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Post by sheldon on Sept 23, 2011 1:45:26 GMT -5
SHELDONLEECOOPER
Name: Sheldon Lee Cooper
Nicknames: Shelly (only by Penny), Moonpie (grandmother), Dr. Dumbass (when he is mocked), one lab accident away from becoming a super villain
Age: 31
Birthday: 20, April, Year is optional
Species: Human Homo novus
Canon or Original: canon
Fandom: Big Bang Theory Sheldon and the friend algorithm
Play By: Jim Parsons
Height: 6’1’’
Weight: 140-150 IBS
Eye color: brown
Hair color: brown
Body type: thin, lanky
Likes: Comic Books, science, his meemaw, having his brain scanned, Amy Farrah Fowler, Video Games, Star Trek, routines,
Dislikes: Chickens, Dogs, Birds, Driving, Renaissance Fairs, alcohol, drugs, Dirty Socks
Habits: Does things in 3, and many, many more to list
Fears: Dogs, Birds
Strengths: His intelligence, Archery, dancing.
Weaknesses: Sarcasm, practical jokes
Powers: none my Brain. I am like professor Xavier with out the telekinetic powers…
Personality: Sheldon also has qualities associated with being a prodigy, such as an inflated ego, social ineptness, and an inability to relate emotionally with others. Despite his intelligence, he has a distinct lack of emotional maturity and is often baffled by even the most common social interactions. He not only fails to understand the simplest sarcastic jokes made by Leonard, but also regards Penny's sadness over one of her breakups with blatant confusion. However, recently, he has begun to understand the concept of sarcasm, attempting unsuccessfully to employ it himself towards Penny in the second season, and successfully employing it towards his friends in the third season. He appears to have a complete disinterest in romantic relationships, and eccentricities, direct remarks, and demanding nature put him at odds with his own friends and especially Penny. Sheldon hates it when someone stops him when he is trying to explain something. If this happens: a tic starts on his face until he can complete what he wants to say. He cannot and will not drive, and thus someone must drive him always.
He also has symptoms of obsessive compulsive personality disorder and Asperger's syndrome. E.g., when he finds Penny's apartment messy, he sneaks in during the night and cleans it up because he can't stand being in the same hallway with something so disastrous, he refuses to sit anywhere other than his designated spot on the couch and follow set routines, and the running gag of the show is that when he knocks on Penny's door, he has to say Penny's name every three knocks (He does this thrice everytime). Aside from his idiosyncrasies, Sheldon is logical. He possesses an eidetic memory and an IQ of 187, although he claims his IQ cannot be accurately measured by normal tests. Sheldon has an overly extensive general knowledge, such as shown by his comments regarding various details of anecdotal knowledge (for instance, about the introduction of the fork into Thailand).
Sheldon occasionally uses slang (in a very unnatural fashion), and follows jokes with his catchphrase "Bazinga!". He is not entirely sure how to hug someone, and avoids human contact whenever possible. Despite his egocentricism, Sheldon appears to be somewhat aware of his social ineptitude, particularly his lack of understanding of sarcasm. He mentioned that he keeps a record of his daily conversations after Penny snapped at him and Leonard asked him why, to which he suggested that Leonard check his conversation records "to see if I messed up anywhere." Sheldon is also a difficult person to work with and generally displays apathy to the world around - in The Toast Derivation Sheldon criticised Bill Gates for focusing on his charity work rather than Windows Vista, a remark that earned him a punch in the face from Gates.
Sheldon also has childlike qualities. For example, even though he doesn't seem to realize it, he must get his way, such as in naming the Caltech Physics Bowl team (Army Ants) or deciding to go to San Francisco by train instead of flying (due to his fascination and love of trains) to a conference where he seeks Nobel laureate George Smoot's approval, and he needs his mother (or Penny) to care for him when he is sick, which involves singing "Soft Kitty" and rubbing Vicks on his chest. He cannot stand to be interrupted, concede when he doesn't know something, keep a secret, or hear people bicker or argue, crinkling his lips with intense frustration when any of these events occur. Sheldon doesn't have a driver's license (although he does possess a learner's permit), and needs his friends to take him places. He attempts to learn to drive on a simulator, however he fails the moment it starts, and attempts to obscure his failure by claiming he is "too evolved" to drive.
