The Problem With Jenny X Sheldon

00:47:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPyZj4RubSU

Zusammenfassung

TLDRThe video provides a critical analysis of Sheldon from 'My Life as a Teenage Robot', focusing on his problematic behavior towards Jenny. It highlights how Sheldon's actions, such as stalking and manipulation, are portrayed in the show and critiques the romantic subplot involving them. The narrator argues that Sheldon's behavior reflects real-life issues of entitlement and emotional abuse, contrasting him with other characters to emphasize the negative impact of his obsession. Ultimately, the video concludes that the show fails to address Sheldon's behavior adequately and that their relationship promotes unhealthy dynamics.

Mitbringsel

  • 🚫 Sheldon exhibits creepy and manipulative behavior towards Jenny.
  • 🤔 The show fails to address the seriousness of Sheldon's actions.
  • 💔 Their relationship promotes unhealthy dynamics.
  • 📉 Sheldon's obsession reflects real-life issues of entitlement.
  • 😡 The narrator is glad Sheldon and Jenny never ended up together.

Zeitleiste

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Sheldon is portrayed as a delusional and creepy character who exhibits troubling behavior towards his crush, Jenny, in 'My Life as a Teenage Robot.' His actions, including stealing from her and invading her privacy, raise concerns about his character and the show's portrayal of their relationship.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The narrator compares Sheldon unfavorably to another character, Panini, arguing that Sheldon's behavior is more sinister and realistic, as he consistently ignores Jenny's boundaries and tries to control her life despite her clear disinterest.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The show presents Sheldon as a socially awkward character who becomes a problem for Jenny, as he stalks her and fails to recognize her discomfort. His obsession with her is depicted as creepy rather than endearing, leading to a negative portrayal of their dynamic.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Sheldon’s initial crush on Jenny is complicated by his fetishization of her as a robot, which further objectifies her and leads to entitlement in his behavior. This objectification is a recurring theme in their interactions, making it difficult for Jenny to feel comfortable around him.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    Despite moments where Sheldon shows some redeeming qualities, his overall behavior remains problematic. The show fails to address the seriousness of his actions, often framing them as comedic rather than harmful, which diminishes the impact of his creepiness.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The narrator highlights how Sheldon’s actions often lead to humiliation for Jenny, as he fails to understand her feelings and continues to pursue her despite her clear rejections. This dynamic is portrayed as a troubling aspect of their relationship.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    Sheldon’s attempts to win Jenny over often involve manipulation and control, such as dressing up as a robot to sabotage her potential relationships. This behavior is framed as comedic, but it raises serious ethical concerns about consent and emotional manipulation.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    The show ultimately fails to hold Sheldon accountable for his actions, allowing him to remain in Jenny's life despite his troubling behavior. This lack of consequences contributes to a negative portrayal of their relationship and raises questions about the show's messaging regarding consent and boundaries.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:47:13

    In conclusion, while 'My Life as a Teenage Robot' is a beloved show, the character of Sheldon serves as a problematic example of how certain behaviors can be normalized in media, leading to a troubling dynamic that is not adequately addressed by the narrative.

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Video-Fragen und Antworten

  • What is the main criticism of Sheldon in 'My Life as a Teenage Robot'?

    The main criticism is that Sheldon exhibits creepy and manipulative behavior towards Jenny, which is portrayed as romantic in the show.

  • How does the narrator compare Sheldon to other characters?

    The narrator compares Sheldon unfavorably to other characters, suggesting that his behavior is more sinister and realistic than that of characters like Panini.

  • What themes are explored in the analysis of Sheldon's character?

    Themes of entitlement, emotional abuse, and the portrayal of unhealthy relationships are explored.

  • Does the show ever address Sheldon's problematic behavior?

    No, the show often downplays Sheldon's behavior and fails to hold him accountable for his actions.

  • What is the overall conclusion about the relationship between Sheldon and Jenny?

    The conclusion is that their relationship is unhealthy and promotes negative dynamics, and the narrator is glad they never ended up together.

