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Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, Kunal Nayyar, and Blake Anderson in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Jim Parsons: Sheldon Cooper

The Line Substitution Solution

The Big Bang Theory

Jim Parsons credited as playing...

Sheldon Cooper

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  • [first lines]
  • Penny Hofstadter: [Sheldon holds up a flash card] Helium.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Yes.
  • [Penny holds up a picture flash card]
  • Sheldon Cooper: Taylor Swift.
  • Penny Hofstadter: Yes.
  • [Sheldon holds up another card]
  • Penny Hofstadter: Pi.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Yes.
  • [Penny holds up another picture]
  • Sheldon Cooper: Kardashian.
  • Penny Hofstadter: More specific.
  • Sheldon Cooper: [after a pause] Khloé?
  • Penny Hofstadter: Yes!
  • Sheldon Cooper: Ah! See, I remember because if it looks like Kim, it's Kim; if it looks kinda like Kim, it's Kourtney; if it looks nothing like Kim, it's Khloé.
  • Penny Hofstadter: [Sheldon holds up another card] Oh, that's a venn diagram. And I remember because I thought to myself: 'Venn is he going to stop talking about this diagram?'
  • [Leonard enters]
  • Leonard Hofstadter: What are you guys doing?
  • Sheldon Cooper: Oh, well, we decided to use our breakfast time to expand our respective knowledge bases.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Hnh. Let me try.
  • [Sheldon and Penny each hold up a card]
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Atom of hydrogen; Adam of Maroon 5; mike drop.
  • Sheldon Cooper: I'm sorry, who is Mike Drop?
  • Sheldon Cooper: Bad news. Amy's making me go shopping with her later, so... looks like none of us can go.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: You do realize we're allowed to have fun without you,
  • Howard Wolowitz: In fact, that's usually the trick to it.
  • Sheldon Cooper: You need to go to the end of the line.
  • Trevor: Uh, who made you line monitor?
  • Sheldon Cooper: Mrs. Wuntch in fourth grade. My slogan was "A line that's straight is a line that's great."
  • Trevor: [to Leonard] Is this guy for real?
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Boy, I wish I could say no.
  • Howard Wolowitz: We've waited in a lot of lines together, haven't we?
  • Sheldon Cooper: Remember when we camped out for the Doctor Who panel at Comic-Con?
  • Raj Koothrappali: Yeah. Sleeping under the stars with other fans who love the show as much as we do.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Waking up wondering which of those fans stole our wallets.
  • Stuart Bloom: Sheldon, you are the most inconsiderate person I have ever met in my entire life. Where do you get off sending me to shop with your girlfriend?
  • Sheldon Cooper: I don't understand. You were happy to do this when I hired you. Why are you upset with me now?
  • Stuart Bloom: I'm not upset with you, but Amy's pretty bent out of shape, so she hired me to let you have it.

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