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Prepare to have your mind blown as we dive deep into the world of Pasadena's most beloved nerds! Join us as we uncover the many head-scratching inconsistencies, continuity errors, and outright plot holes that slipped through the cracks in this iconic sitcom. From curious character traits to timeline mix-ups, you'll be questioning everything you thought you knew about your favorite moments on the show.
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00:00Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the times the Big Bang
00:08Theory basically collapses in on itself, creating a full-blown black hole of inconsistencies,
00:14plot errors and contradictions throughout the series.
00:2520.
00:27When's Sheldon's Birthday?
00:28We could probably make a whole list of characters who seem to celebrate their birthdays more
00:33than once a year, and Sheldon would be on it.
00:36While discussing Leonard's birthday, Sheldon goes on one of his rants, and Penny responds
00:41If, like Penny, you read horoscopes, then you'd know that would place his birthday between
00:50April 20th and May 20th.
00:53Then, in the intimacy acceleration, Penny learns that it's Sheldon's birthday that
00:57very day.
01:05Now he's a Pisces, is he?
01:06So, was Penny just making an assumption the first time?
01:10We know Sheldon hates birthdays, but given his track record on secret keeping, we doubt he
01:15lied about the real date all those years ago.
01:17One has to be concerned not only about what one says, but about facial expressions,
01:21autonomic reflexes.
01:23When I try to deceive, I myself have more nervous tics than a Lyme disease research facility.
01:2819.
01:29How long did Leonard and Joyce Kim date?
01:33You remember Joyce Kim, don't you?
01:36She was Leonard's girlfriend for almost a month… or a matter of hours… that depends
01:41on which episode you're watching.
01:42Leonard's brought up his former fling a number of times, beginning with the pilot.
01:47When the guys discuss his relationship with Dr. Stephanie, Howard mentions Leonard and Joyce
02:02Kim were together for 27 days, with Raj confirming a detail from the pilot.
02:06It's about finding a way to keep Leonard and Stephanie together.
02:09Oh, I don't think you can.
02:10Why not?
02:11Look at Leonard's record, 27 days with Joyce Kim.
02:15During which she defected to North Korea.
02:17However, in the staircase implementation, we meet Joyce Kim only about 12 hours after Leonard
02:23apparently did.
02:24He admits Sheldon's lack of social skills saved him from revealing confidential information.
02:29But surely he didn't keep dating her after discovering the truth?
02:32Or kept things long distance after she defected?
02:35Roommate, she'll give each other 12 hours notice of impending coitus.
02:39I didn't even know her 12 hours ago!
02:42That's it!
02:43I'm out of here!
02:44But Ruth Joyce, come on!
02:4612 hours?
02:49Number 18.
02:51Sheldon's dad looks a lot like a jerk from Leonard's past.
02:54Look, we know the BBT creators hadn't yet cast or perhaps even conceived young Sheldon
03:00when they cast Lance Barber as Jimmy Speckerman.
03:03An unwelcome blast from Leonard's past.
03:05You're a terrible person who took advantage of his tiny size, his uncoordinated nature,
03:10and his congenital lack of masculinity.
03:13Sheldon.
03:14Leonard, I platonically love you man, but face it, you're a mess.
03:18However, we're not here to discuss the real world, and many TBBT fans have called out this
03:24choice of double casting too.
03:26Wouldn't Sheldon be spooked that the guy who used to torment his buddy looks like his dad?
03:31The Dark Knight has your back.
03:33He's scared, but he has your back.
03:35Hey Jimmy, it's time for you to go.
03:38Yeah, alright, let me just finish this.
03:40No, you're done.
03:41I want you out of my apartment right now.
03:43Well said, Boy Wonder.
03:45Barber reprised his role as George Cooper on The Parent series in the videotape that encourages
03:50Sheldon not to lose hope.
03:52Perhaps he was too focused on his dad's words to think,
03:55Hey, doesn't dad look a whole lot like that Speckerman guy I met a while back?
04:00You learn as much about who you are and what you're made of from failing as you do from
04:06success.
04:07Maybe more.
04:0917.
04:10Does Sheldon Dance?
04:12Who can resist the captivating earworm that is Shania Twain's Man I Feel Like a Woman?
04:18Sheldon apparently.
04:19While I subscribe to the many worlds theory which posits the existence of an infinite number
04:24of Sheldons and an infinite number of universes, I assure you that none of them am I dancing.
