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ThirdActMisunderstanding: The season opens with everyone believing that Penny and Raj slept together.[[spoiler: Raj later reveals to Penny that they didn't actually sleep together and instead fell asleep naked after Raj had trouble putting on the condom.]]
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Leonard and Penny get back together during "The Recombination Hypothesis" and became a couple again. The previous season heavily hinted that Leonard and Penny still cared about each other.

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* RelationshipUpgrade: ** Another one for Leonard and Penny get back together during who begin dating again after "The Recombination Hypothesis" and became a couple again. Hypothesis." The previous season heavily hinted that Leonard and Penny still cared about each other.other and they officially begin dating again.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Leonard and Penny get back together during "The Recombination Hypothesis" and became a couple again. The previous season heavily hinted that Leonard and Penny still cared about each other.
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* BullyTurnedBuddy: PlayedWith; Leonard's former high school bully tracks him down. Leonard thinks he might be there to apologize for his bullying ways, but it turns out that the bully has an idea for an invention that he wants Leonard's help with. The bully doesn't even realize that what he had done to Leonard was bullying, he is under the impression that they were just playing around.
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** Lampshaded in short order as Sheldon suggest they go to their pizza restaurant: [[TheGodfather Corleone's]].

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** Lampshaded in short order as Sheldon suggest they go to their pizza restaurant: [[TheGodfather [[Film/TheGodfather Corleone's]].
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* EntitledBastard: In ''The Wiggly Finger Catalyst'' Penny breaks up Raj's relationship with Emily , even though Raj was fully aware that Emily was a GoldDigger and perfectly okay with it. After Penny splits them up by telling Raj's parents, she tells him that she wants a big tip, since he's rich, at the end of the episode.

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* EntitledBastard: In ''The Wiggly Finger Catalyst'' Penny breaks up Raj's relationship with Emily , Emily, even though Raj was fully aware that Emily was a GoldDigger and perfectly okay with it. After Penny splits them up by telling Raj's parents, she tells him that she wants a big tip, since he's rich, at the end of the episode.
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* OOCIsSeriousBuisiness: Howard kicking Bernadette out of the house, ''without wanting sex with her'' is a sign that he is '''really''' not happy about Bernadette going behind his back and telling his mother that he was picked by NASA to go into space.

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* OOCIsSeriousBuisiness: OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Howard kicking Bernadette out of the house, ''without wanting sex with her'' is a sign that he is '''really''' not happy about Bernadette going behind his back and telling his mother that he was picked by NASA to go into space.
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* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBuisiness: Howard kicking Bernadette out of the house, ''without wanting sex with her'' is a sign that he is '''really''' not happy about Bernadette going behind his back and telling his mother that he was picked by NASA to go into space.

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* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBuisiness: OOCIsSeriousBuisiness: Howard kicking Bernadette out of the house, ''without wanting sex with her'' is a sign that he is '''really''' not happy about Bernadette going behind his back and telling his mother that he was picked by NASA to go into space.

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* EntitledBastard: In ''The Wiggly Finger Catalyst'' Penny breaks up Raj's relationship with Emily , even though Raj was fully aware that Emily was a GoldDigger and perfectly okay with it. After Penny splits them up by telling Raj's parents, she tells him that she wants a big tip, since he's rich, at the end of the episode.



* EntitledBastard: In ''The Wiggly Finger Catalyst'' Penny breaks up Raj's relationship with Emily , even though Raj was fully aware that Emily was a GoldDigger and perfectly okay with it. After Penny splits them up by telling Raj's parents, she tells him that she wants a big tip, since he's rich, at the end of the episode.


