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She's got a Nebraska toughness mixed with devastating wit that's second to none! Join us as we count down our picks for the times when Penny slayed the guys with her savage comebacks. From blackmailing Sheldon with his comic books to confronting online thieves, she delivers burns hotter than a freshly steamed dumpling!
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00:00Remember when I said it was on? Well, now it's Junior Rodeo on.
00:03Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the hours Penny puts into
00:09getting her PhD in pure savagery. What? He said maybe we should enter you in the killer robot
00:16competition. Number 50. Penny doesn't share Sheldon's interests. Although Sheldon and Penny
00:24would eventually become one of the show's best duos, it definitely takes them a while to get
00:29there. After Sheldon gets himself fired from the university, Penny ends up stuck with him as her
00:34shopping buddy, and he's got a running commentary on literally everything she does. No, really,
00:40everything. Oh boy. What now? Well, there's some value to taking a multivitamin, but the human body
00:49can only absorb so much. What you're buying here are the ingredients for very expensive urine.
00:54Well, maybe that's what I was going for. Well, then you'll want some manganese.
01:01Even the produce aisle sets him off on one of his fascinating tangents.
01:06Oh, the thing about tomatoes, and I think you'll really enjoy this, is they're shelved with the
01:10vegetables, but they're technically a fruit. Interesting.
01:13Isn't it? No, I mean what you find enjoyable. Fascinating if you're Sheldon, that is. It would
01:19still take him a while to catch on to Penny's trademark sarcasm, but we certainly didn't miss
01:24it. Let's just say we don't think she'll be inviting him along on another grocery run anytime
01:28soon. Maybe tomorrow we can go to one of those big warehouse stores. Oh, I don't know, Sheldon.
01:33It's going to take me a while to recover from all the fun I had today. Number 49. Did you hear about
01:38the new neighbor? Dealing with nightmare neighbors feels like a universal rite of passage, though
01:43few of us panic at the idea of new ones quite as much as Sheldon. Hey, did you hear the people
01:48upstairs in 5A are moving out? Why? The people upstairs are moving out. No. The horror. We're
01:58surprised that no one pointed out that he is the pain-in-the-neck neighbor. Anyway, once Sheldon
02:03falls down the rabbit hole of all that could go wrong, Penny realizes that there's nothing more
02:08she can do but join him down there. Anyone could rent that apartment now. An opera singer. The cast
02:14of Stomp. Yeah, a tap-dancing pirate with a wooden leg. Why are you making it worse? I tried making it
02:24better. He wouldn't go for it. Of course, Alicia, the woman who moves in, proves to be a nightmare
02:30neighbor, but not for Sheldon. But more on that later. Still, we wonder who Penny would rather have
02:35living in the building. Alicia, a tap-dancing pirate, or Howard Wolowitz. We can all spend
02:41some more time together. If you catch my drip. The horror.
02:49Number 48. Taking down Leonard's imaginary gang. It's no secret Leonard's insecure about his
02:55relationship with Penny. So when she befriends another student in her community college class
03:00with a sexy English accent, all alarm bells go off. I can't talk right now, hanging with my
03:05boyfriend. England sucks. You suck. USA number one. Normally, Leonard's brand of jealousy is whining
03:10to his friends. However, here he takes it up a notch with some painfully awkward attempts at marking
03:16his territory as the boyfriend. I like to keep my distance because her boyfriend's a pretty scary
03:22dude. Really? Yeah. He's ganged up. She told me he's a scientist. That's the name of his gang.
03:34Only, he's not quite as smooth as he thinks, and Penny has no patience for his little performance.
03:40She cuts him down with that signature blend of blunt honesty and razor-sharp timing. Penny can often
03:45be needlessly cruel to Leonard, but this time, he gets the verbal reality check he deserves.
03:51Hi. Hey! Shouldn't you be out with your gang spray-painting equations on the side of buildings?
03:57Number 47. The Last Dumpling. Dinner with Sheldon usually comes with a side of unsolicited
04:03jibber-jabber and a heaping portion of his inflated ego. Who wants the last dumpling?
04:08It wasn't me. So with one dumpling left, he can't resist launching into a long-winded explanation
04:13about why he deserves it. Honestly, anyone who had to sit through that earned the dumpling way
04:18more than he did. You'd think Sheldon would have learned from all those movies that monologuing
04:23your plans rarely turns out well. Sure enough, there goes the dumpling, and along with it,
04:28his fragile sense of pride. Thank you all for this high honor. We guess Penny really got under
04:34his skin because he fires back with a callous comeback that burns faster than a freshly steamed
04:39dumpling. I've seen pictures of your mother. Keep eating. Number 46. Penny Defends the Ring.
04:45Sometimes savagery works for evil. Other times it works for good. Penny shows both in this episode.
04:51She's less than thrilled when the guys come home without her dinner, and honestly, that would push
04:56us into hangar too. Anyway, we followed the guy to this garage sale and they had the coolest stuff.
05:01They were closing up. We got this whole box for 60 bucks. We didn't even get to go through it all.
05:05There could be anything in here. Is there a new girlfriend in there? Because you might need one.
05:09But she also steps up, agreeing to guard the ring when it nearly tears them apart.
05:14Would you hold on to this for a couple of days? Why? It's a prop from a movie. We're kind of
05:19fighting over it. Okay, just to be clear, the first piece of jewelry my boyfriend gives me is a prop from
05:23a movie and I don't even get to keep it. Not that wearing it around her neck stops Sheldon from making
05:27a grab for it. The real savagery, though, isn't the attack itself, brutal as it is, but the way she then
05:33tells Leonard about it so casually. If Sheldon had stuck around long enough to overhear her
05:38nonchalance, he might have needed another Band-Aid for his ego.
05:42I'm bleeding!
05:45What was that?
05:47Sheldon tried to take the ring and I punched him.
05:51That's my girl.
05:52Number 45. Penny enjoys the parental shenanigans. A little too much. Sheldon and Leonard have always
05:59been like brothers, but this is probably as close as they get to actually becoming family.
06:03Would you like to share a cat?
06:05That would be fine.
06:06Where are you staying?
06:06I'm at the Westin.
06:07Well, so am I. Could I interest you in a nightcap?
06:10I think that you could.
06:11We're not sure which of them is more freaked out by the idea, but we do know who's loving
06:15every second. Penny. Season 10 picks up right where season 9 left off, with thoughts of Sheldon's
06:21mom and Leonard's dad hooking up, keeping them both awake.
06:25You realize you and I could become brothers?
06:26We're not going to be brothers. We're not going to be stepbrothers. Go to sleep.
06:34I hope you're right. Because a grown man living with his brother and his brother's wife is weird.
06:40Well, really, it's Sheldon keeping Leonard awake. Penny tries to end the conversation so
06:45everyone can get some shut eye by dropping a remark so savage that it would have left
06:49Mary and Alfred more winded than whatever may or may not have happened before 9.30 p.m.
06:55Your parents are old. Anything unspeakable was finished by 9.30. Go to sleep.
07:01Number 44. Educating Sheldon on earthly manners.
07:05Now that Penny and Leonard are officially a thing, it's time for Leonard to meet some of
07:09her friends. It's sweet that he's trying, but honestly, it mostly leaves her cringing
07:13and she can't hide it.
07:15I can't believe they're not being penalized with the loss of a down and by having to move
07:19the line of scrimmage back to the spot of the foul.
07:25Here, have some pizza, sweetie.
07:27You know I'm lactose intolerant.