Despite his strange behavior, Sheldon has, at times, demonstrated a much softer side to himself. In one instance, when Penny was low on money, Sheldon let her borrow a large amount of his savings, but while she worried about paying it back, he was entirely uncaring as to when he got it back. This was later described by Leonard as "one of the few idiosyncrasies that doesn't make you want to, you know, kill him". Also, after Penny let him stay at her place when he locked himself out of his apartment, Sheldon sincerely thanked her for it. When Penny gave Sheldon a Christmas present, he was extremely anxious because he did not know what it was and therefore did not know how to reciprocate. He purchased multiple gift baskets of bath items (in order to choose one which matched the value of her gift), only to find that she got him a napkin autographed by his idol, Leonard Nimoy, (which he had also wiped his mouth with, and therefore had his DNA on it). This prompted him to give her all the baskets and a hug (the first time he has shown any physical intimacy with anyone).
Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder: Sheldon exhibits a strict adherence to routine, such as doing specific recreational activities on specific days of the week, going to the bathroom on a specific time every morning, eating specific food items on specific days, being unable to reconcile changes to food orders, doing laundry on a specific day and time (every Saturday night at 8:15), or knocking on the door a certain number of times while repeating the name of the person he is seeking with a particular frequency ("[knock knock knock] Penny [knock knock knock] Penny [knock knock knock] Penny" being the most common). Sheldon labels all home utensils, appliances, etc., including his labelmaker. He also makes loud noises (or musical notes with a xylophone) in every theater before a movie, attempting to locate the "acoustic sweet spot". However, he can adapt to seats with sub-optimal conditions, such as suitable cushion densities and light dispersion, provided he has the opportunity to test them.
Narcissistic personality disorder: Though not technically meeting all or enough requirements for a formal diagnosis, Sheldon constantly points out his superiority among his friends.
Mysophobia: He is constantly worried about others touching his food, washes his hands as often as he can, and showers twice daily. Leonard used his concerns for food to mock him in "The Einstein Approximation", as did Raj in "The Engagement Reaction". Penny has stated that he still has not learned to not to insult those who handle his food, to which Amy Farrah Fowler agrees.
Hypochondriasis: He is extremely worried about becoming sick. He became worried about Penny infecting him with influenza and subsequently contracted it. Another time, he wanted a full medical examination by Leonard's girlfriend, Dr. Stephanie Barnett, in order to discover the cause of a high-pitched noise in his head. When Howard's mother is sent to the hospital, Sheldon refuses to go due to exposure to pathogens and germs, until Penny confronts him. Though, he accidentally wanders into a biohazard room at the hospital, after fearing the restroom's cleanliness, and endures a two-week quarantine. Sheldon showers twice a day and washes his hands as often as he can. In addition, Sheldon has a red toothbrush that is kept in a Plexiglass case under a UV lamp.
Inability to lie: When Sheldon is complicit in a lie, he exhausts all of his efforts in his almost always unsuccessful attempt to make it believable. Similarly, he cannot be entrusted with a secret because he develops nervous tics. However, it is easier for him to lie if he has prior knowledge of the deception or an "ironclad alibi" thought out in advance, as opposed to it being "impromptu dishonesty".
Intolerance of people in his bedroom. One time, he was distraught when Penny entered his room in the middle of the night. On another occasion, Sheldon hesitantly let Penny in his bedroom to get a key for his desk to retrieve a USB flashdrive, constantly reminding her that, far from creating a permanent easement, it was only one-time permission.
Stage fright: While perfectly comfortable speaking to small groups, Sheldon cannot speak to crowds deemed large enough to trample him (36 adults or 70 children) without having a panic attack.
Mother: Mary Cooper
Father: George Cooper
Siblings: Missy, George
Other Family: his grandmother or meemaw
Friends: Leonard, Rajesh Koothrappali. Harold, Penny, Amy
Enemies: Lesley, Kripke
Home town: Galveston, Texas
Current residence: Los Angeles
History: Sheldon was born in Galveston, Texas to Mary Cooper, a devout Evangelical Christian and George Cooper, a Texan Homer Simpson who died quite a while ago due to a unknown cause. He has a sister named Missy Cooper and a brother named George Cooper. At age 12, he conducted experiments involving the height of stairs and deduced that if a step on a staircase is 2 millimeters off or more, a person is likely to trip. This resulted in his father breaking his clavicle. At the same age he had to be flown to a hospital by helicopter and be treated for radiation damage following a mishap when he built a CAT scan, which also resulted in the death of his sister's guinea pig, Snowball. In Texas, Sheldon was the co-captain of the East Texan Christian Youth Holy Roller Bowling League Championship team, 7-12 year old division.
