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* JerkassHasAPoint: After seeing how bad Sheldon and Kripke are at basketball, Leonards comments that he completely understands why jocks used to bully them so badly.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Sheldon is listing off all the troubles he's had with his new office, the whiteboard in the background is shown to have the notes of the mockingbird and the windchimes scrawled on the left side.
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* AthleticallyChallenged: Sheldon and his SitcomArchNemesis Barry Kripke compete over a newly vacated office with a one-on-one game of basketball, on the reasoning that both being equally bad at sports gave them an even playing field. 45 minutes in, neither of them has sunk a single basket. They move on to a free throw contest, but that too is a bust. Sheldon finally wins when they resort to seeing who can bounce the ball highest. ("Who's 'unsatisfactory in PE' now?")
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* DuelsDecideEverything: Sheldon suggests a duel with Kripke to decide who gets the office. Realizing that there are a lot of things they are equally good at, the guys suggest they do something they're both equally bad at: sports. They decide on a quick game of basketball, but... well, see EpicFail.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Sheldon complains about Kripke having called dibs on Rothman's office months ago, while Leonard points out that Sheldon had just done the very same.
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-->'''Sheldon:''' This is a university, not a playground. Offices are not assigned because someone called dibs.\\
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-->'''Sheldon:''' --->'''Sheldon:''' This is a university, not a playground. Offices are not assigned because someone called dibs.\\
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** While Sheldon and Kripke try to discuss who gets the office with President Seibert in the restroom, Kripke apologizes to Seibert about Sheldon's lack of respect for personal boundaries... while leaning on him while he's at the urinal.
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* RevealShot: After Sheldon moves into Rothman's office, he closes the door... revealing a naked Rothman behind it.
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* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: Raj complains that he ordered a handcrafted ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' wand on eBay and instead got an ordinary stick. He cheers up when he finds out it's numbered.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Sheldon invites Kripke to discuss the office situation like gentlemen. "And if that doesn't work, I'm going to poison his tea." Unfortunately for Sheldon, Kripke doesn't drink tea.
* ThisIsMyChair: As Kripke uses a urinal, Sheldon tells him "You're in my spot." Yes, Sheldon even has a spot on the university men's restroom!
* ThisIsMyChair: As Kripke uses a urinal, Sheldon tells him "You're in my spot." Yes, Sheldon even has a spot on the university men's restroom!
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Meanwhile, Amy brings Penny a painting of the two of them to Penny's apartment as a gift. Penny doesn't really like the painting, but can't quite bring herself to say so. Making matters worse, Amy brought tools with which to install the painting.
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* GloveSlap: Almost invoked by Sheldon when he challenges Kripke, saying he would choose to slap him with a glove but he just put away his winter clothes.
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* OverlyLongGag: After Sheldon explains the rules of Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock, which take a considerably long time to say, Kripke keeps asking him to repeat them just to amuse himself.
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* ShoutOut: The girls watch ''Film/{{Grease}}''. Amy remarks that her mother never let her see it because it might encourage her to join a gang; later, she asks to borrow it because "those hooligans really got my motor running."
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Sheldon and his rival Barry Kripke (Creator/JohnRossBowie) fight it out over the availability of a new office that belonged to Prof. Rothman (Creator/LynnPhilipSeibel). Meanwhile, Amy gives Penny a painting of the two of them as a gift.
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After Prof. Rothman (Creator/LynnPhilipSeibel) is forced to retire from the university, Sheldon and his rival Barry Kripke (Creator/JohnRossBowie) fight it out over the availability of a new office that belonged to Prof. Rothman (Creator/LynnPhilipSeibel). their former colleague's office.
Meanwhile, Amygives brings Penny a painting of the two of them to Penny's apartment as a gift.
gift. Penny doesn't really like the painting, but can't quite bring herself to say so. Making matters worse, Amy brought tools with which to install the painting.
Meanwhile, Amy
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amy_and_penny_paul_van_scott.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Amy and Penny, best friends forever?]]
'''"The Rothman Disintegration"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on February 16, 2012. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan and Jim Reynolds based on a story by Creator/ChuckLorre, Bill Prady and Steve Holland.
Sheldon and his rival Barry Kripke (Creator/JohnRossBowie) fight it out over the availability of a newoffice. office that belonged to Prof. Rothman (Creator/LynnPhilipSeibel). Meanwhile, Amy gives Penny gets a gift from Amy that really tests their friendship and it doesn't end well.
painting of the two of them as a gift.
