Line #30 Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS9E7TheSpockResonance


1	!!! Plot
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3	Creator/WilWheaton invites Sheldon to be part of a documentary about Creator/LeonardNimoy. During the interview, Sheldon reveals a few surprises. Meanwhile, Bernadette decides to renovate Howard's childhood home, and more secrets are revealed.
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5	!!! Tropes
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7	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in this following exchange:
8	--> '''Sheldon:''' ''[shows contents of his personal safe]'' My Wil... ''[shows [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Wesley Crusher]] action figure]'' my 1/8 scale Wil Wheaton action figure. I also have the other kind of will. And in it I will my Wil back to Wil.\
9	'''Leonard:''' Will Wil want it?\
10	'''[[AsHimself Wil Wheaton]]:''' Wil won’t.
11	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Played with. During the "cold open," Leonard discusses a child development study; a child who is popular at thirteen will grow up to have problems later. Raj says he was popular...but it was amongst the servants. Whose names he didn't know. We also get examples of the others' {{Hilariously Abusive Childhood}}s.
12	* ArmorPiercingResponse: Prompting perhaps the biggest BigWhat in the series:
13	-->'''Penny:''' What's that ringbox?\
14	'''Sheldon:''' Oh, that is an engagement ring that I was going to give my girlfriend, Amy.
15	* AskAStupidQuestion: Leonard says he heard about a study determining that popular teenagers ended up being less successful as adults.
16	-->'''Penny:''' The study say what happens to the unpopular kids?\
17	'''Leonard:''' You tell me; you woke up in bed with one.
18	* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Subverted. In this case, Sheldon has based most of his RealLife on fictional characters and lessons (rather than fiction based on "reality"). Now that he's confronted with real situations, he has no idea how to cope with them.
19	* BigBrotherBully: Both Sheldon and Leonard were bullied by their brothers as kids.
20	* BigWhat: Penny gives probably her biggest "What!?" of the series when she finds out about Sheldon having planned on asking Amy to marry him.
21	* BlatantLies: After calming down, Sheldon cites a Vulcan proverb in the Vulcan language. Penny asks Leonard if he knows what it means and doesn't believe him when he first claims he doesn't.
22	* ClosetGeek: Penny's spent enough time with the nerds to remind Sheldon that Spock was half-human and thus had more emotions than he let on.
23	* ConcealingCanvas: Sheldon keeps his valuables in a wall safe hidden behind his dry erase board. This comes as a complete surprise to Leonard, as does the "floor safe" that Sheldon had installed previously.
24	* ContinuityNod: Sheldon brings out the napkin signed by Nimoy in "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis."
25	* DisproportionateRetribution: Discussed in a joke. While Adam is interviewing Sheldon, Leonard asks Wil why he wants to punish Adam.
26	** Also, the schoolyard bully ''breaking Sheldon's collarbone'' when Sheldon attempted a "Vulcan nerve pinch" on him. Made even worse in the fact Sheldon only attempted it cause said bully was threatening him.
27	--> (rotates shoulder) I can still hear it clicking.
28	* DocumentaryEpisode: The parts when Sheldon is on camera, anyway.
29	* FollowYourNose: When she learns that Sheldon started hiding his Pop-Tarts in the floor safe, Penny says "I ''knew'' I could smell them."
30	* IWantGrandkids: Mike Rostenkowski is revealed to be this trope and urges Howard to imagine how the den can be converted into a nursery.
31	* InternalReveal: Other characters (most especially Leonard and Penny) find out of Sheldon's plan to propose to Amy.
32	* MenCantKeepHouse: Howard and Mike both leave the household duties (and child rearing in Mike's case) to their wives.
33	* MoodWhiplash: The light, awkward humour of Sheldon's fanboy gushing quickly changes when the others find out about the ring.
34	* NerdsSpeakKlingon : In this case, Vulcan.
35	* NoSympathy: Though sympathetic towards Sheldon's stories of being bullied by his older brother, Penny is flippant about Leonard having similar experiences.
36	* NoodleIncident: Sheldon says the ring has been in his family for generations. His great-great-great grandmother lost it (and a finger!) to Comanches, but Texas Rangers eventually retrieved it in brutal fashion.
37	-->'''Sheldon:''' It was a happy ending. ''[beat]'' Well, for my nine-fingered Nana.
38	* OhCrap: Upon learning of the SpyCam, an embarrassed Penny reminds Leonard of how they've "done things" in front of it.
39	* {{Pun}}: "Spockumentary."
40	-->'''Sheldon:''' It was [[VerbalBackspace Leonard's joke]].
41	* TheScapegoat: Bernadette is apprehensive about having kids, but rather than just be honest with Mike about it, she threw Howard (who ''does'' want kids) under the bus to save face.
42	* SpyCam: Sheldon reveals there's one inside the Aquaman figure atop a bookcase.
43	* SuddenlyShouting: As more and more is discussed about how his relationship with Amy ended, Sheldon tries to maintain a stoic appearance, but he's clearly upset. It eventually boils over with him shouting, "I SAID I'M FINE!"
44	* {{Tearjerker}} / WhamEpisode : You feel kind of bad for all the gang, but the last scene when Sheldon decides to ask Amy to marry him...and sees her on a date, kissing another man is utterly heartbreaking.
45	-->'''Penny:''' When I see him like this, I just want to give him a big hug.

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