Frosty, Sheldon's 15-year-old snowman joke from The Big Bang Theory, just got paid off in the most unexpected way

Although The Big Bang Theory never took Sheldon's problems with Frosty the Snowman seriously, the Netflix holiday movie Hot cold used this joke as the basis of its entire plot a decade and a half later. Of everything The Big Bang TheoryOut of the cast of characters, Sheldon has always been the least likely to care about Christmas and the holidays. A meticulous figure who was obstinate and solitary at the best of times, Sheldon had a particularly intense aversion to anything resembling obligatory fun. Even in The Big Bang TheoryBy the end of the episode, this side of his character's personality had barely softened.

So it is no surprise that one of the The Big Bang Theorybest Christmas episodes centered around a game Dungeons and Dragons rather than a more traditional festive activity. Even this initially proved to be too Christmassy for Sheldon's taste. Similarly, Young SheldonThe lack of Christmas episodes makes sense, as the character barely recognized the religious holiday and didn't give it much importance in his memory. However, despite his disinterest in holiday cheer, a Christmas episode of The Big Bang Theory saw Sheldon make an offhand comment that shaped the entire plot of a real-life holiday movie more than a decade later.

Netflix's Hot Frosty solved Sheldon's problems with Frosty The Snowman

The Big Bang Theory hero thought Frosty's theft should be recognized

In Season 3, Episode 11, “The Maternal Congruence,” Leonard struggles to get into the Christmas spirit due to an unexpected visit from his cold, clinical mother, Beverly. While Christine Baranski's Beverly is the funniest part of this outing, Sheldon's dislike for Frosty the snowman It also got some laughs. When Leonard claimed that Sheldon was rooting for the sun while watching Frosty the snowmanSheldon countered by noting that the sun was essential to life on Earth, while Frosty was nothing more than “Some frozen supernatural ephemera and a stolen hat.” Sheldon noted that Frosty never answers for this crime.

Fifteen years later, Sheldon's Issues With Frosty's Story Were Solved By Netflix's Hit Holiday Movie Hot cold. The funny story of Lacey Chabert's grieving widow Kathy and Dustin Milligan's snowman-turned-human Jack Hot cold is a self-aware holiday romantic comedy in which a sentient snowman transforms into a handsome hunk to woo a lonely heroine. Its main conflict is when the police try to find out who stole the snowman hero's clothes from a local boutique, allowing Hot coldcharacters to hold their snowman responsible for crimes that only Sheldon seemed to care about The Big Bang Theory.

Big Bang Theory's Snowman Joke Was Bizarrely Prescient

Netflix's Christmas Rom-Com Paid That Joke 15 Years Later

Strangely, Sheldon's problems with Frosty the snowmanthe plot were not only covered in Hot coldA romantic retelling of the story, but it formed the core of his story. Without the police investigating Jack, Hot cold there wouldn't be many conflicts or risks. While The Big Bang TheoryLater Christmas episodes never brought back this particular Christmas peccadillo of Sheldon's; the joke apparently inspired the entire plot of a holiday romantic comedy a decade and a half later. Hopefully a future revival of The Big Bang Theory can reveal if Sheldon has seen it Netflixof Hot cold later in life.