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* FakeRelationship: Penny asked Leonard to pretend that they are still together when her father came to visit, because Leonard is "the first guy he ever approved of. [[LongList You're a scientist, you went to college, you don't have a neck tattoo or outstanding warrants... or a baby.]]" Leonard, delighting in the irony, proceeds to make out with her at every opportunity.
** Amy asked Sheldon to pretend to be her boyfriend so that her mom would get off her back. Sheldon initially confused it for an invitation to actually ''be'' her boyfriend, and was relieved when that wasn't the case. As they meet her mom over web cam, he made certain to talk about [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday how much sex they have together]].
** Raj is set up by his parents with an Indian girl who admits she is a lesbian and wants to marry him to dispel suspicion. A twist is that she (and others, including his friends and parents) think that Raj is in the closet as well so it would be a mutual beard relationship.
** This was the excuse used by Sheldon when he discovered [[spoiler: that Kripke was further along in his research than Sheldon was. When Kripke calls him out on this, he gives Sheldon an out by stating that Sheldon must be DistractedByTheSexy. Sheldon, not willing to admit his mental inferiority to Kripke , readily agrees. He then goes into extremely inaccurate detail about his sex life.]] Includes the gem "I gave her genitals a good rogering."
*** In this same scene, when Kripke asks if they use "toys" meaning the adult sense of the word, Sheldon naturally assumes he is talking about his collection, not making the connection.
--> '''Kripke:''' What about toys?\\
'''Sheldon:''' Well, yes, there's lightsabers and action figures...\\
'''Kripke:''' You're a FWEAK, Cooper!



** An interesting contrast is shown during the time they were broken up, when Penny recruited Leonard to have [[TheBeard gotten back together as a ploy against her dad]]. Leonard had a blast with the play acting and generally made Penny suffer for the idea, including a [[SickeninglySweethearts sugary "I love you"]] that forced Penny to say "I love you too" in order to keep up the deception. Because it was a sham there wasn't any repercussions for the phrase.

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** An interesting contrast is shown during the time they were broken up, when Penny recruited Leonard to have [[TheBeard gotten back together as a ploy against her dad]].dad. Leonard had a blast with the play acting and generally made Penny suffer for the idea, including a [[SickeninglySweethearts sugary "I love you"]] that forced Penny to say "I love you too" in order to keep up the deception. Because it was a sham there wasn't any repercussions for the phrase.
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* FakeRelationship: Penny asked Leonard to pretend that they are still together when her father came to visit, because Leonard is "the first guy he ever approved of. [[LongList You're a scientist, you went to college, you don't have a neck tattoo or outstanding warrants... or a baby.]]" Leonard, delighting in the irony, proceeds to make out with her at every opportunity.
** Amy asked Sheldon to pretend to be her boyfriend so that her mom would get off her back. Sheldon initially confused it for an invitation to actually ''be'' her boyfriend, and was relieved when that wasn't the case. As they meet her mom over web cam, he made certain to talk about [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday how much sex they have together]].
** Raj is set up by his parents with an Indian girl who admits she is a lesbian and wants to marry him to dispel suspicion. A twist is that she (and others, including his friends and parents) think that Raj is in the closet as well so it would be a mutual beard relationship.
** This was the excuse used by Sheldon when he discovered [[spoiler: that Kripke was further along in his research than Sheldon was. When Kripke calls him out on this, he gives Sheldon an out by stating that Sheldon must be DistractedByTheSexy. Sheldon, not willing to admit his mental inferiority to Kripke , readily agrees. He then goes into extremely inaccurate detail about his sex life.]] Includes the gem "I gave her genitals a good rogering."
*** In this same scene, when Kripke asks if they use "toys" meaning the adult sense of the word, Sheldon naturally assumes he is talking about his collection, not making the connection.
--> '''Kripke:''' What about toys?\\
'''Sheldon:''' Well, yes, there's lightsabers and action figures...\\
'''Kripke:''' You're a FWEAK, Cooper!
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* GoldDigger: Raj's DisabledLoveInterest lets him shower her with many, many gifts. Penny also muses that Raj is hotter now that she knows he's rich.

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* GoldDigger: Raj's DisabledLoveInterest disabled love interest lets him shower her with many, many gifts. Penny also muses that Raj is hotter now that she knows he's rich.



* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Raj {{Bookends}} a brief relationship with a DisabledLoveInterest by comforting himself first with pie then with cheesecake.
** In one early episode Penny is seen eating an entire tub of ice cream while crying her eyes out due to a breakup.

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* %%* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Raj {{Bookends}} a brief relationship with a DisabledLoveInterest love interest by comforting himself first with pie then with cheesecake.
** %%** In one early episode Penny is seen eating an entire tub of ice cream while crying her eyes out due to a breakup.
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* GassyGastronomy: In "The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification", Sheldon changes his diet in an attempt to live longer, which includes "cruciferous vegetables night". One night he feels terrible stomach pains and [[GassyScare thinks]] it's [[RupturedAppendix appendicitis]]. As he and Penny rush to the hospital, Sheldon yells, "Oh, Lord, I think it's about to burst!"... and lets out a loud fart. He muses, "On second thought, it may have been the Brussel sprouts."
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** Mikayla, a Las Vegas prostitute, gave howard the "girlfriend experience."

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** Mikayla, a Las Vegas prostitute, gave howard Howard the "girlfriend experience."
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* JokersLoveJunkFood: For a group with a high degree of intellect, the main cast of the show had some rather unhealthy eating preferences.
** The group has a "Pizza Night", with pizza chains to be determined by Sheldon approved committee.
** Sheldon's mother [[TheFriendlyTexan Mary Cooper]] claimed that the key ingredient to good cooking and ThroughHisStomach was not "love", but rather "lard". "He'll die by forty, but his love will be true."
** Having witnessed a moment of one of his friends chatting with their significant other during a marathon gaming session, Sheldon claimed it was the most [[SickeningSweethearts sickening thing he'd ever encountered]], and noted that this was coming from a man drinking Kool-Aid through a piece of Red Vine licorice.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Our protagonists have dated a few redheads, Leonard with Stephanie (Creator/SaraRue) and as of Season 8, Raj with Emily.
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Moving to "Kissing Cousins" after accepting editing advice.


* HillbillyIncest: In an urban version, Howard discloses he lost his virginity to a girl he met at a family gathering - his own cousin Jeannie. The deed apparently happened in a bedroom at their Auntie Barbara's. The gang are suitably creeped out, although Stuart takes the opportunity to ask Jeannie out on a date, reasoning that her standards are going to be low enough for him to be in with a chance.

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