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* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBuisiness: Howard kicking Bernadette out of the house, ''without wanting sex with her'' is a sign that he is '''really''' not happy about Bernadette going behind his back and telling his mother that he was picked by NASA to go into space.
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* EntitledBastard: In ''The Wiggly Finger Catalyst'' Penny breaks up Raj's relationship with Emily , even though Raj was fully aware that Emily was a GoldDigger and perfectly okay with it. After Penny splits them up by telling Raj's parents, she tells him that she wants a big tip, since he's rich, at the end of the episode.
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* RewatchBonus: Give "The Recombination Hypothesis" a 2nd look, and you'll spot some subtle clues throughout that most of the episode is [[spoiler: a daydream Leonard is having.]] The most telling clue being that Sheldon is seen ''flirting'' with Amy at one point.
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* * AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse. A running joke in the 100th episode involves Sheldon dropping these while playing ''TabletopGame/SettlersOfCatan''.

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Howard is selected to be part of a crew to go to the International Space Station. Sheldon and Amy officially become a couple. Leonard is tired of fighting his feelings for Penny and they get back together.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse. A running joke in the 100th episode involves Sheldon dropping these while playing ''TabletopGame/SettlersOfCatan''.
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** It's a very common joke for '''Settlers''' in real life as well.


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** Lampshaded in short order as Sheldon suggest they go to their pizza restaurant: [[TheGodfather Corleone's]].
--> '''Howard''': Sure, no mobsters there.

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* DaydreamSurprise: The entirety of "The Recombination Hypothesis" was a daydream by Leonard trying to figure out his feelings for Penny and their future. The relationship fails, but he still decides to ask her out again in real life.



* DaydreamSurprise: The entirety of "The Recombination Hypothesis" was a daydream by Leonard trying to figure out his feelings for Penny and their future. The relationship fails, but he still decides to ask her out again in real life.

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* DaydreamSurprise: The entirety of "The Recombination Hypothesis" ** Penny when she realized she was a daydream by Leonard trying to figure out his feelings for Penny bully in school and their future. The relationship fails, but he still decides tried to ask her out again in real life.apologize to the people she bullied.
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* * AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse. A running joke in the 100th episode involves Sheldon dropping these while playing ''TabletopGame/SettlersOfCatan''.
--> '''Sheldon''': I want to build a road, but I need wood. Either of you fellas have wood? (Raj and Howard giggle) I don't understand the laughter. The object of ''Settlers of Catan'' is to build roads and settlements. To do so requires wood. Now, I have sheep, I need wood. Who has wood for my sheep? [..] Come on, I just want wood. Why are you making it so hard?
--> (later) And now that I have some wood, I will begin the erection of my settlement.
--> '''Raj''': (aside, to Howard) Okay, he's got to be doing this on purpose.
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* MutualDisadvantage: To decides who gets Prof. Rothman's office, Sheldon and Barry play a one-on-one game of basketball, under the notion that they are equally bad at sports, putting them on an even field. It works too well, in fact, as neither manages to score once after 45 minutes.

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* MutualDisadvantage: To decides decide who gets Prof. Rothman's office, Sheldon and Barry play a one-on-one game of basketball, under the notion that they are equally bad at sports, putting them on an even field. It works too well, in fact, as neither manages to score once after 45 minutes.
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* MilestoneCelebration: The 100th episode, "The Recombination Hypothesis", in which Leonard decides he wants to get back together with Penny.

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* UnwantedGiftPlot: Amy gives Penny a tacky painting of the two of them, insisting that it be displayed prominently in her living room.
** It is supposed to be hung on the fourth wall, which is why it hasn't been seen since.

