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The Big Bang Theory: Season 3 [2009] (3 discs)

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Songs:Barenaked Ladies
Length:506 minutes
(8 hours 26 minutes)
MPAA Rating:TV-14
IMDB Rating:8.2/10
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Synopsis: Leonard starts dating Penny. Sheldon starts feuding with Wil Wheaton. Penny starts dumping Leonard. Amy starts ... being.


Reaction: Some big things in the lives of our heroes. Still fun. Quite funny. That Wheaton's a real jerk.


Personal Rating: ...

Select Guest Cast
Alice Amter => Mrs. Koothrappali (The Guitarist Amplification)
Brian George => Dr. V.M. Koothrappali (The Guitarist Amplification)
Ally Maki => Joyce Kim (The Staircase Implementation)
Brian Thomas Smith => Zack Johnson (The Lunar Excitation)
Mayim Bialik => Amy Farrah Fowler (The Lunar Excitation)
Sara Gilbert => Leslie Winkle (The Lunar Excitation)
Christine Baranski => Dr. Beverly Hofstadter (The Maternal Congruence)
Danica McKellar => Abby (The Psychic Vortex)
Ira Flatow => Ira Flatow (voice) (The Vengeance Formulation)
Katee Sackhoff => Katee Sackhoff (The Vengeance Formulation)
John Ross Bowie => Barry Kripke (The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation)
Laurie Metcalf => Mary Cooper (The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation)
Judy Greer => Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton (The Plimpton Stimulation)
Kevin Sussman => Stuart Bloom (The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary)
Wil Wheaton => Wil Wheaton (The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary)
Lewis Black => Professor Crawley (The Jiminy Conjecture)
Molly Morgan => Bethany (The Gothowitz Deviation)
Sarah Buehler => Sarah (The Gothowitz Deviation)
Oliver Muirhead => Professor Laughlin (The Pirate Solution)
Stan Lee => Stan Lee (The Excelsior Acquisition)
Steve Paymer => Judge J. Kirby (The Excelsior Acquisition)
Yeardley Smith => Sandy (The Einstein Approximation)
Select Cast and Crew
Anthony Rich => Director
Mark Cendrowski => Director
Peter Chakos => Director
Bill Prady => Writer / Creator
Chuck Lorre => Writer / Creator
David Goetsch => Writer
Eric Kaplan => Writer
Jim Reynolds => Writer
Lee Aronsohn => Writer
Maria Ferrari => Writer
Richard Rosenstock => Writer
Steve Holland => Writer
Steven Molaro => Writer
Barenaked Ladies => Songs
Carol Ann Susi => Debbie Wolowitz (voice)
Jim Parsons => Sheldon Cooper
Johnny Galecki => Leonard Hofstadter
Kaley Cuoco => Penny
Kunal Nayyar => Raj Koothrappali
Melissa Rauch => Bernadette Rostenkowski
Simon Helberg => Howard Wolowitz

Random Trivia For This Title:

  • The Pants Alternative: Sheldon claims that the X-Men are named for the X in Professor Charles Xavier. However this is not true, as the X actually stands for the mutant X gene which separates them as a species and gives them their powers.
  • The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation: In the commentary for this episode on the DVD release, the actors actually grew real beards for filming, but they were told to shave them so that the make-up department could put fake ones on. It is never stated why this decision was made.
  • In fall 2010 Kaley Cuoco revealed to CBS's Watch! Magazine's Behind the Scenes (2008) that she and her co-star and love interest Johnny Galecki had secretly dated for two years earlier in the run of the show, but they were no longer together.
  • The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary: Melissa Rauch uses her natural speaking voice in this episode. After several appearances, Rauch uses what she said is an imitation of her mother's high-pitched voice.
  • The Adhesive Duck Deficiency: In this episode, Kunal Nayyar displayed his ear for accents when he accurately imitated costars Johnny Galecki's and Simon Helberg's American accents.
  • The Adhesive Duck Deficiency: Sheldon (Jim Parsons) objects to Penny (Kaley Cuoco) saying "Warp speed, Mr. Spock!" because Sulu was normally the Enterprise helmsman and not Spock. Apparently, Sheldon never saw the episode [Miri], in which Spock is given the order for warp speed so that the extra playing the helmsman would not have to be paid for a speaking line.
  • The Vengeance Formulation: Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) seems much dumber than normal in this appearance. She later claims that she was playing dumb during their initial dates so Howard (Simon Helberg) wouldn't be scared away by her being smarter than him.
  • The Maternal Congruence: In the beginning of this episode Penny (Kaley Cuoco), Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) are watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Christine Baranski plays a role in this movie, and in the Big Bang Theory she acts as Leonard's mother.
  • The Vengeance Formulation: When Kripke (John Ross Bowie) pipes helium into Sheldon (Jim Parsons)'s office, he also pipes in oxygen (the green tank) as a scientist he is doing this to prevent a dangerously low level of oxygen but to still create the voice change of a low viscosity gas being.
  • The Bozeman Reaction: The movie Star Trek: First Contact established Bozeman, Montana as the site of first contact between Vulcans and humans. Given Sheldon's fascination for [Star Trek] in general and Mr. Spock in particular makes this look like an obvious choice for his relocation.