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    Sheldon is the kind of guy who'd steal
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    from his Crush to quote get to know her
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    better only to fold immediately for
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    another girl who robbed him and then
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    still have the audacity to say something
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    this delusional hold on there Jen you
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    don't want to obliterate your one true
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    chance at happiness on that alone you
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    should be in jail forever you know I
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    wish I could say I made all that up or
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    took it out of context but no Sheldon
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    really is this foul like I review shifts
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    for a li but My Life as a Teenage Robot
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    might have one of the worst love
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    interests I've ever seen that's right we
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    are talking M no we are talking Panini
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    levels of bad here and in some ways I'd
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    argue Sheldon is worse as yes Panini
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    takes a page out of Law's Playbook and
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    not being able to take a hint however
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    while that's bad comedic excess Shell's
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    Behavior skews more realistic in way
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    more Sinister ways rather invading her
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    personal space he's invading her privacy
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    lying to her trying to control her taste
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    in men and just overall being way into
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    the business of a girl who has told him
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    repeatedly that she doesn't want to date
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    his creepy self and the show on top of
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    all this keeps acting like they might be
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    end game so you know yuck all this nasty
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    builds to a weird situation in otherwise
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    Stell show My Life as a Teenage Robot is
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    great Sheldon however is trash and the
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    show can't make up its mind about what
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    it's going to do with them and him
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    specifically as I remember wanting them
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    to get together as a kid but watching it
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    now well how else can I say this I hate
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    the way that you walk the way that you
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    talk I hate the way that you dress let's
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    break down this train wreck of a
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    character and how the story uses him and
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    the sad reality that every girl you know
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    has probably had a friend like this this
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    is way longer than I expected
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    but we have to do it okay let's talk
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    ship though before that side note I made
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    a sleep study Channel called sarcastic
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    Vibes go check out if you want
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    background noise for any reason just
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    dropped an hour of fion cake thoughts
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    and fun fact sarcastic Vibes was denied
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    monetization because I was stealing
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    content from myself which you know that
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    isn't annoying in the
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    slightest
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    Rob for those unfamiliar with My Life as
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    a Teenage robot's game Teenage Robot is
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    a story of xj9 AKA Jenny Wakeman a robot
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    made by a war criminal who decideed to
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    go freelance taking a second crack at
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    creating the perfect machine to defend
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    the Earth Professor wakan spent some
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    time spitballing ideas locking her
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    defective kids in the basement and then
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    creating her Masterpiece xj9 now in the
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    heights of hubus the doctor thought that
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    if she can make a robot that can save
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    the world she can handle a teenager she
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    was wrong Jenny e Meely caught Ye Old
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    Disney princess disease with a plot
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    ensuing from there breaking out the
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    house making friends with her mom
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    deciding to enable this as why not I'll
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    be right in the end when you get a
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    little older you'll see things my way
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    now be a good robot and Go destroy that
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    medeor so yeah her mom sucks Jenny's
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    cool and this show slapped Teenage Robot
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    was a high school action comedy about
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    Jenny needing to save the world and deal
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    with teen drama along the way with all
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    her issues being exaggerated because you
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    know she's a robot while not the biggest
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    success TR was a blast watch being one
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    of the few female Leed action cartoons
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    of the time with it even being rare for
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    having Jenny's predominantly male
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    Supporting Cast not being obsessed with
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    her the legend of K's roster this was
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    not and then there's fucking Sheldon hi
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    Jenny now before I rip this man to
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    shreds I will conc that while he sucks
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    hard Jenny is by no means a saint Petty
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    temperamental and willing to throw
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    someone under the bus because of peer
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    pressure but as we'll see those flaws
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    make Jenny more interesting as she is
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    realistically flawed she acts like a
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    teenager for better and for worse but at
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    the end of the day she's still a good
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    person who means well we like her she
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    has layers while Sheldon has only one
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    being
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    creepy well thanks so much for your help
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    hope to see you around sometime bye so
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    Sheldon starts series getting bullied
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    and after witnessing how he acts I
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    almost wish it kept happening as well
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    not the full villain Behavior we'd
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    witness later the way he treats Jenny is
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    never not weird you're just like Captain
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    Crush only better you're a
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    girl the two first meet with Jenny
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    saving Sheldon from some bullies Sheldon
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    was getting mugged in wood shop class
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    with the teacher deciding it was none of
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    his business now this could be the
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    beginning of a meaningful connection a
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    way to explain why Sheldon fell in love
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    with Jenny as yeah she saved him she
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    stood up for him when no one else would
