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* EarlyBirdCameo: "TV's Series/{{Blossom}}" and "that girl from ''Series/TheWonderYears''" are both mentioned. Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler, and Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: "TV's Series/{{Blossom}}" ''Series/{{Blossom}}''" and "that girl from ''Series/TheWonderYears''" are both mentioned. Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler, and Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors. (''Blossom'' was also mentioned in ''Series/YoungSheldon'' episode "A Race of Superhumans and a Letter to Alf".)
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The guys decide to participate in the annual Physics Bowl. Sheldon's ego takes over.

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\nThe guys decide to participate in the annual Physics Bowl. For their first practice round on a Saturday with Penny hosting, Sheldon keeps cutting in and trying to answer the questions for his partners. Leonard, Howard and Penny point out Sheldon is being selfish and he should share the glory with his teammates out of consideration. Sheldon refuses, wanting to keep hogging the spotlight all for himself and dismissing there's such a need to "share" the questions. Fed up with Sheldon's ego takes over.
ego, Leonard boots him off the team with a Batman cookie jar as compensation.

Leonard fills in Sheldon's gap with his ex Leslie as while Sheldon hires [=CalTech=]'s janitors and cafeteria workers but requiring they all stay quiet and not give answers. Both Leonard and Sheldon do very well against each other in the Physics Bowl but then neither of them can answer the Final question that will break their tied score. Leonard gives a very weak guess, and Sheldon stays quiet until suddenly his teammate answers "Negative 8 pi alpha". Sheldon lashes out at him, saying their arrangement was only he may answer questions. The teammate, Dmitri, confesses to being a former renowned physicist himself back in the Soviet Union before moving to America for a new life. Sheldon doesn't care for his background, and so Sheldon revokes that answer, allowing Leonard to win. Leonard, while proud of his new trophy, wonders if Sheldon will ever realize the true potential of teamwork.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Referenced by Raj, who wonders why everyone on ''Series/StarTrek'' has the same parts.

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* BizarreAlienBiology: Referenced by Raj, who wonders why everyone on ''Series/StarTrek'' ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has the same parts.
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* PlotHole: Sheldon at first didn't want to be part of the Physics Bowl complaining it's too easy for him, but then he gets obsessed with taking over the team and is pissed when Leonard discharges him. Though Sheldon may have underestimated how much fun he would have upstaging Leonard, Howard and Raj in being the smarter physicist and so that's why Sheldon's opinion of the Physics Bowl made a 180 turn.

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* PlotHole: Sheldon at first didn't want to be part of the Physics Bowl complaining it's too easy for him, but then he gets obsessed with taking over the team and is pissed when Leonard discharges him. Though Sheldon may have underestimated how much fun he would have upstaging Leonard, Howard and Raj in being the smarter physicist and so that's why Sheldon's opinion of the Physics Bowl made a 180 turn.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Sheldon remarks, "By that logic I should answer all the anthropology questions because I'm a mammal!" Anthropology encompasses the study of specifically humans and their ancestors through evolution, not mammals in general.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Sheldon remarks, "By that logic I should answer all the anthropology questions because I'm a mammal!" Anthropology encompasses the study of specifically humans and their ancestors through regarding cultures and evolution, not mammals in general.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Sheldon remarks, "By that logic I should answer all the anthropology questions because I'm a mammal!" Anthropology encompasses the study of specifically humans and their ancestors through evolution, not mammals in general.



* ArtisticLicenseTerminology: Sheldon remarks, "By that logic I should answer all the anthropology questions because I'm a mammal!" Anthropology encompasses the study of specifically humans and their ancestors through evolution, not mammals in general.
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* ArtisticLicenseTerminology: Sheldon remarks, "By that logic I should answer all the anthropology questions because I'm a mammal!" Anthropology encompasses the study of specifically humans and their ancestors through evolution, not mammals in general.
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--> '''Dmitri''': Here, I am janitor. In former Soviet Union, I am physicist.

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--> '''Dmitri''': Here, I am janitor. [[RussianReversal In former Soviet Union, I am physicist.physicist]].
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* WorthlessForeignDegree: Dmitri's Physics training from Mother Russia. Possibly because of the United States and Soviet Union's bitter rivalry throughout the Cold War, Dmitri cannot maintain his credentials in the U.S.

