(A flame begins to jet out of Kripke's robot.) (Howard tries to kiss her. About you. Barry, we can't fight you tomorrow, our engineer is incapacitated. Behold the Mobile Omnidirectional Neutralization and Termination Eradicator. But back to you. Howard. Howard: Look at me. Howard: Who? It's your friend, Leonard! Kripke, your robot is inferior and it will be defeated by ours because ours exceeds yours in both design and execution. Leonard: He's not with a... does it really matter who or what he's with? Leonard: Howard, why don't we just work on the robot? Nothing is ever going to happen between us. Penny: Flirting? Penny: Good. Penny: His feelings needed to be hurt. Penny: Howard, do you think maybe sometimes you try too hard? Penny: Look, I'm telling you, I've known you for, like, a year and a half and this is the first time I feel like I'm talking to a real person. Remember the day that we first met and you asked me to go to your boyfriend's apartment to get your TV back and he was nine feet tall and he took my pants off and you said... what was that? Scene: Howard's bedroom. She punches him.) Sheldon: I'm sorry, are you unaware of the upcoming Southern California Robot Fighting League Round Robin Invitational? Sheldon: Never. Sheldon: We accept your challenge. That's Kripke's robot? The guy is devastated. The way I see it, I'm halfway to pity s*x. Wolowitz won't come out of his house and we need him for a robot battle.
Plan: A: a combat robot; Q: What does Howard design for the Southern California Robot Fighting League Round Robin Invitational? A: M.O.N.T.E.; Q: What is the name of the robot that Howard designs? A: Mobile Omnidirectional Neutralization and Termination Eradicator; Q: What does M.O.N.T.E. stand for? A: the "Southern California Robot Fighting League Round Robin Invitational; Q: What competition does the team plan to enter? A: the apartment; Q: Where does Penny arrive when Howard begins to flirt with her? A: friends; Q: What does Howard refuse to go to work or meet? A: Leonard; Q: Who persuaded Penny to go to Howard's house and apologize? A: heart; Q: What part of Howard does Penny say he is a good guy at? A: girls; Q: What does Penny tell Howard he tries too hard to get? A: a punch; Q: How does Penny break Howard's nose? A: his nose; Q: What does Penny break when she tries to kiss Howard? A: pity sex; Q: What does Howard feel he is halfway to after Penny breaks his nose? A: the guys' co-worker Barry Kripke; Q: Who challenges Sheldon and the guys to a one-on-one robot fight? A: Sheldon; Q: Who refuses to concede defeat to Kripke's robot? A: one; Q: How many robots do Sheldon and Leonard have to fight against? A: engineer; Q: What is Howard's profession? Summary: Howard designs a combat robot, M.O.N.T.E. (Mobile Omnidirectional Neutralization and Termination Eradicator) for the "Southern California Robot Fighting League Round Robin Invitational", which the guys plan to enter. When Penny arrives at the apartment, Howard begins to flirt with her but pushes it too far, and she furiously lashes out at him with some uncomfortable home truths. Hurt and depressed, Howard returns home and remains in his room, refusing to go to work or meet friends. Leonard persuades Penny to go to Howard's house and apologize. Howard tells Penny about all his failed romances, and she consoles him by saying that he is a good guy at heart and he just tries too hard to get girls. He thereupon tries to kiss Penny, who intercepts him with a punch that breaks his nose. Howard is left happy, feeling he is halfway to 'pity sex'. Meanwhile, the guys' co-worker Barry Kripke, who is also entering the competition, challenges Sheldon and the guys to a one-on-one fight between their robots. Sheldon accepts, but Kripke's robot turns out to be far superior to M.O.N.T.E. and, with engineer Howard indisposed, Barry can easily win. Sheldon refuses to concede defeat, and M.O.N.T.E. is destroyed by Kripke's robot.