04:29Even in his many worlds theories, it seems that in none of them does that catchy beat manage
04:36to draw so much as a head bop out of him.
04:39We'd totally believe that, except we later learn he was forced into cotillion lessons as
04:44a kid, although we're sure he hated every second.
04:47Did you take dance lessons?
04:49Against my will.
04:50In the south, pre-adolescent children are forced through a process called cotillion,
04:54which indoctrinates them with all the social graces and dance skills needed to function
04:59in 18th century Vienna.
05:01We've also seen him take a salsa class with his friends and cha-cha with Amy.
05:07There was even the time he tried to use flamenco to seduce her.
05:10So maybe other world Sheldons don't dance, but this world Sheldon is surprisingly quite
05:15the mover.
05:2416.
05:25Are Raj and Neil deGrasse Tyson friends or foes?
05:28The famous astrophysicist first appears in season 4 where Sheldon has beef with him,
05:34but he seems to be on good terms with Raj.
05:49Yet when Raj gets invited to appear on a local news channel to discuss an impending meteor
05:56shower just a few years later, derails the interview with some jabs at Tyson.
06:01Sounds like there's no love lost between you and Dr. Tyson.
06:04Oh no, I love Neil.
06:06I mean, not as much as Neil loves Neil, but who does, right?
06:10He then takes this feud online, clearly letting his 15 minutes of fame get to his head.
06:16Why is he riling up a man with whom he had a good relationship and should probably stay
06:20on the right side of?
06:22We wonder if they went back to friendly professionalism after Tyson threatened him with a deGrasse
06:27kicking.
06:28Number 15.
06:29Where was Leonard during the summer of 2009?
06:43If we take ourselves back to the end of season 2, the guys were headed out on an expedition
06:58to the Arctic.
06:59It's a once in a lifetime opportunity and one you'd be unlikely to forget, right?
07:03Hey guys, can I just say something?
07:04How about we take a moment to think about where we are right now?
07:09I mean, this is literally the top of the world.
07:12Only a handful of people in all of human history will ever see what we are going to see.
07:16Well, if we fast forward to season 5 in 2011, Leonard shows a woman a sketch of him from
07:22Comic-Con dressed as Lion-O from the Thundercats.
07:24He claims he's had it since, yep, you got it, the summer of 2009.
07:34Now, we doubt that Leonard mastered time travel, but if you do the math, it's hard to fathom
07:39how he could possibly have been in two places at once.
07:46Number 14.
07:47Where is Penny's sister?
07:49Penny's ever-changing family is a bit of a mystery.
07:53I mean, my mom could have just said, Bob, get over it, she's a girl, move on!
07:59But she did it in not one word!
08:02For instance, she doesn't seem to know her own father's name, first naming him as Bob
08:07despite his later introducing himself as Wyatt.
08:09Well, I'm just glad you finally found yourself a keeper.
08:12Thanks, Wyatt.
08:13We also learn that she has a sister named Lisa that we never meet.
08:17Here's what we do know about Lisa.
08:20Her water broke at her own wedding, she shot her husband when they were both drunk, and
08:24she gave Penny a bikini wax using crayons when they were younger.
08:27You know, I remember the first time I got a bikini wax.
08:30My sister did it with melted Crayolas and duct tape.
08:35However, not only does Lisa not attend her own sister's wedding, but no one in the family
08:40even remembers her.
08:41Which begs the question, where is and what happened to Lisa?
08:45Besides all that, being your dad is the best thing that ever happened to me.
08:52What about Randall and Lisa?
08:54They're okay.
08:56Yeah!
08:5713.
08:58Penny's Career Path
09:00Do you have some sort of a job?
09:01Oh, yeah.
09:02I'm a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory.
09:04Oh!
09:05When we first meet Penny, she's an actress-waitress struggling to make ends meet.
09:10Luckily, it's Bernadette to the rescue when she gets Penny an interview at her firm to
09:15be a pharmaceutical sales rep in Season 8.
09:17Well, as a waitress, sales was a big part of my job.
09:20I mean, believe me, I convinced a lot of very large customers who should not be eating
09:24cheesecake to have more cheesecake.
09:26The only problem is that Penny has no qualifications or medical background.
09:31Yes, it is more sales than medical know-how.