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    rescue romance is a tale as old's time
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    not original of course but who cares it
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    works and it could have but Sheldon's
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    crush on Jenny immediately gets
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    complicated by the fact that he's not
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    just interested in her because she saved
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    him he's also into her because she's a
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    robot please assume the position a damn
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    I've been looking for one of those for
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    years Sheldon has a robot fetish that's
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    the simplest way I can describe the
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    thoughts going through this teen boy's
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    head Jenny saved him from some bullies
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    but those bullies were also messing with
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    a metal statue he made of his favorite
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    robot superhero but then a robot
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    superhero came in and saved him and
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    their interactions afterwards make
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    Sheldon's feelings for Jenny just feel a
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    little bit off that it wasn't just what
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    she did it's also what she is so even if
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    it's in contrast to how the rest of the
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    school gives her flak for being a robot
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    Sheldon being inter because of the fact
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    doesn't mean it's that much better it's
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    on the other end of the spectrum but
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    still part of the same object ification
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    that really Falls Jenny wherever she
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    goes and it will also lead to Sheldon
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    acting entitled and thinking he can just
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    figure out what makes her tick to make
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    her like him if Sheldon was just into
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    her for saving him that's one thing but
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    the fact that he's into her for being a
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    robot gets played up over and over again
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    till there's a stank on shell and that
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    just never goes away I mean whatever
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    genuine feelings he might have had to
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    feel like a fetish rather than a true
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    emotional connection which as we'll see
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    is what Jenny is truly looking for to be
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    treed like everyone else not look down
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    upon or put on some penal for what she
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    is however we'll get into the pedestal
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    thing as we also got to talk about how
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    Sheldon acts in this first and yes the
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    first episode as Sheldon is pretty much
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    that one guy every girl has dealt with
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    at minimum once in their
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    life good morning Jenny see after Jenny
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    saves him he stands there gogging about
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    how she's a robot with her needing to
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    remind him that she needs a little help
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    getting this thing fixed and he helps
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    her screwing in a screw then making
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    things weird by being so a struck he
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    ends up flexing that grip strength by
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    refusing to let go of her hand Jenny
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    naturally tries to just excuse herself
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    from this situation only for Sheldon to
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    remember oh shit she can walk away so he
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    makes some excuse to go follow her with
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    Jenny a woman strong enough to bend
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    steel being unable to give a hard no as
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    even she is being held hostage by social
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    niceties and the rest of the school is
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    dragging her for it hey Jenny what's the
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    name of your new pet please wait till
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    after class to ridicule Jenny about her
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    boyfriend
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    the last one was her teacher by the way
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    just associating with Sheldon is getting
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    Jenny mocked so well not the nicest
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    thing in the world you get why she
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    decides that since she didn't ask for
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    any of this Jenny just ditches him
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    except who he's in her classroom and her
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    locker there you go thanks Sheldon
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    Sheldon hi Jenny yeah this is the exact
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    moment Sheldon goes from a little
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    confused to an active problem as you can
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    sympathize with a socially awkward kid
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    with a crush so many of us were but
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    there's a very fine line between
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    sympathetic and creepy with him hiding
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    in her locker to ask Jenny out just
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    being the moment that the show crosses
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    that line for me and we just never
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    recover from this as from this point on
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    it's not oblivious it's stalking rest of
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    the episode is just him following her
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    around trying to get her attention with
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    her trying her best to give him the slip
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    she doesn't want to just yell at the guy
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    but he keeps missing all the signs that
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    he's scaring the maidens in fact doubles
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    down on getting too involved in her life
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    after school which this starts again to
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    the thing that makes him worse than
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    Panini for me while she's just pink Pepe
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    law Panini is still an exaggeration of
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    the boy crazy girl which exists but not
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    many people are going to be faking
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    Insanity to Baby trap a 10-year-old
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    Sheldon in contrast is a way more
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    realistic depiction of a guy with a
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    crush that just isn't into him yet he
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    won't let it go giving an ick that just
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    makes it feel worse especially in
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    hindsight it's that situation where
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    people want to let the other person down
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    nicely but the blow is so soft it goes
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    unnoticed can't raise your voice and
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    don't want to make a scene the the guy
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    doesn't deserve to be yelled at or you
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    just don't want to look like a prom for
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    setting a boundary so you hold back it
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    gets to the point where it'd be easier
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    if the guy was just awful so nobody
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    would blame you for blowing him up but
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    instead like Sheldon the dude becomes a
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    pest one that some people just learn to
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    live with also holy shit I just realized
