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* The Cooper house in ''Young Sheldon'' is different in the inside and outside compared to the Cooper house in ''The Big Bang Theory''. There has been no mention in the latter show about Sheldon and his family moving after the age of 9.
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* AdultFear: In "A Therapist, A Comic Book, and A Breakfast Sausage", Sheldon wanders off while at the therapist office. Although nothing bad happens to him, his parents are worried sick, and when he returns home there are police cars there.


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** In "A Therapist, a Comic Book and a Breakfast Sausage", Sheldon tells Tam [[ThisIsMyChair that he's in his seat]].


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* MarshmallowHell: When Sheldon helps the school win a game in "A Solar Calculator, A Game Ball, and A Cheerleader's Bosom", he gets congratulated by the students, including being hugged by a cheerleader (as indicated in the title). It was mortifying for him.
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* InsufferableGenius: Even at age 9, Sheldon was already lecturing people, even his own teachers.

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* InsufferableGenius: Even at age 9, nine, Sheldon was already lecturing people, even his own teachers.



* MisplacedRetribution: In Episode 7, George, Jr. is grounded for eavesdropping on his parents arguing over Meemaw's treatment of George, when it was actually ''Missy'' who did it.
* PhotographicMemory: Sheldon is able to remember [[spoiler:the time Meemaw told him her secret brisket recipe]] when he was 23 months old. He even remembers that it was on Valentines Day. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he also remembers [[PrimalScene seeing his parents have sex]] while he was in the crib.]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: As established in the original series, Sheldon and Missy are this. He's technically brilliant but socially helpless. He considers her to be a BrainlessBeauty (she apparently misses eleven numbers while counting to 100), but when it comes to dealing with people, she thinks far more quickly and creatively than he does.

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* MisplacedRetribution: In Episode 7, George, George Jr. is grounded for eavesdropping on his parents arguing over Meemaw's treatment of George, when it was actually ''Missy'' who did it.
* PhotographicMemory: Sheldon is able to remember [[spoiler:the time Meemaw told him her secret brisket recipe]] when he was 23 twenty-three months old. He even remembers that it was on Valentines Day. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he also remembers [[PrimalScene seeing his parents have sex]] while he was in the crib.]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: As established in the original series, Sheldon and Missy are this. He's technically brilliant but socially helpless. He considers her to be a BrainlessBeauty (she apparently misses eleven numbers while counting to 100), a hundred), but when it comes to dealing with people, she thinks far more quickly and creatively than he does.
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* FormallyNamedPet: Billy Sparks' pet chicken Matilda shares his last name, according to Sheldon.

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* FormallyNamedPet: Billy Sparks' Sparks's pet chicken Matilda shares his last name, according to Sheldon.



* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Except for the pilot, every episode title contains a list of three things (examples: "Rockets, Communists, and the Dewey Decimal System", "Poker, Faith, and Eggs").

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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Except for the pilot, every episode title contains a list of three things with a serial comma (examples: "Rockets, Communists, and the Dewey Decimal System", "Poker, Faith, and Eggs").

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* FoodFight: Missy and Georgie in the pilot.



* MisplacedAccent: The pilot finally explains why Sheldon doesn't have a Texas drawl. In narration, he explains that he switched to a mid-Atlantic accent because people with Texan accents "don't win Nobel prizes."

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* MisplacedAccent: The pilot finally explains why Sheldon doesn't have a Texas drawl. In narration, he explains that he switched to a mid-Atlantic accent because people with Texan accents "don't win Nobel prizes."Nobel Prize winners ought not be orderin' tater tots."



-->'''Adult Sheldon:''' If I hadn't become a theoretical physicist, I would have been a train conductor. Or a hobo.

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-->'''Adult Sheldon:''' If I I've always loved trains. In fact, if my career in theoretical physics hadn't worked out, my back up plan was to become a theoretical physicist, I would have been a train conductor.professional ticket taker. Or a hobo.
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Missy simply got caught the second time she eavesdrop. I don't think it would be out of character for George jr. to eavesdrop and tell his siblings which is why Mary accepted Missy's lie that Georgie merely told her what he heard.


