Funny / Young Sheldon

Season 1

Episode 1 Pilot

• Sheldon retorts and insults Georgie for claiming that he's adopted.
  Georgie: Admit it. He's adopted.
  Sheldon: How can I be adopted when I have a twin sister? Think, monkey, think.
  Mary: No one's adopted!
  Missy: I wish I was.
• Sheldon is looking forward to finally getting to high school, but is oblivious about high school culture.
  Sheldon: High school's a haven for higher learning
  George Sr.: Oh dear lord.
• Dinnertime turns into a food fight between Missy and Georgie while Mary tries to discipline them, and George does nothing.
  Adult!Sheldon: Jane Goodall had to go to Africa to study apes...I just had to go to dinner.
• Mary forces Sheldon to play outside. His response is to lethargically push a tire swing and say, "There. I played."
• Sheldon innocently asking his mother when will he get testicles during a church sermon.
  Adult Sheldon: And for the record, they descended when I was fifteen.
• While Sheldon and Mary are looking for Sheldon's homeroom, Sheldon points to a girl says as if he was telling his mother to look at this interesting animal, "Hey, Mom, look. That girl's pregnant." Mary's response is to lead Sheldon away and offer a congratulations to the pregnant teen.
• It's only been less than a day, and already Sheldon's teachers can't stand him.
• The dramatic irony of a young Sheldon being comforted that no matter what Radio Shack will always be here when audiences know that today Radio Shack is practically bankrupt.

Episode 2 Rockets, Communists, and the Dewey Decimal System

• As Young!Sheldon looks in disgust at his brother shoving grapes in his mouth, Adult!Sheldon gives us this gem: "Jean-Paul Sarte said, 'Hell is other people.' That's humorous because it's true."
• Sheldon's very awkward friendship beta test on his dad
  Sheldon: Hello George.
  George: What?
  Sheldon: I do admire your thick head of hair...George.
  George: very awkwardly Thanks. What's going on?
  Sheldon: Well, I'm practicing the principles in this book.
  George: very awkwardly Why?
  Sheldon: Well I know Mom is concerned that I don't have any friends so I'm determined to remedy the situation.
  George: Oh.
  Sheldon:...George.
  George: Good for you.
  Sheldon: Do you feel complimented when I say your name George? The book says you should...George.
  George: I suppose. Kind of overdoing it a little...Sheldon.
  Sheldon: Well thank you for your criticism. It also says I should praise any improvements that you've made.
  George: Well, ok.
  Sheldon:...I'll get back to you...George.
• Sheldon then goes on to try and make friends with his teenage classmates. Awkward Hilarity Ensues.
• After failing to make friends with his classmates, he tracks down every previous borrower of the book in hopes of making a friend who happen to be his teachers who do nothing but rant about their failures with the book while Sheldon acts as a sounding board.
• Mary's attempts to be welcoming to Tam make her out to be an Innocent Bigot.
• The Coopers awkward questions about Tam's story.
• Mary's failed attempt at turning Tam's story into An Aesop.
  Tam: Finally, we were allowed to come to the United States and start over in Galveston. My father saved money and bought his own shrimp boat.
  Mary: There's a happy ending, huh? See kids when the going gets tough, America provides.
  Tam: It did until the Klu Klux Klan burned our boat and chased us away.
  George: You're gonna put a good spin on that one?
• The awkward silence the Cooper family feels after listening to Tam's depressing story.
  Sheldon: Well that was depressing.
• The infamous FBI story told in The Big Bang Theory is finally played out. Even better, as the FBI, George, and Mary walk through the house, a rocket enters through the open, flies in front of them, crashes through a window, and hits a car.

Episode 3 Poker, Faith, and Eggs

• Missy is dressed up like George Michael and is strumming and singing along to his song "Faith".
• Constance encourages Sheldon to lie to his mother.
  Sheldon: I can't lie to my mother.
  Constance: Sure you can. Believe in yourself!
• Georgie drives himself and his siblings to the hospital. However, he is a 14-year-old boy whose only experience is driving a tractor while sitting on the farmer's lap, and it shows. He keeps hitting trash cans and at one point gets lost with Missy snarking at him the entire time. He hits so many trash cans that Constance, who discovered the theft at most an hour later, makes it to the hospital first.
  Adult!Sheldon: I've often been asked why I never learned to drive a car. This night [Georgie hits some trash cans] is your answer.
• When the Cooper siblings believe they are caught red handed by a cop, it leads to an argument on who's going to jail.
  Sheldon: Oh no, we're going to jail.
  Missy: Georgie's going to jail. I'm saying I was kidnapped.
  Sheldon: That's a good plan. You and I were kidnapped.
  Georgie: If I'm going to jail, we're all going to jail.
• Sheldon's brief moment of faith in God is ruined the next day, when he and his family get violently sick from eating Billy's eggs.

