- The guys are invited to Penny's Halloween party, where Leonard has yet another run-in with Penny's ex-boyfriend Kurt.
- When Penny asks the guys to her party, which will include dancing, they seriously think about not attending as they aren't "dance" people. But when they learn it's a costume party (the fact of it being Halloween irrelevant), they change their collective minds and decide to go. Leonard wants this party to be an opportunity for Penny to see him as someone in her social circle. But Leonard's goals for the evening change when Kurt, Penny's ex-boyfriend, shows up, he who seems to be an invited guest and who Penny seems happy to see. Leonard, still smarting from his first and only other previous encounter with Kurt, tries to be Penny's protector while protecting himself from a potentially painful beating from Kurt.—Huggo
- After a disastrous afternoon of paintball, the guys come back to the apartment where Penny invites them to her Halloween party. After a miscommunication leads to the four guys dressing like The Flash, they all change and go with Leonard as Frodo, Sheldon as The Doppler Effect, Howard as Robin Hood and Raj as Thor. Not accustomed to parties with normal people, they feel out of place but when Leonard tries to socialize, he discovers that Penny's hulking ex-boyfriend Kurt has shown up and is attempting to patch things up. Leonard is undaunted and tries to get him to leave despite the man's massive size. The unfortunate encounter leads none-the-less to his first kiss with Penny.—Jerry Roberts
- Penny invites the guys to her Halloween party. They at first decline as they do not dance, but accept when costumes are mentioned. Howard is excited since Penny mentions that there will be other girls at the party.
At first all 4 dress as Flash. They all gather at Sheldon's apartment (where Sheldon chides them for not having a costume meeting to begin with), where it is decided that nobody will dress as Flash.. Raj suggests that they could stand one behind the other and seem like one flash going really fast, but Howard nicks the idea saying that he needs to go solo to impress a girl.. Leonard calls dibs on Frodo.. So, the costumes are: Leonard as Frodo, Sheldon as the Doppler effect, Howard as Robin Hood (but everyone confuses him as Peter Pan) and Raj as Thor the Norse God (not the Marvel's character)
At the party (the guys reach at 7:05 pm for a 7 pm party.. they are worried that they are late, only yo find that they are the first ones there and Penny herself is yet to take a bath and get ready for the party) they have problems socializing: Sheldon is unable to explain his Doppler effect costume since none of Penny's friends are physicists or smart enough to understand it; Raj (dressed as Thor) cannot speak to women; Howard as Robin Hood is mistaken for Peter Pan; and Leonard (dressed as Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings) is insecure (he knows that this is the first time Penny is seeing him as part of her social peer group and he doesn't want to come across as a nerd). Leonard's middle name is Leaky (his dad worked with anthropologist Lewis Leaky decades ago).
Penny's ex-boyfriend Kurt (underdressed as a very tall, muscular caveman) later shows up and aggressively confronts Leonard. Leonard decides to stand up to Kurt feeling confident that he can outsmart Kurt with his intellect. This goes to plan as Kurt has no understanding of the smart repartee that Leonards gives to Kurt's insults. But then Kurt gets physical and literally picks up Leonard and is about to hang him on a door nail, when Penny intervenes and gets him to drop Leonard. This causes Leonard (and later Penny) to leave. Penny goes to check on Leonard and apologizes for Kurt's behavior.
Sheldon serves Leonard a hot beverage as he is upset. Penny is very upset, but Leonard tells her she is perfect, and they kiss, though Penny confesses she is drunk and Leonard doesn't want to take advantage of her. They kiss again, in sight of Kurt, Leonard saying "That's how we roll at the Shire!" before locking his apartment door in panic.
Meanwhile, Howard cannot find Raj, who is at home sleeping with a girl who finds him to be a "very good listener". Basically Raj was not able to speak to a woman, and she mistook this for Raj's phenomenal listening abilities and then proceeded to sleep with him. Title reference: Leonard's Halloween costume.
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