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    that guy is wearing a new she loves me
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    not that's the story of my life boys
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    ours too boys Sheldon sucks even in his
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    very first episode Jenny's trying to do
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    her job but Sheldon keeps showing up and
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    getting in the way doesn't have the
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    stomach to just say hey we should go out
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    instead he's dancing around the question
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    saying he invented something that could
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    make her job easier but really he means
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    Jenny will have more time for other
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    things AKA him exra time for like
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    say d
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    yeah Sheldon's a s and in some episodes
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    he is straight up an incel even his
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    attempts at helping are more his wants
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    than her needs the villains were good as
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    God then Sheldon fucks it all up see you
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    just
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    pointed this pattern continues everyone
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    in town thinks they're dating
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    humiliating Jenny who has to deal with
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    everyone assuming things about her while
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    Sheldon is in oblivious town then he
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    gets kidnapped
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    [Applause]
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    y abducted by the Heartbreak gang a
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    bunch of villains who get broken up with
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    once and make it their whole
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    personalities it's here and being an
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    earshot of them calling Sheldon her
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    boyfriend that makes Jenny finally snap
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    Sheldon is not my boyfriend I don't even
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    know him he's just some crazy loser
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    stalker geek he's not my boyfriend he's
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    not my friend he's not my nothing she
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    did not tell a single lie like really
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    she doesn't know Sheldon he is a creep
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    who has been following her around all
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    day getting her away it's harsh but it's
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    accurate this roast is enough to break
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    his heart and convince the rest of his
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    people to let him go only for Sheldon to
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    do the first decent thing he's done all
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    day saving Jenny from the bad guys which
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    fine cool good on Sheldon for not being
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    terrible I think the ending to the
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    episode is weird in what it's going for
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    versus what happened as yes Jan was
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    suffering from peer pressure into
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    ditching Sheldon this entire story they
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    were giving her shit for being just near
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    him so she tried to avoid him didn't
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    really give him a chance hence it kind
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    of makes sense that at the end of the
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    episode she would try and give him a
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    chance after everything she said in her
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    rant he still came back to save her
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    broke his priz statue in the process and
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    he did in fact pay her back for what she
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    did to him so in thanks she fixes the
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    statue and even fulfills his dream of
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    making it Fly this kind of works except
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    it doesn't because a show doesn't
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    address Sheldon's Behavior hi Jenny dude
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    was obsessing over Jenny making her feel
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    uncomfortable every second he was around
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    with all that getting swept under the
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    rug because he decided to not be a
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    terrible person and let her die the
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    story doesn't have him cop to how he was
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    acting was bad that Sheldon ignored her
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    boundaries instead it's a learning
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    moment for Jenny that he did one bare
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    minimum nice thing so she looks past
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    everything else ending with her
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    begrudgingly saying maybe they can hang
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    out sometimes as friends only for him to
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    hear oh I have a shot as friends friends
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    friends it was at this moment that he
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    knew he fucked up this boy didn't learn
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    a damn thing like the episode really had
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    him stalk her and she's rolling her eyes
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    like oh you so yeah you're a character
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    sheld didn't acted like a creep did one
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    decent thing and now Jenny is stuck
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    dealing with him for the rest of the
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    series we can't even say that this is
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    the start of some genuine romantic
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    subplot one where he learned to be
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    better as that's never what happens he
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    never cleans up his act and she clearly
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    tells him that they are only ever going
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    to be friends more is just not on the
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    table was Sheldon never respecting that
  • 00:13:12
    instead he would just continue to obsess
  • 00:13:15
    with his behavior being the same levels
  • 00:13:17
    of creepy before exploding into doing
  • 00:13:19
    some genuinely horrifically terrible
  • 00:13:22
    things but again the episode perfectly
  • 00:13:25
    demonstrates a kind of guy that so many
  • 00:13:27
    people have to deal with only for them
  • 00:13:29
    the series say yeah he's going to stick
  • 00:13:32
    around with his behavior and this
  • 00:13:35
    driving me crazy as in story he never
  • 00:13:38
    gets called out for it and he never gets
  • 00:13:40
    called out for it by Jenny once and when
  • 00:13:42
    they do address something about Sheldon
  • 00:13:44
    it's made
  • 00:13:46
    unserious women you can't live with them
  • 00:13:49
    you can't outrun
  • 00:13:52
    them to keep things moving and to get to
  • 00:13:54
    the actually terrible things he's done
  • 00:13:57
    Sheldon is still Head Over Heels for her
  • 00:13:59
    she said friends he said bet with the
  • 00:14:01
    next time he plays a big role being him
  • 00:14:04
    just giving her a makeover now Jenny
  • 00:14:06
    proves that she has some issues herself
  • 00:14:08
    as she wants to look like the other
  • 00:14:10
    girls and get her ears pierced which she
  • 00:14:12
    doesn't have so rather than just asking
  • 00:14:14
    a friend to do oura she flirts with
  • 00:14:16
    Sheldon to get him to do what she wants
  • 00:14:19
    which is bad and a little bit scummy we
  • 00:14:21
    do not condone but since she never does
  • 00:14:24
    this shit again I am kind of looking
  • 00:14:26
    past it as I'm doing this for her and I
  • 00:14:28
    am going to past an even bigger thing
  • 00:14:30
    later but personally Jenny is allowed to
  • 00:14:33
    be flawed and I'm here for this Sheldon
  • 00:14:35
    ends up giving her Dumbo sized ears with
  • 00:14:37
    even her mom laughing at her for it
  • 00:14:39
    local mean girls actually give Sheldon
  • 00:14:41
    props because they can't imagine he'd do
  • 00:14:43
    her this dirty unintentionally except no
  • 00:14:46
    he's just too obsessed to know better I
  • 00:14:49
    mean any brilliant misunderstood guy
  • 00:14:50
    with unbelievable technical knoow would
  • 00:14:52
    have done the same proving how not all
  • 00:14:54
    fans make great creators as the bias can
  • 00:14:57
    be a little blinding also he compares
  • 00:14:59
    her to an elephant you're just jealous
  • 00:15:01
    you can't stand that she's a hero and
  • 00:15:04
    beautiful who could deny the Majestic
  • 00:15:06
    elephant its enticing tusks or the
  • 00:15:09