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* WorthlessForeignDegree: Dmitri's Physics training from Mother Russia. Possibly because of the United States and Soviet Union's bitter rivalry throughout the Cold War, Dmitri cannot maintain his credentials in the U.S.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: "TV's Series/{{Blossom}}" and "that girl from ''Series/TheWonderYears''" are both mentioned. Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek, and Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: "TV's Series/{{Blossom}}" and "that girl from ''Series/TheWonderYears''" are both mentioned. Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek, and Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler.Fowler, and Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Both "TV's Series/{{Blossom}}" and "That girl from ''Series/TheWonderYears''" are both mentioned. Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek, and Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Both "TV's Series/{{Blossom}}" and "That "that girl from ''Series/TheWonderYears''" are both mentioned. Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek, and Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Both "TV's Blossom" and "That girl from Series/TheWonderYears" are both mentioned. Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek, and Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Both "TV's Blossom" Series/{{Blossom}}" and "That girl from Series/TheWonderYears" ''Series/TheWonderYears''" are both mentioned. Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek, and Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors.
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* PlotHole: Sheldon at first didn't want to be part of the Physics Bowl complaining it's too easy for him, but then he gets obsessed with taking over the team and is pissed when Leonard discharges him. Though Sheldon may have underestimated how much fun he would have upstaging Leonard, Howard and Raj in being the smarter physicist and so that's why Sheldon's opinion of the Physics Bowl made a 180 turn.

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* AlmightyJanitor : Dmitri.
--> Here, I am janitor. In former Soviet Union, I am physicist.

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* AlmightyJanitor : AlmightyJanitor: Dmitri.
--> '''Dmitri''': Here, I am janitor. In former Soviet Union, I am physicist.



--> How come no one ever said "Hey, Captain Kirk, get that thing out of my nose?"

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--> '''Raj''': How come no one ever said "Hey, Captain Kirk, get that thing out of my nose?"



* EarlyBirdCameo : Both "TV's Blossom" and "That girl from Series/TheWonderYears" are both mentioned. Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek, and Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors.
* EvilLaugh : Raj demonstrates one.
* FourManBand : The Physics Bowl requires four people. Sheldon snarks that by that logic, they should also play bridge or enter the Olympic Bobsled competition.
** OnlySaneMan : Leonard
** TheSmartGuy : Leslie Winkle, who also doubles as TheChick

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* EarlyBirdCameo : EarlyBirdCameo: Both "TV's Blossom" and "That girl from Series/TheWonderYears" are both mentioned. Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek, and Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors.
* EvilLaugh : EvilLaugh: Raj demonstrates one.
* FourManBand : FourManBand: The Physics Bowl requires four people. Sheldon snarks that by that logic, they should also play bridge or enter the Olympic Bobsled competition.
** OnlySaneMan : OnlySaneMan: Leonard
** TheSmartGuy : TheSmartGuy: Leslie Winkle, who also doubles as TheChick



** ButtMonkey : Raj

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** ButtMonkey : ButtMonkey: Raj



* SaltTheEarth : Referenced as one of the ways the Romans conquered their enemies.
* StrongAnts : Sheldon wants to name the team the Army Ants, because relative to their size, Army Ants are the strongest creatures.

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* SaltTheEarth : SaltTheEarth: Referenced as one of the ways the Romans conquered their enemies.
* StrongAnts : StrawMisogynist: Sheldon telling Leslie she should abandon her particle atomic research for laundry and child-bearing.
* StrongAnts:
Sheldon wants to name the team the Army Ants, because relative to their size, Army Ants are the strongest creatures.



--> Oh, and another thing. It's on, bitch!
* UnfortunateNames : Army Ants (AA) and Perpetual Motion Squad (PMS).

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--> '''Sheldon''': Oh, and another thing. It's on, bitch!
* UnfortunateNames : UnfortunateNames: Army Ants (AA) and Perpetual Motion Squad (PMS).



* WorthlessForeignDegree : Dmitri's Physics training from Mother Russia. Possibly because of the United States and Soviet Union's bitter rivalry throughout the Cold War, Dmitri cannot maintain his credentials in the U.S.

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* WorthlessForeignDegree : WorthlessForeignDegree: Dmitri's Physics training from Mother Russia. Possibly because of the United States and Soviet Union's bitter rivalry throughout the Cold War, Dmitri cannot maintain his credentials in the U.S.
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** [[AllMenArePerverts ThePervert]] : Howard

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** [[AllMenArePerverts ThePervert]] The Pervert]] : HowardHoward ("Mr. Wolowitz, this is your second warning")
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** ThePervert : Howard

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** ThePervert [[AllMenArePerverts ThePervert]] : Howard



* WorthlessForeignDegree : Dmitri's Physics training from Mother Russia.

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* WorthlessForeignDegree : Dmitri's Physics training from Mother Russia. Possibly because of the United States and Soviet Union's bitter rivalry throughout the Cold War, Dmitri cannot maintain his credentials in the U.S.
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* WasItReallyWorthIt: Leonard asks Sheldon if losing as an individual means better to him than winning as a team and take only partial credit for victory.

