All the 'Big Bang Theory' episode titles, ranked

The Big Bang Theory has officially reached 200 episodes. Let that sink in a while -- it's no small feat.  

There are so many ways to honor this TV show's legacy, but one of the least appreciated things about this show over the years has been its crazy attention to detail -- from its set to its running jokes, down to its episode titles. 

Yes, in case you haven't noticed, this show has a lot of fun with its episode titles -- they always have a science bent and much like the Friends episode titles, they never really break that tradition. (Well, except once; you'll see.) 

So we decided to rank them. Just keep in mind as you scroll through, unlike these brilliant characters, we're not scientists. There is no real method to our madness. 

In case you ever decide to take on a similar task, however, be warned: ranking 200 episode titles may, in fact, cause a little instability. 

200. "Pilot"-- Let's just get that out of the way.

199. "The Skank Reflex Analysis" - Ugh, that word.

198. "The Friendship Turbulence"- The least creative ones get weeded out first. Sorry, we need some rules.

197. "The Vacation Solution"

196. "The Peanut Reaction"

195. "The Engagement Reaction"

194. "The Grasshopper Experiment" -- Leave the animals alone.

193. "The Gorilla Experiment"

192. "The Mommy Observation"

191. "The Thanksgiving Decoupling"

190. "The Boyfriend Complexity"

189. "The Closure Alternative"

188. "The Closet Reconfiguration"

187. "The Beta Test Initiation"

186. "The Nerdvana Annihilation" - Leave the nerds alone.

185. "The Hook-Up Reverberation"

184. "The Rothman Disintegration" -- Ones based on non-main character names get points off.

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183. "The Zarnecki Incursion"

182. "The Wheaton Recurrence"

181. "The Loobenfeld Decay"

180. "The Plimpton Stimulation"

179. "The Higgs Boson Observation"

178. "The Bozeman Reaction" -- ...so do random locations.

177. "The Intimacy Acceleration"

176. "The Bakersfield Expedition"

175. "The Euclid Alternative"

174. "The Gothowitz Deviation"

173. "The Occupation Recalibration"

172. "The Hesitation Ramification"

171. "The Cooper–Nowitzki Theorem" -- And no, it doesn't help to attach a main character's name with it.

170. "The Date Night Variable"

169. "The Septum Deviation"

168. "The Einstein Approximation" 

167. "The Parking Spot Escalation"

166. "The Expedition Approximation"

165. "The Maternal Capacitance" -- Lots o' mommy issues.

164. "The Maternal Combustion"

163. "The Maternal Congruence"

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162. "The Hofstadter Isotope"

161. "The Romance Resonance"

160. "The Focus Attenuation"

159. "The Commitment Determination"

158. "The Hofstadter Insufficiency"

157. "The Vengeance Formulation" -- This is getting hard...

156. "The Transporter Malfunction" -- (...that's what she said)

155. "The Positive Negative Reaction" -- "Reactions" are such a title cop-out now that I think about it.

154. "The Bon Voyage Reaction"

153. "The Russian Rocket Reaction"

152. "The Junior Professor Solution" -- So are "solutions."

151. "The Pirate Solution"

150. "The Robotic Manipulation"

149. "The Decoupling Fluctuation"

148. "The Psychic Vortex"

147. "The Stag Convergence"

146. "The Werewolf Transformation"

145. "The Prestidigitation Approximation"

144. "The Sales Call Sublimation"

143. "The Jerusalem Duality"

142. "The Anything Can Happen Recurrence"

141. "The Status Quo Combustion"

140. "The Workplace Proximity"

139. "The Tenure Turbulence"

138. "The Friendship Contraction" -- Spoiler: Not the show's best use of the word "friendship" in the title.

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137. "The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation"

136. "The Cohabitation Formulation"

135. "The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition"

134. "The Roommate Transmogrification"

133. "The Tangible Affection Proof"

132. "The Shiksa Indeterminacy"/"The Pork Chop Indeterminacy"

131. "The Countdown Reflection"

130. "The Griffin Equivalency"-- This one really should have been a direct reference to Sheldon's terrifying smile.

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129. "The Relationship Diremption"

128. "The Launch Acceleration"

127. "The Convention Conundrum"

126. "The Proton Resurgence" -- Any title referring to the great professor Proton deserves to at least be this high.

