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A Date With Rosie Palms is no longer a trope


* ADateWithRosiePalms: Raj.
-->'''Leonard:''' Are you going to talk about that in front of your sister?\\
'''Priya:''' We shared a room when we were growing up. It's nothing new.
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* SceneryCensor: When Raj has an adverse reaction to the drug and takes off his clothes in a coffee shop.

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* SceneryCensor: When Raj has an adverse reaction to the drug and takes off his clothes in a coffee shop. shop, a random coffee shop customer's head prevents the camera from seeing Raj's genitals. A table similarly blocks the view of a fully naked Raj at the end of the episode.
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slight reword for Artistic License Biology


* ArtisticLicenseBiology: A snake can be naturally venomous, but not poisonous. This is the kind of difference that Sheldon enjoys explaining to others. Therefore, the serpent in his 3-player chess should be venomous, not poisonous.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: A snake can be naturally venomous, but not poisonous. This is the kind of difference subtle detail that Sheldon enjoys explaining to others. Therefore, the serpent in his 3-player chess should be venomous, not poisonous.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: A snake can be naturally venomous, but not poisonous. This is the kind of difference that Sheldon enjoys explaining to others. Therefore, the serpent in his 3-player chess should be venomous, not poisonous.
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* {{Calvinball}}: Sheldon is working on a three-person version of chess, with a lot of new pieces with complicated moves.

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* {{Calvinball}}: Sheldon is working on a three-person version of chess, with a lot of new pieces with complicated moves.moves and associated rules. For example, "When the serpent slithers to an opposing player's piece, that piece is considered poisoned and will die after two more moves. [...] Unless, it gets to the old woman in time, in which case she sucks out the poison, turning her into the grand empress, a piece combining the power of the knight, queen and serpent." Sheldon demonstrates that when an old woman is turned into a grand empress, a tiara is added to the figurine.


Meanwhile, Raj, feeling very depressed about his loneliness caused by his inability to talk to women sober, tries out a new experimental drug for his social anxiety. It seems to work, and he even flirts with Angela (Creator/TiffanyDupont), a woman at a coffee shop. But then, in an apparent side effect from the medication, Raj takes off all of his clothes.

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Meanwhile, Raj, feeling very depressed about his loneliness caused by his inability to talk to women sober, tries out a new experimental drug for his social anxiety. It seems to work, and he even flirts with Angela (Creator/TiffanyDupont), a woman at a coffee shop. But then, in an apparent side effect from the medication, Raj takes off all of his clothes.
clothes.[[note]]This is not the first time a medication has caused Raj significant side effects. In [[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS1E15ThePorkChopIndeterminacy "The Pork Chop Indeterminacy"]], Raj took medication that enabled him to talk to Sheldon's sister but also gave him involuntary hand movements.[[/note]]
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Throughout the whole episode, Sheldon works on a 3-player version of TabletopGame/{{chess}} that also adds a few new pieces.[[note]]As a child prodigy, Sheldon also experimented with adding pieces to 2-player chess, see the ''Series/YoungSheldon'' episode [[Recap/YoungSheldonS2E02ARivalProdigyAndSirIsaacNeutron ""A Rival Prodigy and Sir Isaac Neutron"]].[[/note]] Sheldon claims to have solved "the balanced center combat area problem" through "transitional quadrilateral to triangular tessellation," which Leonard concedes is brilliant but is not interested in discussing further.

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Throughout the whole episode, Sheldon works on a 3-player version of TabletopGame/{{chess}} that also adds a few new pieces.[[note]]As a child prodigy, Sheldon also experimented with adding pieces to 2-player chess, see the ''Series/YoungSheldon'' episode [[Recap/YoungSheldonS2E02ARivalProdigyAndSirIsaacNeutron ""A Rival Prodigy and Sir Isaac Neutron"]].[[/note]] Sheldon claims to have solved "the balanced center combat area problem" through "transitional quadrilateral to triangular tessellation," which tessellation." Leonard concedes is that's brilliant but is not interested in discussing further.
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* ShoutOut to Creator/AngelinaJolie: Penny comes up with the lie that she's going to Prague to shoot a movie with Angelina Jolie. Amy adds that the movie's going to be in 3D.

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Raj, feeling very depressed about his loneliness, tries out a new experimental drug for his social anxiety. It seems to work, and he even flirts with Angela (Creator/TiffanyDupont), a woman at a coffee shop. But then, in an apparent side effect from the medication, Raj takes off all of his clothes.

