"A Patch, a Modem, and a Zantac®" is an episode of Young Sheldon that first aired November 30, 2017.
After getting into an argument with a NASA scientist visiting the school, Sheldon emarks on a mission to disprove him.
Tropes in this Episode:
- The Cameo: Elon Musk makes an appearance in The Tag, reading through young Sheldon Cooper's notebook and stuffing it into a desk drawer right before someone arrives to interview him about SpaceX.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Present!Sheldon admits in his opening monologue that wanting to spite the NASA representative that dismissed his science was the main reason he became a theoretical physicist later in life.
- Stress Vomit: Sheldon becomes so fixated on proving that he's correct that he gets a stomach pain that a doctor diagnoses as an ulcer. Later, when George Sr. decides the only way to settle this for good is to drive the family to Houston so Sheldon can prove his intelligence to the people that matter, Sheldon gets carsick along the way.
