Was für ein IQ hat Howard Wolowitz?

Leonard (Johnny Galecki) states that the combined IQ of Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and himself is 360. In a later episode of season 1 Sheldon states his IQ as 187 meaning that Leonard's IQ is 173.

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Raj (Kunal Nayyar)'s hat in this episode has the number 42 on it, likely paying homage to Douglas Adams's book Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy where the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.

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Darth Vader Shampoo and Luke Skywalker Shampoo actually exist, but there isn't a conditioner.

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This is the only episode in the series whose title does not refer to a scientific theory or phenomenon.

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Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) buy lunch from House of Tandoori, which is a real restaurant in Pasadena.

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This episode and the unaired pilot are the only ones to be filmed on 35-mm film. Everything after that was shot on digital video.

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This is the second and successful pilot that was produced for CBS. The network passed on the first one. James Burrows directed both pilots, but has not directed any episodes since.

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The opening scene at the sperm bank was cut for syndication. Showrunner Chuck Lorre realized that the scene was no longer compatible with the rest of the show, where Sheldon is so protective of his DNA that he would never sell it so carelessly at a sperm bank. It is also established later on that Sheldon has plenty of savings, removing the need for him to earn quick money that way.

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Sheldon (Jim Parsons) has the first line in the series.

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Sheldon states that if the height of a single stair is off by even 2 mm it will cause a person to stumble. Rumor has it that Saddam Hussein intentionally had staircases built uneven and then memorized them. His intent was to have an advantage over a pursuer if he was being chased.

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This is the only time the name of the show is referenced in an episode

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This is the only episode where Raj (Kunal Nayyar) is seen with a hat.

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The moment where Sheldon (Jim Parsons) tells Penny (Kaley Cuoco) what they were planning to do for fun was cut when put into syndication, due to the opening scene (which Sheldon references in his answer to Penny) also being cut.

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Penny states that she is a vegetarian except for fish and the occasional steak. Kaley Cuoco who plays Penny is a vegan.

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The experiment discussed by Sheldon (Jim Parsons) at the very beginning of the episode is a quantum version of the well-known "double-slit experiment."

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The name Hofstader was used before by Chuck Lorre, in episode 2.21, Dharma & Greg: It Never Happened One Night (1999), of Dharma & Greg (1997), where Kitty Montgomery, played by Susan Sullivan, receives the "Hofstader award."

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The song that Howard (Simon Helberg) sings in the car at the end is "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" originally recorded by Mac Davis.

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Johnny Galecki had previously worked with Chuck Lorre on Roseanne (1988).

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Sheldon (Jim Parsons) worries that his offspring via the sperm bank might not know whether to use a differential or an integral to determine the area under a curve. The correct procedure is to use an integral. A differential would measure the slope of the curve.

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This episode was taped on February 14, 2007.

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The experiment discussed by Sheldon (Jim Parsons) at the very beginning of the episode is a quantum version of the well-known "experiment." Sheldon thinks this would be a good idea for a t-shirt, and such an observed photon t-shirt now exists.

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This episode was viewed by 9.52 million people and had a rating of 3.7 (adults 18-49).

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When the guys first notice Penny (Kaley Cuoco), her boom-box is playing the song Smile by Lily Allen.

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The sign on the wall at the sperm bank reads "Donations Assistance Materials Available."

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Howard's belt buckle is a Nintendo controller.

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When Penny (Kaley Cuoco) left after Howard (Simon Helberg) suggested that she should have her own game character, Raj (Kunal Nayyar) was seen talking for a brief moment in the same room with Penny saying "smooth" to Howard. This makes it the first time Raj has been seen talking in the same room with Penny.

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Penny offers to pay for dinner near the end of the episode. This is one of the few times Penny is assumed to be responsible for paying for food during the show's entire run. It is a long-running plot point that Penny does not pay for food. This is the only time she actually offers to pay for her food and the food of others when she says, "Dinner is on me."

