S05E12 - The Shiny Trinket Maneuver

No: 99  |  Season: 5   Episode: 12  |  Air Date: 2012-01-12  |  Runtime: mins

Amy: Our relationship agreement specifies that the second Thursday of every month, or the third Thursday in a month with five Thursdays, is date night. Penny: That is so hot.

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Summary

Penny helps Sheldon work on his relationship with Amy when he trivializes one of her accomplishments. Howard is irked by Bernadette's dislike of children.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Chuck Lorre & Steve Holland & Tara Hernandez / Teleplay by: Bill Prady & Steven Molaro & Jim Reynolds

Script

Script: S05E12 - The Shiny Trinket Maneuver

Quotes

Howard: Maybe me and Bernadette aren't right for each other.
Leonard: Look, Howard, I'd say there's a lot of fish in the sea, but I watched you dangle your hook for years. Do not throw her back.
Howard: I don't want to, but this is kind of a deal breaker.
Raj: What will your mom say if you call off the wedding?
Howard: Heh, it'll kill her. If I don't give her grandchildren, that'll kill her too. So either way on the Mom front, I'm golden.

Sheldon: (game character walks into saloon) I'll just go in this saloon and drink my troubles away.
Leonard: You know... Digital alcohol is never a solution.

Penny: Sheldon, what is wrong with you?
Sheldon: Well, not much. Although, I can be faulted for being overly fond of koala bears. I don't know what it is. When they start munching on eucalyptus, I just melt inside.

Mrs. Wolowitz: I hope it fits! She has a tricky figure! She's short and stacked, like me!
Howard: She's not stacked like you, Ma! She never steps on hers!

Penny: Well, if it isn't Pasadena's favorite new power couple, Shamy.
Sheldon: (to Amy) And that is the answer to your question "what is wrong with going to the Cheesecake Factory?"

Sheldon: I don't think there's anything in this jewelry store that Amy would appreciate more than the humidifier we were just looking at at Sears.
Penny: Oh, my God! Now I know what I sound like to you when I say stupid stuff.

Penny: Sheldon, that pocket watch is ridiculous.
Sheldon: Nonsense. I look like a train conductor.

Sheldon: Is this how you're going to entertain children, by lying to them?
Howard: How is this lying?
Sheldon: A magic show is an inherently deceitful proposition. "This is an ordinary tophat." "You've chosen that card freely." "I do not have a set of lock picks lodged in my keister."
Raj: Can't you just enjoy the wonder, Sheldon? Why must you peek behind the curtain, or up the butt?

Sheldon: Oh, Lord. A man steps out for a minute to empty his bowels and catch up on the latest adventures of the Caped Crusader, and returns to find that his apartment has transformed into a cabaret.

Sheldon: Coins lodged in body parts is not a source of amusement. When I was five, Billy Sparks put a Mexican Peso up my nose.
Howard: How is that not amusing?
Sheldon: It's still there. Takes me 45 minutes to get through airport security.
Howard: Look, I made Sheldon disappear, tada!
Leonard: Next time you should open with that.

Penny: So are we celebrating anything special tonight?
Amy: Oh yes! Our relationship agreement specifies that the second Thursday of every month, or the third Thursday in a month with five Thursdays, is date night.
Penny: That is so hot.

Leonard: Oh, a little Red Dead Redemption, huh
Sheldon: (shown playing video game) Yes.
Leonard: How come you're not doing a mission? You're just wandering around.
Sheldon: I had a rough night, thought I'd go for a walk and clear my head.
Leonard: Some people go outside and do that.

Sheldon: I'm gonna have a whiskey. Do you want anything?
Leonard: No, I can't. I'm playing Grand Theft Auto later.

Bernadette: It's obvious having kids is really important to you and I think I came up with a solution.
Howard: Really? That's great. What?
Bernadette: Well, seeing as how I make way more money than you anyway, what if I worked and you stayed home with the kids?
Howard: Me?
Bernadette: Yeah. You know, you watch Barney and pull Cheerios out of their noses and go on play dates, and I'll work and have conversations with people my own age and enjoy my life.

Amy: (Sheldon hands Amy a gift bag, as a token of apology; Amy isn't pleased at first) Jewelry? Seriously? Sheldon, you are the most shallow, self-centered person I have ever met. Do you really think that another transparently-manipu...
(as soon as she takes it out, her tone and demeanor instantly change and she is practically singing)
Amy: OHHH, IT'S A TIARA! A tiara! I have a tiara!
(to Penny, talking quickly as she dashes around the room)
Amy: Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me!
Penny: (helps her put it on) You... look... beautiful.
Amy: (Yelling happily) OF COURSE I DO, I AM A PRINCESS AND THIS IS MY TIARA!
(she turns, kisses, and embraces Sheldon and doesn't let go)
Sheldon: (after he slowly, but not uncomfortably, puts his arms around her, to Penny straight-faced) You were right. A tiara was too much.

Notes and Trivia

The tiara that Sheldon gives Amy is worn by Amy when they go to Copenhagen in the last episode to get their Nobel Prize.

Goofs

None

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