The Used Time Machine | The Big Bang Theory

“Talk about your chick magnet”
Season 1 Episode 14: The Nerdvana Annihilation
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[@PurpleFire18]

It's hilarious that they all unanimously agreed to do a ridiculous time sped up bit without telling each other about it first and Leonard doesn't question it at all and says that was fun, which gets everyone to agree without a hint of hesitation. True friend group goals there.

[@Littlebit1031]

That’s from the movie

[@user-jn7bq8wh1e]

​@@Littlebit1031yeah..but they're all in sync an didn't have to discuss what to do... #nerdgoals😅

[@shadowgodfray]

I'm just amazed that sheldon played along

[@killbot86]

How about the fact they discuss the travel to eachother like it is an actual real Time Machine without thinking the other person is being ridiculous…..

[@Frankie5Angels150]

Thanks. A bit is always funnier when the lowest common denominator explains it for everyone who already gets it.

[@NICKARRIOLA16]

This is by far one of their most nerdiest moments EVER!!!!! Act like that the time is actually speeding up is priceless!!!!! Its pure nerd fan commitment!!!!!

[@xavierrobinson808]

They can say what they want, but that wasn't a waste of money.

[@MangaSlayer102]

Agreed it looks like fun

[@brandenhauser1635]

How much was it again? 800 dollars? Money well spent.

[@juantsu2000]

Lmao yes it was. That shit is so big there’s no room for it anywhere. They had to get rid of it at the end of the episode.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

The "time lapse" was the hardest I laughed in the first season 😂

[@takumicardona1877]

2:52 Bugs when you lift the rock they're under.😂🤣

[@paulromsky9527]

You missed the scene where Penny comes in and says, "...It looks like something that Elton John would drive through the Everglades."

[@LukeKetchum7003]

Sheldon was right! Penny was being such a hypocrite!

[@paulromsky9527]

@@LukeKetchum7003 Yes, but it does look kinda of like those flat bottom fan powered boats that are used to navigate through the Everglades. Remember the TV show "Gentle Ben"? kzbin.info/www/bejne/emmrpmeOl5ujY5Ysi=9I9u7rzV7EYjvYAM

[@russelconor8704]

one of the best storylines in the Big Bang history. Sheldon's imagination is awesome!

[@jessedellross3245]

The early seasons of this show had a special magic to them 2:50 top 5 best scene in the show

[@DomWeasel]

When they were making jokes like this referencing classic sci-fi films and such than when it was just another generic relationships sitcom. Kind of like how Friends was at its best when they were all just friends hanging out.

[@thierryminet9682]

My best scene remains the Bakersfield comic con when Howard the Borg, Lenny JL Picard and Sheldon Data get their car stolen and they end up in a road side dinner🤣🤣🤣that was epic

[@Omega_X_Factor]

2:44 To this day, I remember busting a gut seeing this for the first time!

[@nicbentulan]

'thrilla adjacent to the amygdala' edit: i'm from the philippines

[@TheIllusiveMan11]

2:33 Fun Fact: According to the Star Trek Guide given to writers for the original series, Stardates are completely arbitrary numbers with no consistent system in place to have them correspond to actual dates. Even in TNG, the first number of the stardate simply meant what century, the second number was what season of the show it was and the remaining numbers progressed unevenly. So it's pretty much impossible to determine the exact of an event in Star Trek using just the Star Date. It's why in things like Voyager they don't say 'the treaty was signed in stardate blah blah', they give an actual year.

[@thomasraines1396]

The Big Bang Theory doesn’t go to deeply into the facts of what they reference, they’ve gotten quite a few things outright wrong.

[@paulrandig]

Talk about nerds... *grin*

[@HeeBeeGeeBee392]

Yes, that's a metajoke on us wannabe nerds at our expense. The character Sheldon should obviously know that fact and so would the others, but so did the writers, who are übernerds. When you first spot the error, you feel a smug glow of inner nerdiness and then you suddenly realise you're being mocked.

[@TheIllusiveMan11]

@@HeeBeeGeeBee392 Perhaps or, hear me out, maybe the writers don't actually know what they're talking about just made them sound super smart so the audience could laugh at them

[@HeeBeeGeeBee392]

@@TheIllusiveMan11 Maybe so, or perhaps the writers were just so much smarter than you and me. However, the writers on Futurama are smarter still.

