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-->'''Leslie Winkle:''' Sorry, Leonard. I could have accepted our children not being able to process cheese or see a parade over a crowd, but this? This is a deal breaker.

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-->'''Leslie Winkle:''' Sorry, I’m sorry, Leonard. I could have accepted our children not being able to process cheese eat ice cream or see a parade over good view of a crowd, parade, but this? This is a deal breaker.
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* BookEnds: The episode begins and ends with Howard, Leonard, Raj and Sheldon at a renaissance fair. In the beginning, Sheldon's dressed as a monk, at the end as Commander Spock.

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Leonard jumps into a rebound relationship with Leslie (Creator/SaraGilbert) after he sees Penny with a guy.

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'''"The Codpiece Topology"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on September 29, 2008. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Bill Prady and Lee Aronsohn based on a story by Creator/ChuckLorre.

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Leonard jumps into and Penny won't be going out on a rebound second date. Coming back from a Renaissance fair, Leonard learns that Penny's now dating Eric (Creator/TravisSchuldt). This prompts Leonard to seek out Leslie (Creator/SaraGilbert), who decides she now wants to have a more traditional romantic relationship with Leonard. However, Leslie's game for Leonard trying to make Penny jealous.

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Leslie (Creator/SaraGilbert) after can have privacy. Sheldon figures out a way to get Leslie out: he sees Penny with gets the two of them arguing over whether their children will be taught string theory or quantum loop gravity. Leonard prefers string theory but is willing to let their potential children pick their own theory. This is a guy.

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Leonard jumps into a rebound relationship with Leslie after he sees Penny with a guy.

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Leonard jumps into a rebound relationship with Leslie (Creator/SaraGilbert) after he sees Penny with a guy.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Leonard and Leslie's argument over philosophical spacetime beliefs resembles a couple arguing over differing religious beliefs.
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* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: Leslie breaks up with Leonard over philosophical differences regarding their preferred model of spacetime (Leslie supports loop quantum, and often clashes over it with Sheldon, who goes in for string theory, but Leonard doesn't actually care, and would have let their hypothetical children decide for themselves).
-->'''Leslie Winkle:''' Sorry, Leonard. I could have accepted our children not being able to process cheese or see a parade over a crowd, but this? This is a deal breaker.
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-->'''Leslie Winkle:''' Hello, fellow scientists... Sheldon.
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* {{Sexiled}}: Sheldon is asked to leave the apartment while Leonard is with Leslie. He spends it on the stairway playing ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''.

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* {{Sexiled}}: Sheldon is asked to leave the apartment while Leonard is with Leslie. He spends it on the stairway playing ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''.''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
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* RenaissanceFair: The episode opens with the guys returning from a ren faire in full costume. Sheldon found it too anachronistic for his tastes and refuses to return, until Raj convinces him that he can go as [[Series/StarTrektheOriginalSeries Mr. Spock]] exploring a planet similar to Medieval-era Earth.
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* YeOldeButcheredEngishe: Sheldon complains about its overuse at the Renaissance fair.

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* YeOldeButcheredEngishe: YeOldeButcheredEnglish: Sheldon complains about its overuse at the Renaissance fair.
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* YeOldeButcheredEngish: Sheldon complains about its overuse at the Renaissance fair.

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* YeOldeButcheredEngish: YeOldeButcheredEngishe: Sheldon complains about its overuse at the Renaissance fair.
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* AnachronismStew: Sheldon's complaint about the Renaissance fair. Raj convinces him to come back by pretending to be a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' officer (possibly Spock) exploring a planet similar to Earth in the fifteen-hundreds.
* ExpospeakGag: While talking about Leslie Winkle.
-->'''Howard:''' I'd hit that.\\
'''Sheldon:''' You'd hit particulate soil on a colloidal suspension. [Howard looks confused] Mud.
* {{Sexiled}}: Sheldon is asked to leave the apartment while Leonard is with Leslie. He spends it on the stairway playing ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''.
* YeOldeButcheredEngish: Sheldon complains about its overuse at the Renaissance fair.
-->'''Sheldon:''' My God, they can't expect to put "Ye Olde" in front of anything they want and get away with it.
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Leonard jumps into a rebound relationship with Leslie after he sees Amy with a guy.

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Leonard jumps into a rebound relationship with Leslie after he sees Amy Penny with a guy.
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Leonard jumps into a rebound relationship with Leslie after he sees Amy with a guy.

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