The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary
🎞️ S3 E5 🤔 Caution

The Big Bang Theory

Is The Big Bang Theory S3 E5 OK for kids?

The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary

While Sheldon settles a score with his nemesis, Wil Wheaton, Wolowitz begs Leonard to get Penny to set him up with one of her friends.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 10+

The Big Bang Theory S3 E5, “The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. While Sheldon settles a score with his nemesis, Wil Wheaton, Wolowitz begs Leonard to get Penny to set him up with one of her friends.

Across the episode we counted 6 flagged moments in 2 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Violence & injury (3). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Parents need to know

Age 10+

Violence, sex talk, mild language in live-action sitcom.

Parents need to know that The Big Bang Theory S3 E5, "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for more innuendo than the science jokes suggest, but rarely explicit. Sits in the gray area mainly on violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue). Violence includes Sheldon says, "From hell’s heart, I stab at thee". Sexual content is mild but includes Bernadette says, "That’s nothing. I couldn’t ride a bicycle ’cause my mother was afraid I’d hit a bump and…". Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E5:

  • Caution
    Bernadette That’s nothing. I couldn’t ride a bicycle ’cause my mother was afraid I’d hit a bump and lose my virginity.
  • Mild
    Penny And you thought a good time to bring this up be right after sex.
  • Mild
    Leonard Well, I sure as hell wasn’t going to bring it up before sex, and during, I was trying to remember what I read on google, so…

Violence & injury 3 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E5:

  • Too much
    Sheldon From hell’s heart, I stab at thee.
  • Too much
    Raj What are you waiting for? Kill Wil Wheaton! From hell’s heart, stab at him!
  • Mild
    Howard All right, Raj has played his phantom warlord card, and I am going to back him up with my strangling vines. Choke on that, sucka.

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