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* UnwantedGiftPlot: Amy gives Penny a tacky painting of the two of them, insisting that it be displayed prominently in her living room.
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room. It is supposed to be hung on the fourth wall, which is why it hasn't been seen since.
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-->'''Bernadette:''' OF COURSE YOU DO. YOU'RE A CUTIE-PIE! ANY GIRL WOULD BE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU? (slams door)

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-->'''Bernadette:''' OF COURSE YOU DO. YOU'RE A CUTIE-PIE! ANY GIRL WOULD BE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU? YOU! (slams door)
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Played with. Bernadette is understandably ''pissed'' when she finds out Raj has been writing love poems about her, yet she is still nice about it.
-->'''Raj:''' Bernadette?
-->'''Bernadette:''' WHAT?
-->'''Raj:''' Do you think I have a shot with Penny?
-->'''Bernadette:''' OF COURSE YOU DO. YOU'RE A CUTIE-PIE! ANY GIRL WOULD BE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU? (slams door)
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* MildlyMilitary: Sheldon gives himself the Paintball rank of Captain, citing Kirk, Crunch and Kangaroo as examples. He sews Army Captain's bars to his uniform, but the three he references are Navy/Coast Guard Captains, the equivalent of Army Colonels.
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** It is supposed to hung on the fourth wall, which is why it hasn't been seen since.

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** It is supposed to be hung on the fourth wall, which is why it hasn't been seen since.
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* MutualDisadvantage: To decides who gets Prof. Rothman's office, Sheldon and Barry play a one-on-one game of basketball, under the notion that they are equally bad at sports, putting them on an even field. It works too well, in fact, as neither manages to score once after 45 minutes.


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* UnwantedGiftPlot: Amy gives Penny a tacky painting of the two of them, insisting that it be displayed prominently in her living room.

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* CrucifiedHeroShot: Done by Sheldon in a game of paintball, a direct homage to ''Film/{{Platoon}}''.

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* CrucifiedHeroShot: Done by Sheldon in a game of paintball, a direct homage {{homage}} to ''Film/{{Platoon}}''.



* ImagineSpot: The entirety of "The Recombination Hypothesis" was a daydream by Leonard trying to figure out his feelings for Penny and their future.

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* ImagineSpot: DaydreamSurprise: The entirety of "The Recombination Hypothesis" was a daydream by Leonard trying to figure out his feelings for Penny and their future.future. The relationship fails, but he still decides to ask her out again in real life.
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: When he sees "Mobster Sauce" (presumably a typo of "lobster") on a restaurant's menu, Sheldon suspects that the restaurant could be a front for The Mafia and the sauce might actually have [[{{Squick}} chunks of dead mobsters]] in it. Then he decides it's improbable since [[ComicallyMissingThePoint it's listed under seafood.]] Leonard [[IncrediblyLamePun jokes]] that it could be from mobsters who "slept with the fishes".


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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Sheldon refers to the rest of the group as his "three friends and one treasured acquaintance", who turns out to be Howard.
* MilestoneCelebration: The 100th episode, "The Recombination Hypothesis", in which Leonard decides he wants to get back together with Penny.
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* LongList: The list of things that were stolen from Sheldon and Leonard's apartment, most of which were video games.
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* HeelRealization: Bernadette surprised herself when she realized she was wrong ito try to keep Hoard from taking his chance at realizing his dream.

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* HeelRealization: Bernadette surprised herself when she realized she was wrong ito to try to keep Hoard Howard from taking his chance at realizing his dream.
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* HeelRealization: Bernadette surprised herself when she realized she was wrong in an argument with Howard.

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* HeelRealization: Bernadette surprised herself when she realized she was wrong in an argument with Howard.ito try to keep Hoard from taking his chance at realizing his dream.
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: Done by Sheldon in a game of paintball, a direct homage to ''Film/{{Platoon}}''.
* HeelRealization: Bernadette surprised herself when she realized she was wrong in an argument with Howard.
* ImagineSpot: The entirety of "The Recombination Hypothesis" was a daydream by Leonard trying to figure out his feelings for Penny and their future.
* PaintballEpisode: After Sheldon's DeathSeeker action in being a horrible leader, he ended up inspiring the guys to take back the game and the won the inter-department paintball game for the first time.
* RelationshipUpgrade: It was a real shock when Sheldon asked Amy to make their relationship official.
* WackyMarriageProposal: Penny was not pleased when Leonard asked that in bed.

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