64 Light Bulb Jokes: 2009 – The Blue Avatar Glow

In 2009, the world went 3D. We were all obsessed with the glowing forests of Pandora, learning the “Single Ladies” dance, and witnessing the birth of the “social gaming” era with FarmVille. It was the year the King of Pop took his final bow, Lady Gaga became a global icon with “Bad Romance,” and we started using our phones to fling birds at green pigs. The humor of 2009 is cinematic, viral, and filled with a mix of tribute and tech-mania.

The 2009 Top 10: Digital & Cinematic Peak

1. The Avatar (Na’vi): They don’t change the bulb; they just plug their hair into a bioluminescent tree and the whole forest lights up.
2. The Angry Birds Player: One, but they have to use a giant slingshot to launch the bulb into the socket.
3. The Michael Jackson Fan: None. The King of Pop is gone, so the stage is dark, but the moonwalk continues in our hearts.
4. The FarmVille Farmer: One, but they have to wait 24 hours for the bulb to “harvest” or pay 5 Farm-Cash to speed it up.
5. The Lady Gaga (Bad Romance) Fan: “Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-roma-ma! Want your bad light bulb!”
6. The Black Eyed Peas Fan: “I gotta feeling… that tonight’s gonna be a dark night.”
7. The Kanye West (VMA Edition): “Yo, I’m happy for you, I’mma let you finish changing that bulb, but Beyoncé had one of the best light fixtures of all time!”
8. The Glee Club: Thirteen. One to change it and twelve to sing a mash-up of “Don’t Stop Believin'” while doing jazz hands.
9. The Minecraft Player (Alpha): One, but they have to craft a torch out of coal and a stick because they haven’t found redstone yet.
10. The Hangover Crew: None. They wake up in a dark room with a tiger, a baby, and no memory of where the light bulb went.

The Full 2009 Archive (Extended List)

11. The Justin Bieber (Baby) Fan: “Baby, baby, baby, oh! I thought the light would always be mine!”
12. The New Moon (Twilight) Fan: One, but they spend the whole time staring out a window in a moody montage because the bulb left them.
13. The Up (Pixar) Fan: One, but they attach 10,000 balloons to the lamp and fly it to South America.
14. The Paul Blart: Mall Cop: One, but they do it while falling off a Segway.
15. The Modern Family Dad: One (Phil Dunphy), but he’ll turn it into a “Phil-osophy” about how light is just darkness that hasn’t tried hard enough.
16. The Parks and Rec Employee: Ron Swanson: “I’ll do it myself. I don’t trust the government to provide me with adequate wattage.”
17. The Uncharted 2 Player: One, but they have to hang off a train dangling over a cliff to reach the socket.
18. The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Player: “Remember, no darkness.”
19. The Twitter User: “The bulb is out. 140 characters isn’t enough to describe the void. #darkness #fixit #failwhale”
20. The Bitcoin Miner (Early): One, but they’re using the light bulb’s electricity to mine a digital coin that’s currently worth nothing.
21. The Jersey Shore Roommate: “Gym, Tan, Light Bulbs! We’re going to the boardwalk, let’s go!”
22. The Slumdog Millionaire Fan: “A: The Switch, B: The Fuse, C: The Bulb, D: Destiny.”
23. The District 9 Alien: “Fookin’ light bulbs!”
24. The Sherlock (BBC) Fan: One, and he’s already figured out who broke it just by looking at the dust on the floor.
25. The Owl City Fan: “I’d get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs… because the bulb is out.”
26. The Ke$ha Fan: “Wake up in the morning feelin’ like P. Diddy… grab my glasses, I’m out the door, I’m gonna hit this city… but it’s dark.”
27. The Scientist: “We’ve found water on the Moon, but I still have to stand on a chair to fix this?”
28. The Librarian: “Silent reading only. The darkness is a metaphor for an unread book.”
29. The Gym Teacher: “Run toward the light! If you can’t see it, run faster!”
30. The Chef: “I’ll change it, but only if it’s molecularly gastronomy-approved.”
31. The Optimist: “Perfect lighting for a game of hide and seek!”
32. The Pessimist: “The bulb is a symbol of my fading youth.”
33. The Pro-Wrestler: One, but they have to hit the bulb with a ‘619’ off the ladder.
34. The Detective: “The bulb was clearly unscrewed… the motive was shadows.”
35. The Tourist: “Is this the famous ‘Green Light’ from The Great Gatsby?”
36. The Reality Producer: “Can we get the bulb to have a breakdown in the confessional?”
37. The Bodybuilder: “I’m not changing it, I’m ‘testing the resistance’ of the air.”
38. The Sailor: “A dark cabin is just a submarine without the water.”
39. The Poet: “The filament’s ghost is a memory of a star.”
40. The Bus Driver: “Step behind the line! I can’t see the passengers, but I can hear the gossip!”
41. The Ghost: “I liked the old bulb. It flickered in the key of ‘Boo’.”
42. The 2009 Legend: One, but they do it while wearing a ‘shutter shades’ and a ‘Snuggie’.
43. The Starbucks Fan: “I’ll have a Venti-Watt, triple-shot, extra bright.”
44. The America’s Next Top Model: One, but they have to ‘smize’ so hard the room glows.
45. The Panic! At The Disco Fan: “I chime in with a ‘Haven’t you people ever heard of… closing the goddamn circuit?!'”
46. The Kings of Leon Fan: “Use somebody… to help me reach the socket.”
47. The Drake (So Far Gone) Fan: “I’m just saying, you could do better… than that 40-watt bulb.”
48. The David After Dentist Kid: “Is this real life? Why is there two bulbs?!”
49. The Balloon Boy Dad: They don’t change the bulb; they just tell the news it flew away in a giant silver balloon.
50. The Susan Boyle Fan: You shouldn’t judge a bulb by its dusty exterior—it might have a beautiful glow.
51. The Zombieland Survivor: “Rule #1: Cardio. You gotta be fast to change a bulb before the zombies get you.”
52. The Star Trek (Reboot) Fan: One, but it’s a younger, lens-flare-filled version of the old bulb.
53. The Paranormal Activity Director: They don’t change the bulb; they just leave a camera on it for 90 minutes and hope it moves.
54. The Fantastic Mr. Fox: One, and he does it with a “Click-Click” whistle sound.
55. The 2012 (Movie) Fan: “The world is ending in three years! Who cares about the light?!”
56. The Inglorious Basterds Fan: “I think this might just be my masterpiece… of lighting.”
57. The Bruno Fan: One, but the bulb has to be “fashionable” and Austrian.
58. The 17 Again Fan: None. They just wake up and find out the bulb is 20 years younger.
59. The Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Fan: One, but the bulb is actually a giant cheeseburger.
60. The Coraline Fan: One, but the new bulb has buttons for eyes.
61. The He’s Just Not That Into You Fan: “He’s just not that into… your lighting.”
62. The Precious Fan: One, but the bulb is a miracle.
63. The Blind Side Fan: One, but they protect the blind side of the ladder.
64. The 2009 Trendsetter: One, but they do it while wearing a scarf in the middle of summer and a “Free Hugs” t-shirt.