Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock.....

[@ACupOfKerba]

currently in a computer science class having to turn this into a program ...

[@Smoko-Ono]

+ACupOfKerba same....

[@ACupOfKerba]

+carter willison it's pretty easy to do in python good luck

[@NyuAtreides]

+ACupOfKerba thats a good idea, im learning independently I'll have to try to make this a program for fun.

[@nickseaboyer4941]

+carter willison +ACupOfKerba same..

[@kendallfineday4267]

+ACupOfKerba Lol that's exactly what we are doing

[@robcee24]

Seriously! It's the perfect response from Rajesh. Any other character in any show would say, "What?" But Rajesh, being the smart guy that he is, listened to it, processed it and started playing. Win.

[@Squippyearl]

Jim Parsons deserved the Emmy just for memorizing that!

[@SuperBimey]

you could memorize it too,i did it in 10 minutes

[@Nani-pt5xk]

ikr!!!

[@Unclevertitle]

What I love about this scene is how Jim is both describing this confusing mess and managing to do perfect sync with the hand symbols as well. That's actually a lot to coordinate. But he describes it quite well. Also apparently BBT did not invent this variation of the game, but it has existed since the 90's. Pretty awesome how they manage to keep finding these gems.

[@Gnometower]

It's easier to memorize than you'd think, since all of the permutations have to be symmetrical. In other words, every option wins 2 out of 5 times, loses 2 out of 5 times and draws if both pick the same. The game actually works quite well.

[@clearcutter74]

This was the first episode I ever watched of this show, and I was hooked after seeing this scene. I was kicking myself for not starting earlier.

[@Firecat0]

I was already ROFLing by the time he finished explaining but when I heard- "Okay, I think I get it." I about keeled over from laughing so hard! That was pure skills.

[@irneetthiara4284]

favourite show ever!!! and now computer science assignment took me here

[@NaruCrazy2009]

You can only imagine how many takes it took for him to finally nail that whole sequence.

[@clarinetlover2012]

I second that! I was introduced to this show a few days ago and I have already spend the past 20 minutes trying to learn rock paper scissors lizard spock off by heart!

[@Blobsterisation]

Along with the hand gestures, this is actually quite tricky to memorise.

[@VociferousVic]

Jim's thoughts when he finally does it correctly and it's this final cut: HOLY MOTHER OF GOD YES. DON'T SHOW THAT YOU'RE EXCITED JIM, YOU FINALLY DID IT RIGHT.

[@ottoan]

Not only does he manage to say all that in one take, there's also an intricate hand choreography to go with it. LOL... I particularly like the lizard!

[@ggmm117]

That scene right there was enough for him to win the emmy and golden globe. Man thats hard synchronizing the hand gestures with the instructions.

[@km_studios]

Once you've played Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock, you can never go back to ordinary Rock Paper Scissors.

[@sailingtobizantium]

I KNEW they were both going to come up with Spock. What's the use of all their genius brains? They are so predictable it's adorable. It is so sad that no matter how hard I practice this there's no one around to play it with me.

[@MMMLLLEEE]

Haha I love this! Me and my friend play it all the time and people who hear us are just like wtf? lol

[@Ed86Wood]

Aw, that is HILARIOUS!!!! Gotta try it! lol

[@gazallamba]

Damnnn I can’t believe this was uploaded in 2008!❤️

[@Sterski1]

I now have this exact speech memorised, and have played this with my friends many times.

[@lkafjkakjf333]

Haha, this took him so many takes. I love it.

[@rinaberman7686]

Scissors cut paper Paper covers rock Rock crushes lizard Lizard poisons Spock _____________________ I don't know if they meant to rhyme that, but it's beautiful ^_^

[@aweston111]

Favourite BBT clip of ALL TIME!!!!

[@JenniferKelly]

wow. this show is unbelievably awesome. they are such good actors! Try memorizing the line Sheldon just did to describe the game rules. haha.

[@TheRacheyBelle]

I just finished teaching my six year old brother this version of the game. I say it's a job well done :)

[@virirodelo]

"paper disproves Spocks" :-)

[@Leishmaniasisably]

I memorized this the first time I watched it and then played it with my friend the next day. Surprisingly it actually caught on... amongst other nerds.

[@zoppie]

I call foul. When has any paper disproven Spock? And Spock smashing scissors? That's violent! Lizard poisons Spock. No, he's probably immune. Besides, Spock pinches lizard.

