63 Light Bulb Jokes: 2008 – The Dark Knight Rises

In 2008, pop culture went into “serious” mode. Christopher Nolan introduced us to a dark Batman, Marvel opened its universe with the first Iron Man, and the world went wild for the Twilight saga. It was the year the App Store began turning our phones into command centers, and Lady Gaga made everyone want “Poker Face.” The humor of 2008 is epic, cinematic, and steeped in the atmosphere of early smartphones.

The 2008 Top 10: Blockbuster Brilliance

The Joker: “Why so serious? I’m just trying to turn the lights on!”
The Iron Man: None. Jarvis already changed the bulb, upgraded the socket to a clean energy Arc Reactor, and sent the bill to Pepper Potts.
The Edward Cullen: None. He doesn’t need a light bulb; he sparkles enough in the dark to illuminate the whole room.
The Bella Swan: She doesn’t change it. She just trips over the ladder and waits for a vampire to catch her.
The Lady Gaga Fan: One, but the bulb is made of mirrors and they have to wear a dress made of raw steak while screwing it in.
The App Store Early Adopter: “There’s an app for that! Oh wait, it just turns my screen white and calls it a ‘flashlight’.”
The WALL-E: One, but it takes him 700 years and he falls in love with the old, burnt-out bulb first.
The Kung Fu Panda: “There is no secret ingredient to the light… it’s just a 60-watt bulb.”
The Barack Obama Supporter: “Yes We Can… change this bulb!”
The Katy Perry Fan: “You’re hot then you’re cold… you’re lit then you’re out.”

The Full 2008 Archive (Extended List)

The Britney Spears (Circus) Fan: “All eyes on me in the center of the… dark room.”
The Breaking Bad Fan: “I am the one who knocks! …Mostly because I can’t see the doorbell in the dark.”
The Cloverfield Filmmaker: One, but the footage is so shaky you can’t tell if the bulb is actually in.
The Indiana Jones (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) Fan: One, but they have to hide in a fridge to survive the light turning on.
The Mario Kart Wii Player: One, but they get hit by a Blue Shell right before they reach the socket.
The Fallout 3 Player: One, but they need a Repair skill of 50 and some Scrap Metal.
The GTA IV Player: “Niko! It’s your cousin Roman! Let’s go bowling in the dark!”
The Kanye West (808s & Heartbreak) Fan: One, but the bulb sounds like it’s crying through an Auto-Tune filter.
The Beyoncé (Single Ladies) Fan: “If you liked it, then you should have put a bulb in it!”
The Coldplay (Viva La Vida) Fan: “I used to rule the world… bulbs would rise when I gave the word.”
The Gossip Girl Fan: “Spotted: Dan Humphrey changing a bulb in Brooklyn. How lonely. XOXO.”
The “Hancock” Hero: One, but he breaks the ceiling, the ladder, and the fridge while doing it.
The Mamma Mia! Fan: “Mamma Mia, here I go again… My my, how can I resist the 75-watt?”
The Bolt (Disney) Fan: He thinks the bulb is a super-weapon, but it’s just a normal household item.
The Scientist: “We’ve started the Large Hadron Collider, can we please fix the flickering in the breakroom?”
The Librarian: “Darkness is just a silent movie with no subtitles.”
The Gym Teacher: “I don’t care if it’s dark, keep running until I hear the floor squeak!”
The Chef: “I’ll change it, but it needs to be infused with hickory smoke.”
The Optimist: “Now I have the perfect lighting for a spooky story!”
The Pessimist: “The bulb is out. It’s a metaphor for the global economy.”
The Pro-Wrestler: One, but they have to hit the old bulb with a ‘Chokeslam’ through a table.
The Detective: “The bulb was unscrewed… the butler did it in the library with the candlestick.”
The Tourist: “Is this the same bulb that was in the ‘Iron Man’ movie?”
The Reality Producer: “Can we make the bulb-changing feel more like a ‘Real Housewives’ argument?”
The Bodybuilder: “I’m not changing the bulb, I’m ‘testing the structural integrity’ of the ladder.”
The Sailor: “A room without light is just a ship without a compass.”
The Poet: “The filament’s glow was a brief sonnet in a world of prose.”
The Bus Driver: “Step behind the white line! I can’t see your faces but I can see your attitudes!”
The Ghost: “I liked the old bulb. It had more ‘paranormal’ activity.”
The 2008 Legend: One, but they do it while wearing a ‘snood’ scarf and a cardigan.
The Starbucks Fan: “I’ll have a Venti-Watt, skinny, with a pump of vanilla.”
The America’s Next Top Model: One, but they have to walk the ladder like a runway.
The Panic! At The Disco Fan: “I chime in with a ‘Haven’t you people ever heard of… closing the goddamn circuit?!'”
The Flo Rida Fan: “Low, low, low, low… that’s where the light is.”
The Adele (19) Fan: “I’ll find someone like you… a bulb that actually works.”
The Jason Mraz Fan: “I’m yours… and so is this spare bulb.”
The Spore Player: One, but the bulb evolved from a single-celled organism into a lamp.
The Mirror’s Edge Runner: One, but they have to parkour across the rooftops to get to the store.
The Dead Space Player: None. If the lights go out, just start cutting off the limbs of the furniture.
The High School Musical 3 Fan: “It’s our graduation! (And the last time we’ll change a bulb together).”
The Step Brothers Fan: “Did we just become best light bulb changing friends? YEP!”
The Pineapple Express Fan: “This bulb is, like, the rarest wattage ever, man.”
The Taken Dad: “I don’t know who you are. But I will find you, and I will screw you in.”
The Slumdog Millionaire: One, and it’s the final answer!
The Gran Torino Guy: “Get off my lawn and change that bulb.”
The Madagascar 2 Fan: “I like to move it, move it! (The bulb, into the socket).”
The T-Pain Fan: One, but the bulb is auto-tuned to a high C.
The Kings of Leon Fan: “Your sex is on fire… but my light bulb is out.”
The MGMT Fan: “Control yourself… and the light switch.”
The Taylor Swift (Fearless) Fan: “You belong with me… and this 60-watt.”
The Twilight Fan (Team Jacob): “Who needs a bulb when you can just be shirtlessly warm in the dark?”
The iPhone 3G Owner: One, but the bulb now has GPS and is much faster.
The 2008 Trendsetter: One, but they do it while wearing shutter shades and a belt with a giant buckle.