[@fredWaxBeans11111]

True nerds, and fans of the 1960 movie will notice that Leonard pulls the lever backward, 2:48 which means he's actually traveling into the past. All four of them would, of course know this. Surprised the writers didn't catch that, and/or director let it go.😄

[@anuugoo]

They're cute acting as if time is actually runnin' 😂

[@eric-ty3yn]

One of the best sitcoms ever. If not the best.

[@jch12341]

Poor Sheldon. He had a nightmare within a nightmare.

[@Demon-ft1th]

Funny enough, but I live in a nightmare, so I have nightmares in that nightmare along with a bigger nightmare

[@Bosco-gets-it-right]

Oh, so apparently you got the most obvious joke ever..congrats...

[@matthiasneidenberger9471]

Where was the second nightmare? All I saw was one nightmare, and a dream where two unassuming movers come to courteously help them remove their Time Machine. Not sure why they named their company “Starving Morlocks” though.

[@blu3collar949]

The only problem is that the original time machine did not start the wheel in the back spinning by pulling on the crystal handle. There was a secondary switch that was used off camera during the movie.

[@GamerplayerWT]

“Talk about your chick magnets.” Yeah. Sure thing, Howard. Hahahaha!

[@juanayon5128]

Howard always thought he could get anyone because he was something else.

[@scottbuckley823]

Having seen the time machine I've got to say it was a pretty good movie

[@MangaSlayer102]

Same

[@irondasgr]

what's the movie?

[@main.ignisha]

​@@irondasgr _The Time Machine_ (2002 film)

[@chrisc6857]

@@main.ignisha In context, they were probably referring to the 1960 version. (Since that's the machine seen in the video.)

[@scottbuckley823]

@@main.ignisha no thhe 60's version although the 2002 version wasn't bad/

[@shanekilpatrick3378]

A nightmare within a nightmare. Kudos to Captain Picard, beginning of First Contact 👍🏻

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Gotta admit, coolest nerds

[@eleanorhogan8643]

Nerds are the best, fellow nerd here.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

@@eleanorhogan8643 same here buddy

[@eleanorhogan8643]

@@КГБКолДжорджКостанца Good.

[@gamingcraftgaming101]

imagine if that time machine truly worked i would own that in a heartbeat

[@Gazpacho834]

The downside is there is no guarantee that you will land on earth but in the cold dark vast emptiness of space

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

Also, going back into time and reverting mistakes only works if the mistakes just happened.

[@peterstoric6560]

Depending upon n how time travel actually worked it would either the amazing or beyond terrifying

[@wisteela]

The Back To The Future LED display colours were based on the lamps.

[@OldTrekkiesince1966]

Except!!!!! To go forward in time, one pushes the lever away from one. To go back in time, one pulls it toward one. They were operating it backwards!!!!! (I saw the movie the year it came out, I was 12. I memorized it on the first watching. Almost.)

[@Shadow_wo1f05]

I like how Sheldon said eat him lol

[@davidwood2387]

The time only moves in time , they are 4 stories up . When they go back or forward in time , the building may not be there . Down they go .

[@thestain8004]

Worse than that. If it doesn't move in space that would mean you'd wind up in space since our solar system is constantly moving through space. You would literally have to move through time and space if you wanted to travel through time and wind up at the same location relative to earth

[@nyx_raven]

The morlocks gave me the nightmares for over a month after the first time I read the book. I was scared to hell and back by them… 😅

[@scuffediceposeidon9178]

The fast forward part is 100% the Sims

[@AutoRevLife]

I love how these guys are sci-fi fans as big as i am! 😁

[@yrenekurtz5268]

They lived in the 4th floor, right? So, the building wouldn't exist and the machine would fall some thirty feet to the ground! You are not thinking fourth dimensionally, Sheldon!

[@RicktheCrofter]

Not to mention the Earth wouldn’t be in the same place.

[@justplainbill100]

Sorry Gang. The Time Machine in this episode is a replica not the original from The Time Machine (1960). The original is owned by film collector Bob Burns who declined the use of it for the show. Still, Looks Pretty Cool. 😊

[@kinggudako1635]

Why does it feel like it was the guys in the morlock suits

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

It makes sense. There are three Morlocks when Sheldon is alone in the future in the first dream, but only two when Leonard is with him in the living room in the second dream.

