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They love comic books, costumes, video games, and sci-fi in all forms of media, but what are the other recurring themes, jokes, and life experiences that make up Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, Raj, Penny, Amy, Bernadette, Stuart, and their Big Bang Theory characters we’ve been following for nine seasons? Just as each of those characters can be largely defined by his or her eccentricities (we could write a book on Sheldon alone), some of those quirks also point to how much each of them has evolved throughout the seasons (even if some of them still have a significant way to go). Here’s our rundown of all the Theory-isms that continue to keep the CBS sitcom churning after all these years.
Mommy Issues
Howard’s mother — the never-seen, often (and loudly) heard Debbie Wolowitz — died in season eight; Sheldon’s mother, Mary, is a Bible-quoting, no-nonsense Texan who never allows him to get too big for his britches when she’s around; and Leonard’s mother, Dr. Beverly, is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who’s more impressed with Sheldon than she is with her own son, and who was so stingy with her affection that as a child, Leonard constructed a hugging machine (which his father would borrow). Amy’s mom is a strict and controlling woman who refused to let her watch Grease because she thought it would encourage Amy to join a gang, while Penny’s mom has never been seen or heard on the show, and Bernadette’s mom smoked while she was pregnant (leading, allegedly, to Bernadette’s four-foot-eleven frame), and pre-Howard, would lay out Bernadette’s daily outfits for her, even though they didn’t live in the same house.
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