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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: After Sheldon annoyed him by playing bongos late into the night, Leonard returns the favor after Sheldon hurts himself falling down the stairs and is laid up in Amy's couch.

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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: After Sheldon annoyed him by playing bongos late into the night, Leonard returns the favor after Sheldon hurts himself falling down the stairs and is laid up in Amy's couch.couch.
* WokenUpAtAnUngodlyHour: Due to his identity crisis brought on by not getting his hair cut, Sheldon starts playing bongos at three in the morning, to Leonard's annoyance.
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* MadnessInducedOmnivore: Howard goes to NASA for astronaut training, but he responds very badly to the survival training exercises. As he tells Bernadette in a video call, he got so hungry he ate a butterfly.

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* BringMyBrownPants: Howard asks Bernadette to send him more underwear after finding out he's going to be tested on the centrifuge.



* GagHaircut: As Penny is finishing cutting Sheldon's hair, he gets tickled by the clippers and moves his head, causing her to accidentally shear a bald spot on the back of his head. Penny decides to keep quiet, and considers moving away.

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* GagHaircut: As Penny is finishing cutting Sheldon's hair, he gets tickled by the clippers and moves his head, causing her to accidentally shear a bald spot on the back of his head. Penny decides to keep quiet, quiet and considers moving away.



* MagicFeather: When Sheldon moved away, his mother told him that she sent his "haircut records" to his new barber to ease his mind. Even as an adult, Sheldon has no idea there is no such thing as haircut records.
* {{Nepotism}}: When Sheldon's usual barber is sick, his replacement is his nephew. Sheldon thinks this is part of the rampant nepotism in the barber industry.
-->'''Sheldon:''' To paraphrase Creator/TSEliot, this is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but with a nephew.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sheldon runs off instead of getting a haircut from a substitute barber. He was willing to try at first, but quickly changed his mind when the substitute was about to tell a joke, causing Sheldon to get up and leave with a sudden "nope!" before running away.
* StaircaseTumble: Sheldon is playing bongos while walking down the stairs. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Bad idea]].

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sheldon runs off instead of getting a haircut from a substitute barber. He was willing to try at first, but quickly changed his mind when the substitute was about to tell a joke, talk about his kid, causing Sheldon to get up and leave with a sudden "nope!" before running away.
* StaircaseTumble: Sheldon is playing bongos while walking down the stairs. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Bad idea]].idea]].
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: After Sheldon annoyed him by playing bongos late into the night, Leonard returns the favor after Sheldon hurts himself falling down the stairs and is laid up in Amy's couch.
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** This references an [[BrickJoke earlier episode]] where Amy mentioned using an electric toothbrush as part of her "relaxation techniques for ladies". She called it [[ICallHerVera Gerard]].
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Sheldon has frequently used the Roommate Agreement to stop Leonard from doing activities that he dislikes or to force Leonard to abide by his wishes. This episode marks the first time Leonard has actually bought up the Roommate Agreement to try and get ''Sheldon'' to stop an activity but Sheldon just dismisses it as part of his NotHimself mindset.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Sheldon has frequently used the Roommate Agreement to stop Leonard from doing activities that he dislikes or to force Leonard to abide by his wishes. This episode marks the first time Leonard has actually bought up the Roommate Agreement Agreement[[note]]though Priya had previously done it on his behalf[[/note]] to try and get ''Sheldon'' to stop an activity but Sheldon just dismisses it as part of his NotHimself mindset.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Sheldon visits his sick barber in the hospital and says studies show people in comas are aware of everything going on around them, believing his barber will wake up and give him a haircut if he simply tells him to. Naturally, this doesn't work.


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sheldon runs off instead of getting a haircut from a substitute barber. He was willing to try at first, but quickly changed his mind when the substitute was about to tell a joke, causing Sheldon to get up and leave with a sudden "nope!" before running away.
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* AllForNothing: Sheldon feels this way about all his efforts to keep a schedule and control over his life when he becomes six days late for his haircut and ''nothing'' bad happens to him, believing he was just wasting his time for nothing.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Sheldon has frequently used the Roommate Agreement to stop Leonard from doing activities that he dislikes or to force Leonard to abide by his wishes. This episode marks the first time Leonard has actually bought up the Roommate Agreement to try and get ''Sheldon'' to stop an activity but Sheldon just dismisses it as part of his NotHimself mindset.
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* NotHimself: Not getting a haircut makes Sheldon apathetic. He doesn't mind if Leonard [[ThatsMyChair sits on his spot]], he plays the bongos at three in the morning, even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wears his Tuesday pajamas on another day]].
* StaircaseTumble: Sheldon is playing bongos while walking down the stairs. Bad idea.

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* NotHimself: Not getting a haircut makes Sheldon apathetic. He doesn't mind if Leonard [[ThatsMyChair [[ThisIsMyChair sits on his spot]], he plays the bongos at three in the morning, even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wears his Tuesday pajamas on another day]].
* StaircaseTumble: Sheldon is playing bongos while walking down the stairs. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Bad idea.idea]].
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* NotHimself: Not getting a haircut makes Sheldon apathetic. He doesn't mind if Leonard [[ThatIsMyChair sits on his spot]], he plays the bongos at three in the morning, even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wears his Tuesday pajamas on another day]].

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* NotHimself: Not getting a haircut makes Sheldon apathetic. He doesn't mind if Leonard [[ThatIsMyChair [[ThatsMyChair sits on his spot]], he plays the bongos at three in the morning, even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wears his Tuesday pajamas on another day]].
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* ContinuityNod: Penny mentions various things she's done for Sheldon when asking to let her cut his hair.
* GagHaircut: As Penny is finishing cutting Sheldon's hair, he gets tickled by the clippers and moves his head, causing her to accidentally shear a bald spot on the back of his head. Penny decides to keep quiet, and considers moving away.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Howard does not respond well to survival training.
-->'''Howard:''' I ate a butterfly. It was so small... beautiful... and I was so hungry.
* IllBeInMyBunk: After picturing Sheldon with long hair, Amy excuses herself.
-->'''Amy:''' I'm gonna go brush my teeth. It might take a while.
* NotHimself: Not getting a haircut makes Sheldon apathetic. He doesn't mind if Leonard [[ThatIsMyChair sits on his spot]], he plays the bongos at three in the morning, even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wears his Tuesday pajamas on another day]].
* StaircaseTumble: Sheldon is playing bongos while walking down the stairs. Bad idea.
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!!Plot
When Sheldon's barber gets sick, his entire routine is turned upside down when he refuses to find someone else to cut his hair. Meanwhile, Howard is having second thoughts about going into space.

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