[@stephenking5852]

So Alexander Graham Bell’s wife could never have used his invention?

[@eleanorhogan8643]

Probably not.

[@NoosaHeads]

In not ashamed to admit that i almost peed myself laughing.

[@vrgamer3371]

Its awesome when actually act like friends

[@Luisalonzo88]

2:53 NO WAY DUDE, NO WAY!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ReaverLordTonus]

UNACCEPTABLE! The time machine didn't allow you to input a destination time, you moved forwards or backwards in time by moving the lever. The more you move it the faster you'll go. Also the lever's idle position is in the middle, not all the way forward. I know they're not really nerds in real life but this show seriously needed a consultant.

[@CartoonMitchell]

You're right on all counts

[@CatoNumbla]

they had science consultants, maybe not the 'consultants' on nerd culture

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

Considering they got the dates Star Trek TOS was supposed to take place by sole 4 decades it's not the biggest gaffe here.

[@BX-advocate]

I respect the nerd correction.

[@cchavezjr7]

Starving Morloks, freaking brilliant lol

[@wyldebill4178]

Of course he dreams he’s having a dream.

[@user-lv5zz7wv6l]

2:51 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tonnialinnen9995]

LOL! 😂

[@michaelpeets7261]

BOYS 😂 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheStarTrekApologist]

I can not believe they made the mistake set the dial to a time. This Time Machine doesn't work way

[@markdodson8570]

Why do most time machines take reference from Medievil 2’s Time Machine?!

[@hugoeliseu9750]

I am not shure but i think there was a movie/book that medievil took inspiration

[@Rockhound6165]

Let's see. Medievil 2 came out in 2000. HG Wells wrote the book The Time Machine in 1895 and the original movie, which is where this particular time machine is from, came out in 1960. Now I wonder who referenced who?

[@markdodson8570]

@@Rockhound6165 okay, okay! I'm not a book reader, I saw medievil 2 first and then I saw Phineas and Ferb second and then I saw this video third, I did not know that this time machine actually existed.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@markdodson8570 but you felt the need to sound off about it. Interesting.

[@davidmccoyjr8147]

4:33 a nightmare within a nightmare.

[@Moose__-xk8zz]

Inception!

[@karenlbellmont6560]

I loved the movie with Rod Taylor. Morlock's scared me as a kiddo.

[@Jonatan._Photographer]

2:52 😂😂😂😂

[@tonnialinnen9995]

LOL! 😆

[@shoresean1237]

I love that movie...except for the fact that they blew up the world in 1966, the year I was born. I wonder if the version from 'Time After Time' has ever been reproduced on a fan-level.

[@3koupen]

after many years i realized Sheldon's smile in 3:13.I think this is the only time he smiles like a normal human.

[@AffinityPhoto]

If it goes back in time but not in space, they’d arrive in empty space.

[@twizzian]

The problem is, you have to push the stick forwards for the future not pull backwards, like in the movie

[@PamelaJ-v9y]

Why didn't Penny just use the back stairs?! All apartment buildings have them!

[@matiaspereira9382]

I watched this episode again just today!

[@kazuma88kiryu]

It's cool and all, but how do they get the time machine into the room ? Do they disassemble it first ?

[@gabrield.8999]

And this machine also appears in the movie Gremlins at the Engineering Convention !!

[@AbareKillerFan-yo7pe]

This was the very first episode I watched from TBBT

[@bman3794]

They can share this but fight over The One Ring?

[@BoomGoesMaximus]

The One Ring was the actual prop used in the movies and was easy to move and hide. This was a replica that they couldn't move without each others' help anyway.

[@willjohnboy]

Ah classic big bang theory before they turned it into friends nerd edition

[@charliepotatoes001]

Although that would have been an awesome crossover. Perhaps Joey turing a convention to promote a Sci-Fi movie he starred in once? (Lost in Space)

[@MMCUSN]

Dan Monroe / Movies, Music and Monsters has a video about the Time Machine prop that is worth viewing.

[@larasemerad2605]

I saw the original Time machine from the movie at the Air and Space Museum.