07:29I know. I just need you to stop talking.
07:32If Leonard's over-the-top energy was bad, wait until Sheldon shows up with a neighborly
07:37request. By the way, the stuff he's telling Penny isn't wrong. Thanks to him, TBBT fans
07:42can keep their bread fresher longer.
07:44You shouldn't keep your bread in the refrigerator. Staleness is caused by crystallization of
07:48the starch molecules, which occurs faster at cool temperatures.
07:52But perhaps now isn't the time for that lecture. Telling someone to say thanks would have been
07:56fine, but that on-Earth bit hits harder than a home run.
07:59On-Earth, we'd say thank you.
08:01Number 43. Dumb Space Bear. Penny doesn't always get the guy's hobbies and interests.
08:07Something we'll see more than once today.
08:09Happy you're playing his dopey Star Trek game with his friends than hanging out with
08:13me. Wars.
08:15What?
08:16Star Wars. They get all cranky when you mix the two up.
08:19What's the difference?
08:20There is absolutely no difference.
08:22And as hard as Leonard tries, he just can't seem to get her into Star Wars.
08:27In this particular example, Sheldon unthinkingly repeats some of Howard's comments about mixing
08:32business and pleasure in front of the ladies.
08:34Howard explained to me how awful it would be if he had to work with his significant other.
08:39He said what?
08:42Now don't be insulted. He just thinks too much of you would be mind-numbingly tedious.
08:47Penny, of course, jumps to Amy's defense. Yet when Sheldon points out this double standard,
08:51she cuttingly points out why it's not the same. Not only does she take down Leonard here,
08:56but also Chewbacca. And we're guessing all the fans of the dumb Space Bear felt a disturbance
09:01in the Force too. You can't tell her what she can and cannot do.
09:05Last week you told Leonard he couldn't wear his Wookiee jacket out in public.
09:10That's different. I'm not going to the mall with someone dressed like a dumb Space Bear.
09:13Number 42. Bazooka.
09:15Shami certainly has a unique relationship, and one that often makes little sense to their friends.
09:20What are you gonna do? Doesn't he know you have a boyfriend?
09:22Oh, she doesn't have a boyfriend. She has a Sheldon.
09:26Penny may have been instrumental in helping these two reach various milestones,
09:30but that doesn't mean she doesn't have her fun too. Usually, it seems like it's because she still
09:34can't quite get her head around the idea that someone willingly chose Sheldon to be their boyfriend.
09:40If you were having Sheldon's baby, would you really want him in the room?
09:43Yeah. If he's in the room when they're making the baby, I'll give you $10.
09:46You can always trust her to whip up some snappy comments that are typically as funny as they
09:51are sharp. It's okay, though. It's always done with love. We assume even Sheldon knew that when
09:56he unintentionally set Penny up for this zinger. Ignore them, Amy. They're just jealous because
10:02they'll never have a relationship as good as ours. Isn't this when he says bazooka or something?
10:09Number 41. Penny advocates for Amy's Valentine's night. We're not quite done with the
10:14shamey savagery quite yet. It's Valentine's Day, and everyone's got plans. Leonard and Penny plan
10:20on keeping things low-key, which is just as well, as Raj needs a dog sitter for the night.
10:25You have Valentine's plans? Which came out sounding way more surprised than I meant.
10:31Let me try that again. You have Valentine's... See, I can't do it.
10:34Meanwhile, Howard, Bernadette, Sheldon, and Amy plan for a romantic night on the rails.
10:40Well, Howard and Bernadette do. No one's hopes are particularly high for Sheldon and Amy,
10:45certainly not Penny. And I'd like for at least one of us to see some action. So if you guys
10:49happen to have sex, it's cool if she stays in the room.
10:53Hey, same goes for the two of you with Amy.
10:55It was kind of sad when Raj said it, but it's brutally hilarious when Penny piles on. Perhaps
11:00if they had followed Raj's instructions, they wouldn't have had to spend their Valentine's
11:05day at the vet, arguing over the definition of a while.
11:08I've been in there like half an hour.
11:10Yeah, for future reference, that's a while.
11:13Number 40. Telling Leonard she'll miss him too.
11:15If there's one message the writers hammered home over the years, it's that Leonard and Penny
11:20had no business being together.
11:22I love you.
11:23Who cares?
11:25They know it. Their friends know it. The audience knows it. Heck, even Sheldon knows it.
11:29In fact, he uses it against Leonard while trying to talk him out of taking a job on the high seas.
11:34Things between you and Penny have never been better. I hope four months apart doesn't change
11:39anything. I should have opened with that, huh?
11:47Unsurprisingly, Sheldon gets in Leonard's head, but luckily Penny's there to quiet that little voice.
11:52Look, you can say a lot of things about Penny, but you can't say she isn't supportive,
11:56even if her encouragement is a bit backhanded. If there's one thing Penny excels at, it's tough love.
12:01I'm a little worried because things between us have been so great, and I'd hate to do anything
12:06that screws that up.
12:08Sweetie, if you're going to screw things up, it's going to be while you're here, not while
12:11you're away.
12:12Number 39. Penny and Leonard make art. This episode opens with another of those tough love
12:18moments.
12:19You can't be this proud.
12:21Why not?
12:21Because I beat you!
12:23But don't get us wrong. It's not like Lenny didn't have their moments. For instance,
12:27Leonard buys them a Valentine's Day gift from the dirty store. Much like Penny, we were surprised
12:33to see this side of him, too.
12:34We cover ourselves in body paint, and then we get on this big canvas and do our thing.
12:41Whoa, it's kind of a big step for a guy who only recently agreed to take his socks off.
12:45Their first attempt is nothing to write home about, but their second attempt is much more,
12:50uh, colorful.
12:51But then comes the big question. What does one do with the artwork made by one's body?
12:56If you ask us, the only thing more diabolical than their solution is that we didn't get
13:00to see Sheldon's reaction when they gifted it to him.
13:03Will you give it to Sheldon and tell him William Shatner painted it?
13:10God, I love you. I love you so much.
13:12Number 38. Not having Leonard's back.
13:15Perhaps one of the show's more awkwardly aged running jokes is that Leonard's relentless
13:19pursuit eventually wore Penny down.
13:22I don't have much experience turning men down. It wasn't so much fun.
13:26Um, you get used to it. Some guys you have to turn down over and over.
13:29And sometimes we marry them anyway.
13:31Honestly, if we had a nickel for every time that joke came up, we'd probably be on the
13:35list of the world's richest people by now. Even Leonard is sometimes in on it, and sure,
13:40we guess it's kind of sweet that his wife has his back occasionally.
13:43Why don't you two hit the old mattress and whip up a family?
13:45Okay, we're not going to have a baby just to make you guys feel better.
13:50Yeah, if we're going to have a baby, it's going to be when we are ready or when I'm
13:53certain Penny is going to leave me.
13:55Exactly.
13:55Though she definitely didn't that one time when everyone was discussing how different
13:59their Sheldon-less lives might have been. The others laugh at Leonard's self-assurance,
14:03but Penny delivers the coup de grace. Sharp, witty, and just the tiniest bit cruel.
14:08You wouldn't be dating Penny.
14:10You don't know that. I've been going to the cheesecake factory for years.
14:13Because I could have picked her up.
14:18Oh, you weren't joking.
14:20Number 37, forcing Sheldon on the party bus. Penny's determined to throw Leonard a birthday
14:26party, but quickly learns that organizing one with his friends won't be a cakewalk,
14:30or should we say birthday cakewalk.
