Ramona Nowitzki

Ramona Nowitzki
Background information
Television programs	The Big Bang Theory
Portrayed by	Riki Lindhome
Character information
Other names	Dr. Nowitzki (by Amy)
Personality	Overbearing, obsessive, smart, irritating, persistent, relentless, stubborn, pushy
Appearance	Slender, fair skin, blonde hair,
Occupation	Olympic swimmer (formerly) Graduate student from CalTech
Alignment	Neutral
Nationality	American
Goal	To get to know Sheldon and work with him
Home	California
Allies	Sheldon Cooper, Leonard Hofstadter, Rajesh Koothrappali, Howard Wolowitz, Penny Hofstadter, Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz, Amy Farrah Fowler
Enemies	Amy Farrah Fowler (to some extent; Amy and Ramona see each other as mutual rivals)
Likes	Sheldon Cooper, science
Dislikes	Sheldon's stubbornness
Fate	The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem: Left the apartment after Sheldon plucked up courage to order her to leave. The Long Distance Dissonance: Left behind by Sheldon in his office. The Proposal Proposal Accepts that Sheldon prefers Amy over her.

Ramona Nowitzki is a graduate student from CalTech and a big fan of Sheldon Cooper and his work, appearing in Seasons 2, 10, and 11 of The Big Bang Theory as a minor antagonist.

Background

Personality

Overbearing, obsessive, irritating, and persistent, Ramona can truly be a pain in the neck most of the time. This really shows during her interactions with Sheldon Cooper, as she hardly gives him personal space. She also tries to be on good terms with Sheldon's other friends, but they are scared off by her. When she suggests that she and Sheldon both take credit for Sheldon's scientific breakthrough, it is then that Sheldon decides he's had enough of her and orders her out of the apartment, much to her fury and chagrin.

When she returns in the Season 10 finale, it becomes obvious that she is still pushy and relentless and still has a romantic interest in Sheldon. This causes Leonard, Howard, Raj, Penny, and Bernadette to worry. They debate about whether Amy should know about this. Penny tries to explain to Sheldon that the more he turns Ramona down, the more interested she becomes in him. Sheldon explains to Ramona that they're just friends, and he's already in a relationship with another woman, Amy, which causes her to kiss him. Sheldon realizes the only way to get Ramona out of his hair is to propose to Amy. Surprisingly, when she finds out about Sheldon going to New Jersey to marry Amy, she takes it pretty well.

History

Ramona used to be an Olympic swimmer before going to the CalTech Institute of Technology as a grad student and ultimately got a job.

Appearances

Season 2 (The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem)

Ramona is first seen among the students listening to Sheldon’s speech. She meets Sheldon personally in a cafeteria and arranges to have dinner with him in his apartment. Other people might be worried about such behavior being reminiscent of stalking; Sheldon reacts positively to Ramona by appreciating that he’s getting a free dinner. During their date, the rest of the gang is sitting on the couch as spectators of this strange turn of events.

She keeps "helping" Sheldon by arranging suitable working conditions for him, such as getting breakfast for him at the cafeteria and giving him foot rubs. Unfortunately for Sheldon, she overdoes her insistence that Sheldon dedicate his time solely for work, depriving him of his favorite hobbies such as playing games, watching TV, and going for paintball with the guys. Even more unfortunately for Sheldon, he can't seem to get rid of her, especially when she settles herself in his apartment. At times, she appears very suddenly and stalks around the apartment staring at people like the T-X from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.

Ramona proves to be irritating for the entire group, especially when she assumes that Penny likes Sheldon. She still asks Penny to be sisters with her. She makes it difficult for anyone to communicate with him and scares them away.

When Sheldon makes a scientific breakthrough with his work, Ramona suggests they share credit, where Sheldon finally gets the nerve to tell her to “Get out”. Ramona furiously storms out of the apartment and goes back to her own place. She isn’t seen again after that.

