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*** When Leonard gets caught by Penny trying to retrieve his glasses, Howard and Raj abandon him.
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* MistakenForDestitute: One of Penny's co-workers at the Cheesecake Factory warns her that a crazy homeless guy came in. She takes a look, and sees [[{{Hypochondria}} Sheldon]] dressed in multiple layers and blowing his nose.
-->'''Penny:''' "Not homeless, just crazy."

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* MistakenForDestitute: One of Penny's co-workers at the Cheesecake Factory warns her that a [[CrazyHomelessPeople crazy homeless guy guy]] came in. She takes a look, and sees [[{{Hypochondria}} Sheldon]] dressed in multiple layers and blowing his nose.
-->'''Penny:''' "Not homeless, No, just crazy."
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* MistakenForDestitute: One of Penny's co-workers at the Cheesecake Factory warns her that a crazy homeless guy came in. She takes a look, and sees [[{{Hypochondria}} Sheldon]] dressed in multiple layers and blowing his nose.
-->'''Penny:''' "Not homeless, just crazy."
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* NoInsideVoice: Mrs. Wolowitz

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* NoInsideVoice: This episode is the debut of Mrs. WolowitzWolowitz, who will become known for her volume.



* WokenUpAtAnUngodlyHour: Leonard calls Howard late at night to warn him that Sheldon is at "Code Milky Green." The phone also wakes up Howard's mother, who bellows "[[NoIndoorVoice WHO'S CALLING AT THIS UNGODLY HOUR?!]]" In the middle of Leonard's call, Howard gets another call from Sheldon, asking for soup. Howard pretends to be his mother and also gives him the "ungodly hour" line.

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* WokenUpAtAnUngodlyHour: Leonard calls Howard late at night first thing in the morning to warn him that Sheldon is at "Code Milky Green." The phone also wakes up Howard's mother, who bellows "[[NoIndoorVoice WHO'S CALLING AT THIS UNGODLY HOUR?!]]" In the middle of Leonard's call, Howard gets another call from Sheldon, asking for soup. Howard pretends to be his mother and also gives him the "ungodly hour" line.
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* UngratefulBastard: Sheldon, as usual.

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* UngratefulBastard: Sheldon, as usual.usual.
* WokenUpAtAnUngodlyHour: Leonard calls Howard late at night to warn him that Sheldon is at "Code Milky Green." The phone also wakes up Howard's mother, who bellows "[[NoIndoorVoice WHO'S CALLING AT THIS UNGODLY HOUR?!]]" In the middle of Leonard's call, Howard gets another call from Sheldon, asking for soup. Howard pretends to be his mother and also gives him the "ungodly hour" line.

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'''The Pancake Batter Anomaly''' is the 11th episode of the first season of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.

Despite being lambasted by TV critics for its boring story, thin plot and shortage of irony, [[CriticProof this episode has been one of the most popular and economically viable]] of the show due to introducing the "Soft Kitty" song.

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'''The Pancake Batter Anomaly''' is the 11th episode of the first season of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.

Despite being lambasted by TV critics for its boring story, thin plot
''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', and shortage of irony, [[CriticProof this episode has been one of the most popular and economically viable]] first appearance of the show due to introducing the "Soft Kitty" song.
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* AnnoyingPatient: Guess who.
* CodeEmergency: "Code Milky Green" is an alert that [[AnnoyingPatient Sheldon]] is sick, and must be avoided at all costs.

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* AnnoyingPatient: Guess who. \n Anyone with even just passing familiarity with this show knows that Sheldon is even more annoying than usual when ill: he expects everyone around him to drop what they're doing to attend to him. In this episode, he forces Penny to cut her shift at the Cheesecake Factory short and expects her to give him a sponge bath, rub ointment on his chest, sing to him, etc.
* CodeEmergency: "Code Milky Green" is an alert that [[AnnoyingPatient Sheldon]] Sheldon is sick, and must be avoided at all costs.
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* PlotHole: Why couldn't Howard and Leonard hide at Raj's place?

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* PlotHole: Why couldn't Howard and Leonard hide at Raj's place? Raj's apartment, as first seen in [[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS2E1TheBadFishParadigm "The Bad Fish Paradigm"]], seems adequate for the three friends to spend a day away from Sheldon.
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* IAteWhat: Leonard realizes that he's been making pancake batter in a measuring cup Sheldon uses [[{{Squick}} for urine samples]].

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* IAteWhat: Leonard realizes that he's been making pancake batter in a measuring cup Sheldon uses [[{{Squick}} for urine samples]]. samples.
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* ContinuitySnarl: The entire plot of [[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS1E10TheLoobenfeldDecay the previous episode]] was motivated by Leonard and Sheldon wanting to avoid Penny's atrocious singing at all costs. Now in this episode, the illness must have so scrambled Sheldon's brain that he actually ''asked'' her to sing to him.


When Penny returns from a trip to Nebraska, she brings home a flu virus. Sheldon gets sick and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere the guys run away]] and hide out at a movie theater playing all 5 ''Planet of the Apes'' movies (from 1968 to 1973) to avoid his whining demands ever since [[NoodleIncident the last time they took care of him]]. Sheldon extracts servitude from Penny instead, costing her a whole work day and then using her like a personal nurse. Leonard then makes up false stories to Penny to ward off her calls to get back home and treat Sheldon. At the theater, Leonard has his glasses broken and decides to sneak back into the apartment and get new ones without being noticed. However, he gets caught by Penny who was being forced to do menial tasks for Sheldon and as Leonard tries running away with her (while visually impaired), he injures his head by running into a support beam.

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When Penny returns from a trip to Nebraska, she brings home a flu virus. Sheldon gets sick and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere the guys run away]] and hide out at a movie theater playing all 5 five ''Planet of the Apes'' movies (from 1968 [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 1968]] to 1973) [[Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes 1973]]) to avoid his whining demands ever since [[NoodleIncident the last time they took care of him]]. Sheldon extracts servitude from Penny instead, costing her a whole work day and then using her like a personal nurse. Leonard then makes up false stories to Penny to ward off her calls to get back home and treat Sheldon. At the theater, Leonard has his glasses broken and decides to sneak back into the apartment and get new ones without being noticed. However, he gets caught by Penny who was being forced to do menial tasks for Sheldon and as Leonard tries running away with her (while visually impaired), he injures his head by running into a support beam.

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