Sheldon Oswald Lee is a character from the My Life as a Teenage Robot franchise. He is a nerdy teenage boy who has a crush on Jenny Wakeman. Though his romantic feelings for her are not often reciprocated, Jenny considers Sheldon a close friend, and has shown affection for him on numerous occasions. Sheldon is skilled in robotics and has created gadgets and modifications for Jenny, usually very unnecessarily bulky and extravagant, as well as doing minor repair work.
He definitely admires her and proving his geeky nature as a friend that won't say die for a reason.
Overview[]
Sheldon Oswald Lee is Jenny's self-proclaimed romantic admirer and friend. Though not as heavily featured as the rest of the main cast, Sheldon arguably qualifies as a core member of the group. Jenny refuses his romantic advances, though she does care for him as a close friend. Throughout the series Sheldon has saved Jenny quite a few times and helped her fight off villains; deeply grateful for Sheldon's utmost loyalty to her, Jenny has shown genuine feelings of affection for him, kissing him on the cheek twice. In an interview, series creator Rob Renzetti revealed he and his team would have loved to have seen Jenny and Sheldon as a couple before the series' premature cancellation. Being skilled in robotics, Sheldon has created gadgets and modifications for Jenny, usually very unnecessarily bulky and extravagant, as well as doing minor repair work. He has even done more extreme modifications when requested by XJ-9, usually when Dr. Wakeman refuses to do them herself. His skill has led to his creating a robotic alter-ego, The Silver Shell. Sheldon originally created the identity in an attempt to convince Jenny that robot boys were jerks, though this backfired when Jenny's affection for the robot grew even greater. As a hero, the Silver Shell has an imposing appearance, and a 'smooth' demeanor, and an excess of confidence, all qualities the human Sheldon lacks in his normal guise. Although his age in the series is confirmed to be 15, a mishap in the space-time continuum caused him to live 75 years in space, doing odd jobs to earn money, and even captaining a space pirate ship. Due to the theory of relativity, he returns to Earth as an old man, while Jenny and the others haven't aged a day. Using Wakeman's age reverser, Jenny accidentally de-ages him into an infant. His space pirate crew returns and takes him into space to age him further. One day later, he is 15 again. Therefore, his true age is 105.
Background[]
Sheldon made his debut appearance in "Attack of the 5½ Ft. Geek".
Appearance[]
Sheldon is a 5-foot 6-inch tall (as noted in "Attack of the 5½ Ft. Geek" ) teenage boy. He is 16 years of age through seasons one and two, but is technically 105 after season 3, episode 2, Good Old Sheldon. Sheldon is depicted with greasy black hair, and two specks on his cheek that could either be freckles or acne. His hair has two cowlicks at the crown of his head, and he is shown to have crooked teeth and a slight overbite. He is usually dressed in blue-gray pants, a white T-shirt, and an auburn hoodie.
Personality[]
Sheldon is a "geek" stereotype, heavily invested in both science and comic book culture. His major character trait is his obsessive crush on Jenny. It is shown in the episode Designing Women that he has a shrine for her, and he admitted in Agent 00' Sheldon that he stalks her. Despite the extent of his affection, he never is able to get Jenny to go out with him, and the two are simply close friends. Whilst normally sweet-hearted and intelligent, Sheldon easily becomes jealous of any boy who shows affection for Jenny, and is somewhat possessive of her.
Sheldon is also a budding engineer, inventor, and scientist, and often invents useful gadgets for Jenny in the hope of impressing her. He also created a robot superhero, The Silver Shell, in an attempt to show Jenny that robot boys would not be a good match for her — but this backfired when she actually fell in love with The Silver Shell. Jenny did become frustrated with Silver Shell when he inadvertently ruined her first dance in Dancing With My Shell, but later, in A Pain In My Sidekick, she seemed to have forgiven him for this mishap, as she joined forces with him to protect Tremorton by fighting off a Moleverine.
Sheldon seems to like reptiles, as seen in Shell Game when he tries to invite Jenny to a reptile convention on a date. He is a cat lover as well, as shown in Love 'Em or Leash 'Em were he reveals that he dresses up in a cat costume when he attends the "Feline Fan Convention". He is also a very skilled swimmer, according to Brad.
Trivia[]
- Jenny has affectionately kissed Sheldon on the cheek at least two times, in A Robot For All Seasons and in Agent 00' Sheldon.
- In The Price of Love, it is revealed that Sheldon created a functional time travel machine, but sold it to Tuck for two cents.
- In the same episode it is shown that sometime within twenty years, Sheldon becomes a billionaire.
- Sheldon bears a resemblance to the Japanese family in Speak No Evil.
- In the Russian dub of Season 3, Sheldon is voiced by a woman.
External Links[]
- Nickipedia
- My Life as a Teenage Robot wiki
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_My_Life_as_a_Teenage_Robot_characters#Main
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