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Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Johnny Galecki: Leonard Hofstadter

The Bow Tie Asymmetry

The Big Bang Theory

Johnny Galecki credited as playing...

Leonard Hofstadter

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  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Sheldon, when I was a little girl, I used to dream about my wedding. But, eventually, I stopped, because I thought that day would never come. And then I met you. From the first moment in that coffee shop, I knew that there was something special between us, even though I did work on a study that disproved love at first sight.
  • Sheldon Cooper: I loved that study the moment I read it. Ironic, huh?
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Clearly, it was wrong. Because I felt something that day, and those feelings have only gotten stronger with time. I can't imagine loving you more than I do right now. But I felt that way yesterday and the day before yesterday and the day before that.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Is that growth linear or accelerating?
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Accelerating.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Oh, maybe we could graph it out.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Save something for the honeymoon.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Smart.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Sheldon, I don't know what the future holds, but I know that I've never been happier than I am in this moment marrying you.
  • Mark Hamill: [choking up] Well, that was unexpectedly beautiful. I might need a minute.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: I-I think it's more like, uh, "Lord of the Rings", and you're the Fellowship. Uh, someone's got to go to Gondor, someone's got to go to Mordor, someone's got to hold off the demon of shadow and flame.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: You mean the Balrog?
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: I mean my mother.
  • Sheldon Cooper: That is a perfect metaphor, Amy.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Thank you.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Because it also involves a ring that binds me in servitude forever.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: [to Penny, touched] Aw, he said "forever."
  • Sheldon Cooper: [seeing Leonard fighting back tears] Are you having an allergic reaction to my boutonniere?
  • Leonard Hofstadter: No. I'm just so happy for you. And for me. After today, you are officially - and more important, legally - Amy's problem.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Don't be silly, Leonard. I will always be your problem.
  • Sheldon Cooper: So if I make slightly asymmetric knots with sheets in four dimensions, then I can bootstrap the whole idea to a large asymmetry in eleven dimensions.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Well, maybe even at the initial moment of creation, the fundamental forces lacked symmetry.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: [entering] Everyone's waiting. What are you guys doing?
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Super asymmetry.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Super asymmetry? Is that a thing?
  • Sheldon Cooper: We're inventing it right now.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Don't you think this can wait until...
  • [seeing the equations, he grabs a chair and sits down]
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Hold on. This is interesting.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: According to Google, there are zero papers that mention super asymmetry. This is brand-new. No one's thought of it.
  • Penny Hofstadter: [entering] What are you lunatics doing?
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Sheldon had a breakthrough.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Well, actually, Amy and I had a breakthrough.
  • Penny Hofstadter: [sarcastic] Oh, science? Shocking!
  • Leonard Hofstadter: You don't understand. This could be really big.
  • Sheldon Cooper: No, Penny's right. We have our whole lives to do science together.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: Let's get married.
  • Penny Hofstadter: [Excited] Alright! It's go time! I am *PUMPED*!
  • Sheldon Cooper: I'm so glad you made it, Missy. This is my fiancée, Amy. Amy, this is my sister. If I ever need a kidney, this is where you get it.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: [hugging her] It's so nice to meet you.
  • Missy: Aw.
  • Amy Farrah Fowler: I've always wanted a sister.
  • Sheldon Cooper: Really? Why?
  • Missy: I love you too, Shelly.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Really? Why?
  • Mrs. Fowler: And did you know that my Amy played Amelia Earhart in the eighth grade?
  • Penny Hofstadter: Amy, you never said you were in a school play.
  • Mrs. Fowler: Oh, no, no, at home. I'd never let her do a school play. Those kids just take drugs and have intercourse.
  • Leonard Hofstadter: [Penny holds up her wine glass and Leonard refills it without missing a beat] You know, Amy still does some performing. She and Sheldon do an Internet show about flags.
  • Mrs. Fowler: Amy? V-Videos on the Internet? You know what men use those for.
  • Raj Koothrappali: If you're talking about "Fun with Flags", I use it to go to sleep.
  • Sheldon Cooper: [getting tongue-tied] Leonard. That's Mark Ha-Ha-Ha... It's-it's Mark Hami-Ha-Ha...
  • Leonard Hofstadter: Yep. Thank Wolowitz. He set it up.

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