History Recap / TheBigBangTheoryS3E13TheBozemanReaction

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: When he sees "Mobster Sauce" (presumably a typo of "lobster") on a Chinese restaurant's menu, Sheldon suspects that the restaurant could be a front for TheMafia and the sauce might actually have [[ImAHumanitarian dead mobsters]] in it. Then he decides it's improbable since [[ComicallyMissingThePoint it's listed under seafood.]] Leonard [[{{Pun}} jokes]] that it could be from mobsters who "slept with the fishes".
** Lampshaded in short order when Sheldon suggests they go to their pizza restaurant: [[Film/TheGodfather Corleone's]].
--> '''Howard''': Sure, no mobsters there.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: When he sees "Mobster Sauce" (presumably a typo of "lobster") on a Chinese restaurant's menu, Sheldon suspects that the restaurant could be a front for TheMafia and the sauce might actually have [[ImAHumanitarian dead mobsters]] in it. Then he decides it's improbable since [[ComicallyMissingThePoint it's listed under seafood.]] Leonard [[IncrediblyLamePun jokes]] that it could be from mobsters who "slept with the fishes".

* WelcomeToTheBigCity: The minute Sheldon steps out of the plane at Bozeman, a man offers to help him with his bags, and then runs off with them. After trying to run after him, and finding the temperature outside too cold for his liking, he then asks for a ticket back to Pasadena.

Sheldon becomes increasingly distressed after his and Leonard's apartment is robbed.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sheldon's paranoia regarding being robbed again culminates in him moving to Bozeman. After he gets his bags stolen and finds the temperature too cold, he decides to go back to Pasadena.

* NoKillLikeOverkill: Sheldon has Howard set up a security system that includes an electrified net. Fortunately, the net wasn't electrified yet when it fell on Penny; Sheldon, however, wasn't so lucky.

* ShoutOut: It's not spelled out, but the use of Bozeman, Montana is undoubtedly a reference to ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', in which it's the site of humankind's FirstContact with an alien species, namely the Vulcans. That, in turn, is a reference to Bozeman being the hometown of ''Star Trek'' producer Creator/BrannonBraga.

* ShoutOut: It's not spelled out, but the use of Bozeman, Montana is undoubtedly a reference to ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', in which it's the site of humankind's FirstContact with an alien species, namely the Vulcans. That, in turn, is a reference to Bozeman being the hometown of ''Star Trek'' producer Brannon Braga.

* ShoutOut: It's not actually mentioned, but the use of Bozeman, Montana was undoubtedly a reference to ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', in which it's the site of humankind's FirstContact with an alien species, namely the Vulcans. That, in turn, was a reference to Bozeman being the hometown of ''Star Trek'' producer Brannon Braga.

* InsecuritySystem: Howard got the materials for the security system from a friend in the U.S. Department of Defense, pointing out the irony of them not having

* WelcomeToTheBigCity: The minute Sheldon steps out of the plane at Bozeman, a man offers to help him with his bags, and then runs off with them. After trying to run off after him, and finding the temperature outside too cold for his liking, he then asks for a ticket back to Pasadena.

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