Raj and Howard while watching Sheldon and Barry play. |
| 482 | -->'''Leonard''': You know those terrible things bullies used to do to us? |
| 483 | -->'''Raj''': Yeah. |
| 484 | -->'''Leonard''': I get it. |
| 485 | ** From the same episode, Amy buys Penny a huge painting and at the end of the episode reveals a very uncomfortable secret about the already awkward gift. |
| 486 | -->'''Amy:''' I'll let you in on a little secret. Originally, we were painted nude. But I had him add clothes cause I thought it was an unnecessary challenge to our heterosexuality. \ |
| 487 | '''Penny:''' Yeah, good call. \ |
| 488 | '''Amy:''' But, if you ever change your mind, all it would take is some warm, soapy water and a couple of sponges. \ |
| 489 | '''Penny:''' You're talking about the painting, right? \ |
| 490 | '''Amy:''' [[SureLetsGoWithThat Sure]]. |
| 491 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0TAuLJyFJo "Bongo solo!"]] |
| 492 | ** Leonard's revenge for the Bongo solo. |
| 493 | -->'''Leonard''': Aww, he looks so peaceful. (Bangs on Bongos). SHELDON LIKE TO SLEEP WHILE LEONARD PLAY THE BONGOS! |
| 494 | -->'''Amy''': That was kind of uncalled for. |
| 495 | -->'''Leonard''': Nah, it was called for. |
| 496 | ** Or earlier: |
| 497 | -->'''Sheldon''' ''(offscreen)'': I PLAY BONGOS, WALKIN' DOWN THE STAIRS! |
| 498 | -->''([[OffScreenCrash CRASH, BANG, THUMP, WALLOP]]. Leonard and Penny look to each other in horror)'' |
| 499 | -->'''Sheldon''': NEVER PLAY BONGOS, WALKIN' DOWN THE STAIRS! |
| 500 | * From "The Weekend Vortex": |
| 501 | ** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1RZwOlSg5o&feature=related whip]] app. |
| 502 | --->'''Leonard''': (laughing) I was wrong, it's still funny. |
| 503 | ** Upon seeing Howard and Bernadette being SickeninglySweethearts: |
| 504 | --->'''Sheldon:''' That is the most disgustingly sweet thing I have ever seen. And I'm sipping Kool-Aid through a Red Vine. |
| 505 | ** Raj voicing his envy at his coupled friends, stating that |
| 506 | ---> Even if I get one [a girlfriend] someday, I'd still be the guy who got a girl ''after Sheldon Cooper''! |
| 507 | ** And right after: |
| 508 | ---> '''Penny''': And ''that's'' how a girl makes a scene. |
| 509 | * From "The Hawking Excitation": |
| 510 | ** "Let me try [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tvdCHi4Qac gangsta]]. Hellz naw!" |
| 511 | ** The French Maid outfit. |
| 512 | ---> '''Sheldon''': What, you've never seen a man try to get a meeting with Creator/StephenHawking before?! |
| 513 | ** Then, when he finally manages to get said meeting: |
| 514 | ---> '''Sheldon:''' Oh gosh golly, I made a boo-boo... and I gave it to Stephen Hawking. ''*faints*'' |
| 515 | ---> '''Creator/StephenHawking:''' *Beat* Oh great, another fainter. |
| 516 | ** Also, Bernadette's summation of Sheldon. |
| 517 | ---> '''Bernadette:''' He's only mean because that part of his brain that should know when he's being mean is getting a wedgie from the rest of his brain. |
| 518 | ** According to WordOfGod (Creator/JimParsons), the French Maid's uniform was [[WhatMightHaveBeen originally intended to be a Princess Leia metal bikini]], but he was uncomfortable wearing it. |
| 519 | * Leonard finally finds out about Sheldon seeing Penny naked after a few seasons of it going entirely unmentioned. |
| 520 | -->'''Sheldon''': Oh relax, it was only her bottom and her breast. |
| 521 | * Evidently, Leonard's eyebrows are "stupid." |
| 522 | ** Raj's entire relationship with Siri, as well as Barry's attempt at using her, from the same episode. |
| 523 | ** Barry asking Siri to "wecommend a westauwant". |
| 524 | * Bernadette shoots down Howard's dream. |
| 525 | -->Boo, hoo. You're not going to space! |
| 526 | * Penny's EPIC trolling of Leonard in "The Transporter Malfunction". She gets Sheldon a vintage Star Trek transporter toy and gets Leonard... a label maker. Leonard's obviously disappointed and tries to play it off ("Also mint-in-box!") before Penny reveals that she got him a transporter toy too. At that point, Leonard literally THROWS the label maker away as he grabs the box out of her hands. "AWESOME!" |
| 527 | ** Fridge Logic: Did she need the label maker for herself? Or did she ''buy the label maker literally just to mess with Leonard?'' |
| 528 | * Leonard takes Penny out to a shooting range. Things go awry. |
| 529 | -->'''Leonard''': *''Meekly, as Penny helps him up the stairs''* So I've got a gunshot wound... that's pretty badass... |
| 530 | ** Made funnier because Penny points out it's actually just his ''shoe'' that has the gunshot wound. He just has a small graze on his foot. |
| 531 | * Bernadette's HeelRealization in the "Russian Rocket Reaction" that she betrayed Howard by telling his mother about him going to space: |
| 532 | --> '''Bernadette''': Oh god, I took our love and threw it under his bus-sized mother! |
| 533 | * Leonard is not "some kind of nerd". He is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swbqPY4r9Ks the King of Nerds!]] |
| 534 | -->'''Penny:''' What does that mean? |
| 535 | -->'''Leonard:''' It means if anyone displeases me I don't help them set up their printer. |
| 536 | ** Which is itself a callback to "The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition." |
| 537 | * When Howard is about to go into space in the season finale. |
| 538 | -->'''Mike Massimino''': That's ignition. I LOVE THIS PART! |
| 539 | -->'''Dimitri Rezinov''': ME TOO! |
| 540 | -->'''Howard''': I HAVE STRONGLY MIXED FEELINGS! |
| 541 | [[/folder]] |
| 542 | |
| 543 | [[folder:Season Six]] |
| 544 | * "GO SPORTS!" |
| 545 | * "Oi. I can't believe these people won the Cold War." |
| 546 | * The best description of Howard's mother ever. |
| 547 | -->'''Dimitri''': Wolowitz, you have a call. |
| 548 | -->'''Howard''': Who's it from? |
| 549 | -->'''Dimitri''': A woman who says she's your mother, but sounds like your father. |
| 550 | ** Her demanding to know why Howard hasn't send a postcard to her. From the ''International Space Station''. |
| 551 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUFCArwH2Jc Howard slowly losing his mind in space.]] |
| 552 | -->'''Howard''': ''They left dogs up here in the Sixties!'' |
| 553 | * This exchange: |
| 554 | -->'''Bernadette''': You think you'll ever get married someday? |
| 555 | -->'''Amy''': Not just someday. In exactly four years. But don't tell Sheldon, he's still a flight risk. |
| 556 | ** HilariousInHindsight when, just over four seasons later, Sheldon does indeed propose. |
| 557 | * Raj, as mythic as ever: |
| 558 | -->'''Raj''': [[DoubleEntendre We fill each other's holes.]] |
| 559 | * Sheldon, Leonard, Penny and Amy having a game night of Boys vs. Girls: |
| 560 | ** Sheldon [[EpicFail failing miserably]] at ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'': |
| 561 | *** During the first round of Pictionary, when Sheldon proves terrible at figuring out the ''simplest'' way to describe a word. Penny [[CurbStompBattle openly notes to teammate Amy]], "Oh my God, we're gonna kill them." |
| 562 | *** By the third round, Penny gives Sheldon [[RuleOfThree three insane attempts]] to draw a word before getting up to draw something that Amy figures out in three seconds. [[spoiler:Sheldon misread "polish" as Polish, and even then Leonard couldn't get any of Sheldon's interpretations of Polish scientific contributions.]] |
| 563 | --->'''Leonard:''' ''[quickly growing frustrated]'' Uh-uh-um, unidentified flying liverwurst!? I don't--[[labelnote:Context]]Sheldon drew a string of Polish sausage, followed by Polish astronomer Copernicus's solar system model underneath.[[/labelnote]] |
| 564 | *** Sheldon's last drawing is [[spoiler:Marie Curie's corpse (from discovering radium)]]. Leonard, at a total loss, throws his arms up with his guess, "[[WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost Casper the]] [[TheAlcoholic Alcoholic]] [[WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost Ghost]]?" |
| 565 | ** [[BlindWithoutEm Leonard and Amy]] trying to [[Literature/WheresWally find Waldo]] without their glasses. Sheldon chastises Leonard after Amy wins: |
| 566 | -->'''Sheldon:''' How could you not find him!?\ |
| 567 | '''Leonard:''' Because he's hard to find! If he was easy to find, the books would be called "''There's'' Waldo"! |
| 568 | ** Sheldon and Penny try to do long division after spinning themselves around a pole for a full minute. Sheldon clutches his whiteboard before toppling over like a felled tree. |
| 569 | *** The fact that ''[[BookDumb Penny]]'', of all people, beat [[InsufferableGenius Sheldon]] at math as a result. |
| 570 | ** Penny pins Sheldon immediately in a wrestling bout. With a TakeThatKiss (or several) to boot. Even funnier, [[CoveredInKisses her lipstick rubs off on him with each peck she gives him.]] And far from helping him, Amy joins in kissing Sheldon as well. |
| 571 | ** In the last game they have to eat a whole blueberry pie without hands. When Sheldon tries to stall, Leonard, clearly frustrated, gives Sheldon an ultimatum: |
| 572 | -->'''Leonard:''' Sheldon, we haven't won a game all night! Now you either stick your face in that pie, [[RussianReversal or I'm gonna stick that pie in your face!]] |
| 573 | * Howard's miserable first day back, with his wife getting sick and conking out on him, and his friends having their own plans, is capped off by him sneezing just like Bernadette did, and him saying, "Perfect." It's the look on his face, the one that says, "I'm not even surprised. This is exactly how a day like this would end." |
| 574 | * It may have been a dream but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=B9X1s5mfW4g#t=50s Santa's Christmas gift to Sheldon was hilarious, first he tells him to close his eyes.]] |
| 575 | -->'''Sheldon''': I hope it's trains. |
| 576 | -->'''Santa''': Oh it's better than a train. |
| 577 | -->'''Sheldon''': Two trains? |
| 578 | -->'''Santa''': Better. |
| 579 | -->'''Sheldon''': I'm getting three trains. |
| 580 | -->'''Santa''' ''*While holding a flaming torch*'': Okay! Open 'em! |
| 581 | -->''*Santa has a cannon pointing at Sheldon*'' |
| 582 | -->'''Santa''': [[ItMakesSenseInContext This is for leaving me in the dungeon to be eaten alive by ogres!]] |
