AlthoughThe Big Bang Theorynever took Sheldon’s problems with Frosty the Snowman seriously, theNetflixholiday movieHot Frostyused this gag as the basis of its entire plot a decade and a half later. Of allThe Big Bang Theory’s cast of characters, Sheldon was always the least likely to care about Christmas and the holidays. A fastidious figure who was obstinate and solitary at the best of times, Sheldon had a particularly intense aversion to anything resembling mandatory fun. Even inThe Big Bang Theory’s finale, this side of his character’s personality had scarcely softened.
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Thus, it is no surprise that one ofThe Big Bang Theory’s best Christmas episodes centered on a game ofDungeons and Dragonsrather than a more traditional festive activity. Even this initially proved too Christmas-themed for Sheldon’s liking. Similarly,Young Sheldon’s lack of Christmas episodesmakes sense, since the character barely recognized the religious holiday and didn’t lend it much importance in his memory. However, despite his disinterest in holiday cheer, one Christmas episode ofThe Big Bang Theorysaw Sheldon make an offhand comment that went on to shape a real-life holiday movie’s entire storyline over a decade later.
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In season 3, episode 11, “The Maternal Congruence,” Leonard struggles to get into the holiday spirit due to an unexpected visit from his infamously cold, clinical mother, Beverly. While Christine Baranski’s Beverly is the funniest part of this outing, Sheldon’s dislike ofFrosty the Snowmanalso garnered some laughs. When Leonard claimed that Sheldon rooted for the sun when watchingFrosty the Snowman, Sheldon countered by noting that the sun was essential for life on Earth, whereas Frosty was nothing but “A bit of frozen supernatural ephemera and a stolen hat.” Sheldon went on to note that Frosty never answers for this crime.
Hot Frosty’s main conflict sees the police attempt to work out who stole the snowman hero’s clothes from a local boutique.
Fifteen years later,Sheldon’s issues with Frosty’s story were solved by thehit Netflix holiday movieHot Frosty. The playful story of Lacey Chabert’s grieving widow Kathy and Dustin Milligan’s snowman-turned-human Jack,Hot Frostyis a self-aware holiday rom-com wherein a sentient snowman turns into a handsome hunk to woo a lonely heroine. Its main conflict sees the police try to work out who stole the snowman hero’s clothes from a local boutique, allowingHot Frosty’s characters to hold their snowman to account for the crimes that only Sheldon seemed to care about inThe Big Bang Theory.
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Bizarrely, Sheldon’s issues withFrosty the Snowman’s plot were not only addressed inHot Frosty’s romantic retelling of the story, but formed the crux of its story. Without the police investigating Jack,Hot Frostywouldn’t have much in the way of conflict or stakes. WhileThe Big Bang Theory’s later Christmas episodesnever brought back this particular yuletide peccadillo of Sheldon’s, the gag did seemingly inspire an entire holiday rom-com’s plot a decade and a half later. Hopefully, a future revival ofThe Big Bang Theorycan reveal whether Sheldon ever sawNetflix’sHot Frostylater in life.