09:34But if companies let that stuff slide, would they be willing to take a risk and hire someone
09:39with such a limited educational background?
09:41I get it.
09:42Leonard has no business being involved with a waitress slash actress who felt so insecure
09:47that she lied to him about finishing community college.
09:50Don't get us wrong.
09:51We're glad that Penny's luck changed.
09:53But was their boss really that so scared of Bernadette that he was willing to overlook
09:58all of this?
09:59You're scared of Bernadette?
10:01Yeah, kinda.
10:02I thought it was just me!
10:06Number 12.
10:08Did Howard move out for MIT?
10:10Until Howard moved in with Bernadette, one of the series' biggest running gags was that
10:15he still lived with his mother.
10:17Howard lives with his mother and Raj can't speak to women unless he's drunk.
10:20Go!
10:21Oh, that's fascinating.
10:24Selective mutism is quite rare.
10:27On the other hand, an adult Jewish male living with his mother is so common it borders on
10:31sociological cliché.
10:34It's often implied that he never left his childhood home.
10:37Only, didn't he go to MIT, or to use its full name, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
10:44Where did you go to school?
10:46MIT.
10:47Well, hey, me too!
10:48I should've known behind every great invention's an MIT mind.
10:53Given this would've been in the late 90s to early 2000s, remote learning probably wasn't an option yet.
10:59An undergraduate and master's degree would take around five years to complete.
11:03So, was he living in Massachusetts that whole time?
11:06If so, why do we have a sneaky suspicion his mom moved in with him?
11:11We don't think her bubbla could survive all those all-nighters without her cooking.
11:15My mother would and I love you brisket in my backpack!
11:18Quick, get forks!
11:19You don't need forks!
11:20It's so tender, it falls apart in your hands!
11:23Number 11.
11:24Can Raj Speak Hindi or Not?
11:26Hindi is the most widely spoken language in Raj's native India.
11:30Yet, he tells Sheldon that he never learned to speak it.
11:33You really want to challenge yourself?
11:35You could learn to speak Hindi.
11:36You really want to challenge yourself?
11:37You could learn to speak Hindi.
11:38Oh, job me up, saw kata.
11:39Minai AC kata.
11:40Did you see that in English?
11:43I actually had never learned Hindi.
11:46Only that's not entirely true, is it?
11:49For one thing, he clearly understands enough to listen to the radio.
11:53He knows enough to slip certain Hindi phrases into conversation.
11:56I disinfected the kitchen and the bathroom and now I thought I'd learn Finnish.
12:00Whatever you do, that's Hindi for whatever floats your boat.
12:08We also know he's a fan of Bollywood movies, though sure, he could always rely on subtitles for those.
12:14Yet, perhaps the biggest clue that Raj knows more Hindi than he lets on comes when he's watching Cricket with Ruchi.
12:21When she comments on the game in Hindi, from what we can tell, he serves as an excellent translator.
12:27What'd she say?
12:31Us ke tang pe bol kar.
12:35Wow, that clears that up.
12:38She's telling the bowler to bowl a yorker, it's the most brutal ball in Cricket.
12:42Number 10.
12:43When did Leonard and Sheldon meet?
12:45As the guys plan their trip to see Raiders with an exhilarating extra 21 seconds of footage, Sheldon remembers waiting 14 hours in line with Leonard for the midnight premiere of Star Trek Nemesis.
12:56Don't worry, Sheldon will be fine.
12:58What happened to the Leonard Hofstadter who waited in line with me for 14 hours to see the midnight premiere of Star Trek Nemesis?
13:04Hold on just a moment.
13:06That would be illogical.
13:08According to the staircase implementation, they met in 2003.
13:12But any real Trekkie knows Nemesis came out in 2002.
13:16You'd think Sheldon would remember details like this.
13:19Oh, well, he waited in line for 14 hours while you napped in a lawn chair.
13:24He got in a fight with a Klingon when he stepped out of line to pee and you wouldn't wake up to vouch for him.
13:28And worst of all, he saw Star Trek Nemesis.
13:31But how were our seats?
13:34Excellent.
13:35I rest my case.
13:37Or did that time travel clause in the roommate agreement miraculously come into play or something?
13:43And while we're on the topic of wonky memories, Raj claims he started straightening his hair after meeting Howard.
13:49When I first moved to America, I wanted to fit in and Howard's hair was straight and he was the coolest person I knew.
