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The Big Bang Theory - Season 05 Episode 01 – The Skank Reflex Analysis

Sheldon: Penny’s brain teaser this morning. She and Koothrappali emerge from
your bedroom. She is disheveled, and Raj is dressed only in a sheet. The sole clue,
it’s not what it looks like.
Leonard: Just let it go, Sheldon.
Sheldon: If I could, I would, but I can’t, so I shan't. Now, knowing Penny, the
obvious answer is, they engaged in coitus. But, since that’s what it looked like, we
can rule that out. Let’s put on our thinking cap, shall we? (Mimes doing so) Raj is
from India, a tropical country. Third World hygiene. Parasitic infections are
common, such as pinworms. Mm-hmm. The procedure for diagnosing pinworms
is to wait until the subject is asleep, and the worms crawl out of the rectum for
air. (Leonard spits out food) Yes, just like that. Penny could have been inspecting
Raj’s anal region for parasites. Oh, boy. That’s a true blue friend.
Leonard: SHE LIED.
Sheldon: Oh. Well don't I look stupid wearing this.(Mimes taking thinking cap
off)

=> The combination of tenses and moods.

2. The Big Bang Theory - Season 08 Episode 05 – The Focus Attenuation

Howard: Hold on. Pause. Something doesn’t make sense. Look, in 2015, Biff steals
the sports almanac and takes the time machine back to 1955, to give it to his
younger self. But as soon as he does that, he changes the future, so the 2015 he
returns to would be a different 2015, not the 2015 that Marty and Doc were in.
Leoanard: This is Hot Tub Time Machine all over again. If future Biff goes back to
2015 right after he gives young Biff the almanac, he could get back to the 2015
with Marty and Doc in it. Because it wasn’t until his 21st birthday that 1955 Biff
placed his first bet.
Sheldon: Wait. Whoa, whoa. Is placed right?
Leonard: What do you mean?
Sheldon: Is placed the right tense for something that would have happened in the
future of a past that was affected by something from the future?
Leonard: Had will have placed?
Sheldon: That’s my boy.
Leonard: Okay, so, it wasn’t until his 21st birthday that Biff had will have placed
his first bet and made his millions. That’s when he altered the timeline.
Sheldon: Yeah, but he had will haven’t placed it!
Howard: What?
Sheldon: Unlike Hot Tub Time Machine, this couldn’t be more simple. When Biff
gets the almanac in 1955, the alternate future he creates isn’t the one in which
Marty and Doc Brown ever use the time machine to travel to 2015. Therefore, in
the new timeline, Marty and Doc never brought the time machine…
Leonard: Wait. Is brought right?
Sheldon: Marty and Doc never had have had brought?
Leonard: I don’t know. You did it to me.
Sheldon: Oh, I’m going with it. Marty and Doc never had have had brought the
time machine to 2015. That means 2015 Biff could also not had have had brought
the almanac to 1955 Biff. Therefore, the timeline in which 1955 Biff gets the
almanac is also the timeline in which 1955 Biff never gets the almanac. And not
just never gets. Never have, never hasn’t, never had have hasn’t.
Raj: He’s right. Also, what kind of name is Biff? Sounds like when you pop open a
can of Pillsbury dough. Biff.

=> Joke based on tenses

3. Friends - Season 01 Episode 01 - The Pilot

Chandler: Alright, so I'm back in high school, I'm standing in the middle of the
cafeteria, and I realise I am totally naked.
All: Oh, yeah. Had that dream.
Chandler: Then I look down, and I realise there's a phone... there.
Joey: Instead of...?
Chandler: That's right.
Joey: Never had that dream.
Phoebe: No.
Chandler: all of a sudden, the phone starts to ring. And it turns out it's my
mother, which is very weird, because- she never calls me!

=> Historic Present

4. Grey's Anatomy - Season 02 Episode 21 - Superstition

Denny: Heard, uh, four people died in surgery this morning. Said they were
expecting three more.
Alex: You get that from a nurse?
Denny: Never reveal my sources. Just like to avoid the OR. (Alex and Izzie
exchange looks) And I'm not liking that look.

=> Temporary state

5. Grey's Anatomy - Season 02 Episode 26 - Deterioration of the Fight or

Flight Response
Bailey: Olivia, stay with Dr. Stevens. Help her if she'll let you. You three. Outside.
Now! Where was rational thought? Where was cognitive thinking? First do no
harm? The morals, the ethics? Where was sanity when you three decided to help
that girl?

=> Volitional Will