Ryan Gosling in Pop Culture

The staff here at the YHWiki has the pleasure of saying that we knew Ryan Gosling way back when... but there's something nice about Ryan becoming a household name and getting name-dropped in popular culture. Here's a collection of popular culture places where the Gosling name has popped up.

"The Big Bang Theory"

"The Big Bang Theory" on IMDb

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Penny: So you're saying if I became a famous movie star, we got married, you wouldn't sign a pre-nup?

Leonard: Absolutely not! If I'm gonna be stuck at home with the kids while you're on location cheating on me with Ryan Gosling... then Leonard's gots to get paid.

- Season 5, Episode 16 - "The Vacation Solution"

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Raj: I both hate you and want to be you. This is Ryan Gosling all over again.
- Season 6, Episode 12 - "The Egg Salad Equivalency"

"Good Witch"

"Good Witch" on IMDb

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"Well, I love the Heritage Festival."

"And the run?"
"Mmm, 'bout the only way you could get me to love a 10k run is if you put Ryan Gosling at the finish line."

- Season 1, Episode 2 - "Running Scared"

"Grace and Frankie"

"Grace and Frankie" on IMDb

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Grace: Your chair arrived.

Robert: Oh my god, they said it was going to take six weeks - it took two days! When does that happen?
Robert: It's a joke. Between me and Sol. A private joke.
Grace: Now you get a sense of humor?
~*~
Grace: If anybody is gonna sit on Ryan Gosling's face, it's gonna be me!
~*~
Grace: Cialis?
Frankie: Sol's.
Grace: Ooh! I think I peed a little on Ryan Gosling.

- Season 1, Episode 1 - "The End"

"Hijinks Ensue"

"Hijinks Ensue" Official Website

Panel 1: I finally got around to seeing Ryan Gosling's new movie. For a film called "Drive", it only looks like this for about 10% of the time.

Panel 2: 88% of the film looks like this.
Panel 3: Then BAM! out of nowhere, the other 2% takes the Knife Train straight to Throat Town.

- 10/03/2011 comic "Far Beyond Driven"

"How I Met Your Mother"

"How I Met Your Mother" on IMDb

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Lily: Wow Ted, you did this all yourself?

Ted: Just like Ryan Gosling in The Notebook.....it's pretty manly til I mention Ryan Gosling in The Notebook, huh.
Lily: Even I haven't seen it, Ted.

- Season 8, Episode 24 - "Something New"

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Robin: Excuse me, hi. I'm Ryan Gosling's personal assistant. He saw you as you were walking in, and he sent me over to tell you to wait here. Be cool. This is real, okay? But listen, Ryan is super shy.

Girl: Aw...
Robin: I know. Which means that if he comes in here and he sees you talking to some other guy, he's gonna turn right around and leave. Nod if you understand.
Robin: Redhead at the bar.
Barney: Challenge accepted.
Barney: Hey, there.
Girl: Get away from me!
[...]
Girl: Do not come any closer! I swear to God I will kill you.
Barney: It's cool. I'm not gonna come any closer. You're looking at the door, you're waiting for someone. Someone important, someone who will fill an empty space in your life. A movie star? Ah-huh. But which one? Clooney, DiCaprio, Zabka...? No... I'm gonna go with Ryan... Reyn... Phil-Phillip... Seacr... Gosling... Ryan Gosling!
Girl: Yes, I'm waiting for Ryan Gosling, okay? Now, leave me alone.
Barney: You passed my test, girl.
Girl: Ryan?
Robin: No. Just... no.
Barney: I told her I'm a method actor. And I had to get plastic surgery for an upcoming role where I play a man much more handsome than myself.

- Season 9, Episode 9 - "Platonish"

"Key and Peele"

"Key and Peele" on IMDB

Jordan Peele: You guys like, uh, you guys like Ryan Gosling?

Audience: [cheering]
Jordan Peele: But yeah, but dude does not act, though.
Keegan-Michael Key: No, that's the thing...
Jordan Peele: He does not act. He's not doing anything.
Keegan-Michael Key: That's his secret, is he's got- he uses the Kuleshov Effect. That's the thing.
Jordan Peele: Kulesh-what?
Keegan-Michael Key: The Kuleshov Effect. It just means that he doesn't have-- Like, all you have to know is what the movie's about, and then he just has to look like this, and then you think he's thinking that. That's his gift. You know, it's like you know "In a world where a man loses his father" and then it's just his face going [blank stare] And then you go, "Oh, man, Ryan Gosling is sad."
Jordan Peele: [female voice] Mm, fucking hot. I don't care how he acts. He can make all the non-faces he wants.

- Season 2, Episode 7 - "Victory"

"Lost Girl"

"Lost Girl" on IMDB

Trick: First step? Any water we find, we dump it.

Kenzi: No way! If I find some, I'm pouring it all over Ryan Gosling's beautiful melon!

- Season 2, Episode 18 - "Fae-nted Love"

"Parks and Recreation"

"Parks and Recreation" on IMDB

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Leslie Knope: So when we're thinking of prospective sweethearts, we need to think of people who are attractive and smart and kind. [picture of Ryan Gosling flashes on the screen]
- Season 4, Episode 14 - "Operation Ann"

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Ann Perkins: How about my Oh-no-no's for you? You make me see terrible movies, and then you talk through them. You put 20-inch rims on your Volkswagen Golf. And you insist on being introduced as the brown Gosling.

