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Context Recap / TheBigBangTheoryS6E14TheCooperKripkeInversion

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1	'''"The Cooper/Kripke Inversion"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on January 31, 2013. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds and Steve Holland, based on a story by Creator/ChuckLorre, Eric Kaplan and Anthony Del Broccolo.
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3	When Sheldon and Kripke are forced to work on a project together, Sheldon is dismayed to learn that Kripke's research has surpassed his own. Meanwhile, Raj and Howard buy a 3-D printer to make themselves action figures.
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5	!! Tropes
6	* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
7	-->'''Sheldon:''' Penny, all my life I have been uncomfortable with the sort of physical contact that comes easily to others - handshaking, hugging, prostate exams...
8	* CharacterDevelopment: Sheldon reflects on how ever since he's met Amy, he's been trying to engage in more intimate contact, and admits that their relationship could become physical at some point.
9	* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: The primary trope concerning Howard's subplot. To save his marriage to Bernadette, Howard sells Raj his half of the 3-D printer to recoup his loss of $2,500.
10	* FullNameUltimatum:
11	-->'''Leonard:''' Sheldon Lee Cooper, I do not have time for this nonsense! Now go put your clothes on, get in the car, and let's go to work!\
12	'''Sheldon:''' [[{{Manchild}} All right, geez! What a grouch]].\
13	'''Leonard:''' How did I do that? I gotta remember how I did that.
14	* HereWeGoAgain: After Howard learns his lesson not to throw away his wife's money on 3-D printers, Raj asks why he's not eating lunch in the [=CalTech=] cafeteria. Howard claimed he [[IgnoredAesop blew all his lunch allowance on Pokemon cards]].
15	* IgnoredAesop: Howard learns the harsh consequences of spending his wife's money without her consent by being taken off their joint account. And the same day he blows his lunch money on Pokemon cards.
16	* {{Manchild}}: Sheldon usually disrespects Leonard, but obeys him thoroughly when the latter invokes FullNameUltimatum and gives him orders in a similar sense to how his mother Mary would work to control Sheldon.
17	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Howard and Raj's excitement upon finishing their first 3D-printed object: a whistle.
18	* PoorCommunicationKills: One thing Howard muses about during his conversation with Raj about the 3D printer is the potential applications for work, which could be a sound reason for making such an investment. However, he only alludes to the trivial stuff he'd made like the dolls and whistle when revealing this to Bernadette; had he justified the printer as a work investment like with Raj, Bernadette might have been at least somewhat more receptive to his expenditure.

Context Recap / TheBigBangTheoryS6E14TheCooperKripkeInversion