Season 10 (The Long Distance Dissonance)

However, Ramona reappears in the Season 10 finale, "The Long Distance Dissonance", when Sheldon's new love interest, Amy Farrah Fowler, has gone to Princeton for a 3-month internship, and it becomes apparent she hasn't changed very much since her last appearance. Amy is unhappy about Ramona harping on Sheldon and insists that Penny, Bernadette, and the others get rid of her. They attempt to put some distance between Sheldon and Ramona, with very little success. After Ramona leaves, Penny explains to Sheldon that sometimes women don't care if men already have a girlfriend, and it just makes them want a man even more. Sheldon dismisses Penny's statement. Eventually, he realizes she's right when Ramona kisses him as he tries to explain to her that they're just colleagues and he's already in a relationship, leading Sheldon to fly to Princeton and propose to Amy.

Season 11 (The Proposal Proposal)

Ramona is next seen in the Season 11 premiere, “The Proposal Proposal”, working alone in the cafeteria, as Raj, Leonard, and Howard watch her. Leonard is still in disbelief that she attempted to steal Sheldon from Amy. Raj decides to tell her that her plan failed and that Sheldon and Amy are getting married and make a final attempt to ask her out. She says that she’s aware of it and once again turns Raj down. Three months later, Amy and Sheldon return from New Jersey, and Amy is eager to catch up with everyone, but then sees Ramona a few yards away and she goes over to her table and addresses her as “Dr. Nowitzki”; Ramona looks up and greets Amy somewhat nervously “Oh. Dr. Fowler. Um, hello”. A confrontation seems imminent as the two women stare at each other, but instead, Amy, grateful that Ramona, sort of motivated Sheldon to propose, hugs her.

Relationships

Sheldon Cooper

Ramona has a big interest in Sheldon, and in some cases, it leads to making out with him, much to his chagrin. She even pressures him to dedicate his time solely to work, keeping him from having fun with his friends. He eventually becomes disgusted with her and tells her to leave. Despite being rejected and being absent for seven seasons, Ramona still has an interest in Sheldon.

Amy Farrah Fowler

Amy knew almost nothing about Ramona, as Sheldon never mentioned her when he had known Amy. When Sheldon first tells her about Ramona in the Season 10 finale, while she is at Princeton, she is greatly displeased and berates Penny and Bernadette, insisting that they do something about her. It is presumed that Amy has a slight dislike of Ramona, as Amy scowls slightly at Ramona when Sheldon introduces the former to the latter.

Quotes

• (to Penny after being told to leave by Sheldon) "Oh, bite me!"
• (Amy (walking up to Ramona): "Dr. Nowitzki.") Oh. Dr. Fowler. Hello. ((the two women stare at each other for a second) Amy: Thank you, thank you so much. (hugs Ramona, who pats her on the back))

Trivia

• It's possible now that Ramona realizes that Sheldon truly prefers Amy over her that she'll back down.
• Ramona is somewhat similar to Lavender Brown from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Both are overbearing women who have an interest in one of the main male characters, leading to conflicts with one of the lead females.

Gallery

Ramona listening to Sheldon's speech.

Ramona meets with Sheldon and the guys to talk to Sheldon about his earlier lecture.

Ramona tries to be on good terms with Penny by forming a sisterly bond with her.

Ramona coerces Sheldon to spend his time doing work and nothing else.

Raj, Howard, and Leonard turn up, asking if Sheldon wants to come to paintball, but Ramona tells him "No."

Ramona catches Sheldon trying to play a game in private, and makes him hand over his handheld.

Ramona catches Sheldon trying to fool her with another book, but she doesn't buy it and confiscates his comic book

Having enough of Ramona, Sheldon tells her to leave.

Ramona's unexpected reappearance.

Sheldon introduces Amy to Ramona, which, unfortunately, leads to tension between the two women.

Ramona kisses Sheldon, making Sheldon realize how he really feels about Amy and causing him to go to New Jersey to marry her.

Ramona being hugged by a grateful Amy; if it wasn't for her, Sheldon wouldn't have realized his true feelings for Amy.

