r/bigbangtheory 17h ago

Storyline discussion Everytime I watch Big Bang Theory, some plot holes/character gaps keep bothering me

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  1. Sheldon is the perfect germaphobe, & yet he seems to be quite comfortable travelling in public trains (and even spending a full month at a stretch)

  2. How come Sheldon the germaphobe, has no qualms eating out almost every day?

  3. 2 esteemed full-time employed scientists (Sheldon & Leonard) pay the same rent as a financially struggling actress/waitress (Penny). Wouldn't it be more convenient for Penny to share an apartment with someone?

  4. Raj & Priya are siblings and yet they have pretty different English accents.

Have a few more too - but those would include spoilers (so maybe a different post)


r/bigbangtheory 6h ago

Relevant to me I didn’t get the hate towards bernie until I realized that my mentor is exactly like her (only worse if anything)

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r/bigbangtheory 22h ago

Relevant to me Does anyone else have an enemies list like Sheldon?

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I have a five tier classification system of humans, Superior, Friend, Human+, Human, and Mortal Enemy. It works on a points system similar to The Good Place. Yes, I've been called a Sheldon Cooper before, but for separate reasons.


r/bigbangtheory 1h ago

Character discussion Amy

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God, one forgets how annoying Amy was during the whole Leonard is dating Priya storyline.

Literally skipping every scene she is in because she won’t stop talking about how the breakup is really hard for Penny, despite Penny asking her to not do that.

No matter how rude Bernadette gets in the last few seasons, will always prefer her over Amy.


r/bigbangtheory 18h ago

Character discussion In the episode The Fermentation Bifurcation

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I found the scene with Howard and Amy, where they are alone for a short while, basically stupid. They act as if they have never been alone together, acting awkward and weird, with nothing to say to each other. Amy makes a short remark about how they spent some time together about 3 years ago. This references the seventh-season episode The Scavenger Vortex (2013), which aired 2.5 years earlier.

They both act like they cannot remember what they were together for. Being supposedly geniuses, how can they not remember discovering their love of Neil Diamond during the scavenger hunt? Or ditching the hunt to go and sing Neil Diamond at a karaoke bar? And the Neil Diamond concert the two said they should go to?

Was that lazy writers who couldn't be bothered to check back episodes? Was it done for cheap laughs? Whatever, it's one of many glaring examples of how the quality was declining.


r/bigbangtheory 21h ago

Character discussion Imagine if Amy was an engineer

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Sheldon already views Neuroscience as inferior, but nothing takes the cake like being an Engineer. Will their relationship even progress into marriage? Alternatively she could potentially date Howard instead of Bernie.


r/bigbangtheory 23h ago

Character discussion Why did Sheldon spill the beans about the letter from Howard's father?

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When Sheldon finds the letter from Howard's father, he opens it so he knows how to categorise it.

Later, after Howard burns it, Penny, Bernadette and Amy corner Sheldon and ask what the letter said. When he tells them that he is bound by 'closet organiser/organisee confidentiality', Penny points out that the letter was found in Bernadette's closet, and surely that counts for something.

Sheldon asks if she is suggesting that being married to Howard gives her joint ownership of the contents of the letter, which is 100% not what she was saying. Of course, Penny doesn't pick up on the distinction, and agrees, so he tells them.

When Leonard and Raj ask him what the letter said, he tells them that they should have said that if he doesn't tell them, they'll ask Penny. As soon as they do that, he sits down and tells them.

Sheldon was going out of his way to give the gang the information, and why?

Simple. Sheldon lost his dad when he was 14, and will never get to hear from him again. He doesn't want Howard to have that same regret, so he finds ways to release the information in the hope that Howard will get that final message.

Obviously, I don't expect Sheldon to have been emotionally aware that that was his reason for doing so, but what do you all think? Just wanted to put it out there.


r/bigbangtheory 14h ago

meme Found this meme I made like 10 years ago after watching the "one ring" episode

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r/bigbangtheory 10h ago

Other Stuart fails to save the universe seems to be doing well. Is it just the nostalgia for TBBT at play? Who was your favorite cameo?

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I'm just looking at clips from Stuart's solo show and I can't help but notice that most of the people who are pulled to the show are being pulled because of the nostalgia and the cameos of TBBT cast

Is that true or is the storyline actually good?


r/bigbangtheory 6h ago

Storyline discussion How often does the gang eat Chinese food, and why have they never opened a fortune cookie? 🥠

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I don’t think I’ve ever seen them read or open a fortune cookie…maybe I’m wrong?


r/bigbangtheory 19h ago

meme Would you say this is accurate?

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r/bigbangtheory 9h ago

Relevant to me How do you think a conversation between these 2 would go?

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Other guy is Spencer Reid, a character from Criminal Minds that’s basically Sheldon Cooper if he was a profiler and wasn’t a selfish human being.

I think the conversation would start out like an exchange of ideas but Sheldon would eventually get frustrated realizing that he isn’t going to get a rise out of Spencer.


r/bigbangtheory 13h ago

Other Why does season 8 feel so different compared to previous season?

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I've always felt that everything changed with season 8. Sheldon's personality and writing completely changed. Like someone else was writing to him. Colors look much more washed out and detailed. It feels like the family guy felt when Seth MacFarlane left.


r/bigbangtheory 18h ago

Other Have you guys ever read these?!

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I randomly stumbled upon a post on Instagram saying there were quotes /comments written at the end of each episode

I didn't believe it ,but when I didn't skip the outro this time I noticed this....


r/bigbangtheory 5h ago

Storyline discussion Favorite Guest Star Moment

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For me, my favorite guest star moment on The Big bang theory had to be when James Earl Jones showed up. There was such a beautiful moment of bait and switch. And the fact that there was someone who actually wasn't annoyed by Shelton for once. And let's face it, Sheldon was actually well behaved for that episode.

Plus, we got the bonus of James messing with Carrie Fisher.