History Recap / TheBigBangTheoryS3E17ThePreciousFragmentation

* DisappearedDad: Howard mentions his dad disappeared when he was 11 when discovering the ALF doll in the box.

* LazyBum: Penny lazily waits around for the men to give her free food rather than cooking for herself even when they've been out for a long time.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Penny lashes out at Leonard for not bringing her Chinese food last night as while she herself honestly brought food for Leonard at the Cheesecake Factory. By her logic, Penny is equating Leonard to a Chinese delivery boy which he isn't let alone his real job is being a physicist at [=CalTech=], as while she herself is a waitress and it's her job to bring him food. Unsurprisingly, Leonard isn't the slightest bit sorry to Penny when she states she's still bitter at him for last night's cancelled dinner.
** Even so, Penny acts like she can't buy Chinese food on her own, she just waits for Leonard to buy her free food.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Penny lashes out at Leonard for not bringing her Chinese food last night as while she herself honestly brought food for Leonard at the Cheesecake Factory. By this logic, Penny is equating Leonard to a Chinese delivery boy which he isn't let alone his real job is being a physicist at [=CalTech=], as while she herself is a waitress and it's her job to bring him food. On top of this, Leonard actually paid for his meal, Penny was expecting a free meal for nothing.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Penny lashes out at Leonard for not bringing her Chinese food last night as while she herself honestly brought food for Leonard at the Cheesecake Factory. Her logic has a very ringing tone of entitlement. Penny is equating Leonard to a Chinese delivery boy which he isn't let alone his real job is being a physicist at [=CalTech=], as while she herself is a waitress and she accepted a paying job to deliver food. On top of this, Leonard actually paid for his meal, Penny was expecting a free meal for nothing.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Penny lashes out at Leonard for not bringing her Chinese food last night as while she herself honestly brought food for Leonard at the Cheesecake Factory. Her logic has a very ringing tone of entitlement. Penny is equating Leonard to a Chinese delivery boy which he isn't let alone his real job is being a physicist at [=CalTech=], as while she herself is a waitress and she accepted a paying job to deliver food.

* PottyEmergency: When Sheldon starts mentioning things like 'waterfalls' and 'peeing' in an attempt to get Raj and Howard to let go of the ring and go to the bathroom, it backfires and all three of them end up needing to relieve themselves.

* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Howard jokes that his DisappearedDad must have gone to Melmac, the home planet of ''Series/{{Alf}}''. However, ALF mentioned that his planet Melmac exploded in a nuclear war and so there is nothing left of it, all the surviving Melmacians fled to other parts of the universe. Therefore, Howard's joke is inaccurate and shows he doesn't have an accurate recounting of ALF.
** Penny claims she doesn't know who Adam West is.

* PottyEmergency: When Sheldon starts mentioning things like 'waterfalls' and 'peeing' in an attempt to get Raj and Howard to let go of the ring and go to the bathroom, it backfires and all three of them end up needing to relieve themselves.

* PottyEmergency: When Sheldon starts mentioning things like 'waterfalls' and 'peeing' in an attempt to get Raj and Howard to let go of the ring and go to the bathroom, it backfires and all three of them end up needing to relieve themselves.
* SpoiledBrat: Penny argues that it's unfair that she (as a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory) has to bring food to Leonard and his friends after they aborted delivering her any Chinese food last night. Her logic makes no sense whatsoever; Leonard is a [=CalTech=] physicist, not a delivery boy, he has ''no'' obligation to bring her food, his initial promise to Penny of Chinese food is a gift at best, not a responsibility. Penny on the other hand took a paying job at the restaurant to deliver food to whichever patrons she is assigned.

* ArtisticLicense: Howard jokes that his DisappearedDad must have gone to Melmac, the home planet of ''Series/{{Alf}}''. However, ALF mentioned that his planet Melmac exploded in a nuclear war and so there is nothing left of it, all the surviving Melmacians fled to other parts of the universe. Therefore, Howard's joke is inaccurate and shows he doesn't have an accurate recounting of ALF.

* SpoiledBrat: Penny argues that it's unfair that she (as a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory) has to bring food to Leonard and his friends after they aborted delivering her any Chinese food last night. Her logic makes no sense whatsoever; Leonard is a [=CalTech=] physicist, not a delivery boy, he has ''no'' obligation to bring her food, his initial promise to Penny of Chinese food is a gift or present at best, not a responsibility. Penny on the other hand took a paying job at the restaurant to deliver food to whichever patrons she is assigned, including Leonard. Delivering food to Leonard and his friends is also a benefit on her own part so that she continues to be paid.

