Line #9 Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS9E11TheOpeningNightExcitation


1	!!! Plot
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3	It's Amy's birthday, and Sheldon deliberates what to give her, with some help from an old friend. Leonard, Raj, and Howard try to decide what to do with an extra ticket to ''[[Film/TheForceAwakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens]].''
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5	!!! Tropes
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7	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Sheldon's three choices for Amy's birthday present are: 1) play the harp with the Los Angeles Philarmonic (which he isn't sure is even possible); 2) take her to a wool festival in Wisconsin (or rather, let her go since he wouldn't be going); and 3) have coitus.
8	* BatmanGrabsAGun: When the server to buy Star Wars tickets is down, Sheldon resorts to something he deems to be against everything he stands for but that "desperate times call for desperate measures". He gets down on his knees and ''prays''.
9	* TheCameo: Creator/BobNewhart in his recurring role as Professor Proton. Also [[spoiler: Creator/WilWheaton takes the extra ticket]].
10	* CharacterDevelopment: The fact that Sheldon is willing to start having sex with Amy shows how far he's come with being intimate with others. He even admits to enjoying his sexual experience with Amy more than he thought he would have.
11	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything[=/=]IronicEchoCut: The scenes of the guys watching ''The Force Awakens'' directly mirror those of Sheldon and Amy before and after having sex.
12	-->'''Sheldon:''' Well, I enjoyed that more than I thought I would.\
13	''Cut to Amy, who is lying down in a disheveled state:''\
14	'''Amy:''' Me too!\
15	One scene later:\
16	'''[[spoiler: Wil Wheaton]]:''' Well, I enjoyed that more than I thought I would.\
17	''Cut to Leonard, Howard, and Raj, who are also in a similar state of dishevelment.''
18	* FandomRivalry: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] when Wil Wheaton gets booed when he attends the Star Wars screening dressed as [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]].
19	* TheGadfly: Wil arrives at the theater [[{{Troll}} in a Spock costume]] and tells a detractor to "Live long and suck it."
20	* AGlassInTheHand: Penny's wine glass shatters in her hand when Sheldon mentions wanting to have sex with Amy.
21	* GoingCommando: If Professor Proton is to be believed, Jedi don't wear underwear.
22	* HypocriticalHumor: [[HollywoodAtheist Sheldon]], in his desperation to obtain a Star Wars ticket, [[BatmanGrabsAGun gets down on his knees and prays to God]]. The moment Howard claims that he has managed to secure four tickets for the movie, he gets up and says that he'll continue to deny God's existence.
23	* ICannotSelfTerminate: Professor Proton, in Jedi robes, tries to run himself through with a lightsaber when Sheldon asks him about sex with Amy.
24	-->'''Proton''': Worth a shot.
25	* ObsessivelyOrganized: It turns out that when Sheldon is knocking on the door, he can't come in if the wrong person answers.
26	--> '''Sheldon''': (knock, knock, knock) Penny, (knock, knock, knock) Penny, (knock, knock, knock) Penny.\
27	'''Bernadette''': (whispering to Penny) What happens if I say "Come in"?\
28	'''Penny''': (whispering to Bernie) Eh, find out.\
29	'''Bernadette''': Come in! (audience laughter)\
30	'''Sheldon''': ''[{{beat}}]'' (knock, knock, knock) Bernadette, (knock, knock, knock) Bernadette, (knock, knock, knock) Bernadette. (more audience laughter)\
31	'''Penny''': Come in! (even more laughter!)\
32	'''Sheldon''': ''[{{beat}}]'' Keep it up; I've got nowhere else to be. (still more laughter)\
33	'''Bernadette''': Just come in! \
34	'''Sheldon''': For future reference, if I wanna watch Film/MeanGirls, I'll just stream it on Netflix.
35	* SexGod: Sheldon and Amy's first time lasts a few hours (or the entire length of Star Wars: Episode VII) and Amy is ''very'' pleased. Afterward, Sheldon comments that he enjoyed himself more than he thought he would. It cuts to Amy lying beside him in bed with wild hair and a ''very'' satisfied grin on her face as she agrees. Sheldon says he looks forward to having sex again on her ''next birthday''. Amy answers, "That works for me" and continues to grin to herself in contentment. (Then again, Penny herself ''did'' give Sheldon a crash course on what women liked in bed. Given his eidetic memory and likely perfect appliance of what Penny told him... is it really a wonder he knew how to satisfy a woman?)
36	* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/StarWars'' and also ''Franchise/StarTrek''. Also the fandom.
37	* SpecialEditionTitle: The episode opens on a parody of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' OpeningScroll. It doesn't replace the regular title sequence, however, which runs soon after.
38	* TheirFirstTime: An unusual case, in that Sheldon and Amy are adults in their thirties, not teenagers.
39	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: To a point. The "big one" has been hyped for several weeks prior to air.
40	* WhamLine: When Sheldon is listing out gift options for Amy’s birthday:
41	--> '''Penny:''' Okay, well, what's the third option?\

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