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Top 30 one-word TV catchphrases ...

by ElMaruecan82 • Created 10 years ago • Modified 10 years ago
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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  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)

    1. The Simpsons

    1989– 848 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.6 (454K)
    The satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
    CreatorsJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightJulie Kavner
    "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)
  • Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Josh Radnor, and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

    2. How I Met Your Mother

    2005–2014208 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.3 (760K)
    A father recounts to his children the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
    CreatorsCarter BaysCraig ThomasStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie Smulders
    "Le-gen-da-ry" (Barney Stinson)
  • Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Don Messick, Alan Reed, and Jean Vander Pyl in The Flintstones (1960)

    3. The Flintstones

    1960–1966167 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.5 (43K)
    The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
    CreatorsJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsAlan ReedMel BlancJean Vander Pyl
    "Yaba-dabba-doo!" (Fred Flintstone)
  • Stefanianna Christopherson, Nicole Jaffe, Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Heather North, and Frank Welker in Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969)

    4. Scooby Doo, Where Are You!

    1969–197841 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.9 (45K)
    A 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.
    CreatorsJoe RubyKen SpearsJoseph BarberaStarsDon MessickCasey KasemNicole Jaffe
    "Scooby-dooby-doo" (Scooby Doo)

    Honorable mentions :
    "Jinkies!" (Velma Dinkley)
    "Zoinks!" (Shaggy Rogers)
  • Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)

    5. Happy Days

    1974–1984255 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.4 (22K)
    In Milwaukee Wisconsin, hardware store owner Howard Cunningham, his wife Marion, and their children Richard and Joanie live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie.
    CreatorGarry MarshallStarsRon HowardHenry WinklerMarion Ross
    "Aaay!" (Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli)
  • Greg Berg, Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Barry Gordon, Rob Paulsen, and Hal Rayle in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)

    6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    1987–1996193 epsTV-Y7TV Series
    7.9 (39K)
    The 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.
    CreatorsPeter LairdDavid WiseFred WolfStarsCam ClarkeBarry GordonRob Paulsen
    "Cowabunga!" (Michelangelo)
  • Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, Melissa Rauch, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

    7. The Big Bang Theory

    2007–2019279 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.1 (909K)
    Aspiring film actress Penny moves into a Pasadena apartment across the hall from brilliant, but socially awkward, physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter and shows them how little they know about life outside of the lab.
    CreatorsChuck LorreBill PradyStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley Cuoco
    "Bazinga!" (Sheldon Cooper)
  • The Alvin Show (1961)

    8. The Alvin Show

    1961–196226 epsTV-GTV Series
    6.9 (350)
    Following 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.
    StarsRoss BagdasarianShepard MenkenJune Foray
    "ALVIIIIN !!!" (David 'Dave' Seville)
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)

    9. Family Guy

    1999– 503 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.1 (378K)
    In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strives to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
    CreatorsSeth MacFarlaneDavid ZuckermanStarsSeth MacFarlaneAlex BorsteinSeth Green
    "Giggity!" (Glenn Quagmire)
  • Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, and Alia Shawkat in Arrested Development (2003)

    10. Arrested Development

    2003–201984 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.6 (335K)
    Level-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.
    CreatorMitchell HurwitzStarsJason BatemanMichael CeraPortia de Rossi
    "Her?" (Michael Bluth)
  • John Amos, Ralph Carter, Ja'net DuBois, Esther Rolle, BernNadette Stanis, and Jimmie 'JJ' Walker in Good Times (1974)

    11. Good Times

    1974–1979133 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.4 (8.9K)
    A poor African-American family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.
    CreatorsMike EvansNorman LearEric MonteStarsJa'net DuBoisRalph CarterBernNadette Stanis
    "Dy-no-mite!" (Jimmie Walker)
  • Matt Stone and Trey Parker in South Park (1997)

    12. South Park

    1997– 328 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (423K)
    Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
    CreatorsTrey ParkerMatt StoneBrian GradenStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneIsaac Hayes
    "Mm'kay?" (Mr Mackey)

    Honorable mention :
    "TIMMAAAY!" (Timmy)
  • Robin Williams and Pam Dawber in Mork & Mindy (1978)

