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* ArtisticLicense: The girls each get makeovers as specific Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es at Disneyland, with the conflict being over who gets to be made over to look like Cinderella before everyone selects someone specific. The costumes are extremely accurate to the characters, and it's stated that they were in those outfits at the park. However, they wouldn't be given such accurate makeovers as adult women. [[https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/parks/dress/ Disney Parks dress policy]] forbids anyone over the age of fourteen to [[{{Cosplay}} wear costumes that resemble the official look of any character]], lest younger children mistake unrelated adults for the characters wandering the park. People are often denied entry for looking ''too close'' to a character, such as wearing a floral print purple dress and long hair because that's too close to the actual look of ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'''s Isabella.
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* ArtisticLicense: The girls each get makeovers as specific Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es at Disneyland, with the conflict being over who gets to be made over to look like Cinderella before everyone selects someone specific. The costumes are extremely accurate to the characters, and it's stated that they were in those outfits at the park. However, they wouldn't be given such accurate makeovers as adult women. [[https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/parks/dress/ Disney Parks dress policy]] forbids anyone over the age of fourteen to [[{{Cosplay}} wear costumes that resemble the official look of any character]], lest younger children mistake unrelated adults for the characters wandering the park. People are often denied entry for looking ''too close'' to a character, such as wearing a floral print purple dress with a laced bodice and long hair blonde braided wig with flowers, because that's too close to the actual look of ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'''s Isabella.''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'''s Rapunzel.
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* ArtisticLicense: The girls each get makeovers as specific Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es at Disneyland, with the conflict being over who gets to be made over to look like Cinderella before everyone selects someone specific. The costumes are extremely accurate to the characters, and it's stated that they were in those outfits at the park. However, they wouldn't be given such accurate makeovers as adult women. [[https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/parks/dress/ Disney Parks dress policy]] forbids anyone over the age of fourteen to wear costumes that resemble the official look of any character, lest younger children mistake unrelated adults for the characters wandering the park. People are often denied entry for looking ''too close'' to a character, such as wearing a floral print purple dress and long hair because that's too close to the actual look of ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'''s Isabella.
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* ArtisticLicense: The girls each get makeovers as specific Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es at Disneyland, with the conflict being over who gets to be made over to look like Cinderella before everyone selects someone specific. The costumes are extremely accurate to the characters, and it's stated that they were in those outfits at the park. However, they wouldn't be given such accurate makeovers as adult women. [[https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/parks/dress/ Disney Parks dress policy]] forbids anyone over the age of fourteen to [[{{Cosplay}} wear costumes that resemble the official look of any character, character]], lest younger children mistake unrelated adults for the characters wandering the park. People are often denied entry for looking ''too close'' to a character, such as wearing a floral print purple dress and long hair because that's too close to the actual look of ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'''s Isabella.
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* ArtisticLicense: The girls each get makeovers as specific Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es at Disneyland, with the conflict being over who gets to be made over to look like Cinderella before everyone selects someone specific. The costumes are extremely accurate to the characters, and it's stated that they were in those outfits at the park. However, they wouldn't be given such accurate makeovers as adult women. [[https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/parks/dress/ Disney Parks dress policy]] forbids anyone over the age of fourteen to wear costumes that resemble the official look of any character, lest younger children mistake unrelated adults for the characters wandering the park. People are often denied entry for looking ''too close'' to a character, such as wearing a floral print purple dress and long hair because that's too close to the actual look of ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'''s Isabella.
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* GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: The groups efforts to promote careers in the sciences are... less than convincing to say the least. Sheldon is overly fixated on how UsefulNotes/MarieCurie died an agonizing death due to her research, Howard's trying to describe his time as an astronaut only gets him compared to an airline attendant, and Leonard just winds up unloading all of his issues about how his mother [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood ruined his childhood]].
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* GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: The groups group's efforts to promote careers in the sciences are... less than convincing to say the least. Sheldon is overly fixated on how UsefulNotes/MarieCurie died an agonizing death due to her research, Howard's trying attempts to describe his time as an astronaut only gets him compared to an airline attendant, and Leonard just winds up unloading all of his issues about how his mother [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood ruined his childhood]].
