Howard and Amy are by far my favourite characters from season 5 and onwards

@@hmp01 Amy definitely became more relatable once she stopped being a female version of Sheldon and became more individualized.

Howard was always my favorite, i like jerk characters like him as long as they face consequences, which is his case

It is a very well done arch

@@vetarlittorf1807 that was why I didn't like her, at the beginning

What character change do you disagree with? I would love to know because I have some of those as well.

I don't wanna know really, but I think I know, cause I have mixed feelings abt one character change too... (besides Howard, it's one of the biggest changes) but no spoilers indeed 🤐.

@@queenofneverland9007 I don't want to say as it's too big of a spoiler!

The English Dub of Sailor Moon was definitely positioned as a children's cartoon on Cartoon Network in the late 90s, though. I know, because that was my first exposure to it. They had "Sailor Says" segments at the end that defined the moral of the week and made their deaths in the Season 1 finale look like they had been "trapped in the negaverse". And of course the infamous change of Uranus and Neptune to cousins instead of lesbians, which is kind of hilarious considering what Howard did with his cousin... Anyway, this might be the version Amy and most Big Bang Theory viewers were familiar with. The guys, however, would likely be familiar with the original anime so they would know better, but they weren't there for that convo.

@@kateorgera5907 So because of censorship? I get it, Yu-Gi-Oh! was done the same hence why there’s a “Shadow Realm”, when the original sub and especially the manga were a lot darker.

@@ghostspider2056 Well, censorship and overall Americanization, yeah. Cartoons for adults beyond The Simpsons and South Park weren't really a thing in America back then, so anything animated that wasn't graphically violent or inappropriate (which, for Sailor Moon, was easy enough to edit out) was automatically aimed at children. Even now, there's a stigma that any animation that isn't overtly adult is for kids in the West, which Amy seems to subscribe to (she also deems Sheldon's nerdy collectibles as "for kids", even the ones from more adult works)

Agreed concerning Sailor Moon. This has been happening with anime as far back as the 1970's. The cartoon mostly known as Battle of the Planets or G-Force (it's had many names in US versions over the years) was vastly changed. Graphic violence and the inclusion of a gender changing character were omitted. I don't know if calling Berg Katse from the original Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (known as Zoltar in the US version) transgender is correct, but some do. The character does switch genders, but was essentially a mutant comprised of twins (one male and one female) who at times could not control the switching. Later on, Katse gained control and could do it at will. That concept was considered too close to being transgender for American audiences, especially children, in the 70's. They explained it away in BOTP by introducing the female Katse as a totally different character, Zoltar's sister. With Star Wars being all the rage then, they also added an R2-D2 like character who appeared before and after commercial breaks. The character was basically used to fill in all the time breaks from the heavy editing and allow the show to have a proper run time.

So guys cant be a gay sterotype?

@@paulthealien8028 No. There shouldn't be any stereotypes.

@@vetarlittorf1807 you realize sterotypes come from real life? There are gay guys just like that i have met them. Maybe you should get out more. Also Raj is not gay.

Yeah, uh...Raj is not gay. Though wish they didn't make fun of him liking traditionally "feminine" things. Still, he's not gay, and therefore not a gay stereotype.

@@DisneyFanatic2364 And yet he admitted that he enjoyed cuddling naked with his friends at the north pole. He also made out with Howard twice. First time was accidental but he enjoyed it and the second time was intentional and he was aroused by it. And what's so far fetched about him being a gay stereotype when the show already relies heavily on racial and gender stereotypes? The only reason they didn't have Raj come out of the closet is because it would take away his comedic hook.

Yeah sure, that definitely excuses his actions!

Bernadette didn't really get like that until later, though. And Howard slacked a bit in terms of childcare himself, neither is perfect