The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Explosion Implosion (2017)

Kunal Nayyar: Raj Koothrappali

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• Raj Koothrappali : [using a sewing machine]  Oh, hey. Hey, what do you think?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Just because it's a boy, I don't think you need to put a picture of genitals on his shirt.

  Raj Koothrappali : But that's a baseball bat with two little baseballs.

  [tilting his head] 

  Raj Koothrappali : Okay, and now I see it.

• Raj Koothrappali : Come on, you can't really be disappointed.

  Howard Wolowitz : Hey, I barely know how to be a man myself. Now I have to teach someone?

  Sheldon Cooper : Hmm. As the saying goes, those who can't do, teach.

• Amy Farrah Fowler : Don't you want a little version of Howard?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : I already have a little version of Howard.

  Howard Wolowitz : Now I'm having a son? I'll have to teach him how to play sports, and... and *watch* sports, and... and... and... and... and... and...

  Raj Koothrappali : [to Leonard]  He just ran out of man things. He's in trouble.

• Bernadette Rostenkowski : Howie, there's a lot of amazing things you can teach a son.

  Raj Koothrappali : Yeah. You do always know how to pick just the right antacid.

  Howard Wolowitz : I don't know if I can teach that. It's just something I was born with.

• Howard Wolowitz : [in his garage]  I haven't looked at all this stuff in years.

  Sheldon Cooper : Had it. Had it. Burned down my garage with it.

  Raj Koothrappali : I had three model rockets as a kid, and that was the largest space program in India.

  Sheldon Cooper : You have a replica Saturn V?

  Howard Wolowitz : Yeah. My dad bought it before he, you know, abandoned our family.

  Sheldon Cooper : Lucky duck.

• Howard Wolowitz : [about a model rocket from his childhood]  Could never bring myself to open it without him. It's silly.

  Sheldon Cooper : No, it's not silly. I always wanted my dad to build rockets with me, but he wasn't interested.

  Raj Koothrappali : Ah, yes, disappointing fathers. Tell me about it. I remember for my sixteenth birthday, my dad bought me a Mercedes. Like, a little one, like a starter Mercedes. He had barely handed me the keys before he had to rush back to work. I didn't see him again 'till, like, pretty late that night.

  Howard Wolowitz : Anyway... as angry as I was with him leaving, building this stuff is probably what led me to become an engineer.

  Sheldon Cooper : I suppose, in his own way, my dad also encouraged me to pursue science. I mean, he is the one that taught me that flatulence is combustible. And also, polyester gym shorts don't burn. They melt.

• Raj Koothrappali : What's all this?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : I'm just boxing up all the clothes Halley's outgrown. I guess we won't need them anymore.

  Raj Koothrappali : Oh, well, slow down. I'm sure there's some you could re-use for a boy.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : [holding up a onesie]  "Daddy's little girl"?

  Raj Koothrappali : Okay, well, what if we, uh, change it to say "Daddy's little girl magnet"? Boom! Boy shirt.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : [holding up a tutu]  What about this?

  Raj Koothrappali : Uh, okay. Uh, pull off the skirt, slap a lightning bolt on the front, and you got baby Flash. Ooh! Stick a long sleeve under it, boom! Baby Sheldon.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Wow, you're really good at this.

  Raj Koothrappali : Oh, please. This isn't my first time turning girl clothes into boy clothes.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Why? You got your sister's hand-me-downs?

  Raj Koothrappali : Yeah, that.

• Raj Koothrappali : So, you know, I understand why Howard is nervous about having a son, but are you really upset about it?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : No, I'm fine. It's just I grew up with a bunch of brothers, so I thought it'd be nice for Halley to have a sister. Is that wrong?

  Raj Koothrappali : Of course it's wrong! You don't know what this little boy's gonna be like. Maybe he'll be rough and tumble, or maybe he'll be sweet and sensitive, or maybe he'll be all those things, like me.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : You're rough and tumble?

  Raj Koothrappali : You bet I am, bitch. But I'm also sensitive and regret saying that.