Sheldon Cooper
From The Big Bang Theory
Theoretical physicist at Caltech with a very specific spot on the couch.
🔟 Sheldon Cooper's Top 10 Games
Ranked by logic. Disagreement is noted and dismissed.
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Three-dimensional chess
Ordinary chess is for people who see in two dimensions.
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Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock
The original game had an unacceptable tie rate.
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Mystic Warlords of Ka'a
A card game of elegant complexity.
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Counterfactuals
An exercise in hypothetical rigor.
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Settlers of Catan
Trading wheat for sheep is surprisingly satisfying.
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Chess
Acceptable when three dimensions are unavailable.
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Dungeons & Dragons
Statistically fair when I am the Dungeon Master.
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Trivia night
I have an eidetic memory. It hardly seems fair to others.
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Scrabble
Klingon words should be allowed.
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Sudoku
Solitary, orderly, perfect.
🔟 Sheldon Cooper's Top 10 Movies
Allow me to save you hours of poor viewing choices. I've ranked these films by scientific integrity, rewatchability and how many times I've quoted them correctly, which is all of them. You're welcome, mankind.
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Star Wars(1977)
I keep an emergency video for the day they stop making these, which tells you how much they matter.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan(1982)
It has Spock, logic and sacrifice, so it's basically a documentary about my ideal self.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
I'd own the One Ring if certain people in this group ever let me have my way.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981)
It was my favorite until someone pointed out that Indy has no effect on how the story ends. I'm still processing it.
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Back to the Future(1985)
I have strong opinions about its time-travel rules, and I'd love to own the time machine prop.
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Superman(1978)
He's a hero from another planet with superior abilities, which I find relatable for no particular reason.
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Batman(1989)
I waited all afternoon for Batman at my birthday once. Watching this is less disappointing.
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Star Trek(2009)
I'm a stickler about canon, but I'll allow this reboot because Spock is in it.
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Planet of the Apes(1968)
It's a cautionary tale about what happens when intellect isn't respected.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951)
A visitor from space tries to reason with humanity and gets met with panic, which is every conversation I've had at the comic book store.
🔟 Sheldon Cooper's Top 10 TV Shows
Television is mostly a wasteland of reality competitions and people yelling at each other in kitchens. These shows are the exceptions. I'll be watching them in my spot, so please don't sit there.
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Star Trek (the original series and The Next Generation)(1966)
I'm an honorary graduate of Starfleet Academy and I speak fluent Klingon, so no other show comes close.
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Doctor Who(2005)
It's my scheduled viewing, and anyone sleeping in my spot while it's on will hear about it.
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Battlestar Galactica(2004)
It inspired my Cylon toast, and breakfast has been better ever since.
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Firefly(2002)
It was brilliant and got canceled far too early, which I still haven't forgiven.
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Stargate (the whole franchise)(1997)
Wormholes, ancient technology and military efficiency all appeal to me.
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Professor Proton
He was my childhood science hero, and I've never fully recovered from him being cast without me.
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Alphas(2011)
It was canceled on a cliffhanger. I've done the closure exercises, all of them, twice.
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Fun with Flags
I host it myself. It's educational, it's riveting, and it has excellent vexillology.
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Bill Nye the Science Guy(1993)
He makes science fun for kids, which is nearly as important as making it correct, and I have notes on both.
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Babylon 5 (dishonorable mention)(1994)
It lacks scientific integrity and it's derivative. I include it so you know what to avoid.
🔟 Sheldon Cooper's Top 10 Favorite Scientists (Real and On-Screen)
People often ask who could possibly impress a mind like mine. The list is short, but it isn't zero. Here are the scientists I admire, tolerate, or plan to surpass.
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Professor Proton
He taught me science on Saturday mornings when I was a boy, and he's the reason I became the genius you see before you.
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Stephen Hawking
He read my paper and reached out to me. It was the single greatest moment of my life, and I may have fainted.
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Albert Einstein
I once took a menial job to think the way he did at the patent office. It didn't work, but the principle is sound.
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Carl Sagan
He made the whole cosmos feel close enough to touch, and I'd have loved to correct his math in person.
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Isaac Newton
He's brilliant, but between you and me, I believe I'm smarter.
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Richard Feynman
He was a physicist who played the bongos, so I took them up too. My neighbors were less enthusiastic.
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Marie Curie
She's the reason I sing about the half-life of radium while I wait for important phone calls.
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Erwin Schrödinger
His cat is my preferred way of explaining relationships to people who don't understand physics.
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George Smoot
He's a Nobel winner and I offered him a collaboration. He's still thinking it over.
- 10
Charles Darwin
He deserves credit for evolution and also for a song that once helped me with my love life.
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