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Meanwhile, Raj, feeling very depressed about his loneliness, loneliness caused by his inability to talk to women sober, tries out a new experimental drug for his social anxiety. It seems to work, and he even flirts with Angela (Creator/TiffanyDupont), a woman at a coffee shop. But then, in an apparent side effect from the medication, Raj takes off all of his clothes.
clothes.

Throughout the whole episode, Sheldon works on a 3-player version of TabletopGame/{{chess}} that also adds a few new pieces.[[note]]As a child prodigy, Sheldon also experimented with adding pieces to 2-player chess, see the ''Series/YoungSheldon'' episode [[Recap/YoungSheldonS2E02ARivalProdigyAndSirIsaacNeutron ""A Rival Prodigy and Sir Isaac Neutron"]].[[/note]] Sheldon claims to have solved "the balanced center combat area problem" through "transitional quadrilateral to triangular tessellation," which Leonard concedes is brilliant but is not interested in discussing further.

However, at the end of the episode, Leonard does play Sheldon's 3-player chess against Howard and Sheldon. Leonard moves his beekeeper to Sheldon's king's 12, capturing Sheldon's pope and releasing a swarm of bee, thus effecting checkmate against Sheldon.

A still naked Raj asks to play the winners.



* {{Calvinball}}: Sheldon is working on a three person version of chess, with a lot of new pieces with complicated moves.

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* {{Calvinball}}: Sheldon is working on a three person three-person version of chess, with a lot of new pieces with complicated moves.

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!!! Plot

Leonard and Priya invite Howard and Bernadette to a couples dinner. Amy hypothesizes that Bernadette is the "weakest" member of the group, and decides she would be a good double agent instead. Penny and Amy buy expensive shoes. Raj, not wanting to be a fifth wheel, tries out a new experimental drug for his social anxiety.

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!!! Plot

'''"The Wildebeest Implementation"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on May 5, 2011. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Bill Prady, Eddie Gorodetsky and Maria Ferrari, based on a story by Creator/ChuckLorre, Steven Molaro and Eric Kaplan.

Leonard and Priya (Creator/AartiMann) invite Howard and Bernadette to a couples couples' dinner. Amy hypothesizes that Bernadette is the "weakest" member of the group, and decides she would be a good double agent instead. instead, feeding Priya false information about Penny while relaying information about Priya to Penny.

After relaying a snide comment Priya made about Penny's stalled acting career, Bernadette tells Priya that Penny will be shooting a movie in Prague, and also that Penny's dating an astronaut (the rumor was supposed to be that Penny's dating an architect).

Penny and Amy buy expensive shoes. Penny really likes the shoes she bought, but frets that they cost as much as a month's rent. She almost resolves to return the shoes.

Raj, not wanting to be a fifth wheel, feeling very depressed about his loneliness, tries out a new experimental drug for his social anxiety.

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anxiety. It seems to work, and he even flirts with Angela (Creator/TiffanyDupont), a woman at a coffee shop. But then, in an apparent side effect from the medication, Raj takes off all of his clothes.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Raj
-->'''Leonard:''' Are you going to talk about that in front of your sister?
-->'''Priya:''' We shared a room when we were growing up. It's nothing new.
* ExactWords: Raj gives Sheldon money for a scone, but when the cashier says they're out of scones and offers a muffin, Sheldon refuses because the money was earmarked for scones.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Raj
Raj.
-->'''Leonard:''' Are you going to talk about that in front of your sister?
-->'''Priya:'''
sister?\\
'''Priya:'''
We shared a room when we were growing up. It's nothing new.
* ExactWords: Raj gives Sheldon money for a scone, but when the cashier says they're out of scones and offers a muffin, Sheldon refuses declines because he was given the money was earmarked for scones.a scone.



-->'''Amy:''' [while walking up the stairs] My metatarsals are barking!

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-->'''Amy:''' [while ''[while walking up the stairs] stairs]'' My metatarsals are barking!



* TestSubjectForHire: Raj participates in a trial where get gets a new drug that's supposed to be "the next big thing" for sufferers of social anxiety. They decide to test them out and are delighted to find they work when Raj charms a girl in a coffee shop, but they work a little too well as Raj's libido has skyrocketed and he starts taking off his clothes in public until he's completely naked!

