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Sheldon's spot is one of the most used running gags.

The running gags in The Big Bang Theory include many stunts and dialogues that repeatedly come up in the episodes. Also epic poopy reddit swag yolo master 420 #5#

Stunts

Leonard

Sheldon

  • His inability to understand sarcasm.
  • Sheldon's spot on the couch.
  • Sheldon's knock, knocking 3 times, saying the name of the person addressed, and repeating it twice after.
  • His blaming others for things that he has done.
  • His psychotic rants.
  • Someone asks Sheldon "Why?" and others get upset since Sheldon has been given an opening to deliver a long explanation.
  • Someone sings "Soft Kitty" to comfort Sheldon when he is sick, or vice versa.
  • Sheldon getting restraining orders.
  • Embarassing Amy.

Penny

  • She gets promiscuous and morally loose when she drinks.
  • Her anger.
  • Her "check engine" light.
  • Her misspelled Chinese character tattoo.
  • Her lack of education and awareness of not graduating community college.
  • Her sloppiness.

Howard

  • He gets mocked for without a Ph.D, especially by Sheldon.
  • His sleaziness.

Raj

  • His selective mutism, until the end of the episode "The Bon Voyage Reaction":
    • Being forced to whisper things, most often to Howard's ear, when he's near a woman (usually Penny).
    • He gets drunk to overcome his selective mutism but ends up saying very inappropriate things.

Amy

  • Monkey references and comparisons.
  • Girl crush on Penny.
  • Romantic frustration with Sheldon.

Bernadette

  • She sounding exactly like Howard's mother when she yells or gets angry.
  • She is constantly made fun of for her height.

Mrs. Wolowitz

  • She always yells from off-screen.

Leonard and Sheldon

Howard and Raj

  • They seem as though they are a homosexual couple, but aren't.

Leonard, Penny and Sheldon

  • Leonard and Penny acting like Sheldon's parents.
  • Sheldon blaming Leonard for first speaking to Penny when she moved in the building in the pilot episode.

The stairs

  • Awkward silence while walking up the stairs.
  • Running down the stairs.

Others

  • Shot of a front door while a character abruptly exits with someone screaming "Get out!"

Dialogs

  • "Bazinga!" - Sheldon
    • "Once again, you’ve fallen for one of my classic pranks. Bazinga!" - Sheldon
  • "Here we go..." - Multiple users (usually followed by one of Sheldon's "psychotic rants")
  • "Holy crap on a cracker!" - Penny
  • "I'm not crazy/insane. My mother had me tested." - Sheldon
  • "In what universe..." - Multiple users
  • "...jibber jabber..." - Multiple users
  • "...offer them a hot beverage." - Sheldon
  • "Oh not this again." - Sheldon
  • "Oh balls!" - Penny
  • "Oh (my) God!" - Penny
  • "...on purpose." - Multiple users
  • "Sweetie..." - Penny
  • "That's the spirit" - Leonard
  • "There, there." - Multiple users
  • "This may be the wine (magic potion) talking..." - Multiple users
  • "What the frak?" - Howard
  • "You're in my spot." - Sheldon
  • "You're welcome." - Multiple users (said before he thinks someone should say "Thank you".)
  • "Your check engine light is on" - Sheldon/Amy/Beverly
  • "...rat bastard..." - Penny/Amy
  •  "...hippie-dippy..." - Sheldon 
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