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* MermaidProblem: One of the things Sheldon is working on when Raj comes to his office in "The Expedition Approximation" is figuring out how mermaids have babies. Raj solves it by suggesting she just lays eggs.
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* BlanketFort: Sheldon and Amy build one in "The Fortification Implementation".


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* SecretOtherFamily: When his half brother Josh appears, Howard becomes upset that his father left him and his mother to start another family.

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** Creator/WilWheaton has Penny on his podcast, and gets a call from Creator/KevinSmith.



** "The Fortification Implementation" brings up the time Howard threw the first pitch at the Angels game (this season's "The First Pitch Insuficiency") and the time Howard had a robot arm [[ADateWithRosiePalms pleasure him]] (Season Four's "The Robotic Manipulation"). There's even a CallBack to one of the latter episode's lines ("Because that's all you needed, right?").



* MarySue: [[invoked]] Amy, after it is revealed she writes ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' fanfiction casting herself as "Amelia". [[note]]Who ends up romancing a time-traveller from the future called "Cooper"[[/note]]



* MarySue: Amy, after it is revealed she writes ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' fanfiction casting herself as "Amelia". [[note]]Who ends up romancing a time-traveller from the future called "Cooper"[[/note]]
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* MarySue: Amy, after it is revealed she writes ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' fanfiction casting herself as "Amelia". [[note]]Who ends up romancing a time-traveller from the future called "Cooper"[[/note]]
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* ClosetGeek: Played with in "The Skywalker Incursion". Penny is dismayed that she knows so much about ''Franchise/DoctorWho'', but freely admits to liking ''Series/GameOfThrones'' because of the violence and dragons.
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* DramaBomb: In "The Comic Book Store Regeneration," after much argument with Stuart about his mother giving him the den furniture for the rebuilt store, Howard gets a call from his aunt that his mother has died in her sleep.

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* DramaBomb: In "The Comic Book Store Regeneration," after much argument with Stuart about his mother giving him the den furniture for the rebuilt store, Howard [[spoiler:Howard gets a call from his aunt that his mother has died in her sleep.]]
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* {{Tuckerization}}: In "The Intimacy Acceleration" the group goes to a real life "locked room" game where they are informed, as part of the story, that they are about to enter the lab of a recently deceased "Dr. David Salzberg." He is the science consultant for the show.
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** Defied in "The Troll Manifestation" where Leonard brings an idea involving theoretical physics to Sheldon (who is better versed in the field) and Sheldon surprises Leonard with a paper he wrote on the subject overnight. Leonard initially believes Sheldon is trying to take credit away from him, but Sheldon assures him they will share authorship.

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** Defied in "The Troll Manifestation" where Leonard brings an idea involving theoretical physics to Sheldon (who is better versed in the field) and Sheldon surprises Leonard with a paper he wrote on the subject overnight. Leonard initially believes Sheldon is trying to take credit away from him, but Sheldon assures him they will share authorship. It comes back around in a later episode, "The Leftover Thermalization," when a science magazine omits Leonard's name on the theory and leaves it as "Sheldon and his team." Sheldon is actually concerned about Leonard's feelings on the matter, but his attempts to make him feel better slowly degrade into an argument anyway (His analogies regarding whose name is on the phone or cable bill go sideways, and he was complacent in accepting the title of lead scientist on the theory).

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* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: While stuck in a car, Sheldon asks Amy to plug her ears so he can talk to Leonard in private. He then tells Leonard he's interested in a sexual relationship with Amy. A few beats later, he reveals it as a ploy to see if Amy really can't hear them, and then moves on with his true intentions]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: BaitAndSwitch
** "The Locomotion Interruption":
While stuck in a car, Sheldon asks Amy to plug her ears so he can talk to Leonard in private. He then tells Leonard he's [[spoiler:he's interested in a sexual relationship with Amy. Amy]]. A few beats later, he [[spoiler:he reveals it as a ploy to see if Amy really can't hear them, and then moves on with his true intentions]].intentions]].
** "The Colonization Application": Sheldon and Amy tell Leonard and Penny that they have an announcement. From the wording, it's assumed that the announcement is going to be their engagement, but it's then revealed to be that they're getting a pet turtle.
*** In Sheldon's Mars application video, he shows his sense of humor by playing the old snake-in-the-peanut-brittle-can prank. Leonard humors him, despite knowing full well what's coming, but is surprised to see that it's a real can of peanut brittle. He starts to ask what the deal is... and gets a PieInTheFace.