    gambling icks its graceful horn Jenny
  • 00:15:12
    keeps living in that ignorance with only
  • 00:15:15
    one of the villains being willing to
  • 00:15:16
    laugh in her face so being a queen she
  • 00:15:18
    rips off her ears and uses them to beat
  • 00:15:21
    his ass later she drops the ears off to
  • 00:15:23
    Sheldon who is still saying she needs to
  • 00:15:25
    ignore all of her haters but the fat is
  • 00:15:27
    done she's over it though she didn't
  • 00:15:29
    still take an obnoxiously big nose as
  • 00:15:31
    what seems like a gag which okay fine
  • 00:15:33
    that's a good laugh this is funny I
  • 00:15:35
    enjoy it but sadly this is the least
  • 00:15:37
    annoying their relationship ever gets as
  • 00:15:39
    the next time we see them it's a doozy
  • 00:15:44
    here though fine this whole relationship
  • 00:15:46
    has that early 2000 sitcom energy where
  • 00:15:49
    you feel like something probably will
  • 00:15:51
    happen Sheldon is still this weird
  • 00:15:53
    Lovick puppy she's not that nice to him
  • 00:15:56
    but at the end of the day at least they
  • 00:15:59
    just want what's best for each other
  • 00:16:00
    Sheldon did an operation e if he didn't
  • 00:16:03
    agree personally which is a breath of
  • 00:16:06
    fresh air compared to the absolutely
  • 00:16:08
    heinous disgusting awful and vile trick
  • 00:16:12
    he tries to pull the next time we see
  • 00:16:14
    him that's right it's time we talk about
  • 00:16:18
    the silver
  • 00:16:19
    shell stand aside little this is a job
  • 00:16:23
    for a real
  • 00:16:26
    hero so just going to say this before we
  • 00:16:28
    we get into it I remember this episode
  • 00:16:31
    being bad just think out for longer than
  • 00:16:34
    2 seconds makes it obvious that Sheldon
  • 00:16:36
    and what he did was fucked up but it's
  • 00:16:38
    actually all the stuff around the silver
  • 00:16:40
    shell that truly makes Sheldon a piece
  • 00:16:42
    of shit to me see Sheldon is back to his
  • 00:16:45
    old tricks again obsessing over Jenny
  • 00:16:47
    inventing gizmos to throw caps at her
  • 00:16:49
    head so he can sneak in front of her
  • 00:16:50
    because what's being genuine if you have
  • 00:16:52
    a scheme instead blocking the door just
  • 00:16:54
    so he can open it with Jenny just having
  • 00:16:56
    to roll her eyes and their friends now
  • 00:17:00
    he's in the group and the show won't let
  • 00:17:02
    her kick him out which Frank me her
  • 00:17:04
    inviting to the friend group was the
  • 00:17:06
    first big mistake they ever made but
  • 00:17:08
    tired of pretending to be subtle he
  • 00:17:09
    asked Jenny out on a date to a lizard
  • 00:17:12
    exhibit with her a kneeing to catch
  • 00:17:14
    herself from speaking her mind
  • 00:17:17
    date gee Sheldon I don't know if I want
  • 00:17:19
    to spend all of Saturday with lizards
  • 00:17:22
    you she wanted to say you take the hint
  • 00:17:25
    shoving this exhibit in her face all day
  • 00:17:27
    Jenny is at her way it end so she ends
  • 00:17:30
    up trying to set a boundary only for him
  • 00:17:32
    to ignore it shock her and I like you as
  • 00:17:34
    a friend so like a boyfriend she said it
  • 00:17:36
    she said boy and friend I'm her
  • 00:17:38
    boyfriend why you so stupid stupid so we
  • 00:17:40
    have to watch him ignore what the woman
  • 00:17:42
    he likes is saying so that he can
  • 00:17:44
    imagine them together only to keep
  • 00:17:46
    proving how one side this whole thing is
  • 00:17:48
    the man starts crying at the mere idea
  • 00:17:51
    that she might be with someone else cuz
  • 00:17:53
    why be happy for her when you can just
  • 00:17:54
    make this about you is there someone
  • 00:17:56
    else no anything but that I simply could
  • 00:17:59
    not bear it Jenny is put in an
  • 00:18:01
    impossible situation by trying to be
  • 00:18:03
    nice to the creep she's being forced to
  • 00:18:05
    call a friend so she says that he just
  • 00:18:07
    isn't her type what Jenny wants is a
  • 00:18:10
    nice robot boy to date somebody like her
  • 00:18:12
    was Sheldon hearing this and deciding to
  • 00:18:15
    respect the vision and move on with his
  • 00:18:17
    life except no of course he doesn't
  • 00:18:19
    instead he chooses to call her crazy a
  • 00:18:21
    robot boy if you're holding out for a
  • 00:18:23
    robot boy you're going to have a lot of
  • 00:18:25
    lonely Saturday
  • 00:18:26
    nights Sheldon basically told Jenny to
  • 00:18:29
    shut up and settle and if you think
  • 00:18:32
    that's harsh let me play you the rest of
  • 00:18:34
    this clip what I mean is no robot could
  • 00:18:37
    love you like I do yeah Sheldon can go
  • 00:18:40
    fuck himself dude has been weird about
  • 00:18:42
    her non-stop the second she tries to say
  • 00:18:44
    it's not happening please just be my
  • 00:18:47
    friend he throws a tantrum begging for a
  • 00:18:50
    chance to know what he should change
  • 00:18:51
    about himself only for Sheldon to lash
  • 00:18:53
    out at her the second she talks about
  • 00:18:55
    the kind of boy she wants to end up with
  • 00:18:57
    now someone who has had to tell a friend
  • 00:18:59
    or two to stop being a dumbass and to
  • 00:19:01
    stop ruining their relationships by
  • 00:19:03
    waiting for a perfect 10 I know this
  • 00:19:05
    speech however avoiding unrealistic
  • 00:19:07
    expectations is one thing what Sheldon
  • 00:19:09
    is doing here is completely different as
  • 00:19:11
    what he's saying isn't about her it's
  • 00:19:13
    all about him dude can't stand that
  • 00:19:16
    Jenny won't see him as an option he
  • 00:19:18
    hates that he can't have her so his
  • 00:19:20
    first instinct is to be a dick and
  • 00:19:22
    belittle her all insisting that he is
  • 00:19:24
    the best she can do like this is incel
  • 00:19:27
    behavior as he comes comes off entitled
  • 00:19:30
    to have her Sheldon gets hysterical when
  • 00:19:32
    he thinks she's already with someone
  • 00:19:34
    then insults her when she tells him what
  • 00:19:35
    she might actually like he's not being a
  • 00:19:37
    good friend he's not being a good
  • 00:19:39
    partner he's being an incel then to make
  • 00:19:42
    that comparison even better he starts
  • 00:19:45
    being robotis robot racist I'm just
  • 00:19:48
    going to say racist what I mean is no
  • 00:19:50
    robot could love you like I do robots
  • 00:19:53
    are cold and
  • 00:19:55
    unfeeling no wait I didn't mean all
  • 00:19:57
    robots you're not cold or unfeeling
  • 00:20:00
    Sheldon really just said no wait you're
  • 00:20:02
    one of the good ones now this should be
  • 00:20:04
    a deal breaker for any friendship I
  • 00:20:07
    don't care what excuse of insecurity
  • 00:20:09
    people would use to explain it but this
  • 00:20:10
    didn't have to be the end of his
  • 00:20:13
    character kid has got serious flaws but
  • 00:20:16
    I'm open to seeing him work through them
  • 00:20:18
    but that's not what he decides to do
  • 00:20:21
    here instead after hearing that she
  • 00:20:23
    wants a robot guy he decides that the
  • 00:20:26
    rational thing to do is to dress as a
  • 00:20:29
    robot then instead of doing something
  • 00:20:30
    sympathetic like trying to win her heart
  • 00:20:32
    using this Persona he decides to do
  • 00:20:34
    something completely different he
  • 00:20:37
    decides that what he's going to do the
  • 00:20:39
    key to winning Jenny's heart would be
  • 00:20:42
    for him to use a disguise as a robot boy
  • 00:20:45
    is to be as mean to her as possible to
  • 00:20:48
    ruin robot men for her so that she'll
  • 00:20:50
    only date human ones in the
  • 00:20:53
    future so basically Sheldon wore robot
  • 00:20:56
    face to traumatize Jenny into ch
  • 00:20:58
    changing her preferences Jesus Christ
  • 00:21:01
    yeah it's terrible like of all the
  • 00:21:04
    scummy creepy stunts shelden could have
  • 00:21:07
    pulled this is by far the worst as it's
  • 00:21:10
    just manipulation there's no like
  • 00:21:13
    seriously there's no positive spin you
  • 00:21:16
    can put on this whole thing as his end
  • 00:21:18
    goal is basically him just trying to
  • 00:21:20
    control Jenny that's it cut and dry this
  • 00:21:23
    is actual emotional abuse it's wild that
  • 00:21:26
    this is the direction the show went with
  • 00:21:28
    and it's even Wilder that Sheldon
  • 00:21:30
    doesn't become a villain after it
  • 00:21:32
    instead he just lives to scheme another
  • 00:21:34
    day which is infuriating as again take
  • 00:21:37
    out the real world implication of what
  • 00:21:39
    he's doing his plan still basically
  • 00:21:41
    involves him dressing up like a silver
  • 00:21:43
    douche then demeaning Jenny than
  • 00:21:45
    stealing the credit for all of her work
  • 00:21:46
    with the only real reason his plan
  • 00:21:48
    doesn't work being that Jenny is into
  • 00:21:51
    this I love that robot
  • 00:21:54
    forever yeah Jenny sees a bad boy and
  • 00:21:56
    thinks she can fix him blowing up sh's
  • 00:21:59
    plan he of course still finds a way to
  • 00:22:01
    be scummy using her own line about not
  • 00:22:03
    wanting to hang out with lizards but
  • 00:22:06
    agreeing to the date just so he can
  • 00:22:08
    ghost her meldon then conveniently
  • 00:22:10
    showing up to try and just say hey
  • 00:22:13
    you're here oh that's what a coincidence
  • 00:22:15
    we should hang out he is literally
  • 00:22:17
    standing around waiting for her to hit
  • 00:22:19
    rock bottom so that she'll have no
  • 00:22:21
    choice but to pick him doesn't work
  • 00:22:24
    thank God but Jenny still ends the
  • 00:22:25
    episode hung up on her teen crush and
  • 00:22:28
    all Sheldon gets his punishment is his
  • 00:22:29
    own helmet falling on top of him but
  • 00:22:32
    this episode starts bad and only gets
  • 00:22:34
    worse for me because of its ending and
  • 00:22:36
    not because of the reveal I could have
  • 00:22:38
    guessed that what makes it worse is that
  • 00:22:40
    the show is sympathetic to Sheldon's
  • 00:22:43
    situation she still likes you and if I
  • 00:22:46
    tell her the truth it'll break her heart
  • 00:22:50
    oh boohoo let me play a sad song for you
  • 00:22:54
    on the world's smallest violin this man
  • 00:22:57
    dug himself into a hole lied and tried
  • 00:23:00
    to then control the girl he claims to
  • 00:23:02
    have feelings for then when she jumps at
  • 00:23:04
    the idea that silver shell might not be
  • 00:23:06
    a robot we end up following him yelling
  • 00:23:08
    and moping how he's now trapped in a lie
  • 00:23:11
    and can't reveal the truth or else it
  • 00:23:13
    might hurt her the music goes soft he
  • 00:23:16
    seems sad and it feels like we're meant
  • 00:23:17
    to be sympathizing with him cuz look
  • 00:23:20
    he's sad he can't tell the truth it
  • 00:23:22
    break her heart when really the only
  • 00:23:24
    thing that will be broken will be his
  • 00:23:26
    spine as she will beat his ask for what
