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* BetterThanSex: Sheldon doesn't see why any sane person could choose sex over ''Halo III''. The graphics aren't nearly as good, just for one thing!
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* AnythingThatMoves: Christy will sleep with anyone who buys her things.
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* GoldDigger: See above.Christy will sleep with anyone who buys her things. Mrs. Wolowitz even refers to her as "gold digger." one.
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* MistakenForForeigner: Chen. Sheldon jumps to the conclusion that Chen is an immigrant who was born in China. Sheldon complains that Howard "is putting his needs ahead of the collective good." Then, pointing at Chen, Sheldon says "Where he comes from, that's punishable by death." Chen actually hails from Sacramento, California.[[note]]Likewise the actor James Hong was born in Minnesota but people assume he was born in China.[[/note]]
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* MistakenForForeigner: Chen. Sheldon jumps to the conclusion that their waiter Chen is an immigrant who was born in China. Sheldon complains When complaining that Howard "is putting his needs ahead of the collective good." Then, pointing at Chen, Sheldon gestures to Chen and says "Where he comes from, that's punishable by death." Chen actually hails from Sacramento, California.[[note]]Likewise the actor James Hong was born in Minnesota but people assume he was born in China.[[/note]]
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* IgnoreTheFanService: Penny brings a group of attractive friends over on Halo Night. The guys are too engrossed in the game to notice.
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* IgnoreTheFanService: Penny brings a group of attractive friends over on Halo Night. The guys are too engrossed focused in the game to notice.
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'''"The Dumpling Paradox"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on November 5, 2007. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Creator/LeeAronsohn and Creator/JenniferGlickman based on a story by the show's creators.
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'''"The Dumpling Paradox"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on November 5, 2007. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Creator/LeeAronsohn and Creator/JenniferGlickman based on a story by the show's creators.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Where's your annoying friend who speaks Mandarin, Chen wonders?]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Where's your annoying friend who speaks Mandarin, Chen wonders?]]
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For the now familiar IdiosyncraticWipe with the subatomic particles, there is still a bell tree sound but now also with the more familiar whoosh.
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* MistakenForForeigner: Chen. Sheldon jumps to the conclusion that Chen is an immigrant who was born in China. Sheldon complains that Howard "is putting his needs ahead of the collective good." Then, pointing at Chen, Sheldon says "Where he comes from, that's punishable by death." Chen actually hails from Sacramento, California.[[note]]Likewise the actor James Hong was born in Minnesota but people assume he was born in China.[[/note]]
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!!! Plot
When Penny's friend Christy arrives from Nebraska, she creates tension within the group. The guys try to get Penny to fill in the gap left by Wolowitz.
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Penny's friend Christy
Annoyed, Penny leaves, but she soon comes back, aghast: Christy and Howard are having sex in Penny's apartment. Leonard offers to let Penny sleep in his room or on the
The
Howard's absence from the group's usual activities severely troubles Sheldon. At the Chinese restaurant, Sheldon gets extremely worked up about splitting the four dumplings they usually get. Leonard asks the waiter, Chen (Creator/JamesHong), if they can get an order of dumplings with just three. But the restaurant is inflexible about that sort of thing...
At the next Halo night, Sheldon asks Penny to
And so, with that, the status quo is restored and the four guys return to their normal routine.
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** With Howard unavailable, Leonard makes a joke about cutting Raj in half so they can still play Halo as teams. Raj, who at this point is unable to speak around women unless he's intoxicated, replies to Leonard with Penny in the room, and while sober.
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* PlotHole: The episode starts on Halo Night, which is established to be Wednesday night, the next morning, which therefore is ''Thursday'' morning, Sheldon complains that Penny, still asleep on the couch, is disrupting his ''Saturday'' morning routine.
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* GoldDigger : See above. Mrs. Wolowitz refers to her as "gold digger."
* IgnoreTheFanService : Penny brings a group of attractive friends over on Halo Night. The guys are too engrossed in the game to notice.
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* SoreLoser: When Penny continuously kills Sheldon's character when they are playing Halo, Sheldon gets fed up and accuses Penny of cheating, stating nobody can be as attractive as her and as skilled at video games at the same time. Penny doesn't get angry at his accusations though, and simply kills his character again when he is walking out of the room.
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* SoreLoser: When Penny continuously kills Sheldon's character when they are playing Halo, Sheldon gets fed up and accuses Penny of cheating, stating nobody can be as attractive as her and as skilled at video games at the same time. Penny doesn't get angry at his accusations though, and simply kills his character again when he is walking out of the room.
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* FightForTheLastBite: The episode gets its name for a scene in which the guys minus Howard, who is dating one of Penny's friends, are eating at a Chinese restaurant and debate what to do with the leftover dumpling.
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!!! Plot
When Penny's friend Christy arrives from Nebraska, she creates tension within the group. The guys try to get Penny to fill in the gap left by Wolowitz.
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* AnythingThatMoves : Christy will sleep with anyone who buys her things.
* GoldDigger : See above. Mrs. Wolowitz refers to her as "gold digger."
* IgnoreTheFanService : Penny brings a group of attractive friends over on Halo Night. The guys are too engrossed in the game to notice.
When Penny's friend Christy arrives from Nebraska, she creates tension within the group. The guys try to get Penny to fill in the gap left by Wolowitz.
!!! Tropes
* AnythingThatMoves : Christy will sleep with anyone who buys her things.
* GoldDigger : See above. Mrs. Wolowitz refers to her as "gold digger."
* IgnoreTheFanService : Penny brings a group of attractive friends over on Halo Night. The guys are too engrossed in the game to notice.
