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'''Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock''' is an expansion of the classic selection method game ]. It operates on the same basic principle, but includes two additional weapons: the ] (formed by the hand as a sock-puppet-like mouth) and ]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article1080425.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531231332/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article1080425.ece |archivedate=May 31, 2010 |title=... and paper scissors |work=The Times |date=June 11, 2005 |accessdate=2010-11-04}}</ref> (formed by the '']'' ]). This reduces the chances of a round ending in a tie (from 1/3 to 1/5). The game was invented by Sam Kass with Karen Bryla, as "Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard".<ref name=kass>{{cite web |url=http://www.samkass.com/theories/RPSSL.html |title=Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard |publisher=Sam Kass |accessdate=2010-11-04}}</ref>{{npsn|date=April 2014}}
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The game was mentioned in four episodes of '']''. According to an interview with Kass, the series producers did not ask for permission to use the game, but he was later referenced in the episode The Rothman Disintegration from the ] for which he thanked them on his website.<ref>{{cite web |title=The True Story behind RPS, Lizard, Spock |url=http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/The-Real-Story-and-Some-of-the-Math-Behind-the-Famous-Rock-Paper/ba-p/3551 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120519182326/http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/The-Real-Story-and-Some-of-the-Math-Behind-the-Famous-Rock-Paper/ba-p/3551 |archivedate=May 19, 2012 |accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref>{{self-published-inline|date=April 2014}}<ref name=kass/>

==Rules==
Each player picks a variable and reveals it at the same time. The winner is the one who defeats the others. The rules of rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock are:
*Scissors cut<!-- Although concerned with a single instance of scissors, dictionaries confirm that 'scissors' is a plural noun so should always carry a plural verb --> Paper
*Paper covers Rock
*Rock crushes Lizard
*Lizard poisons Spock
*Spock smashes Scissors<!-- For source info see Talk: Spock "Smashes" Scissors -->
*Scissors decapitate<!-- Although concerned with a single instance of scissors, dictionaries confirm that 'scissors' is a plural noun so should always carry a plural verb --> Lizard
*Lizard eats Paper
*Paper disproves Spock
*Spock vaporizes Rock
*Rock crushes Scissors

There are fifteen possible pairings of the five gestures. As with the original rock-paper-scissors game, if two players pick the same gesture, it is a tie, also each gesture beats two of the other gestures and is beaten by the remaining two. In a tie, the process is repeated until a winner is found. The original rules (rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, paper beats rock) remain the same.

==The Big Bang Theory==
The game is first used in the eighth episode of the second season, "The Lizard-Spock Expansion", by Sheldon and Raj to decide whether they watch "]" or ].

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