S10E09 - The Geology Elevation

No: 216  |  Season: 10   Episode: 9  |  Air Date: 2016-11-17  |  Runtime: mins

Sheldon: I can't believe I was surpassed by a geologist. I mean, rocks. He studies rocks. If rock is so great, how come paper beats it?

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Summary

Sheldon can't contain his jealousy when Bert wins a grant for his geology research. A distasteful toy built by Howard faces judgement from the gang.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Chuck Lorre & Erik Kaplan & Maria Ferrari / Teleplay by: Steve Holland & Jim Reynolds & Jeremy Howe

Script

Script: S10E09 - The Geology Elevation

Quotes

Sheldon: I'm not proud of this, but I have been envious of your recent success.
Bert: Wow. I won the MacArthur grant, everyone's jealous of me... Once I get Lasik, I'll be out of things to wish for!

Amy: (Leonard helps a limping Sheldon into the apartment) What happened?
Sheldon: I tried to let go of anger and threw a rock into my foot.
Leonard: (with a tissue hanging out of his nose) Then he got more angry and kicked the rock with his other foot.
Penny: And what happened to you?
Leonard: Oh, I laughed so hard I burst a blood vessel in my nose. It's fine.

Sheldon: Who leaves their bike in the hallway? Y'know, if I knew how to ride one, I'd steal it!

Amy: I can't believe you headbutted a water fountain!
Sheldon: No, I went to punch the water fountain, slipped in water in front of the water fountain and hit my head on the water fountain.

Sheldon: Hang on. You're my enemy. And if the enemy of my enemy is my friend and right now, I'm my own worst enemy, that makes you my frie... Okay, I'm good to go.

Bert: (jealous of Bert, Sheldon injured himself expressing his anger) What happened to you?
Sheldon: (pointing to each foot in turn, then his forehead) Rock, rock, water fountain.

Sheldon: (Struggling because he hurt his foot) Sorry I'm moving slowly.
Leonard: I don't mind. If you pull a butterscotch out of your pocket, it'll be like I'm walking with my grandma!
Sheldon: (Sees plaque of Bert) Oh, no! A plaque? Nobody wants to see this!
Leonard: Change "plaque" to "mixed race couple" and you are my grandma!

Sheldon: Thank you, Professor Hawking. You are a gift to mankind. There should be statues of you everywhere. You know, the Lincoln Memorial has a big chair. We could swap you right in!

Stephen Hawking: I understand you're struggling with professional jealousy.
Sheldon: Thanks, Leonard! Now he's not going to think I'm cool!
Stephen Hawking: Don't worry. I know how you feel. I have never won a Nobel prize.
Penny: Oh, wow! That doesn't seem fair!
Stephen Hawking: It's fine. I've been on The Simpsons.
Sheldon: How do you deal with the success of your colleagues?
Stephen Hawking: I remind myself every scientific advancement is a victory. Also, I was on Star Trek.

Leonard: You know, I do understand what you're feeling. My brother and sister's accomplishments have always been held over my head.
Sheldon: How did you deal with it?
Leonard: I wet the bed until college, but I don't think that's a quality fix.
Sheldon: I can't believe I was surpassed by a geologist. I mean, rocks. He studies rocks. If rock is so great, how come paper beats it?

Sheldon: (about Bert) Some genius. I zinged him with sarcasm, he didn't even notice.
Leonard: (sarcastically) I know! And it was the greatest sarcastic quip I've ever heard!
Sheldon: (oblivious) Well, aren't you a peach!

Bert: (in the background) Thank you very much. Thanks!
Leonard: That is unbelievable! Good for Bert!
Howard: Damn! The MacArthur Genius Grant!
Raj: Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Sheldon: Everything is stupid and I want to go home!
Leonard: That's Sheldon's way of saying he's proud of Bert, too.

Sheldon: This is worse than when I had to admit that Cedric the Entertainer is actually entertaining.

Sheldon: I admire you, Leonard.
Leonard: Really? Why?
Sheldon: You're happy with who you are. You don't get jealous of other people. Instead of being weighed down by ambition, you just float along like a dead body in a river.
Leonard: (to himself) I couldn't just take the compliment. I had to ask why.

(Sheldon and Bert are at a taping of the Ellen DeGeneres Show)
Ellen DeGeneres: A new study came out and it said that laughing makes your brain work better. And I know that's true because laughing has made me the smartiest! Although, on the other hand, babies laugh a lot and they're dumb.
Sheldon: (to Bert) Do people know about her? 'Cause she's delightful!

Notes and Trivia

Bert's full name is Bertram Kibbler.

Professor Stephen Hawking mentions he has been on "Star Trek" and "The Simpsons". He indeed appeared as a hologram of himself in "Descent (1993)" and voiced himself in four episodes of "The Simpsons (1989)". He also appeared in "Futurama (1999)", which was made by the creators of "The Simpsons".

Sheldon seems to have an obsession with the MacArthur Genius Grant, since one of his Roommate Agreement clauses even states that if either he or Leonard wins it, he has to mention the other in his acceptance speech (The Large Hadron Collision (2010)). The fact that Sheldon is jealous of a geologist for winning the grant is poetic justice for his well-established disdain for that field of science. And when Sheldon compliments Leonard for never getting jealous, he forgets that Leonard was insanely jealous of David Underhill in The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis (2008), ironically because Underhill had won the MacArthur Grant as well.

The episode title refers to Bert's geology research getting more attention than Sheldon's work.

The remark about Penny's short hair in season 8 is probably a jab at the fact that most of Kaley Cuoco's fans didn't like her new hair style, which returned to its normal length in season 9.

This show is taped in the Warner Brothers Studios sound stage 25. Sheldon and Bert visit the set of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)", taped in stages 1-3.

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