| 583 | -->'''Sheldon''': Wait! Hey! Hang on, in my defense... |
| 584 | -->'''Santa''': Ho Ho Ho, you big dork! ''*Fires cannon*'' |
| 585 | * Howard and Bernadette going to the Halloween party as [[Franchise/TheSmurfs Papa Smurf and Smurfette]]. |
| 586 | * Sheldon's costume, introducing [[Literature/RaggedyAnn Raggedy]] [[Franchise/StarWars C-3PO!]] |
| 587 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioN6g4kGJCA "What does Sheldon Cooper and a black hole have in common? They both suck. ... neener neener."]] |
| 588 | * Sheldon gets a pretty new assistant Alex. |
| 589 | -->'''Amy:''' Sheldon told me he had a new assistant named Alex. He didn't mention that Alex was a girl. |
| 590 | -->'''Penny:''' *utterly deadpan* Maybe he didn't notice. |
| 591 | -->'''Amy:''' You're right. I don't have to worry about Sheldon. |
| 592 | -->'''Penny:''' *cracking up* No, you don't. |
| 593 | * This bit: |
| 594 | -->'''Amy:''' I feel like I'm in high school again. |
| 595 | -->'''Bernadette:''' I know. Doing the prom queen's homework so she'll like me. |
| 596 | -->'''Amy:''' (grinning gleefully) It's finally working! |
| 597 | * Drunk Sheldon: |
| 598 | -->'''Sheldon:''' (knock knock knock) Wil Wheaton! (knock knock knock) Wil Wheaton! (long pause) Wait, how many was that? |
| 599 | ** Also: |
| 600 | -->'''Sheldon:''' I'll tell you (telling Wil Wheaton why he's at his house). I'm from Texas. Need I say more? |
| 601 | ** And: |
| 602 | -->'''Sheldon''': "As a matter of idle curiosity, which of your shrubberies do you feel would benefit from a thorough vomiting? Never mind, I’ll choose." |
| 603 | ** Later: |
| 604 | -->'''Wil Wheaton''': "Oh, Sheldon... do you really think we're gonna fight?" |
| 605 | -->'''Sheldon''': "My fists are not up here because I’m [[MilkingTheGiantCow milking a giant invisible cow.]]" |
| 606 | * Bernadette trying to be romantic and sexy with Howard while horribly sick with a cold. (waking up from a 5 second Benadril nap) "Oh Howard, that was wonderful!" In addition, it was hilarious to hear the squeaky-voiced Bernadette so congested. Melissa Rauch is a gifted comedic actress and that was the first opportunity for her to really show her chops on the show. |
| 607 | ** "That was short and gross... now I know how she feels." |
| 608 | * In "The Parking Spot Escalation", Amy and Bernadette's bickering over Sheldon vs. Howard's parking spot results in Amy accidentally breaking Penny's nose with her purse (which contains her wallet, keys and a coffee can full of change she intended to take to the bank)... |
| 609 | -->'''Amy:''' ''(mortified)'' Penny, are you okay?! |
| 610 | -->'''Penny:''' ''(clutching her face)'' GET AWAY FROM ME OR I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL RIP OUT WHAT'S LEFT OF YOUR PUBES!!! |
| 611 | ** ...so they take her to the emergency room: |
| 612 | ---> '''Amy:''' Come on, I'll show you where the tow truck scratched my car. |
| 613 | ---> '''Bernadette:''' Oh, the tow truck couldn't have scratched it. |
| 614 | ---> '''Amy:''' How do you know that? |
| 615 | ---> '''Bernadette:''' 'CAUSE ''I'' DID IT! |
| 616 | ** The entire satellite war between Amy and Bernadette is incredible, but the absolute peak was: |
| 617 | ---> '''Bernadette:''' Gosh, Amy, I'm sensing a little hostility. Is it maybe because like Sheldon's work, your sex life is also theoretical? |
| 618 | ---> '''Amy:''' Well, at least when we do make love, Sheldon won't be thinking about his MOTHER! And yes, that's a cleverly veiled reference to Howard's lifelong obsession to crawl back into her spacious womb. |
| 619 | ** The great part is Penny is trying to keep the peace by changing the subject, but after the above exchange, all she can say is a dejected "damn." |
| 620 | *** Even better. Look carefully. Penny thinks Bernadette's "theoretical sex life" line is ActuallyPrettyFunny. |
| 621 | * After finding out Amy's being feigning sick (so she could trick Sheldon into touching/bathing her), Sheldon suggests an old-school discipline: spanking Amy for lying to him. She turns on some R&B. |
| 622 | -->(Sheldon lightly spanks her) |
| 623 | -->'''Amy''': Oh my! |
| 624 | -->'''Sheldon''': You're not supposed to be enjoying it! |
| 625 | -->'''Amy''': .... Well, maybe you should spank me harder! |
| 626 | -->'''Sheldon''': .... Maybe I will! *does so* |
| 627 | -->'''Amy''': Woo-hoo! |
| 628 | * Penny teaching a very squeamish Howard how to bait a hook and gut a fish. Before that, Howard says they must know someone who knows how to do manly stuff! GilliganCut to them standing in front of Penny's apartment. |
| 629 | -->'''Penny:''' Don't name him, just shove a hook through his belly! |
| 630 | -->'''Penny:''' That's great. Cheerleading. Way to man things up. |
| 631 | * Leonard, Howard, and Raj sharing depressing stories about their fathers. It's unanimously agreed Howard wins. |
| 632 | * The absurdity of GIANT JENGA. |
| 633 | * Stuart trying to help the girls in the comic book store and telling the other (male) customers in the store to stop staring ("It's nothing we haven't seen in movies and drawings!"): |
| 634 | --> '''Stuart:''' Well, there's manga, comic books, graphic novels - ''I swear I will turn a hose on you!'' |
| 635 | ** He whirls around to snap at the guys and then turns back to the girls with a polite smile on his face, then reacts with horror when Amy asks which superhero is "best" - "You can't say that sort of thing in here! Do you wanna start a ''rumble''?!" |
| 636 | * Sheldon reprograms the GPS with his voice (and adds his usual little idiosyncrasies and factoids in as well). Howard's response? "Oh, look, Leonard, there's a bridge... ''Drive off it.''" |
| 637 | ** TheStinger at the end revealing the carjackers actually enjoy Sheldon's brain teasers. |
| 638 | * Penny and the mimosas. |
| 639 | * [[CavemenVsAstronautsDebate The entire subplot]] with the girls in "The Bakersfield Expedition". While the boys are away they read a couple comics to see what's so interesting about them, and come to the conclusion they're stupid. Then an offhand comment starts an argument about the exact meaning of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor only Thor being able to lift his hammer]], and in their search for answers read the comics again, then head into Leonard's apartment to start reading the comics there, all the while arguing semantics over what qualifies as "lifting" the hammer and how it's decided one is worthy of doing so. The arguments being tossed perfectly mirror the frequent jousting the boys got into in earlier seasons, and when they come home and hear what's going on, they're stunned by it. |
| 640 | ** "YOU DON'T KNOW HIS LIFE!" [[note]] Bernadette says this in response to Penny bringing up the time Red Hulk touched Thor's hammer and wondered what makes him worthy enough to do so. [[/note]] |
| 641 | ** This bit: |
| 642 | --->'''Bernadette:''' Well, what if the Hulk picked up Thor while Thor is holding the hammer?\ |
| 643 | '''Amy:''' Yeah...?\ |
| 644 | '''Bernadette:''' Then by the transitive property of picking things up, Hulk picked up the hammer!\ |
| 645 | '''Amy:''' No, Hulk picked up Thor, ''Thor'' picked up the hammer.\ |
| 646 | '''Penny:''' Okay, hang on. If I go to a bar and pick up a guy, and he picks up a girl, and we all leave together, did ''I'' pick up the girl?\ |
| 647 | ''[{{beat}}]''\ |
| 648 | '''Amy:''' ''[grinning]'' Did that ever happen?\ |
| 649 | ''[beat]''\ |
| 650 | '''Penny:''' ... Hey, we talking about me or are we talking about Thor? |
| 651 | * More from the above episode, after getting their car stolen the guys are walking across the desert road hot and miserable. Sheldon (dressed as Data) goes to give a RousingSpeech comparing their plight to the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' crew exploring an unknown planet. Just when it seems like he's about to inspire them to move on a car drives by and a guy throws his smoothie out at him staining him and his outfit. His response? "I hate this planet!" |
| 652 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEyDM8EZNsY#t=40 Penny absolutely spazzing out]] in ''The Cooper/Kripke Inversion'' when Sheldon admitted that he may consider a physical relationship with Amy at some point in the future. |
| 653 | * Everything with Raj and Howard's mother in "The Spoiler Alert Segmentation." A few highlights: |
| 654 | -->'''Howard:''' Dude, you have to leave now or you never will. |
| 655 | -->'''Raj:''' Man, you're being paranoid. |
| 656 | -->'''Howard:''' Oh yeah? Where are your clothes and shoes? |
| 657 | -->'''Raj:''' There over there on the... (see his clothes are gone) [[OhCrap chair]]. |
| 658 | ** Later on... |
| 659 | -->'''Howard's mother:''' Rajesh, I drew you a bath. |
| 660 | -->'''Raj:''' (to Howard on phone) She's not going to bathe me herself, is she? |
| 661 | -->'''Howard:''' Gee, buddy, I really wish I could tell you no. |
| 662 | ** After Howard and Raj finish talking... |
| 663 | -->'''Bernadette:''' Should we go back and try to help him? |
| 664 | -->'''Howard:''' Too late now. We'll see him at his bar mitzvah. |
| 665 | * Raj and Lucy's texting date at the library, a safe place they can talk and interact. It's a clever way for Raj to get around his mutism, but it manages some hysterical bits with the idea, including the autocorrect mistake that Lucy designs [[ThatCameOutWrong Porn websites vs. PROM websites]]. |
| 666 | -->'''Raj:''' (via text) It would help you to remember that I have an adorable accent. |
| 667 | * From "The Proton Resurgence": |
| 668 | ** Raj asks Howard and Bernadette to take care of his dog while he's away. Cue standard sitcom plot of missing dog. Someone else finds the dog, Raj recovers it, and then takes Howard to task over the incident. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Then Bernadette]] fires back at Raj, berating him for knowing that he had the dog "for hours" and didn't tell them. "[[GoToYourRoom Now go and think about what you did!]]", to which Howard replies, "I think you'd make an excellent mother!" |
| 669 | ** When Howard and Bernadette are looking for the dog, they try calling for her in an Indian accent. Leading to this exchange: |
