The Big Bang Theory/Trivia: Difference between revisions

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* [[Actor Shared Background]]: Raj was originally going to be an American-born Indian until Nayyar was cast, with him being much more Indian (actually raised in India) than planned. [[Jim Parsons]] is also from Texas like Sheldon is and although Parsons' accent doesn't come in very often with Sheldon, Sheldon's mother and sister have very thick drawls. Mayim Bialik, who plays neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler, has a PhD in neuroscience.

* [[Adored By the Network]]:

* [[Adored by the Network]]:

** In Australia, the [[Nine Network]] has this feeling toward the series; it usurped ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' as their go-to filler whenever there's a gap in the timetable, and between the main Nine channel and its spillover GO!, it's shown with incredible frequency.

** It's in constant looping on the UK's "E4" channel as well. Not just one loop either, but two. The loops are deliberately out of synch so that one might be in season 3, while the other is still in season 1.

** In the U.S. it's replaced ''[[The Office]]'' as TBS's Tuesday night marathon show.

* [[Dueling Shows]]: With ''[[~~Community (TV)|~~Community]]'', due to the focus on geekdom.

* [[Dueling Shows]]: With ''[[Community]]'', due to the focus on geekdom.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Hey, It's That Girl/Guy!]]: An in-universe example, when [[Summer Glau]] appears (as herself) in the episode "The Terminator Decoupling"

** Sheldon's old room mate is [[The Walking Dead (TV)|Glenn]]

** Sheldon's old room mate is [[The Walking Dead (TV series)|Glenn]]

** Also, c'mon, how many people freaked out when they realized "hey, that's [[Dr. ~~Horribles~~ Sing Along Blog|Moist]]!"

** Also, c'mon, how many people freaked out when they realized "hey, that's [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Moist]]!"

*** Or "hey, that's [[Roseanne|David!]]

**** What about, "Hey! That's [[Roseanne|Darlene!]]"

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**** Possibly [[Actor Allusion]] in one episode where Galecki's character Leonard then went as Amy's date to a wedding.

** Hey, that's Bridget from ''[[8 Simple Rules]]''!

** Hey, Its [[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|Lisa Simpson]] helping Sheldon find a new vocation in "The Einstein Approximation"!

** Hey, Its [[The Simpsons (animation)|Lisa Simpson]] helping Sheldon find a new vocation in "The Einstein Approximation"!

** [[Wil Wheaton|Wheeeeeeeeeeeatooooooon!]]

** Hey, [[Roseanne|Jackie]] is playing [[The Fundamentalist]] as Sheldon's Mom, and [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|stealing the episode]] doing it.

** Hey, Penny's ex is [[The Neidermeyer|Encino Man]] from the [[Generation Kill]] HBO [[Miniseries]]

*** [[Fridge Horror|Imagine if Leonard]] [[Typecasting|had really pissed him off]].

** Hey, it's Christine Baranski, who played an [[Expy]] of [[Absolutely Fabulous ~~(TV)~~|Patsy Stone]] on ''Cybill.'' As Leonard's mom.

** Hey, it's Christine Baranski, who played an [[Expy]] of [[Absolutely Fabulous|Patsy Stone]] on ''Cybill.'' As Leonard's mom.

** Hey, it's [[Less Than Perfect|Sara Rue]].

*** In one of the same episodes she appeared in, Penny is trying to make Leonard jealous by kissing on [[Scrubs|Keith Dudemeister]]

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** Hey, Leonard is [[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation|Rusty]] all grown up!

** Didn't Bernadette briefly date [[True Blood|Hoyt Fortenberry]]?

** Hey, Raj and [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine|Julian Bashir]] have the same father!

** Hey, Raj and [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Julian Bashir]] have the same father!

** Hey, Dave Underhill used to be used to be [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|an ace Pyramid player!]]

** Hey, it's Billy from ''[[~~Charmed (TV)|~~Charmed]]''!

** Hey, it's Billy from ''[[Charmed]]''!

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: In "The Einstein Approximation", [[Mark Hamill]]'s DCAU Joker laugh can be heard as Leonard's ringtone.

** In the same episode, [[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|Lisa]].

** In the same episode, [[The Simpsons (animation)|Lisa]].

* [[Life Imitates Art]]: [[Johnny Galecki|Leonard]] and [[Kaley Cuoco|Penny]] actually did date for two years; they did so in secret and only revealed it after they had seperated.

* [[One of Us]]: Nobel Laureate George Smoot made an appearance on the show after expressing his love of the show to the producers, with the episode actually written for him.

** Melissa Rauch said she was a fan of the show before she was cast as Bernadette. On the other hand, Mayim Bialik admitted she didn't watch the show before she auditioned.

* [[Romance On the Set]]: Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco--yes, Leonard and Penny. However, they kept it secret until after they broke up... which was around the time their characters first got together. (They kept it secret because of the work environment and remain friends.)

* [[Romance on the Set]]: Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco--yes, Leonard and Penny. However, they kept it secret until after they broke up... which was around the time their characters first got together. (They kept it secret because of the work environment and remain friends.)

* [[Throw It In]]: A noted aversion. The cast has said that they know almost as much about the nerd culture references as they do the [[Techno Babble]]. Going off script would be suicide.

** Melissa Rauch said that her vocal pitch for Bernadette was based on her mother's voice and thought it would fit the character, though she decided not to push it by including a New Jersey accent.