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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Amy asks way too many personal"Truth or Dare" questions to Penny regarding her failed relationship with Leonard. It causes her to leave to her bedroom and slam the door shut.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Amy asks way too many personal"Truth personal "Truth or Dare" questions to Penny regarding her failed relationship with Leonard. It causes her to leave to her bedroom and slam the door shut.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Amy asks way too many personal"Truth or Dare" questions to Penny regarding her failed relationship with Leonard. It causes her to leave to her bedroom and slam the door shut.



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Amy, many times during the sleepover. From asking embarrassing questions during "Truth or Dare", to attempting to cheer up Penny with a experimental lesbian kiss. Much to Penny's discomfort.
-->'''Penny:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa! What the hell are you doing?\\
'''Amy:''' Don't worry, I'll avoid the nether-yeahe.



* FauxYay: Amy suggests one of the many original sleepover activities, which involves harmless experimentation with lesbian kissing. Not long after, she attempts to kiss Penny to cheer her up. Bernadette rather prefers eating raw cookie dough.



-->'''Sheldon:''' I'm a total buttwad.

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-->'''Sheldon:''' I'm a total buttwad. Why are you laughing? Hello?
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* FamousFamousFictional: When Sheldon talks about knowing "his enemy" by following Wil Wheaton's Twitter:
-->'''Sheldon:''' Would Custer not follow the tweets of Sitting Bull? Would [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Lee]] not follow [[UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant Grant]]? Would not [[Magazine/{{Mad}} Spy have followed Spy]]?


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* PrankCall: The girls prank call Sheldon by doing a mock phone call quality test, getting him to repeat several "test phrases": "Ima tote", "El but", and "Twad". Sheldon is then told to say them all together. The result?
-->'''Sheldon:''' I'm a total buttwad.
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-->'''Wil:''' [[AppropriatedInsult Weesa go to the movie now, bye bye!]]

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-->'''Wil:''' [[AppropriatedInsult [[InsultBackfire Weesa go to the movie now, bye bye!]]

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* TheScrappy: Referenced InUniverse when Wil Wheaton shows up; Sheldon responds by calling him "the [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar-Jar Binks]] of the Franchise/StarTrek universe".
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Wil Wheaton and his friends get to cut the line due to Wil being friends with the theater owner.

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* TheScrappy: Referenced InUniverse when Wil Wheaton shows up; Sheldon responds by calling him "the [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar-Jar Binks]] of the Franchise/StarTrek universe".
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections:
universe". When Wil Wheaton and his friends get gets to cut the line, he responds with:
-->'''Wil:''' [[AppropriatedInsult Weesa go to the movie now, bye bye!]]
* ScrewTheRulesImFamous: Wil gets
to cut the line due to Wil being friends with because the theater owner.owner is a fan of Wil's.



* SweepsWeekLesbianKiss: Off-screen. After Penny stormed off due to a question Amy asked earlier, Amy attempts to cheer Penny up with an experimental kiss. Much to Amy's shock.

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* SweepsWeekLesbianKiss: Off-screen. After Penny stormed off due to a question Amy asked earlier, Amy attempts to cheer Penny up with an experimental kiss. Much kiss... much to Amy's Penny's shock.

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* BullyingADragon: Sheldon steals the ''Raiders'' movie (mirroring how Indiana Jones stole the golden idol from the indigenous Peru people) from the hundreds of moviegoers.

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* BullyingADragon: Sheldon steals the film for the ''Raiders'' movie (mirroring how Indiana Jones stole the golden idol from the indigenous Peru people) from the hundreds of moviegoers. moviegoers.
* TheCameo: Creator/WilWheaton, once again appearing as a fictional version of himself.
** Creator/EricAndre appears as the theater owner.



* IWarnedYou: Sheldon kept trying to get the others to hurry up so they could get to the theater in time, but they dismissed him as they still had time before the film started. Turns out that Sheldon had a point as an entire line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans was camped out in front of the theater and they ended up at the far back of the line.

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* IWarnedYou: Sheldon kept trying to get the others to hurry up so they could get to the theater in time, but they dismissed him as they still had time before the film started. Turns out that Sheldon had a point point, as an entire line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans was camped out in front of the theater and they ended up at the far back of the line.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Sheldon continually said they needed to get to the theater as soon as possible to see the movie, but everyone else dismisses him because they had hours before the movie started and they wanted to finish their dinner. When they finally arrived at the theater, there is a huge line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans camped out in front, with Sheldon pointing out how much closer they would have been if they had left earlier or just skipped dinner entirely (or even order their dinners To-Go, which Cheesecake Factory provides). They end up just missing the holding capacity of the theater due to being too far back in the line and Will Wheaton and his gang getting in early.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Sheldon continually said they needed to get to the theater as soon as possible to see the movie, but everyone else dismisses him because they had hours before the movie started and they wanted to finish their dinner. When they finally arrived at the theater, there is a huge line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans camped out in front, with Sheldon pointing out how much closer they would have been if they had left earlier or just skipped dinner entirely (or even order their dinners To-Go, which Cheesecake Factory provides). They end up just missing the holding capacity of the theater due to being too far back in the line and Will Wil Wheaton and his gang getting in early.