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There is a copy of the Clone Wars video game (X-Box version) on top of Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Leonard (Johnny Galecki)'s television.

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Sheldon (Jim Parsons) refers to a window in the kitchen, which is there, but is usually obscured by a whiteboard. This statement implies apartment 4A is along a corner of the building.

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Even in this pilot episode, it is established that Sheldon (Jim Parsons) has a particular spot on the couch that he insists on sitting on all the time.

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This episode establishes that Leonard (Johnny Galecki) is lactose intolerant and cannot process corn.

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Penny (Kaley Cuoco) says she's from Omaha, Nebraska.

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Sheldon (Jim Parsons) reveals that he has 212 friends on Myspace.

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The experiment discussed by Sheldon (Jim Parsons) at the very beginning of the episode is a quantum version of the well-known "experiment," but incompatible with the work presented on the whiteboard. His dialogue was meant to accompany the whiteboard seen in the unaired Pilot, The Big Bang Theory: Unaired Pilot (2006).

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The name of the High-IQ sperm bank receptionist (Vernee Watson) is never said on screen, although the name "Althea" is written on her tag and is present in the credits.

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Penny (Kaley Cuoco) asks Sheldon (Jim Parsons) if he is one of those 'Beautiful Mind' geniuses. Kaley Cuoco appeared alongside A Beautiful Mind (2001) star Russell Crowe in the film Virtuosity (1995).

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In this episode we learn that Penny (Kaley Cuoco) is a Sagittarius.

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There is also a final sales version of the Pilot that was produced in March 2007, it is almost identical to the Broadcast version.

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The family names of Howard (Wolowitz) (Simon Helberg) and Rajesh (Koothrappali) (Kunal Nayyar) were revealed in this episode.

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Sheldon (Jim Parsons) wears briefs and Leonard (Johnny Galecki) wears boxers.

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Amanda Walsh and Iris Bahr were initially in the running to play Penny.

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When Leonard is fidgeting with the shower faucet, you can see two bottles of Fruictis shampoo, even though Sheldon mentioned Leonard's shampoo/conditioner are Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker.

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The trivia items below may give away important plot points.

The scene where Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Leonard (Johnny Galecki) observe Penny (Kaley Cuoco) through her open apartment door would be repeated as an homage in the series' 100th episode (The Big Bang Theory: The Recombination Hypothesis (2012)). The characters would even be dressed similarly, right down to Penny wearing the exact same blue top that she wears here.

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The receptionist in the sperm bank was played by Vernee Watson. Watson has played a nurse in nearly every episode that a character has ended up in the hospital. Including Bernadette's first birth and the time Sheldon needed a haircut. Most recently she continued that streak when she time traveled and appeared in Young Sheldon (2017) as Nurse Robinson.

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Sheldon (Jim Parsons) reveals that the former transvestite neighbor's name was Louie/Louise. The character appears in a flashback scene in season three.

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While Penny (Kaley Cuoco) has a pleasant outgoing personality, Katie (Amanda Walsh) from the unaired pilot (The Big Bang Theory: Unaired Pilot (2006)) opening was meaner and mocked them. Penny does have a temper and some of this personality came over from the first pilot when she's really mad. By later seasons, Penny's personality almost matched Katie's.

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Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Leonard (Johnny Galecki) are seen drinking bottled orange sodas, which sparked controversy over whether it was beer or not, due to Sheldon's incredibly low alcohol tolerance.

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Leonard says near the end of the episode that he and Penny's children would be both smart and beautiful. The pair would later marry and Penny would indeed fall pregnant late in the final season. Sheldon will reference this comment in the final scene of the shows finale.

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Vernee Watson, who plays the nurse Althea, plays a nurse numerous times on this show , also played a nurse numerous times on Two and a Half Men, which is another Chuck Lorre TV show. She later went on to play a nurse as part of the main cast of Bob Hearts Abishola (2019), as Abishola's friend and coworker Gloria.

