7/11/2023 0 Comments Bazinga guy![]() Stuart: ‘Cause if you did, you get your picture up there on the Wall of Heroes. Howard: Did we just see you pick up a girl in a comic book store? Would you be open to a trade?Īlice: Okay. You know, go ahead and take it.Īlice: No, no. Hot girl: Damn, I’m forbidden by my Kryptonian father to do so. Leonard: Yes, but you’d be using your superpowers for evil. Hot girl: Hey, if I pretended to hit on you, could I distract you enough to sneak it away? Hot girl (to Leonard): Are you getting this Next Men? Stuart: Um… it-it-it… (returns to guys) Shut up. Raj: What is she doing in a comic book store? And we know how to settle scores down there. You think you’ve poked fun at a milquetoast academic. Sheldon: Yes, enjoy your japes, gentlemen. Howard:Not as droll as a grown man passed out in a puddle of his own urine. (Leonard creeps out behind him wearing a Star Trek Balok mask) The simple fact is, because I am much smarter than you, and able to anticipate your actions, it is highly unlikely that you two rubes could ever surprise me. Sheldon: Please, fright depends on an element of surprise. ![]() Sheldon: Yes, there’s nothing quite like the slightly widened eyes of mildly startled. (A luminous skeleton rushes towards him) Ah. The most frightening thing about that is the missing comma. ![]() (Reading message on wall) See you in hell Sheldon. Sheldon: Oh, the walls are dripping blood, which looks nothing like a phenolphthalein indicator exposed to a sodium carbonate solution. A ghostly moan, a rattling of chains, a witch’s cackle. Corridor is bathed in an eerie glow) All right, all right. Conclusive proof that I am absolutely worthless after nine o’clock. The same day, a compilation of the comics from /tv/ was shared on the 4chan subreddit, earning more than 9574 upvotes and 480 comments within the first day.Sheldon: And reverse the spin on the antiproton, and gamma becomes alpha, multiplied by a matrix of negative I comma zero, and there we have it. On the 27th, Tumblr user zebeckblogs posted a compilation of parody Bazinga reaction images (shown below), gaining more than 2000 notes within hours. The following day, a second, larger /tv/ thread was posted, with low-resolution comics using comic sans and purposefully unfunny science jokes. After the first poster asked why people did not enjoy The Big Bang Theory, the first four responses consisted of nonsense words "bazoopie," "bazonkers," "cowabazunga" and "bazopple." Also on the 25th, an instance of these comics (shown below, left) was shared on Tumblr, attributing it to 4chan. However, parodies of the term "bazinga" did not begin appearing on 4chan until December 25th, in a thread on the /tv/ (Television and Film) board. Īs early as 2011, The Big Bang Theory has been criticized online in places like 4chan and geek culture blog Ugo for its misrepresentation of geek culture. The phrase has since appeared on a variety of merchandise at pop culture retailer Hot Topic. Entertainment, the production company of the Big Bang Theory, which was later granted. On January 4th, 2011, a trademark registration (shown below) was filed for Bazinga by Warner Bros. A Facebook page for the phrase has accumulated more than 339,000 likes as of December 27th, 2012. Similarly the phrase has also been defined on Wikitionary and the Word forums. By April 2012, fifteen definitions for Bazinga were submitted to Urban Dictionary, with one definition earning more than 7700 upvotes as of December 27th, 2012. The Big Bang Theory Wikia has accumulated dozens of canon uses of the phrase. This lead to fans believing that Bazinga is Sheldon's variation of "Zing", a term coined in the early 20th century used to emphasize a situation when someone has been hit with a striking remark known as a "zinger." Spread During the episode, Cooper says the phrase a total of three times (shown below), each time as a follow up to a joke meant to impress his cleverness upon his victims.Īs chemistry jokes play a large role in the series, the term comes from combining the chemical symbols for Barium (Ba) the fictional element from the Timber Wolf comics Zuunium (Z), Iodine (I), Nitrogen (N) and Gallium (Ga). The phrase first appeared in the Season 2 finale "The Monopolar Expedition," which originally aired on May 11th, 2009.
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