[[caption-width-right:350:Amy and Penny, best friends forever?]]
'''"The Rothman Disintegration"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on February 16, 2012. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan and Jim Reynolds based on a story by Creator/ChuckLorre, Bill Prady and Steve Holland.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: When Amy notices that Penny took the painting down, the former assumes (correctly) that the latter hates it, prompting Penny to insist that she doesn't hate it and asks Amy to help her put it back up, but Amy refuses, taking the painting out of the room and saying that she doesn't need Penny's pity.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: When Amy notices that Penny took the painting down, the former assumes (correctly) that the latter hates it, prompting Penny to insist that she doesn't hate it and asks Amy to help her put it back up, but Amy Amy, devastated by what just happened, refuses, taking the painting out of the room and saying that she doesn't need Penny's pity.
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* UnwantedGiftPlot: Amy gives Penny a big, tacky painting of the two of them. Both Penny and Bernadette think it's awful, with Bernadette pointing out that it makes Penny look like a man ("Good night, real Penny. Good night, transvestite Penny."). Amy is devastated when she catches Penny trying to take it down.
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* UnwantedGiftPlot: Amy gives Penny a big, tacky painting of the two of them. Both Penny and Bernadette think it's awful, with Bernadette pointing out that it makes Penny look like a man ("Good night, real Penny. Good night, transvestite Penny."). Amy is devastated when she catches Penny trying to take after she secretly took it down.
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-->'''Amy:''' I'm just glad I didn't go for the sculpture!
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* EpicFail: The Sheldon vs. Kripke basketball game. It started off with a simple 5 to win game, but after a long time of neither of them getting a shot, it turned into single free throw challenge. But ''that'' proved to be problematic, and it devolved into highest bouncing contest.
* GloveSlap: Invoked by Sheldon when he challenges Kripke, saying he'd slap him with a glove but he just put away his winter clothes.
* GloveSlap: Invoked by Sheldon when he challenges Kripke, saying he'd slap him with a glove but he just put away his winter clothes.
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* EpicFail: The Sheldon vs. Kripke basketball game. It started off with a simple 5 to win game, but after a long time of neither both of them spend a half hour without getting a shot, it turned into single free throw challenge. But ''that'' That ''also'' proved to be problematic, and it devolved into highest bouncing contest.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Sheldon wins the office, but the office is marred by noises coming from the geology lab upstairs, the air conditioning being connected to his neighbor's office (who is currently going through hot flashes), wind chimes outside his window (which he does not like), and a mockingbird that will not sing in tune with the wind chimes. Despite this, he refuses to give up the office and let Kripke win.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: When Amy notices that Penny took the painting down, the former assumes that the latter hates it, prompting Penny to insist that she doesn't hate it and asks Amy to help her put it back up, but Amy refuses, taking the painting out of the room and saying that she doesn't need Penny's pity.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: When Amy notices that Penny took the painting down, the former assumes (correctly) that the latter hates it, prompting Penny to insist that she doesn't hate it and asks Amy to help her put it back up, but Amy refuses, taking the painting out of the room and saying that she doesn't need Penny's pity.
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* UnwantedGiftPlot: Amy gives Penny a big, tacky painting of the two of them. Both Penny and Bernadette think it's awful, with Bernadette pointing out that it makes Penny look like a man.man ("Good night, real Penny. Good night, transvestite Penny."). Amy is devastated when she catches Penny trying to take it down.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: When Amy notices that Penny took the painting down, the former assumes that the latter hates it, prompting Penny to insist that she doesn't hate it and asks Amy to help her put it back up, but Amy refuses, taking the painting out of the room and saying that she doesn't need Penny's pity.
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* UnathleticNerd: This is probably the episode that best highlights this aspect of the cast. To make the competition between Sheldon and Kripke fair, they go with the one thing the two are equally ''bad'' at: sports. So they go to the basketball court for a game of horse. When either one fails to score a single basket, they switch to a three-point throw contest. And when they fail to score even ''that'', they settle for who can bounce the ball highest, which Sheldon wins. ("Who's unsatisfactory in PE now?")