[@AsianLeader007]

Of course they tie every time. If I did this in Real Life, and Spock was a choice, I would always choose it!!!

[@sandsjames]

this is a great show. everyone needs to watch it.

[@MsTheGuru]

Leonard's face when Howard walks in. :-)

[@LMTR14]

I agree. and that's saying quite a lot!

[@impasse0124]

If paper disproves Spock and Raj knows that Sheldon will ALWAYS throw Spock, why doesn't Raj throw paper? What an epic show :)

[@AdamsThoughts]

@SeyhawksNow i'm no star trek buff, but i'm pretty sure that's the "Vulcan salute". Spock uses it a lot

[@55486082]

Me and my friend memorised this and now use it to resolve disputes :) Works way better

[@anniefanukuk]

i know i like it when jim says its not as easy as it sounds 2 one of the producers lol :)

[@50503032]

Scissors cuts paper, Paper covers rock, Rock crushes lizard, Lizard poision spock, Spock smashes scissors, Scissors decaptes lizard, Lizard eats paper, Paper disproves spock, Spock vaporizes rock, And as it always has rock crushes scissors, LOVE SHELDON! I did this to memorize it :P

[@supranormal_]

Aw, poor guy. I play it with my friend, it's completely nerdy but awesome. People think we're weird of course.

[@SiamAMusic]

Spocks two greatest weaknesses, paper, and getting disproved.

[@Nomoreidsleft]

@Unclevertitle Did you see the blooper scenes? They must have been at it all day before he finally got it.

[@Moonshine3991]

Hahaha! Oh, if my friends were geeky like me... Cause I think I'm the only one who knows how to play this! lol XD

[@xXDawnFireXx]

That was awesome.

[@Flea_ip]

I love it when Raj says "Okay. I think I got it."

[@moonkyu97]

@Swirrarn where is the dam boulder?

[@Webberz05]

could u imagine the outcomes if u added the famous 'friends' rock, paper, scissors, fire, water baloon?

[@oliviak1992]

Poor Jim had such a hard time with it. If you watch him at Comic Con in 09, he says that the director came up to him and told him just to say it and not think about the laughs. :P

[@tigerlilly1400]

my fav is Spock vaporizes rock and as it always has rock crushes scissors :P

[@OlafurNeal]

I love how they both look at their hands as if it was their hands fault that they both threw Spock.

[@AxtheDragon]

As a child I loved to invent new versions of this game.... like water, fire and bucket...

[@XRaCeProX]

Very good acting from Sheldon there.

[@xarlev]

And all I got out of that is that sheldon is holding a comcast remote at the begining

[@joeywomer]

I lol'd so hard at the Paper disproves Spock part.

[@GonnaBeALongLongTime]

My friends and I use this to settle all disputes.

[@AndroidLust7]

that would be really hard to act out perfectly. i love sheldon lol

[@Jill4ChrisRedfeild]

I want to see the bloopers for this!

[@enginemonkey]

That made me choke laughing!!!!!

[@TheUncleBigBad]

I like that Raj got it on the first explanation.

[@samanthagarrett9538]

I love Howard walking in at the end looking like a weirdo.

[@jackstorm777]

Hahahaha! How did I know they would both pick Spock :p

[@HiyruuAzuretiem]

Force Shield and The Star Trek shield... which oddly enough is a Force Field >.> I think I'd have to look stuff up again.

[@MrAnthonColdplay]

AMAZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING ! Sheldon is the funniest character ever created . Thanks Jim Parsons ! Seriously, that actor is a UFO . He is so awesome . PS : I'm gonna try to memorize the rules and I will never do rock paper scissors again . It's so better ! Viva TBBT ! The awesomest TV Series ever !

[@MrPal94]

My aim has been to learn this and Sheldon's star song... I have spent my half term so well

[@Nuggetol]

@LadySov109 Use a really large sheet of paper around A1 size?

[@Z03G]

Live Long And Prosper *with out doing the hand signs* hahaha, Star Trek movie was so good :3

[@Faeronsayn]

CS Assignment on this LOL.

[@littlelottiedreams]

me and my friends play this when we can't agree on something only we don't choose spock everytime.