| 670 | --->'''Howard:''' When this all blows over, remember that voice. It's kind of a turn-on. |
| 671 | --->'''Bernadette:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint It turns you on when I sound like Raj?]] |
| 672 | ** This bit: |
| 673 | --->'''Sheldon:''' (keeping Leonard up) Nice to meet you, Professor Proton. Nice to meet ''you'', Professor Proton. |
| 674 | --->(Leonard leaves his room) |
| 675 | --->'''Sheldon:''' Nice to meet you, ''Professor'' Proton. Nice to--(a slap is heard)--ow! |
| 676 | ** Professor Proton himself (Creator/BobNewhart) when he meets Sheldon. |
| 677 | ---> '''Professor Proton:''' Is uh, [[MadScientist is he dangerous]]? |
| 678 | ---> '''Leonard:''' Actually, he's a genius. |
| 679 | ---> '''Sheldon:''' I am. |
| 680 | ---> '''Professor Proton:''' That uh, that doesn't answer my question. |
| 681 | ** A few minutes later... |
| 682 | --->'''Arthur:''' (about Penny) Is she really your girlfriend? |
| 683 | --->'''Leonard:''' Yeah. |
| 684 | --->'''Arthur:''' ''You're'' the genius. |
| 685 | * Sheldon's childlike enthusiasm for Howard's celebrity impressions. |
| 686 | * Raj finally being able to talk to women in the Season Finale. The girls, however, quickly wish [[MotorMouth he'd]] go back to being silent around them. |
| 687 | -->'''Amy:''' Does he ever shut up? |
| 688 | ** And he continues talking even over the credits while you see Amy chug her wine. |
| 689 | * Penny learns that Leonard is going to be working on a boat for a cutting-edge project headed by Creator/StephenHawking. Her first thought was to exclaim "Aren't they afraid he's going to roll off?" In a later scene talking with Sheldon, she made a point to add "Who, as I learned, will not ''actually'' be on the boat." |
| 690 | * In "The Contractual Obligation Implementation", the girls decide to go to Disneyland where they can get princess makeovers. Bernadette ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes insists]]'' she must be WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} because it's her idea and they are in her car. |
| 691 | ** Doubles as a Heartwarming AND Awesome moment for her when the end of the episode reveals she planned the trip because she knows Howard would like seeing her dressed as Cinderella (she says she has a surprise for him and he hopes her being dressed as Cinderella is the surprise). |
| 692 | ** Meanwhile, Amy and Penny dress as [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]] and [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Aurora]], respectively. At the end, their respective boyfriends see them in costume. In Penny's case, as she explains to Leonard why she is dressed up, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything he responds by taking his pants off]]. As for Amy, she pretends to be asleep so that Sheldon will kiss her, but he isn't buying her act. |
| 693 | * "You pulled the plug on my funk!" |
| 694 | * "The 43 Peculiarity": |
| 695 | ** Howard and Raj are trying to figure out where Sheldon goes every day at 2:45. They start by trying to invite him to go with them to the genetics lab to pet a bunny that glows in the dark, and Sheldon uses a quick-witted ImplausibleDeniability to avoid their probing: |
| 696 | -->'''Howard:''' Want to come with us?\ |
| 697 | '''Sheldon:''' No, thank you.\ |
| 698 | '''Raj:''' Are you sure? They turn off the lights, and it's like a cute little laser show that [[ToiletHumor poops all over the place]].\ |
| 699 | '''Sheldon:''' I'm quite sure. Good day. ''[starts to leave]''\ |
| 700 | '''Howard:''' Well, where are you going?\ |
| 701 | '''Sheldon:''' Where are ''you'' going?\ |
| 702 | '''Raj:''' We just told you.\ |
| 703 | '''Sheldon:''' [[BlatantLies And I just told you.]]\ |
| 704 | '''Howard:''' No, you didn't.\ |
| 705 | '''Sheldon:''' Well, it's your word against mine; see you in court. ''[leaves]''\ |
| 706 | '''Howard:''' Should we follow him?\ |
| 707 | '''Raj:''' I don't know, I'm torn. I want to know where he's going, [[CutenessProximity but now I kind of want to play with the bunny]]. |
| 708 | ** After stealthily tailing Sheldon to an old storage room, they return late at night to see what's inside. After Howard picks the locked door, Raj stops him from opening it, wondering if Sheldon booby-trapped the room. Howard reassures Raj that he's one step ahead of that, before simply getting behind Raj and ''shoving him through the doorway into the room''. |
| 709 | -->'''Howard:''' Are we good?\ |
| 710 | ''[{{Beat}}]''\ |
| 711 | '''Raj:''' ''[sadly]'' Yeah. |
| 712 | ** The fake video Sheldon makes to scare Raj and Howard when they spy on his private time. |
| 713 | ** TheReveal as to what Sheldon does in that storage room: Playing hackysack, with 43 being his personal record of consecutive bounces. |
| 714 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1EBDnGzZ9M Raj's American accent, and Howard's Indian one.]] Meanwhile, Sheldon isn't listening at all because he's too busy angsting over Hawking not playing his turn in online Scrabble. |
| 715 | * This leads in to Howard telling them about how petty Stephen Hawking is--one time, when Howard corrected him about a bit of movie trivia, Hawking responded by holding a pizza party and inviting everyone ''except Howard.'' |
| 716 | ** Leonard is getting jealous of Penny spending time with a male classmate, eventually trying to make guy think "Penny's Boyfriend" had gang connections. The classmate mentions he thought Penny was dating a scientist and Leonard says that's their gang name. Penny sees him doing this and is annoyed with his behavior. The next time they meet in the hallway, she sarcastically asks, "Shouldn't you be out with your gang spray painting equations on the side of buildings?" |
| 717 | ** "... and they're all taller than me, WHY IS EVERYONE TALLER THAN ME?!?" |
| 718 | ** The argument leads to Penny saying "[[TheILoveYouStigma you know I love you]]" in exasperation, which [[WhamLine makes them freeze up]] as that was the first time she said it to him. He wonders if they are just going to ignore the weight of what she said, and while tearing up she says "That's exactly what we are going to do. Because you're about to make me cry and...we both know if I start crying, you're going to start crying." |
| 719 | * Amy gets her first bikini wax in "The Parking Spot Escalation" and is [[PainfulBodyWaxing walking a little wobbly afterwards]]. The dialogue implies that they had to wax off ''a lot''. |
| 720 | -->'''Amy:''' Does it always take that long?\ |
| 721 | '''Penny:''' No, they usually don't have to go out and get more wax.\ |
| 722 | '''Amy:''' I feel like I'm five pounds lighter.\ |
| 723 | '''Bernadette:''' Really? Only five? |
| 724 | ** And later she shows it to Sheldon. |
| 725 | --->'''Sheldon:''' Boy, that's a lot of Band-Aids! |
| 726 | * Leonard wants the guys to help him get girls passionate about science. Howard points out that he is ''terrible'' at getting women to do anything, and Sheldon goes to Google "how to get girls excited," before the others stop him. |
| 727 | * Bernadette, Penny, and Amy are curious about the letter Howard got from his dad. Bernadette doesn't want to invade her husband's privacy...but it's okay for Penny to ask while she's in the room. |
| 728 | * Following this, the ladies go to Sheldon and tell him he has something they want. He thinks they're talking about sex, before they clarify that they want information. |
| 729 | --->'''Sheldon:''' Oh, well, that's okay then. Ravish me. |
| 730 | ** Amy has a dreamy look on her face, while the other two question him. Sheldon asks if they're referring to the fact that by California law, Bernadette has access to Howard's intellectual property because she's his wife. When Penny [[BlatantLies tells him that's what she meant]], he agrees and compliments her on her ingenuity. |
| 731 | ** This leads into all the gang each telling Howard something that might have been in the envelope. Sheldon references Film/TheGoonies, while Raj goes into a lot of detail about a birthday card ("it had a frog trying to catch an airplane, thinking it was a fly. Silly frog"). What's particularly funny is that this could support either it being real, ''or'' Raj going into too much detail on his lie. |
| 732 | * The end of the episode has Sheldon cleaning out Penny's closet, and finding an "electronic chew toy." She throws herself across the room, pushes him out, and announces that the party's over. |
| 733 | * Bernadette suggests to Penny that, since she's going to miss Leonard, getting married to Howard helped her when he was going away. The result? DeathGlare. |
| 734 | * Sheldon tells Leonard that [[CaptainObvious most drowning accidents happen in the vicinity of boats]]. |
| 735 | * Amy tries to help Sheldon get over his issues with not getting closures by having him do activities that he cannot finish. Sheldon’s annoyance to this is pretty hilarious: |
| 736 | -->'''Amy:'''[stops Sheldon from blowing out a single candle of a cake] Oops, missed one, now your wish can’t come true. \ |
| 737 | '''Sheldon:''' Lucky for you because I wished you were dead. |
| 738 | ** Sheldon tells her that she has no idea what it's like to have a desire that just builds up inside of you with no opportunity for release. Amy's hilariously deadpan frustrated face really sells the scene. |
| 739 | -->'''Amy:''' Yeah. Sounds like a drag. |
| 740 | |
| 741 | [[/folder]] |
| 742 | |
| 743 | [[folder:Season Seven]] |
| 744 | * "Serial Ape-ist"! |
| 745 | * In "The Workplace Proximity", Leonard apparently sat the guys down and set them straight. Only to find them instead, the guys are in apartment 4A playing skeet shooting with balloons and a laser. "Pull! Yeah!!" |
| 746 | * Howard and Raj comparing Cup Sizes. Even better, when Bernadette walked in on it. |
| 747 | * Howard and Amy discover a mutual love of Neil Diamond when they're paired up for a Scavenger Hunt. They proceed to spend the rest of the episode happily singing along to his songs. |
| 748 | -->'''Amy:''' ''To the Neilmobile!'' |
| 749 | ** When discussing how they never hang out, Amy tells Howard that when they first met, Penny warned her never to be in a car with Howard. Howard's response and facial expression show he doesn't blame Penny for that. |
