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Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Holmes, and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Jim Parsons: Sheldon Cooper

The Application Deterioration

The Big Bang Theory

Jim Parsons credited as playing...

Sheldon Cooper

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  • Sheldon Cooper: The revisions I made start on page four.
  • Penny Hofstadter: Wow, that is a lot of "whereupons".
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: You should see the Valentine's Day card he gave me.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Any contract I sign is enforced by my own personal code of ethics.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: And his obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Yeah, that too. And scoot over; part of your shadow's on my spot.
  • Howard Wolowitz: This contract looks good to me.
  • Sheldon Cooper: I'll say it looks good. It's in my proprietary font, Shelvetica.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: I want to say something obnoxious, but it is easy on the eyes.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Sounds like a, uh, contract might be in order.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Sure; we could write something up.
  • Sheldon Cooper: But which one of us should be the party who...
  • Howard Wolowitz: You can do it, Sheldon.
  • Sheldon Cooper: So stipulated!
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Once I found a stash of contracts under his bed. It was weird.
  • [first lines]
  • Howard Wolowitz: OK, I gotta ask: why are you wearing a bow tie?
  • Sheldon Cooper: I've never applied for a patent before; I wanted to make a good impression.
  • Howard Wolowitz: The impression that your first name is Pee-wee?
  • [Leonard laughs]
  • Sheldon Cooper: Yeah, well, you're an engineer. End of joke. Burn.
  • Tim: Come on in, fellows.
  • Howard Wolowitz: See, he's not wearing a tie.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Oh, he's a patent attorney; maybe his tie is pending.
  • Penny Hofstadter: Sheldon, did you draw up the contract?
  • Sheldon Cooper: You bet I did.
  • Penny Hofstadter: [to Amy] Ooh. You're going to make out so hard tonight.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Hey, Leonard.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: What?
  • Sheldon Cooper: If she doesn't think that we should apply for this patent, she's being "patently" absurd.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Good one.
  • Sheldon Cooper: OK, you got it. See, I was afraid it was a thinker.
  • Sheldon Cooper: I just hope that this scholarship can rescue your child from the subpar education and menial life of an engineer.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Sheldon!
  • Sheldon Cooper: What? I didn't sign it yet.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Excuse me! I've been drafting contracts since kindergarten. Didn't need a lawyer to get me out of finger painting; don't need one now.

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