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The Big Bang Theory :: The Bat Jar Conjecture (01x13)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Bat Jar Conjecture
Episode #: 01x13
Production Number: 3T6612
Original Airdate: Monday April 21st, 2008
9.2/10 (19 Votes cast)
Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country: Aired On:
UK (E4) May 07, 2008
NL (Veronica) Jun 08, 2009
Episode Crew
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Story: Jennifer Glickman
Stephen Engel
Teleplay: Robert Cohen (1)
Bill Prady
 
Episode Summary
 
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Howard receives a mail on his cell phone saying that there is an open spot for a team at a Physics Bowl event coming up and the guys grab the opportunity. But when it turns out Sheldon answers all the questions during the rehearsals, the guys decide that he is off the team, but to fill in the remaining spot on the Bowl, Leslie Winkle agrees to be on their team. However, planning to make sure the guys don’t outsmart him, Sheldon creates his own team to join, even though he will be the one answering the questions.
 
Summary Available In: English | German
 
 
Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Mark HarelikplayedDr. Eric GablehauserRecurring (third appearance)
Sara GilbertplayedLeslie WinkleRecurring (third appearance)
Adam GregorplayedDimitri 
Sandra MarquezplayedWoman 
Sergio EnriqueplayedSon 
 
Main Cast
 
Simon HelbergplayedHoward Wolowitz
Kunal NayyarplayedRajesh Ramayan Koothrappali
Kaley CuocoplayedPenny
Johnny GaleckiplayedLeonard Leakey Hofstadter
Jim ParsonsplayedSheldon Lee Cooper
 
Episode Notes
 
Rating: 7.51 million
 
The title ("The Bat Jar Conjecture") is a reference to the Batman cookie jar that Leonard got Sheldon when Sheldon was off the Physics Bowl team.
 
Leonard, Koothrappali, Howard and Leslie form a team with the name "PMS" (Perpetual Motion Squad), while Sheldon calls his team "AA" (Army Ants).
 
This episode reveals that there are a few mathematical equations not even Sheldon is able to answer, and when he is put in a situation where he must answer them, he gets a medical reaction with obsessed blinking and short movements such as shaking hands.
 
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
QueenWe Are The Champions 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Penny: So in your world, you're like the cool guys.
 
(The guys are trying to convince Sheldon into joining the Physics Bowl with them.)
Leonard: "The needs of the many--"
Howard: "Outweigh the needs of the few--"
Sheldon: "Or the one." Damn it, I'll do it.
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
At the end, Leonard sits on Sheldon's spot in the couch. However, when Penny enters moments later, Sheldon is suddenly sitting on the chair next to the couch without any problems or consideration that it's not his "spot". This little moment goes against every single second of his constant nagging throughout the show that he just can't sit anywhere else than his spot.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Howard: More details about the new Star Trek film.

Star Trek is an American sci-fi television/film franchise going back to 1966. The franchise so far includes six feature films, five television shows (each with more than one season), dozens of computer and video games, hundreds of novels, as well as an attraction in Las Vegas, although the attraction was closed in September 2008. The stories told in Star Trek usually depict the adventures of humans and aliens who serve in the Federation's Starfleet.
 
Penny: Diet Coke.

Diet Coke (also known as Diet Coca-Cola) is a sugar-free soft drink based on the original Coca-Cola (also known as Coke). It is produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company (just like the original) and was first introduced in America on Independence Day in 1982.
 
Leonard: ...the entire Physics Bowl will kneel before Zod.

Zod is a fictional character in the DC Comics, being one of Superman's prominent enemies and a famous supervillain. Zod's first appearance was in Adventure Comics nr. 283 in April 1961. The supervillain was created by Robert Bernstein and George Papp.
 
Sheldon: Would you ask Picasso to play Pictionary?

Pablo Picasso (with the looong birth-name of Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso) is one of the most known artists from the 20th century. He was born October 25, 1881 and in his lifetime he was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. He died April 8, 1973.

Pictionary is a guessing word game, first published in 1985. In a brief summary of the game, contenstants (in teams) try to identify specific words in each other's drawings.
 
Sheldon: Would you ask Noah Webster to play Boggle?

Noah Webster was an American lexicographer, author of textbooks, spelling reformer, word enthusiast, and editor born October 16, 1758. He has been frequently called "Father of American Scholarship and Education" and due to his work with education, his name has been made synonymous with dictionaires. Webster died May 28, 1843.

Boogle is a word game in which players roll a lettered dice, and then they have to find words in sequences of adjacent letters
 
Sheldon: Would you ask Jacques Cousteau to play Go Fish?

Jacques Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher most known for studying the sea and its the forms of life in water. He was born June 11, 1910, and died June 25, 1997.

Go Fish (also known as "Fish") is an easy card game, usually played by 2-5 players. For more information, please read the Wikipedia article.
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
Executive ProducerChuck Lorre  |  Bill Prady
Co-Executive ProducerDavid Goetsch  |  Robert Cohen (1)
ProducerSteven Molaro  |  Faye Oshima Belyeu
Co-ProducerPeter Chakos  |  Mary T. Quigley
Consulting ProducerLee Aronsohn  |  Jennifer Glickman  |  Stephen Engel
Associate ProducerKristy Cecil
 
 
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