| 750 | ** Also from that episode, Sheldon insists on bringing a bowling ball with him on the same Hunt just in case they end up in a bowling alley, to everyone's amusement (and his partner Penny's irritation). Take one guess where they end up going. |
| 751 | -->'''Sheldon:''' Yes. ''Yes.'' My brain is better than ''everybody's!!!'' |
| 752 | * Amy reveals to Sheldon that Indiana Jones is mostly irrelevant to his own story, causing Sheldon and later the rest of the guys some distress. |
| 753 | * Amy wants to put Sheldon's habit for repetition to good use some day. Think about it. |
| 754 | * Howard plans to surprise Bernadette on their anniversary, even when she ends up in the hospital beforehand. He writes and performs a song for her that is the sweetest, nerdiest and most romantic song ever written. These lines especially |
| 755 | --> '''Howard''': I'd speak a lot more Klingon, Heghlu'meH [=QaQ=] jajvam |
| 756 | --> '''Everyone else''': And he'd definitely still live with his mom. |
| 757 | ** What really sells it is the look on Penny's face as she sings the line. It's like "Not just a lyric. This would no doubt be true." |
| 758 | * When Sheldon, clueless as ever, goes to Amy to tell her that she gets to drive him home, after he humiliated her at her first day at her new lab, Amy is showing pictures to a monkey, trying to get a response. Instead, as she does so, Sheldon and the monkey have the [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike exact same reactions to the pictures.]] |
| 759 | * Sheldon's method for developing a new, stable, super heavy element is the best thing since the Communist Party! |
| 760 | * When Howard starts attending girl's night, Raj gets upset because he liked having a place where he wouldn't be judged for his lack of masculinity. Howard apologizes and they make up, but when they start drifting to HoYay, we get this: |
| 761 | -->'''Amy:''' I knew it! They're gonna sleep together before Sheldon and I do! |
| 762 | * Penny thinks Raj will be happy with her for confronting Lucy. Cut to Raj yelling "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME, PENNY?!" Seconds later, Lucy emails him to meet up, to which he responds, "I LOVE YOU, PENNY!!!" |
| 763 | * [[http://youtu.be/W1RjbZpBwv8 Sheldon drunk]] in ''The Thanksgiving Decoupling''. He insults Howard and Bernadette, bonds with Bernadette's father over football, and [[BurpingContest burps]] a MouthfulOfPi. The best part has to be when Amy intercedes and makes Sheldon apologize: |
| 764 | -->'''Bernadette:''' Hey. Howard says that you've been making fun of him all day. Now both of you apologize right now.\ |
| 765 | '''Sheldon:''' She's so tiny! It's funny when she's mad.\ |
| 766 | '''Amy:''' All right, mister. I think you owe Howard and Bernadette an apology.\ |
| 767 | '''Sheldon:''' Perhaps you're right. I'm sorry for my behavior. I've had alcohol and it's caused me to be inappropriate.\ |
| 768 | '''Bernadette:''' Okay.\ |
| 769 | '''Howard:''' Don't worry about it.\ |
| 770 | '''Amy:''' Thank you.\ |
| 771 | '''Sheldon:''' Ain't she great?\ |
| 772 | '''Amy:''' ''[embarrassed]'' Sheldon.\ |
| 773 | '''Sheldon:''' Now, hows about you get us a couple of beers? ''[swats Amy on the rear]''\ |
| 774 | '''Howard & Bernadette:''' ''[{{stunned silence}}]''\ |
| 775 | '''Amy:''' ''[looks shocked and walks dazedly to the door, but then slowly breaks into an ''amazingly'' satisfied smile before leaving the room]'' |
| 776 | * Sheldon's phone conversation with president Sievert, including a CallBack to Season 3. |
| 777 | -->'''Sheldon:''' I just want you to know I will be able to represent the university. I talked to my friend Wil Wheaton. ''(Beat)'' I'll have you know I have NINE friends; ten if I include you. ''(Beat)'' OK! Nine it is. ''(hangs up)'' Eh, 10. I'll bump up Wolowitz. |
| 778 | * Sheldon, fed up with Barry's antics, decides to mock his rhotacism. Barry immediately turns depressed, forcing Sheldon to take it back... [[IronicEcho only for Barry to continue taunting him.]] |
| 779 | * As the gang talk about how things would be different without Sheldon, Penny tells a story about how Leonard trying to ask her out would end with him peeing himself. Later he retaliates with a story about her and DumbMuscle boyfriend Zack. |
| 780 | -->'''Penny:''' Okay, he's not smart. At least he wouldn't have peed himself.\ |
| 781 | '''Leonard:''' I wasn't done yet. [cut back to story]\ |
| 782 | '''Zack:''' Aw, man! I peed myself!\ |
| 783 | '''Penny:''' Me too! |
| 784 | ** When Bernardette guesses that if Howard haven't met her, he'd still be living with his mother, Howard disagrees, claiming things would be a little different. In his story, he's living with his mother, arguing with her like he usually does. When Bernardette asks how is this different, Howard continues his story, showing he's really caring for his mother's corpse. |
| 785 | -->'''Amy:''' Wait, did she die or did you kill her? |
| 786 | -->'''Howard:''' Eh, tomato, tomahto. The important thing is she's dead. |
| 787 | ** Raj imagines him and Leonard are fat while living together. Suddenly, Stuart includes himself in Raj's fantasy. |
| 788 | -->'''Raj:''' What are you doing? |
| 789 | -->'''Stuart:''' I...ahem... just wanted to be in anyone's story. |
| 790 | ** Amy's fantasy of her life without Sheldon started off sad because she's celebrating her birthday all alone... until Stuart includes himself again. |
| 791 | * The reactions to Sheldon's graphic e-mail photos of his sister giving birth. |
| 792 | -->'''Penny:''' Come on. Childbirth is a natural... ''AAAGH!'' It's like someone sawed a cow in half!\ |
| 793 | '''Raj:''' Please, my father's a gynecologist. I think I can handle it... And now I'm gay. |
| 794 | *** Throughout the entire first several series, Raj has steadfastly argued against the idea that he's gay, despite teasing from friends, coworkers, and even Leonard's mom. One glance at a childbirth picture? Nope, he's gay. |
| 795 | ** Sheldon's traumatized reactions to the birth. "I saw things. ''Lady'' things." |
| 796 | -->'''Amy:''' Sheldon, listen to me. That is not the way they usually look. |
| 797 | * Amy's exasperation with Sheldon's attempts to study and learn humor in "The Hesitation Ramification." |
| 798 | -->'''Amy:''' Do you have any idea how hard it is to laugh at a knock-knock joke that starts, "Knock Knock Knock, Amy! Knock Knock Knock, Amy! Knock Knock Knock, Amy!"? |
| 799 | * James Earl Jones says "This Leonard sounds like a real weenie." May also count as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome since it is James Earl Jones saying it in his iconic voice. |
| 800 | ** That whole damn night was hilarious. Who knew James Earl Jones was such a party animal? |
| 801 | -->'''James Earl Jones:''' Let me guess, you like Star Wars. You know, I've been in other movies. But you don't care about those, do you? I have one thing to say to people like you... [[BaitAndSwitchComment I LIKE STAR WARS TOO!]] |
| 802 | ** Not to mention the two of them pulling a ding-dong-ditch on Carrie Fisher - and it's ''Jones''' idea. It's not the first time, either. |
| 803 | * In "The Friendship Turbulence" Bernadette accidentally tricks Howard into inviting Sheldon along to visit NASA with him. |
| 804 | -->'''Bernadette:''' This is gonna be a long weekend for you. |
| 805 | -->'''Howard:''' You're the reason I'm doing it! |
| 806 | -->'''Bernadette:''' I said to stop insulting each other! I didn't tell you to take him on a romantic getaway! |
| 807 | -->'''Howard:''' How do I know what you said? [[DistractedByTheSexy Damn you and your noise-canceling breasts.]] |
| 808 | -->'''Bernadette:''' *looks proud* |
| 809 | * In "The Indecision Amalgamation" Bernadette writes a humorous message on what she ''thought'' was a "Congratulations on Retirement" card, but turned out to be a "Get Well Soon" card for a woman who was horribly injured in a car accident. |
| 810 | --> '''Bernadette:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k0X1U750RQ So on the card, in the hospital, next to the woman who is clinging to life are the words "Hey Viviane, you deserve this..."]] |
| 811 | ''[it goes downhill from there]'' |
| 812 | ** In the same episode, Amy and Sheldon are having dinner and Sheldon can't decide whether to get an UsefulNotes/XboxOne or a UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 much to Amy's annoyance when she wants Sheldon to pass her the butter. Amy decides to fake interest in Sheldon's decision making and when he asks her what he should do she responds, while pounding on the tabletop, "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis PLEASE PASS THE BUTTER!]]" |
| 813 | * Sheldon using tips from ''Cosmopolitan'' to "break up" with string theory in "The Relationship Redemption". |
| 814 | ** After getting drunk and being led into his room: |
| 815 | -->'''Sheldon:''' [knock, knock, knock] Empty room. [knock, knock, knock] Empty room. [knock, knock, knock] Empty room. If someone answers, I'll freak out. |
| 816 | ** And the next morning, Sheldon wakes up in bed with... a geology book. Complete with walk of shame. |
| 817 | ** Sheldon's drunken messages to Creator/StephenHawking. |
| 818 | ** Not to mention Hawking's response. |
| 819 | -->'''Stephen Hawking:''' [[PrecisionFStrike What a jackass!]] |
| 820 | * Penny's dismay upon realizing that she "gets" the guys' ''Franchise/StarWars'' references. |
| 821 | -->'''Penny:''' WHY DO I KNOW THIS?!? |
| 822 | * Amy and Bernadette make a Death Star cake for the guys. Bernadette asks why people don't make more spherical cakes, and right on cue the cake rolls over the table and onto the floor. |
| 823 | ** Later, when they bring the cake over to the guys, Bernadette expresses regret at having missed the movies, only for Howard to mention that they started over because of Sheldon. |
| 824 | -->'''Bernadette:''' (whispers to Amy) Son of a ''bitch''! |
| 825 | * From "The Proton Transmogrification". Sheldon is watching an episode of ''Professor Proton'', where the title character is speaking in an utterly dejected voice: |