[@Doctor180185]

Two things - One, this is the dorkiest they've ever been! Two, lever goes forward for future

[@ArniItsOnlyArnab]

Starving Morlocks😅😅😅

[@por22ito]

I thought the morlocks would be Howard and Raj in disguise at first

[@JacobPatrick1]

" That was fun. "

[@adrianrowden8266]

Pulling the level backwards on that device goes back in time, not forward. Nerd Alert...

[@nolan1732]

We can all agree those morlocks are scary though right.

[@BelmontClan]

It just needed the old school movie music

[@ThePriceIsNeverRight]

I forgot the time machine movie title please someone remind me my head hurts

[@ThePriceIsNeverRight]

I was thinking too hard it's literally called "the time machine"

[@raimohoft1236]

​@@ThePriceIsNeverRight😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤪🤪🤪

[@Julieber1]

What I wanna know is how they got that time machine in their apartment. That thing is bigger than the door. 😂😂😂😂 😂

[@jonos138]

Hilarious....but on another nerdy note. They used the time machine wrong. The leaver stays centre you push the lever forward to go forward in time and back to go back. 😂 The disk was originally supposed to spin in both directions, but budget prevented it. It practically got trashed over the years, and was discovered in a thrift shop, where it was rescued and repaired.

[@LPRpgler25]

Andjelkovic Dennis: die „Zeit Maschine“ für das boruto Netzwerk Oder Mann nennt das auch Hypnose

[@aaronalkor]

Isn’t this the Time Machine from Phineas and Ferb?

[@jdpoison1986]

May be the geek in me, but they are running the controls wrong. Move the stick forward for the future, move the stick to go to the past. Devil is in the details.

[@CatoNumbla]

@ReaverLordTonus they had science consultants, maybe not the 'consultants' on the entire nerd culture

[@nicktroisi6347]

I love this episode

[@CIS101]

Never followed this show, but I heard about this episode. Not bad.

[@davemustaki134]

How'd they get it through the door?

[@TNTspaz]

Weirdly. The show joked about it but roleplaying has actually kind of went mainsteam since this show came out lol. DnD podcasts are bigger than some mainstream networks

[@walterfristoe4643]

If the time machine doesn't move in space, then Leonard would end up in deep space somewhere, not Pasadena. 🤣

[@ReaverLordTonus]

That is correct, Temporal displacement has to take into account spacial drift. HG Wells' Time Sled however does address this problem by remaining anchored to its location, likely locking onto earth's core via its magnetic field. That's why it doesn't just teleport to a destination time, it has to move in all 4 dimensions at once to reach it.

[@walterfristoe4643]

I see. I was unaware of that aspect of the time machine.

[@raimohoft1236]

Time machines of that type interconnects and locks with the local gravitation well or the 4./5. dimensional shadow of the dominant local gravitation spot/web (in this case... planet Earth). 🤗🤗🤗😎😎😎😜😜😜

[@mariarahelvarnhagen2729]

i think it clicks

[@0manoscar]

How did they get that up the stairs?

[@karenlbellmont6560]

I wouldn't move an antique!!!

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

I wonder how many time travel toys they actually have?

[@willn8664]

Maybe it's just me but when I think of Morlocks I think of those group of mutants from X-men.

[@animeviewer3829]

If they want to collect video games, comic books, toys, and nerd stuff, let them

[@Autistic_Gallant-92.]

But only 2 things they DON’T collect, they’re music 🎶 and movies 🎥.

[@matthiasneidenberger9471]

What morlocks? All I saw were two hardworking movers.

[@nicbentulan]

