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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Leonard is normally an InsecureLoveInterest when it comes to Penny potentially ending up with other guys, but he's among the group that find's Amy's scenario about Penny trying to hit on Sheldon hysterical.



* BringMyBrownPants: In Penny's scenario, Leonard pees himself from nervousness when trying to ask her out at the Cheesecake Factory. Leonard is unamused and insists it wouldn't have happened, though both Raj and Howard agree it's believable. As payback, Leonard has Penny and her boyfriend Zack pee themselves in his scenario.



* ChristmasEpisode

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* ChristmasEpisodeChristmasEpisode: One Sheldon isn't present for, due to needing to go back to Texas to help with Missy's pregnancy. Everyone else promptly throws a party, to which Sheldon is touched because they ''didn't'' include him.



* MistakenForGay: In Bernadette's scenario where Penny never introduced her to Howard, she does seem attracted to Howard... at least until she witnesses him being [[RomanticSpoonfeeding spoon-fed by Raj]] [[RomanceInducingSmudge who then cleans his face afterwards]] and promptly loses interest.



* PottyFailure: In Penny's scenario, Leonard pees himself trying to ask her out at the Cheesecake Factory. As payback, Leonard has Penny and her boyfriend Zack pee themselves in his scenario.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: amy wants to know if Sheldon held the baby and how it made him feel. He says looking into the blank, innocent eyes of a being who couldn't begin to comprehend anything he said to it was just anoher day at the office.

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: amy Amy wants to know if Sheldon held the baby and how it made him feel. He says looking into the blank, innocent eyes of a being who couldn't begin to comprehend anything he said to it was just anoher another day at the office.



* ShoutOut: One of Howards WhatIf's involves him keeping the body of his deceased mother in her bedroom, talking to her and bringing her food as if she is still alive, and imagining her talking to him; all like Norman Bates in ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.

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* ShoutOut: One of Howards Howard's WhatIf's involves him keeping the body of his deceased mother in her bedroom, talking to her and bringing her food as if she is still alive, and imagining her talking to him; all like Norman Bates in ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
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* ButForMeItWasThursday: amy wants to know if Sheldon held the baby and how it made him feel. He says looking into the blank, innocent eyes of a being who couldn't begin to comprehend anything he said to it was just anoher day at the office.

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* ButForMeItWasThursday: ButForMeItWasTuesday: amy wants to know if Sheldon held the baby and how it made him feel. He says looking into the blank, innocent eyes of a being who couldn't begin to comprehend anything he said to it was just anoher day at the office.
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* ButForMeItWasThursday: amy wants to know if Sheldon held the baby and how it made him feel. He says looking into the blank, innocent eyes of a being who couldn't begin to comprehend anything he said to it was just anoher day at the office.
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* HeldBackInSchool: Sheldon mentions that it took Missy six years to graduate high school.
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* ShoutOut: One of Leonard's WhatIf's involves him keeping the body of his deceased mother in her bedroom, talking to her and bringing her food as if she is still alive, and imagining her talking to him; all like Norman Bates in ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.

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* ShoutOut: One of Leonard's Howards WhatIf's involves him keeping the body of his deceased mother in her bedroom, talking to her and bringing her food as if she is still alive, and imagining her talking to him; all like Norman Bates in ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
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* ShoutOut: One of Leonard's WhatIf's involves him keeping the body of his deceased mother in her bedroom, talking to her and bringing her food as if she is still alive, and imagining her talking to him; all like Norman Bates in ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Invoked. Inspired by Bernadette bringing ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' to watch, the others imagine what life would be like if Sheldon was never born.

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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Invoked. Inspired by Bernadette bringing ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' to watch, the others imagine what life would be like if Sheldon was never born.born and also what if the 7 characters never discovered each other.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Sheldon's mother (Mary) seems a lot more aggressive and demanding towards her son than usual forcing him to do disgusting, unbearable work treating a highly pregnant Missy screaming in pain. Though considering that was an emergency situation, Mary must have been under stress.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Sheldon's mother (Mary) seems a lot more aggressive and demanding towards her son than usual forcing him to do disgusting, unbearable work treating a highly pregnant Missy screaming in pain. Though considering that was an emergency situation, Mary must have been under stress.
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* NutritionalNightmare: In one fantasy, Howard and Raj while living together eat huge quantities of fattening food to fill in their loneliness (in this universe, they never met Bernadette or Penny). They indulge in an entire cake for breakfast and a whole turkey (chicken?), ham and lots of large sides such as mashed potatoes for dinner.

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* NutritionalNightmare: In one fantasy, Howard Leonard and Raj while living together eat huge quantities of fattening food to fill in their loneliness (in this universe, they never met Bernadette or Penny). They indulge in an entire cake for breakfast and a whole turkey (chicken?), ham and lots of large sides such as mashed potatoes for dinner.
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* OnePersonBirthdayParty: In one scenario, Amy is weeping and singing to herself the Happy Birthday song with just one cupcake because she's still lonely and didn't meet Sheldon.

