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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Penny normally rolls her eyes at Howard's CasanovaWannabe moments, but she can't help but stifle a smile after he remarks that "suddenly I'm looking pretty good, huh?" after Barry made a crude pass at her himself.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Penny normally rolls her eyes at Howard's CasanovaWannabe moments, [[CasanovaWannabe clumsy attempts to hit on her]], but she can't help but stifle a smile after he remarks that "suddenly I'm looking pretty good, huh?" after Barry made makes a crude pass at her himself.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Penny normally rolls her eyes at Howard's CasanovaWannabe moments, but she can't help but stifle a smile after he snarks "suddenly I'm looking pretty good, huh?" after Barry made a crude pass at her himself.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Penny normally rolls her eyes at Howard's CasanovaWannabe moments, but she can't help but stifle a smile after he snarks remarks that "suddenly I'm looking pretty good, huh?" after Barry made a crude pass at her himself.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Penny normally rolls her eyes at Howard's CasanovaWannabe moments, but she can't help but stifle a smile after he snarks "suddenly I'm looking pretty good, huh?" after Barry made a crude pass at her himself.



* FaintInShock: Sheldon faints due to his fear of heights while rock climbing with Kripke. He's left hanging unconscious on the harness.

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* FaintInShock: Sheldon faints due to his fear of heights while rock climbing with Kripke. He's left hanging unconscious on the harness. He's still stull shown to have this problem at the end of the episode, though his friends note he at least came close to reaching the top.
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* {{Fainting}}: Sheldon while rock climbing with Kripke. He's left hanging unconscious on the harness.

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* {{Fainting}}: FaintInShock: Sheldon faints due to his fear of heights while rock climbing with Kripke. He's left hanging unconscious on the harness.
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* FormulaForTheUnformulable: The titular friendship algorithm, shown as a flowchart. Howard has to add a loop counter when following the chart puts Sheldon into a loop.

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* FormulaForTheUnformulable: The titular friendship algorithm, shown as a flowchart. Howard has to add a loop counter when following the chart puts Sheldon into a potentially endless loop.
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* ShaggyDogStory: After all the trouble Sheldon goes through to befriend Kripke for the purpose of getting to use the new computer, it turns out Kripke can't control the schedule.

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* ShaggyDogStory: After all the trouble Sheldon goes through to befriend Kripke for the purpose of getting to use the new computer, it turns out Kripke can't control the schedule.schedule.
* TruthInTelevision: The Open Science Grid is a real thing managed by [[https://opensciencegrid.org/ the OSG Consortium]], which has pulled off some major feats of intensive scientific computation. According to the consortium's website,
--> The OSG consortium of research collaborations, campuses, national laboratories, and software providers is dedicated to the advancement of all open science via the practice of distributed High Throughput Computing (dHTC), and to the advancement of its state of the art. Established in 2005, the OSG operates a fabric of dHTC services for the National S&E community.

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!!! Plot

When he finds out that Kripke manages the schedules for an open science grid computer, Sheldon attempts to make friends with him.

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!!! Plot

When he finds out
'''"The Friendship Algorithm"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on January 19, 2009. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Creator/ChuckLorre and Steven Molaro based on a story by Bill Prady and Richard Rosenstock.

Sheldon believes
that Kripke manages (Creator/JohnRossBowie) controls the schedules schedule for an open the "open science grid computer, computer" that Sheldon attempts needs to make carry out some simulations vital to his research into the origins of the universe. Leonard also believes this, and tells Sheldon that only Kripke's friends get to use the grid computer.

This means that Sheldon must become
friends with him.
Kripke. Despite his disdain for the social sciences, Sheldon embarks on a systematic study of the algorithm for making friends, complete with questionnaires for his current friends.[[note]]The writers could not have foreseen the ''Series/YoungSheldon'' [[Recap/YoungSheldonS1E02RocketsCommunistsAndTheDeweyDecimalSystem episode]] in which a prepubescent Sheldon checks out a book from the library on this very topic.[[/note]]

Sheldon goes to a bookstore to put the algorithm into action. Sheldon tries to bond with preteen girl. Leonard yanks Sheldon out before any security guard can get involved.