| 826 | -->"Here's a fun fact: after owls eat, they spit out the parts of their food that they can't digest, in the form of a pellet. Isn't that a hoot? We'll be right back after I [[WhoWritesThisCrap fire my writers."]] |
| 827 | [[/folder]] |
| 828 | |
| 829 | [[folder:Season Eight]] |
| 830 | * Sheldon asks Amy to cover her ears for a moment so he can speak in private to Leonard on their drive home. As soon as she does, Sheldon turns to Leonard and says, "I plan to have coitus with Amy as soon as we get home." Leonard and the audience have to collectively pick up their fallen jaws just in time to realize that Sheldon was merely ascertaining whether or not Amy could hear him. It drifts into SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments territory from there. |
| 831 | ** It doubles as HilariousInHindsight as he says something similar in Season 9 to Penny, this time for real. |
| 832 | * Penny has just fumbled her job interview quite badly, and she knows it. She asks her would-be boss not to tell Bernadette how badly she did, because Bernie tried so hard to get her this interview... and Penny's kind of scared of her. The interviewer looks at Penny incredulously, "You're scared of Bernadette?" Penny confirms. Then we get: |
| 833 | --> '''Interviewer''': I thought it was just me! |
| 834 | ** He then proceeds to tell Penny that he was supposed to tell Bernadette that they were cutting funding for a drug she was working on. When Penny asks how that went, there's a {{Beat}}, and then he informs Penny that they're still working on the drug. |
| 835 | ** In a later episode, it turns out ''the entire company'' is scared of her, even the boss. |
| 836 | -->'''Boss''': Well, there's been something I've been wanting to tell you... the company won't be paying for free coffee anymore.\ |
| 837 | '''Bernadette''': Okay... when is this happening?\ |
| 838 | '''Boss''': Five months ago.\ |
| 839 | '''Bernadette''': Then who's been paying for the coffee?\ |
| 840 | '''Penny''': We all do. We use the money from the swear jar. We put a little in every time you use a swear word. |
| 841 | * Howard manages to shoot a spit-ball into Sheldon's mouth. |
| 842 | -->'''Howard:''' Is that going to be on the test? Because I don't think I can do it again. |
| 843 | ** The funny continues as Sheldon freaks out throughout the next few scenes. It goes on until Sheldon chokes the spitball back up as Howard quizzes him on engineering, making it at first seem as if he's stumped by the question. |
| 844 | * Howard and Stuart's argument about Stuart's relationship with Howard's mother, Debbie. The crowning moment is when Stuart snaps at Bernadette, and we get this gem from Howard: |
| 845 | -->'''Howard''': ''Don't you talk to my mother... MY WIFE that way!'' |
| 846 | * After Penny and Bernadette reconcile, they decide to go for drinks and want to ask Amy to come along. Cut to Amy ''eavesdropping on the whole thing from Penny's front door''. She immediately runs back down the stairs to avoid being found out when they call her. |
| 847 | * The sight of Amy and Bernadette at a Las Vegas bar drinking giant margaritas in "The Focus Attenuation". |
| 848 | * To keep focused, the guys put duct tape on their arms as a form of aversion therapy; if one of them went off topic, a tape would be pulled out. Things go south very quickly. |
| 849 | * Sheldon insists that Hannah Montana pretending to be Miley Cyrus (by pulling off a wig) is nowhere near as believable as ClarkKenting. |
| 850 | * To comfort Sheldon, Raj tells him a heartwarming story about how he compares himself to Voyager (the space probe, fortunately--Sheldon is too tired and upset to launch into a diatribe about the show). The guys share a sincere bonding experience...and as Raj is finishing, Sheldon spots some rats behind Raj, and runs away without another word. |
| 851 | ** When Raj bursts into Sheldon's apartment later, he calls Sheldon a coward, a selfish human being, and a terrible response. Sheldon's deadpan response is that his CaptainObvious comments continue to annoy. |
| 852 | * In "The Prom Equivalency", Howard worries that his mother will be Stuart's date. When Stuart tells him he has a date, we get this: |
| 853 | -->'''Howard:''' So now you're cheating on my mother? |
| 854 | ** Stuart's date then turns out to be Howard's second cousin Jeanie, with whom he lost his virginity. |
| 855 | * At the fake prom, Penny talks about being relieved that they'll be none of the drama usually associated with proms. AnswerCut to Howard and Stuart fighting on the limo. |
| 856 | * The guys' prom photos during TheStinger. |
| 857 | ** [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20141031162803/bigbangtheory/images/8/82/Prom2.png Leonard stands on tiptoe to look taller than Penny]]. |
| 858 | ** [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20141031162814/bigbangtheory/images/5/54/Prom4.png Sheldon has his eyes shut]]. |
| 859 | ** When taking Howard and Bernadette's photo, Raj says "Say 'cousin'!", and [[http://www.tvequals.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/the-big-bang-theory-808-The-Prom-Equivalency-12.jpg the picture shows Howard in mid-outrage]]. |
| 860 | ** [[https://heavyeditorial.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/kl.jpg?w=780&h=439 Stuart leaves at the very moment the photo is taken because Debbie called him to come home]]. |
| 861 | * Leave it to Sheldon to MoodWhiplash a heartwarming moment into a funny one: |
| 862 | --> '''Sheldon''' (to Amy): Just because I love you doesn't mean girls are allowed in my room! |
| 863 | * While Leonard is under surgery in "The Septum Deviation", Sheldon freaks out when a tremor causes a blackout. He makes a run for the door, but it's locked and he slams his face on it. The next shot is of Leonard and Sheldon at home, both with bandaged noses. |
| 864 | -->'''Sheldon:''' Don't try to stop me. (Slam!) Why didn't you stop me?! |
| 865 | * Sheldon buying monogrammed funeral urns for him and Leonard. Leonard's reads "Here lie the ashes of Leonard Hofstadter. He thought he was right, but his roommate knew better." Sheldon's reads "I'm with stupid." |
| 866 | * Howard reveals that he went to couples therapy without Bernadette. Bernadette naturally assumes it was with his mother. [[BrickJoke A few scenes later...]] |
| 867 | -->'''Howard:''' We're saying all the things we love about each other.\ |
| 868 | '''Raj:''' Oh, like you and I did at couples therapy! |
| 869 | * The ''Fun With Flags'' best moments montage. Highlights include Sheldon as UsefulNotes/BetsyRoss, Sheldon and Amy in {{Old Timey Bathing Suit}}s, and Barry Kripke playing "Flag or Not Flag." |
| 870 | * In "The Clean Room Infiltration", Bernadette drives an annoyed-looking Sheldon to a mall while happily singing along to Christmas songs on the radio, until Sheldon gets fed up with the songs. |
| 871 | -->'''Bernadette:''' Why'd you turn it off?\ |
| 872 | '''Sheldon:''' Because in the last 10 minutes, Santa came to town, kissed Mommy, and ran Grandma over with a reindeer. I had a drunk uncle who did all those things, nobody sings songs about him.\ |
| 873 | '''Bernadette:''' Maybe you'd like him more if you thought of Santa as a superhero and his power is bringing joy to children?\ |
| 874 | '''Sheldon:''' My uncle was accused of that too! That turned out to be legal in Oklahoma. |
| 875 | * The guys playing "Emily or Cinnamon?", trying to guess whether a quote from Raj refers to his girlfriend or his dog. Most of the answers are "Cinnamon." |
| 876 | ** At the end, Emily calls them out on it and says that she thinks it's romantic that Raj loves his dog as much as he loves her. They kiss and then... |
| 877 | -->'''Emily:''' Why is there dog hair in your mouth? |
| 878 | * Amy's Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie / time-traveling fan-fiction. Including the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jxduPQs81s creepy-heartwarming scene]] in the episode's stinger. |
| 879 | * To show his sense of humor on his application video for the Mars colony, Sheldon gives Leonard a can of peanut brittle. Leonard knows it's a prank, but plays along in an uninterested tone. He is then confused that the can actually ''has'' peanut brittle inside, and is then surprised by a PieInTheFace. |
| 880 | ** The video in general shows Sheldon being goofier and more congenial than usual, conveying his eagerness to go to Mars. |
| 881 | * Sheldon & Leonard on whether or not to visit Skywalker Ranch: |
| 882 | --> '''Sheldon:''' "Is that the attitude that helped you get Penny?" |
| 883 | --> '''Leonard:''' "No, but I don't have three years to make that gate feel sorry for me." |
| 884 | * Amy playing ping-pong. She serves like a pro, but can't return a serve to save her life. Meanwhile, Raj is great at returning volleys, but is just as terrible at serving. The results are hilarious. |
| 885 | * Penny admitting that Leonard doesn't have to browbeat her into watching ''Series/GameOfThrones'', she likes it on its own merits: [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] and [[SexSells people doing it]]. |
| 886 | * "The Maternal Combustion" has Sheldon and Leonard's mothers meet for the first time. It is as glorious as it sounds. |
| 887 | --> '''Mary''': A good Christian would have [[TurnTheOtherCheek turned the other cheek]]. On the other hand, a good Texan would have shot her. |
| 888 | ** Words cannot express the sheer hilarity of the SnarkToSnarkCombat that Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Hoffstadter engage in. |
| 889 | *** Also, Penny's face as she sits in the middle of the two women bickering. "Look at that, you both believe in bearded Jewish guys!" |
| 890 | --> '''Beverly''': (trying desperately to sound affectionate, and failing) Oh my son. |
| 891 | --> '''Leonard''': (deadpan) Oh my mother. |
| 892 | --> '''Penny''': Oh my God. |
| 893 | * From the same episode, Howard cleaning the kitchen after he spilled garbage on the floor. He claims he mopped everywhere, then he steps forward and his shoe sticks to the floor. He confesses he may have missed a spot. And then his sock sticks to the floor. |
