7.24 The Status Quo Combustion

[Idle Miscreant]

Since I consider myself more of a Penny intellectually, maybe one of you can help clear up this episode title. Status quo means to keep the things the way they presently are, no change, nothing happens, right? So why would I waste my time on an episode (the season ending episode no less) where nothing happens and things remain the same? I'm confused. Is it me, or were the writers smoking something when coming up with a title.

Because of the COMBUSTION bit my dear Nutz. It is the obliteration, the nullification, the conflagration, indeed the COMBUSTION of the Status Quo. Things do not remain the same. The Status Quo COMBUSTS.

Tom Hanks has made a combustion here;

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Here, alternately, is a picture of the band Status Quo, apparently on fire.