14:32Well, but for the record, I've never had a threesome, and yet I still know I won.
14:35Howard, here's the difference. The possibility exists that Leonard could have a birthday party
14:42before hell freezes over.
14:44Perhaps the biggest obstacle is getting Sheldon on board. Surprise, surprise, or no surprise,
14:49really, because he'd hate it. Sheldon's not the partying type. We're only about halfway through
14:54season one, but clearly Penny's already figured out how to bend Sheldon to her will.
14:58Okay, here's the deal. You either help me throw Leonard a birthday party, or so help me God,
15:02I will go into your bedroom and unbag all of your most valuable mint-conditioned comic books,
15:05and on one of them, you won't know which, I'll draw a tiny happy face in ink.
15:09Her threat probably made comic book collectors everywhere gasp in horror,
15:13and make sure their own comic books are well hidden so they don't befall the same fate as Sheldon.
15:18You can't do that. If you make a mark in a mint comic book, it's no longer mint.
15:22Sheldon, do you understand the concept of blackmail?
15:24Well, of course I... Oh.
15:26Yeah, I have an idea. Let's throw Leonard a kick-ass birthday party.
15:33Number 36. Penny opts out of a Sheldon replacement.
15:36We've seen time and time again that Sheldon will do anything for the pursuit of science.
15:40In this case, he sets up a comfortable environment,
15:43complete with a pair of noise-canceling headphones that work like a charm.
15:47Your George Lucas autograph is really a me autograph.
15:50Yeah, well, once I was too lazy to walk across the hall, so I used your toothbrush.
15:57However, as soon as he finds out, a comfy tush and an inspirational Richard feline man poster
16:03aren't quite enough to power up a lightbulb moment.
16:06As he storms away from all those constant interruptions,
16:09Penny quips that perhaps one Sheldon is quite enough.
16:12Any progress?
16:13How could there be? These constant interruptions!
16:19I love him, but if he's broken, let's not get a new one.
16:22Well, at least by the end of the episode, she finds his off switch,
16:25so perhaps she doesn't have to swear off all future Sheldon models quite yet.
16:29No, I don't want to go to sleep. You can't make me.
16:32You're right, we can't.
16:33Yeah, darn straight you can't try to tell a grown man to go to sleep.
16:37Soft kitty, warm kitty.
16:40Number 35. Gullible weenies are such a turn-off.
16:45It's no secret that Sheldon doesn't think much of Leonard's field of work.
16:48Well, actually, in his mind, his own is the only one that matters.
16:52So when he hits a string theory wall, he turns to Leonard for advice.
16:55Which of these areas do you think is the most promising?
16:59Well, I think there's some really innovative stuff going on in dark matter.
17:03That's helpful.
17:04Of course, this is Sheldon, so Leonard should know better than to assume his opinion is truly valued.
17:09Luckily, Penny's there to spell it out.
17:12Leonard, what did we say about being a gullible weenie?
17:14Could she have been gentler?
17:16Sure, but as we've already established, Leonard sometimes needs that unsugar-coated love.
17:21And that's something Penny has turned into an art form.
17:24Even when she doesn't use words to cut through the nonsense,
17:26she always has an eye roll at the ready.
17:28Okay, what I'm hearing is that you feel that I sometimes take too long to express myself,
17:34and you wish I'd be more succinct.
17:36You're only hearing that because I cannot roll my eyes any louder.
17:39Number 34.
17:41Sheldon's earworm breakthrough.
17:43In this episode, Sheldon's driven mad by a melody he can't quite place or shake from his head.
17:48R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
17:50No.
17:52Is this what we're doing the rest of the night?
17:54I'm surprised you have to ask.
17:56It might be one of his most relatable moments ever, but we digress.
18:00Sheldon worries that his eidetic memory might be glitching,
18:03but Penny has a whole other take on the matter.
18:05Not everybody.
18:06I have an eidetic memory.
18:07I should be able to remember what song this is, but I can't.
18:10Something's wrong with me.
18:11I told you if we were patient, he'd figure it out for himself.
18:14Well, if you ask us, that was kind of wishful thinking.
18:17In perhaps one of the sweetest moments,
18:19Sheldon realizes why the song has been stuck in his head all this time.
18:22Penny could have been all sweet and sentimental about it,
18:25but that's just not her style now, is it?
18:27Still, did she really have to do Amy dirty like that?
18:30I know why the song was in my head.
18:32Why?
18:33It's about Amy.
18:35Okay, look, I know Amy's like an old lady,
18:37but she's not old enough to have a song from the 60s written about her.
18:40Number 33.
18:41If Einstein took driving lessons from Penny.
18:44It's one thing that Sheldon doesn't drive,
18:46but it's a whole other thing that he's a major passenger princess
18:49and an insufferable one at that.
18:51Wednesday's new comic book day.
18:53We have to go to the comic book store.
18:55And then we have to stop at Soup Plantation.
18:57It's Creamy Tomato Soup Day.
18:59And Radio Shack.
19:00There's a sale on AAA batteries.
19:03Plus, we have to go to Pottery Barn to return my Star Wars sheets.
19:06It's actually surprising that he hasn't been ditched
19:08on the side of the road more often.
19:10Instead, his friends hold an intervention
19:12that ends with Sheldon and Penny at the DMV.
19:15When Sheldon argues that one of his idols couldn't drive either,
19:18Penny and Howard are quick to point out the other way
19:20he doesn't quite measure up.
19:22Yeah, but Albert Einstein didn't make me wet myself at 40 miles an hour.
19:27Yeah, and I never wanted to kick Albert Einstein in the nuts.
19:31Later, during Sheldon's virtual driving lesson,
19:33Penny makes sure it feels really real
19:35by slamming a pillow into his face as a stand-in airbag.
19:39Talk about a crash course.
19:40Hit the brakes!
19:41Hit the brakes!
19:55Number 32.
19:57Penny cleans up Leonard's wardrobe.
19:59Leonard and Sheldon may provide the main conflict in this episode,
20:03but that doesn't mean there isn't time for Penny to get some shots in too.
20:06Okay, here. Take this, and this, and this, and these.
20:12Is this all stuff you want me to try on?
20:13No, this is stuff I want you to throw out.
20:16Seriously, don't even give it to charity.
20:18You won't be helping anyone.
20:19When the roommates are asked to present a paper together,
20:22Sheldon refuses, so Leonard decides to go it alone.
20:25Wanting to make a decent impression,
20:26he turns to Penny for wardrobe advice.
20:29Oh, wow. A paisley shirt.
20:31Uh-huh. It goes with my corduroy suit.
20:33If you mean it should end up in the same place, then I agree.
20:37To her credit, she does try to help.
20:40But Penny, being Penny,
20:41can't resist dragging his questionable taste along the way.
20:44It's not just about saving Leonard from embarrassment,
20:46but also sparing the world from a walking fashion disaster.
20:50Honestly, Penny could have moonlighted on the fashion police.
20:53Is this your only tie?
20:56Uh, technically, yes.
20:57But if you'll notice,
20:59it's reversible.
21:03So it works as two.
21:06Oh, sweetie, I don't even think it works as one.
21:09Number 31.
21:10Penny gives Sheldon relationship advice.
21:13Remember how we said earlier
21:14that no one seems more surprised than Penny
21:16that someone willingly chose Sheldon Cooper as a boyfriend?
21:19I'm dating Sheldon Cooper.
21:21Yes, on purpose.
21:26That still holds true.