External links

• Ramona Nowitzki on The Big Bang Theory Wiki

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Luminous Fish Effect • The Hamburger Postulate • The Middle-Earth Paradigm • The Dumpling Paradox • The Grasshopper Experiment • The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization • The Loobenfeld Decay • The Pancake Batter Anomaly • The Jerusalem Duality • The Bat Jar Conjecture • The Nerdvana Annihilation • The Porkchop Indeterminacy • The Peanut Reaction • The Tangerine Factor Season 2: The Bad Fish Paradigm • The Codpiece Topology • The Barbarian Sublimation • The Griffin Equivalency • The Euclid Alternative • The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem • The Panty Piñata Polarization • The Lizard-Spock Expansion • The White Asparagus Triangulation • The Vartabedian Conundrum • The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis • The Killer Robot Instability • The Friendship Algorithm • The Financial Permeability • The Maternal Capacitance • The Cushion Saturation • The Terminator Decoupling • The Work Song Nanocluster • The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition • The Hofstadter Isotope • The Vegas Renormalization • The Classified Materials Turbulence • The Monopolar Expedition Season 3: The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation • The Jiminy Conjecture • The Gothowitz Deviation • The Pirate Solution • The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary • The Cornhusker Vortex • The Guitarist Amplification • The Adhesive Duck Deficiency • The Vengeance Formulation • The Gorilla Experiment • The Maternal Congruence • The Psychic Vortex • The Bozeman Reaction • The Einstein Approximation • The Large Hadron Collision • The Excelsior Acquisition • The Precious Fragmentation • The Pants Alternative • The Wheaton Recurrence • The Spaghetti Catalyst • The Plimpton Stimulation • The Staircase Implementation • The Lunar Excitation Season 4: The Robotic Manipulation • The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification • The Zazzy Substitution • The Hot Troll Deviation • The Desperation Emanation • The Irish Pub Formulation • The Apology Insufficiency • The 21-Second Excitation • The Boyfriend Complexity • The Alien Parasite Hypothesis • The Justice League Recombination • The Bus Pants Utilization • The Love Car Displacement • The Thespian Catalyst • The Benefactor Factor • The Cohabitation Formulation • The Toast Derivation • The Prestidigitation Approximation • The Zarnecki Incursion • The Herb Garden Germination • The Agreement Dissection • The Wildebeest Implementation • The Engagement Reaction • The Roommate Transmogrification Season 5: The Skank Reflex Analysis • The Infestation Hypothesis • The Pulled Groin Extrapolation • The Wiggly Finger Catalyst • The Russian Rocket Reaction • The Rhinitis Revelation • The Good Guy Fluctuation • The Isolation Permutation • The Ornithophobia Diffusion • The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition • The Speckerman Recurrence • The Shiny Trinket Maneuver • The Recombination Hypothesis • The Beta Test Initiation • The Friendship Contraction • The Vacation Solution • The Rothman Disintegration • The Werewolf Transformation • The Weekend Vortex • The Transporter Malfunction • The Hawking Excitation • The Stag Convergence • The Launch Acceleration • The Countdown Reflection Season 6: The Date Night Variable • The Decoupling Fluctuation • The Higgs Boson Observation • The Re-Entry Minimization • The Holographic Excitation • The Extract Obliteration • The Habitation Configuration • The 43 Peculiarity • The Parking Lot Escalation • The Fish Guts Displacement • The Santa Simulation • The Egg Salad Equivalency • The Bakersfield Expedition • The Cooper/Kripke Inversion • The Spoiler Alert Segmentation • The Tangible Affection Proof • The Monster Isolation • The Contractual Obligation Implementation • The Closet Reconfiguration • The Tenure Turbulence • The Closure Alternative • The Proton Resurgence • The Love Spell Potential • The Bon Voyage Reaction Season 7: The Hofstadter Insufficiency • The Deception Verification • The Scavenger Vortex • The Raiders Minimization • The Workplace Proximity • The Romance Resonance • The Proton Displacement • The Itchy Brain Simulation • The Thanksgiving Decoupling • The Discovery Dissipation • The Cooper Extraction • The Hesitation Ramification • The Occupation Recalibration • The Convention Conundrum • The Locomotive Manipulation • The Table Polarization • The Friendship Turbulence • The Mommy Observation • The Indecision Amalgamation • The Relationship Diremption • The Anything Can Happen Recurrence • The Proton Transmogrification • The Gorilla Dissolution • The Status Quo Combustion Season 8: The Locomotion Interruption • The Junior Professor Solution • The First Pitch Insufficiency • The Hook-up Reverberation • The Focus Attenuation • The Expedition Approximation • The Misinterpretation Agitation • The Prom Equivalency • The Septum Deviation • The Champagne Reflection • The Clean Room Infiltration • The Space Probe Disintegration • The Anxiety Optimization • The Troll Manifestation • The Comic Book Store Regeneration • The Intimacy Acceleration • The Colonization Application • The Leftover Thermalization • The Skywalker Incursion • The Fortification Implementation • The Communication Deterioration • The Graduation Transmission • The Maternal Combustion • The Commitment Determination Season 9: The Matrimonial Momentum • The Separation Oscillation • The Bachelor Party Corrosion • The 2003 Approximation • The Perspiration Implementation • The Helium Insufficiency • The Spock Resonance • The Mystery Date Observation • The Platonic Permutation • The Earworm Reverberation • The Opening Night Excitation • The Sales Call Sublimation • The Empathy Optimization • The Meemaw Materialization • The Valentino Submergence • The Positive Negative Reaction • The Celebration Experimentation • The Application Deterioration • The Solder Excursion Diversion • The Big Bear Precipitation • The Viewing Party Combustion • The Fermentation Bifurcation • The Line Substitution Solution • The Convergence-Convergence Season 10: The Conjugal Conjecture • The Military Miniaturization • The Dependence Transcendence • The Cohabitation Experimentation • The Hot Tub Contamination • The Fetal Kick Catalyst • The Veracity Elasticity • The Brain Bowl Incubation • The Geology Elevation • The Property Division Collision • The Birthday Synchronicity • The Holiday Summation • The Romance Recalibration • The Emotion Detection Automation • The Locomotion Reverberation • The Allowance Evaporation • The Comic-Con Conundrum • The Escape Hatch Identification • The Collaboration Fluctuation • The Recollection Dissipation • The Separation Agitation • The Cognition Regeneration • The Gyroscopic Collapse • The Long Distance Dissonance Season 11: The Proposal Proposal • The Retraction Reaction • The Relaxation Integration • The Explosion Implosion • The Collaboration Contamination • The Proton Regeneration • The Geology Methodology • The Tesla Recoil • The Bitcoin Entanglement • The Confidence Erosion • The Celebration Reverberation • The Matrimonial Metric • The Solo Oscillation • The Separation Triangulation • The Novelization Correlation • The Neonatal Nomenclature • The Athenaeum Allocation • The Gates Excitation • The Tenant Disassociation • The Reclusive Potential • The Comet Polarization • The Monetary Insufficiency • The Sibling Realignment • The Bow Tie Asymmetry Season 12: The Conjugal Configuration • The Wedding Gift Wormhole • The Procreation Calculation • The Tam Turbulence • The Planetarium Collision • The Imitation Perturbation • The Grant Allocation Derivation • The Consummation Deviation • The Citation Negation • The VCR Illumination • The Paintball Scattering • The Propagation Proposition • The Confirmation Polarization • The Meteorite Manifestation • The Donation Oscillation • The D & D Vortex • The Conference Valuation • The Laureate Accumulation • The Inspiration Deprivation • The Decision Reverberation • The Plagiarism Schism • The Maternal Conclusion • The Change Constant • The Stockholm Syndrome Locations The Apartment Building • Apartment 4A • Apartment 4B • The Elevator • California Institute of Technology • Wolowitz House • The Comic Center of Pasadena • Pasadena • The Cheesecake Factory • Raj's Apartment • Amy's Apartment • Howard and Bernadette's Apartment • The Stairs • Sheldon's Old Office • Raj's Old Office • Sheldon's New Office • Howard's Lab • The University Cafeteria • Kripke's Plasma Lab • International Space Station • The Kinetics Lab Songs Transportations See Also Unaired Pilot