The Big Bang Theory fans fume over Sheldon Cooper birthday plot hole as his horoscope shifts from Taurus to Pisces
THE Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon Cooper has proved to be quite the enigma in the wake of the sitcom’s cancellation.
The CBS hit show wrapped earlier this year, with its twelfth series now available to view on Netflix.
While many are thrilled at being able to access the show on demand, others have been going through the episodes with eagle eyes and spotting all sorts of plot holes.
The latest find from fans on Reddit is to do with Sheldon’s birthday.
The eccentric character was famously born inside a Walmart, along with his twin sister Missy, on February 26, 1980.
In the first season’s sixteenth episode, titled The Peanut Reaction, Sheldon talks about his birthday in relation to a debate on horoscopes.
He claims astrology is fake and that horoscopes have no scientific grounding whatsoever, to which Penny responds: “Blah blah blah, typical Taurus.”
Unable to convince the blonde, Sheldon ultimately drops the argument, but long terms fans will know he takes up the battle on many subsequent occasions.
However, for Sheldon to be a Taurus he would have to have been born between April 20 and May 20, which we know isn’t the case.
It seems even show bosses noticed that they’d made an error, as later in season 8 Penny correctly refers to Sheldon as a Pisces, in keeping with his birthday.
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Suffice to say the faux pas didn’t go unnoticed by observant viewers.
“Wait, how the hell can Sheldon be both a Taurus and a Pisces? Penny switches between the two halfway through the show,” one user wrote alongside a mind-blown emoji.
“Yeah I noticed that – obviously a mistake. Sheldon would’ve corrected Penny the first time if it was simply a case of her not knowing his birthday,” a fellow fan replied.
A third fan joked: “Lol Sheldon would be so mad at us even debating this as he thinks horoscopes are trash.”
While a fourth quipped: “Get it right Penny, you can’t just make them up as you go along!”
It’s not the first error fans have spotted in recent months.
Last week fans noticed that Sheldon was sat in the wrong spot on the sofa in the show’s promotional posters, despite his favourite place being a hot topic of discussion.
Elsewhere, Penny called her dad by two different names, Bob and Wyatt, during a visit to the apartment.
The Big Bang Theory is available to stream on Netflix.