What is the best TV catchphrase of all time?

Two words, three syllables, or one strangled grunt. The shortest lines on television turned out to be the stickiest.

1

D'oh!

Homer Simpson's grunt of self-inflicted disaster, now an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.

2

How you doin'?

Joey Tribbiani's pickup line on Friends, delivered with one raised eyebrow.

3

Heeeere's Johnny!

Ed McMahon's nightly introduction of Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show for thirty years.

4

Ayyyy!

The Fonz's thumbs-up approval on Happy Days, 1970s shorthand for cool.

5

Yada yada yada

Seinfeld's way of skipping the boring middle of any story, and sometimes the important part.

6

No soup for you!

The Soup Nazi's verdict on anyone who orders incorrectly in his Seinfeld kitchen.

7

Dyn-o-mite!

J.J. Evans' full-body exclamation on Good Times, usable in any situation.

8

Live long and prosper

Spock's Vulcan farewell from Star Trek, complete with the split-finger salute.

9

Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?

Arnold Jackson's baffled reply to his brother on Diff'rent Strokes.

10

That's what she said

Michael Scott's compulsive innuendo, the most quoted line from The Office.

11

Legen—wait for it—dary

Barney Stinson's stretched superlative on How I Met Your Mother.

12

Winter is coming

House Stark's words on Game of Thrones, and a warning repeated for eight seasons.

13

Nanu Nanu

Mork's alien greeting from Mork & Mindy, delivered by Robin Williams with a hand twist.

14

Book 'em, Danno

Steve McGarrett's order at the end of every Hawaii Five-O case.