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Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, and Melissa Rauch in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Jim Parsons: Sheldon Cooper

The Scavenger Vortex

The Big Bang Theory

Jim Parsons credited as playing...

Sheldon Cooper

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  • [first lines]
  • Raj Koothrappali: So. Couldn't help but notice. None of you RSVP'd to my murder mystery dinner party.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Oh yeah. We were meaning to do that.
  • Raj Koothrappali: No you weren't, because it was a week ago and nobody came! So if you want to solve the mystery of who stabbed Koothrappali in the back with the weapon of indifference, it was all of you.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Don't think that qualifies as a mystery. We all knew what we were doing.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: We're sorry, Rajesh.
  • Bernadette Rostenkowski: Maybe we can do it next week.
  • Howard Wolowitz: Whoa, whoa, not that sorry.
  • Raj Koothrappali: Don't worry, I can take a hint. No more murder mystery parties.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Great.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Thank you.
  • Howard Wolowitz: Hallelujah.
  • Raj Koothrappali: Because I've got something better planned!
  • Howard Wolowitz, Leonard Hofstadter, Amy Farrah Fowler: Aaw.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Come on.
  • Raj Koothrappali: Just hear me out. I'm going to make you guys a scavenger hunt like they have at M.I.T.
  • Howard Wolowitz: Oh, I loved those. I did them every year there.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: We did them at Princeton too.
  • Howard Wolowitz: Oh, that's cute. Like it's a real college.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Amusing. I was going to say that about M.I.T., but it works for Princeton, too.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Scavenger hunts at Harvard we're really tough. I always got stuck on the first challenge; trying to find someone to be on a team with me.
  • [laughs]
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: I guess that story's more sad than funny.
  • Penny: [after Sheldon explains how he came to the solution of the riddle] Wow. I can drink a beer under water.
  • Sheldon Cooper: And I'm sure your parents are proud.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Okay. Another thirty feet...
  • Penny: Oh, it's a bowling alley!
  • Sheldon Cooper: [picks up his bowling ball] Yes! Yes! My brain is better than everybody's!
  • Sheldon Cooper: Hey, look. I won.
  • Raj Koothrappali: Okay, guys, go ahead and divide yourselves into teams of two.
  • Bernadette Rostenkowski: Should we just do couples?
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Couples sounds great, or we could mix things up. Maybe pick names out of a hat; whatever.
  • Penny: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Why don't you just admit you don't want to be on a team with me?
  • Leonard Hofstadter: I just said couples sound great.
  • Penny: Hm-mm. Yeah. You don't think I'm smart enough. You just think I'm going to be a liability. Even though I totally just used liability correctly in a sentence.
  • [Amy nods at her]
  • Leonard Hofstadter: So, let's do couples. I want to.
  • Penny: No, no, no. Let's mix things up. I choose Sheldon; we're going to kick your ass.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Really? The only time I'm ever picked first for a team, and I'm stuck with the liability.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Stop that. Penny is not a liability.
  • Penny: Thank you. Do you want to be on my team?
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Maybe we pick names out of a hat?
  • Sheldon Cooper: It's dirty laundry. You're up.
  • Penny: Why me?
  • Sheldon Cooper: Because you've been training for this your whole life. You live in a pile of dirty laundry.
  • [Penny runs into the comic book store, only to find everyone else there]
  • Penny: Ugh! We're the last ones here! Hurry up!
  • Sheldon Cooper: [coming in, wearing a backpack] It is a marathon, not a sprint.
  • Penny: People run in a marathon!
  • Sheldon Cooper: Not with a bowling ball on their back.
  • Penny: [to Leonard] You know, I'm surprised you want to copy my answers since I'm not even smart enough to be on your team.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Well, why would you want to be on someone's team who you like to call a... I can't even say it in front of Sheldon.
  • Penny: What are you talking about?
  • Leonard Hofstadter: You know exactly what I'm talking about.
  • Bernadette Rostenkowski: No, he doesn't. I just made that up.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Why would you do that?
  • Bernadette Rostenkowski: Because you were about to quit like a big... Sheldon, cover your ears.
  • Sheldon Cooper: I'm not a child. I know the word "ninny".
  • Penny: [to Leonard] Yeah, well, you should have quit 'cause I'm still gonna beat your ass.

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