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Howard and Bernadette discover that Raj and Stuart (Creator/KevinSussman) use their hot tub when they're not around. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny are forced to get involved when things don't go smoothly with Amy moving in with Sheldon.

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Howard and Bernadette discover that Raj and Howard intended to go on a vacation, but she's in no condition to travel on account of her prolonged morning sickness. So Howard suggests the two of them should just stay home. They don't tell anyone, so Stuart (Creator/KevinSussman) use (Creator/KevinSussman), assuming Bernadette and Howard are gone, uses their hot tub when they're not around. Meanwhile, tub. Raj thinks the same thing, he shows up later.

Amy and Sheldon are still living together in Apartment 4B, but things are getting fractious. The two of them go to Apartment 4A to complain to
Leonard and Penny, who decide that Amy and Sheldon need a little time apart. Penny are forced takes Sheldon to get involved when things don't go smoothly an ice cream shop, while Leonard stays in the apartment with Amy moving in with Sheldon.
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--> ''I told you raccoons don't say "Uh-oh."''

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--> ''I told you raccoons don't say "Uh-oh."''"'' %% who said this?



-->'''Bernadette''': You said you got it back!
-->'''Howard''': Well, clearly [[LampshadeHanging I lied.]]

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-->'''Bernadette''': --> '''Bernadette''': You said you got it back!
-->'''Howard''': --> '''Howard''': Well, clearly [[LampshadeHanging I lied.]]



-->'''''YOU JACKASSES JUST BOUGHT YOURSELVES A HOT TUB!!'''''

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-->'''''YOU JACKASSES JUST BOUGHT YOURSELVES A HOT TUB!!'''''--> '''Howard''': (shouting) You jackasses just bought yourself a hot tub!



-->'''Bernadette:''' Can you please stop making money come out of me for two minutes?

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-->'''Bernadette:''' --> '''Bernadette''': Can you please stop making money come out of me for two minutes?
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'''The Hot Tub Contamination''' is the 5th episode of the 10th season of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.

Howard and Bernadette discover that Raj and Stuart use their hot tub when they're not around. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny are forced to get involved when things don't go smoothly with Amy moving in with Sheldon.

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'''The Hot Tub Contamination''' '''"The Cohabitation Experimentation"''' is the 5th an episode of the 10th season of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.

''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on October 17, 2016. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Steve Holland, Eric Kaplan and Jim Reynolds, based on a story by Creator/ChuckLorre, Creator/MariaFerrari and Creator/TaraHernandez.

Howard and Bernadette discover that Raj and Stuart (Creator/KevinSussman) use their hot tub when they're not around. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny are forced to get involved when things don't go smoothly with Amy moving in with Sheldon.

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-->'''Bernadette:''' Please stop pulling things out of my anatomy.

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-->'''Bernadette:''' Please Can you please stop pulling things making money come out of my anatomy.me for two minutes?
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* OffscreenBreakup: Raj confesses to Stuart that he's single, meaning he broke up with Emily sometime after her last appearance. He says it was by choice, though not ''his'' choice.

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* OffscreenBreakup: Raj confesses to Stuart that he's single, meaning he broke up with Emily and Claire sometime after her their last appearance.appearances. He says it was by choice, though not ''his'' choice.

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* HammerspaceHideaway: Where Stuart must have been while under water, given that Raj gets in the pool and appears to stretch out a bit yet never notices him there. It's not ''that'' big a hot tub.

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* HammerspaceHideaway: Where Stuart must have been while under water, underwater, given that Raj gets in the pool and appears to stretch out a bit yet never notices him there. It's not ''that'' big a hot tub.



-->'''Bernadette''': You said you got the house key back from Stuart when he moved out!
-->'''Howard''': Yeah, about that... [[LampshadeHanging I lied.]]

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-->'''Bernadette''': You said you got the house key back from Stuart when he moved out!
it back!
-->'''Howard''': Yeah, about that... Well, clearly [[LampshadeHanging I lied.]]


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* ReactiveContinuousScream: Raj and Stuart scream in shock upon seeing each other in the hot tub once Stuart reemerges from underwater.