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* LastWordsRegret: In "The Intimacy Acceleration", [[spoiler:Howard regrets not driving his mother to the airport, knowing now that it would have been the last time he would see her alive.]]


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* PartingWordsRegret: In "The Intimacy Acceleration", [[spoiler:Howard regrets not driving his mother to the airport, knowing now that it would have been the last time he would see her alive.]]
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* LastWordsRegret: In "The Intimacy Acceleration", [[spoiler:Howard regrets not driving his mother to the airport, knowing now that it would have been the last time he would see her alive.]]
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* TimeTravelRomance: Amy's ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' FanFic, as seen in "The Troll Manifestation", about a girl from the 1800s named [[AuthorAvatar Amelia]] falling in love with a time traveling physicist named Dr. Cooper.

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* TimeTravelRomance: Amy's ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' FanFic, as seen in "The Troll Manifestation", about a girl from the 1800s 19th century named [[AuthorAvatar Amelia]] falling in love with a time traveling physicist named Dr. Cooper.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Dr. Lorvis. He's shown to be a very shallow person who doggedly stalks any women who makes physical contact with him. Indeed, the girls find him extremely creepy, and when they learn he's locked the boys in his game room the girls forcefully march him back to free the boys.

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* StalkerWithACrush: Dr. Lorvis. He's shown to be a very shallow person who doggedly stalks any women woman who makes physical contact with him. Indeed, the girls find him extremely creepy, and when they learn he's locked the boys in his game room the girls forcefully march him back to free the boys.
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* WhamEpisode: "Comic Book Store Regeneration" ends [[spoiler: with Howard learning his mom passed away while visiting friends]].
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* DramaBomb: In "The Comic Book Store Regeneration," after much argument with Stuart about his mother giving him the den furniture for the rebuilt store, Howard gets a call from his aunt that his mother has died in her sleep.
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* TimeTravelRomance: Amy's ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' FanFic, as seen in "The Troll Manifestation", about a girl from the 1800s named [[SueDonym Amelia]] falling in love with a time traveling physicist named Dr. Cooper.

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* TimeTravelRomance: Amy's ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' FanFic, as seen in "The Troll Manifestation", about a girl from the 1800s named [[SueDonym [[AuthorAvatar Amelia]] falling in love with a time traveling physicist named Dr. Cooper.
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** [[spoiler:CreatorStephenHawking]] in "The Troll Manifestation", as the eponymous troll.

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** [[spoiler:CreatorStephenHawking]] [[spoiler:Creator/StephenHawking]] in "The Troll Manifestation", as the eponymous troll.

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* AsHimself:
** [[spoiler:CreatorStephenHawking]] in "The Troll Manifestation", as the eponymous troll.
** Creator/NathanFillion in "The Comic Book Store Regeneration", eating at a cafe when Howard and Raj approach him for a photo. He at first pretends to be someone else but eventually relents (although at the end it's left unclear whether it really was Fillion or not).



* TimeTravelRomance: Amy's ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' FanFic, as seen in "The Troll Manifestation", about a girl from the 1900s falling in love with a time traveling physicist named Dr. Cooper.

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* TimeTravelRomance: Amy's ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' FanFic, as seen in "The Troll Manifestation", about a girl from the 1900s 1800s named [[SueDonym Amelia]] falling in love with a time traveling physicist named Dr. Cooper.



* {{Troll}}: Leonard and Sheldon deal with one in "The Troll Manifestation" who posts a negative comment on the paper they just published. It turns out to be [[spoiler:Steven Hawking, who actually liked the paper but trolled them because "after being stuck on a chair for forty years, you want to have a little fun."]]

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* {{Troll}}: Leonard and Sheldon deal with one in "The Troll Manifestation" who posts a negative comment on the paper they just published. It turns out to be [[spoiler:Steven [[spoiler:Stephen Hawking, who actually liked the paper but trolled them because "after being stuck on a chair for forty years, you want to have a little fun."]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Mrs. Wolowitz]] at the end of "The Comic Book Store Regeneration".
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* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: In "The Focus Attenuation", when the guys are discussing the timeline in the second ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' movie.
-->'''Sheldon:''' Wait, whoa, whoa. Is "placed" right? Is "placed" the right tense for something that would have happened in the future of a past that was affected by something in the future?\\
'''Leonard:''' Had will have placed?\\
'''Sheldon:''' That's my boy.
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* OldShame: A trifecta between Penny, Amy and Bernadette in "The Troll Manifestation." Amy and Bernadette learn of Penny's last ultra-low budget film she shot last season being available on demand, and watch it at her expense. In retaliation, Penny finds a video of Bernadette competing in a beauty pageant singing Music/SpiceGirls songs, which eventually leads to discovering Amy's ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' {{fanfiction}} and reading it out loud.

