Referenced By / The Big Bang Theory

Films — Live-Action

• In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter wears a "the physics are theoretical, but the fun is real" shirt.

Literature

• Stim: People sometimes tell Chloe she can't have Asperger's because she's not like "that guy in The Big Bang Theory," to her irritation.
• In Mindblind, Nathaniel remembers a Season 2 episode of The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon points out historical inaccuracies at a Ren-Faire.
• Joel Suzuki: In Ballad of the Bluerock, Art watches a Big Bang Theory rerun on TV.
• Diane from Love Over Gold is autistic, and is annoyed by people assuming she must be like Sheldon Cooper.

Web Animation

• Mixed with some Take That!; in Becky Prim, Ello has a Big Bang Theory calendar, and Becky riffs on the show for having "overblown and unrealistic nerd stereotypes".

Western Animation

• Dofus: Kerub's Bazaar: In episode 34, when Joris gets stuck in a magic box, one of Kerub's tentatives to guess the magic word that open it is "Bazinga!"
• Family Guy: At one point in "Business Guy", Peter makes Carter throw a viewing party for an episode of The Big Bang Theory.
• MAD:
  • One sketch, "The Big Fang Theory", is a spoof of this show featuring the characters from Twilight.
  • Another sketch, "The Big Bird Theory", is a spoof featuring the characters from Sesame Street.

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