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* HereWeGoAgain: After angrily confronting their boyfriends, Penny suggest Amy to badmouth them, and Amy suggests she should live with Penny to show them both, leaving Penny in the same uncomfortable sitaution as the beginning.



* TheUnfairSex: A case could be made that BothSidesHaveAPoint in the relationship troubles between Leonard and Penny and Sheldon and Amy: Leonard and Amy shouldn't have pressured Penny and Sheldon, respectively, to move in together, while the latter two should have been more honest about their feelings.
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* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Sheldon takes any opportunity he can to get Amy and Penny to focus their anger on someone else so he doesn't have to deal with explaining how he doesn't want Amy moving in with him. This backfires when Penny reveals the truth to Amy in response.
-->'''Leonard:''' Since when don’t you want to live with me?\\
'''Penny:''' Oh, don’t get all huffy. You’re the one who decided to move in without even asking me if I was ready.\\
'''Sheldon:''' Yeah, I think we should talk about that.\\
'''Penny:''' (''glaring at Sheldon'') And since you love the truth so much, why don’t you tell Amy you don’t want to live with her instead of blaming it on me?\\
'''Sheldon:''' ...I thought we were talking about the other thing.
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* BookEnds: At the beginning, Sheldon spoils ''Literature/HarryPotter'' for Leonard. At the end, it's ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.

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* BookEnds: At the beginning, Sheldon spoils ''Literature/HarryPotter'' for Leonard. At the end, it's ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''.



* NeverMyFault: Sheldon blames everyone but himself for his troubles in this episode (as usual). After spoiling a Harry Potter book for Leonard, even though the [[{{Hypocrite}} same thing would upset himself]], he dismisses Leonard's anger as more nagging and claims Leonard is the annoying one among them. He is shocked when Leonard decides to move out and when he wants him back so Amy won't move in he claims that ''he'' forgives Leonard for his outburst instead of apologizing. He later blames Penny for giving Leonard somewhere to go and Amy an excuse to move in with him, calling her a "homewrecker" and begging her to kick Leonard out when she says she doesn't want to live with him yet. When Sheldon tries to tell Amy she can't live with him he chickens out when she starts screaming and once again blames Penny, only for Penny to point out the real reason to Amy is simply because he doesn't want to live with her. He may have at least realized some of it was his fault by the end, when he accidentally spoils an episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' for Leonard and attempts to [[VerbalBackspace cover it up]].

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* NeverMyFault: Sheldon blames everyone but himself for his troubles in this episode (as usual). After spoiling a Harry Potter book for Leonard, even though the [[{{Hypocrite}} same thing would upset himself]], he dismisses Leonard's anger as more nagging and claims Leonard is the annoying one among them. He is shocked when Leonard decides to move out and when he wants him back so Amy won't move in he claims that ''he'' forgives Leonard for his outburst instead of apologizing. He later blames Penny for giving Leonard somewhere to go and Amy an excuse to move in with him, calling her a "homewrecker" and begging her to kick Leonard out when she says she doesn't want to live with him yet. When Sheldon tries to tell Amy she can't live with him he chickens out when she starts screaming and once again blames Penny, only for Penny to point out the real reason to Amy is simply because he doesn't want to live with her. He may have at least realized some of it was his fault by the end, when he accidentally spoils an episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' for Leonard and attempts to [[VerbalBackspace cover it up]].
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* ShoutOut: Penny compares Leonard and Sheldon to [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]]. "[[FridgeBrilliance You guys even teach me about numbers and stuff.]]"

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* ShoutOut: Penny compares Leonard and Sheldon to [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]]. "[[FridgeBrilliance You "You guys even teach me about numbers and stuff.]]""

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'''"The Spoiler Alert Segmentation"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on February 7, 2013. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Steven Molaro, Creator/MariaFerrari and Adam Faberman, based on a story by Creator/ChuckLorre, Eric Kaplan and Steve Holland.



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* TheUnfairSex: A case could be made that BothSidesHaveAPoint in the relationship troubles between Leonard and Penny and Sheldon and Amy (Leonard and Amy shouldn't have pressured Penny and Sheldon, respectively, to move in together, while the latter two should have been more honest about their feelings). However, by the end of the episode, the implication seems to be that Penny and Amy are in the right while Leonard and Sheldon are in the wrong, as the girls righteously storm off, leaving Leonard and Sheldon looking about sheepishly. This ends up invoking a rather obvious DoubleStandard in favor of the girls, since each of them is guilty of the same supposed transgression as one of the guys.