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* CerebusRetcon: Sheldon reveals that [[PrimalScene witnessing his father having sex with another woman]] caused him to knock three times ever since: The first knock is traditional, the other two are to give them time to put their pants on.



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* ILied: When Howard and Bernadette overhear Stuart telling Raj that he's been getting into the Wolowitz house using the house key he got when he was still living with them:



* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: The resaon for Sheldon and Amy's fight? He won't let her put her toothbrush in his toothbrush holder.

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* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: The resaon reason for Sheldon and Amy's fight? He won't let her put her toothbrush in his toothbrush holder.



* PrimalScene: Sheldon reveals that he once walked in on his father having sex with another woman. It's also the reason why he always knocks three times; the first knock is traditional, the other two are to give them time to put their pants on.

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* PrimalScene: Sheldon reveals that he once walked in on his father having sex with another woman. [[CerebusRetcon It's also the reason why he always knocks three times; the first knock is traditional, the other two are to give them time to put their pants on.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: Hearing that Stuart has been [[NakedPeopleAreFunny bathing]] [[PantsFree naked]] in his hot tub is what causes Howard to angrily reveal himself to Raj and Stuart at the end of the episode.
-->'''''YOU JACKASSES JUST BOUGHT YOURSELVES A HOT TUB!!'''''
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-->'''Bernadette''': You said you got the house key back from Stuart when he moved out!
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* HypocriticalHumor: As Amy sits on [[ThisIsMySeat Sheldon's spot on the couch]], she says that when she becomes more assertive she'll sit on it all the time. The moment Sheldon returns, however, she moves over before he finds out.

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* HypocriticalHumor: As Amy sits on [[ThisIsMySeat [[ThisIsMyChair Sheldon's spot on the couch]], she says that when she becomes more assertive she'll sit on it all the time. The moment Sheldon returns, however, she moves over before he finds out.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Sheldon tells Amy that he's ready to take their relationship to the next level. Cut to him proposing... that they share his toothbrush holder.



* HypocriticalHumor: As Amy sits on [[ThisIsMySeat Sheldon's spot on the couch]], she says that when she becomes more assertive she'll sit on it all the time. The moment Sheldon returns, however, she moves over before he finds out.
* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: The resaon for Sheldon and Amy's fight? He won't let her put her toothbrush in his toothbrush holder.



* PrimalScene: Sheldon reveals that he once walked in on his father having sex with another woman. It's also the reason why he always knocks three times; the first knock is traditional, the other two are to give them time to put their pants on.

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* PrimalScene: Sheldon reveals that he once walked in on his father having sex with another woman. It's also the reason why he always knocks three times; the first knock is traditional, the other two are to give them time to put their pants on.on.
* WhatHaveWeEar: Howard pulls a coin out of Bernadette's toes while giving her a foot massage.
-->'''Bernadette:''' Please stop pulling things out of my anatomy.
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* BrickJoke: The raccoon.
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* HammerspaceHideaway: Where Stuart must have been while under water, given that Raj gets in the pool and appears to stretch out a bit yet never notices him there. It's not ''that'' big a hot tub.
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* BigWhat: Howard exclaims "What?!" when he learns that Stuart uses the Wolowitzes' hot tub when they're not around.

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!!Plot'''The Hot Tub Contamination''' is the 5th episode of the 10th season of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.


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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Stuart confesses that he is not wearing anything as he sits in the hot tub.
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* OffscreenBreakup: Raj confesses to Stuart that he's single, meaning he broke up with Emily sometime after her last appearance. He says it was by choice, though not ''his'' choice.
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* PantsFree: It's only at the end that Stuart confesses that he was naked in the hot tub the whole time.
* PrimalScene: Sheldon reveals that he once walked in on his father having sex with another woman. It's also the reason why he always knocks three times; the first knock is traditional, the other two are to give them time to put their pants on.
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!!Plot
Howard and Bernadette discover that Raj and Stuart use their hot tub when they're not around. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny are forced to get involved when things don't go smoothly with Amy moving in with Sheldon.

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