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* OldShame: [[invoked]] A trifecta between Penny, Amy and Bernadette in "The Troll Manifestation." Amy and Bernadette learn of Penny's last ultra-low budget film she shot last season being available on demand, and watch it at her expense. In retaliation, Penny finds a video of Bernadette competing in a beauty pageant singing Music/SpiceGirls songs, which eventually leads to discovering Amy's ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' {{fanfiction}} and reading it out loud.
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* OldShame: A trifecta between Penny, Amy and Bernadette in "The Troll Manifestation." Amy and Bernadette learn of Penny's last ultra-low budget film she shot last season being available on demand, and watch it at her expense. In retaliation, Penny finds a video of Bernadette competing in a beauty pageant singing Music/SpiceGirls songs, which eventually leads to discovering Amy's ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' {{fanfiction}} and reading it out loud.


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** Defied in "The Troll Manifestation" where Leonard brings an idea involving theoretical physics to Sheldon (who is better versed in the field) and Sheldon surprises Leonard with a paper he wrote on the subject overnight. Leonard initially believes Sheldon is trying to take credit away from him, but Sheldon assures him they will share authorship.
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* TimeTravelRomance: Amy's ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' FanFic, as seen in "The Troll Manifestation", about a girl from the 1900s falling in love with a time traveling physicist named Dr. Cooper.
* {{Troll}}: Leonard and Sheldon deal with one in "The Troll Manifestation" who posts a negative comment on the paper they just published. It turns out to be [[spoiler:Steven Hawking, who actually liked the paper but trolled them because "after being stuck on a chair for forty years, you want to have a little fun."]]

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* NapInducingSpeak: Sheldon refuses to go to sleep in "The Anxiety Optimization" but after one chorus of "Soft Kitty", he's out like a light.



* SleepInducingSpeak: Sheldon refuses to go to sleep in "The Anxiety Optimization" but after one chorus of "Soft Kitty", he's out like a light.
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* EroticEating: Invoked in "The Anxiety Optimization" with Sheldon criticizing the way Amy eats a banana.
-->'''Sheldon:''' Who eats them horizontally?\\
'''Amy:''' My mother said that's how good girls do it.


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* InsomniaEpisode: "The Anxiety Optimization", where Sheldon is keeping his anxiety levels up as a way of optimizing his work environment. This leads to him becoming sleep deprived and hallucinating about Isaac Newton being an armadillo.


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* PinkElephants: In "The Anxiety Optimization", a sleep-deprived Sheldon sees the man sitting next to him on a bus as an armadillo.


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* SleepInducingSpeak: Sheldon refuses to go to sleep in "The Anxiety Optimization" but after one chorus of "Soft Kitty", he's out like a light.
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* GraveHumor: Sheldon buys monogrammed funeral urns for him and Leonard in "The Septum Deviation". Leonard's reads "Here lie the ashes of Leonard Hofstadher. He thought he was fine, but his roommate knew better." Sheldon's reads "I'm with stupid."

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* GraveHumor: Sheldon buys monogrammed funeral urns for him and Leonard in "The Septum Deviation". Leonard's reads "Here lie the ashes of Leonard Hofstadher. Hofstadter. He thought he was fine, right, but his roommate knew better." Sheldon's reads "I'm with stupid."
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* GraveHumor: Sheldon buys monogrammed funeral urns for him and Leonard in "The Septum Deviation". Leonard's reads "Here lie the ashes of Leonard Hofstadher. He thought he was fine, but his roommate knew better." Sheldon's reads "I'm with stupid."
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'''Raj:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint We are ''now''!]]

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'''Raj:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint We are ''now''!]]are]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint now!]]''
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'''Raj:''' We are ''now''!

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'''Raj:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint We are ''now''!''now''!]]
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* ContinuityNod: In "The Clean Room Infiltration", Leonard mentions the various times Howard has screwed up and tried to cover it up, including the time the lost the Mars Rover (Season Two's "The Lizard-Spock Expansion") and losing Raj's dog (Season Six's "The Proton Resurgence").

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* ContinuityNod: In "The Clean Room Infiltration", Leonard mentions the various times Howard has screwed up and tried to cover it up, including the time the he lost the Mars Rover (Season Two's "The Lizard-Spock Expansion") and losing Raj's dog (Season Six's "The Proton Resurgence").

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