* MisplacedRetribution: In Episode 7, George, Jr. is grounded for eavesdropping on his parents arguing over Meemaw's treatment of George, when it was actually ''Missy'' who did it. Even after piecing together that she made a mistake, Mary never apologizes for it.

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* MisplacedRetribution: In Episode 7, George, Jr. is grounded for eavesdropping on his parents arguing over Meemaw's treatment of George, when it was actually ''Missy'' who did it. Even after piecing together that she made a mistake, Mary never apologizes for it.
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* MisplacedRetribution: In Episode 7, George, Jr. is grounded for eavesdropping on his parents arguing over Meemaw's treatment of George, when it was actually ''Missy'' who did it.

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* MisplacedRetribution: In Episode 7, George, Jr. is grounded for eavesdropping on his parents arguing over Meemaw's treatment of George, when it was actually ''Missy'' who did it. Even after piecing together that she made a mistake, Mary never apologizes for it.
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* MisplacedRetribution: In Episode 7, George, Jr. is grounded for eavesdropping on his parents arguing over Meemaw's treatment of George, when it was actually ''Missy'' who did it.
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* FormallyNamedPet: Billy Sparks' pet chicken Matilda shares his last name, according to Sheldon.
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* PhotographicMemory: Sheldon is able to remember [[spoiler:the time Meemaw told him her secret brisket recipe]] when he was 23 months old. He even remembers that it was on Valentines Day. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he also remembers [[PrimalScene seeing his parents have sex]] while he was in the crib.]]


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* SnipeHunt: In "A Brisket, Voodoo and Cannonball Run", Meemaw claims to give George her brisket recipe, but is really a fake recipe that requires him to go to New Orleans for coffee and spices (including something called "spirit root" that he gets from a voodoo priestess), and cooking the whole thing continuously for fourteen hours. One taste, and he realizes he's been had. (Oh, and the coffee was for her, not the brisket.)

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: In "A Patch, a Modem, and a Zantac", it's shown that Sheldon's notebook inspired Elon Musk to successfully land a rocket on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean on April 8, 2016.



* RailEnthusiast: Young Sheldon, same as when he's an adult. The first scene of the pilot is him playing with his model train.
-->'''Adult Sheldon:''' If I hadn't become a theoretical physicist, I would have been a train conductor. Or a hobo.



* RailEnthusiast: Young Sheldon, same as when he's an adult. The first scene of the pilot is him playing with his model train.
-->'''Adult Sheldon:''' If I hadn't become a theoretical physicist, I would have been a train conductor. Or a hobo.
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* SignificantReferenceDate: Possibly a coincidence, but the date on the notebook Sheldon sends to NASA is November 9, 1989. This happens to be the same day that the UsefulNotes/BerlinWall fell.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Except for the pilot, every episode title contain a list of three things (examples: "Rockets, Communists, and the Dewey Decimal System", "Poker, Faith, and Eggs").

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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Except for the pilot, every episode title contain contains a list of three things (examples: "Rockets, Communists, and the Dewey Decimal System", "Poker, Faith, and Eggs").
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The titles of the first three episodes after the pilot each contain a triplet (examples: "Rockets, Communists, and the Dewey Decimal System", "Poker, Faith, and Eggs").

