The Santa Simulation
- Episode aired Dec 13, 2012
- TV-14
- 21m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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The girls take Raj out to a nightclub to find him a date. A game of Dungeons and Dragons rekindle old memories of Santa for Sheldon.The girls take Raj out to a nightclub to find him a date. A game of Dungeons and Dragons rekindle old memories of Santa for Sheldon.The girls take Raj out to a nightclub to find him a date. A game of Dungeons and Dragons rekindle old memories of Santa for Sheldon.
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- TriviaLeonard recounts his early Christmas experiences where he had to leave Santa Claus a research paper, which would then be graded. This is consistent with his account in The Maternal Congruence (2009), where during Christmas, everybody had to write research papers on the anthropological and psychological implications on human society, after which they broke off into focus groups and critiqued each other.
- GoofsWhen Sheldon's character casts a paralysis spell on Leonard and Stuart's characters during the Dungeons & Dragons game, he immediately continues describing what his character does afterward, with the assumption that the spell worked. In the game, spells can fail completely, and can also merely fail to affect some of the targets. The dungeon master--in this case Leonard--must roll dice to determine the outcome of the spell, which he does not do. When Howard is the dungeon master in The Love Spell Potential (2013), he performs the rolls for the titular spell.
- Quotes
Amy Farrah Fowler: In college, I passed out at a frat party and woke up with *more* clothes on.
- Crazy creditsCHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #402 I danced as if no one was watching... and now I regret it. Happy Holidays from Chuck Lorre. [photograph of Chuck Lorre in dance costume with ballet dancers]
- ConnectionsReferences Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
- SoundtracksHistory of Everything
(uncredited)
Written by Barenaked Ladies
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
[Series theme song played during the opening titles]
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"The Santa Simulation" was a great holiday ep of "The Big Bang Theory"
In this Christmas ep of "The Big Bang Theory": It's Dungeons & Dragons night so Amy-who wanted to come but wasn't invited, Bernedette-who wanted Howard to spend that night with her, and Penny-ditto with Leonard, are by themselves but Stuart is allowed to join Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Raj for the game. Raj, however, gets eliminated early so he joins the girls on their night out at the bar. Oh, and Leonard has decided to have the game involve Christmas characters so Santa Claus has been added to the chagrin of Sheldon. We find out why later on. I'll stop there and just say this was another great ep of "TBBT" especially when Sheldon sings a Christmas song. With all the verses. Oh, and wait till you see the ending! Really, all I'll say now is "The Santa Simulation" was one really hilarious holiday ep of this show...
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- Dec 25, 2012
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