The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Bakersfield Expedition (2013)

Kaley Cuoco: Penny

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• Penny : [Referring to Amy and Bernadette's argument that if another superhero picks up Thor while he's picking up the hammer, then that superhero is picking up the hammer]  Okay, wait. If I pick up a guy at a bar, and then he picks up another girl and we all leave together, did I pick up the girl?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : [Hopefully]  Did that actually happen?

  Penny : [Avoiding the question]  Hey, are we talking about me or are we talking about Thor?

• Amy Farrah Fowler : [arguing with Penny and Bernadette about a comic book]  It says right here on the hammer "Whoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor."

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Well, hold on. Who decides who's worthy? Does the hammer decide?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : [simultaneously with Penny]  No.

  Penny : Yes.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : It can't decide. It's a hammer.

  Penny : You said it's a magic hammer.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Yeah, but it... it can't make decisions.

  Penny : If Harry Potter's wand can make decisions, why can't Thor's hammer?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Okay, if you're gonna start comparing wands and hammers, I can't even take you seriously.

• Stuart : Let's see. Well, you got your basic clean good guys, Superman, Spiderman, Captain America. Then you have your darker anti-heroes, your Batman, your Wolverine, Punisher.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Oh, I do love a bad boy.

  Penny : As evidence by your boyfriend and his fear of hamsters.

• Bernadette Rostenkowski : [Amy, Bernadette, and Penny enter the comic store the guys often go to, and every male stops what they're doing and stares at them in shock] 

  [Obviously uncomfortable] 

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Why are they staring?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Who cares? Just soak it in.

  [Then starts walking around, moving her hair from over her ear, then says the next line as if she were a 1940s girl talking to sailors] 

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Hello boys.

  Stuart Bloom : [Comes out of the back room and sees the girls]  Oh, hey.

  [Then notices all the guys looking at them] 

  Stuart Bloom : Would you please stop staring? They're just girls. It's nothing you haven't seen in movies or in drawings.

  Penny : Hey Stuart.

  Stuart Bloom : Well, what brings you girls here?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : We were looking for a recommendation about comic books.

  Stuart Bloom : Oh, well, I recommend you don't open a store and sell them.

  Penny : No, we were wondering why the guys like the stuff so much, so we thought we'd give it a try.

  Stuart Bloom : [as he speaks the next line, some of the customers start looking at the girls again]  Oh ok, well what do you think you might be in to? Superheroes? Fantasy? Graphic novels? Manga?

  [Turns on the others without taking a breath] 

  Stuart Bloom : I swear I will turn a hose on you!

  [They scatter] 

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : What kind of comics do the guys like?

  Stuart Bloom : Um, a little bit of everything. Mostly superhero stuff.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Alright, well who's the best superhero?

  Stuart Bloom : [Frantically]  Shhhh! You can't ask a question like that in here? Are you trying to start a rumble?

  Penny : Well, what do you recommend?

  Stuart Bloom : Oh, well um, you got your basic clean-cut good guys, like Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America, then you got your darker "anti-heroes", like Batman, Wolverine, Punisher.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Oooo, I do love a bad boy.

  Penny : [Matter-of-factly]  As evidenced by your boyfriend and his fear of hamsters.

  Stuart Bloom : [Presenting a comic]  If I were you, I'd go for Fables #1. The artwork is sophisticated, it's intelligently written, and it doesn't objectify or stereotype women.

  Penny : [Distracted by another comic]  Oooo, Thor! He's hot!

  Stuart Bloom : Yeah, he kind of is.

• [first lines] 

  Leonard Hofstadter : Hey, will you steam my uniform next?

  Sheldon Cooper : Yeah, uh, interesting. Do you recall this conversation? "Leonard, want to go halvesies on a steamer?" "No, Sheldon we don't need a steamer." Looks like that rumpled chicken's come home to roost.

  Penny : [Comes in]  Hi, here are the makeup sponges you asked for.

  Leonard Hofstadter : Oh, thanks. I thought I had more.

  Penny : [Looks in his makeup case, which he had just opened]  Damn, you've got more makeup than I do. You got better makeup than I do.

  [Takes something] 

  Penny : Yeah, I'm borrowing this.

  Leonard Hofstadter : [Gently takes it back from her]  Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, this is my Comic-Con makeup. I love you, but there are some things a man doesn't share with his girlfriend.

  Sheldon Cooper : That's a wise policy. I once borrowed my sister's makeup for a costume contest, got a terrible case of pinkeye. Yeah, but luckily I was going as a zombie; I won second place.

  Penny : I feel like you guys just went to Comic-Con.

  Leonard Hofstadter : That was San Diego Comic-Con; this is Bakersfield Comic-Con.

  Penny : Is that better?

  Leonard Hofstadter : Mm, it's a lot smaller. It's more about the comics books, the way these conventions used to be before they went all Hollywood.

  Sheldon Cooper : So to answer your question, no, it's not better.

  Penny : Well then why are you going?

  Sheldon Cooper : It's a comic book convention. Like pizza or particle accelerators even the stinky ones, still pretty good.

• Penny : Ah, the best! You have booze with breakfast on a Tuesday you got a problem. You do it on a weekend you got brunch.

• Amy Farrah Fowler : You can't pick something up in outer space. In space, there is no up.

  Penny : Oh, yeah? Then how does the sun come up every day?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Hard to argue with those kind of street smarts.