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Sheldon is excited when Leonard starts dating a girl who fits his parameters. Unfortunately, he thinks that Leonard is not doing well enough to sustain their relationship, so he takes matters into his own hands.

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'''"The White Asparagus Triangulation"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on November 24, 2008. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Stephen Engel and Richard Rosenstock based on a story by David Goetsch and Steven Molaro.

Leonard is still dating Dr. Stephanie Barrett (Creator/SaraRue), the only woman Leonard has dated whom
Sheldon is excited when Leonard starts dating a girl who fits his parameters. Unfortunately, he thinks approves of. But Sheldon frets that Leonard is not doing well enough to sustain their will mess up the relationship, so he and takes matters it upon himself to ensure the continued viability of the relationship.

Sheldon stages a demonstration of Leonard's physical strength that backfires horribly, forcing Leonard to go to the hospital. Sheldon also inserts himself into a movie date, and complains about Leonard's "vague invitation" that failed to list what movie Leonard and Stephanie were going to go see and at which theater.

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relationship with Stephanie, Leonard confronts Sheldon, who then tries to relieve Leonard of command, whatever the hell that means. Leonard understandably finds this ridiculous and inapplicable.

Sheldon is not done butting in, though: he logs into Leonard's social media and changes Leonard's relationship status to being in a committed long-term relationship with Stephanie. When Leonard finds out, he's angry, and worries that Sheldon's meddling will actually end the relationship. But to his surprise, Stephanie changes her relationship status to match Leonard's.

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* ImpossiblePickleJar: Sheldon asks Leonard to open a jar of white asparagus to show Stephanie how strong he is. Not only can't he open the jar, but in trying he breaks the jar and cuts his hand.

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* ImpossiblePickleJar: Sheldon asks Leonard to open a pre-loosened jar of white asparagus to show Stephanie how strong he Leonard is. Not only can't can he not open the jar, but in trying trying, he breaks the jar and cuts his hand.



* ShipperOnDeck: Sheldon is eager for Leonard and Stephanie to be a couple because he feels she's the only one of his girlfriends that he's tolerated (and that includes Penny!).

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* ShipperOnDeck: Sheldon is eager for Leonard and Stephanie to be a couple because he feels she's the only one of his girlfriends that he's tolerated found tolerable (and that includes Penny!).
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Sheldon is excited when Leonard starts dating a girl who fits his perimeters.

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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Sheldon is able to hack Leonard's Facebook account because he sues the same password for everything: [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Kal-El]].

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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Sheldon is able to hack Leonard's Facebook account because he sues uses the same password for everything: [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Kal-El]].
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* AfraidOfBlood: Leonard sees his own bloodied hand and throws up in the sink... where Sheldon was defrosting a steak.
* ImpossiblePickleJar: Sheldon asks Leonard to open a jar of white asparagus to show Stephanie how strong he is. Not only can't he open the jar, but in trying he breaks the jar and cuts his hand.
* TheMcCoy: Sheldon feels that Stephanie is this, thus completing their group's "landing party".
-->'''Leonard:''' What landing party?\\
'''Sheldon:''' You're [[TheKirk Kirk]], I'm [[TheSpock Spock]], Wolowitz is [[TheEngineer Scotty]], Koothrappali is [[RedShirt the guy who always gets killed]]… And now we've got our [=McCoy=]!
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Sheldon is able to hack Leonard's Facebook account because he sues the same password for everything: [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Kal-El]].
* ShipperOnDeck: Sheldon is eager for Leonard and Stephanie to be a couple because he feels she's the only one of his girlfriends that he's tolerated (and that includes Penny!).
* TotallyRadical: Sheldon tries out some slang to seem more casual. It freaks Penny out.
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