* RevengeBeforeReason: Sheldon stealing the movie as payback on Wil Wheaton but [[WasItReallyWorthIt it might not be worth getting chased by an angry mob]].

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* RevengeBeforeReason: Sheldon stealing steals the movie as payback on against Wil Wheaton Wheaton, but [[WasItReallyWorthIt it might not be worth getting chased by an angry mob]].


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* TheScrappy: Referenced InUniverse when Wil Wheaton shows up; Sheldon responds by calling him "the [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar-Jar Binks]] of the Franchise/StarTrek universe".
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Wil Wheaton and his friends get to cut the line due to Wil being friends with the theater owner.
* ShoutOut:
** The scene where Sheldon steals the film is, again, a reference to Indiana Jones stealing the Golden Idol in ''Raiders''.
** When Wil Wheaton and his friends cut in line, Sheldon quotes from Jean-Luc Picard's "The line must be drawn here" speech from ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''.

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* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset: The boys get chased by a whole crowd of angry ''Indiana Jones'' fans who want to see the extended cut before Sheldon stole it.

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* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset: The boys get chased by a whole crowd of angry ''Indiana Jones'' fans who want wanted to see the extended cut before Sheldon stole it.


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* IfICantHaveYou: At the end of the episode, after the boys don't get in to see the movie, Sheldon breaks into the theater and steals it, citing if he can't see the extended 21 seconds, neither can anyone else.
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* SweepWeeksLesbianKiss: Off-screen. After Penny stormed off due to a question Amy asked earlier, Amy attempts to cheer Penny up with an experimental kiss. Much to Amy's shock.

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* SweepWeeksLesbianKiss: SweepsWeekLesbianKiss: Off-screen. After Penny stormed off due to a question Amy asked earlier, Amy attempts to cheer Penny up with an experimental kiss. Much to Amy's shock.
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* ForeShadowing:
** Amy mentions that a time may come when Penny is ready for a commitment with Leonard, but another girl has already discovered what a great guy he is. That actually occurs later in the episode The Cohabitation Formulation.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Amy attempting to kiss Penny at the end.



* CrazyPrepared: The website from which Amy was getting her slumber party activity ideas was in fact Wikipedia. On the page for "sleepover" (redirects from slumber party) lists activities such as Truth or Dare and even "harmless experimentation with lesbianism" and eating raw cookie dough.



* SlumberParty: The girls' plot is their girls night turning into one, with Amy being super into it.

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* SlumberParty: The girls' plot is their girls night turning into one, with Amy being super into it.it.
* SweepWeeksLesbianKiss: Off-screen. After Penny stormed off due to a question Amy asked earlier, Amy attempts to cheer Penny up with an experimental kiss. Much to Amy's shock.
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Sheldon and the men try to get into a viewing of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' but an extended version with 21 additional seconds. Meanwhile, the girls have a slumber party.

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Sheldon and the men try to get into a viewing of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' but an (an extended version with 21 additional seconds.seconds), but have to sit in an excessively long line. Meanwhile, the girls have a slumber party.



* ChildishPillowFight: One of the slumber party activities Amy wants to try. She nails Penny in the face with her pillow

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* ChildishPillowFight: One of the slumber party activities Amy wants to try. She nails Penny in the face with her pillowpillow.



* RevengeBeforeReason: Sheldon stealing the movie as payback on Will Wheaton but [[WasItReallyWorthIt it might not be worth getting chased by an angry mob]].

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* RevengeBeforeReason: Sheldon stealing the movie as payback on Will Wil Wheaton but [[WasItReallyWorthIt it might not be worth getting chased by an angry mob]].
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Sheldon stole the movie so nobody else could see it and probably spite Wheaton.


* MissingStepsPlan: Sheldon steals the movie from the theaters. How was Sheldon going to watch the movie if it came in the medium of a film meant for a big screen and a theater projector?

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  • Adorkable TRS cleanup. It is now YMMV. ZCE are being removed.


'''The Twenty-One Second Excitation''' is an episode from Season 4 of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.