| 894 | ** TheStinger has Howard, Stuart and Rajesh singing "[[Theatre/{{Annie}} It's a Hard-Knock Life]]" while cleaning. |
| 895 | * Sheldon lets slip that Penny's engagement ring was inexpensive because the stone was a recycled diamond drill bit. Leonard later tells Penny that this is not the case. Penny tells him sweetly that she knows. Then she presses the ring into his arm while making an utterly adorable imitation of drilling noises. |
| 896 | * As the gang heads to the prom in "The Prom Equivalency", Bernadette notices that Emily has a tattoo, which triggers this exchange: |
| 897 | -->'''Emily:''' It's Sally from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Nightmare Before Christmas]]''.\ |
| 898 | '''Bernadette:''' Ah, that movie's so cute.\ |
| 899 | '''Howard:''' Do you like her because you both have red hair?\ |
| 900 | '''Emily:''' A little, but more because she's covered with scars and can pull her own limbs off and sew them back on.\ |
| 901 | '''Bernadette:''' ''(awkward pause)'' [[ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject I like Cinderella]].\ |
| 902 | '''Emily:''' Did you know in the original book the sisters cut their toes off with knives in order to fit in the glass slipper?\ |
| 903 | '''Bernadette:''' ''(another awkward pause; looking uncomfortable)'' I like "[[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo]]". |
| 904 | * Unable to fix a RC drone Howard is forced to call tech support. As the phone dials he mutters that he'll likely wind up speaking to a foreign guy with the same booklet he has. Then Raj's phone goes off. |
| 905 | --> '''Raj''': It's my father you jerks! |
| 906 | |
| 907 | [[/folder]] |
| 908 | |
| 909 | [[folder:Season Nine]] |
| 910 | * Sheldon's first episode of "Fun with Flags" after breaking up with Amy leads to this gem: |
| 911 | -->'''Sheldon:''' ''(holding up a remote control for managing his camera)'' Thankfully all the things my girlfriend used to do can be taken care of with my right hand. |
| 912 | * The guys trying to take a lugnut off of a tire using science, and [[EpicFail accidentally set a van on fire]]. |
| 913 | -->'''Raj:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Hey, look,]] [[PyrrhicVictory the lugnut's off!]] |
| 914 | * While tapping on the lugnut to loosen it, the guys do an impromptu rendition of Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s "We Will Rock You". And then Sheldon shocks everyone with a falsetto performance of the first verse. He explains, rather shamefacedly, that his eidetic memory is sometimes a curse. |
| 915 | * The boys are learning fencing from Barry Kripke as a way to get more exercise. While practicing advancing and retreating, Kripke turns around to take a phone call and the guys start {{Flynning}} behind his back, resuming their positions after Kripke finishes his call. |
| 916 | ** Howard and Raj trading variations of MyNameIsInigoMontoya. |
| 917 | --->'''Howard''': My name is Darth Vader I ''am'' your father, prepare to die! |
| 918 | ** And this gem from Sheldon: |
| 919 | --->'''Sheldon''': Can I stab one of my friends?\ |
| 920 | '''Kripke''': We don't call it a stab. We call it a touch.\ |
| 921 | '''Sheldon''': Yes, but if I say I want to touch one of my friends I'll be called into human resources. |
| 922 | ** Implying that either Sheldon's grown up enough to understand what kinds of things HR doesn't like (possible) or that ''he's actually been called into HR before for saying that!'' |
| 923 | * During a remodel of Howard's mother's house, Howard and Bernadette's father, Mike, in a crawlspace underneath the dining room. They discover that Bernadette lied to Mike and said Howard didn't want kids... unaware that she and Raj are listening in from the dining room. How does Bernadette react? |
| 924 | -->'''Bernadette''': ''(starts rapidly stomping on the floor)''' EARTHQUAKE! |
| 925 | -->''(Dust falls all over Howard and Mike)'' |
| 926 | -->'''Howard''': We're gonna die! |
| 927 | -->'''Bernadette''': ''(stops for a moment, then resumes)'' AFTERSHOCK! |
| 928 | * Amy is happy because she seems to be moving along well in her relationship with someone new after the breakup. Until she happens to mention that her ex was a physicist named "Sheldon." As it turns out, her new guy (Dave) is a Sheldon fanboy who once drove 500 miles to hear him lecture. He can't shut up about him the rest of the night, much to Amy's chagrin. |
| 929 | ** Amy gives him a second chance after Sheldon rejects reuniting. Their date ends with Sheldon showing up and telling Amy he loves her and wants to get back together. Dave is nothing if not helpful and supportive, stepping out from behind the door and exclaiming "[[ShipperOnDeck Kiss her you brilliant fool]]!" He then stands there for over a minute while abiding a Shamy make-out session, thanking Amy for a lovely evening and telling Sheldon he wants to discuss physics before Amy kicks the door shut on him (while they're '''still in the middle of a makeout session,''' no less). He ''still'' thinks of it as a great evening. |
| 930 | ** You're about to share a first kiss with your date, and then your date's ex knocks on the door. The appropriate response? If you're Dave Gibbs, it's to make sure your hair looks good. |
| 931 | * Sheldon, suffering from an earworm he can't recognize, wakes Penny and Leonard up playing it on his keyboard. Penny goes out and takes the keyboard away... And he starts up on the tuba. |
| 932 | * When the website to buy Star Wars premiere tickets is frozen, Sheldon resorts to desperate measures: he ''prays''. |
| 933 | -->'''Sheldon''': ''(getting down on his knees)'' Lord, this is Sheldon Cooper. You're good friends with [[TheFundamentalist my mom]]. I know I've spent my life [[HollywoodAtheist denying that you exist]]... |
| 934 | -->'''Howard''': GOT THEM! |
| 935 | -->'''Sheldon''': ''(gets up, still looking up)'' [[HypocriticalHumor AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO]]!!! |
| 936 | ** Of course, the idea that the Big Guy actually answered his prayers never crossed his mind. |
| 937 | * Wil Wheaton pulls an EPIC {{troll}} move by walking into the theater of the Star Wars premiere in full Star TREK regalia. He's lucky he made it out of the theater in one piece. |
| 938 | -->'''Moviegoer''': Star Trek sucks! |
| 939 | -->'''Wil Wheaton''': '''''YEAH, WELL, LIVE LONG AND SUCK IT!!!''''' |
| 940 | * After having sex, Sheldon says that was more enjoyable than he thought it would be. Amy is then shown to be VERY pleased with the experience; crazy hair, big satisfied grin and everything. |
| 941 | ** Then Sheldon follows this up by saying he looks forward to doing it again NEXT YEAR on her birthday. Amy responds that the wait is worth it. |
| 942 | *** It gets better has it cuts to Leonard, Raj, and Howard having the same reactions to Sheldon and Amy having sex but to Star Wars: The Force Awakens instead. |
| 943 | * Penny is so shocked by Sheldon talking about the "birthday gift" that she crushes the wine glass she's holding! |
| 944 | ** Then when Penny and Bernadette confess to Amy what Sheldon is planning: |
| 945 | ---> '''Amy''': YOU SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH! |
| 946 | ---> '''Amy''': LET'S GET ME WAXED! |
| 947 | * Raj on a stripper pole which Penny and Bernadette enjoy. Howard and Leonard? Not so much. |
| 948 | * ''Anything'' [[Creator/AdamWest Adam West]] says in "The Celebration Experimentation". Notably, how his and the guys' conversation about the best Batman actors ends. |
| 949 | -->'''Howard''': Can we all just agree that we're worried about [[Creator/BenAffleck Affleck]]? |
| 950 | -->'''Leonard and Raj''': *''Statements of agreement''*. |
| 951 | -->''beat'' |
| 952 | -->'''Adam West''': What's an Affleck? |
| 953 | * Zack, of all people, points out that Howard and Leonard's flawed reasoning when they think their gyroscope won't be used by the military even though it surpasses any steering system on the market. |
| 954 | -->'''Zack''': You sure you guys are smart? |
| 955 | * Penny gets jealous when she sees Amy bonding with Leonard’s mom. She asks Bernadette why Amy effortlessly gets along with Leonard’s mom and this is Bernadette’s response: |
| 956 | -->'''Bernadette''': Amy’s with Sheldon who she (Beverly) loves like a son. You’re with her son, who she doesn’t. |
| 957 | ** When the guys are waiting in line for a movie, Sheldon makes a scene and the others make comments: |
| 958 | -->'''Howard''': I can’t believe we are going to get beat up and it’s not because of your (Raj‘s) chair. |
| 959 | ** Sheldon then compares someone cutting in line to Rosa Parks. |
| 960 | -->'''Leonard''': You (Raj) May have to pretend you’re black to get us outta here. |
| 961 | * Howard's paranoia that the government is after him leads to him being stopped by the cops for reckless driving, taking a field sobriety test while insisting to the officer that he's not on drugs and that the government is after him. |
| 962 | * Beverly Hoffstadter and Mary Cooper once again engage in SnarkToSnarkCombat. |
| 963 | * Mary Cooper bonding with Leonard's father over their mutual disdain of Beverly. |
| 964 | --> '''Alfred''': Yes, I’m an agnostic myself, but I prayed, many times, to God...to turn my wife into a pillar of salt. |
| 965 | --> '''Mary''': Well, he came close. Turned her into a giant block of ice. |
| 966 | * In-Universe, Penny is laughing her ass off with the realization that Mary and Alfred spent the night together. Meanwhile, Sheldon is horrified at the thought of his mother and Leonard's father getting it on. |
| 967 | * Where was baby Halley conceived? Not just at Leonard and Penny's apartment -- ''on Sheldon's bed''. Upon hearing this tidbit, Amy lets out a BigWhat, while Penny covers her face and just ''shrieks''. |
| 968 | [[/folder]] |
| 969 | |
| 970 | [[folder:Season Ten]] |
| 971 | * "The Veracity Elasticity" is filled with a number of hilarious moments: |
| 972 | ** Raj and Howard as the house band for Sheldon's "Fun with Flags" web series. Sheldon likes the RimShot from Howard's keyboard, but only when he asks for one. |
| 973 | ** Penny asking questions about the repairs to Amy's apartment and she goes into a FawltyTowersPlot about how the dry wall got wet and became wet, er, damp wall and the wall store recommended they wait for an upcoming discount. |