125. "The Herb Garden Germination"

124. "The Discovery Dissipation"

123. "The Jiminy Conjecture"

122. "The Monster Isolation"

121. "The Proton Transmogrification"

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120. "The Isolation Permutation"

119. "The Financial Permeability"

118. "The Prom Equivalency"

117. "The Barbarian Sublimation"

116. "The Indecision Amalgamation"

115. "The Deception Verification"

114. "The Infestation Hypothesis"

113. "The Wildebeest Implementation"

112. "The Toast Derivation"

111. "The Monopolar Expedition"

110. "The Empathy Optimization"

109. "The Extract Obliteration"

108. "The Graduation Transmission"

107. "The Colonization Application"

106. "The Large Hadron Collision"

105. "The Precious Fragmentation"

104. "The Matrimonial Momentum"

103. "The Cooper/Kripke Inversion"

102. "The First Pitch Insufficiency"

101. "The Champagne Reflection"

100. "The Table Polarization" -- Halfway point, folks.

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99. "The Tangerine Factor"

98. "The Thespian Catalyst"

97. "The Speckerman Recurrence"

96. "The Dumpling Paradox"-- We're getting to the good stuff.

95. "The Hawking Excitation" -- Prepare for excitation.

94. "The Opening Night Excitation"

93. "The Holographic Excitation"

92. "The Lunar Excitation"

91. "The Bat Jar Conjecture"

90. "The Clean Room Infiltration"

89. "The Cooper Extraction"

88. "The Benefactor Factor" -- 100 bonus points for word play.

87. "The Guitarist Amplification" -- See above.

86. "The Recombination Hypothesis"

85. "The Agreement Dissection"

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84. "The Rhinitis Revelation"

83. "The Love Car Displacement"

82. "The Pants Alternative"

81. "The Pancake Batter Anomaly"

80. "The Desperation Emanation"

79. "The Clean Room Infiltration"

78. "The Communication Deterioration"

77. "The Mystery Date Observation"

76. "The Habitation Configuration"

75. "The Classified Materials Turbulence"

74. "The Bad Fish Paradigm"

73. "The Fortification Implementation"

72. "The Excelsior Acquisition"

71. "The Re-Entry Minimization"

70. "The Cornhusker Vortex"

69. "The Adhesive Duck Deficiency"

68. "The Leftover Thermalization"

67. "The Codpiece Topology"

66. "The Space Probe Disintegration"

65. "The Misinterpretation Agitation"

64. "The Locomotive Manipulation" -- I don't think I've ever been disappointed with an episode that's had a reference to a train in the title.

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63. "The Weekend Vortex"

62. "The Valentino Submergence"

61. "The Killer Robot Instability"

60. "The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization"

59. "The Proton Displacement"

58. "The Contractual Obligation Implementation"

57. "The 43 Peculiarity"

56. "The Staircase Implementation"

55. "The Spaghetti Catalyst"

54. "The Helium Insufficiency"

53. "The Work Song Nanocluster"

52. "The Big Bran Hypothesis"

51. "The Middle-Earth Paradigm"

50. "The Panty Piñata Polarization"

49. "The 2003 Approximation"

48. "The Luminous Fish Effect"

47. "The Separation Oscillation"

46. "The Fish Guts Displacement"

45. "The Scavenger Vortex"

44. "The White Asparagus Triangulation"

43. "The Locomotion Interruption"

42. "The Comic Book Store Regeneration"

41. "The Irish Pub Formulation"

40. "The Zazzy Substitution"

39. "The Bus Pants Utilization"

38. "The Vegas Renormalization" -- I didn't set out to rank the episodes, but some of the best ones do actually have the most creative titles.

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37. "The Terminator Decoupling"

36. "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary"

35. "The Good Guy Fluctuation"

34. "The Gorilla Dissolution"

33. "The Hamburger Postulate"

32. "The Fuzzy Boots Corollary"

31. "The Ornithophobia Diffusion"

30. "The Troll Manifestation"

29. "The Itchy Brain Simulation"

28. "The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition"

27. "The Skywalker Incursion"

26. "The Justice League Recombination"

25. "The 21-Second Excitation"

24. "The Santa Simulation"

23. "The Hot Troll Deviation"

22. "The Anxiety Optimization"

21. "The Wiggly Finger Catalyst"

20. "The Raiders Minimization"

19. "The Egg Salad Equivalency"

18. "The Bachelor Party Corrosion"

17. "The Spoiler Alert Segmentation"

16. "The Cushion Saturation"

15. "The Alien Parasite Hypothesis"

14. "The Love Spell Potential"

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13. "The Meemaw Materialization"

12. "The Celebration Experimentation" (Episode 200) 

11. "The Earworm Reverberation"

10. "The Pulled Groin Extrapolation"

9. "The Apology Insufficiency"

8. "The Perspiration Implementation"

7. "The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification"

6. "The Platonic Permutation"

5. "The Spock Resonance"

4. "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" -- Perhaps it's my memories of this episode coming into influence, but this is a great title.

3. "The Shiny Trinket Maneuver"

2. "The Lizard–Spock Expansion"

1. "The Friendship Algorithm"-- Easy pick here, because it produced this glorious slice of truth that will stay with us for another 200 episodes.

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