Episode 4 A Therapist, a Comic Book, and a Breakfast Sausage

• As Sheldon is choking, he sees Georgie lick the knife he used to spread jelly and put it back in the jar. His first words after dislodging the sausage are "You need... to throw away... that jelly!"
• Sheldon's thoughts as he's choking.
  Adult Sheldon: It's interesting what goes through your mind as life is leaving your body. Like linoleum. Is it some form of plastic? And how is it different from formica? And Count Chocula. How did he get that title? Did it come with land?
• The kids at school laughing about Sheldon choking on a sausage. Even funnier is Adult Sheldon (who, bear in mind, has had coitus with Amy many times) saying that he still doesn't know why they laughed.
• Sheldon telling Tam that he's in his seat.
• While Mary and George discuss what to do about Sheldon not eating solid food, Constance makes Sheldon a pork chop and gravy shake. She assures Mary that she snuck in a little broccoli.
• Constance telling Georgie and Missy that all the kids in The Little Rascals are dead. Especially Petey the dog.
  Missy: What about ALF?
  Constance: No, but it's just a matter of time.
• The Long List of fears that Sheldon has to overcome after his fear of choking.

Episode 7 A Brisket, Voodoo, and Cannonball Run

• Sheldon's opening monologue about Texan's love of beef.
  Adult!Sheldon: The average American consumes 55 pounds of beef per year. And then there's Texas, where we can knock that off in a couple of months. Maybe faster if we're talking about smoked brisket. Curiously, the one cut of beef that Texans and Jews agree upon.
• Constance's first fake brisket recipe for George is a note that reads "Keep dreaming, Tubby!" Mary reads the note and laughs.
• "You two are such stubborn... donkey butts!"
• The second fake recipe, which requires George to go to New Orleans to buy coffee from Café Dumont and "Holy Ghost root" (aka angelica) from a voodoo priestess, and cooking it for fourteen hours. It was all an elaborate prank, and a way for Constance to get expensive coffee.
  • The somber, resigned expression George makes when he samples his brisket. You can hear him thinking, "Uh-huh. I've been had."
• After Missy blows on Sheldon's train whistle: "Now I have to throw that out."
• The fact that Sheldon is able to remember Constance telling him her brisket recipe, even though it happened when he was 23 months old.
  • Missy tries to remember that day, but all we see is a blank white screen and the sound of wind blowing.
  • And Georgie was still potty training, earning the nickname "Mister Soggy Pants".
• The Tag has poor Sheldon remembering seeing his parents have sex when he was a baby.

Episode 8 Cape Canaveral, Schrodinger's Cat, and Cyndi Lauper Hair

• The flashback to the last time Sheldon when on a fishing trip, freaking out after catching a fish.
  • Another flashback shows Sheldon freaking out during a camping trip when a butterfly gets inside the tent.
  • Sheldon calling Mary for help whenever George Sr. brings up fishing.
• The ulterior motive Sheldon has to go watch the shuttle launch - he plans to hitch a ride and finally "leave this stupid planet."
• The morning of the trip, Mary and George can't find Sheldon. Turns out he's already packed and waiting by the car.
• Georgie packs for the trip by putting his toothbrush in one pocket, and a change of underwear in the other.
• The Running Gag of George Sr. lying about a coin flip every time Georgie complains.
• After the heartwarming conversation where Narrator Sheldon talks about how his father would often pretend to be stupid to make him feel batter, Georgie walks in, points out the window and says "It's raining". Narrator Sheldon deadpans that his brother didn't need to pretend.

Episode 9 Spock, Kirk, and Testicular Hernia

• Constance speaking in Captain Kirk's cadence.
• Sheldon trying to do sit-ups in PE. Emphasis on trying.
• Sheldon gets Missy to let him watch TV by telling her that there might be treasure buried in Constance's backyard. A Brick Joke in The Tag has Constance falling down a hole Missy dug up.
• Adult!Sheldon describing himself trying to climb the rope at PE as just hanging there like a salami.

Episode 10 An Eagle Feather, a String Bean, and an Eskimo

• Sheldon's teachers are so eager to be rid of the condescending pipsqueak that they lie about him being sweet and polite on an application for private school.

Episode 11 Demons, Sunday School, and Prime Numbers

• Sheldon dreams that he travels to Mount Sinai. Instead of the Ten Commandments, he finds the numbers 1 and 0, who tell him about the binary nature of the universe. They are just about to tell him the meaning of life when Georgie wakes him up.
• Sheldon announces to his Sunday school class that he's founding his own religion, the Church of Mathology, whereupon Pastor Jeff hastily escorts him outside. In the epilogue, he gives his first sermon on "prime numbers and why they bring us joy." His congregation consists of Billy, who excitedly shouts "Hallelujah!"