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* TestSubjectForHire: Raj participates in a trial where get gets a new drug that's supposed to be "the next big thing" for sufferers of social anxiety. They decide to test them out and are delighted to find they work when Raj charms a girl in a coffee shop, but they work a little too well as Raj's libido has skyrocketed and he starts taking off his clothes in public until he's completely naked!naked.
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* TestSubjectForHire: Raj participates in a trial where get gets a new drug that's supposed to be "the next big thing" for sufferers of social anxiety. They decide to test them out and are delighted to find they work when Raj charms a girl in a coffee shop, but they work a little too well as Raj's libido has skyrocketed and he starts taking off his clothes in public until he's completely naked!
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* FashionHurts: Amy buys new high-heel shoes and is visibly awkward while wearing them.

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* FashionHurts: HighHeelHurt: Amy buys new high-heel shoes and is visibly awkward while wearing them.
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Priya didn't actually make a snide comment about Penny. That was the whole point of the joke. Also Bernadette was the one who kept making up more lies.


* SnowballLie: After Priya makes a snide remark about Penny's acting career, she begins to make up more lies about her life.
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* ExactWords: Raj gives Sheldon money for a scone, but when the cashier says they're out of scones and offers a muffin, Sheldon refuses because the money was earmarked for scones.

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* {{Calvinball}}: Sheldon is working on a three person version of chess, with a lot of new pieces with complicated moves.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Sheldon explains that emotions have colors: yellow for fear, blue for sadness, etc. He notes that there is no color assigned to loneliness; Raj suggests orange, thinking it's lonely because [[LeastRhymableWord nothing rhymes with it]].



* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Sheldon explains that emotions have colours: yellow for fear, blue for sadness, etc.

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Sheldon explains FashionHurts: Amy buys new high-heel shoes and is visibly awkward while wearing them.
-->'''Amy:''' [while walking up the stairs] My metatarsals are barking!
* IronicEchoCut: When Amy is texting lies about Penny's acting career, she adds
that emotions have colours: yellow for fear, blue for sadness, etc.she's acting in a 3D movie, to make it seem like the studio has faith in it. Which is exactly what Howard says when Bernadette passes it on.


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* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Amy suggests putting a listening device in Bernadette's "ample bosom".

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* ADateWithRosiePalms : Raj
--> Leonard: Are you going to talk about that in front of your sister?
--> Priya : We shared a room when we were growing up. It's nothing new.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience : Sheldon explains that emotions have colours: yellow for fear, blue for sadness, etc.
* RunningGag : A hot beverage is non-optional when someone is upset.
* SceneryCensor : When Raj has an adverse reaction to the drug, he takes off his clothes in a coffee shop.
* SnowballLie : After Priya makes a snide remark about Penny's acting career, she begins to make up more lies about her life.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms : ADateWithRosiePalms: Raj
--> Leonard: -->'''Leonard:''' Are you going to talk about that in front of your sister?
--> Priya : -->'''Priya:''' We shared a room when we were growing up. It's nothing new.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience : ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Sheldon explains that emotions have colours: yellow for fear, blue for sadness, etc.etc.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Raj takes off his clothes under the effects of the anxiety medication.

* RunningGag : A RunningGag: Sheldon insisting that a hot beverage is non-optional when someone is upset.
* SceneryCensor : SceneryCensor: When Raj has an adverse reaction to the drug, he drug and takes off his clothes in a coffee shop.
* SnowballLie : SnowballLie: After Priya makes a snide remark about Penny's acting career, she begins to make up more lies about her life.
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!!! Plot

Leonard and Priya invite Howard and Bernadette to a couples dinner. Amy hypothesizes that Bernadette is the "weakest" member of the group, and decides she would be a good double agent instead. Penny and Amy buy expensive shoes. Raj, not wanting to be a fifth wheel, tries out a new experimental drug for his social anxiety.

!!! Tropes

* ADateWithRosiePalms : Raj
--> Leonard: Are you going to talk about that in front of your sister?
--> Priya : We shared a room when we were growing up. It's nothing new.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience : Sheldon explains that emotions have colours: yellow for fear, blue for sadness, etc.
* RunningGag : A hot beverage is non-optional when someone is upset.
* SceneryCensor : When Raj has an adverse reaction to the drug, he takes off his clothes in a coffee shop.
* SnowballLie : After Priya makes a snide remark about Penny's acting career, she begins to make up more lies about her life.

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