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Sheldon (Jim Parsons) uses the term sex when talking to Leonard (Johnny Galecki) about Penny. When Howard (Simon Helberg) arrives, he uses the term coitus. In later seasons, the characters would reverse these terms with Sheldon exclusively using coitus.

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It is later established that Raj (Kunal Nayyar) can't talk with Penny (Kaley Cuoco) in the room. Here he speaks out loud but only when she's not near him.

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Penny (Kaley Cuoco) is forced to do a favor for Leonard (Johnny Galecki) in The Big Bang Theory: The Killer Robot Instability (2009) (S2E12) after he loses his pants to Kurt (Brian Patrick Wade).

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There's a "Final Sales Version" of the "Pilot" which predates the generally known broadcast version (The Big Bang Theory: Unaired Pilot (2006)). The date displayed in the sales version is March 21, 2007. The two versions are largely the same. Most of the scenes in the earlier version have been preserved in the later aired version, except the following two: The opening scene in the sperm bank: This scene in the sales version is somewhat between the one in the aired version and the one in the "Unaired Pilot." In the sales version scene, both Leonard and Sheldon have made their sperm deposits like in the "Unaired Pilot" scene. But Sheldon thinks they are committing fraud, so he really changes his mind and asks the receptionist Althea (Vernee Watson) for his sperm back. Therefore the two do not sell their sperm in the end, a bit similar to the scene in the aired "Pilot." The scene in the aired version is a reshoot, evidenced by Althea's longer hair. They all wear the same clothes for the reshoot so that it will match the later scenes in the guys' apartment. The scene of Leonard driving to see Kurt with Sheldon: The one in the aired version is again a reshoot and slightly longer than the sales one. And the main difference is that Leonard's ex-girlfriend Joyce Kim and her defection to North Korea is only mentioned in the later aired version. Other differences include: The name of the show and some other information are displayed in text at the start of the sales version. The sales version has no opening and closing credits, vanity card and company logo. The sales version does not have a theme song. Instead, it displays the title "The Big Bang Theory" with an animation of an atom on a yellow background. Two similar animations of an atom without the show title are used between scenes as well.

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In a later episode, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) tells Penny (Kaley Cuoco) that Howard (Simon Helberg) had found her movie "Serial-Apist" online right after they had met her, the minute she had walked out the door. This means that they saw it between this episode and episode 1.2, The Big Bang Theory: The Big Bran Hypothesis (2007).

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Sheldon (Jim Parsons) mentions his twin sister Missy (Courtney Henggeler) who works as a hostess at Fuddruckers and appears in episode 1.15 The Big Bang Theory: The Pork Chop Indeterminacy (2008), and is heard screaming in episode 7.11 The Big Bang Theory: The Cooper Extraction (2013).

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Sheldon (Jim Parsons) again says Leonard (Johnny Galecki)'s chance of winning a Nobel Prize is non-existent in episode 1.9, The Big Bang Theory: The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization (2008).

Wie hoch ist der IQ von Sheldon?

Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) ist in "The Big Bang Theory" ein genialer theoretischer Physiker mit einem IQ von 187, der sich mit der Stringtheorie beschäftigt und in einer WG mit Leonard Hofstadter lebt.

Was für eine Krankheit hat Sheldon?

Sheldon Cooper ist allerdings ein bisschen mehr als ein hochbegabter Nerd. Er ist auch ein Autist. Und Menschen, die an Autismus beziehungsweise am Asperger-Syndrom leiden, finden sich derzeit in TV-Serien fast noch häufiger als klassische Nerds.

Was für ein Gehirn hat Sheldon Cooper?

Diese Figuren haben ein eidetisches Gedächtnis Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory).

Welche Sprachen spricht Howard?

Howard spricht viele verschiedene Sprachen. Darunter Russisch, Mandarin, Englisch, Arabisch, Perisisch, Französisch, Japanisch sowie Klingonisch und beherrscht darüber hinaus auch die amerikanische Zeichensprache.