History Recap / TheBigBangTheoryS11E19TheTenantDisassociation

* MercifulMinion: Amy to Sheldon. Amy ends up voting in Leonard into power because she realizes that her fiancee is too corrupt and abusive to be in charge, seeing that Penny is her best friend and Sheldon is hurting Penny too much. But then she ends being this trope by cheering for Sheldon to vocally oppose and badger Leonard.

* ShoutOut: Bernadette swears she's listening to the conversation and not watching ''Series/TheCrown''.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Sheldon, Penny and Leonard all badger Amy for her vote on the Presidency on account of being her fiancee, her best friend, and her lender of a battery in spite of not talking much to each other.

* ContinuityNod: Sheldon waging war on Penny over the laundry room by charging her a late fee of $14.99 as failure to pick up her laundry on time could mean Sheldon is still angry at her for taking up all the washing machines out of spite back in "The Panty Pinata Polarization".

* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood: The only reason Leonard and Penny challenge Sheldon for the position as President of the Tenants Association is because they want their sandwich truck (Pearl of Sandwich) back.

* LoopholeAbuse: Leonard invokes this to oust Sheldon as president of the tenants association when it turns out that he was technically no longer a tenant; he was taken out of the lease of his previous apartment when he moved in with Amy, who is leasing Penny's old apartment. He is no longer leasing an apartment, and therefore ineligible to lead the tenant's association. Sheldon also invokes this trope when he points out that the California Provisional Law that "a person who occupies a dwelling for 30 consecutive days becomes a tenant at will".
* MercifulMinion: Amy to Sheldon. Amy ends up voting in Leonard into power because she realizes that her fiancee is too corrupt and abusive to be in charge, seeing that Penny is her best friend and Sheldon is hurting Penny too much. But then she ends being this trope by cheering for Sheldon to vocally oppose and badger Leonard.

'''Plot Synopsis''': Sheldon banishes the Pearl of Sandwich food truck because he's annoyed that the delicious aroma of their sandwiches keep distracting him from his physics research. Leonard and Penny get angry because they love the sandwich truck and challenge Sheldon's position as President of the Tenants Association.\\

* MercifulMinion: Amy to Sheldon. Amy ends up voting in Leonard into power because she realizes that her fiancee is too corrupt and abusive to be in charge, seeing that Penny is her best friend and Sheldon is hurting Penny too much.

* TheBully: Sheldon (as usual). As President, he decides to ban Leonard and Penny from using the laundry room, takes away their sandwich truck, even bans Leonard from the hallway by putting out the rules "No Inhaler" and "No Glasses", mocks Leonard for his short height and charges Penny gratuitous fees for leaving her clothes overnight in the laundry room. After Leonard wrests the Presidential position away from Sheldon, the latter declares he'll still badger Leonard at every turn out of spite and for his own amusement.

* LoopholeAbuse: Sheldon is outed as president of the tenants association when it turns out that he was technically no longer a tenant; he was taken out of the lease of his previous apartment when he moved in with Amy, who is leasing Penny's old apartment. He is no longer leasing an apartment, and therefore ineligible to lead the tenant's association.

!!!!The subplot focusing on Howard and Raj contains examples of:

* PyrrhicVictory: Leonard does win by becoming the President at the end, but now he has to deal with Sheldon's vocal opposition.

!!Tropes

* TheBadGuyWins: Although after he is forced to abdicate from his throne as President of the TA because Amy voted him out using the majority rule, Sheldon declares that even with Leonard being President, Sheldon can now be the "vocal opposition" badgering and criticizing the President at every turn. Amy encourages him to go for it, while Leonard and Penny [[WhatHaveIDone cringe in anguish over what horrible mistake they made by putting themselves in charge]].

* NeverMyFault: Sheldon for blaming the food truck itself for making him want to have a sandwich, when really he could just go to some other place like a public library to continue his research.

* TheBadGuyWins: Although after he is forced to abdicate from his throne as President of the TA because Amy voted him out using the majority rule, Sheldon declares that even with Leonard being President, Sheldon can now be the "vocal opposition" badgering and criticizing the President at every turn. Amy encourages him to go for it, while Leonard and Penny [[WhatHaveIDone cower over what horrible mistake they made by putting themselves in charge]].