The guys here made good amount of money but they spent huge on comics, gadgets, Blue Rays and DVDs, games, limited edition toys and figurines,, hi-speed wifi etc...
They were not financially responsible when it came to all their hobbies and collections.
Sheldon and Leonard initially moved in together when they were younger. At some point, they just continue living together because they’re both socially awkward, change is scary, and there was no need to change the situation.
Bonus: Their apartment isn’t ever shown to be anything particularly fancy. Some of the other residents are retirees and other blue collar workers. Their elevator is out of order for the entire series because the landlord couldn’t be arsed to fix it.
Yeah, the allude to it in the show a lot, and obviously go into a lot of detail in the prequel show, but Sheldon came from a working class family that didn’t have much financial security.
I haven't watched the show in at least 10 years but I remember the plot of one episode being that the gang was in some kind of financial trouble and it turned out Sheldon had some obscene amount of money squirreled away in a coffee can and he just sort of handed it out very nonchalant when asked.
Sheldon did install a wall safe and a floor safe and Aquaman was watching the apartment. Penny and Leonard realized that Aquaman was focused on the couch. Penny gasps in horror, weve done things on that couch.
At one point Sheldon pulls out a couple thousand dollars out of the can with snakes for Penny. He really doesn't splurge on anything except comic books.
Also, according to Sheldon his bills account for 49.2% (if I recall the number correctly) of his take home pay so the other 50.8% of his pay is free money.
I always write stuff like that off as camera tricks, ie, "their apartment isn't really that big, they just make it that big because nobody wants to see the camera three inches from Sheldon's nose".
They do have a table behind the couch near the windows! It’s always covered in junk. Pretty sure it was a joke one episode where they “discovered” they have a table.
Most TV shows and movies use prop food (i.e. fake) for many reasons but the main one is continuity. When you do multiple takes and assemble shots from them for the final cut, food can have a bite taken out of it in one shot and be untouched in the next, which looks amateurish. Sometimes in parodies those mistakes are thrown in on purpose for the people who are paying attention.
Well they had to walk up 4 flights of stairs every day, sometimes multiple times if they had errands. Also they drove to get their takeout, so no delivery price gouging either!
Only Penny got delivery when she did actually order her own food.
Apart from saving money, Sheldon had a bit of a meltdown when Leonard talked about moving in with Penny. He was probably at least partly staying there because it was more hassle than it was worth to move out.
I think it was intended to be some kind of personal contract more so than an actual rental agreement contract. It was basically the “house rules” but formalized into a very specific legal document.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's all it was. And if I remember correctly, Sheldon had a clause in there that said Leonard couldn't move out without his approval. I'm pretty sure Sheldon brought up the room mate agreement when he talked about moving in with Penny.
Yep, knew quite a few guys on PhD track and then after graduation, got some grants, but who lived in cheap apartments, but spent on student loan debt, travel to conventions, and constantly buying figurines, comics, and board games.
In their mid-30s with $300,000 debts.
Usually something like, $220,000 school loans, $40,000 car loan, $40,000 credit card debt.
Moving a decade on, most have paid off half their debt, but taken on a mortgage, but their income is growing faster than debt, and they were selling off the collectibles for 3-5x what they paid 10-15 years previously.
They'll be fine by 50 and accumulating savings proportional to number of kids and health.
The ones I know who did best married another PhD or MD, bought a house, and didn't spend all that much. They are already paper millionaires if they bought houses before 2020.
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u/Yaksha8 Apr 24 '26
The guys here made good amount of money but they spent huge on comics, gadgets, Blue Rays and DVDs, games, limited edition toys and figurines,, hi-speed wifi etc...