Episode 13 – The Bat Jar Conjecture (113)
The guys decided to compete in a physics bowl after finding out that the previous competitors have dropped out to form a barbershop quartet and got a gig playing Knott’s Berry Farm, but find Sheldon’s showboating too much and kick him off the team, telling him “You’re annoying and no one wants to play with you”. They even buy him a Batman Cookie jar to soften the blow of being cut from the team. Upset, Sheldon vows to form his own team and compete against them. The guys in need of a 4th member ask Leslie Winkle to join them. After being told it is to defeat Sheldon, she joins as Sheldon had once told her that she should give up her research to bear children and do laundry.
At the bowl, the guys team is called PMS, for Perpetual Motion Squad (“We can go all night!”). Sheldon assembles the 3rd floor janitor, the lunch lady, and her son (or butcher) as he could not compete alone. Sheldon’s team is named AA for Army Ants. PMS wins by one question, when Sheldon (unable to answer the question) won’t let Dr. Gablehauser accept the janitor’s answer, -8πα, even though it turns out to be correct. The janitor proceeds to explain that in America, he is a janitor, but in the former Soviet Union, he was a physicist. In the end, Penny declares she will tell who is officially the smartest by asking a bunch of pop culture questions. Despite having a “combined IQ of 360″, neither of the boys is able to answer any of the questions.
The title refers to the Batman cookie jar (“Bat Jar”) given to Sheldon.
Directed by Mark Cendrowski.
Written by Bill Prady & Robert Cohen based on a story by Stephen Engel & Jennifer Glickman.
Originally aired on April 21, 2008.
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