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* GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: The groups efforts to promote careers in the sciences are... less than convincing to say the least. Sheldon is overly fixated on how UsefulNotes/MarieCurie died an agonizing death due to her research, Howard's trying to describe his time as an astronaut only gets him compared to an airline attendant, and Leonard just winds up unloading all of his issues about how his mother [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood ruined his childhood]].
--> '''Sheldon''': I don't know if women in general have been actively discouraged from pursuing the sciences, but it's clear you young women here today have been.
--> ''(Schoolgirls all applaud enthusiastically)''
--> '''Sheldon''': I don't know if women in general have been actively discouraged from pursuing the sciences, but it's clear you young women here today have been.
--> ''(Schoolgirls all applaud enthusiastically)''
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* JerkassHasAPoint: When Leonard is trying to come up with ways to get more women into the hard sciences, he gets fed up with Sheldon's negativity and challenges his intellect, giving him five seconds to come up with a better idea. Sheldon obliges.
-->'''Leonard:''' Sheldon, you're always saying how much smarter you are than me. Spend five seconds and come up with one idea on how to get more women into science.
-->({{Beat}}) '''Sheldon:''' All your ideas address the issue at a university level. By then it's too late. You need to design an outreach program that targets girls at the middle school level and sets them on an academic track towards the hard sciences.
-->'''Leonard:''' That's actually good. Why didn't I think of that?
-->'''Leonard:''' Sheldon, you're always saying how much smarter you are than me. Spend five seconds and come up with one idea on how to get more women into science.
-->({{Beat}}) '''Sheldon:''' All your ideas address the issue at a university level. By then it's too late. You need to design an outreach program that targets girls at the middle school level and sets them on an academic track towards the hard sciences.
-->'''Leonard:''' That's actually good. Why didn't I think of that?
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* JerkassHasAPoint: JerkassHasAPoint:
** When Leonard is trying to come up with ways to get more women into the hard sciences, he gets fed up with Sheldon's negativity and challenges his intellect, giving him five seconds to come up with a better idea. Sheldon obliges.
-->'''Leonard:''' --->'''Leonard:''' Sheldon, you're always saying how much smarter you are than me. Spend five seconds and come up with one idea on how to get more women into science.
-->({{Beat}}) --->({{Beat}}) '''Sheldon:''' All your ideas address the issue at a university level. By then it's too late. You need to design an outreach program that targets girls at the middle school level and sets them on an academic track towards the hard sciences.
-->'''Leonard:''' --->'''Leonard:''' That's actually good. Why didn't I think of that?that?
** Sheldon is also the one who somewhat salvages their otherwise [[EpicFail disastrous attempts]] to encourage Junior High schoolgirls to pursue the sciences by putting through a call to have Bernadette and Amy do the talking, realizing that such a talk would sound much more convincing coming from actual female scientists.
** When Leonard is trying to come up with ways to get more women into the hard sciences, he gets fed up with Sheldon's negativity and challenges his intellect, giving him five seconds to come up with a better idea. Sheldon obliges.
** Sheldon is also the one who somewhat salvages their otherwise [[EpicFail disastrous attempts]] to encourage Junior High schoolgirls to pursue the sciences by putting through a call to have Bernadette and Amy do the talking, realizing that such a talk would sound much more convincing coming from actual female scientists.
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* AllThereInTheScript: Although Bert's name is not said in dialogue, it does appear on the script and Brian Posehn is credited as Bert in the closing credits. Though it's not clear if there was any plan to have him reprise the character in later episodes, nor how much else about him had been decided at this point.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: This episode marks Bert's first appearance on the show, and though memorable, is not essential to the plot. Bert does not appear again until next season's [[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS7E13TheOccupationRecalibration "The Occupation Recalibration"]], in which he drives Amy's plot line.
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Leonard, Sheldon, and Howard appear before junior high girls on the topic of science-based careers. Meanwhile, Raj plans a date with Lucy. At the same time, Penny, Amy, and Bernadette decide to play hooky and go to Disneyland and get makeovers as Disney Princesses -- Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella (respectively).