| 974 | ---> '''Penny''': Are you done? Bernadette told me your apartment's ready.\ |
| 975 | '''Amy''': I was done at "wet wall" but you wouldn't let it go. |
| 976 | ** Leonard learning that Penny has been secretly moving his collectibles out of the apartment altogether, and after several weeks he hasn't noticed. |
| 977 | --->'''Leonard''': She took my ''Literature/WheresWaldo''!\ |
| 978 | '''Sheldon''': Oh, he's over there.\ |
| 979 | '''Leonard''': Oh, there he is. |
| 980 | ** Penny covered for Amy by claiming her apartment was still a mess. Sheldon and Leonard are confused, and so started [[Franchise/StarTrek speaking Klingon]] to [[ConLang each other]] to try and see through their deception. Amy and Penny retaliated by speaking Ubbi Dubbi so they could do the same. This scene is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFmY93JnoU seen here]]. |
| 981 | *** Sheldon curses in Klingon. |
| 982 | -->'''Sheldon:''' Qu'vatlh! (Dammit!) |
| 983 | * Sheldon's attempts to seduce Amy in "The Brain Bowl Incubation". Yes, you read that right. |
| 984 | -->'''Sheldon:''' Brandy?\ |
| 985 | '''Amy:''' No, thanks.\ |
| 986 | '''Sheldon:''' Good choice. It's disgusting. |
| 987 | * The long series of AmusingInjuries Sheldon suffers in "The Geology Elevation". |
| 988 | ** First, Sheldon tries to throw a rock in frustration of Burt the geologist getting a [=MacArthur=] Genius Grant instead of him. Cut to him hobbling back home, having dropped the rock on one foot, and then hurting the other by kicking it. Leonard also got hurt... he got a nosebleed from laughing too hard. |
| 989 | ** Then, Sheldon went to thank Burt, who mentions that he could nominate someone for next year's [=MacArthur=] Fellowship grant... and is considering Howard. Sheldon walks offscreen, and then we hear a "thunk!", followed by him calling for Leonard. He had rammed his head on a water fountain, or rather, he slipped and hit his head trying to punch it. |
| 990 | ** Finally, Sheldon goes to apologize to Burt for being jealous of him. When the subject of Burt's former crush on Amy comes up, Burt mentions that now that he's rich, he thinks he can do better than her. Sheldon just looks at him. Cut to Sheldon having his hand bandaged up by Amy after karate-chopping Burt as Penny comments how she can't believe he hit someone. |
| 991 | * Howard's remote control mini-Creator/StephenHawking. It doesn't just [[CrossingTheLineTwice cross the line twice]], it zigzags and does wheelies all over it. |
| 992 | -->''"Hey, good looking. How would you like to go for a spin?" (RC Hawking does a 360)'' |
| 993 | -->''"Ladies and gentlemen, start your wheelchairs."'' |
| 994 | ** Everyone Howard shows it to thinks it's offensive, except for Barry Kripke, [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame which is what convinces Howard of how offensive it is.]] |
| 995 | ** The capper is that Hawking himself mentions that he would like a remote-control toy of himself. The others agree never to tell Howard about this. |
| 996 | * Halley Wolowitz is born and the group is standing at the nursery window, trying to figure out which one is her. Raj says that being the godparent he should be able to figure it out and suddenly a disturbingly loud and piercing cry is heard (very similar to how Howard's mother sounded), which clues everyone in on who the new Wolowitz is. |
| 997 | ** While on the way to the birth Raj complains that he wasn't there with Howard and Bernadette, replying to the statement that he spent 9 months helping Bernadette prepare for the baby while attributing Howard's role in things to 5 minutes making the baby. Then Sheldon comes out with this. |
| 998 | -->''"5 minutes? We must have been doing it wrong; took us ''hours''."'' |
| 999 | *** The small but satisfied grin on Amy's face afterward. |
| 1000 | * Amy has a daydream of Sheldon working a train in overalls, doing manual labor and sweating up a storm. He then takes her bottled water and drenches himself in it. After spending most of the episode dreading the train vacation, she suddenly has to get there sooner. |
| 1001 | * Amy to Bernadette and Penny: "I GAVE YOU ''ONE JOB''!" |
| 1002 | * From this season's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t1rgr_OiSg blooper reel]], there's one particularly hilarious moment from an attempt at the scene where Leonard tells Penny they're going to dance around in their underwear. The take is ruined because Kaley and Johnny are visibly distracted by an audience member audibly yelling "EW!" Even better is their response, jokingly pointing at the exit and yelling, "Out! Out! Out of our audience!" |
| 1003 | * In "The Hot Tub Contamination", Howard and Bernadette are appalled to learn that Stuart comes over to their house to use the hot tub when they are not around. Raj comes over and uses it as well. |
| 1004 | -->'''Stuart:''' ''(to Raj)'' One time they came early, but they thought I was a raccoon.\ |
| 1005 | '''Bernadette:''' ''(to Howard, as they spy on them)'' I told you raccoons don't say "Uh-oh!" |
| 1006 | ** In the end, Howard catches Raj and Stuart red-handed as they decide to leave... |
| 1007 | --->'''Stuart:''' ''(to Raj)'' Give me a minute.\ |
| 1008 | '''Raj:''' Why?\ |
| 1009 | '''Stuart:''' You know how you're wearing a bathing suit?\ |
| 1010 | '''Raj:''' Yeah?\ |
| 1011 | '''Stuart:''' [[NakedPeopleAreFunny I kinda went the other way.]]\ |
| 1012 | '''Howard:''' ''([[RageBreakingPoint opening the window to yell at them]])'' YOU JACKASSES JUST BOUGHT YOURSELVES A HOT TUB!! |
| 1013 | [[/folder]] |
| 1014 | |
| 1015 | [[folder: Season Eleven]] |
| 1016 | * "The Proposal Proposal": Penny and Leonard ''both'' having forgotten their wedding anniversary. |
| 1017 | * After Sheldon tells him mother about his engagement, she thanks God and says that although He is all-powerful, that ''that'' must have taken quite a bit of effort. |
| 1018 | * "The Relaxation Integration": Sheldon decides to try wearing flip-flops in order to deal with his stress when he starts sleep-talking. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6m951XE7M0&t=138s Watch this to see the aftermath of the attempt]]. |
| 1019 | ** The meeting of the Council of Sheldons in TheStinger, where all the facets of Sheldon’s personality (including Science Sheldon, Texas Sheldon, Germaphobe Sheldon, and Humorous Sheldon) vote on letting in Laid Back Sheldon. They vote no. Fanboy Sheldon asks if they can boot Humorous Sheldon too. |
| 1020 | * With both Howard and Bernadette on bedrest, Penny offered to help take care of Halley for a few days. They react with trepidation, as they never considered Penny [[MaternallyChallenged to be very nurturing or good with kids]]. Penny barreled ahead and took care of Halley, and with Howard and Bernadette listening over the baby monitor Halley called Penny "Mama," her first words. Penny corrects Halley, but not without mocking them through the baby monitor. |
| 1021 | * In a flashback, a drunk Penny made a video apologizing to Leonard, filled with a number of great bits: |
| 1022 | ** "I was going to use e-mail, but I'm a little drunk and spelling is a sober person's game." |
| 1023 | ** "I feel I owe you a splanation... let me say that again, I owe you an [[{{Malaproper}} ES-PLAN-ATION]]." |
| 1024 | ** "I don't know how to spell 'Hofstadter.' I know there is a 'D' in there but every time I try it keeps moving." |
| 1025 | ** Sheldon knocking on her door. Penny: "I'm making a video!" Sheldon: "Oh, I'll come back when you're alone." |
| 1026 | ** Penny fell asleep on the keyboard, the video lasted two hours with her head in the way, at least until she slid off. |
| 1027 | * In "The Retraction Reaction," the guys all worry that their fields are a dead-end, and get ''raging'' drunk. |
| 1028 | ** Leonard and Sheldon are sitting around being depressed when Raj and Howard come in. Raj launches into a rant about their whining, which leads to him depressing Howard and then himself. |
| 1029 | ** In the end, they all come to the conclusion that science is only dead if they allow it to be... and then, the next morning, Leonard is called into Human Resources. Janine then proceeds to read aloud the email he drunkenly sent her. It ''starts'' by describing science as a zombie, and it all goes downhill from there. Even ''[[TheStoic Janine]]'' is struggling not to crack up. |
| 1030 | * The cameos from Creator/NeilGaiman, and the fact that ''[[{{RecognitionFailure}} none]]'' [[{{RecognitionFailure}} of the gang recognize him]]. Particularly funny is when he desperately tries to tell Sheldon about ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'', and Sheldon deprecatingly guesses that the X-Men are seen as witches. Neil kind of wilts as he agrees. |
| 1031 | ** Even funnier is Denise's face as she watches--it's not clear if she knows who he is, but it seems like she does. |
| 1032 | ** Neil's first cameo came when he tried to butt in on one of the gang's comic book nerd debates, but they thought he was just a random guy and ignored him. Imagine their expressions if they ever realize who that strange old Englishman was. |
| 1033 | * Sheldon comes to visit Bernadette, who is frustrated that Howard hasn't been doing his chores. She asks if Sheldon's read Literature/TomSawyer, and when he hasn't, she cheerfully announces that he could get back at Howard by doing his chores for him, since [[BlatantLies Howard loves chores]]. Even when he discovers what she's done, he already has the gloves on and the steel wool in hand, so he goes ahead and does the oven anyway. |
| 1034 | -->'''Sheldon:''' We make a great team! |
| 1035 | -->'''Bernadette:''' (with her feet up, eating ice cream): Mmm-hmm. Totally. |
| 1036 | * Howard and Raj's shoving match inside the bounce house in "The Celebration Reverberation". |
| 1037 | * "The Separation Triangulation": Leonard hangs up on Sheldon after he tries to talk about using the spare room. Then Sheldon comes out of the room, revealing he was there all along. |
| 1038 | * "The Gates Excitation" has Raj playing a video game under the alias of John Williams. Because he always scores. |