  • 00:23:29
    he did this honestly is the most
  • 00:23:30
    egregious part of this episode that for
  • 00:23:33
    everything Sheldon did we're still
  • 00:23:34
    supposed to feel partly bad for him here
  • 00:23:36
    the idea that there's now something
  • 00:23:37
    Noble in him now hiding this secret
  • 00:23:40
    drives me up a wall as no he's just a
  • 00:23:43
    piece of shit plus he doesn't ever own
  • 00:23:45
    up to his actions and Sheldon having to
  • 00:23:48
    keep the secret goes out the window the
  • 00:23:50
    second it's convenient for the story as
  • 00:23:52
    a few episodes later he is chopping at
  • 00:23:54
    the bit to reveal his secret identity
  • 00:23:56
    this one mode I think encapsulates the
  • 00:23:58
    dichotomy of Teenage Robot and how the
  • 00:24:00
    writers handled Sheldon the two things
  • 00:24:02
    they wanted to do with him that were too
  • 00:24:04
    contradictory for the story they were
  • 00:24:05
    telling the first one the writers know
  • 00:24:08
    what he was doing is bad he's never
  • 00:24:10
    written like oh what he's doing is cute
  • 00:24:11
    he's written to be a Lovick pest who
  • 00:24:14
    makes Jenny cringe that's a joke he's
  • 00:24:17
    pathetic Sheldon will get a kind of come
  • 00:24:20
    upin but rarely is his actions truly
  • 00:24:22
    punished in a meaningful way and they
  • 00:24:24
    can't do that because the other thing
  • 00:24:26
    they want Sheldon to be Jenny's
  • 00:24:28
    potential love interest Sheldon I have a
  • 00:24:33
    special gift for you this is for the one
  • 00:24:35
    person who never lost faith in
  • 00:24:38
    me he's terrible but the show likes to
  • 00:24:41
    play with the idea that they might end
  • 00:24:43
    up together he's a lonely poor nerd oh
  • 00:24:46
    maybe he'll get the girl and for example
  • 00:24:48
    when Jenny got brainwashed by a rich
  • 00:24:50
    twat ruining all the holidays it's only
  • 00:24:52
    Sheldon who still believes in her and he
  • 00:24:54
    gets a kiss at the end because of his
  • 00:24:57
    faith benefits of staying obsessed I
  • 00:24:59
    guess Sheldon is not taken seriously by
  • 00:25:01
    the story so his actions aren't but
  • 00:25:03
    making it worse is that the writing
  • 00:25:05
    can't commit to doing either of these
  • 00:25:07
    two things we have so many little
  • 00:25:09
    moments of Sheldon getting laughed at
  • 00:25:10
    for being terrible only for us moments
  • 00:25:12
    at the end where hints he might actually
  • 00:25:14
    get the girl but because he's on that
  • 00:25:16
    incel villain shit the audience that's
  • 00:25:18
    older than 10 can recognize how terrible
  • 00:25:20
    Sheldon's actions actually are but the
  • 00:25:22
    way the story writes Sheldon will have
  • 00:25:24
    moments that conveys sympathy for him so
  • 00:25:26
    the younger members of the audience will
  • 00:25:28
    failed to realize his ass should be in
  • 00:25:29
    jail or at the bare minimum out of the
  • 00:25:32
    friend group also his evil plan to ruin
  • 00:25:34
    robot men for Jenny actually ends up
  • 00:25:36
    working this is how you treat your
  • 00:25:37
    friends I don't want to be on any team
  • 00:25:40
    of yours come on Don we're
  • 00:25:43
    leaving yeah one of the blessings of
  • 00:25:46
    watching all of Sheldon's highlights
  • 00:25:48
    back to back is that I get to realize
  • 00:25:50
    just how little gets carried over from
  • 00:25:52
    one moment to the next you see silver
  • 00:25:55
    shell is now being used as a legitimate
  • 00:25:57
    hero ident
  • 00:25:58
    trying to help Jenny from a fuck you
  • 00:26:00
    size fly the girl is swooning at the
  • 00:26:03
    sight of him while the rest of the
  • 00:26:05
    friend group thankfully realizes what a
  • 00:26:07
    buffoon the silver shell is not to worry
  • 00:26:11
    I have the formula for victory Adam girl
  • 00:26:13
    Adam girl the dude can't even write his
  • 00:26:15
    own lines so the loser in Chrome ends up
  • 00:26:18
    failing upwards capturing the fly by
  • 00:26:20
    accident Jenny is still obsessed
  • 00:26:22
    revealing that her type of guys right
  • 00:26:24
    now are the smooth ones with shanon
  • 00:26:26
    leaping onto this as the per perfect
  • 00:26:28
    opportunity to get her to get with him
  • 00:26:30
    using his fake self to lie saying he
  • 00:26:32
    knows the smoothest guy in town getting
  • 00:26:35
    Jenny's hes up only for it to turn out
  • 00:26:37
    to be
  • 00:26:41
    [Music]
  • 00:26:42
    him oh my gosh Sheldon are you all right
  • 00:26:45
    then because karma's a bitch thank God
  • 00:26:47
    but not enough of one the local hottie
  • 00:26:50
    Dawn ends up getting mistaken for the
  • 00:26:51
    Shell's friend with him agreeing to go
  • 00:26:53
    on a date for completionism sake the
  • 00:26:57
    man's not good but somehow better than
  • 00:27:00
    Sheldon realizing his evil plans have
  • 00:27:02
    been foiled Sheldon gets back on his
  • 00:27:04
    villain grind of forcing Jenny to date
  • 00:27:06
    him by sabotaging all of hers you may be
  • 00:27:10
    smooth enough to Hoodwink Jenny and turn
  • 00:27:12
    her against her friends but you don't
  • 00:27:14
    fool me I can see right through you as
  • 00:27:17
    the kettle s to the pot now to be clear
  • 00:27:19
    Dawn is a vain fuck boy he'll admit
  • 00:27:22
    later that Jenny is nothing special but
  • 00:27:24
    this scenario still manages to make
  • 00:27:26
    Sheldon look worse if purely just
  • 00:27:28
    because he is a massive hypocrite
  • 00:27:31
    talking about how Don has Hoodwinked
  • 00:27:33
    Jenny when the only one lying his ass
  • 00:27:35
    off and manipulating people is Sheldon
  • 00:27:38
    Dawn didn't lie to get this date Jenny
  • 00:27:41
    jumped the gun and asked him out without
  • 00:27:42
    double-checking his credentials he
  • 00:27:44
    neverone says yeah I know the silver
  • 00:27:46
    shell no she just asks him out he's like
  • 00:27:49
    okay so while he's not good Sheldon
  • 00:27:51
    still here is far worse and a lot of the
  • 00:27:55
    time I don't know if the show fully is
  • 00:27:57
    recognized that and that plus his utter
  • 00:28:00
    lack of self-awareness drives me up a
  • 00:28:02
    wall as he really is sitting here
  • 00:28:04
    accusing dawn of his own crimes with him
  • 00:28:06
    never getting a moment where he realizes
  • 00:28:09
    that's what's happening Sheldon doesn't
  • 00:28:10
    own up to this he doesn't learn from the
  • 00:28:13
    experience or recognize how he's been
  • 00:28:15
    acting all he gets is slapstick
  • 00:28:17
    punishments with him just walking off
  • 00:28:19
    being bitter Sheldon doesn't learn shit
  • 00:28:23
    he's right that Dawn sucks but given
  • 00:28:25
    everything Sheldon has done Dawn being
  • 00:28:28
    disgusted by Sheldon and calling him a
  • 00:28:31
    loser I end up kind of agreeing Sheldon
  • 00:28:34
    that loser from school you actually know
  • 00:28:37
    him you should be careful none of his
  • 00:28:39
    loser rubs off on you now in story this
  • 00:28:42
    is meant to be Dawn being out of pocket
  • 00:28:44
    having one irrational hatred of Sheldon
  • 00:28:47
    but based on everything we've seen he's
  • 00:28:50
    actually right I hate saying that Jenny
  • 00:28:53
    throws Sheldon under the bus to impress
  • 00:28:55
    a guy bad friend Behavior but let's be
  • 00:28:57
    real Sheldon isn't really her friend now
  • 00:29:00
    is he this old AG just proves how
  • 00:29:02
    entitled and shitty Sheldon can be with
  • 00:29:04
    it being here that I finally clocked one
  • 00:29:07
    of the things that makes me just truly
  • 00:29:09
    hate him and how he constantly talks
  • 00:29:11
    like he knows what's best for Jen from
  • 00:29:14
    sabotaging this one day with Dawn to
  • 00:29:17
    sabotaging how she perceives robot men
  • 00:29:19
    insisting that he is her one true
  • 00:29:22
    love what will it take for you to
  • 00:29:24
    realize that you love me bro are you
  • 00:29:27
    high he sucked Sheldon doesn't care
  • 00:29:29
    about Jenny's wants or needs he's only
  • 00:29:31
    concerned with the fantasy of getting
  • 00:29:33
    the girl he is always taking with next
  • 00:29:35
    to no moments where he sacrifices his
  • 00:29:37
    wants for hers instead it's just
  • 00:29:39
    constant sabotage or claiming to do it
  • 00:29:42
    for them Sheldon straight up attacks on
  • 00:29:45
    trying to ruin his shoes so he can out
  • 00:29:47
    him as a bad person to Jenny only for
  • 00:29:49
    her to catch the boys fighting so she
  • 00:29:51
    deals with the pest tells shell that if
  • 00:29:53
    this is how he treats his supposed
  • 00:29:54
    friends then she doesn't want to
  • 00:29:56
    associate with him whatsoever which so
  • 00:29:58
    true so perfect ripped to everything
  • 00:30:01
    that happens after this as after calling
  • 00:30:03
    out the shell for valid reasons that he
  • 00:30:06
    does in fact treat his supposed friends
  • 00:30:08
    like shit Jenny realizes Dawn sucks too
  • 00:30:11
    so the episode ends with her deciding
  • 00:30:12
    that smooth guys are overrated and that
  • 00:30:15
    maybe she should look elsewhere I need
  • 00:30:19
    someone who's maybe not as smooth but as
  • 00:30:21
    genuine and sweet oh hey Sheldon so yeah
  • 00:30:25
    Sheldon's plan to control her tast and
  • 00:30:27
    men act ends up succeeding in getting
  • 00:30:30
    her to look in his Direction he
  • 00:30:32
    successfully ruined the silver shell for
  • 00:30:34
    her in a whole other genre of guys this
  • 00:30:36
    ending it sucks and I'm up two minds
  • 00:30:40
    about it on one hand I'll always
  • 00:30:41
    remember thinking that this ending imply
  • 00:30:43
    that Jenny might start noticing Sheldon
  • 00:30:45
    which blah but I also think the real
  • 00:30:47
    gold ending the real my favorite
  • 00:30:50
    interpretation is that her not knowing
  • 00:30:52
    about where to find a sweet guy hi Jenny
  • 00:30:55
    yeah someone's sweet
  • 00:30:58
    but where am I ever going to find
  • 00:31:00
    someone like that sh fired that's
  • 00:31:02
    perfect because it would be a great dig
  • 00:31:04
    at Sheldon for all the shit he's pulled
  • 00:31:06
    in the last 10 minutes and every second
  • 00:31:09
    he is on screen Sheldon isn't genuine he
  • 00:31:11
    only thinks he's sweet but while this
  • 00:31:13
    would make for a great jab it does feel
  • 00:31:16
    like the rest of the show Teeters
  • 00:31:17
    between these two perspectives sometimes
  • 00:31:20
    it wants us to see Sheldon as a confused
  • 00:31:22
    sweetheart other times wants us to laugh
  • 00:31:24
    as he gets his comeuppence that he
  • 00:31:26
    doesn't get the girl but that is the
  • 00:31:28
    limit of his punishment he doesn't
  • 00:31:30
    actually get caught so he just doesn't
  • 00:31:33
    win leaving Sheldon to keep being
  • 00:31:35
    terrible for Jane to keep him in this
  • 00:31:36
    friend group where he has long proven he
  • 00:31:39
