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* DirtyCoward: Sheldon spots two rats whilst he and Raj are underground, he goes back upstairs and closes the hatch, telling Amy that it's too late for Raj. Raj later calls Sheldon out for this, much to Sheldon's annoyance l.
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* DirtyCoward: Sheldon spots two rats whilst he and Raj are underground, he goes back upstairs and closes the hatch, telling Amy that it's too late for Raj. Raj later calls Sheldon out for this, much to Sheldon's annoyance l.annoyance.
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* DirtyCoward: Sheldon spots two rats whilst he and Raj are underground, he goes back upstairs and closes the hatch, telling Amy that it's too late for Raj. Raj later calls Sheldon out for this, much to Sheldon's annoyance l.
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'''"The Expedition Approximation"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on October 20, 2014. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Jim Reynolds, Steve Holland and Creator/MariaFerrari, based on a story by Steven Molaro, David Goetsch and Creator/TaraHernandez.
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* ClarkKenting: Discussed. Raj explains ''Series/HannahMontana'' to Sheldon, who thinks it's preposterous that she is unrecognizable in a wig. Raj points out that Franchise/{{Superman}} does the same, but Sheldon counters that he also wears bangs and affects a mild=å-mannered personality as Clark Kent.
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* ClarkKenting: Discussed. Raj explains ''Series/HannahMontana'' to Sheldon, who thinks it's preposterous that she is unrecognizable in a wig. Raj points out that Franchise/{{Superman}} does the same, but Sheldon counters that he also wears bangs and affects a mild=å-mannered mild-mannered personality as Clark Kent.
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* LockedInARoom: Sheldon and Raj spend much of the episode down on a steam tunnel under the university to practice for when they have to do dark matter experiments on an abandoned mine.
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* MermaidProblem: One of the things Sheldon is working on when Raj comes to his office is figuring out how mermaids have babies. Raj solves it by suggesting she just lays eggs.
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* YearInsideHourOutside: A downplayed variation when Sheldon and Raj bury themselves in an underground steam pipe tunnel to simulate working in a salt mine. When paired with the other scenes, it appears that they have spent hours there. But when Sheldon flees after seeing rats, Amy reveals that the simulation lasted ''eleven minutes''.
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* ClarkKenting: Discussed. Raj explains Hannah Montana to Sheldon, who thinks it's preposterous that she is unrecognizable in a wig. Raj points out that Superman does the same, but Sheldon counters that he also wears bangs and affects a mild=å-mannered personality as Clark Kent.
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* ClarkKenting: Discussed. Raj explains Hannah Montana ''Series/HannahMontana'' to Sheldon, who thinks it's preposterous that she is unrecognizable in a wig. Raj points out that Superman Franchise/{{Superman}} does the same, but Sheldon counters that he also wears bangs and affects a mild=å-mannered personality as Clark Kent.Kent.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Leonard saying, "You know how insecure I am about my insecurities."
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Sheldon makes the mistake of googling "Hot, dark and moist" when researching places where he can simulate going into a mine and gets a lot of videos.
* JarPotty: Sheldon is okay working inside an abandoned salt mine to study dark matter, until Raj mentions that he'll have to go to the bathroom in a bucket.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Leonard saying, "You know how insecure I am about my insecurities."
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Sheldon makes the mistake of googling "Hot, dark and moist" when researching places where he can simulate going into a mine and gets a lot of videos.
* JarPotty: Sheldon is okay working inside an abandoned salt mine to study dark matter, until Raj mentions that he'll have to go to the bathroom in a bucket.
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* ManChild: Bernadette is angry at Howard over how much of a child he is. [[NotHelpingYourCase And he's not exactly making a compelling case for the contrary]].
-->'''Howard:''' I'm not a baby, I'm a grown man, and I made the bed! Now where's my star?
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After Sheldon leaves him behind at the mercy of rats, Raj storms into the apartment during TheTag to tell him off, while Sheldon is having Amy transcribe his notes.
-->'''Raj:''' You call yourself a friend? I was trying to help you, and the first sign of trouble you ran away, leaving me to fend off a family of rats! You are a completely selfish human being and a physical and moral coward!\\
'''Sheldon:''' [To Amy] [[NoSympathy His statements of the obvious continue to annoy.]]
-->'''Howard:''' I'm not a baby, I'm a grown man, and I made the bed! Now where's my star?
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After Sheldon leaves him behind at the mercy of rats, Raj storms into the apartment during TheTag to tell him off, while Sheldon is having Amy transcribe his notes.
-->'''Raj:''' You call yourself a friend? I was trying to help you, and the first sign of trouble you ran away, leaving me to fend off a family of rats! You are a completely selfish human being and a physical and moral coward!\\
'''Sheldon:''' [To Amy] [[NoSympathy His statements of the obvious continue to annoy.]]
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* ShoutOut: Howard recently completed his ''Star Trek'' plate collection.
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* ShoutOut: ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sheldon bolts from the tunnel when he sees two rats right behind Raj, telling Amy on his way out to forget about Raj.
-->'''Amy:''' Eleven minutes. That's longer than I thought.
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** Howard recently completed his''Star Trek'' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' plate collection.collection.
** When Raj mentions the Voyager space probe, Sheldon comments on how much he hates ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.
-->'''Amy:''' Eleven minutes. That's longer than I thought.
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** Howard recently completed his
** When Raj mentions the Voyager space probe, Sheldon comments on how much he hates ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.
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* ClarkKenting: Discussed. Raj explains Hannah Montana to Sheldon, who thinks it's preposterous that she is unrecognizable in a wig. Raj points out that Superman does the same, but Sheldon counters that he also wears bangs and affects a mild=å-mannered personality as Clark Kent.
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Raj and Sheldon talk about joining a research team that operates in a mine. Penny sold the car Leonard gave her and tries to give him the money.
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* LyricalDissonance: Sheldon sings a cheery song about a miner who dies from the bad conditions.
* RuleOfThree: Sheldon always has his mind on three things. When Raj tells him how mermaids have babies, he frees up space to think about what Raj really wanted to talk about.
* ShoutOut: Howard recently completed his ''Star Trek'' plate collection.
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* LyricalDissonance: Sheldon sings a cheery song about a miner who dies from the bad conditions.
* RuleOfThree: Sheldon always has his mind on three things. When Raj tells him how mermaids have babies, he frees up space to think about what Raj really wanted to talk about.
* ShoutOut: Howard recently completed his ''Star Trek'' plate collection.
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