Like the typical nerd, Sheldon was bullied a lot as a child, mainly by his classmates, neighborhood kids and his siblings. Not so much because of is looks, but because of his expressing intellectual superiority to them and being a complete Smart Alec. He would get a lot of butt kickings from the neighbor kids and would get swirlies all the time, even in church. There were also noogies and wedgies. He would have some of his stuff taken away from time to time too like lunch money and kites. Luckily, he only had to cope with this until he was 11, as he then went straight to college, but that didn't stop his siblings. Sheldon tells Amy Farrah Fowler, that his childhood was "hell".
At the age of 12, he dabbled in lasers which resulted in him being sent to boarding school (most likely a boarding school for the specially gifted, or he went and actually taught at the boarding school, given his child prodigy); it is heavily implied in a CBS promotional clip that the government took Sheldon's laser away and hushed the college professor who witnessed the experiment. According to his mother, when Sheldon was 13, he attempted to build a nuclear reactor at a young age in order to provide free electricity for his town; that failed after a government agent informed him that, it was illegal to store yellowcake uranium in a shed; he then had a big tantrum as a result. She also reminded him of how the neighbor kids used to beat him up, due to him boasting to them how he was smarter than them.
He also built a so-called "Death Ray" (which was unsuccessful) and a robotic arm made from substrates cooked in his sister's Easy-Bake Oven. Sheldon left school in the fifth grade and went to college, where he received his first doctorate at the age of 16. He then spent four years on his second dissertation, and held his current job for eight years.
Sheldon is a published theoretical physicist and has earned a Master of Science and two doctoral degrees. Sheldon went to college at the age of eleven, entered graduate studies at fourteen, and received his first PhD at sixteen. Sheldon received a Stevenson award when he was 14 and a half. Sheldon was a visiting professor at Heidelberg University in Germany at age 15. Sheldon took four years to write his second Doctor of Philosophy thesis. At Caltech, Sheldon conducts string theory research, and throughout the course of the show, Sheldon has switched disciplines from bosonic string theory to heterotic string theory, reconciled the black hole information paradox using a string network condesate approach and worked on time-dependent background in string theory, specifically quantum field theory, in D-dimensional de Sitter space. He has also lectured on topological insulators.
With Rajesh Koothrappali he has worked on the string theory implications of gamma rays from dark matter annhiliations and considered a method for optimizing a 500 GeV particle detector to this end. Sheldon and Leonard jointly wrote a paper on supersolids to be presented at an Institute of Experimental Physics topical conference on Bose-Einstein condesates. He often rambles on about his imaginative ideas and theories, much to Leonard's annoyance, but does not listen to his friend concerning his (Leonard's) research. Sheldon became offended when he found that Missy inaccurately tells others he is a rocket scientist; he apparently thinks the title is beneath him.
Once, when he was obsessed with solving a physics problem, he took on menial tasks to clear his thought processes as to emulate Albert Einstein's success under similar circumstances. Much to Penny's dismay, one of the menial tasks he takes on is serving food at the Cheesecake Factory where she works, even though he was not an employee. In the second-season finale "The Monopolar Expedition", Sheldon receives a grant from the National Science Foundation to travel to the North Magnetic Pole for an experiment in search of magnetic monopole particles, with Leonard, Raj and Howard as his support team. In the experiment he detects what he believes is significant monopolar magnetic charge, validating one of the chief predictions of superstring theory. Though Sheldon publicly announces he has confirmed string theory and will receive a Nobel Prize, he learns that the charge detected was actually static electricity from the others' electric can opener, forcing Sheldon to issue a retraction to his announcement and severely damaging his reputation at the university.
Name: Krissy
Age: Optional
Contact: PM Im
Other characters: Gabriel, Ash, Esther, Lily Evans, Tom Hanson
Role play sample: Sheldon woke up at his usual time. He got out of bed and put on his robe over his pajamas and stepped into the little hallway. He walked into the bathroom and did his usual morning routine before getting dressed in a green lantern shirt with a blue long sleeve shirt under it and blue jeans with his shoes. He walked out of his bedroom after making sure everything was in order and he walked into the kitchen. Leonard, his room mate wasn’t awake yet and Sheldon simply shook his head. He didn’t understand how Leonard could sleep so late.
Sheldon poured himself some cereal and milk and made sure he put it all back the way he liked it. He started eating and about ten minutes into his meal Leonard walked into the kitchen. They had a usual morning conversation and then they left for work, Sheldon still saying more pointless things, well what he didn’t think was pointless, to Leonard and he watched Leonard just shake it off and nod, or agree. Sheldon didn’t really like that about him. He thought that everyone should listen to him when he talks. Sheldon was a narcissist that way.
Upon arriving to work, Sheldon retreated into his office and started working on his equation of the day.
This application was made by Krissy, lyrics from Dear Agony by Breaking Benjamin. Please do not steal! |
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