ya know, the first time i really heard 'uber' being used was in the episode "Home" of Xfiles:

MULDER: "Well, just find yourself a man with a spotless genetic make-up and a really high tolerance for being second-guessed and start pumping out the little Uber-Scullies."

Tis my uber-memory. :)

jenguin | June 22, 10:25 CET

I remember it from "Home" as jenquin did--Season 4, X-Files, right? But I also remember it being in "Ted", Buffy, Season 2: Buffy is undercover at Ted's office getting the dish on Joyce's boyfriend from his co-worker, Neal. Neal cuts the discussion of Ted short by saying, "Uh, oh, the uber-boss, back to the saltmines." Script by Greenwalt and Whedon, October 1997.

Now, who's gonna be compulsive enough to find out which came first? I'm too uber-lazy. :)

LB | June 22, 12:24 CET

'Home' aired on: 10/11/96 (Hmm, one day after my fourteenth birthday.)

'Ted' aired on: 12/08/97

So, there you go, consider me compulsive :P

Fittztopher | June 22, 15:16 CET

Speaking of popularizing phrases, there's a show on the Disney Channel where the main character says "what's the sitch" at least once in every episode, and it's played at the end of the opening credits. It's like her dirty, stolen catch phrase!

PwincessCupcake | June 22, 22:00 CET