| 1039 | -->'''Howard''': Do you think you could get Bill Gates to sign something for me? |
| 1040 | -->'''Penny''': Sure. Like what? |
| 1041 | -->'''Howard''': My arm...my chest...his call. |
| 1042 | -->'''Penny''': His call will be to the police. |
| 1043 | * In "The Geology Methodology", Raj has an imagine spot of Ruchi talking about germs in a sexy voice while her hair is blowing in the wind, and "Almost Paradise" in the background. This is funny on its own, but becomes hilarious when the gag is brought back at the end... When Sheldon has an identical imagine spot of ''Bert'', complete with Bert's beard blowing in the wind. |
| 1044 | * In "The Reclusive Potential", the guys visit a physicist who lives as a paranoid hermit. Raj gushes over a tomato that he started eating for some reason, and the physicist tells him he fertilizes the tomatoes with his own manure. |
| 1045 | -->'''Howard''': The look on your face.\ |
| 1046 | '''Leonard''': It's a sort of grin. Guess what kind. |
| 1047 | * Stuart asks Denise to the wedding, and she points out that, given he's her boss, it would be kind of awkward. Then Howard bursts in and announces he's gotten Mark Hamill to officiate, and without missing a beat, the wide-eyed Denise turns to Stuart and says he'll need to buy her a dress. |
| 1048 | * How did Mark Hamill end up officiating the wedding? His dog got loose, and Howard found him and returned him. The dog's name? Bark Hamill. Hamill says he let his fans name the dog, who almost ended up being named "Honey-Glazed Hamill". |
| 1049 | * (Also a Heartwarming moment): Leonard tells Sheldon that now he and Amy are married, he will officially be Amy's problem. Sheldon gently tells Leonard that he will always be his problem, too. |
| 1050 | * The very end of the finale. Sheldon and Amy have finally been married, and are joyfully going down the aisle... and then the music starts. |
| 1051 | -->'''Kripke:''' ''At waaaaaaaaast... my wove has come awong...'' |
| 1052 | [[/folder]] |
| 1053 | |
| 1054 | [[folder: Season Twelve]] |
| 1055 | * The first leg of Sheldon and Amy's honeymoon is in Legoland. Sheldon brings Amy breakfast in bed... made of Lego. |
| 1056 | * "The Tam Turbulence": Sheldon's grudge against Jim Henson for putting Big Bird on TV. |
| 1057 | ** When Tam explains that he got a girlfriend, Sheldon incredulously asked if she let him play with her train set. Tam grins awkwardly and says, "Yeah, kind of." Sheldon, of course, doesn't understand the innuendo. |
| 1058 | * Howard going as Sheldon for Halloween in "The Imitation Perturbation", especially the scene at lunch. Sheldon doesn't get it until Leonard points it out. |
| 1059 | ** Sheldon getting even by going as Howard while Amy dresses as Bernadette. |
| 1060 | ** Once the sniping starts, Penny tells them to take a break, while Raj (dressed as Ruth Bader Ginsberg) allows it. Anu (dressed as the Constitution) says he has "free speech, it's on their somewhere!" Which is particularly funny since that's actually ''not'' in the Constitution, it's in the Bill of Rights. |
| 1061 | * Howard and Raj playing Fortnite together. |
| 1062 | -->'''Raj''': Bam! Took him out! Now I'm doing a victory dance to celebrate. Where are you?\ |
| 1063 | '''Howard''': About to shoot some dancing jackass. |
| 1064 | * In a metahumor sense, Howard doing magic tricks to the great amusement of Amy's dad...played by Teller of Creator/PennAndTeller. |
| 1065 | * "The VCR Illumination": Apparently at one point Sheldon appointed his room a sovereign nation and declared a trade war on Leonard and Penny. |
| 1066 | * "The Donation Oscillation": Sheldon comes out for breakfast to see Leonard asleep on the couch. After looking at him for several minutes, he complains to Amy about there being something in the living room. Amy wearily tells him to trap it under a jar for her to deal with in a second. |
| 1067 | -->'''Sheldon''': I'll try, but it's Leonard. |
| 1068 | * "The D&D Vortex": |
| 1069 | ** Sheldon finally meets Creator/WilliamShatner… and throws up on him. |
| 1070 | ** TheStinger of that episode, with the girls at Creator/WilWheaton's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' game. Highlights include: |
| 1071 | ** The [[SwearJar Star Trek jar]] for whenever William Shatner does a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' joke. He says it's WorthIt. |
| 1072 | ** Amy and Bernadette hitting on Joe Manganiello, who is clearly uncomfortable with it. |
| 1073 | ** Wil sends a photo to the boys to rub it in their faces. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's head is out of frame. |
| 1074 | * "The Laureate Accumulation" is about the university inviting Nobel laureates to promote Sheldon's bid. One problem: Sheldon has managed to insult each and every one of them. |
| 1075 | ** To make it up to them, Sheldon and Amy send them cookies. These are their reactions: |
| 1076 | --->'''George Smoot:''' Sheldon Cooper? Hmm... [throws cookies in trash]\ |
| 1077 | '''Kip Thorne:''' Sheldon Cooper? Pass! [hands cookies back]\ |
| 1078 | '''Frances Arnold:''' Sheldon Cooper? Aw. ''Ugh, oatmeal raisin!'' [throws them in trash] |
| 1079 | *** And one more, Saul Perlmutter, sent a photo of the cookies. |
| 1080 | --->'''Sheldon:''' Aw, he arranged them to spell out "thank you".\ |
| 1081 | '''Amy:''' Sheldon, that word isn't "Thank". |
| 1082 | *** The Spanish dub changes it up, but it's equally funny: |
| 1083 | --->'''Sheldon:''' Aw, he arranged them to make a thumbs up.\ |
| 1084 | '''Amy:''' Sheldon, that finger [[FlippingTheBird isn't a thumb]]. |
| 1085 | ** The ColdOpen has Drs. Campbell and Pemberton (who accidentally confirmed Super Asymmetry and are being nominated for the Nobel Prize along with Sheldon and Amy) appearing on Creator/EllenDeGeneres' talk show, not for the discovery, but for their silly internet videos. Sheldon seems to have Ellen confused with a serious journalist, as he keeps hoping for her to expose them as frauds. |
| 1086 | --->'''Leonard:''' That is Ellen's brand, gotcha journalism. |
| 1087 | ** Sheldon's reaction to Amy's big blow up at Drs. Pemberton and Campbell (after he was explicitly told ''not'' to make a scene). |
| 1088 | -->'''Sheldon:''' Is that what I would've sounded like?\ |
| 1089 | '''Leonard:''' Yeah.\ |
| 1090 | '''Sheldon:''' Yikes! |
| 1091 | * While waiting for the Nobel Prize committee to call Sheldon and Amy, they get a prank call from Kripke, saying that they just won the Nobel Prize for being Suckers. |
| 1092 | ** Sheldon falls asleep before the call comes, and Leonard is eager to slap him awake. But before he can, a phone call wakes Sheldon up. After the call comes that they won, Sheldon asks if he's dreaming... and that's when Leonard smacks him. (Especially hilarious in that the slap was actually off-script, with Penny's reaction being quite genuine!) Sheldon's reaction is initially shock, but quickly turns into glee "we won a Nobel!" |
| 1093 | * Sheldon and Amy step out of their building and are confronted by a swarm of reporters. Sheldon does the obvious thing: running back inside. |
| 1094 | -->'''Reporter:''' Is Dr. Cooper coming back?\ |
| 1095 | '''Amy:''' No. Next question. |
| 1096 | ** Howard finds a reporter at Sheldon's office door. He peeks inside and finds Sheldon hiding behind his desk, shaking his head no. |
| 1097 | * The biggest reveal of the finale: the elevator is finally fixed! |
| 1098 | ** Sheldon has a FreakOut and runs downstairs, Penny takes the elevator and beats him to the first floor. |
| 1099 | * As the gang is headed from Leonard and Penny's apartment to the airport, they have trouble getting all their luggage down. Cue a hilarious couple minutes of all of them trying to squeeze themselves into the elevator with their luggage. [[CuttingTheKnot They solve it by putting it all in the elevator and going downstairs to pick it up]]. |
| 1100 | ** Then, of course, they have to dig it all ''out'' of the elevator. Apparently, just ''taking multiple trips'' never occurred to them. |
| 1101 | ** While trying to figure it all out Bernadette gets stuck behind the luggage. All we see is the top of her head and her screaming "Help me!" |
| 1102 | * While Penny is having morning sickness, she and Leonard discuss how Sheldon is effectively their ''first'' child, meaning they'll be better prepared once their own child is born. |
| 1103 | * Sheldon winds up announcing Penny's pregnancy in his speech. She comments that she hadn't told her parents yet (but was too busy smiling and [[TearsOfJoy crying happy tears]] to really care at that point). This prompts Sheldon to apologize to her and then he asks the audience to not tell anybody else, even though this is at the ''Nobel Prize Ceremony'' that's being televised for the whole world to see. Particularly funny since it's not out of the question that one or both of Penny's parents might actually be watching (how often does one of your kid's friends win a Nobel, after all?) |
| 1104 | * Raj's date to the Nobel Prize ceremony is Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, whom he meets on the plane. |
| 1105 | ** Just the fact that in the show's reality, "Is that Buffy the Vampire Slayer?" is officially in a Nobel acceptance speech. |
| 1106 | [[/folder]] |
| 1107 | |
| 1108 | [[folder: Other]] |
| 1109 | * It's not technically on the show, but there's Sheldon hacking into Super Bowl XLIV (The one in 2010 for non-NFL fans). |
| 1110 | --> '''Sheldon''': Go, whatever team you support, and may the other team play less effectively! |
| 1111 | ** Followed by the announcer: |
| 1112 | ---> '''Announcer''': Leave it to Sheldon. He hacked his way into the Super Bowl. |
| 1113 | * At Comic-Con 2011, an audience member asked who had the best "Howard's Mom" impersonation. Simon Helberg (Howard) barely got out a screechy "Howard" before admitting that's all he had. Melissa Rauch (Bernadette) took a moment to think, then did a flawless Howard's Mom voice with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aifqrqyJ1E&feature=related What's this 'Comic-Con' you're at? Is that some sort of sex convention I saw on ''20/20''?]]" |
| 1114 | [[/folder]] |
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