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'''The "The Twenty-One Second Excitation''' Excitation" is an episode from Season 4 of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.



* {{Adorkable}}: Amy, who throws herself into doing all the traditional slumber party activities, her never having one as a child.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Sheldon continually said they needed to get to the theater as soon as possible to see the movie, but everyone else dismisses him because they had hours before the movie started and they wanted to finish their dinner. When they finally arrived at the theater, there is a huge line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans was camped out there, with Sheldon pointing out how much closer they would have been if they had left earlier or just skipped dinner entirely (or even order their dinners To-Go, which Cheesecake Factory provides). They end up just missing the holding capacity of the theater due to being too far back in the line and Will Wheaton and his gang getting in early.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Sheldon continually said they needed to get to the theater as soon as possible to see the movie, but everyone else dismisses him because they had hours before the movie started and they wanted to finish their dinner. When they finally arrived at the theater, there is a huge line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans was camped out there, in front, with Sheldon pointing out how much closer they would have been if they had left earlier or just skipped dinner entirely (or even order their dinners To-Go, which Cheesecake Factory provides). They end up just missing the holding capacity of the theater due to being too far back in the line and Will Wheaton and his gang getting in early.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Sheldon continually said they needed to get to the theater as soon as possible to see the movie, but everyone else dismisses him because they had hours before the movie started and they wanted to finish their dinner. When they finally arrived at the theater, there is a huge line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans was camped out there, with Sheldon pointing out how much closer they would have been if they had left earlier or just skipped dinner entirely. They end up just missing the holding capacity of the theater due to being too far back in the line and Will Wheaton and his gang getting in early.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Sheldon continually said they needed to get to the theater as soon as possible to see the movie, but everyone else dismisses him because they had hours before the movie started and they wanted to finish their dinner. When they finally arrived at the theater, there is a huge line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans was camped out there, with Sheldon pointing out how much closer they would have been if they had left earlier or just skipped dinner entirely.entirely (or even order their dinners To-Go, which Cheesecake Factory provides). They end up just missing the holding capacity of the theater due to being too far back in the line and Will Wheaton and his gang getting in early.

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What happened to mouse? is when an important character goes missing before the story ended. The story ended at a Non-Resolve, so it's a No Ending.


* NoEnding: The result and consequences of what happened after Sheldon stole the movie from the theater is never mentioned, with the whole event never brought up after this episode.



* SlumberParty: The girls' plot is their girls night turning into one, with Amy being super into it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The result and consequences of what happened after Sheldon stole the movie from the theater is never mentioned, with the whole event never brought up after this episode.

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* SlumberParty: The girls' plot is their girls night turning into one, with Amy being super into it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The result and consequences of what happened after Sheldon stole the movie from the theater is never mentioned, with the whole event never brought up after this episode.
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* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Howard strapping a bag to leg to pee into seemed like a clever (yet disgusting) way to relieve himself without having to get out of line. Unfortunately, it ended up being a pain when he had to run from a bunch of angry Indy fans.
* IWarnedYou: Sheldon kept trying to get the others to hurry up so they could get to the theater in time, but they dismissed him as they still had time before the film started. Turns out that Sheldon had a point as entire line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans was camped out in front of the theater and they ended up at the far back of the line.

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* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Howard strapping a bag to his leg to pee into seemed like a clever (yet disgusting) way to relieve himself without having to get out of line. Unfortunately, it ended up being a pain when he had to run from a bunch of angry Indy fans.
* IWarnedYou: Sheldon kept trying to get the others to hurry up so they could get to the theater in time, but they dismissed him as they still had time before the film started. Turns out that Sheldon had a point as an entire line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans was camped out in front of the theater and they ended up at the far back of the line.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Sheldon continually said they needed to get to the theater as soon as possible to see the movie, but everyone else dismisses him because they had hours before the movie started and they wanted to finish their dinner. When they finally arrived at the theater, there is a huge line of ''Indiana Jones'' fans was camped out there, with Sheldon pointing out how much closer they would have been if they had left earlier or just skipped dinner entirely. They end up just missing the holding capacity of the theater due to being too far back in the line and Will Wheaton and his gang getting in early.



* SlumberParty: The girls' plot is their girls night turning into one, with Amy being super into it.

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* SlumberParty: The girls' plot is their girls night turning into one, with Amy being super into it.it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The result and consequences of what happened after Sheldon stole the movie from the theater is never mentioned, with the whole event never brought up after this episode.
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* MissingStepsPlan: Sheldon steals the movie from the theaters. How was Sheldon going to watch the movie if it came in the medium of a film meant for a big screen and a theater projector?
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* IWarnedYou: Sheldon kept trying to get the others to hurry up so they could get to the theater in time, but they dismissed him as they still had time before the film started. Turns out that Sheldon had a point as entire line of ''Indian Jones'' fans was camped out in front of the theater and they ended up at the far back of the line.