    shouldn't be and is this not enough
  • 00:31:41
    proof now the last two Horrors just not
  • 00:31:43
    horrified you enough well let's talk
  • 00:31:46
    about the new episode where Jenny
  • 00:31:48
    actually finds her nice robot boy you
  • 00:31:52
    heard about the super cool have to go
  • 00:31:54
    must be their pizza party at mesmer's
  • 00:31:55
    tonight yeah
  • 00:31:59
    you want to go his name is Kenny he was
  • 00:32:01
    invented by her mom's nesy true Romeo
  • 00:32:04
    and Juliet story all is good till she
  • 00:32:06
    realizes her new boyfriend is part
  • 00:32:11
    dog now this is initially deal breaker
  • 00:32:14
    but she sucks up because Kenny K9
  • 00:32:17
    popular so she gets Popular by proxy not
  • 00:32:20
    heroic but very teen of her things they
  • 00:32:22
    go okay she's trying to live it up so
  • 00:32:25
    naturally Sheldon ruins everything are
  • 00:32:27
    you crazy
  • 00:32:28
    Jenny doesn't eat people food don't you
  • 00:32:30
    know anything about your own
  • 00:32:34
    species it should have been me not him
  • 00:32:38
    it's not fair convinced that something
  • 00:32:41
    is wrong with Kenny cuz he's living his
  • 00:32:43
    dream Sheldon spies on the couple till
  • 00:32:45
    he happens to stumble upon the fact that
  • 00:32:47
    Kenny is literally dog coated now
  • 00:32:50
    usually this trou of a guy with a crush
  • 00:32:52
    sabotaging a boyfriend is played where
  • 00:32:54
    the partner doesn't know the truth see
  • 00:32:55
    the syntho clone from Kim Possible where
  • 00:32:57
    the girl doesn't know and Ron has some
  • 00:33:00
    suspicions but in this case Jenny
  • 00:33:04
    fucking knows so Sheldon trying to out
  • 00:33:06
    Kenny's best boy status is purely
  • 00:33:09
    selfish he's not doing this for her she
  • 00:33:12
    knows and apparently she's dealing with
  • 00:33:14
    it there's no positive spin for him
  • 00:33:16
    dressing up like a cat to make Kenny
  • 00:33:18
    cause a scene it just leads to him
  • 00:33:20
    humiliating Jenny in the process and
  • 00:33:22
    when that's not enough he tattles to
  • 00:33:23
    Kenny's dad causing him to get dragged
  • 00:33:25
    back home Sheldon's actions are
  • 00:33:28
    unambiguously selfish he is just doing
  • 00:33:31
    this for the satisfaction of being right
  • 00:33:33
    and making sure she's still single for
  • 00:33:35
    him then when time comes for him to get
  • 00:33:37
    walled for this it plays out like it
  • 00:33:39
    always does Shane doesn't find out the
  • 00:33:40
    true extent of Sheldon's actions and
  • 00:33:42
    instead we settle for her smacking him
  • 00:33:44
    with a shoe as he was seren dating her
  • 00:33:46
    as a cat I knew there was something
  • 00:33:49
    wrong with him now I'm convinced that
  • 00:33:52
    even the show recognizes that Jenny
  • 00:33:54
    found out everything Sheldon has done
  • 00:33:56
    even for a sitcom would struggle to
  • 00:33:58
    justify Jenny keeping him around but
  • 00:34:01
    this idea of Comedy around Sheldon being
  • 00:34:03
    a creep just sucks as we know it's just
  • 00:34:07
    a gag and he'll go right back to doing
  • 00:34:09
    what he's always done next week now to
  • 00:34:11
    bring Panini back into the convo people
  • 00:34:13
    often talk about how if she were a guy
  • 00:34:16
    no one would find this funny because of
  • 00:34:18
    the implication which true and I know
  • 00:34:20
    what you're thinking but no Sheldon
  • 00:34:22
    isn't the male version of Panini however
  • 00:34:25
    he is the male version of this joke see
  • 00:34:28
    let me explain because I do find them
  • 00:34:30
    differences mildly interesting you see
  • 00:34:32
    with panini as a girl chasing a guy her
  • 00:34:34
    Advan are allowed to be way more
  • 00:34:36
    aggressive and physical she is getting
  • 00:34:37
    up in his business and dragging him to
  • 00:34:39
    places he doesn't want to go Panini is
  • 00:34:42
    allowed to do this because she's a
  • 00:34:43
    little girl and the cultural biases
  • 00:34:45
    associated with that makes her seem less
  • 00:34:47
    threatening allowing for this Behavior
  • 00:34:48
    to be seen as an exaggeration and
  • 00:34:50
    unrealistic she's allowed to get up in
  • 00:34:52
    his face ignore his boundaries and get
  • 00:34:54
    away with it despite everyone watching
  • 00:34:56
    it happen it's viewed as comedic
  • 00:34:59
    slapstick that gender divide maky more
  • 00:35:01
    palatable as it's viewed as more
  • 00:35:03
    ridiculous than if it were the other way
  • 00:35:05
    around in contrast while py is dominant
  • 00:35:08
    Sheldon is Rin to be more pathetic the
  • 00:35:11
    woman he's into is a super strong robot
  • 00:35:13
    who can easily take him in a fight so
  • 00:35:15
    instead he's written to be this lovesick
  • 00:35:17
    puppy allowing him to obsess in a way
  • 00:35:19
    that is comedically safe Sheldon has to
  • 00:35:21
    be the most pathetic beta male that has
  • 00:35:23
    ever beta so this situation can be
  • 00:35:25
    played for comedy he's written to be a
  • 00:35:27
    pet who was always around but never
  • 00:35:29
    physically interacting with her really
  • 00:35:32
    as that would be the step too far my
  • 00:35:34
    thing that gets missed and the reason
  • 00:35:35
    Shel doesn't have the same scale of haum
  • 00:35:37
    that Panini has is that by just being a
  • 00:35:40
    pest who's around being weird his
  • 00:35:42
    actions get downplayed as doesn't match
  • 00:35:44
    to typical TV depictions of abuse it's
  • 00:35:46
    an invisible Factor so people are
  • 00:35:48
    willing to overlook it even when it
  • 00:35:50
    might be the more accurate depiction
  • 00:35:52
    another part is that Sheldon being rent
  • 00:35:53
    as pathetic and getting bullied and
  • 00:35:55
    hated by everyone it invites sympathy
  • 00:35:58
    and here's the thing it doesn't cancel
  • 00:35:59
    out the bad things that he does which is
  • 00:36:02
    part of the disconnect Sheldon doesn't
  • 00:36:04
    seem threatening so this lets a show
  • 00:36:05
    thing that he can get away with using
  • 00:36:07
    his obsession for comedy that Jenny has
  • 00:36:09
    superpowers that she's so much stronger
  • 00:36:11
    than him and therefore he is just
  • 00:36:14
    anything he can ever do to her is just
  • 00:36:16
    an annoyance just because he can't
  • 00:36:18
    physically hurt her doesn't mean that
  • 00:36:19
    Jenny should put up with Sheldon's
  • 00:36:21
    bullshit or that what's happening isn't
  • 00:36:23
    controlling manipulative and just
  • 00:36:25
    terrible in every sense of the word I'm
  • 00:36:27
    convinced that the only real reason the
  • 00:36:29
    story keeps him around is that he just
  • 00:36:30
    wants to have a love interest in the
  • 00:36:32
    back pocket in case they decide to like
  • 00:36:34
    go that direction then to top all of
  • 00:36:36
    this off Sheldon's actions use tropes
  • 00:36:38
    that could be utilized sympathetically
  • 00:36:40
    he wanting to out Kenny because he
  • 00:36:42
    thinks he might be a danger to Jenny
  • 00:36:44
    that could work he'd still suck for how
  • 00:36:46
    he handled it but you get why he would
  • 00:36:48
    do such a thing but no shenny knows
  • 00:36:51
    Sheldon knows that she knows and then he
  • 00:36:53
    still does it anyway even the silver
  • 00:36:56
    shell Persona from the weird
  • 00:36:57
    manipulative place it starts it does
  • 00:36:59
    move to the basic idea that it should
  • 00:37:01
    have done in the first place we're tired
  • 00:37:03
    of not being noticed Sheldon tries to
  • 00:37:04
    use the shell to winner over so that he
  • 00:37:06
    can reveal his real identity it could
  • 00:37:08
    work but now having to deal with the
  • 00:37:10
    fact that he lied but the fact that he
  • 00:37:12
    was so insecure he thought that this was
  • 00:37:14
    the only way he could do it by
  • 00:37:15
    pretending to be someone else yeah we've
  • 00:37:18
    gotone on board with that before it
  • 00:37:20
    could work by the time he tries to upull
  • 00:37:23
    this it is far too late as we've seen
  • 00:37:26
    what he is a a manipulative creep Jenny
  • 00:37:30
    just wanted a date to the Saad Hawkins
  • 00:37:31
    dance that wasn't Sheldon she forgot how
  • 00:37:33
    sick of the shell she was so she agrees
  • 00:37:35
    to go with him only for Sheldon to be so
  • 00:37:38
    obsessed with making the night perfect
  • 00:37:40
    for his gray inter reveal he ends up
  • 00:37:41
    spending the entire night fighting alien
  • 00:37:43
    bikers and neglecting Jenny ruining the
  • 00:37:46
    dance for her then because a lot of
  • 00:37:47
    these episodes Center Sheldon and it's
  • 00:37:49
    more about his Shenanigans and
  • 00:37:50
    comeuppence Jenny gets to drop this one
  • 00:37:53
    horrible line lying I can forgive but I
  • 00:37:56
    will not be hum humiliated which first
  • 00:37:58
    off don't have her say she can forgive
  • 00:38:00
    lying in this context she really
  • 00:38:02
    shouldn't secondly the fact that this
  • 00:38:04
    episode ends with another Sheldon might
  • 00:38:06
    have a shotline drives me up a wall yet
  • 00:38:09
    again as yeah he's somehow successfully
  • 00:38:11
    lowering her standards I'd rather date
  • 00:38:13
    anyone than you even Sheldon you make
  • 00:38:16
    Sheldon look like Prince Charming Prince
  • 00:38:18
    Charming I'm the luckiest boy in the
  • 00:38:21
    world like I hate this so much Sheldon
  • 00:38:24
    is one of the worst examples of an
  • 00:38:25
    entitled teen I've seen in a while dude
  • 00:38:28
    will be mad that he slaved away on an
  • 00:38:30
    attachment for her and that she won't
  • 00:38:32
    give him the time of day to give it to
  • 00:38:34
    her because she's too busy saving the
  • 00:38:36
    world so naturally rather than taking
  • 00:38:38
    the L improving himself or addressing
  • 00:38:40
    why does he feel like she owes him her
  • 00:38:42
    time he decides the best thing for him
  • 00:38:44
    to do is to break into her house steal
  • 00:38:47
    her blueprints all so that he can figure
  • 00:38:49
    out what makes her tick and how to make
  • 00:38:51
    her like him I'd say I'm surprised but
  • 00:38:53
    there's no low I can't imagine him going
  • 00:38:56
    at this point but somehow he still found
  • 00:38:58
    a way as after all his whining all the
  • 00:39:00
    insane thing he's done to get with Jenny
  • 00:39:03
    he immediately folds for the first robot
  • 00:39:05
    girl to batter eyes at him which
  • 00:39:07
    thankfully this woman robs
  • 00:39:09
    [Laughter]
  • 00:39:11
    him good for her this was just Jenny's
  • 00:39:14
    arch nemesis vexus who used those
  • 00:39:16
    blueprints to try and defeat Jenny but
  • 00:39:18
    I'm still in disbelief Sheldon switch
  • 00:39:20
    teams so easily like truly the one thing
  • 00:39:22
    I was going to give him credit for was
  • 00:39:24
    being a good little s but no he's not
  • 00:39:26
    even that and somehow he has the
  • 00:39:28