    13. Mork & Mindy

    1978–198294 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.2 (13K)
    A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.
    CreatorsJoe GlaubergGarry MarshallDale McRavenStarsRobin WilliamsPam DawberRalph James
    "Shazbot!" (Mork)
  • Pinky and the Brain (1995)

    14. Pinky and the Brain

    1995–199865 epsTV-YTV Series
    7.8 (34K)
    Pinky and the Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who live in Acme Labs. The Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feeble-minded. In each episode, the Brain devises a new plan to take over the world.
    StarsMaurice LaMarcheRob PaulsenTress MacNeille
    "Narf!" (Pinky)
  • Sacha Baron Cohen in Da Ali G Show (2000)

    15. Da Ali G Show

    2000–200418 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.0 (19K)
    Sacha Baron Cohen provides an inimitable mix of global reportage and celebrity chat via his characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev and Brüno Gehard.
    CreatorSacha Baron CohenStarsSacha Baron CohenSteve EllingtonT.N.T. Crew
    "Booyakasha!" (Ali G)
  • Star Trek (1966)

    16. Star Trek

    1966–196980 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.4 (97K)
    In 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.
    CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest Kelley
    "Energize" (Captain Kirk)
  • Jenna von Oÿ, Joey Lawrence, Mayim Bialik, Michael Stoyanov, and Ted Wass in Blossom (1990)

    17. Blossom

    1990–1995114 epsTV-PGTV Series
    6.1 (9.8K)
    A teenage girl living in a house run by men dreams what life would be like if she lived in a more conventional family.
    CreatorDon ReoStarsMayim BialikJenna von OÿJoey Lawrence
    "Whoa!" (Joseph 'Joey' Russo)
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

    18. Star Trek: The Next Generation

    1987–1994176 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.7 (144K)
    Set 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.
    CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan Frakes
    "Engage" (Captain Picard)
  • Daws Butler, Don Messick, George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Jean Vander Pyl, and Janet Waldo in The Jetsons (1962)

    19. The Jetsons

    1962–196375 epsTV-Y7TV Series
    7.0 (25K)
    The misadventures of a futuristic family.
    CreatorsJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsGeorge O'HanlonJanet WaldoMel Blanc
    "Ruh-roh!" (Astro)
  • Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Carroll O'Connor, and Jean Stapleton in All in the Family (1971)

    20. All in the Family

    1971–1979207 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.4 (20K)
    A working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
    CreatorNorman LearStarsCarroll O'ConnorJean StapletonRob Reiner
    "Stifle!" (Archie Bunker)
  • Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)

    21. Cheers

    1982–1993270 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.0 (65K)
    The 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.
    CreatorsJames BurrowsGlen CharlesLes CharlesStarsTed DansonRhea PerlmanJohn Ratzenberger
    "Norm!" (all the gang)
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)

    22. Saturday Night Live

    1975– 990 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.0 (56K)
    Actors, comedians and artists get together to perform short, hilarious skits on current, intelligent and at times ridiculous topics.
    CreatorLorne MichaelsStarsThe Saturday Night Live BandDon PardoDarrell Hammond
    "Schwing!" (Wayne and Garth)

    Honorable mentions :
    "Reaaally?!" (Amy and Seth)
  • Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, and Jack McBrayer in 30 Rock (2006)

    23. 30 Rock

    2006–2013139 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.3 (135K)
    Liz 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.
    CreatorTina FeyStarsTina FeyAlec BaldwinTracy Morgan
    "Blerg!" (Liz Lemon)
  • Naveen Andrews, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Daniel Dae Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O'Quinn, Harold Perrineau, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Watros, Maggie Grace, and Evangeline Lilly in Lost (2004)

    24. Lost

    2004–2010121 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.3 (643K)
    The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.
    CreatorsJ.J. AbramsJeffrey LieberDamon LindelofStarsJorge GarciaJosh HollowayYunjin Kim
    "Dude" (Hurley)
  • Laverne & Shirley (1976)

    25. Laverne & Shirley

    1976–1983178 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.0 (9.3K)
    The misadventures of two single women in the 1950s and '60s.
    CreatorsLowell GanzGarry MarshallMark RothmanStarsPenny MarshallCindy WilliamsDavid L. Lander
    "Hello!" (Laverne and Shirley)

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