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* IWarnedYou: Sheldon kept trying to get the others to hurry up so they could get to the theater in time, but they dismissed him as they still had time before the film started. Turns out that Sheldon had a point as entire line of ''Indian ''Indiana Jones'' fans was camped out in front of the theater and they ended up at the far back of the line.
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* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Howard strapping a bag to leg to pee into seemed like a clever (yet disgusting) way to relieve himself without having to get out of line. Unfortunately, it ended up being a pain when he had to run from a bunch of angry Indy fans.
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* ChasedByAngryNatives: Or in this case, angry ''Indiana Jones'' fans.


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* IWarnedYou: Sheldon kept trying to get the others to hurry up so they could get to the theater in time, but they dismissed him as they still had time before the film started. Turns out that Sheldon had a point as entire line of ''Indian Jones'' fans was camped out in front of the theater and they ended up at the far back of the line.
-->'''Sheldon:''' [[RunningGag I informed you thusly]].
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* GreensPrecedeSweets: Sheldon complains to Raj for ordering dessert, because it got them late for the movie preview. Raj stated that he ate all his broccoli.

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* GreensPrecedeSweets: Sheldon complains to Raj for ordering dessert, because it got them late for the movie preview. Raj stated defends that he ate all his broccoli.
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* BullyingADragon: Sheldon when he steals the ''Raiders'' movie (mirroring how Indiana Jones stole the golden idol from the Hovito) from the hundreds of moviegoers.

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* BullyingADragon: Sheldon when he steals the ''Raiders'' movie (mirroring how Indiana Jones stole the golden idol from the Hovito) indigenous Peru people) from the hundreds of moviegoers.



* RightOnQueue: The whole episode is the guys waiting in line. They don't make it due to Creator/WilWheaton and friends cutting in line.

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* RightOnQueue: The whole episode is the guys waiting in line. Sheldon even falls asleep at one point. They don't make it due to Creator/WilWheaton and friends cutting in line.
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* BullyingADragon: Sheldon when he steals the ''Raiders'' movie (mirroring how Indiana Jones stole the golden idol from the Hovito) from the hundreds of moviegoers.
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* GreensPrecedeSweets: Sheldon complains to Raj for ordering dessert, because it got them late for the movie preview. Raj stated that he ate all his broccoli.

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Exit Pursued By Bear changed to Chased Off Into The Sunset becuase the former is about animals chasing the characters; Removed inappropiate Double Standard example.


* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset: The boys get chased by a whole crowd of angry ''Indiana Jones'' fans who want to see the extended cut before Sheldon stole it.
-->'''Sheldon:''' Why is there never a pontoon plane when you need one?



* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Amy anally rapes Penny at the end.
* ExitPursuedByABear: The boys get chased by a whole crowd of angry ''Indiana Jones'' fans who want to see the extended cut before Sheldon stole it.
-->'''Sheldon:''' Why is there never a pontoon plane when you need one?
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Sheldon stealing the movie as payback on Will Wheaton but [[WasItReallyWorthIt it might not be worth getting chased by an angry mob]].
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Amy anally rapes Penny at the end.
* ExitPursuedByABear: The boys get chased by a whole crowd of angry ''Indiana Jones'' fans who want to see the extended cut before Sheldon stole it.
-->'''Sheldon:''' Why is there never a pontoon plane when you need one?
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Sheldon and the men try to get into a viewing of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' but an extended version with 21 additional seconds. Meanwhile, the girls have a slumber party.

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Sheldon and the men try to get into a viewing of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' but an extended version with 21 additional seconds. Meanwhile, the girls have a slumber party.party.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Amy, who throws herself into doing all the traditional slumber party activities, her never having one as a child.
* ChildishPillowFight: One of the slumber party activities Amy wants to try. She nails Penny in the face with her pillow
* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName:
-->'''Sheldon:''' Trouble is my middle name, Leonard. Actually, it's Lee, but I prefer trouble.
* RightOnQueue: The whole episode is the guys waiting in line. They don't make it due to Creator/WilWheaton and friends cutting in line.
* SlumberParty: The girls' plot is their girls night turning into one, with Amy being super into it.
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'''The Twenty-One Second Excitation''' is an episode from Season 4 of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.

Sheldon and the men try to get into a viewing of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' but an extended version with 21 additional seconds. Meanwhile, the girls have a slumber party.

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