# Stuff in the background on TBBT

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-the-background-on-tbbt/747157>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 26, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-the-background-on-tbbt/747157 "2016-02-26T01:28:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-the-background-on-tbbt/747157/1 "2016-02-26T01:28:11Z")

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Is the map on the refrigerator from one of the Dragon Warriors for the NES? it’s not from the original game, but it looks really familiar, I thought maybe it was one of the world’s from DW4 of something. I will see if I can find an episode on Hulu and get a screenshot, but if anyone DVR’d tonight’s ep., there are lots of chances to catch it.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-the-background-on-tbbt/747157/2 "2016-02-26T02:28:40Z")

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The early seasons had a lot of City of Heroes stuff in the background. It was probably the only advertising the game ever got.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-the-background-on-tbbt/747157/3 "2016-02-26T07:05:12Z")

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Can’t tell what it’s from. May simply be a weather map. Here’s [a screencap](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38786500/bbt_fridge.jpg).

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-the-background-on-tbbt/747157/4 "2016-02-26T07:44:18Z")

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I think it is part of some sort of false-color astronomical survey. Perhaps a flipped image in the general direction of galactic central.

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-the-background-on-tbbt/747157/5 "2016-02-26T11:47:23Z")

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But that looks so much like a little castle on the right. Oh well. But why would they have the same weather map every episode for several seasons?

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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-in-the-background-on-tbbt/747157/6 "2016-02-26T19:31:53Z")

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Well, maybe the set dressers are busy doing other stuff. What they have works, why mess with it? Also, Sheldon is resistant to change.