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Leonard, Sheldon, Sheldon and Howard appear before junior high are contractually obligated to serve on a university committee that is supposed to encourage women to pursue careers in science. Leonard suggests that, in fulfillment of that obligation, the three of them go to a local middle school to speak to young girls on the topic of science-based careers. about science.
Meanwhile, Rajplans a talks to Amy, Bernadette and Penny to pick their brains for ideas on where to take Lucy (Creator/KateMicucci) for his next date with Lucy. At her. This leads Bernadette to decide that she should take Amy and Penny to Disneyland for princess makeovers.
Leonard, Sheldon and Howard go to Howard's old middle school. The three men quickly get off track, and thesame time, Penny, Amy, young girls are utterly bored. Sheldon then gets a very good idea: he gets Amy and Bernadette decide to play hooky speak to the girls on the phone.
Of course it would have been better if the Amy andgo Bernadette had been the ones to Disneyland and get makeovers speak in person, though maybe not right now, as the two of them plus Penny are dressed as Disney Princesses -- Sleeping Beauty, princesses (Amy is Snow White, and Bernadette is Cinderella (respectively).
and Penny is Sleeping Beauty).
At the library, Bert Kibbler (Creator/BrianPosehn) inconveniences Raj by plopping down at the table he has set aside for his indoor picnic with Lucy. Raj tells Bert to get lost. Bert sees Lucy coming in and tells her she can do better than Raj.
Since Raj is still afflicted with an inability to speak to women sober, he and Lucy will carry on their conversation through cell phone text messages. It actually goes very well, and Raj learns that Lucy is a Web designer specializing in prom websites. Lucy almost kisses Raj at the end.
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Leonard, Sheldon and Howard go to Howard's old middle school. The three men quickly get off track, and the
Of course it would have been better if the Amy and
At the library, Bert Kibbler (Creator/BrianPosehn) inconveniences Raj by plopping down at the table he has set aside for his indoor picnic with Lucy. Raj tells Bert to get lost. Bert sees Lucy coming in and tells her she can do better than Raj.
Since Raj is still afflicted with an inability to speak to women sober, he and Lucy will carry on their conversation through cell phone text messages. It actually goes very well, and Raj learns that Lucy is a Web designer specializing in prom websites. Lucy almost kisses Raj at the end.
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Leonard, Sheldon, and Howard appear before junior high girls on the topic of science-based careers. Meanwhile, Raj plans a date with Lucy. At the same time, Penny, Amy, and Bernadette decide to play hooky and go to Disneyland and get makeovers as Disney Princesses - Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella (respectively).
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Leonard, Sheldon, and Howard appear before junior high girls on the topic of science-based careers. Meanwhile, Raj plans a date with Lucy. At the same time, Penny, Amy, and Bernadette decide to play hooky and go to Disneyland and get makeovers as Disney Princesses
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--->'''Bernadette''': *to Penny* Come at me. See what happens.
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* PlayingSick: Amy does this to get out of work, by calling her boss on the previous night several times, each time setting up the staged pretense of getting sick from poorly-cooked seafood. Averted with Penny, however, as she doesn't even bother to give an excuse for skipping work.
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* PlayingSick: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged.]] Amy does this to get out of work, by calling her boss on the previous night several times, each time setting up the staged pretense of getting sick from poorly-cooked seafood. Averted with Penny, however, as she doesn't even bother to give an excuse for skipping work.work.
-->'''Amy''': I did it in stages. At 7 last night, I called him about a problem at the lab and casually mentioned I was going out for seafood. At 9:30, I called him and told him that one of my scallops tasted weird. At 11:30, I called him and told him I was throwing up like a fire-hose! At 12:45, I called him and made nothing but dry-heaving sounds. And now I'm going to Disneyland!\\
'''Bernadette''': What about you, Penny?\\
'''Penny''': I work at the Cheesecake Factory. I said, "bye".
