# Crimes of the Big Bang Theory characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 6, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234 "2019-08-06T13:39:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/21 "2019-08-06T17:18:15Z")
Most cities inspect apartment buildings at least once every two years. The landlord must have racked up some heavy duty fines not fixing the elevator, especially if they had physically handicapped people living in the building. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/22 "2019-08-06T17:26:48Z")
Howard gave Penny a teddy bear with a hidden camera in it. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/23 "2019-08-06T17:28:26Z")
How were they able to send Sheldon a citation when the trafficcam saw him driving Penny’s car? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/24 "2019-08-06T17:32:10Z")
When Howard hooks up with Penny friend Christy Vanderbel \*the whore of Omaha), it’s implied he does something with Penny’s stuffed bear collection. Exactly what I do not want to know. And Raj’s deaf girl friend Emily was a gold digger, but that is more unethical than illegal. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/25 "2019-08-06T17:37:20Z")
Howard drove the wrong way on a one-way street. (Speeding?) Penny, Bernadette and Leonard stalked and spied on Amy and her date. Howard took Raj’s helicopter apart and couldn’t reassemble it. Raj snooped in Emily’s apartment, breaking her nightstand. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/26 "2019-08-06T17:40:51Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > How were they able to send Sheldon a citation when the trafficcam saw him driving Penny’s car? The ticket was sent to Penny and since she couldn’t afford any more points, she ratted out Sheldon. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/27 "2019-08-06T17:48:34Z")
Sheldon gets his driving learner’s permit by bugging out the instructor. This is not the first or last time Sheldon used such a tactic to get what he wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/28 "2019-08-06T18:12:41Z")
Amy also was drunk in public. And she also brought the smoking monkey from her experiment home, which is no doubt against the university’s and city’s laws about keeping wild animals and smoking . ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/29 "2019-08-06T18:30:19Z")
The guys were disposing of Roger Abbott’s belongings, which were probably University property. And Raj made off with his pen, and Sheldon popped his champagne bottle. And Penny’s brother was a drug dealer. And didn’t Bernadette wear a wire, to spy on the other guys? I’m sure Leonard’s mother was guilty of some crime, but I don’t know what. Child abuse? Spouse abuse? ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/30 "2019-08-06T18:34:30Z")
Bernadette often offered and, I believe in some cases gave away, pharmaceutical samples. Wouldn’t this be practicing medicine without a license? (Yeah, she’s a doctor, but it’s a Ph. D, not an M.D.) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/31 "2019-08-06T18:41:16Z")
In the parking spot epi, there was a lot of law-breaking. Bernadette admitted to keying Amy’s car. Amy illegally parked in the spot (and got towed). Sheldon stole Howard’s valuable Iron Man mask. In an episode where the guys were supposed to be working in a clean room Howard lets in a pigeon which ultimately leads to them destroying university records. Sheldon has frequently violated restraining orders. Sheldon has a few restraining orders. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/32 "2019-08-06T18:44:14Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > It was actually Sheldon who took the rocket fuel from Leonard and put it down in the elevator, pushed Leonard out and pressed the button (thus saving Leonard’s life, BTW). Leonard just made it without taking into consideration the size factor. Making an explosive in an apartment building is probably illegal all by itself; Leonard is responsible for all the damage, since he created the situation - Sheldon mitigated the situation by putting the stuff in the elevator, but Leonard is the guilty party (if Sheldon hadn’t been there, and been quick to react, Leonard would be responsible for more destruction and some deaths). > [@panache45](#): > > The guys were disposing of Roger Abbott’s belongings, which were probably University property. And Raj made off with his pen, and Sheldon popped his champagne bottle. Since they were assigned by the university to dispose of the property, I think they’re in the clear for that. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/33 "2019-08-06T18:49:32Z")
Todd Zarnecki hacked into Sheldon’s World or Warcraft account and stole his valuable possessions. He then steals Sheldon’s Klingon bat’leth. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/34 "2019-08-06T18:49:33Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > They’ve all committed fornication, and twice Sheldon has cross dressed (a French maid and Wonder Woman). > > They are definitely guilty of corrupting a minor, turning Dennis Kim from a promising 15 year old college student into a hound dog. As noted, fornication is not a crime. Neither is cross-dressing. As for Dennis Kim, he found that girl himself, got himself interested, and himself followed her into debauchery. The guys were notably unsuccessful at even getting started trying to talk to a specific girl to get her interested. All they are responsible for is the “bring your daughter to work day” thing which put the two people in proximity. They had the intent but not the execution. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > If Howard had contested his mother’s will, any semi-competent attorney could make a case for Stuart using undue influences to get Debbie Wolowitz to leave her estate to him. I doubt it. They invited him, he was working for compensation, they left him alone with her. All he did was the job he was being paid for. His only crime is not being so disgusted by her that he couldn’t do the job. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/35 "2019-08-06T21:16:12Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Didn’t they use a laser to blow up the moon once? They had it set on “stun”. In addition to the elevator, they also destroyed their apartment’s front door with their fighting robot. And then in the battle with Kripke’s they knocked off a door at CatTech. The first might be civil given being tenants, but the latter is definitely criminal. Sheldon stole Penny’s clothes from the laundry and threw them onto power lines. Expecting her to somehow safely retrieve them. (He’d be in real trouble if she died doing that.) Penny ruined Sheldon’s cushion for his spot with a paintball. Eventually fixed but it didn’t feel the same (until he was districted by Leonard revealing a fraud involving Chinese restaurants). ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/36 "2019-08-06T21:29:16Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Sheldon stole Penny’s clothes from the laundry and threw them onto power lines. Expecting her to somehow safely retrieve them. (He’d be in real trouble if she died doing that.) Ninja’d RE - Sheldon throwing the clothes onto the power lines? Would this be a simple littering charge or would some more serious charge be appropriate due to the involvement of public utilities? Would it be the exact same charge if he had just thrown them out onto the street? One more incident that that may or may not be a criminal act on Sheldon’s part. Sheldon got “something from the School of Pharmacology” in order to help Leonard woo Mrs Latham. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/37 "2019-08-06T21:44:46Z")
Leonard, Howard and Raj committed fraud by creating a dating profile in Sheldon’s name (which led to him meeting Amy). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/38 "2019-08-06T21:51:02Z")
Raj totally exposed himself in the coffee shop. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/39 "2019-08-06T21:54:52Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Raj totally exposed himself in the coffee shop. And an intoxicated Sheldon exposed himself while [giving a speech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAElfmG2H2Y). ETA - added link Also, would the electrified net the gang set up as a burglar trap be criminal? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234/40 "2019-08-06T22:17:04Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > Leonard, Howard and Raj committed fraud by creating a dating profile in Sheldon’s name (which led to him meeting Amy). Not hardly. They put everything in accurately and there was no intent to deceive for monetary gain, etc. Besides, if lying on a profile at a dating site is a crime, half the country would be in jail. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-big-bang-theory-characters/838234.md?page=3)