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Leonard returns from his date with Penny. She then asks Leonard to take it slow. She confesses to Sheldon that it is because she thinks she isn't smart enough to keep his interest. The stress of keeping this secret gets to Sheldon, causing him to give in and tell Leonard.
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'''"The Bad Fish Paradigm"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on September 22, 2008. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by David Goetsch and Steven Molaro based on a story by Bill Prady.

Leonard returns from his date with Penny. She then asks Leonard to take it slow. She confesses to Sheldon that it is because she thinks she isn't smart enough to keep his interest. interest, and that she lied about finishing community college. She asks Sheldon to keep this a secret.

The stress of keeping this secret gets to Sheldon, causing him forcing Sheldon to give in move out of Apartment 4A and tell Leonard.
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go live with Raj. But Sheldon quickly gets on Raj's nerves, so Raj dumps Sheldon on Howard. And Howard gives Sheldon some milk with valium and dumps Sheldon back with Leonard. Loopy from the following Tropes:valium, Sheldon reveals Penny's secret to Leonard.

The solution is simple, Leonard thinks: Penny should take classes at the Pasadena City College. Penny doesn't see it that way.

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linking Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai (pleasantly surprised we've got pages on both of them)


--->'''Raj''' (after Sheldon saying he prefers Madhuri Dixit over Aishwarya Rai): "How dare you. Aishwarya Rai is a Goddess. By comparison Madhuri Dixit is a leprous prostitute."

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--->'''Raj''' (after Sheldon saying he prefers Madhuri Dixit Creator/MadhuriDixit over Aishwarya Rai): Creator/AishwaryaRai): "How dare you. Aishwarya Rai is a Goddess. By comparison Madhuri Dixit is a leprous prostitute."
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** Sheldon is revealed to have a few; changing the Brightness/Contrast setting on the TV, taking off a Band-Aid in front of him, but the biggest one is making fun of trains. Raj tries to invoke the last one when trying to not have Sheldon stay at his place, but it doesn't work.

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** Sheldon is revealed to have a few; lot; changing the Brightness/Contrast setting on the TV, taking off a Band-Aid in front of him, buying generic ketchup, forgetting to rinse the sink, talking to him through the bathroom door, adjusting the thermostat, cooking with cilantro, pronouncing the "T" in "often", but the biggest one is making fun of trains. Raj tries to invoke the last one when trying to not have Sheldon stay at his place, but it doesn't work.
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* {{Squick}}: Apparently Howard is a bit of a necrophiliac as his comments on the human cadavers exhibit.

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* {{Squick}}: Apparently Apparently, Howard is a bit of a necrophiliac necrophiliac, as indicated by his comments on the human cadavers exhibit.
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* RoommateDrama: Sheldon temporarily moves to Raj's house, and then to Howard's house. They both kick him out and Howard brings him back to Leonard's apartment.

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** Sheldon is revealed to have a few; changing the Brightness/Contrast setting on the TV, taking off a Band-Aid in front of him, but the biggest one is making fun of trains.
** Raj tries to invoke the last one when trying to not have Sheldon stay at his place, but it doesn't work.

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** Sheldon is revealed to have a few; changing the Brightness/Contrast setting on the TV, taking off a Band-Aid in front of him, but the biggest one is making fun of trains.
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trains. Raj tries to invoke the last one when trying to not have Sheldon stay at his place, but it doesn't work.



-->'''Raj''' (after Sheldon saying he prefers Madhuri Dixit over Aishwarya Rai): "How dare you. Aishwarya Rai is a Goddess. By comparison Madhuri Dixit is a leprous prostitute."

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-->'''Raj''' --->'''Raj''' (after Sheldon saying he prefers Madhuri Dixit over Aishwarya Rai): "How dare you. Aishwarya Rai is a Goddess. By comparison Madhuri Dixit is a leprous prostitute."

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* CannotKeepASecret: Sheldon, though he tries. Eventually, the perceived burden becomes too much for him to bear.



* TakeAThirdOption: When told of Penny's secret, he struggles to keep it from Leonard, and he can't forget it, so he decides to move out.

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* TakeAThirdOption: When told of Penny's secret, he Sheldon struggles to keep it from Leonard, and he can't forget about it, so he decides to move out.
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** Sheldon is revealed to have a few; Changing the Brightness/Contrast setting on the TV, Taking a Band-Aid in front of him, but the biggest one is making fun of trains.

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** Sheldon is revealed to have a few; Changing changing the Brightness/Contrast setting on the TV, Taking taking off a Band-Aid in front of him, but the biggest one is making fun of trains.

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Continuity Nod is a casuall reference, Call Back is crucial to the plot


* BeserkButton: Sheldon is revealed to have a few; Changing the Brightness/Contrast Setting on the TV, Taking a band-aid in front of him, but the biggest one is making fun of trains.

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Sheldon is revealed to have a few; Changing the Brightness/Contrast Setting setting on the TV, Taking a band-aid Band-Aid in front of him, but the biggest one is making fun of trains.



* ContinuityNod: The cold opening takes place right after Penny and Leonard's date in the Season 1 finale.

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* ContinuityNod: CallBack: The cold opening takes place right after Penny and Leonard's date in the Season 1 finale.
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!!Plot
Leonard returns from his date with Penny. She then asks Leonard to take it slow. She confesses to Sheldon that it is because she thinks she isn't smart enough to keep his interest. The stress of keeping this secret gets to Sheldon, causing him to give in and tell Leonard.
!!This episode contains the following Tropes:
* BeserkButton: Sheldon is revealed to have a few; Changing the Brightness/Contrast Setting on the TV, Taking a band-aid in front of him, but the biggest one is making fun of trains.
** Raj tries to invoke the last one when trying to not have Sheldon stay at his place, but it doesn't work.
** Raj's has his own.
-->'''Raj''' (after Sheldon saying he prefers Madhuri Dixit over Aishwarya Rai): "How dare you. Aishwarya Rai is a Goddess. By comparison Madhuri Dixit is a leprous prostitute."
* BrickJoke: The camera above Sheldon and Leonard's apartment appears in the beginning and the end of the episode.
** "Tag. Your it!"
* ContinuityNod: The cold opening takes place right after Penny and Leonard's date in the Season 1 finale.
* {{Squick}}: Apparently Howard is a bit of a necrophiliac as his comments on the human cadavers exhibit.
* TakeAThirdOption: When told of Penny's secret, he struggles to keep it from Leonard, and he can't forget it, so he decides to move out.

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