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* WasItReallyWorthIt: Leonard asks Sheldon if losing as an individual means better to him than winning as a team and take only partial credit for victory. Sheldon most likely would have answered "Yes" if he understood this question when Leonard asked him.
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* WasItReallyWorthIt: Leonard asks Sheldon if losing as an individual means better to him than winning as a team and take only partial credit for victory. Sheldon affirms it is.

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* WasItReallyWorthIt: Leonard asks Sheldon if losing as an individual means better to him than winning as a team and take only partial credit for victory. Sheldon affirms it is.
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!!! Plot

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!!! Plot
!!Plot



!!! Tropes

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!!! Tropes
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** TheSmartGuy : Sheldon, replaced by Leslie Winkle

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** TheSmartGuy : Sheldon, replaced by Leslie WinkleWinkle, who also doubles as TheChick


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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Dmitri. See AlmightyJanitor above.
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* WasItReallyWorthIt: Leonard asks Sheldon if losing as an individual means better to him than winning as a team and take only partial credit for victory. Sheldon affirms it is.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The final Physics Bowl question was badly written and the answer could not have been what was stated in this episode.
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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Sheldon complains to and scolds Dmitri for answering the Physics Bowl's final and notoriously difficult question instead of thanking him for it. Had he taken Dmitri's answer, or even sat there and ''stayed quiet'', Sheldon would have won the Physics Bowl and taken home the trophy.

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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Sheldon complains to and scolds Dmitri for answering the Physics Bowl's final and notoriously difficult question instead of thanking him for it. Had he taken Dmitri's answer, or even sat just sit there and ''stayed quiet'', Sheldon would have won the Physics Bowl and taken home the trophy.
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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Sheldon complains to and scolds Dmitri for answering the Physics Bowl's final and notoriously difficult question instead of thanking him for it.

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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Sheldon complains to and scolds Dmitri for answering the Physics Bowl's final and notoriously difficult question instead of thanking him for it. Had he taken Dmitri's answer, or even sat there and ''stayed quiet'', Sheldon would have won the Physics Bowl and taken home the trophy.
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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Sheldon complains to and scolds Dmitri for answering the Physics Bowl's final and notoriously difficult question instead of thanking him for it.
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--> Here, I am janitor. In Russia, I was physicist.

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--> Here, I am janitor. In Russia, former Soviet Union, I was am physicist.
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** TheButtMonkey : Raj

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** TheButtMonkey ButtMonkey : Raj
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* AlmightyJanitor : Dmitri.
--> Here, I am janitor. In Russia, I was physicist.



* EvilLaugh : Raj demonstrates one.



* UnfortunateNames : Army Ants (AA) and Perpetual Motion Squad (PMS).

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* UnfortunateNames : Army Ants (AA) and Perpetual Motion Squad (PMS).(PMS).
* WorthlessForeignDegree : Dmitri's Physics training from Mother Russia.

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* EarlyBirdCameo : Both "TV's Blossom" and "That girl from Series/TheWonderYears" are both mentioned. Creator/DanicaMcKellar would appear as a GirlOfTheWeek, and Creator/MayimBialik would later join the main cast as Amy Farrah Fowler. No one comments on their [[CelebrityParadox resemblance]] to these actors.



* StrongAnts : Sheldon wants to name the team the Army Ants, because relative to their size, Army Ants are the strongest creatures.

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* SaltTheEarth : Referenced as one of the ways the Romans conquered their enemies.
* StrongAnts : Sheldon wants to name the team the Army Ants, because relative to their size, Army Ants are the strongest creatures.creatures.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch
--> Oh, and another thing. It's on, bitch!
* UnfortunateNames : Army Ants (AA) and Perpetual Motion Squad (PMS).
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!!! Plot

The guys decide to participate in the annual Physics Bowl. Sheldon's ego takes over.

!!! Tropes

* BizarreAlienBiology: Referenced by Raj, who wonders why everyone on ''Series/StarTrek'' has the same parts.
--> How come no one ever said "Hey, Captain Kirk, get that thing out of my nose?"
* FourManBand : The Physics Bowl requires four people. Sheldon snarks that by that logic, they should also play bridge or enter the Olympic Bobsled competition.
** OnlySaneMan : Leonard
** TheSmartGuy : Sheldon, replaced by Leslie Winkle
** ThePervert : Howard
** TheButtMonkey : Raj
* StrongAnts : Sheldon wants to name the team the Army Ants, because relative to their size, Army Ants are the strongest creatures.

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