21:27But she's also the one they often turn to for relationship advice.
21:31Maybe it's because she never sugarcoats the facts.
21:33Sometimes she doesn't even wait for the full story before delivering her verdict.
21:37You're not listening to my side of it.
21:39Okay, fine, Sheldon.
21:40What is your side?
21:42Well...
21:43Nope, gotta go with Amy on this one.
21:44Take this moment.
21:46Amy's upset with Sheldon and, unsurprisingly, he's clueless as to why.
21:50Penny, on the other hand, doesn't need much evidence to draw conclusions.
21:53And it doesn't hold back from sharing them.
21:56So what do you need help with?
21:57Amy's mad at me and I'm not clear why.
22:00Okay, were you talking before she got upset?
22:02Yes.
22:03That's probably it.
22:04Leonard's no help here either,
22:06which earns him a taste of Penny's caustic tongue too.
22:09What is wrong with you two?
22:10He was talking about television during their date night.
22:12No, not just date night.
22:14Our fifth anniversary.
22:15Okay, see, that's even dumber than you wondering
22:18if being bitten by a goat would give you the powers of a goat.
22:20Number 30.
22:22When Sheldon cleaned her apartment.
22:24Okay, so the intention is certainly nice.
22:26Who doesn't love a clean apartment, right?
22:28Especially when you're not the one doing the cleaning.
22:31I just want you to know that you don't have to live like this.
22:35I'm here for you.
22:38What's he talking about?
22:41It's a joke.
22:42I don't get it.
22:43Yeah, he didn't tell it right.
22:45The problem, of course, comes from the fact
22:47that Sheldon broke into her place at night
22:49and did it while she was sleeping in the other room.
22:52It's pretty creepy,
22:53particularly because this was only the second episode of the series
22:57and the strong bond Penny and Sheldon would eventually form
23:00was years away.
23:01You sick, geeky bastards!
23:05Why did she know it was us?
23:06I may have left a suggested organizational schematic for her bedroom closet.
23:13When she woke up the next morning,
23:15the only bond she was considering was,
23:17as she told Sheldon,
23:19bonding her shoe and his rear end.
23:21And what kind of doctor removes shoes from asses?
23:25Depending on the depth,
23:27that's either a proctologist or a general surgeon.
23:35Number 29.
23:37FaceTime.
23:38The Big Bang guys might be geniuses,
23:40but their high IQs don't always equate to street smarts
23:43or understanding about relationships.
23:45So, Ruchi and I decided to keep things casual?
23:48Absolutely.
23:52What?
23:52I can handle casual.
23:54Oh, come on.
23:57For those matters,
23:58Penny is often their go-to person for advice.
24:01However, if you ask Penny for advice,
24:03you need to be prepared for the hard truth,
24:05which is something Raj learned
24:07when he tried to convince her
24:08that he could handle a casual relationship.
24:10Okay.
24:12Put a rubber band around your wrist,
24:13and any time you start planning your wedding
24:16or naming your children,
24:17I want you to stab yourself in the hand with a fork.
24:22Now, to be fair,
24:23no one in the group would have bought that line from Raj,
24:26but Penny's response to his claims
24:28was particularly direct and funny.
24:30Why do you keep doing that with your face?
24:32Because you keep saying stupid things with yours.
24:35Number 28.
24:37Sends Leonard on walks.
24:39Few people can go from sweet to savage
24:41the way Penny can.
24:42You didn't mention that Alex was a girl.
24:45Maybe he didn't notice.
24:48You're right.
24:49I don't have to worry about Sheldon.
24:50No, you do not.
24:53There are tons of instances
24:55and one-liners to showcase this,
24:57but one of our favorites comes during the episode,
25:00the military miniaturization.
25:02She and Bernadette are talking about
25:04how uneasy Howard has been
25:06since the guy from the military
25:07showed up at their house.
25:09I'm worried about Howard.
25:10Ever since that guy from the Air Force showed up,
25:12he's been a nervous wreck.
25:13All right, we work at a giant pharmaceutical company.
25:15Get him some anti-anxiety meds.
25:17In response,
25:17Penny offers up her own guidance
25:19for when she sees Leonard is feeling anxious.
25:22While taking a long walk
25:23sounds like very genuine and wholesome advice,
25:26one simple question quickly clarifies
25:28that it's for her benefit
25:29more than it is Leonard's.
25:31You know, when Leonard's feeling anxious,
25:32I make him take a long walk.
25:34Does that help?
25:35Eh, for a while,
25:36then he comes back.
25:39Number 27.
25:40Penny's from Nebraska.
25:42Penny being from Nebraska
25:43comes up on multiple occasions
25:45throughout the series.
25:46How was Nebraska?
25:47Better than North Dakota.
25:49Yeah.
25:55I guess that joke's only funny in Nebraska.
25:57Sometimes it's used as a way
25:59to poke fun at her
26:00and her Cornhusker roots.
26:02Other times,
26:03it comes out in her toughness
26:04and take-no-prisoners attitude towards life
26:07that her genius friends just don't have.
26:10Remember when Leonard and Sheldon
26:11had a break-in at their apartment?
26:13Well, unlike the guys,
26:15Penny's first response isn't fear,
26:16but rather frustration
26:18that she wasn't home at the time.
26:20I can't believe it.
26:21If I hadn't been working the dinner shift,
26:23I would have run right into the robbers.
26:24Hey, there's no reason for you to be scared.
26:27I'm not scared.
26:28I would have gone all Nebraska on their asses.
26:32Then there was her declining paintball,
26:34because in Nebraska,
26:35there are only two reasons they shoot things,
26:38and neither one is paint-related.
26:40Ooh, is this one of those paintball guns?
26:43Yeah, you ought to come with us sometime.
26:45Oh, no thanks.
26:46I'm from Nebraska.
26:47When we shoot things,
26:47it's because we want to eat them
26:49or make them leave our boyfriends alone.
26:50Number 26, everyone's a doctor, except Howard.
26:56While Sheldon is usually the one picking on Howard
26:58for not having his PhD,
27:00he isn't the only one who has some fun pointing it out.
27:03Even Dr. Gablehauser,
27:05the head of the physics department
27:06at the California Institute of Technology,
27:08makes sure Howard knows that he knows he isn't a doctor.
27:11Boys?
27:12Dr. Gablehauser.
27:13Dr. Kuthapali.
27:14Dr. Gablehauser.
27:15Dr. Hofstadter.
27:16Dr. Gablehauser.
27:16Dr. Cooper.
27:17Dr. Gablehauser.
27:18Mr. Wolowitz.
27:19Penny gets in on the shade throwing
27:22when Bernadette announces to the gang
27:24that she's going to get her PhD.
27:26So what's your news, Bernadette?
27:28The thesis committee accepted my doctoral dissertation.
27:32I'm getting my PhD.
27:33Oh, congratulations.
27:35Penny points out that pretty much everyone at the table
27:37is a doctor except for Howard,
27:39although she takes a slightly longer
27:41and savagely funnier route getting to that point.
27:44You're a doctor.
27:45You're a doctor.
27:46You're a doctor.
27:48You're a doctor.
27:48And Howard, you know a lot of doctors.
27:54Number 25.
27:56Penny's Puzzles.
27:58What would you do if you found out your best friend
27:59was testing you with small puzzles
28:01and comparing your results to those of chimpanzees?
28:04What if I told you that over the past few months,
28:08Amy has secretly been giving you little puzzles
28:10to test your intelligence against chimpanzees in her lab?