Episode 12 A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer

• George Sr. and Georgie's failed attempts to deal with the laundry.

Episode 13 A Sneeze, Detention, and Sissy Spacek

• Adult Sheldon's explanation of his overreaction to Mrs. MacElroy sneezing.
• Mary, finally losing her patience, tries to chase Sheldon down. She fails, to Meemaw's amusement.
• Meemaw brings out a pan of freshly-made cookies to lure Sheldon out of his "habitat". As she turns her back, Sheldon reaches out and yanks the cookies in, thwarting her plan in one fell swoop.

Episode 15 Dolomite, Apple Slices, and a Mystery Woman

• Tam's painfully desperate and awkward attempts to flirt with Libby, who couldn't be less interested.
• When George Jr catches his father spying on Sheldon, Tam and Libby in the library, the dialogue between them is awkward and hilarious. Especially when George Sr. mentions he didn't realize that Libby was black. When Georgie asks why that matters, his father quickly backtracks and gets extremely flustered. Georgie's ending line is gold.
  Georgie: They got some books in there about Martin Luther King, maybe you should go read one.

Episode 20 A Dog, A Squirrel, and a Fish named Fish

• The Sparks are keeping a dog for Billy's uncle because he moved into a "gated community". George expresses confusion about why they don't take dogs and Herschel elaborates that his brother-in-law is in prison.
• The reveal (also a heartwarming moment) that the dog keeps bothering Sheldon because he uses the same hair cream as its old owner.

Episode 22 Vanilla Ice Cream, Gentleman Callers, and a Dinette Set

• Mary's slow-motion Big "NO!" when Sheldon crosses a line in shipping Meemaw and Dr. Sturgis.

Season 2

Episode 1 A High Pitched Buzz And Training Wheels

• After coming to understand how hard his father works, there's a voiceover from older Sheldon stating that he continues to understand this, and is never irritating to his friends and family after a long day of work.
  Sheldon: Just ask them if you don't believe me.

Episode 5 A Research Study and Czechoslovakian Wedding Pastries

• Georgie dancing to "Got To Have Your Love" by Mantronix playing on Soul Train but stops and tries to play it cool once Missy and Sheldon arrive home; a few seconds later, Sheldon tries to do the same!

Episode 6 Seven Deadly Sins and a Small Carl Sagan

• The entire Hell House, from Sheldon's drama teacher being hired as Satan and constantly insisting it won't fall under Do Not Do This Cool Thing to the girl Georgie was hoping to get lucky with being the one person to convert (instantly convinced by the "Lust" exhibit) much to his frustration (Narrator Sheldon adds that his brother became a hardcore atheist in that moment).

Episode 9 Family Dynamics and a Red Fiero

• Sheldon starts thinking about all the things that could go wrong with the move, focusing in on having to accustom himself to different smells. When Meemaw tries to calm him down, Sheldon shouts that he's on the verge of suffering nasal assault from the state of Oklahoma.

Episode 11 A Stunted Childhood and a Can of Fancy Mixed Nuts

• After Sheldon and Georgie get black eyes for their actions, their mother has a stern talk with both of them on the couch.
  Mary: [to Sheldon] Care to explain yourself?
  Sheldon: I was trying to motivate Missy to expand her intellectual horizons.
  Mary: By torturing her Cabbage Patch doll?
  Sheldon: Well, it's not like I shocked her with electrodes, which was an option.
  Mary: [looking shocked] Enough!
  Sheldon: To be clear, I meant to shock Missy, not the doll. That would have been ineffective.
  Mary: Enough! [Sheldon stops and glares at Mary. Now she is speaking to Georgie] And you! Getting baptized just to kiss a girl! What Were You Thinking??!
  Georgie: Sounds like you know what I was thinking.

Episode 13 A Nuclear Reactor and a Boy Called Lovey

• Sheldon drawing a government radioactivity squad down on the house when he tries to make a nuclear reactor to provide energy for the family. The episode ends with the garage door opening to reveal his parents, flanked by several government employees in hazmat uniforms. Sheldon asks if he's in trouble.

Episode 16 A Loaf of Bread and a Grand Old Flag

• After Sheldon innocently endorses communism over his irritation with a change in his preferred bread brand, Meemaw covers her house with Americana and stands in front, waving an American flag and singing "The Star-Spangled Banner", "America the Beautiful", and "You're a Grand Old Flag".
• As the town starts turning against the Coopers because of Sheldon's flub, with George at risk of losing his job, even Mary reaches the end of her rope.
  Mary:My son just wanted a better sandwich! Why is this so hard for y'all to understand?!

