S09E21 - The Viewing Party Combustion
No: 204 |
Season: 9
Episode: 21 |
Air Date: 2016-04-21 |
Runtime: mins
Summary
The gang pick sides when a small argument between Leonard and Sheldon erupts into a heated fight during a "Game of Thrones" viewing party.
Director and Writers
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Eric Kaplan & Maria Ferrari & Jeremy Howe / Teleplay by: Steven Molaro & Steve Holland & Tara Hernandez
Script
Script: S09E21 - The Viewing Party Combustion
Quotes
Sheldon: I have a question about Batman. Batman is a man who dresses up like a bat. Manbat is a part man part bat hybrid. Now, if Manbat dressed up as a man to fight crime, would he be Manbatman;?
Leonard: No, he'd be Batmanbat.
Howard: But wouldn't Manbatman just be a batman that was bitten by a radioactive man?
Howard: But Batman is a man. You're talking about a man who would have the powers of a man. That's just Manman.
Sheldon: Well, isn't Manman just Man?
Leonard: Well, what if Manman dressed as a bat?
Raj: Well, that's just Batman.
Leonard: No, if a man dresses as a bat, that's Batman, but if Manman dresses as a bat that's Batmanman.
Howard: So, does that answer your question?
Sheldon: Oh, I haven't asked it yet.
Penny: Uh-oh, somebody's still pouting.
Leonard: Leave me alone.
Penny: If it's because you lost a stick, I know where it went.
Sheldon: A party sub implies it's a party.
Leonard: Your attendance implies it's not.
Sheldon: I like a party as much as the next man. As long as the next man doesn't like a party.
Amy: Did you know she has him add things to the roommate agreement so she can get her way and not fight with you about it?
Leonard: Son of a bitch.
Penny: I don't always defend Sheldon.
Leonard: Oh, yes, you do; you know you have a weird brother-sister Elliott-E.T. relationship with him.
Sheldon: (knock-knock-knock) Leonard.
(knock-knock-knock)
Sheldon: Leonard.
(knock-knock-knock)
Sheldon: Leonard.
Leonard: What?
Sheldon: I never got to ask my question about Batman.
Leonard: What is it?
Sheldon: If Batman were bitten by a radioactive manbat and then fought crime disguised as Manbat, would he be Manbatmanbatman or simply Manbatmanbatbatman?
Penny: Is he still wearing the Batman suit under the Manbat suit?
Sheldon: I'll be back.
Leonard: If Sheldon's testosterone dipped, he'd become a butterfly.
Raj: That's Claire; gotta run.
Leonard: Thought you were back with Emily.
Raj: Uh, actually, I'm seeing both of them.
Leonard: You mean like through their window from behind a bush?
Notes and Trivia
Sheldon is frustrated with writer George R.R. Martin because Martin couldn't keep up his writing with the pace of Game of Thrones (2011), so Sheldon is no longer able to spoil the show for Leonard with his knowledge from the books. At the time of the episode, the TV series had indeed caught up with 'A Dance with Dragons', which was then the most recently released book in Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' book series. Sheldon actually voices the frustration of many fans of the books who had already been waiting five years for the release of the next book, 'The Winds of Winter', as Martin kept missing his deadlines. By the time that The Big Bang Theory (2007) and Game of Thrones (2011) ended (both in 2019), the book was still not released.
The Game of Thrones (2011) episode the group is getting ready to watch is The Red Woman (2016). Stuart has dressed himself up as the character Jon Snow (Kit Harington) from that series.
Title Reference: Refers to the party organized by the group to watch Game of Thrones (2011) and how it results in heated arguments.
Goofs
None
Cast
| Johnny Galecki | Leonard Hofstadter |
| Jim Parsons | Sheldon Cooper |
| Kaley Cuoco | Penny Hofstadter |
| Simon Helberg | Howard Wolowitz |
| Kunal Nayyar | Raj Koothrappali |
| Mayim Bialik | Amy Farrah Fowler |
| Melissa Rauch | Bernadette Rostenkowski |
| Kevin Sussman | Stuart Bloom |