13:55Yet in the flashback, Howard's hair is definitely not straight.
13:59Number 9. Sheldon doesn't remember when his dad passed.
14:03Sheldon tells Bernadette's dad that he lost his own father when he was 14.
14:08Does your dad still live in Texas?
14:10No, he died when I was 14.
14:13I'm sorry to hear that.
14:15That was later confirmed in Young Sheldon too.
14:18But back in season 1, he also talks about the time his mom had to fly back from Germany to help his dad after a storm.
14:25When he was 15.
14:27And there was no one there to take care of you?
14:30My mom had to fly back to Texas to help my dad because the house had slipped off the cinder blocks again.
14:36Now, we're not here to nitpick all the Young Sheldon inconsistencies.
14:40That's a whole other list.
14:42But we do want to focus on this.
14:44He says it happened when he was 15.
14:46Given what we know, that's kind of impossible.
14:49Once when I was 15 and spending the summer at the Heidelberg Institute in Germany.
14:55Studying abroad?
14:56No, visiting professor.
14:59Sheldon loves to brag about his flawless memory.
15:03So you'd think he could keep his timeline straight, right?
15:07Number 8.
15:08Bernadette's super long pregnancy.
15:10We're gonna be parents?
15:12We're gonna get to board planes first.
15:16It's a happy Valentine's Day in the Rostenkowski-Walowitz home when Bernadette announces she's pregnant.
15:22But only to the injured rabbit she and Howard found in the hot tub.
15:26We'll find another time to tell him I'm pregnant.
15:30Now, fast forward to December when their bundle of joy enters the world.
15:34I think I'm in labor.
15:36Hang on.
15:37What?
15:38If Bernadette knew she was pregnant in February, then we have to assume she's at least a month into her pregnancy.
15:44This would mean they conceived Hallie in January, and come December, it would mean she'd been pregnant for 11 months.
15:51No, we're no experts, but we're pretty certain that's a longer than average pregnancy.
15:57It must have been super uncomfortable as well.
16:00Poor Bernie.
16:08Number 7.
16:09Sheldon's cat allergies.
16:11Early on in the series, we find out that Sheldon is allergic to cats, or that they're likely to set off his asthma.
16:18Although, isn't Leonard the asthmatic one?
16:20Oh, I hope that scratching post is for you.
16:23I know what you're thinking.
16:25I've taken your asthma into account.
16:27There's a feline geneticist in San Diego who's developed the cutest little hypoallergenic calicos.
16:32However, when Sheldon and Amy part ways in season 4, Sheldon decides to get a cat as his own companion.
16:39When he worries that his furry new friend will be lonely, he gets a whole clowder.
16:54Cats make wonderful companions.
16:57They don't argue or question my intellectual authority.
17:01And this little guy here, I think you'll find to be quite zazzy.
17:06But there are no symptoms of an allergy to be seen during this time.
17:11Not a sneeze or even a sniffly nose.
17:14This was clearly an oversight by the writers.
17:17But since those cats are just so darn cute, we'll let it slide.
17:21Thank you, Amy.
17:23Here's your cat.
17:26And here's your $20.
17:28Number 6.
17:29Raj talks in front of Penny.
17:31Raj's selective mutism was a running gag for many seasons, and alcohol was the only temporary cure.
17:38Are you talking to me?
17:41Is there another Penny here?
17:43However, in an early episode during which Howard is entertaining a lady, the others discuss how to proceed with Game Night without him.
17:51Hey, fine.
17:52We'll just play one-on-one until he gets back.
17:54One-on-one?
17:55Leonard jokes about splitting Raj in half.
17:58Raj fires a comeback, and it seems he's forgotten that Penny's there.
18:01Well, the only way we can play teams at this point is if we cut Raj in half.
18:05Oh, sure.
18:06Cut the four and a half.
18:07There's a billion more where he came from.
18:10There's no alcohol around, and no one says a word about it.
18:14So either he's suddenly and temporarily gotten really comfortable around her, or the writers momentarily forgot about his condition.
18:21Hey, if you guys need a fourth, I'll play.
18:23Great idea.
18:24We'll let you be the judge.
18:26Number 5.
18:28Howard couldn't have gone to space.
18:30It's me, Sheldon.
18:31It's me.
18:32I'm going up in space.
18:33Technically, I'm an astronaut.
18:36It was an exciting time for Howard when he was selected to go into space.
