The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theorywas never a show that was peculiarly well known for its holiday specials , which is why it might surprise viewers that the show wring up 17 of them throughout the series ' 12 - class run . But even if the holiday special were n’t a centerpiece of the strike funniness , they were heartwarming gain .
From Halloween to Thanksgiving to New Year ’s Eve to Valentine ’s Day , The Big Bang Theorygang arrive to spend some of the year ’s most darling holidays together .
Updated on November 16, 2022, by Lynn Gibbs:
The Big Bang Theoryis know for its offbeat persona and focus on scientific discipline . This group of friends was entertaining to watch as they went through familiar high school and lows with work , relationships , and friendly relationship . And with 12 season to its name , The Big Bang Theoryhad the opportunity to celebrate the holidays quite a bit . The Big Bang TheoryChristmas episodes were a few of the more remembered installment , but fans ca n’t forget about the memorable things that happened inThe Big Bang TheoryThanksgiving entries either . No matter the time of year , these episodes are fun to watch , but some are more darling byIMDbvoters than others .
17The Holiday Summation (7.3)
Season 10, Episode 12
This Christmas sequence find out the famous group of acquaintance celebrate the holidays asunder . The episode could be lower - rated because viewers missed seeing the crowd completely .
The instalment shared three different point of view on the vacation . The first revolved around Sheldon and Amy ’s relationship as they chitchat Texas , the second around Penny and Leonard when they buy a Christmas tree together , and the third followed Bernadette and Howard as they tried to keep their newborn from crying . In this case , the mathematical group of champion did n’t have the best Christmas , but it was still a funny episode .
16The Clean Room Infiltration (7.4)
Season 8, Episode 11
The Christmas installment from time of year 8 found Penny and Amy flirt with Raj ’s visiting father while Leonard , Raj , and Howard seek to trap a boo they had accidentally get into their lab . With the man pass behind schedule , Amy was excited to host a traditional Christmas company in her apartment .
She had games project , a beautiful Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , and themed food for the eve . Meanwhile , Sheldon tried destroy Amy ’s holiday by buying her a gift after think she did n’t get him one . He had the tables change by reversal on him when Amy surprised him with his Meemaw ’s noted Christmas cookies . Sheldon comparing the cookies to his Meemaw ’s hug wasone of Sheldon ’s best inverted comma . Because of Amy ’s themed company , this instalment was one of the higher - rated ones on IMDb .
15The Valentino Submergence (7.5)
Season 9, Episode 15
This Valentine ’s Day sequence from season 9 also follow four different floor as Sheldon and Amy hosteda extra " Fun with Flags " instalment , Penny and Leonard tried to recapture the youth that they did n’t realise slip away , Raj strain to erupt up with his girlfriend Emily in society to see another girlfriend ( and winds up fall back both ) , and a bombshell is dropped by Bernadette that she and Howard are meaning .
This installment was a fun one because instead of the sappy dinner date that the group typically line up themselves on for Valentine ’s Day , each span did something unexpected that was true to their personality .
14The Santa Simulation (7.8)
Season 6, Episode 11
This Christmas episode was one ofthe best episodes from season 6onTBBT . With it being Christmas , the men pile up in apartment 4A to play a special themed plot ofDungeons & Dragons . woefully for Raj , when he got kick out of the game too soon , he give out dancing with Penny , Bernadette , and Amy for a change of scene .
Unfortunately , theD&Dgame ends with Sheldon settling an unknown score with Santa by leaving him to rot in the biz ’s imaginary dungeons . Between Raj connect girl night and the themedD&Dgame , this was a fun and merry installment .
13The Platonic Permutation (7.8)
Season 9, Episode 9
During the season 9 Thanksgiving episode , Sheldon and Amy determine to spend the daylight together " as friends " after recrudesce up . This was the first prison term they spent alone time together since their breakup , but they were set to remain protagonist since they had so many vernacular interests .
Meanwhile , Bernadette , Howard , and Raj offer at a soup kitchen , while Leonard and Penny seek to create their very first Thanksgiving dinner party as a couple . While in the kitchen , Howard wind up up meeting one ofThe Big Bang Theory’smore famous invitee genius , Elon Musk . With Howard being an railroad engineer and spaceman , Musk was one of his greatest idols . Between the " will they or wo n’t they ? " plot line between Sheldon and Amy , and Howard ’s excitement over Elon , this was a neat Thanksgiving episode .
12The Tangible Affection Proof (7.8)
Season 6, Episode 16
This Valentine ’s Day sequence from season 6 was another episode with three freestanding stories . While Sheldon and Amy searched for the unadulterated natural endowment for one another as a twosome , Bernadette and Howard joined Leonard and Penny on a double date .
While Amy and Sheldon had a memorable Valentine ’s Day , Penny had some cringey moments when she ruined the group ’s dinner after seeing her ex - boyfriend get engaged to a beautiful fair sex in front of her . Despite being in a happy relationship with Leonard , Penny ruin the evening . Raj , on the other hand , threw a " lonely hearts " company at the comic book store and eventually had a Valentine ’s Day worth memory .
11The Holographic Excitation (8.0)
Season 6, Episode 5
Season 6 also had a Halloween episode that revolved around the mathematical group bring forth quick for an epical Halloween political party . With each couple going in joint costumes , fans were excited to see what costumes they came up with .
Although it was Halloween and everyone wait forward to a party at the comical book store , the real storyline go around around Howard ’s obsession with his blank space mission . Now that he was ground - side , he could n’t barricade talking about his mission , which annoyed everyone around him . While Bernadette tried derailing Howard , Penny was work on her alchemy with Leonard while dressed as a sexy cop .
10The Large Hadron Collision (8.0)
Season 3, Episode 15
The serial ' first Valentine ’s Day installing wasone of season 3 ’s best instalment . When Leonard was chosen to be direct to Switzerland on February 14th for a piece of work trip , he decided to bring cent for a romantic trip away .
When Sheldon caught wind that Leonard planned on bringing Penny to the Large Hadron Collider rather of him , he made it his foreign mission to interrupt the tripper until Leonard invited him or else . In the end , Sheldon and Penny caught the influenza and spent Valentine ’s Day together nauseated at home , while Leonard reluctantly brought Raj .
9The Cooper Extraction (8.1)
Season 7, Episode 11
The season 7 Christmas special encounter Sheldon fly home to Texas for his nephew ’s nascence while the rest of the gang decorated the apartment and the tree diagram .
While they beautify , the chemical group imagined what all of their lives would be like if none of them had ever fit Sheldon , playing out scenarios in their heads of where they would be instead . Although some fans feel thatSheldon have worse and worse , this instalment proved that the mathematical group would n’t be there without him .
8The Locomotive Manipulation (8.2)
Another Valentine ’s Day episode and another double date , only this one include Bernadette and Howard with Sheldon and Amy as they shared dinner on a romantic string ride .
Even though Sheldon made dinner party a disaster for Amy by disregard her for a fellow caravan admirer , it terminate romantically with Sheldon and Amy turbulently osculate . Meanwhile , Leonard and Penny are tasked with watching Raj ’s andiron . Their amorous evening drive a bit for the worse when Cinnamon ate their Valentine ’s Day chocolate . Between Amy & Sheldon ’s date and Penny and Leonard try on to save Cinnamon , this was a fun sequence .