28:14You'd be pretty miffed, right?
28:15Well, so was Penny when she found out Amy was doing as much to her.
28:19First, she confronted her friend
28:20and gave her a piece of her mind in her typical Penny way.
28:23I figured out how to open the door all by myself.
28:29Maybe I'll fling some feces around my cage to celebrate.
28:34What are you talking about?
28:36I know you've been giving me secret puzzle tests.
28:39Then, a little later on in the episode,
28:41when Amy hoped to make it up to her,
28:43Penny flung back with a puzzle of her own,
28:45though it didn't take much solving to figure out.
28:48How can I make this up to you?
28:50The answer's in this puzzle box.
28:52Let's see if you can open it.
28:55Number 24, Forever 63.
28:59When it comes to Amy's fashion sense,
29:01Penny has some rather strong opinions.
29:03You're smart.
29:04You've got great friends.
29:05You've got a boyfriend.
29:06You're pretty.
29:07You have zero fashion sense.
29:10Sure, there was the whole hating Amy's wedding dress thing,
29:13but Penny's thoughts on her clothing didn't start there.
29:16Do you love it?
29:18Do you?
29:21I do.
29:23In season six,
29:24the girls put on a little fashion show for the guys,
29:26who have chosen a boys-only game of D&D
29:29instead of spending time with their partners.
29:32Penny first announces Bernadette's sexy outfit
29:34and mentions it being from Forever 21.
29:38Then, as Amy shows off her conservative garb,
29:40Penny takes a stab at where this particular ensemble might be from.
29:45And there's Amy showing all kinds of ankle
29:48in an outfit I'm assuming is from Forever 63.
29:54Number 23, pop culture call-out.
29:57We can all agree that Sheldon knows a lot about a lot of things,
30:01but as we've seen on multiple occasions,
30:03pop culture is the glaring outlier in his knowledge.
30:06All right, singer who sang Oops, I Did It Again?
30:08Oops.
30:10Ha!
30:14Okay.
30:15Penny takes the opportunity to keep her genius friends in check whenever she can,
30:19and this scene is a perfect example.
30:22When Sheldon tells her she could create a viable business with her Penny Blossoms,
30:26he follows up by being just a little too high and mighty about his smarts,
30:30and Penny has the perfect response.
30:31If you took advantage of modern marketing techniques
30:34and you optimized your manufacturing process,
30:36you might be able to make this a viable business.
30:39And you know about that stuff?
30:40It's Penny.
30:43Oh, we marvel at how such a simple question can make him fall so far.
30:47I'm a physicist.
30:48I have a working knowledge of the entire universe and everything it contains.
30:56Who's Radiohead?
30:57Howard's aggressive and slimy flirtations towards Penny in the early seasons of the show
31:12brought out her savageness, both verbally and physically.
31:16This brashness would come up again when Howard was hesitating about signing a prenuptial agreement
31:21prior to his marriage to Bernadette.
31:23My dad.
31:24Because I make a lot more money than Howie,
31:26he's putting a lot of pressure on me to get a prenup.
31:29Ouch.
31:30Yeah, Howie's going to freak out.
31:32Penny made her thoughts on the matter very clear,
31:34and advised Howard with about as much grace as a reversing dump truck.
31:38Hey, what are you guys doing here?
31:41We're grown men.
31:42We drink at bars.
31:44No and no.
31:48Everything okay with you and Bernadette?
31:50She even went as far to say that she wasn't just speaking for herself,
31:54but for all womankind.
31:56How Howard ever looked himself in the mirror after that is beyond us.
32:00All right, Howard Wolowitz, listen up.
32:02You sign anything she puts in front of you because you are the luckiest man alive.
32:05If you let her go, there is no way you can find anyone else
32:08speaking on behalf of all women.
32:09It is not going to happen.
32:10We had a meeting.
32:13Number 21.
32:14Calling out Amy's mom.
32:16Amy's mother is a woman with some very hard-held opinions
32:19about pretty much everything,
32:21and she is certainly used to getting her way.
32:23I'm surprised Amy didn't pick us up.
32:26Oh, well, you know, she's pretty busy the day before her wedding.
32:30Too busy for her mother?
32:32She used to be such a devoted daughter.
32:35For the most part, she does.
32:36Until she meets Penny.
32:38Well, not just regular Penny.
32:40We're talking maid of honor Penny.
32:42What are you lunatics doing?
32:45Sheldon had a breakthrough.
32:46Actually, Amy and I had a breakthrough.
32:49Oh, science is shocking.
32:52On Amy's wedding day,
32:53Mrs. Fowler gets up out of her seat,
32:56announcing that things are taking too long
32:57and that Sheldon must have stood her daughter up.
33:00Well, Penny's not having any of that.
33:02She was admittedly a lot nicer than she could have been,
33:05probably as a function of the special occasion,
33:07but she was strong and direct
33:09and put Mrs. Fowler in her place beautifully.
33:12Sheldon loves Amy
33:14and he would never hurt her on her wedding day
33:16or any other day, so park it.
33:17Oh, you sit down too.
33:28Number 20.
33:29Penny's Magic Potion
33:30When the ladies' trip to Vegas is derailed,
33:33Penny, Amy, and Bernadette
33:35join the guys for a game of Dungeons & Dragons.
33:39Penny's first zinger of the night
33:40follows Sheldon's apprehensions
33:42over playing the game with women.
33:44What's the big deal?
33:45Raj bailed so we could use some extra players.
33:48Well, I've just never played
33:49Dungeons & Dragons with girls before.
33:51Oh, don't worry, sweetie.
33:52No one has.
33:53We could almost hear the collective gasp
33:55of D&D fans everywhere
33:57who felt personally targeted by her cutting remark.
34:01Still, Penny realizes that
34:02if she's going to spend the evening with Sheldon Cooper,
34:05she's going to need some help.
34:07And luckily, she knows just the
34:09rather on-theme Magic Potion to do the trick.
34:12We don't consume alcohol during Dungeons & Dragons.
34:15It impairs our judgment.
34:18Oh, this isn't alcohol.
34:20It's a magic potion that makes me like you.
34:22Harsh?
34:23Maybe.
34:23But we'd be lying if we said
34:25we hadn't thought about quoting her
34:26when dealing with difficult people in our own lives.
34:30Number 19.
34:31What up, Moon Pie?
34:32When Sheldon forgets his flash drive at home,
34:35it's Penny to the rescue.
34:36Unfortunately, he hasn't quite grasped
34:39the concept of asking politely,
34:40which prompts Penny to have a little fun
34:43pushing all his buttons.
34:45Arguably, the most savage moment
34:46is when she goes through Sheldon's
34:48private correspondence with his meemaw.
34:50Sheldon, are these letters from your grandmother?
34:52Don't read those letters.
34:54Oh, look, she calls you Moon Pie.
34:56That is so cute.
34:57Put down the letters!
34:59If he was ever going to explode with rage,
35:01this would be the moment.
35:02Although she admits she went too far,
35:04she still can't help one more dig.
35:07I kind of crossed a line.
35:08Put him back on.
35:11I'm back.
35:12What up, Moon Pie?
35:13We wonder how Sheldon reacted when he got home
35:16and saw the fate of his novelty puzzle box.
35:19Did you hear the click?
35:21Not yet.
35:26There it is.
35:27In Penny's defense,
35:28this might have all been avoided
35:30if Sheldon had just started with please.
35:33Number 18.
35:35No robot is a match for Penny.