18:40We don't want to be a Sheldon about this, but in reality, it would have never happened.
18:45I was gonna freshen up for you, but I blacked out a little on the way to the bathroom.
18:51For starters, he has too many health issues.
18:54But even if we put a pin in all that for now, there's also the fact that he barely made it through NASA's intense training, even getting his mother and fiance to come take care of him.
19:04Surprise.
19:05What are you doing here?
19:06I'm here to help you get through this.
19:07You can't do it on your own.
19:08You need someone to take care of you.
19:09Despite all this, though, real-life NASA astronaut and Big Bang Theory guest star Mike Massimino praised the set's attention to accuracy during their characters' time and space.
19:23So, at least there's that.
19:304.
19:31Breaching the Roommate Agreement
19:32We know that Sheldon is a stickler for the rules and loves a good contract.
19:37So, you'd think he'd do a better job at ensuring the roommate agreement is heated to.
19:56Both he and Leonard have actually broken the agreement, but these times have seemingly gone unnoticed.
20:02For instance, Leonard has his lady friend stay over without giving the 12 hours notice, which Sheldon never even mentions.
20:10And we already talked about Sheldon's clowder despite the contract saying no pets with very limited exceptions.
20:16For someone who claims to have an eidetic memory, he sure forgets things when it's convenient.
20:263.
20:27Sheldon's Three Knocks
20:29We don't learn about the origins of Sheldon's compulsive habit until Season 10.
20:34When I opened the door, I saw my father having relations with another woman.
20:39Oh, that's awful.
20:41I know.
20:42It's also why I never open a door without knocking three times.
20:46From what we know, he's been keeping up with his three knocks ever since.
20:50Yet, back in early Season 1, the writers hadn't yet developed his knock, as we can see here.
20:56In fact, the first time we see him do his signature three is in the Lubenfell decay, and he pretty much does it ever since.
21:04Leonard?
21:05Leonard?
21:06Leonard?
21:07Leonard?
21:08Leonard?
21:09What?
21:10I need to speak to you.
21:13It's 2 o'clock in the morning.
21:15It's important.
21:16We get it.
21:17It was the early days, and the characters are still being developed.
21:21Still, considering what a huge ritual this becomes, it's harder to go back and not feel like something is missing when he only knocks the regular amount on Penny's door.
21:30I have a Master's and two PhDs. I should not have to do this.
21:34Number 2.
21:35When did the elevator break?
21:37Get in!
21:38Fans did get to see the elevator repaired by the end of the series, but what we still want to know is when exactly it broke in the first place.
21:50Leonard tells Penny about how it broke, dating it back to 2003.
21:54You are so naive. Just like I was seven years ago.
21:59But in Season 1, Leonard says in 2008 that it's been broken for two years, dating the break to 2006.
22:06If we take the dish off, it might fit in the elevator.
22:09Yes, but the elevator's been broken for two years.
22:12Moreover, Howard is seen checking out the broken elevator as if he doesn't know how it broke.
22:17Even though a flashback shows that he was actually present and very much involved in the incident.
22:23Very strange indeed.
22:25Give me that.
22:26What'd you do that for? I had plenty of time.
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22:52Number 1. Sheldon's Spot
22:55Do you guys mind if I start?
22:56Um, Penny, that's where I sit.
23:00As any Big Bang fan can tell you, no one but Sheldon is allowed to sit in Sheldon's spot.
23:06And if you dare to try, that's not a mistake you'd be likely to repeat.
23:10Occasionally, we do see some of the others sitting in the sacred spot and conveniently Sheldon doesn't say a word.
23:17Good afternoon and welcome to today's Physics Bowl practice round. I'm Penny and I'll be your host because apparently I didn't have anything else to do on a Saturday afternoon.
23:26Now we know Sheldon isn't the kind to let things slide.
23:29It also seems unlikely that Sheldon will quietly sit elsewhere if someone else just happens to be in his spot.
23:35After all, he did call eternal dibs.
23:38As a result, I've placed it in a state of eternal dibs.
23:42Although, isn't it curious that he has a spot in a jail cell he's never been to, but not in the university cafeteria?
23:50That's my spot.
23:52What's a plot inconsistency you noticed? Let us know in the comments.
23:57Since the Quadrant Drain
23:59Course
24:03What was your map looking at?
24:05Remember, we can save it.
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