    audacity to say something this
  • 00:39:30
    delusional hold on there Jen you don't
  • 00:39:32
    want to obliterate your one true chance
  • 00:39:34
    at happiness it's amazing how a kid this
  • 00:39:37
    incure can have delusions of grandeur
  • 00:39:39
    this big my one consolation for this
  • 00:39:41
    episode is that it's like the one time
  • 00:39:43
    Sheldon's behavior is properly punished
  • 00:39:46
    as his thevery is caught and we end the
  • 00:39:48
    episode with her trying to beat him to a
  • 00:39:50
    pulp but again he doesn't
  • 00:39:52
    change what will it take for you to
  • 00:39:54
    realize that you love me you are
  • 00:39:56
    delusional
  • 00:39:58
    now I think this was the episode where I
  • 00:40:00
    had the most double takes as this is the
  • 00:40:02
    one where it's revealed that Sheldon has
  • 00:40:04
    straight up tried to buy Jenny yeah you
  • 00:40:08
    heard that right and I wasn't joking in
  • 00:40:10
    the thumbnail as apparently in some
  • 00:40:12
    point offscreen he walked up to Jenny's
  • 00:40:15
    mom and offered her cash for her
  • 00:40:18
    daughter uh Sheldon you've tried that
  • 00:40:20
    already Mrs Wakeman says Jenny is not
  • 00:40:22
    for sale like what am I supposed to do
  • 00:40:24
    with this info I already hate him so
  • 00:40:27
    much what else do the show think it can
  • 00:40:29
    get away with the thing that motivates
  • 00:40:31
    today's woman is jealousy why are you
  • 00:40:34
    like this so Sheldon starts paying a
  • 00:40:37
    popular to go out with him to make Jenny
  • 00:40:39
    jealous only problem she doesn't give a
  • 00:40:42
    fuck instead Jenny is happy for Sheldon
  • 00:40:45
    and is also dealing with hearing loss on
  • 00:40:46
    account of a loose screw brose spent his
  • 00:40:48
    life savings for nothing then because I
  • 00:40:51
    can't have nice things like Sheldon dead
  • 00:40:54
    Jenny gets in the spirit of love and
  • 00:40:56
    starts dating orando they all go on a
  • 00:40:58
    double date were on account of a garage
  • 00:41:00
    sale the Rando has a gift Sheldon was
  • 00:41:02
    holding off on giving Jenny who loves it
  • 00:41:04
    Sheldon is naturally a little petty
  • 00:41:06
    bitch about his own decisions biting him
  • 00:41:07
    in the ass trying to grill a dude on
  • 00:41:10
    where he got it then being on say he
  • 00:41:12
    sold it as that would invite questions
  • 00:41:13
    of why so Jenny and Sheldon get heated
  • 00:41:16
    their dates realize they prefer each
  • 00:41:18
    other when Jenny realizing later that
  • 00:41:19
    the gift she loves so much was from
  • 00:41:22
    Sheldon so we get this scene I can't
  • 00:41:24
    believe Sheldon made such a beautiful
  • 00:41:25
    gift for me really is a K I beg to
  • 00:41:28
    differ thankfully Jenny is back to being
  • 00:41:30
    deaf so whoops she doesn't hear
  • 00:41:33
    Sheldon's full speech only the part
  • 00:41:34
    where it makes sound like he doesn't
  • 00:41:36
    want to date her I still couldn't date
  • 00:41:38
    you so you date one popular person and
  • 00:41:41
    suddenly I'm not good enough for
  • 00:41:43
    you you blow it man three seasons of
  • 00:41:46
    lying and we're still entertaining the
  • 00:41:48
    idea that Sheldon can get the girl to
  • 00:41:50
    make him suffer because haha I hate it
  • 00:41:53
    also the craziest part of this whole
  • 00:41:55
    show and the dynamic is that I don't
  • 00:41:57
    even think the rest of the friend group
  • 00:41:59
    likes him 99% of the time they're like
  • 00:42:02
    dude what the fuck are you doing they
  • 00:42:04
    tolerate his existence rather than
  • 00:42:06
    sitting with them at the lunch table he
  • 00:42:07
    has to sit in a dog bed only real reason
  • 00:42:10
    Jenny seems to even like hanging out
  • 00:42:12
    with them is because of the repairs and
  • 00:42:14
    makeovers Jenny Brad sometimes tuck they
  • 00:42:18
    tolerate him but it never feels like
  • 00:42:20
    they like him which makes it crazy that
  • 00:42:22
    he gets to stick around as his creeping
  • 00:42:24
    is nonstop so it makes the story feel
  • 00:42:26
    like just has shenny get used to this
  • 00:42:29
    which is its own brand of eel truly I
  • 00:42:32
    hate this ship I hate Sheldon and if you
  • 00:42:34
    don't let me remind you of one thing
  • 00:42:36
    he's not 15 he's
  • 00:42:39
    105 oh yeah this is another Marco you'd
  • 00:42:42
    never betray me like the real Jenny
  • 00:42:44
    would
  • 00:42:45
    you Sheldon okay cards on the table I
  • 00:42:48
    actually don't care about this this
  • 00:42:50
    isn't Marco and star versus where they
  • 00:42:52
    keep bringing up the fact that the team
  • 00:42:53
    boy is actually mentally an adult with
  • 00:42:56
    his character and skills being being
  • 00:42:57
    derived from that fact my life it's more
  • 00:43:00
    episodic they never bring this shit up
  • 00:43:02
    again so it's easy to ignore as a oneand
  • 00:43:05
    done and that just it isn't Canon we can
  • 00:43:07
    move on we have so much other shit we
  • 00:43:09
    can be mad and annoyed about and if you
  • 00:43:11
    want proof of that take that big
  • 00:43:12
    declaration from Sheldon about not being
  • 00:43:13
    able to tell the secret only for it to
  • 00:43:15
    be ignored later I think we're free to
  • 00:43:17
    ignore some complications as it's truly
  • 00:43:20
    irrelevant to everything else going on
  • 00:43:22
    and we have enough problematic material
  • 00:43:25
    to deal with thankfully
  • 00:43:27
    we're almost done covering this shit
  • 00:43:29
    show as in his last major appearance
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    Sheldon admits to constantly stalking
  • 00:43:34
    Jenny not to her that would mean he'd
  • 00:43:36
    have to take some semblance of
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    accountability no instead he reveals
  • 00:43:40
    this to the feds who allow him to
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    monetize his hobby by getting paid to
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    follow Jenny around this was a choice
  • 00:43:48
    also a choice to make him a literal
  • 00:43:51
    stalker where otherwise this was assumed
  • 00:43:53
    but the little narc ends up causing a
  • 00:43:55
    bunch of innocent robots to get put into
  • 00:43:57
    into a
  • 00:43:58
    concentration camp helping Jenny to save
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    the robots later as he realized that
  • 00:44:02
    he's been helping the bad guys he does
  • 00:44:05
    look cool here even gets a kiss from
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    Jenny and thanks then he admits what he
  • 00:44:11
    did you knew about these jerks you were
  • 00:44:14
    spying on me that's what we've been
  • 00:44:17
    waiting for that's basically it for this
  • 00:44:19
    ship the show got tragically cancel no
  • 00:44:22
    real conclusion to the Romantic subplot
  • 00:44:24
    though the creator has admitted that he
  • 00:44:26
    never really cared about Jenny's love
  • 00:44:28
    life but did joke about Sheldon and
  • 00:44:29
    Jenny getting together so maybe it's a
  • 00:44:32
    good thing we didn't get that I love you
  • 00:44:35
    Jenny white
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    man Sheldon he's awful he can be a
  • 00:44:40
    little funny at times seeing him get his
  • 00:44:41
    ass beat is cathartic a wee bit but I
  • 00:44:44
    don't think the show ever fully realized
  • 00:44:46
    how terrible he actually was when it
  • 00:44:48
    came time to get involved it always
  • 00:44:50
    picked the option that made him look
  • 00:44:52
    worse but then rarely did the show
  • 00:44:53
    grapple or have him grapple with his
  • 00:44:55
    behavior instead the the show just play
  • 00:44:58
    it off while chuckling that he's just
  • 00:45:00
    some sad lovesick puppy when no he's an
  • 00:45:03
    entitled emotionally controlling creep
  • 00:45:06
    the fact that this series starts with me
  • 00:45:07
    feeling bad that Sheldon is getting
  • 00:45:09
    bullied but by his third appearance it
  • 00:45:11
    made me wish he was bullied harder which
  • 00:45:14
    is an achievement and I'm not pro
  • 00:45:17
    bullying I'm just anti- him the
  • 00:45:19
    characters are supposed to be bad the
  • 00:45:21
    bullies who pick on Shel for just being
  • 00:45:22
    a weak geek they end up feeling like
  • 00:45:24
    they're in the right for hating him
  • 00:45:27
    everything about Sheldon's crush is a
  • 00:45:29
    joke that manages to be worse than
  • 00:45:30
    paninis as it's just him being shitty
  • 00:45:33
    the show gives him a slap on the wrist
  • 00:45:35
    but never for what he actually did and
  • 00:45:37
    it does this because the story needs to
  • 00:45:38
    justify Jenny keeping him around we got
  • 00:45:40
    weird hope spots where the show winked
  • 00:45:42
    at us that it might happen but every
  • 00:45:44
    single episode Sheldon just added more
  • 00:45:46
    fuel to the he sucks
  • 00:45:48
    fire I didn't get a hug wow you suck I'm
  • 00:45:53
    fine dealing with a subaw romantic
  • 00:45:55
    subplot there were most of my childhood
  • 00:45:58
    but there's subpar and then there's
  • 00:46:01
    heinous Behavior as this just isn't one
  • 00:46:04
    joke it's a series of gags sent around a
  • 00:46:06
    guy Were Meant to see as pathetic all
  • 00:46:08
    his failed attempts at getting a girl
  • 00:46:10
    only for his attempts to not be
  • 00:46:12
    sympathetic this is not poor guy but he
  • 00:46:14
    had this coming it's he sucks hit him
  • 00:46:18
    again the fact that the show had Jenny
  • 00:46:19
    as this indominable figure that just had
  • 00:46:21
    to play off and live with Sheldon being
  • 00:46:23
    around is weird in hindsight the fact
  • 00:46:26
    that he never feels he's part of the
  • 00:46:27
    group that when they have the giant
  • 00:46:29
    family hug at the end of the special and
  • 00:46:31
    he is excluded light of my life but also
  • 00:46:34
    proves that he's just here to do a bit
  • 00:46:36
    and it makes it so easy to not care and
  • 00:46:39
    to really not care for him My Life as a
  • 00:46:42
    Teenage Robot is a great show it brought
  • 00:46:45
    me lots of laughs and tons of great
  • 00:46:47
    action however Sheldon was someone I
  • 00:46:49
    soured on pretty quickly after a brief
  • 00:46:51
    instance of rooting for him but with
  • 00:46:53
    hindsight damn did this not age well
  • 00:46:56
    like holy shit this might be the
  • 00:46:58
    roughest thing to come out Nick's early
  • 00:47:00
    O's and I am so happy that they never
  • 00:47:03
    ended up together this one is going the
  • 00:47:05
    Hall of shipping infamy I don't think it
  • 00:47:08
    will ever be topped in cartoons anime is
  • 00:47:11
    its own nightmare
Tags
  • My Life as a Teenage Robot
  • Sheldon
  • Jenny
  • romantic subplot
  • entitlement
  • emotional abuse
  • character analysis
  • animation
  • critique
  • relationship dynamics