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* OnePersonBirthdayParty: In one scenario, Amy is weeping and singing to herself the Happy Birthday song with just one cupcake because she's still lonely and didn't meet Sheldon.Sheldon.... so she's with Stuart.
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'''Plot Synopsis''': Sheldon has to go to Texas to tend to his heavily pregnant sister (Missy). Meanwhile, everyone else still in Pasadena ponder how their lives could have changed.

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'''Plot Synopsis''': This episode is an anthological spoof of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''. Sheldon has to go to Texas to tend to his heavily pregnant sister (Missy). Meanwhile, everyone else still in Pasadena ponder how their lives could have changed.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: In the "Leonard's Fat" timeline, you can see a really obese Batman on the cover of the comic book Leonard's reading.
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* AlternateTimeline: This episode itself is ''alternate timeline'' porn.

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* AlternateTimeline: This episode itself indulges in alternate timelines, none of them being shown to be better than the current universe the show is ''alternate timeline'' porn.in.
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* AlternateTimeline: This episode itself is ''alternate timeline'' porn.
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* NutritionalNightmare: In one fantasy, Howard and Raj while living together eat huge quantities of fattening food to fill in their loneliness. They indulge in an entire cake for breakfast and a whole turkey (chicken?), ham and lots of large sides for dinner.

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* NutritionalNightmare: In one fantasy, Howard and Raj while living together eat huge quantities of fattening food to fill in their loneliness. loneliness (in this universe, they never met Bernadette or Penny). They indulge in an entire cake for breakfast and a whole turkey (chicken?), ham and lots of large sides such as mashed potatoes for dinner.
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* OnePersonBirthdayParty: In one scenario, Amy is weeping and singing to herself the Happy Birthday song with just one cupcake.

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* OnePersonBirthdayParty: In one scenario, Amy is weeping and singing to herself the Happy Birthday song with just one cupcake. cupcake because she's still lonely and didn't meet Sheldon.
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* OnePersonBirthdayParty: In one scenario, Amy is weeping and singing to herself the Happy Birthday song with just one cupcake.

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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Invoked. Inspired by Bernadette bringing ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' to watch, the others imagine what life would be like if Sheldon was never born.



* NotDistractedByTheSexy: In Amy's scenario, Penny tries to seduce Sheldon, but he doesn't take, saying he's saving himself for "a cute, bespectacled neurobiologist with hair the color of mud."



* TookALevelInJerkass: Sheldon's mother (Mary) seems a lot more aggressive and demanding towards her son than usual forcing him to do disgusting, unbearable work treating a highly pregnant Missy screaming in pain. Though considering that was an emergency situation, Mary must have lost her mind.

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* PottyFailure: In Penny's scenario, Leonard pees himself trying to ask her out at the Cheesecake Factory. As payback, Leonard has Penny and her boyfriend Zack pee themselves in his scenario.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Sheldon's mother (Mary) seems a lot more aggressive and demanding towards her son than usual forcing him to do disgusting, unbearable work treating a highly pregnant Missy screaming in pain. Though considering that was an emergency situation, Mary must have lost her mind.been under stress.
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* WhatIf: The episode is about the cast imagining what other directions this show could have gone in.

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* WhatIf: The episode is about the cast imagining what other directions this show could have gone in.in.
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I remember when I watched this episode I had a real bad toothache and I had a hard time remembering much of the episode other than the "Fat Leonard and Raj" part, so I'll continue to add more tropes as I rewatch the episode.

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* BigEater: Raj imagines that if it weren't for Penny, Leonard would be lonely and single and eat his way into severe obesity because there wouldn't be anyone to see him naked. But of course Raj would be fat too for the same reasons. They live together in Raj's apartment and eat very unhealthy. Then Stuart pops up and it turns out he's obese too.


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* NutritionalNightmare: In one fantasy, Howard and Raj while living together eat huge quantities of fattening food to fill in their loneliness. They indulge in an entire cake for breakfast and a whole turkey (chicken?), ham and lots of large sides for dinner.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Sheldon's mother (Mary) seems a lot more aggressive and demanding towards her son than usually depicted forcing him to do disgusting, unbearable work treating a highly pregnant Missy screaming in pain. Though considering that was an emergency situation, Mary must have lost her mind.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Sheldon's mother (Mary) seems a lot more aggressive and demanding towards her son than usually depicted usual forcing him to do disgusting, unbearable work treating a highly pregnant Missy screaming in pain. Though considering that was an emergency situation, Mary must have lost her mind.
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''The Cooper Extraction'' is the 11th episode of the 7th season of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.

'''Plot Synopsis''': Sheldon has to go to Texas to tend to his heavily pregnant sister (Missy). Meanwhile, everyone else still in Pasadena ponder how their lives could have changed.

!!''The Cooper Extraction'' contains examples of:
* ChristmasEpisode
* MsFanservice: Penny in one scenario strips down to her underwear to flirt with Sheldon in a universe where Leonard isn't around.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Sheldon's mother (Mary) seems a lot more aggressive and demanding towards her son than usually depicted forcing him to do disgusting, unbearable work treating a highly pregnant Missy screaming in pain. Though considering that was an emergency situation, Mary must have lost her mind.
* WhatIf: The episode is about the cast imagining what other directions this show could have gone in.

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