-->'''Amy''': I did it in stages. At 7 last night, I called him about a problem at the lab and casually mentioned I was going out for seafood. At 9:30, I called him and told him that one of my scallops tasted weird. At 11:30, I called him and told him I was throwing up like a fire-hose! At 12:45, I called him and made nothing but dry-heaving sounds. And now I'm going to Disneyland!\\
'''Bernadette''': What about you, Penny?\\
'''Penny''': I work at the Cheesecake Factory. I said, "bye".
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* JerkassHasAPoint: When Leonard is trying to come up with ways to get more women into the hard sciences, he gets fed up with Sheldon's negativity and challenges his intellect, giving him five seconds to come up with a better idea. Sheldon obliges.
-->'''Leonard:''' Sheldon, you're always saying how much smarter you are than me. Spend five seconds and come up with one idea on how to get more women into science.
-->({{Beat}}). '''Sheldon:''' All your ideas address the issue at a university level. By then it's too late. You need to design an outreach program that targets girls at the middle school level and sets them on an academic track towards the hard sciences.
-->'''Leonard:''' That's actually good. Why didn't I think of that?
-->'''Leonard:''' Sheldon, you're always saying how much smarter you are than me. Spend five seconds and come up with one idea on how to get more women into science.
-->({{Beat}}). '''Sheldon:''' All your ideas address the issue at a university level. By then it's too late. You need to design an outreach program that targets girls at the middle school level and sets them on an academic track towards the hard sciences.
-->'''Leonard:''' That's actually good. Why didn't I think of that?
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* GeekyTurnOn: Howard and Leonard get turned on by the Disney Princess makeovers their mates got. Amy dressing as Snow White, however, doesn't get the results she wanted from Sheldon.
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* GeekyTurnOn: Howard and Leonard get turned on by the Disney Princess makeovers their mates got. [[IgnoreTheFanservice Amy dressing as Snow White, however, doesn't get the results she wanted from Sheldon.]]
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** Finally, Bernadette concludes the remote speech to the junior high girls with "every one of you has the capacity to be anything you want to be", at which point Penny quips with "unless you want to be Cinderella".
--->'''Bernadette''': Come at me. See what happens.
--->'''Bernadette''': Come at me. See what happens.
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* SeriousBusiness: Being WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} in the Disney Princess makeover is this for Bernadette, as she makes it perfectly clear to Penny and Amy:
-->'''Bernadette''': This was my idea; I'm driving; I'm Cinderella. You bitches got a problem with that, we can stop the car right now.
-->'''Bernadette''': This was my idea; I'm driving; I'm Cinderella. You bitches got a problem with that, we can stop the car right now.
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* PlayingSick: Amy does this to get out of work, by calling her boss on the previous night several times, each time setting up the staged pretense of getting sick from poorly-cooked seafood. Averted with Penny, however, as she doesn't even bother to give an excuse for skipping work.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Sheldon thinks people should be able to take care of themselves, to which Leonard points out he has to drive him everywhere.
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* HypocriticalHumor: HypocriticalHumor:
** Sheldon thinks people should be able to take care of themselves, to which Leonard points out he has to drive himeverywhere.everywhere.
** Amy and Bernadette speak to the junior high girls through their mobile device about how girls are often conditioned from an early age to place greater emphasis on their appearances more than their intelligence, after they've gotten their makeovers as Disney Princesses, with Amy putting on her lipstick and checking her look while giving the remote talk alongside Bernadette.
** Sheldon thinks people should be able to take care of themselves, to which Leonard points out he has to drive him
** Amy and Bernadette speak to the junior high girls through their mobile device about how girls are often conditioned from an early age to place greater emphasis on their appearances more than their intelligence, after they've gotten their makeovers as Disney Princesses, with Amy putting on her lipstick and checking her look while giving the remote talk alongside Bernadette.
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-->'''Amy:''' Sheldon... all Snow White needs is one kiss to wake up.\\
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-->'''Amy:''' Sheldon... all Snow White needs is one little kiss to wake up.\\
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Leonard, Sheldon, and Howard appear before junior high girls on the topic of science-based careers. Meanwhile, Raj plans a date with Lucy.
Lucy. At the same time, Penny, Amy, and Bernadette decide to play hooky and go to Disneyland and get makeovers as Disney Princesses - Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella (respectively).