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* TheUnfairSex: A case could be made that BothSidesHaveAPoint in the relationship troubles between Leonard and Penny and Sheldon and Amy (Leonard Amy: Leonard and Amy shouldn't have pressured Penny and Sheldon, respectively, to move in together, while the latter two should have been more honest about their feelings). However, by the end of the episode, the implication seems to be that Penny and Amy are in the right while Leonard and Sheldon are in the wrong, as the girls righteously storm off, leaving Leonard and Sheldon looking about sheepishly. This ends up invoking a rather obvious DoubleStandard in favor of the girls, since each of them is guilty of the same supposed transgression as one of the guys.feelings.
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* TheUnfairSex: A case could be made that BothSidesHaveAPoint in the relationship troubles between Leonard and Penny and Sheldon and Amy (Leonard and Amy shouldn't have pressured Penny and Sheldon, respectively, to move in together, while the latter two should have been more honest about their feelings). However, by the end of the episode, the implication seems to be that Penny and Amy are in the right while Leonard and Sheldon are in the wrong, as the girls righteously storm off, leaving Leonard and Sheldon looking about sheepishly. This ends up invoking a rather obvious DoubleStandard in favor of the girls, since each of them is guilty of the same supposed transgression as one of the guys.

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* CowardiceCallout: When Amy discovers Sheldon doesn't want her living with him but he'd rather throw Penny under the bus than admit any wrongdoing, she calls him a coward to his face. Sheldon's response?
-->"''Well...! The evidence does support that.''"



* GracefulLoser: Or at least as graceful a loser as you can get with Sheldon, who fully agrees with Amy calling him out as a coward for throwing Penny under the bus in an attempt to redirect Amy's rage off of him.

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* GracefulLoser: Or at least as graceful a loser as you can get with Sheldon, who fully agrees with Amy [[CowardiceCallout calling him out as a coward coward]] for throwing Penny under the bus in an attempt to redirect Amy's rage off of him.
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* RantInducingSlight: Sheldon spoiling the big reveal on ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' (the death of [[spoiler:Dumbledore]]) is what sets Leonard off; it was the LastStraw after years of putting up with his selfish behavior.

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* RantInducingSlight: RageBreakingPoint: Sheldon spoiling the big reveal on ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' (the death of [[spoiler:Dumbledore]]) is what sets Leonard off; it was the LastStraw after years of putting up with his selfish behavior.
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* GracefulLoser: Or at least as graceful a loser as you can get with Sheldon, who fully agrees with Amy calling him out as a coward for throwing Penny under the bus in an attempt to redirect Amy's rage off of him.



** Penny filibusters in telling Leonard that she's not ready for him to move in to her room. But then she calls out Sheldon for not telling off Amy sooner that he doesn't want Amy living in his room either.

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** Penny filibusters in telling Leonard that she's not ready for him to move in to her room. with her. But then she calls out Sheldon for not telling off doing the same thing with Amy sooner that he doesn't want (though this was probably more about her being angry at Sheldon setting Amy living in up to let the cat out of the bag to Leonard to protect his room either.own hide).



* KickTheDog: As a final act of spite in the ColdOpen, Sheldon drops a second spoiler for ''Literature/HarryPotter'' (the death of [[spoiler:Dobby]] in the final book) for no real reason other than to get in one last shot at Leonard.



'''Howard:''' I wish I could tell you no.

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'''Howard:''' Gee, I wish I could tell you no.

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* SpoilingShoutOut:
** Leonard is reading ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', and Sheldon tells him, "That's a good one. [[spoiler:Dumbledore]] dies." Leonard gets mad and goes to live with Penny across the hall, and before he leaves, Sheldon tells him, "[[spoiler:Dobby the elf]] dies in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows book 7]]."
** At the end of the episode, Sheldon and Leonard resolve their fight and decide to catch up on ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''.
--->'''Sheldon:''' Have you seen the one where [[spoiler:Lori]] dies?\\
'''Leonard:''' ''[annoyed]'' No.\\
'''Sheldon:''' [[BlatantLies Or maybe she doesn't. Let's find out.]]



* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Penny and Sheldon want Leonard and Amy respectively out of their rooms and go back to the old ways when it was Leonard and Sheldon together. At the end, Amy becomes this trope to Penny.

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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Penny and Sheldon want Leonard and Amy respectively out of their rooms and go back to the old ways when it was Leonard and Sheldon together. At the end, Amy becomes this trope to Penny.Penny.
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-->Amy:''' I watch your dopey space movies, I signed your ridiculous contract, I even stopped wearing lip gloss ’cause you said it made my mouth look too slippery.

