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* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Leonard, Raj, and Howard are initially happy that they can enjoy a meal without Sheldon as he often irritates them with his pedantic statements and tirades but quickly start to miss him because while he is annoying, they realize that nobody explains factoids better than him and his antics often leave them with a lot of fond memories about him. When he comes over, they gladly welcome him inside.

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** To ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'': Sheldon complains repeatedly about the dead pixels in Raj's TV. "Oh, look, it's Harry Potter and 98% of ''The Sorcerer's Stone''."

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It's Thursday, and Leonard is leaving Apartment 4A to go to Raj's apartment to hang out with Raj's sister Priya (Creator/AartiMann) as well as Howard and Raj. But Sheldon insists everyone should come to 4A to eat pizza per their current Thursday tradition.

Leonard actually convinces Sheldon to come along with him to Raj's. But Sheldon is barely there for a few minutes when he decides to leave. Sheldon goes to the Cheesecake Factory to commiserate with Penny, and talks to Amy on the phone.



Meanwhile, Penny tries to get over Leonard, who just got into a new relationship with Priya (Creator/AartiMann), Raj's sister.

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All of them actually show up, but it's clear that none of them are really interested in being Sheldon's new friends. Stuart wants a hot shower, and Barry wants to win Sheldon's raffle.

Meanwhile, Amy and Bernadette try to help Penny tries to get over Leonard, who just got into a new relationship with Priya (Creator/AartiMann), Raj's sister.
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** To Creator/JackieChan: Sheldon complains that the man on the phone from Luigi's sounds more like Jackie Chan than like an Italian.
** To Bill Gates: Leonard mentions that the Microsoft founder once punched Sheldon because Sheldon belittled the billionaire's philanthropic efforts in Africa for their supposed deleterious effect on Windows Vista.

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Sheldon realizes he is not the center of his group, thus he attempts to form a different social group where he can be the center. Meanwhile, Penny tries to get over Leonard who just got into a new relationship with Priya, Raj's sister.
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* BrickJoke: One of the people Sheldon has invited to his new group is Creator/LeVarBurton through Twitter. At the end of the episode, it's revaled that Burton did show up, but saw Barry, Zack and Stuart singing "Walking on Sunshine" on karaoke and decided to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just turn around and go back home]].

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'''"The Toast Derivation"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on February 24, 2011. Teleplay by Creator/ChuckLorre, Steven Molaro and Jim Reynolds, based on a story by Bill Prady, David Goetsch and Creator/MariaFerrari.

Sheldon realizes he is not the center of his social group, thus so he attempts to form a different social group where he can be the center. The new social group would consist of Stuart Bloom (Creator/KevinSussman), Creator/LeVarBurton (AsHimself), Zack Johnson (Creator/BrianThomasSmith) and Barry Kripke (Creator/JohnRossBowie).

Meanwhile, Penny tries to get over Leonard Leonard, who just got into a new relationship with Priya, Priya (Creator/AartiMann), Raj's sister.
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* BrickJoke: One of the people Sheldon has invited to his new group is Creator/LeVarBurton [=LeVar=] Burton through Twitter. At the end of the episode, it's revaled that Burton did show up, but saw Barry, Zack and Stuart singing "Walking on Sunshine" on karaoke and decided to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just turn around and go back home]].



* StartMyOwn: After realizing the rest of the gang would rather not be with him, Sheldon decides to form another social group, consisting of Stuart, Zack Johnson and Barry Kripke. Unfortunately, they end up having fun without him, and he goes back to the original group.

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* StartMyOwn: After realizing the rest of the gang would rather not be with him, Sheldon decides to form another social group, consisting of Stuart, Zack Johnson Barry, Stuart and Barry Kripke. Zack. Unfortunately, they end up having fun without him, and he goes back to the his original group.
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* BrickJoke: One of the people Sheldon has invited to his new group is Creator/LeVarBurton through Twitter. At the end of the episode, it's revaled that Burton did show up, but saw Barry, Zack and Stuart singing "Walking on Sunshine" on karaoke and decided to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just turn around and go back home]].
-->'''[=LeVar Burton=]:''' I am ''so'' done with Twitter.
* StartMyOwn: After realizing the rest of the gang would rather not be with him, Sheldon decides to form another social group, consisting of Stuart, Zack Johnson and Barry Kripke. Unfortunately, they end up having fun without him, and he goes back to the original group.
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Sheldon realizes he is not the center of his group, thus he attempts to form a different social group where he can be the center. Meanwhile, Penny tries to get over Leonard who just got into a new relationship with Priya, Raj's sister.
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