35:36In the first episode of Season 4,
35:39Howard finds a multitude of uses
35:41for the robot arm he built,
35:43including using it to serve up dinner.
35:45Luckily, he did so before…
35:47well, surely you remember
35:48what he used it for after that.
35:50Everyone's super impressed by this new technology,
35:53perhaps none more than Sheldon,
35:55who informs Penny that she might one day
35:57lose her waitressing job to a similar machine.
35:59You realize, Penny,
36:01that the technology that went into this arm
36:03will one day make unskilled food servers
36:05such as yourself obsolete.
36:07Most robots might be quick and efficient,
36:09but they don't have Penny's lovable charm
36:11and unparalleled customer service,
36:14as she so quickly reminds Sheldon.
36:16Really?
36:17They're gonna make a robot
36:18that spits on your hamburger?
36:19We don't condone contaminating other people's food,
36:22but if Penny got around to it a few times,
36:24well, we're also not saying Sheldon didn't deserve it.
36:27Number 17.
36:29Directing Sheldon to the Right Person
36:31Sheldon's a creature of habit,
36:34and he values a rigid routine.
36:36We don't eat here.
36:37I don't know what's good.
36:38Well, it's all good.
36:39Statistically unlikely.
36:42Just get a hamburger.
36:43You like hamburgers?
36:44I like the hamburgers
36:45where we usually have hamburgers.
36:46In this episode,
36:47he's finally become accustomed to the burgers
36:49at the Cheesecake Factory
36:50and considers making the establishment
36:52his permanent Tuesday eatery.
36:55Since this is still pretty early in their friendship,
36:57Penny hasn't yet warmed up to Sheldon
36:59or grown accustomed to his jibber-jabber.
37:02Interesting.
37:03Do you know where the phrase jibber-jabber comes from?
37:06Oh my God.
37:07You're about to jibber-jabber about jibber-jabber.
37:11So when he asks her about the possibility
37:13of reserving their table every week
37:15for the foreseeable future,
37:16she dismisses his query with a snarky retort.
37:19Really?
37:20Oh, yay.
37:21Who do I speak to about permanently reserving this table?
37:27Um, I don't know.
37:28A psychiatrist.
37:31Leonard's amused,
37:32but he's the only one laughing at their table.
37:34Poor Sheldon, always misunderstood.
37:37Still, no one could fault Penny
37:38for beating around the bush.
37:40Number 16.
37:42Messing with Raj
37:43As you likely recall,
37:45in the earlier seasons of The Big Bang Theory,
37:48Raj struggled with speaking to most women,
37:50unless he was intoxicated.
37:52Haven't you been listening to me?
37:53I cannot talk to women!
37:55Um, Raj...
37:56No, no, let's see how long it takes him.
37:59Raj, honey,
38:00you say you can't talk to women,
38:02but you've been talking to me.
38:04We're told he suffers from selective mutism,
38:07a very real and severe anxiety disorder.
38:11Unfortunately, on the show,
38:12it's often played for laughs.
38:14So where were we?
38:15Howard lives with his mother
38:15and Raj can't speak to women unless he's drunk.
38:18Go!
38:21Oh, that's fascinating.
38:22Selective mutism is quite rare.
38:25It was perhaps best encapsulated
38:27by this exchange between Penny and Raj.
38:30Penny walks into the apartment
38:31and immediately addresses Kutrupali.
38:33Yo, Raj, talk to me.
38:37No, I'm sorry.
38:43Just screw him with you.
38:44He freezes up and looks crestfallen
38:46as the pressure builds.
38:48What was she expecting?
38:49That somehow the element of surprise
38:51would free him from his disorder?
38:53She then reveals she's just messing with him
38:55and everyone laughs.
38:56But you have to admit,
38:58that was pretty brutal.
39:00Number 15.
39:01Penny gets the breast of Leonard
39:03Leonard's initially dismayed
39:05when his mom's book is on Penny's class reading list.
39:08Recommended reading list for my psychology class.
39:14Come on, not that book.
39:17It's got like every horrible story from my childhood in it.
39:21However, he soon realizes what a powerful tool it can be
39:24and uses it to manipulate her.
39:26It's Howard's failure to replicate Leonard's success later on
39:30that causes the truth to come out.
39:32Penny sets quite the trap for her devious boyfriend.
39:34We can't imagine a more brutal punishment
39:37than getting him all riled up
39:38before unleashing his cold,
39:40straight-talking psychiatrist mother on him.
39:43Mom?
39:43I understand you have been whining about my parenting
39:47in order to emotionally manipulate your girlfriend.
39:50I, uh...
39:51Bernadette told me everything.
39:53Now you don't get the left or the right.
39:54And as we all know,
39:56Beverly Hofstadter can barely open her mouth
39:58without letting loose a tirade of biting quips.
40:01Let's discuss why you continue to involve me
40:04in your sex life.
40:06Oh, please, mommy.
40:07No, mommy!
40:08We imagine Leonard learned his lesson in the same way
40:11one has a bucket of ice water dumped on them.
40:14Number 14.
40:15Penny was a jerk as a teenager.
40:17When Leonard gets an unwelcome blast from the past,
40:20Penny's forced to reevaluate her own youth.
40:23With some help from Bernadette and Amy,
40:25she soon realizes that she was not a nice person as a teen.
40:28And that's putting it mildly.
40:30What she calls a harmless prank is actually super cruel.
40:34Kathy Geiger got really good grades,
40:36so we blindfolded her, tied her up,
40:37and left her in a cornfield overnight.
40:41God, that's awful.
40:43No, it was funny.
40:44Everyone laughed.
40:45She tries to make amends,
40:47but it's too little too late.
40:48So her friends suggest she'll feel better
40:50by performing good deeds.
40:52While she's initially on board,
40:54this glimmer of altruism quickly fades away.
40:57Usually, we're all for Penny's savageness,
41:00but stealing clothes from a donation bin
41:02is all kinds of low.
41:04Look at these cute jeans someone just threw away.
41:08Donated.
41:12Yes, to a poor waitress who loves a boot cut.
41:15We're glad she ultimately had a change of heart.
41:18Number 13.
41:19Penny's not into Howard and Raj's new look.
41:23Before meeting Bernadette,
41:24Howard went to disturbing lengths to meet women,
41:27often dragging Raj along in his crazy schemes.
41:30In one of their most outlandish attempts,
41:32the duo dresses up in goth style,
41:35tattoo sleeves and all.
41:37Penny wastes no time informing the guys
41:39exactly what she thinks of their new look.
41:41What's going on, daydwellers?
41:44Oh man, did the KISS army repeal?
41:46Don't ask, don't tell.
41:48After they leave,
41:49Leonard can't help but make a jibe of his own too.
41:51They're gonna get beaten up at that club.
41:54This provides the perfect setup for Penny,
41:56who knocks it out of the park with these pithy last words.
41:59They're gonna get beaten up at Walgreens.
42:02Penny's delivery may be cruel,
42:04but her advice is usually sound,
42:06something Howard and Raj come to learn
42:08by the end of the night.
42:09Number 12.
42:10Penny's got no time for toys.
42:13Penny's understandably mad
42:14when the guy's new movie memorabilia
42:16costs her a day's pay at work.
42:18In her fury, she ruthlessly berates them,
42:21taking aim at their likes, hobbies, and collectibles.
42:24My God, you are grown men!
42:27How could you waste your lives
42:28with these stupid toys and costumes and comic books?
42:32We can understand why she's angry,
42:34but geez, did she have to make it so personal?