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* DudeWheresMyReward: Amy goes ballistic when Sheldon says she can't live with him, saying that they have been going out for two years and she has been nothing but patient with him and everything she has had to put up with from him, as well as saying she is the best girlfriend he's ever going to have.


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* ListOfTransgressions: After Sheldon tells Amy she can't live with him, she lists several things she has had to put up with while going out with him for the last two years, while demanding to know ''why'' she can't live with him.
-->Amy:''' I watch your dopey space movies, I signed your ridiculous contract, I even stopped wearing lip gloss ’cause you said it made my mouth look too slippery.
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* InsistentTerminology: When Sheldon is packing all of Leonard's collectibles and Amy is writing them down, Amy refuses to list their actual names and simply calls them each a "children's toy".
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* ShoutOut: Penny compares Leonard and Sheldon to [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]]. "You guys even teach me about numbers and stuff."

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* ShoutOut: Penny compares Leonard and Sheldon to [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]]. "You "[[FridgeBrilliance You guys even teach me about numbers and stuff."]]"



'''Amy:''' '''THEN [[WhatTheHellHero WHAT THE HELL SHELDON]]!?''' We have been going out for over two years, and I have been '''''nothing but patient with you'''''.

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'''Amy:''' '''THEN [[WhatTheHellHero WHAT THE HELL HELL, SHELDON]]!?''' We have been going out for over two years, and I have been '''''nothing but patient with you'''''.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Penny filibusters in telling Leonard that she's not ready for him to move in to her room. But then she calls out Sheldon for not telling off Amy sooner that he doesn't want Amy living in his room either.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: {{Hypocrite}}:
** Sheldon has no issue spoiling something for someone else, and when Leonard calls him out on it he believes Leonard is once again whining over nothing, even though Leonard points out that if something like that happened to Sheldon he would "bitch about it for weeks".
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* BookEnds: At the beginning, Sheldon spoils ''Literature/HarryPotter'' for Leonard. At the end, it's ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Penny filibusters in telling Leonard that she's not ready for him to move in to her room. But then she calls out Sheldon for not telling off Amy sooner that he doesn't want Amy living in his room either.



* NeverMyFault: Sheldon blames pretty much everyone but himself for his troubles this episode (as usual). After spoiling a Harry Potter book for Leonard, even though the [[{{Hypocrite}} same thing would upset himself]], he dismisses Leonard's anger as more nagging and claims Leonard is the annoying one among them. He is shocked when Leonard decides to move out and when he wants him back so Amy won't move in he claims that ''he'' forgives Leonard for his outburst instead of apologizing. He later blames Penny for giving Leonard somewhere to go and Amy an excuse to move in with him, calling her a "homewrecker" and begging her to kick Leonard out when she says she doesn't want to live with him yet. When Sheldon tries to tell Amy she can't live with him he chickens out when she starts screaming and once again blames Penny, only for Penny to point out the real reason to Amy is simply because he doesn't want to live with her. He may have at least realized some of it was his fault by the end, when he accidentally spoils an episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' for Leonard and attempts to [[VerbalBackspace cover it up]].

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* NeverMyFault: Sheldon blames pretty much everyone but himself for his troubles in this episode (as usual). After spoiling a Harry Potter book for Leonard, even though the [[{{Hypocrite}} same thing would upset himself]], he dismisses Leonard's anger as more nagging and claims Leonard is the annoying one among them. He is shocked when Leonard decides to move out and when he wants him back so Amy won't move in he claims that ''he'' forgives Leonard for his outburst instead of apologizing. He later blames Penny for giving Leonard somewhere to go and Amy an excuse to move in with him, calling her a "homewrecker" and begging her to kick Leonard out when she says she doesn't want to live with him yet. When Sheldon tries to tell Amy she can't live with him he chickens out when she starts screaming and once again blames Penny, only for Penny to point out the real reason to Amy is simply because he doesn't want to live with her. He may have at least realized some of it was his fault by the end, when he accidentally spoils an episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' for Leonard and attempts to [[VerbalBackspace cover it up]].



'''Amy:''' '''THEN WHAT THE HELL SHELDON!?''' We have been going out for over two years, and I have been '''''nothing but patient with you'''''.