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* UnathleticNerd: This is probably the episode that best highlights this aspect of the cast. To make the competition between Sheldon and Kripke fair, they go with the one thing the two are equally ''bad'' at: sports. So they go to the basketball court for a game of horse. When either one fails to score a single basket, they switch to a three-point throw contest. And when they fail to score even ''that'', they settle for who can bounce the ball highest, which Sheldon wins. ("Who's unsatisfactory in PE now?")
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* RailEnthusiast: When Sheldon flips over his whiteboard so Kripke can't see what's written there, there's a drawing of "a really cool train" on the other side, which Sheldon also doesn't want Kripke to see.
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* EpicFail: The Sheldon vs. Kripke basketball game. It started off with a simple 5 to win game, but after a long time of neither of them getting a shot, it turned into single free throw challenge. But ''that'' proved to be problematic, and it devolved into highest bouncing contest.
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* ContinuityNod: To settle who gets the office, Sheldon suggests a game of [[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS2E8TheLizardSpockExpansion Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock]].
* EpicFail: The Sheldon vs. Kripke basketball game. It started off with a simple 5 to win game, but after a long time of neither of them getting a shot, it turned into single free throw challenge. But ''that'' proved to be problematic, and it devolved into highest bouncingcontest.contest.
* GloveSlap: Invoked by Sheldon when he challenges Kripke, saying he'd slap him with a glove but he just put away his winter clothes.
* HypocriticalHumor: Sheldon complains about Kripke having called dibs on Rothman's office months ago, while Leonard points out that Sheldon had just done the very same.
-->'''Sheldon:''' This is a university, not a playground. Offices are not assigned because someone called dibs.\\
'''Leonard:''' You just called dibs.\\
'''Sheldon:''' Shut it!
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Professor Rothman arrives at his office butt naked, still thinking he's working there. Also, he thinks it makes him invisible.
* SanitySlippage: Professor Rothman had gone insane and was forced to retire, which Leonard mentions happens to theoretical physicists all the time. When Sheldon gets his office, small details like a hole in the wall, the sound of windchimes outside, and a mockingbird whose singing is out of tune with the windchimes, start driving him crazy, which is implied to be the reason for Rothman's breakdown.
* UnwantedGiftPlot: Amy gives Penny a big, tacky painting of the two of them. Both Penny and Bernadette think it's awful, with Bernadette pointing out that it makes Penny look like a man. Amy is devastated when she catches Penny trying to take it down.
* EpicFail: The Sheldon vs. Kripke basketball game. It started off with a simple 5 to win game, but after a long time of neither of them getting a shot, it turned into single free throw challenge. But ''that'' proved to be problematic, and it devolved into highest bouncing
* GloveSlap: Invoked by Sheldon when he challenges Kripke, saying he'd slap him with a glove but he just put away his winter clothes.
* HypocriticalHumor: Sheldon complains about Kripke having called dibs on Rothman's office months ago, while Leonard points out that Sheldon had just done the very same.
-->'''Sheldon:''' This is a university, not a playground. Offices are not assigned because someone called dibs.\\
'''Leonard:''' You just called dibs.\\
'''Sheldon:''' Shut it!
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Professor Rothman arrives at his office butt naked, still thinking he's working there. Also, he thinks it makes him invisible.
* SanitySlippage: Professor Rothman had gone insane and was forced to retire, which Leonard mentions happens to theoretical physicists all the time. When Sheldon gets his office, small details like a hole in the wall, the sound of windchimes outside, and a mockingbird whose singing is out of tune with the windchimes, start driving him crazy, which is implied to be the reason for Rothman's breakdown.
* UnwantedGiftPlot: Amy gives Penny a big, tacky painting of the two of them. Both Penny and Bernadette think it's awful, with Bernadette pointing out that it makes Penny look like a man. Amy is devastated when she catches Penny trying to take it down.
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CallBack: This episode based on a one-off comment Kripke made during "The Beta Test Initiation".
* EpicFail: The Sheldon vs. Kripke basketball game. It started off with a simple 5 to win game, but after a long time of neither of them getting a shot, it turned into single free throw challenge. But ''that'' proved to be problematic, and it devolved into highest bouncing contest.
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CallBack: This episode based on a one-off comment Kripke made during "The Beta Test Initiation".
* EpicFail: The Sheldon vs. Kripke basketball game. It started off with a simple 5 to win game, but after a long time of neither of them getting a shot, it turned into single free throw challenge. But ''that'' proved to be problematic, and it devolved into highest bouncing contest.