42:37It doesn't help when Sheldon seemingly misreads
42:39her frustration or just chooses to ignore it,
42:42inciting this fiery takedown of the time machine.
42:45Please, it's not a time machine.
42:47If anything, it looks like something Elton John
42:49would drive through the Everglades.
42:50We have to admit, our hearts sank a little
42:52when she called them all pathetic.
42:54Pathetic. All of you, completely pathetic.
42:58The impact her berating leaves on Leonard in particular
43:01is heartbreaking.
43:02True, she later apologizes,
43:04but she ultimately can never unsay her harsh words.
43:08Number 11.
43:09Fighting for her friends.
43:11Whether she's warding off Howard's advances
43:13or tormenting Sheldon, Penny gets her fair share
43:16of snappy comebacks in this episode.
43:18Anyone could rent that apartment now.
43:20An opera singer.
43:22The cast of Stomp.
43:25Yeah, a tap-dancing pirate with a wooden leg.
43:28However, perhaps the most memorable of them all
43:30is incited by her rivalry with new neighbor, Alicia.
43:34Penny feels threatened when there's a new queen bee
43:36in the hive and tries her hardest to get back on top.
43:40Although she's jealous of all the attention
43:41the guys give their new neighbor,
43:43she also recognizes that she's just using them.
43:46Things turn catty fast during their confrontation,
43:49and Penny demonstrates just how far she'll go
43:51to defend her friends.
43:52Please don't take advantage of them.
43:56Who says I'm taking advantage of them?
44:00Come on, they're doing everything for you
44:02because you're leading them on.
44:03We don't know what the guys would do
44:05without Penny in their corner.
44:07Number 10.
44:08No time for Raj's shaming.
44:09Yes, Penny's a fierce defender of her friends,
44:13but she's also not above using Leonard's infatuation
44:15with her to her advantage.
44:17In fact, we imagine she'd have to sell
44:19a whole lot of cheesecakes to even make a dent
44:21in the tab she amassed for all that takeout.
44:24Still, we don't approve of the way Raj,
44:26assisted by Howard,
44:27shames her for scoring a free meal.
44:29What?
44:31He said if he had woman parts,
44:33he'd eat for free the rest of his life.
44:34But this is Penny we're talking about,
44:36and she won't take that kind of talk from anyone,
44:39as Raj soon finds out.
44:41Yeah, but you wouldn't be able to talk to yourself.
44:43If she were paying in savage takedowns,
44:46Penny would have repaid her debt several times over
44:48and still had plenty to spare.
44:51Number nine.
44:52Keeping her libido in check.
44:54Sheldon has a habit of speaking out of line.
44:56However, Penny's never afraid to put him back in his place.
45:00So, do you find the weather satisfying?
45:02Are you currently sharing the triumph
45:04of some local sports team?
45:07What's wrong with you?
45:08You're freaking me out.
45:10In season two,
45:11Leonard starts dating Dr. Stephanie Barnett,
45:14much to Sheldon's delight.
45:16He tells Penny that out of all of Leonard's girlfriends,
45:19she's the only one that he finds tolerable.
45:22Yes, Penny included.
45:23Of the handful of women Leonard's been involved with,
45:25she's the only one I have ever found tolerable.
45:33Well, what about me?
45:36The statement stands for itself.
45:40Then, in a very Sheldon-esque way,
45:42he asks his neighbor to refrain from acting upon her urges
45:46so as not to come between Leonard
45:47and his Sheldon-approved paramour.
45:50Penny's unimpressed and responds with a biting remark.
45:53I would ask you to find some way to suppress your libido.
45:59I could think about you.
46:04Fine, whatever works.
46:06Unfortunately, her fiery comeback is lost on Sheldon.
46:10However, we all got it
46:11and collectively ooed and gasped at our televisions.
46:15Number 8.
46:17Sheldon's an alien.
46:19Throughout the show,
46:19it's been implied that Sheldon's either a robot
46:21or not of this planet.
46:23Based on that ring on your finger,
46:24I'd say you're pretty good at controlling robots.
46:27Careful, that's my fiancé you're talking about.
46:30And I can program him to hurt you.
46:33Penny seems to buy into the latter
46:35based on a couple of cutting remarks
46:37she's thrown his way over the years.
46:38For instance,
46:39after their apartment gets robbed,
46:41Sheldon decides to leave Pasadena forever,
46:44leaving Penny to ask him
46:45how the mothership will find him
46:47if he keeps moving around.
46:48I'm leaving Pasadena forever.
46:50Tell me how that's overreacting.
46:53Come on, Sheldon, you can't move.
46:55Don't you need to stay in one place
46:56so the mothership can find you when it returns?
47:00A few episodes later,
47:02Sheldon corners her in the laundry room
47:04to convince her to let him take her place
47:05on Leonard's Switzerland trip.
47:07She knows what's coming
47:08and responds with a suitably disparaging clapback.
47:11All right, let's dispense with the friendly banter.
47:14I believe you know why I'm here.
47:17Well, I always figured it was to study us,
47:19discover our weaknesses,
47:20and report back to your alien overlords.
47:23We don't know if aliens exist,
47:25but Penny makes some pretty compelling,
47:26albeit sarcastic, arguments.
47:29Number seven,
47:30helping Leonard get his tuition refunded.
47:33Leonard agrees to walk a mile
47:34in Sheldon's metaphorical shoes
47:36until he resolves the problem
47:38of a long-overdue DVD.
47:40The idea is that a sweater
47:41will represent Sheldon's figuratively itchy brain
47:44when it comes to unresolved issues.
47:46If this sweater shuts you up,
47:48I'm gonna make a fortune
47:49selling them to everyone we know.
47:53Now, all I need to do
47:55is head down to the video store
47:56and return the DVD.
47:59However, things quickly spiral out of hand
48:01when what was seemingly an easy task
48:04soon becomes an impossible mission.
48:06Leonard spends much more time
48:08in the uncomfortable garment than expected,
48:10and it starts taking a physical and emotional toll.
48:13It's called proving a point.
48:15Is the point you're an idiot?
48:18Gentlemen, please.
48:20Leonard is trying to walk a mile
48:22in my metaphorical shoes.
48:23Penny urges him to take it off
48:25when Sheldon isn't around,
48:26but he refuses.
48:27So she tries another,
48:29more direct approach
48:30to highlight his stupidity.
48:32Smile.
48:33What is that?
48:34What is that for?
48:35So you can send it to Princeton
48:36and get your money back.
48:40We wonder what stung more,
48:41that sweater or Penny's sharp tongue.
48:44Number six,
48:45the importance of 21 seconds.
48:48In this episode,
48:49the guys enthusiastically get ready
48:50to go watch a version
48:51of Raiders of the Lost Ark
48:53that contains 21 extra seconds of footage
48:55that's never been released.
48:57Howard extends the invitation to Penny,
48:59but she's not exactly grabbing her fedora
49:01and whip and jumping for joy.
49:02What?
49:0321 seconds?
49:05That'll be like seeing a whole new movie.
49:08Exactly.
49:08They say it finally solves
49:09the submarine controversy.
49:11She even pokes a little fun
49:12at the guys over their excitement.
49:14Leonard comments
49:14that they'd still be a couple
49:16if she understood the value
49:17of an extra 21 seconds,
49:19but Penny disagrees.
49:21Yeah, I think I'll pass,
49:22but you guys enjoy
49:23your extra 21 seconds.