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-->'''Amy:''' Sheldon... all Snow White needs is one kiss to wake up.\\
'''Sheldon:''' Heard you the first time.
-->'''Amy:''' Sheldon... all Snow White needs is one kiss to wake up.\\
'''Sheldon:''' Heard you the first time.
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* GeekyTurnOn: Howard and Leonard get turned on by the Disney Princess makeovers their mates got. Amy Dressing as Snow White, however, doesn't get the results she wanted from Sheldon.
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* GeekyTurnOn: Howard and Leonard get turned on by the Disney Princess makeovers their mates got. Amy Dressing dressing as Snow White, however, doesn't get the results she wanted from Sheldon.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Sheldon thinks people should be able to take care of themselves, to which Leonard points out he has to drive him everywhere.
* IWasJustJoking: Whenever she tells an inappropriate story, Penny adds "It's a joke! Based on real events." [[RuleOfThree On the third time...]]
-->'''Amy:''' I've never played hooky in my life. My mom said that's how girls end up addicted to reefer and jazz music.\\
'''Penny:''' More like how girls end up at a Best Western hotel with a thirty-four-year-old guy named Luther.\\
'''Bernadette:''' Joke?\\
'''Penny:''' I can laugh about it now.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: The others have to stop Sheldon from Googling "How do I get twelve-year-old girls excited."
* IWasJustJoking: Whenever she tells an inappropriate story, Penny adds "It's a joke! Based on real events." [[RuleOfThree On the third time...]]
-->'''Amy:''' I've never played hooky in my life. My mom said that's how girls end up addicted to reefer and jazz music.\\
'''Penny:''' More like how girls end up at a Best Western hotel with a thirty-four-year-old guy named Luther.\\
'''Bernadette:''' Joke?\\
'''Penny:''' I can laugh about it now.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: The others have to stop Sheldon from Googling "How do I get twelve-year-old girls excited."
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* ShoutOut: The girls get Franchise/DisneyPrincess makeovers at Disneyland. Bernadette is Disney/{{Cinderella}}, Penny is [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Aurora]], and Amy is [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]].
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* ShoutOut: The girls get Franchise/DisneyPrincess makeovers at Disneyland. Bernadette is Disney/{{Cinderella}}, WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}, Penny is [[Disney/SleepingBeauty [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Aurora]], and Amy is [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]].
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* GeekyTurnOn: Howard and Leonard get turned on by the Disney Princess makeovers their mates got. Dressing as Snow White, however, doesn't get the results she wanted from Sheldon.
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* GeekyTurnOn: Howard and Leonard get turned on by the Disney Princess makeovers their mates got. Amy Dressing as Snow White, however, doesn't get the results she wanted from Sheldon.
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* BatmanGambit: Bernadette's plan for her and the girls to ditch work and go to Disneyland for princess makeovers. [[spoiler:Turns out she knew Howard would like seeing her dressed as Cinderella.]]
* GeekyTurnOn: Howard and Leonard get turned on by the Disney Princess makeovers their mates got. Dressing as Snow White, however, doesn't get the results she wanted from Sheldon.
* HurricaneOfPuns: When Raj and Lucy text each other.
-->'''Raj:''' My father's a gynecologist, so if you're ever in India and you need a check-up, my father is, as he likes to say, at your cervix.\\
'''Lucy:''' That's terrible. Your father should be in a pun-itentiary.\\
'''Raj:''' That is a fitting pun-ishment.
* MustacheDePlume: Discussed.
-->'''Sheldon:''' I supposed there is a history of professional women using their initials so as not to be prejudged. ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' 's Creator/JKRowling… uh, ''Franchise/StarTrek'' 's D.C. Fontana…\\
'''Howard:''' Van Nuys pole dancer D.D. Melons.
* ShortDistancePhoneCall: To work around Lucy's anxiety, she and Raj communicate through texting while sitting across each other.
* ShoutOut: The girls get Franchise/DisneyPrincess makeovers at Disneyland. Bernadette is Disney/{{Cinderella}}, Penny is [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Aurora]], and Amy is [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]].
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