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Revision as of 23:29, 20 April 2014
"The Gothowitz Deviation" is the third episode of the third season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory. This episode first aired on October 5, 2009.
Summary
While Raj and Howard go to a Goth club looking for girls, Leonard is getting peeved at Sheldon who is trying to train what he considers bad traits out of Penny.
Extended Plot
Choosing their artwork.
Penny offering Sheldon french toast on Oat Meal Day
After a sexual encounter that results in Penny's bed breaking, Penny and Leonard end up sleeping in Leonard's room, much to Sheldon's dismay. Sheldon wakes up to find Penny making French Toast and dancing to some loud music. She offers for him to join her, but he declines. Sheldon says that even though he believes in multiple universes, in none of them is that "Sheldon" dancing. Since Penny makes French Toast for breakfast, she does not meet Sheldon's weekly schedule (it's oatmeal day). He thinks it smells good, but still throws his out.
You're my little Homunculus.
During the episode, Sheldon tries to improve Penny using chocolate, rewarding her for what he considers to be correct behavior, as in operant conditioning with lab rats, despite Leonard's opposition. He wants her to talk less, take her calls outside and other behavior that meets his standards.
Meanwhile Howard and Raj go out to a goth club and meet two girls. After they say they would prefer to go "somewhere else and have some fun" the four end up in a tattoo shop. If Howard does choose a skull, Bethany said that she can make it smile, but he stops since he can't stand even the possibility of the pain. Raj and Howard reveal their true selves and admit to not being Goths, missing their opportunity with the girls rather than having tattoos.
The girls leave. Later in the car, Raj and Howard make up a story about their evening and then decide next time to go to a country bar.
Critics
- "This is a really fun episode, the jokes flow nicely from the understandable intentions of all involved...So Leonard and Penny are finally a couple and enjoying some domestic time together. What would be the first issue they would encounter? Of course it would be Sheldon’s response to this change in his own lifestyle. ..With the focus of the story on Leonard and Penny’s relationship the writing gets the absolute maximum out of Sheldon’s character. The audience has a reason to care about the story and Sheldon’s behavior has a clear motivation. It helps that the jokes throughout are strong and well written." - The TV Critic's Review
- IMDb user reviews
Trivia
- When being asked whether he has read the wiki-how link on being a Goth, Raj says, "No, I'm behind on my Wiki-reading." This implies Raj has been reading Wikipedia for a certain period of time. This is confirmed in the next episode "The Pirate Solution", and also listed as one of the reasons that almost leads to his deportation - he says "You know, checking e-mail, updating my Facebook status, messing up wikipedia entries" when being asked what he have done in the last six months.
- Leonard, Sheldon, and Penny are watching the anime Oshikuru: Demon Samurai, which is a reference to a 2004 episode of Two and a Half Men ("The Salmon Under My Sweater") in which Charlie and Jake collaborate on the theme song to the same show. Both series are created by Chuck Lorre. The actual audio representing Oshikuru: Demon Samurai was from an anime called Boogiepop Phantom.
- First time in the third season in which Sheldon brings back his catchphrase "Bazinga".
- Sheldon falsely uses the term "negative reinforcement", claiming to be able to train Penny more effectively using mild electric shocks. Shocking would be a form of punishment, while negative reinforcement is the act of rewarding by taking away something unpleasant.
- Sheldon realizes that sex can be used to modify behavior.
- Howard tells Bethany, "If you like space stuff, I design components for the international space station, which is in space, where, as I'm sure you know, no one can hear you scream." This is an obvious reference to the famous promoting tagline of 1979 science-fictional horror film Alien.
- Bethany's back tattoo is the logo of BloodRayne 2 (the videogame).
- Sheldon and then Penny calls Leonard a little homunculus - a perfectly formed miniature human being. Leonard doesn't like it.
- Sheldon claims that he doesn't dance though per "The Agreement Dissection", Sheldon is very good at ballroom dancing and does dance with Amy.
Notes
- Title Reference: Howard going to the goth club, mixing the two words "Goth" and "Wolowitz".
- Chuck Lorre's vanity card[1]
- This episode was watched by 12.52 million people with a rating of 4.7 (adults 18-49).
- This episode aired in Canda on October 5, 2009.
Quotes
(Raj and Howard leave the group, heading to Walgreens)
Leonard: They're gonna get beaten up at that club.
Penny: They're gonna get beaten up at Walgreens.
(Leonard smirks)
Leonard Hofstadter: I'm just saying, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.-
Sheldon Cooper: You can catch even more flies with manure; what's your point?
Sheldon Cooper: Interesting. Sex works even better than chocolate to modify behavior. I wonder if anyone else has stumbled onto that?
Howard Wolowitz: Yes, she's pushy, and he's whipped, but that's not the expression.
Leonard Hofstadter: No, I don’t want any chocolate! Sheldon, you can’t train my girlfriend like a lab rat.
Sheldon Cooper: Actually, it turns out I can.
Leonard Hofstadter: Well, you shouldn't.
Sheldon Cooper: There’s just no pleasing you, is there, Leonard? You weren't happy with my previous approach to dealing with her, so I decided to employ operant conditioning techniques, building on the work of Thorndike and B.F. Skinner. By this time next week, I believe I can have her jumping out of a pool, balancing a beach ball on her nose.
Leonard Hofstadter: No, this has to stop now.
Sheldon Cooper: I’m not suggesting we really make her jump out of a pool. I thought the “bazinga” was implied. I’m just tweaking her personality, sanding off the rough edges if you will.
Leonard Hofstadter: No, you’re not sanding Penny.
Sheldon Cooper: Are you saying that I’m forbidden from applying a harmless, scientifically valid protocol that will make our lives better?
Leonard Hofstadter: Yes, you’re forbidden.
Sheldon Cooper: (Squirting him with a water spray) Bad Leonard.
Bethany: What are you going to get, Howard?
Howard Wolowitz: Well, I can’t really decide between a screaming devil, this mean little skull or Kermit the Frog.
Bethany: Kermit the Frog?
Howard Wolowitz: You know, (Kermit voice) Hi ho, I’m on Howard’s butt!
Bethany: Get the mean little skull, and I’ll see if I can make him smile.
Howard Wolowitz: Yeah, I’d like the mean little skull, please.
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