The Santa Simulation
- Episode aired Dec 13, 2012
- TV-14
- 21m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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The girls take Raj out to a nightclub to find him a date. A game of Dungeons and Dragons rekindle old memories of Santa for Sheldon.The girls take Raj out to a nightclub to find him a date. A game of Dungeons and Dragons rekindle old memories of Santa for Sheldon.The girls take Raj out to a nightclub to find him a date. A game of Dungeons and Dragons rekindle old memories of Santa for Sheldon.
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- TriviaLeonard recounts his early Christmas experiences where he had to leave Santa Claus a research paper, which would then be graded. This is consistent with his account in The Maternal Congruence (2009), where during Christmas, everybody had to write research papers on the anthropological and psychological implications on human society, after which they broke off into focus groups and critiqued each other.
- GoofsWhen Sheldon's character casts a paralysis spell on Leonard and Stuart's characters during the Dungeons & Dragons game, he immediately continues describing what his character does afterward, with the assumption that the spell worked. In the game, spells can fail completely, and can also merely fail to affect some of the targets. The dungeon master--in this case Leonard--must roll dice to determine the outcome of the spell, which he does not do. When Howard is the dungeon master in The Love Spell Potential (2013), he performs the rolls for the titular spell.
- Quotes
Amy Farrah Fowler: In college, I passed out at a frat party and woke up with *more* clothes on.
- Crazy creditsCHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #402 I danced as if no one was watching... and now I regret it. Happy Holidays from Chuck Lorre. [photograph of Chuck Lorre in dance costume with ballet dancers]
- ConnectionsReferences Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
- SoundtracksHistory of Everything
(uncredited)
Written by Barenaked Ladies
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
[Series theme song played during the opening titles]
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The Christmas Vicegrip
This had to be the funniest episode of BBT I've ever seen. We watched it a good 4 more times On Demand over the Christmas holiday we found it so funny. Sheldon and the guys include Stuart in a 'guys night out' playing Christmas D&D. While the girls decide to have their own 'night out'. In a few uncanny twists of fate, Raj goes with the girls, Amy becomes jealous of Raj, Sheldon does NOT save Santa, and the whole D&D game nearly goes to pieces when we get another glimpse of a very interesting bit of Sheldon's history that finally allows Sheldon to show a bit of emotion over someone lost long ago. The entire family loves quoting the last line of the episode as said by Santa Claus! A brilliant episode to the lackluster 6th season, hope Stuart becomes a regular. Now if they can just find a girl for Raj... could Amy be the girl for Raj?
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- cgrill8
- Dec 26, 2012
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- 16:9 HD
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