Part1 - Dear TBBT please post the clip about this: -What's up buttercup? -What's the word hummingbird? -What's the gist physicist? Penny asked those to Sheldon in that chair episode 'The Infestation Hypothesis'. --- Part2 Also readers, now you make up more stuff eg: - What's the question mathematician? - What's cooking good looking? - What's happening later alligator? - What's unclear engineer? - What's the blur philosopher? - What's the best chess? - What's the best 9LX? --- Part3 More from chatgpt: - **What's the scoop, group?** - **What's the beat, elite?** - **What's the plan, fan?** - **What's the tale, snail?** - **What's the crack, pack?** - **What's the vibe, tribe?** - **What's the scoop, loop?** - **What's the wave, rave?** - **What's the buzz, fuzz?** - **What's the score, more?** - **What's the charm, arm?** - **What's the spark, lark?** - **What's the story, glory?** - **What's the deal, appeal?** - **What's the word, bird?** (Hahaha family guy!) --- Part4 Also professions! - **What's the rhyme chime?**: This could refer to a poet or lyricist who specializes in creating rhymes and poetic verses. They have a knack for finding words that sound alike and create a harmonious rhythm when spoken or sung. - **What's the beat treat?**: This could refer to a music producer or DJ who is skilled at creating catchy beats and enjoyable music compositions. They have a talent for crafting rhythms and melodies that captivate listeners. - **What's the pen zen?**: This could refer to a writer or author who has a calm and focused approach to their writing process. They find tranquility and peace of mind when putting pen to paper, allowing their creativity to flow effortlessly. - **What's the flow pro?**: This could refer to a skilled rapper or spoken word artist who has an exceptional ability to deliver smooth and rhythmic verses. They have mastered the art of maintaining a steady flow and cadence in their performances. - **What's the groove move?**: This could refer to a professional dancer who excels at moving with style and rhythm. They have a natural ability to find the groove and express themselves through their dance movements. - **What's the strum thumb?**: This could refer to a talented guitarist who has developed a dexterous and skilled technique when strumming the strings. They can create beautiful melodies and rhythms with their nimble fingers. - **What's the sketch fetch?**: This could refer to a skilled illustrator or artist who has a knack for quickly sketching or drawing captivating images. They can effortlessly bring ideas to life with their artistic abilities.

[@walterfristoe4643]

What's the word, nerd? 🤓

[@walterfristoe4643]

What's scootin' Newton?

[@walterfristoe4643]

What's the zig, zag?

[@walterfristoe4643]

What's the news, Tom Cruise?

[@walterfristoe4643]

Where's the fire, sire?

[@RightBoyKA-POW]

I remember when I first watched this, I thought the time machine was going to actually work and stuff, then it was just pretend. Still cool though.

[@j.m.m.g.6105]

Time is just a numerical system, which allows us to see how matter-energy degrades or moves. Time is independent of space and therefore, space is not affected by what time does, the space that is near the Moon, for example, has not been altered since the creation of the Universe. Given this disconnection between space and time, it is impossible to travel back in time. We do not travel forward in time, what we do is simply account for how energy and matter change with respect to themselves; We say that a day passed, but that is not true, what happened was that we counted how the sun went from one point to another and went to a new state with respect to itself. Space is curved by the interaction of energy-matter, but space to be able to interact with matter-energy, and matter-energy to be able to interact with space, must have properties that are dependent; but they must also have independent properties, one from another. This implies the impossibility and inability of time travel; since to "go back in time", we would have to have matter-energy-space be one thing; And it is not like that. Worse still, traveling backwards implies having a photograph of every atom in the universe and that implies having stored multiplications of the same universe, which is useless and redundant for the same universe. And even more so, it implies the problem of resurrecting what is already dead, since what was alive yesterday may not be alive today.

[@worldpeacefang]

True friends 😂

[@Stanf954]

Hot Tub Time Machine

[@teamsonicchannel4400]

It would have been cheaper and much smaller to get a tardis

[@Rockhound6165]

Which they did. As a photobooth.

[@chuumon95]

What happened to the machine in the end? I think they should’ve given it to the comic book shop they go to, it would’ve been a good attraction for it.

[@TheShawna1]

I think it was rebuilt around 1993 and borrowed from its owner for this show

[@KnaveryX]

This is my favorite scene 😂

[@DRT-81]

that soundboard laughter is terrible.

[@Rpol_404]

Best scene ever!

[@shawnmichaelduncan5951]

How did they get thatup five e flights of stairs.

[@Autistic_Gallant-92.]

How would they react if he got a DeLorean instead? 🤭

[@FantometteBR]

Wonderful

[@jaysonawane7948]

Which episode is this ?

[@BuilderMinerYT]

Season 1 Episode 4

[@jjohnson71958]

looks like the time machine from medievil for the psx

[@raimohoft1236]

It's exactly the time machine from the movie "'The Time Machine" from 1960. 🤗

[@ubergeek1968]

Yet, all of them eventually got laid... totally unrealistic

[@guyver3662]

4:34

[@kimmathis1945]

2:22