Bernadette's friends all try to help her going into labor, except Sheldon who wants to play the board game Campaign for North Africa.
Tropes:
- Chocolate Baby: Invoked by Howard. The only way his first thought upon seeing his newborn son would be "call Raj" was if the baby was brown.
- Complexity Addiction: Whoever made the rules for Campaign for North Africa.
- Name Sake: Bernadette wants to name their son Michael for her father. Howard does not.
- Pregnancy Makes You Crazy:
- Bernadette has had it with being pregnant. When her due date arrives, she wants to go to the hospital without having any contractions.
- She argues that the kid should have her father's name because he's dying. Eventually. Howard lampshades this trope.
- Shout-Out:
- Sheldon and Amy have watched La La Land 4 times.
- Howard wants to name the kid Harry for Harry Potter or Harry Houdini.
- Sheldon suggests naming it Ozymandias for a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
- They name the kid Neil for Armstrong, Gaiman and Diamond.
- Tabletop Game: Sheldon bought The Campaign for North Africa online.
