Top 30 one-word TV catchphrases ...
After the movies, let's start another a new quotes-related series of polls dedicated to TV shows and series.
Which TV show featured the most memorable one-word catchphrase?
NOTE : Only words included, even unintelligible, but not just a sound or a scream, and not expressions made of the same repeated word like Ha-ha, Bam-Bam or Nanu-Nanu, these ones will probably make it into the next list)
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Which TV show featured the most memorable one-word catchphrase?
NOTE : Only words included, even unintelligible, but not just a sound or a scream, and not expressions made of the same repeated word like Ha-ha, Bam-Bam or Nanu-Nanu, these ones will probably make it into the next list)
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- CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield."D'oh!" (Homer Simpson)
Honorable mentions :
"Excellent" (Mr. Burns)
"Hi-diddily-ho!" (Ned Flanders)
"Ha!" (Edna Krabapel)
"WhaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAATTT!" (Moe Syslack)
"Yaaay!" (Rodd and Todd)
"Skinner!" (Superintendent Gary Chalmers)
"Glavin" (Professor John Frink) - CreatorCarter BaysCraig ThomasStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersA father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother."Le-gen-da-ry" (Barney Stinson)
- CreatorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsAlan ReedMel BlancJean Vander PylThe misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles."Yaba-dabba-doo!" (Fred Flintstone)
- CreatorJoe RubyKen SpearsJoseph BarberaStarsDon MessickCasey KasemNicole JaffeA group of teenage friends and their Great Dane (Scooby-Doo) travel in a bright green van solving strange and hilarious mysteries, while returning from or going to a regular teenage function."Scooby-dooby-doo" (Scooby Doo)
Honorable mentions :
"Jinkies!" (Velma Dinkley)
"Zoinks!" (Shaggy Rogers) - CreatorGarry MarshallStarsRon HowardHenry WinklerMarion RossThe Cunningham family live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie."Aaay!" (Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli)
- CreatorKevin EastmanPeter LairdDavid WiseStarsCam ClarkeBarry GordonRob PaulsenThe pizza-loving, shell-busting mutant turtles Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo, with the guidance of their Sensei Master Splinter, face fierce enemies, save humanity from extinction and battle against life-altering mutations."Cowabunga!" (Michelangelo)
- CreatorChuck LorreBill PradyStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley CuocoA woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory."Bazinga!" (Sheldon Cooper)
- StarsRoss BagdasarianShepard MenkenJune ForayFollowing the incredible popularity of the novelty record "The Chipmunk Song", this animated series about the singing rodents was created. Manager David Seville spends his days taking care of his young chipmunk charges, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, as they regularly get into one type of trouble after another. Included in each episode was a cartoon featuring inventor Clyde Crashcup and his assistant, Leonardo."ALVIIIIN !!!" (David 'Dave' Seville)
- CreatorSeth MacFarlaneDavid ZuckermanStarsAlex BorsteinSeth MacFarlaneSeth GreenIn a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strives to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another."Giggity!" (Glenn Quagmire)
- CreatorMitchell HurwitzStarsJason BatemanMichael CeraPortia de RossiLevel-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable."Her?" (Michael Bluth)
- CreatorMike EvansNorman LearEric MonteStarsJa'net DuBoisRalph CarterBernNadette StanisA poor family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects."Dy-no-mite!" (Jimmie Walker)
- CreatorTrey ParkerMatt StoneBrian GradenStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneIsaac HayesFollows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado."Mm'kay?" (Mr Mackey)
Honorable mention :
"TIMMAAAY!" (Timmy) - CreatorJoe GlaubergGarry MarshallDale McRavenStarsRobin WilliamsPam DawberRalph JamesA wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same."Shazbot!" (Mork)
- StarsMaurice LaMarcheRob PaulsenTress MacNeillePinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in the research facility. Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feeble-minded. In each episode, Brain devises a new plan to take over the world."Narf!" (Pinky)
- CreatorSacha Baron CohenStarsSacha Baron CohenT.N.T. CrewSteve EllingtonSacha Baron Cohen provides an inimitable mix of global reportage and celebrity chat via his characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev and Brüno Gehard."Booyakasha!" (Ali G)
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyIn the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets."Energize" (Captain Kirk)
- CreatorDon ReoStarsMayim BialikJenna von OÿJoey LawrenceA teenage girl living in a house run by men dreams what life would be like if she lived in a more conventional family."Whoa!" (Joseph 'Joey' Russo)
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before."Engage" (Captain Picard)
- CreatorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsGeorge O'HanlonJanet WaldoMel BlancThe misadventures of a futuristic family."Ruh-roh!" (Astro)
- CreatorNorman LearStarsCarroll O'ConnorJean StapletonRob ReinerA working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day."Stifle!" (Archie Bunker)
- CreatorJames BurrowsGlen CharlesLes CharlesStarsTed DansonRhea PerlmanJohn RatzenbergerThe regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name."Norm!" (all the gang)
- CreatorLorne MichaelsStarsThe Saturday Night Live BandDon PardoDarrell HammondA famous guest host stars in parodies and sketches created by the cast of this witty show."Schwing!" (Wayne and Garth)
Honorable mentions :
"Reaaally?!" (Amy and Seth) - CreatorTina FeyStarsTina FeyAlec BaldwinTracy MorganLiz Lemon, head writer of the sketch-comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star while trying to run a successful television show without losing her mind."Blerg!" (Liz Lemon)
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsJeffrey LieberDamon LindelofStarsJorge GarciaJosh HollowayYunjin KimThe survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island."Dude" (Hurley)
- CreatorLowell GanzGarry MarshallMark RothmanStarsPenny MarshallCindy WilliamsDavid L. LanderThe misadventures of two single women in the 1950s and '60s."Hello!" (Laverne and Shirley)
- CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future."Bitch!" (Jessie Pinkman)
- StarsEmeril LagasseTodd WarnerMalina MoyeEmeril Lagasse takes cooking to a whole new level preparing delicious food with a live band and special guests try the food. BAM!"Bam!" (Emeril Lagasse)
- CreatorMark BrazillBonnie TurnerTerry TurnerStarsTopher GraceLaura PreponMila KunisA comedy revolving around a group of teenage friends, their mishaps, and their coming of age, set in 1970s Wisconsin."Dumbass" (Red Forman)
- StarsDermot MorganArdal O'HanlonFrank KellyThree misfit priests and their housekeeper live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland that it seems to be."Drink!" (Father Jack Hackett)
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenClyde WareStarsJames ArnessMilburn StoneAmanda BlakeMarshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City."Tarnation" (Festus)