The Gothowitz Deviation
- Episode aired Oct 5, 2009
- TV-PG
- 20m
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Sheldon attempts to covertly alter Penny's habits, while Howard and Raj try their luck meeting women at a Goth-style club.Sheldon attempts to covertly alter Penny's habits, while Howard and Raj try their luck meeting women at a Goth-style club.Sheldon attempts to covertly alter Penny's habits, while Howard and Raj try their luck meeting women at a Goth-style club.
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- TriviaWhen Sheldon (Jim Parsons) says "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy," he is quoting Hamlet in Act 1 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's play.
- GoofsSheldon says that he is using operant conditioning with Penny based on the works of Thorndike and Skinner. While he correctly states that the chocolates are being used as positive reinforcement (giving someone something to increase the likelihood of the behavior) He inaccurately describes mild electric shocks as negative reinforcement (taking away something to increase the likelihood of behavior), when according to Thorndike and Skinners work mild electric shocks would be positive punishment (giving something that would decrease the likelihood of the behavior). Ironically, Sheldon points out that people commonly make this error in "The Big Bang Theory" (2007) {The Focus Attenuation (#8.5)}.
- Quotes
Leonard Hofstadter: I'm just saying, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Sheldon Cooper: You can catch even more flies with manure; what's your point?
- Crazy creditsCHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #260 FASHION TRENDS Dead is the new unambiguous. Bipolar is the new undecided. Heavily armed is the new born again. Bald is the new head... and the new crotch. Hairy is the new face. Sheepishly admitting to having an STD is the new flirting. Purell is the new face of fear. Finding the time that's right for you is the new impotence. The smiley-face emoticon is the new "sincerely yours." Smoking is the new outdoorsy lifestyle. Looking forward to insanely expensive private schooling, thousand dollar a week nannies and soccer is the new yuppie birth control. Misinformed is the new patriotic. Veganism is the new "tastes like chicken." Serotonin uptake inhibiting is the new crowd control. Texting is the new talking. Talking is the new singing. Singing is the new hubris. Gay marriage is the new "be careful what you wish for." And finally, and only because I really need this to catch on, fifty-seven years old is the new forty-five.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MsMojo: Top 10 Times Penny Was a Savage on The Big Bang Theory (2022)
- SoundtracksMan! I Feel like a Woman!
(uncredited)
Written by Mutt Lange and Shania Twain
Performed by Shania Twain
[Penny (Kaley Cuoco) dances and sings along to the song as she prepares French toast in Sheldon and Leonard's kitchen for breakfast]
Featured review
The Chocolate Caper
Two strains are at work here. First of all because Penny's bed broke, she is staying with Sheldon and Leonard. Sheldon is getting annoyed at her breaking the "rules" and showing rather common traits. So he decides to engage in operant conditioning in the realm of B. F. Skinner. Whenever she does something he deems positive, he gives her a little chocolate. The other strain is Howard and Raj going to goth bar, trying to pick up goth girls. They are so lost but get together with a couple of women. The results are pretty hilarious.
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