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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The titles of Except for the first three episodes after the pilot each pilot, every episode title contain a triplet list of three things (examples: "Rockets, Communists, and the Dewey Decimal System", "Poker, Faith, and Eggs").
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* ContinuityNod:
** Sheldon is afraid of birds.
** Billy Sparks, mentioned twice in the parent series as Sheldon's childhood bully, appears every now and then. He's even a chicken farmer, [[FridgeLogic implying]] that the chicken who chased Sheldon up a tree when he was a child belonged to the Sparks family.
** In her first appearance on the parent series, Mary described Sheldon's siblings as "dumb as soup." George, Jr. is, indeed, not too bright; and Missy isn't good with numbers.
** The very first scene (and dialogue) from the pilot reminds us that Sheldon loves trains.
* ContinuitySnarl:
** In "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary", Sheldon explicitly states that Billy Sparks lived down the street from him, yet in this show, they appear to be next-door neighbors.
** George Cooper, Sr. has been described as a "redneck Texas Homer Simpson" who would, among other things, drink bourbon from Pepsi cans and use dishes for skeet shooting practice; but here he seems to be something of an OnlySaneMan who urges Mary to give Sheldon his space.
*** The latter characteristic was mentioned in Mary's first appearance on the show, where she noted that her husband often urged her to take her time with Sheldon.
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* TheBGrade: In “A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball, and a Cheerleader’s Bosom“, Sheldon gets a B+ on his math test because he forgot to show his work. He blames it on attending a party the previous night, even though he didn’t stay long and didn’t want to go anyway.

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* TheEighties: The show begins in 1989, with a decent amount of 1980s fashions and pop culture references. Logically, the show should reach 1990 halfway through the first season, putting it into TheNineties from that point on. Of course, the year 1990 was more like the '80s than the '90s culturally, but early '90s culture would presumably have to come in eventually if the series lasts long enough.



* TheEighties: The show begins in 1989, with a decent amount of 1980s fashions and pop culture references. Logically, the show should reach 1990 halfway through the first season, putting it into TheNineties from that point on. Of course, the year 1990 was more like the '80s than the '90s culturally, but early '90s culture would presumably have to come in eventually if the series lasts long enough.
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* PolarOppositeTwins: As established in the original series, Sheldon and Missy are this. He's technically brilliant but socially helpless. He considers her to be a BrainlessBeauty (she apparently misses eleven numbers while counting to 100), but when it comes to dealing with people, she thinks far more quickly and creatively than he does.
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* TheEighties: The show begins in 1989, with a decent amount of 1980s fashions and pop culture references. Logically, the show should reach 1990 halfway through the first season, putting it into TheNineties from that point on (of course, the year 1990 was more like the '80s than the '90s culturally, but '90s culture would presumably have to come in eventually if the series lasts long enough).

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* TheEighties: The show begins in 1989, with a decent amount of 1980s fashions and pop culture references. Logically, the show should reach 1990 halfway through the first season, putting it into TheNineties from that point on (of on. Of course, the year 1990 was more like the '80s than the '90s culturally, but early '90s culture would presumably have to come in eventually if the series lasts long enough).enough.
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* TheEighties: The show begins in 1989, with a decent amount of 1980s fashions and pop culture references. Logically, the show should reach 1990 halfway through the first season, putting it into TheNineties from that point on (of course, the year 1990 was more like the '80s than the '90s culturally).

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* TheEighties: The show begins in 1989, with a decent amount of 1980s fashions and pop culture references. Logically, the show should reach 1990 halfway through the first season, putting it into TheNineties from that point on (of course, the year 1990 was more like the '80s than the '90s culturally).culturally, but '90s culture would presumably have to come in eventually if the series lasts long enough).
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* TheEighties: The show begins in 1989, with a decent amount of 1980s fashions and pop culture references. Presumably, the series will move into the early 1990s if it survives.

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* TheEighties: The show begins in 1989, with a decent amount of 1980s fashions and pop culture references. Presumably, Logically, the series will move show should reach 1990 halfway through the first season, putting it into TheNineties from that point on (of course, the early 1990s if it survives.year 1990 was more like the '80s than the '90s culturally).
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* TheEighties: The show begins in 1989, with a decent amount of 1980s fashions and pop culture references. Presumably, the series will move into the early 1990s if it survives.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The titles of the first three episodes after the pilot each contain a triplet (examples: "Rockets, Communists, and the Dewey Decimal System", "Poker, Faith, and Eggs").

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* EatingLunchAlone: In the second episode, Mary worries that Sheldon is sitting alone in the cafeteria. Older Sheldon explains that he actually liked being alone, pondering the mysteries of the universe.