Episode 19 A Political Campaign and a Candy Land Cheater

• Sheldon startles two people by appearing suddenly. When they notice him, both they and Sheldon shriek.

Season 3

Episode 2 A Broom Closet and Satan's Monopoly Board

• Pastor Jeff admitting having lustful feelings about his girlfriend to Mary, and saying he can't act on them outside of marriage, then giving her a look as if he wants her to contradict him.
• Georgie eavesdropping on the other line as Pastor Jeff calls Mary for advice on avoiding temptation.

Episode 4 Hobbitses, Physicses and a Ball of Zip

• At the bowling alley, Sheldon tries to analyze the best way to aim the ball. When he does throw it, the ball slowly rolls down the lane to Ravel's Bolero. It barely nudges the first pin.
• Sheldon obsessing over the discrepancies in the The Lord of the Rings franchise after liking it overall, and babbling about this to any adult in earshot. When one comic book shop owner actually likes this and suggests an explanation, Sheldon isn't satisfied, goes on for a while, and then leaves, causing the shaken comic store owner to ask out loud if that's what he sounds like to people.
• Sheldon's dream where he sees himself as Smeagol and Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, arguing about science vs. fantasy.

Episode 5: A Pineapple and the Bosom of Male Friendship

• Dr. Sturgis's speech to the barroom about how good of a friend George has been to him causing a very public Mistaken for Gay moment.

Episode 6: A Parasol and a Hell of an Arm

• Pastor Jeff asking Mary if Sheldon will sit over the dunk tank and being angrily turned down.
• Pastor Jeff ending up in the dunk tank himself, and his miserable reaction after Missy dunks him several times in a row with her throwing arm.
• After Georgie tries to steal one of Connie's beers:
  Connie: Hey, I may be too drunk to drive, but I can still count to six.

Episode 8: The Sin of Greed and a Chimichanga from Chi-Chi's

• With George considering transferring Sheldon to a college (and getting a job there himself) the principal is left panicked over how losing Sheldon would make their average test scores plummet and cost them Federal Funding. While Sheldon's teachers are delighted at the thought of him leaving, they reluctantly start trying to make him feel well-liked and welcome after being told it's either that or try to make the rest of the students smarter so they'll score high on the tests.

Episode 17: An Academic Crime and a More Romantic Taco Bell

• While Sheldon is planning to call Dr. Sturgis to say that his paper is fatally flawed, George reminds him not to be rude. Sheldon asks when he's ever been rude. Cut to flashbacks of a trio of different incidents and back to George giving his youngest a "Seriously?" expression.

Episode 21: A Secret Letter and a Lowly Disc of Processed Meat

• Sheldon tracks his dad down at a bar to interrogate him about the college letter Mary hid. Mr. Givens comes in as well, and when Sheldon greets him, he yells, "Come on!"

Season 4

Episode 1: Graduation

• Sheldon surprisingly got passing grades in PE... for telling on students smoking in the locker room.
• While frantically looking for his safety goggles, Sheldon bursts into Principal Peterson's office just as he's comforting a student who just found out she's pregnant. Sheldon ranting that "Nothing's more important than protection!" makes the girl cry harder.
• When the reporter comes to interview Sheldon, Missy wants to show off her singing "This Land Is Your Land" for the graduation ceremony, while Georgie asks to make a prom-posal over the air. Cut to the interview with just Sheldon, Mary and George.
• In the final voiceover, Adult Sheldon mentions that his son is named Leonard... which was originally going to be after Leonard Nimoy but Amy vetoed it.
  Amy: Be happy I let you name him Leonard.

Episode 4: Bible Camp and a Chariot of Love

• Sheldon is trying to annoy Paige by repeating everything she says. The way she gets him to stop is brilliant.
  Paige: I, Sheldon Cooper...
  Sheldon: I, Sheldon Cooper...
  Paige: Accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.
  Sheldon: Accept Jesus Chr...(gets an annoyed expression and walks off).
  • He also tries to get on her nerves by telling her to "go get me a beer" like his dad says to his mom. Since they're not an old married couple, it obviously fails.
  • Then comes the crowner: He says that she thinks her parents' divorce is all her fault and her family's going to be split apart forever. Paige's hand curls into a fist...and the next scene is Missy laughing about her punching him in the face. He's got a huge black eye, too.

Episode 12: A Box of Treasure and the Meemaw of Science

• Georgie, running out of cheat sheets to sell the other students, asks his dad if he can borrow his keys for the printer room. George Sr. gives a blunt and funny refusal, saying that because he knows his son, he knows better than to trust him.

Season 5

Episode 18: Babies, Lies and a Resplendent Cannoli

• Georgie has an Imagine Spot as he is about to tell George about getting Mandy pregnant wherein the senior Cooper man has a near-complete meltdown.