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Jim Parsons and Riki Lindhome in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Riki Lindhome: Ramona Nowitzki

The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem

The Big Bang Theory

Riki Lindhome credited as playing...

Ramona Nowitzki

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  • Ramona Nowitzki: You're not going to Halo night.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Yes, I am. It's Wednesday. Wednesday's Halo night.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Didn't a great man once say science demands nothing less than the fervent and unconditional dedication of our entire lives?
  • Sheldon Cooper: He did.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: And who was that great man?
  • Sheldon Cooper: Me. Sorry, Leonard.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Seriously? You're not coming?
  • Sheldon Cooper: You heard her. How can I argue with me?
  • Leslie Winkle: So, Sheldon, I see you're organizing your papers for the Smithsonian Museum of Dumb-Assery.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: There won't be any room until they get rid of the permanent Leslie Winkle exhibit.
  • Sheldon: Oh, good one.
  • Leslie Winkle: I see you got a grad student to fight your battles for you. I'll let you keep your lunch money today.
  • [Penny walks in on Sheldon having his nails done by Ramona]
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Dr. Cooper is working.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Yes, I'm close to a breakthrough. Oh, tickles!
  • Penny: [leaving the apartment] Holy crap on a cracker!
  • Leonard Hofstadter: [meeting Penny in hallway] Hey, Penny.
  • Penny: You probably don't want to go in there.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Why? What are they doing?
  • Penny: The only way I could explain it would be in a therapist's office with dolls.
  • Sheldon Cooper: How can I ever repay you?
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Would you consider naming it the Cooper-Nowitzki theorem?
  • Sheldon Cooper: Who's Nowitzki?
  • Ramona Nowitzki: I'm Nowitzki.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Oh. You want me to share credit?
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Uh-huh.
  • Sheldon Cooper: GET OUT!
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Oh, sorry I'm late. I just got so caught up reading the draft of your latest paper.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Did you enjoy the humorous footnote where I illustrate mirror-symmetry by likening it to the Flash playing tennis with himself?
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Oh, funny! But the idea that you might be able to incorporate gravity, I have to tell you, I found it physically exhilarating.
  • Sheldon Cooper: My hypotheses tend to have that effect.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Dr. Cooper, I have to tell you your friends are holding you back.
  • Sheldon Cooper: I prefer to think of it as I'm pulling them forward.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Halo night? A man with your intellectual gift doesn't waste an evening playing video games
  • Sheldon Cooper: He does on Wednesdays.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Not if he wants a Nobel prize.
  • Howard Wolowitz: [Howard introduces himself] Howard Wolowitz, Department of Engineering, co-designer of the International Space Station's liquid waste disposal system.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Eww.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: I know what's going on here.
  • Penny: Really? Well, then will you explain it to me?
  • Ramona Nowitzki: You're in love with Dr. Cooper.
  • Penny: Uh, yeah, no, that's not it.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: Don't try to deny it. He's a remarkable man, but you have to let him go!
  • Penny: Oh, gee, okay.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: I know it's hard, but he's a gift to the whole world and we can't be selfish!
  • Penny: Yeah, he's a gift, alright.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: [smiles and offers pinky swear to Penny] Sisters?
  • Penny: Sure, sisters.
  • [accepts pinky swear and Ramona exits into Sheldon's apartment]
  • Penny: Holy crap on a cracker!
  • Penny: Oh, hey, hi.
  • Ramona Nowitzki: [running down the stairs] Oh, bite me!
  • Penny: [extends pinky] Sisters?

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