49:25But if I could make you understand
49:26why this is such a cool thing,
49:27we'd still be together.
49:29Oh, yeah.
49:30No, we wouldn't.
49:32It's rather harsh,
49:33especially in front of all of his friends,
49:35but it's still incredibly funny.
49:37Howard and Raj are on hand
49:39to help bring it home.
49:40Uh-huh.
49:41I'm guessing 21 seconds
49:42had something to do with that too.
49:43Leonard might want some ice
49:47for that double burn.
49:49Number five.
49:50Poking fun at Howard's dating record.
49:53Until Penny introduced him to Bernadette,
49:55Howard's dating record
49:56wasn't exactly something
49:57to write home about.
49:58Look, Howard,
49:59this is our third date
50:01and we both know what that means.
50:03We do.
50:04We're told that his dates
50:05usually required payment
50:06or inflating
50:07and his handful of flings
50:09never lasted long.
50:10So when he gets a phone call
50:11during dinner
50:12and happily declares
50:13that he's going to get busy that night,
50:15Penny's understandably confused.
50:17Ooh, looks like
50:18I'm gonna have sex tonight.
50:21Hey, baby.
50:22What she doesn't know
50:23is that Howard and Leslie Winkle
50:24have recently started
50:26a friends-with-benefits relationship.
50:28So when he gleefully shares
50:29his evening plans,
50:31she jumps straight
50:31to the most logical explanation.
50:33His right hand is calling him.
50:38No, it's Leslie Winkle.
50:40It's a long story.
50:42Penny's a master
50:42of throwing shade at the guys,
50:44but this has to be
50:45one of her finest
50:45and funniest moments
50:46of savagery.
50:48Number four,
50:49Quick Draw.
50:50In one of the show's
50:51most surprising moments,
50:53we learn that Penny and Raj
50:54spent the night together.
50:55Really?
50:56Still can't talk to me?
50:57Following this,
50:58it becomes clear
50:58that both parties
50:59have very different takeaways
51:01from the night's events,
51:02leading Raj to make a confession.
51:04I had trouble putting it on
51:06and you tried to help
51:08and that was all she wrote.
51:14Penny lets him down gently,
51:15but that doesn't stop him
51:16from trying to show off
51:18to his friends later on.
51:19When Penny stops by
51:20to tell the guys
51:21she's decided to move home,
51:23Raj tries to make it all about him.
51:25If only he'd seen the look
51:27on her face,
51:27he probably would have
51:28stopped talking sooner.
51:29But with just a few
51:31short, sharp words,
51:32Penny's able to render him silent.
51:34Be just one of those
51:35memories you have
51:36and can call to mind
51:38when you're feeling blue
51:39or you're in the shower.
51:42Hey, whatcha doing, Quick Draw?
51:44Number three,
51:45Fighting with Sheldon.
51:47In arguably one of the
51:48most iconic episodes,
51:49Penny and Sheldon
51:50engage in battle
51:51after he banishes her
51:52from the apartment.
51:54All right, that's it.
51:56Strike three.
51:56Ooh, strike three.
51:59I'm banished?
52:01What the hell
52:02kind of crap is that?
52:05Don't worry,
52:05I'll talk to him.
52:06The escalating feud
52:07sees both pull out
52:08all the stops
52:09to come out on top
52:10and some of it
52:11is plain vicious.
52:13However,
52:13it also gives us
52:14some of our favorite
52:15acerbic quotes
52:16courtesy of this
52:17Nebraska native.
52:18Penny delivers
52:19the first blow
52:20when she refuses
52:20to take Sheldon's order
52:22at the Cheesecake Factory.
52:23Oh, I didn't tell you?
52:25You're banished
52:26from the Cheesecake Factory.
52:29Why?
52:30Well, you have
52:30three strikes.
52:32One coming in,
52:34two sitting down,
52:34and three,
52:35I don't like your attitude.
52:37Later, during their
52:38heated exchange
52:39in the laundry room,
52:40she fires back at Sheldon
52:41with the ultimate comeback.
52:46Woman, you are playing
52:47with forces beyond your ken.
52:50Yeah, well, your ken
52:51can kiss my Barbie.
52:54Perhaps she has no idea
52:55what Sheldon's talking about,
52:57but that doesn't stop her
52:58from getting the last
52:58stinging word.
53:00Number two,
53:01Penny takes down Howard.
53:03Being a savage
53:04isn't necessarily a bad thing,
53:06and sometimes
53:06it's even warranted.
53:07Well, that may be
53:09a slight exaggeration.
53:11You'd be the only
53:11doable girl.
53:15You're a pig, Howard.
53:17Case in point,
53:18Penny reaches her
53:19breaking point
53:20with Howard's
53:21incessant lewd remarks
53:22and lets him have it.
53:24She doesn't hold back,
53:25and her harsh words
53:26leave everyone
53:27stunned in silence.
53:28Flirting?
53:29You think I'm flirting
53:30with you?
53:30I am not flirting with you!
53:32No woman is ever
53:33gonna flirt with you!
53:34You're just gonna
53:34grow old and die alone!
53:36In her defense,
53:37Penny had been
53:37warding off Howard's
53:38crudeness for ages,
53:40while he showed
53:40no consideration
53:41for her feelings.
53:43Yes, Howard's feelings
53:44got hurt
53:44by her scathing remarks,
53:46but at least
53:46he finally got the message.
53:48Many fans believed
53:49this was a turning point
53:50for Howard Wolowitz,
53:51and he was better
53:52off for it.
53:54Yes, now he knows
53:55what bathtubs
53:55are capable of doing
53:56when you don't
53:57treat them with respect.
53:58And we have Penny
53:59and her barbed words
54:00to thank for that.
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54:17Number 1.
54:18Avenging Sheldon
54:19and Glenn the Battle Ostrich
54:22While the guys
54:23are often the primary targets
54:24of Penny's caustic tongue,
54:26they've also benefited from it.
54:27They took my battle ostrich.
54:30Oh no, not Glenn.
54:32Yes, Glenn.
54:34Only bird I ever loved.
54:37When Sheldon's
54:38World of Warcraft game
54:40gets hacked,
54:40they venture on
54:41an unsuccessful mission
54:42to retrieve
54:43the stolen virtual goods.
54:45I'm Sheldor of Azeroth.
54:47I want my things back.
54:48I don't think so.
54:49Let me see that.
54:50Careful,
54:51that's a collectible.
54:52I know.
54:53I've always wanted one.
54:58To add insult to injury,
55:00Leonard's car breaks down
55:01on the way home,
55:02so they call Penny
55:03to pick them up.
55:04She decides to show them
55:05how to get revenge
55:06Nebraska-style
55:07and confronts
55:08Sheldon's online nemesis.
55:09Todd Czarnecki was mean.
55:12All right, hang on.
55:14What are you doing?
55:15Gonna show you
55:16how we finish
55:17a quest in Nebraska.
55:19If Penny's words
55:21didn't sting,
55:21then her sharp kick
55:22most certainly did.
55:24We're not condoning
55:25violence, of course.
55:26Say what you will
55:27about Penny,
55:27but she knows
55:28how to get a job done.
55:29Well then, good news.
55:30Today's the day
55:31a girl's finally
55:32gonna touch you
55:32in your little
55:33special place.
55:38And give him
55:39his stuff back.
55:40And when she goes
55:41into savage beast mode,
55:42it's usually a bonus.
55:44Which savage Penny moment
55:45left you
55:46with a secondhand burn?
55:47Let us know
55:48in the comments.
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