Even so, Sheldon feels confident about trying the algorithm on Kripke, and agrees to go rock wall climbing with him. Sheldon passes out while suspended a good twenty feet up from the ground. That's good enough, Kripke and Sheldon are now friends.

Fretting that he can't manage an expanding social circle, Sheldon decides that he must let go of one of his other friends to make room for Kripke. Raj is out because Sheldon didn't like Raj's answers on the questionnaire.

However, there's an official schedule for the grid computer and Kripke has no control over it. Sheldon immediately kicks Kripke out of his group of friends and reinstates Raj.
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Everythings Better With Monkeys has been turned into a disambiguation. Zero Context Examples and examples that don’t fit existing tropes will be removed.



* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Sheldon bonds with a little girl over ''Literature/CuriousGeorge''.
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-->'''Kripke:''' You all wight there, Cooper?\\
'''Sheldon:''' Not really. I feel somewhat like an inverse tangent function at the approach to the asymptote.\\
'''Kripke:''' Are you saying you're stuck?\\
'''Sheldon:''' What part of "inverse tangent function approaching an asymptote" do you not understand?

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-->'''Kripke:''' You all wight alwight there, Cooper?\\
'''Sheldon:''' Not really. I feel somewhat like an inverse tangent function at the approach to the that’s approaching an asymptote.\\
'''Kripke:''' Are you saying you're you’re stuck?\\
'''Sheldon:''' What part of "inverse an inverse tangent function approaching an asymptote" do asymptote did you not understand?



-->'''Leonard:''' [as he escorts Sheldon out] Don't look up. They have cameras.

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-->'''Leonard:''' [as ''[as he escorts Sheldon out] out]'' Don't look up. They have There's cameras.

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* FormulaForTheUnformulable: The titular friendship algorithm, shown as a flowchart. Howard has to add a loop counter when following the chart puts Sheldon into a loop.



* PaedoHunt: The reason Sheldon can't make friends with the girl from the bookstore.

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* PaedoHunt: MistakenForPedophile: The reason Sheldon can't make friends with the girl from the bookstore.
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When he finds out that Kripke manages the schedules for a piece of lab equipment, Sheldon attempts to make friends with him.

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When he finds out that Kripke manages the schedules for a piece of lab equipment, an open science grid computer, Sheldon attempts to make friends with him.
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* ExpospeakGag:
-->'''Kripke:''' You all wight there, Cooper?\\
'''Sheldon:''' Not really. I feel somewhat like an inverse tangent function at the approach to the asymptote.\\
'''Kripke:''' Are you saying you're stuck?\\
'''Sheldon:''' What part of "inverse tangent function approaching an asymptote" do you not understand?
* {{Fainting}}: Sheldon while rock climbing with Kripke. He's left hanging unconscious on the harness.



-->'''Leonard:''' [as he escorts Sheldon out] Don't look up. They have cameras.

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-->'''Leonard:''' [as he escorts Sheldon out] Don't look up. They have cameras.cameras.
* ShaggyDogStory: After all the trouble Sheldon goes through to befriend Kripke for the purpose of getting to use the new computer, it turns out Kripke can't control the schedule.

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys :
* TheFriendThatNobodyLikes : Sheldon tries to scientifically analyze why people hang out with him. Also Kripke.
* PaedoHunt : The reason Sheldon can't make friends with the girl from the bookstore.

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys :
EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Sheldon bonds with a little girl over ''Literature/CuriousGeorge''.
* TheFriendThatNobodyLikes : TheFriendNobodyLikes: Sheldon tries to scientifically analyze why people hang out with him. Also Kripke.
* PaedoHunt : MeasuringTheMarigolds: Sheldon coming up with an algorithm for making friends.
* PaedoHunt:
The reason Sheldon can't make friends with the girl from the bookstore.bookstore.
-->'''Leonard:''' [as he escorts Sheldon out] Don't look up. They have cameras.
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!!! Plot

When he finds out that Kripke manages the schedules for a piece of lab equipment, Sheldon attempts to make friends with him.

!!! Tropes

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys :
* TheFriendThatNobodyLikes : Sheldon tries to scientifically analyze why people hang out with him. Also Kripke.
* PaedoHunt : The reason Sheldon can't make friends with the girl from the bookstore.

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