[@TheKYLEdavid]

@lordzahgurim what about chuck norris vs. rock

[@dewinmoonl]

it's a complete system. 5 choices picking 2 each is 10 combinations, and no element is better than others since each has 2 wins and 2 losses against the other 4. So it's actually a fair game! We should play it

[@monzZeya182]

I just wanna say, Love Sheldon Cooper, is the beest* ♥

[@lidyaFACE]

he needs to win an award just for that scene

[@WOLFIEweasel]

'Paper disproves Spock XD LOL!!!!!

[@EmbraceMe711]

@iGaveen How does Paper disprooves Spock?

[@lovebabykolly]

best paper scisors rock game eva!!!!! but they forgot the turtle and the plastic bag and dynamite

[@koolkatkake]

haha!LMAO! i learnt how to do it- and so did my bff XD scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons spock, spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves spock, spock vaporizes rock, "and as it always has..." ROCK CRUSHES SCISSORS!! XD *serious face* LMAO!

[@calmcalmfruit]

Ah...Sheldon..Your too damn funny.

[@mattwo7]

Some one actually made a diagram of the balance. It's a pentagram inside a of pentagon. I can't help but wonder if the shows' makers actually intended it to be that way.

[@TheKYLEdavid]

Knowing Sheldon, I would play either paper or lizard every time against him, due to the fact that he is obsessed with spock

[@geevow]

@later6 You can see in the bloopers that the take where he explains the game was not that easy for Jim Parsons (the actor playing Sheldon) :D

[@tartfuel]

@RebelAdmiral How am I naive? I've worked in television for many years and mostly in sitcoms for the first part of my career. I also have many friends in Post-Production at Warner Bros in every department from foley, to ADR to scoring to the various dubbing theaters. So how does actual knowledge of how things are make me naive?

[@FireflyFanatic3]

you should see how many takes it took for him to get this right!!! it was so cute! :P

[@Smuffly]

I love how Leonard sits there for a while, trying to figure out if Sheldon really went and invented that game in the past or if he had just made it up on the spot. On another note, I am currently converting my friends into rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock fans! >:D BUAHAHAHA.

[@scoetie2]

Sheldon is one of the best actors ever, i can say it, but not as fast as he :P

[@KANfilms]

It has nothing to do with what Spock looks like. XD I don't know the exact details. But Spock uses that hand signal when he says, "Live long and prosper." That's why it signifies Spock. It's so widely known because Star Trek has had such a massive impact on our society. If someone were to use that hand signal, most people would be able to link it to Star Trek. Instead of waving when a driver lets her over, my mother uses that hand signal. Hey, she grew up watching the show. =)

[@lovebabykolly]

best version of paper scissors rock i hav eva played but they forgot the turtle and the plastic bag

[@chiraine1]

haha the blooper from this is so funny

[@ReiZkeNx]

most epic line in a script.. how did he master it!!!

[@YoungSaydeezy]

Whoever wrote this is A GENIUS!

[@baillou2]

BOW before me. I have learned it. Plus I'm getting the T-shirt. :)

[@MistoxDialore]

Tying with someone at this game isn't illogical. It just means Spock is so awesome you can't help but play him. ;P

[@senna281285]

spock the greatest character in tv history

[@Kyrazlan]

hmmm I like Data

[@BelmixkryMemberXV]

I actually learned the entire game by heart, thus further proving to my friends that I have no life. ^^

[@ChelseatheHolmesian]

This show looks really funny. :)

[@Cinedragon]

My teacher showed this clip in my class today, hilarious XD

[@AlexanderGieg]

@briot12 It's actually a genetic thing. Some people are born with a bone structure that makes it easy to do, others have a bone structure that makes it impossible. So, if you cannot do it no matter how much you try, that's probably because you're in the second group. If I remember correctly, the actor who did the young Spock in the last movie was in the second group. He faked it by gluing his fingers and "opening" the outer ones, so that they would pull the inner ones apart.

[@SuperCocopuff1]

I love Leonard face!

[@Tommeke11]

Wow, this even works as well as the original Rock-Paper-Scissors! And the funny thing is, when you draw them on a paper and draw arrows pointing from the object to which it destroys, you get a pentagon with in its inside a pentagram. Hm, does that mean I'm a nerd?

[@Kai22015]

If the normal rock paper scissors game has a 75-80% tie rate, the new version of the game would tie 90-97% with the addition of Spock.

[@NickHrynchuk12]

@iGaveen dude, how many times did you watch this to get that? XD

[@lwhoop]

this show is awesome!

[@drszusz666]

Raj should have forseen Sheldon's obvious choice of Spock and picked lizard.