* MisplacedAccent: The pilot finally explains why Sheldon doesn't have a Texas drawl. IN narration, he explains that he switched to a mid-Atlantic accent because people with Texan accents "don't win Nobel prizes."

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* MisplacedAccent: The pilot finally explains why Sheldon doesn't have a Texas drawl. IN In narration, he explains that he switched to a mid-Atlantic accent because people with Texan accents "don't win Nobel prizes."
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** [[spoiler:Given that there has never been any mention of Tam by the adult Sheldon, it's likely their friendship will end at some point.]]

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Young Sheldon is a sitcom m created by Creator/ChuckLorre and Steven Molaro. The series is a spin-off prequel to Series/TheBigBangTheory and follows the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school. Iain Armitage stars as young Sheldon, alongside Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, and Raegan Revord. Jim Parsons, who portrays an adult Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, narrates the series and serves as an executive producer.

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Young Sheldon ''Young Sheldon'' is a sitcom m created by Creator/ChuckLorre and Steven Molaro. The series is a spin-off prequel to Series/TheBigBangTheory ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' and follows the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school. Iain Armitage stars as young Sheldon, alongside Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, and Raegan Revord. Jim Parsons, Creator/JimParsons, who portrays an adult Sheldon Cooper on The ''The Big Bang Theory, Theory'', narrates the series and serves as an executive producer.

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* DoomedByCanon: It's already been established on ''Big Bang Theory'' that [[spoiler:Sheldon's father dies when he was 12.]]
* GenreShift: A subtle one. While the parent show is a [[ThreeCameras three-camera sitcom]] with a StudioAudience, ''Young Sheldon'' is a one-camera sitcom shot on location, with more emphasis on family drama.
* InsufferableGenius: Even at age 9, Sheldon was already lecturing people, even his own teachers.
* LittleProfessorDialogue: Sheldon, naturally.
* MisplacedAccent: The pilot finally explains why Sheldon doesn't have a Texas drawl. IN narration, he explains that he switched to a mid-Atlantic accent because people with Texan accents "don't win Nobel prizes."
* SpinOffBabies: It's a show about Sheldon when he was a child.
* RailEnthusiast: Young Sheldon, same as when he's an adult. The first scene of the pilot is him playing with his model train.
-->'''Adult Sheldon:''' If I hadn't become a theoretical physicist, I would have been a train conductor. Or a hobo.
* TerrifiedOfGerms: In the pilot, Sheldon wears mittens when holding hands to say grace. In the end, he mentions that he never touched his brother's hand until the invention of Purell.
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Young Sheldon is a sitcom m created by Creator/ChuckLorre and Steven Molaro. The series is a spin-off prequel to TheBigBangTheory and follows the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school. Iain Armitage stars as young Sheldon, alongside Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, and Raegan Revord. Jim Parsons, who portrays an adult Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, narrates the series and serves as an executive producer.

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Young Sheldon is a sitcom m created by Creator/ChuckLorre and Steven Molaro. The series is a spin-off prequel to TheBigBangTheory Series/TheBigBangTheory and follows the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school. Iain Armitage stars as young Sheldon, alongside Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, and Raegan Revord. Jim Parsons, who portrays an adult Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, narrates the series and serves as an executive producer.
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Young Sheldon is a sitcom m created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro. The series is a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory and follows the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school. Iain Armitage stars as young Sheldon, alongside Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, and Raegan Revord. Jim Parsons, who portrays an adult Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, narrates the series and serves as an executive producer.

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Young Sheldon is a sitcom m created by Chuck Lorre Creator/ChuckLorre and Steven Molaro. The series is a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory TheBigBangTheory and follows the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school. Iain Armitage stars as young Sheldon, alongside Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, and Raegan Revord. Jim Parsons, who portrays an adult Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, narrates the series and serves as an executive producer.

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Young Sheldon is a sitcom m created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro. The series is a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory and follows the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school. Iain Armitage stars as young Sheldon, alongside Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, and Raegan Revord. Jim Parsons, who portrays an adult Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, narrates the series and serves as an executive producer.

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