Tom Haverford: Everything you just said makes me like me more.

- Season 4, Episode 16 - "Sweet Sixteen"

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Tom Haverford: Not to mention in the last month alone three people have confused me for a shorter, Indian Ryan Gosling.
- Season 5, Episode 7 - "Leslie vs. April"

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Ben Wyatt: Congratulations. You have won the award for Best Man.

Tom Haverford: Full disclosure: I voted for Ryan Gosling, but you came in a close second.

- Season 5, Episode 10 - "Two Parties"

Ann Perkins: I guess it would have to be Channing Tatum's body, Ryan Gosling's face, and Michael Fassbender's sense of humor. What about you? Build your perfect guy.
- Season 5, Episode 16 - "Bailout"

"Robot Chicken"

"Robot Chicken" on IMDB

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Scorpion customer: Hi, is my jacket ready? [scoffs] This is Ryan Reynolds. I asked for Ryan Gosling!

Scorpion shopkeeper: This is a convoluted joke, anyway. Just take the jacket and get the [bleep] out of here.

- Season 6, Episode 14 - "Papercut to Aorta"

"The Most Popular Girls in School"

"The Most Popular Girls in School" on YouTube

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Mackenzie Zales: Did you just walk in here with Jonathan Getslinhaumer?

Brittnay Matthews: You'd be surprised how much we have in common. We both hate the football team and we love Ryan Gosling movies.

- Season 2, Episode 18 - "Atchison"

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[Movie poster in the background reads "Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal"]

Tristan McKie: So uh... so-so what are you and your little lady friend here to see?
Jonathan Getslinhaumer: The new Ryan Gosling movie.
Tristan McKie: Oh, that's nice. Which one?
Jonathan Getslinhaumer: I don't know, I stopped reading after the "Ryan Gosling" part. Does it matter?
Tristan McKie: No, sweetie. Not to you. Not. To. You.

- Season 2, Episode 23 - "Date Night"

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[As Brittnay Matthews walks away]

Tanner Christiansen: I have got to say, Jonathan, that's quite the beard you've got there.
Jonathan Getslinhaumer: Ah, thanks! I haven't shaved in a few weeks.
Tanner Christiansen: Uh...
Jonathan Getslinhaumer: I'm going for a Gosling.
Tristan McKie: Oh, aren't we all, honey?

- Season 2, Episode 23 - "Date Night"

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Brittnay Matthews: Hey, Than? I just happen to have some tickets to the Palazzo 16 Cinema's Ryan Gosling marathon.

Jonathan Getslinhaumer: GosCon? You got tickets to GosCon? They've been sold out for weeks!
Brittnay Matthews: Mmmhmm.
Jonathan Getslinhaumer: What the hell are we waiting for? If we go now, we can still catch "Remember the Titans"!
Brittnay Matthews: Uh, I don't know if I'm going to go, actually.
Jonathan Getslinhaumer: Oh, come on!
Brittnay Matthews: Nah. It doesn't really sound all that fun.
Jonathan Getslinhaumer: Not that fun?! They're gonna have the actual towel from "Crazy, Stupid, Love".
Brittnay Matthews: Tell you what. Why don't you come back in about an hour with some Gatorade for all of us?
Jonathan Getslinhaumer: Yeah, all right, what are you guys thinking? Glacier Freeze? Riptide Rush? You know what? You know what - I'll just get both. Don't worry, ladies! This one's on Than today. God, I really hope they play that one episode of "Are You Afraid Of The Dark" he was on.

- Season 3, Episode 43 - "New Uniforms"

"Worsted For Wear"

"Worsted For Wear" Official Website

Panel 1:

JOANN: I'm headed out to go bowling with Penny. See you later, Cam!
CAM: Hrgrphmrphrm...

Panel 2:
PENNY: You ready to head out?
JOANN: I dunno...Cam's pretty depressed. I feel bad leaving her.

Panel 3:
PENNY: Hey, Cam, do you want to just do a girl's night in tonight?
JOANN: No, no. We don't want to do that. She'll just end up watching-

Panel 4:
PENNY: "The Notebook?"
JOANN: It loses its luster after the fiftieth time you see it.
CAM: RYAN GOSLING! RYAN GOSLING!

- 01/28/2013 comic "A Change of Plans"

Panel 1:

CAM: Fact: Ryan Gosling is gorgeous. Fact: he's a knitter! Fact: his name also means "baby goose" and those are adorable.

Panel 2:
CAM: It's settled: he's the perfect guy.
JOANN: Eh, not for me.

Panel 3:
PENNY: Plus, he's actually a good actor!
JOANN: Wasn't he in "Young Hercules?" Tell me you don't love him so much you own THAT.

Panel 4:
CAM: (embarrassed) That one's just for the REALLY lonely nights.

- 01/29/2013 comic "Just the Stats" - includes a mention of Young Hercules!

"WTF News"

"WTF News" on YouTube

Destery: Studies indicate that 5 out of 4 women who look at Alex from Target get instantly wet. Oh god. Apparently it's called "The Ryan Gosling Effect".
- "IS *ALEX FROM TARGET* FAKE?!!"