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Why does Young Sheldon behave like an adult while Adult Sheldon behaves like a kid?
I'm not an expert in the two series, but Sheldon Cooper is supposed to be an eccentric genius. I believe that the writers say that they don't use Asperger's syndrome as a basis for writing Sheldon, ...
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Is it required to watch The Big Bang Theory to understand the plots of Young Sheldon?
Based on the premise set in the pilot, I will say No. As it looks fully self-contained.
It's a show about an odd-one-out kid which is apparently Sheldon, that's it. We get to know about his family ...
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Why is Young Sheldon's end credit title card numbered #562?
These are called Vanity Cards.
Producer Chuck Lorre includes them in his productions. The Big Bang Theory Season 11 and Young Sheldon Season 1 started on the same day. But TBBT got its show aired ...
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How Sheldon concluded that the Amalek tribe and their cows should be killed?
Because the Amelekites attacked the Israelites on their way out of the desert when they were led by Moses, as the following text (with Biblical reference) shows:
God then pronounces the Amalekites' ...
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Why is Young Sheldon's end credit title card numbered #562?
All Chuck Lorre shows have such vanity cards at the end. You can read all of them on his website.
There's a longer explanation on Wikipedia:
The unique vanity cards for Chuck Lorre Productions ...
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Why does Young Sheldon behave like an adult while Adult Sheldon behaves like a kid?
NOTE: The question itself is opinionated, so would my answer be :)
Rather than comparing Sheldon's behavior to a normal child behavior and a normal adult behavior (in both his childhood and adulthood)...
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What is the meaning of the cow in the intro to Young Sheldon?
It’s a parody of the “Walker, Texas Ranger” (1993) intro. This answer is found on IMDb trivia, and is pretty apparent when you watch the two. It’s just a trope: Texas cowboy hero looks off into the ...
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Why is Young Sheldon's end credit title card numbered #562?
The full title reads
CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #562
I would take this to mean "This is the 562nd Chuck Lorre production". I don't have time to verify this right now, but I would assume that if you ...
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Did Young Sheldon leave Wilmot Academy just because of the first living arrangement?
Point is: Neither Sheldon nor his family was able to live without each other. Even Missy was so bothered with his absence. Issue was not the principle's house or their folk rock-singing but the issue ...
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Is it required to watch The Big Bang Theory to understand the plots of Young Sheldon?
It's not necessary to watch The Big Bang Theory to watch Young Sheldon. It would certainly enhance your enjoyment of Young Sheldon to have watched TBBT, as there should be plenty of references to TBBT ...
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Is it required to watch The Big Bang Theory to understand the plots of Young Sheldon?
Based on what I have seen so far (one episode) I would say "No". As with most prequels/sequels it is likely that links between the shows which get included will be enjoyed/understood better if one is ...
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Why didn't Sheldon provide his references for sports statistics to his dad and meemaw?
Statistics is not a cup of tea for everyone. You have to gather numerical data, then classify and analysis them in order to interpret the possible outcome.
From Wikipedia,
Statistics is a branch ...
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Why does Young Sheldon behave like an adult while Adult Sheldon behaves like a kid?
I think that young Sheldon had matured according to the children in his age group but when he grew up, he found Leonard who was kind of childish and also mature as seen in the show, so Sheldon didn't ...
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Young Sheldon, Season 1 Episode 11 "I was once visited by nine"
In the episode Sheldon is visited by two characters - One and Zero - who claim to be "the binary code underlying everything" and are about to tell Sheldon the Secret of the Universe, before ...
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What is the meaning of the Young Sheldon title sequence
The opening sequence series one and two has Sheldon situated in his local environment, Texas, (the micro) [note: East or West is immaterial because it represents how the world sees Texas], but looking ...
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What is the meaning of the cow in the intro to Young Sheldon?
I think it is just to throw Sheldon off. He is well known to be germophobic, and have some pretty irrational fears...so the cow ruining his perfect shot and then even stepping toward him is to give ...
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Why does Young Sheldon behave like an adult while Adult Sheldon behaves like a kid?
It's a simple matter of different writers. If the the premise of Young Sheldon is to be more of a Sitcom like older Sheldon, he would be off the walls bat crazy like his adult self. To me, Sheldon is ...
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