* FourManBand: Discussed when Leonard complains about being the one who has to carry the box they bought.

* SpoiledBrat: Penny argues that it's unfair that she (as a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory) has to bring food to Leonard and his friends after they aborted delivering her any Chinese food last night. Her logic makes no sense whatsoever; Leonard has ''no'' obligation to bring her food, his initial promise to Penny of Chinese food is a gift or present at best, not a responsibility. Penny on the other hand took a paying job at the restaurant to deliver food to whichever patrons she is assigned, including Leonard. Delivering food to Leonard and his friends is also a benefit on her own part so that she continues to be paid.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Penny argues that it's unfair that she (as a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory) has to bring food to Leonard and his friends after they aborted delivering her any Chinese food last night. Her logic makes no sense whatsoever; Leonard has ''no'' obligation to bring her food, his initial promise to Penny of Chinese food is a gift or present at best, not a responsibility. Penny on the other hand took a paying job at the restaurant to deliver food to whichever patrons she is assigned, including Leonard. Delivering food to Leonard and his friends is also a benefit on her own part so that she continues to be paid.

* PottyEmergency: When Sheldon starts mentioning things like 'waterfalls' and 'peeing' in an attempt to get Raj and Howard to let go of the ring and go to the bathroom, it backfires and all three of them end up needing to relieve themselves.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Penny argues that it's unfair that she (as a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory) has to bring food to Leonard and his friends after they aborted delivering her any Chinese food last night. Her logic makes no sense whatsoever; Leonard has ''no'' obligation to bring her food. Penny on the other hand took a paying job at the restaurant to deliver food to whichever patrons she is assigned, including Leonard. Delivering food to Leonard and his friends is also a benefit on her own part so that she continues to be paid.

-->'''Howard:'' Think about it. The only reason you exist is because your grandmother had sex.\\
'''Raj:'' Yeah, Meemaw did the nasty!

* ArtisticLicense: Howard jokes that his DisappearedDad must have went to Melmac, the home planet of ''Series/{{Alf}}''. However, ALF mentioned that his planet Melmac exploded in a nuclear war and so there is nothing left of it, all the surviving Melmacians fled to other parts of the universe. Therefore, Howard's joke is inaccurate and shows he doesn't have an accurate recounting of ALF.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Penny argues that it's unfair that she (as a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory) has to bring food to Leonard and his friends after they aborted delivering her any Chinese food last night. Her logic makes no sense whatsoever; Leonard has ''no'' obligation to bring her food. Penny on the other hand took a paying job at the restaurant to deliver food to whichever patrons she is assigned, including Leonard. Delivering food to Leonard and his friends is also a benefit on her own part so that she continues to be paid.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Penny argues that it's unfair that she (as a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory) has to bring food to Leonard and his friends after they aborted delivering her any Chinese food last night. Her logic makes no sense whatsoever; Leonard has ''no'' obligation to bring her food. Penny on the other hand took a paying job at the restaurant to deliver food to whichever patrons she is assigned, including Leonard.

* GameOfChicken: In order to decide who gets the ring, the guys all grab hold of it, the last one to let go being the winner. Leonard is the first to go after Penny lures him away with something from Victoria's Secret. The other three keep at it, even driving to and from work while still holding the ring.

* DisappearedDad: Howard mentions it when he discovers the ALF doll in the box.

* DaydreamSurprise: Sheldon wakes up to find that he's the only one holding the ring, he runs to the bathroom to wash it. Then he looks at the mirror and discovers that he's turned into Gollum. He screams and wakes up for real.

* GameOfChicken: In order to decide who gets the ring, the guys all grab hold of it, the last one to let go being the winner. Leonard is the first to go after Penny lures him away with something from Victoria's Secret.
The other three keep at it, even driving to and from work while still holding the ring.

'''Sheldon:''' Well, it's simple. In our [[RagtagBandOfMisfits ragtag band of scientists with nothing to lose]], I am [[TheSmartGuy the smart one]], Wolowitz is [[TheCasanovaWannabe the funny one]], and Koothrappali is [[TheButtMonkey the loveable foreigner who struggles to understand our ways and fails]]. That leaves you, by default, as [[TheBigGuy the muscle]][[note]]Actually the OnlySaneMan[[/note]].\\

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