Article 1, Section 3, The Right to Call an emergency meeting: The Narrative analysis of TBBG

 When it comes to sitcoms, a lot of them have the same story line. In some way there is a villain and a hero, who most of the time butt heads and are there for comical relief or the villain is actually there to make the hero’s life worse.  The Big Bang Theory has its own problems that are solved throughout the show or each episode. The cast though, seems to take on each role of the Narrative Analysis.  The Cast of The Big Bang Theory covers all the bases of an Narrative analysis,  their roles change.  There is not just one central false hero or donor it changes based on the situation.

   The Big Bang Theory is a TV Comedy that follows the lives of a group of friends that all happen to be nerds.  The narrative analysis of this show is a little  different from other Comedy sitcoms.  The show has a villain or an antagonist (Sheldon).  Sheldon likes to make his roommates' (Leonard), the hero, life a living hell.  Sheldon with his crazy roommate rules makes Leonard want to kill him.  Leonard looks for advice in his two best friends (Raj and Howard).  Raj and Howard act as the donor, the helper, the dispatcher and false hero.  The reason I say this is because in different situations Raj and Howard play different roles.  If Raj, Howard, and Leonard are all trying to get the same girl, the trio plays the role of a false hero.  Raj, Howard and Leonard work to undermine each other in order to get the upper hand.  Now, in the idea of the princess there could be a few.  Sometimes the next door neighbor (Penny) could use saving. In other situations and in newer episdoes you could have Bernadette and Amy could pose as damsel in distress.  For the sake of time we'll just say Penny is the princess   Penny's situations revolve around boys or everyday life.  Leonard, try's to save her every time. Most of the time Leonard fails or Penny safes herself.  This is because Leonard is always looking for an opportunity to ask her out. When this happens Penny seeks advice from Sheldon who then confuses her when trying to help her. Sheldon is still the villain because sometimes he doesn't help Penny at all he just insults her intelligence.  

 In the show the narrative analysis changes based on the situation. The Big Bang Theory is just this, each character changes based on the situation. They are like a normal group of friends.  This is what happens in real life.  Which is what TV is becoming, reality.