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'''Amy:''' '''THEN [[WhatTheHellHero WHAT THE HELL SHELDON!?''' SHELDON]]!?''' We have been going out for over two years, and I have been '''''nothing but patient with you'''''.you'''''.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Penny and Sheldon want Leonard and Amy respectively out of their rooms and go back to the old ways when it was Leonard and Sheldon together. At the end, Amy becomes this trope to Penny.
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* NeverMyFault: Sheldon blames pretty much everyone but himself for his troubles this episode (as usual). After spoiling a Harry Potter book for Leonard, even though the [[{{Hypocrite}} same thing would upset himself]], he dismisses Leonard's anger as more nagging and claims Leonard is the annoying one among them. He is shocked when Leonard decides to move out and when he wants him back so Amy won't move in he claims that ''he'' forgives Leonard for his outburst instead of apologizing. He later blames Penny for giving Leonard somewhere to go and Amy an excuse to move in with him, calling her a "homewrecker" and begging her to kick Leonard out when she says she doesn't want to live with him yet. When Sheldon tries to tell Amy she can't live with him he chickens out when she starts screaming and once again blames Penny, only for Penny to point out the real reason to Amy is simply because he doesn't want to live with her. He may have at least realized some of it was his fault by the end, when he accidentally spoils an episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' for Leonard andattempts to [[VerbalBackspace cover it up]].

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* NeverMyFault: Sheldon blames pretty much everyone but himself for his troubles this episode (as usual). After spoiling a Harry Potter book for Leonard, even though the [[{{Hypocrite}} same thing would upset himself]], he dismisses Leonard's anger as more nagging and claims Leonard is the annoying one among them. He is shocked when Leonard decides to move out and when he wants him back so Amy won't move in he claims that ''he'' forgives Leonard for his outburst instead of apologizing. He later blames Penny for giving Leonard somewhere to go and Amy an excuse to move in with him, calling her a "homewrecker" and begging her to kick Leonard out when she says she doesn't want to live with him yet. When Sheldon tries to tell Amy she can't live with him he chickens out when she starts screaming and once again blames Penny, only for Penny to point out the real reason to Amy is simply because he doesn't want to live with her. He may have at least realized some of it was his fault by the end, when he accidentally spoils an episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' for Leonard andattempts and attempts to [[VerbalBackspace cover it up]].
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* NeverMyFault: Sheldon blames pretty much everyone but himself for his troubles this episode (as usual). After spoiling a Harry Potter book for Leonard, even though the [[{{Hypocrite}} same thing would upset himself]], he dismisses Leonard's anger as more nagging and claims Leonard is the annoying one among them. He is shocked when Leonard decides to move out and when he wants him back so Amy won't move in he claims that ''he'' forgives Leonard for his outburst instead of apologizing. He later blames Penny for giving Leonard somewhere to go and Amy an excuse to move in with him, calling her a "homewrecker" and begging her to kick Leonard out when she says she doesn't want to live with him yet. When Sheldon tries to tell Amy she can't live with him he chickens out when she starts screaming and once again blames Penny, only for Penny to point out the real reason to Amy is simply because he doesn't want to live with her. He may have at least realized some of it was his fault by the end, when he accidentally spoils an episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' for Leonard andattempts to [[VerbalBackspace cover it up]].



* ShoutOut: Penny compares Leonard and Sheldon to [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]]. "You guys even teach me about numbers and stuff."

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* ShoutOut: Penny compares Leonard and Sheldon to [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]]. "You guys even teach me about numbers and stuff.""
* SuddenlyShouting: Amy does this when Sheldon tells her she can't live with him, even though she has done everything perfectly so far.
-->'''Amy:''' I did everything just the way you like it.\\
'''Sheldon:''' You did.\\
'''Amy:''' '''THEN WHAT THE HELL SHELDON!?''' We have been going out for over two years, and I have been '''''nothing but patient with you'''''.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Mrs. Wolowitz extends this treatment to Raj.
-->'''Mrs. Wolowitz:''' I drew you a bath!\\
'''Raj:''' [on the phone with Howard] Oh, my God! She's not going to bathe me, is she?\\
'''Howard:''' I wish I could tell you no.
* RantInducingSlight: Sheldon spoiling the big reveal on ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' (the death of [[spoiler:Dumbledore]]) is what sets Leonard off; it was the LastStraw after years of putting up with his selfish behavior.
* ShoutOut: Penny compares Leonard and Sheldon to [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]]. "You guys even teach me about numbers and stuff."
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Penny and Sheldon find their relationships with Leonard and Amy accelerating too fast. Meanwhile, Raj looks after Howard's mother while he and Bernadette are out of town, but begins getting crept out by her mothering him.

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