Talk:How I Met Your Mother/Archive 1
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The show is a study in misdirection. Viewers are making assumptions based on what they being led to believe. Future Ted calling the children "kids" doesn't make them his kids. Talking about their mother doesn't mean their mother is his wife. The children could be Barney's kids or they could be the children of Marshall and Lily. And "Aunt" Robin could be the wife of "Uncle" Ted! There are any number of plausible scenarios which would allow Robin and Ted to be married.
This part of the discussion is pretty much over, with the second season finale. Ted reveals that he and Robin did not get married, and that Robin traveled the world. Furthermore, with Marshall and Lily being officially married, the discussion below also is no longer pertinent. Especially with him also using "Uncle" or "Aunt" for Marshall, Lily, and Barney.Eldude611 20:52, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Has Ted ever referred to Lily as "Aunt Lily" to his kids? I don't watch this show that much but I've caught one episode, I was just wondering if Ted and Lily will eventually hook up... from that point of view, the whole show could be about how their relationship developed Jeff schiller 09:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
This theory has occurred to me, too, and I think it is semi-likely...of course, he and Lily have already "met", but the idea has potential. I think this would be a great way for the series to go...the idea of simply bringing in a character is kind of a cop-out... <email removed>
A lot of conterversy arose over the episode of "Okay Awesome" where at the end Lily switches her head from Marshall shoulder to Ted. Ted then smiles and Marshall gives him a "okay shrug". A lot of people thought that meant that Lily and Ted would eventually hook up. But i nthe commentary on the episode the writers and actors denie it and the fact that Marshall and Lily are now married (after season 2) i highly doubt it Hammerkid14 20:25, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes Ted will definitely not marry Lily > They straight up tell us "wheres my wife" said Ted (sitting beside Lily and Marshall)In my opinion they need Linda Cardellini as the mother, this would allow them to finish the show with a beautiful romance which is what it needs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.66.172 (talk) 19:31, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
I think Ted marries a sister of Lily because her refers to Lily as Aunt Lily to his kids. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.253.47.99 (talk) 22:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know what the Theme Song to this show is?Ags412 00:08, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
I posted a few weeks ago to see if anyone knew the name of the Theme Song for the show. I'm pretty sure it's a Beach Boys song, but I can't do a lyric search because "Bah bah bah" doesn't give much back. So my research efforts have come to a dead end. Is there anyone who can help? Any CBS people check this page by chance? I couldn't find it on the official site, maybe I'm missing something. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.Ags412 04:00, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Everyone, the name of the show is How I Met Your Mother, so it stands to reason that "the Mother" should be listed as a character in this show, although, as of October, 2006, she is unseen. ProfessorPaul 03:47, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
--Purpleslog 06:27, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
<<Actually, there has been an episode where you see a flash of Ted at the alter getting married but the brides back is to the camera. ☺
10:17, 16 May 2008 CloudNine (18,079 bytes) (?Who is 'Your Mother'?: remove section. full of original research and unreferenced statements, with conjectures etc.)
Bill Martin (talk) 16:44, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I thought the tracking of hints about "who is mother" was real interesting ... but CloudNine is one of those "rules is rules" guys:-( As I thought Wikipedia was majority wins, and there are many more contributors who have added stuff, and just him deleting it, can't we just bring it back? Jason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.166.135.44 (talk) 19:10, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I thought it was too obvious who the mother is from the St Patrick’s day eppy where he later leaves with the yellow umbrella. While in that bar, Ted has a brief encounter with an unknown brunette as she bumps into him on her rush out of the bar.☺ (216.54.111.194)
The IMDb and official site links are included in the infobox; please don't also link to them in the external links section. Thanks. Shannernanner 15:55, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
I realize that the external links to sites that this show has setup (ie - "Ted Mosby is a jerk" and "Barney Stinson's Video Resume" are listed on their respective episode pages, but would it not be helpful to have them each listed here? Often someone doesn't know which episode referred to a site —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.203.73.11 (talk) 19:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I cleaned up a redundant entry in the Trivia section, but the section in general needs cleanup, as a few of the entries are really weak, compared to the rest of the article. Zipster 00:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
The whole section is conjecture/"original research." The last two of three points aren't even continuity errors. The fact that the last two points both refer to episodes that are right after the "contradictory ones" should be a dead giveaway that they're not errors (unless you think the writers are retarded). Point #1- Just because someone had dog-related allergies, and can't (doesn't want to) live with dogs doesn't mean that they can't play with dogs. In fact, it is EXTREMELY common for that to be the case with people who have dog allergies. Point #2- Especially with a show like HIMYM that often jumps between months, years and even decades, time that passes between episodes is often ambiguous. Who's to say that he didn't learn how to drive between the episodes? When Barney STEALS the truck, it is never stated that he has a driver's license. Is Barney the type of character that would let the illegality of driving without a license stop him from STEALING a truck? Even the first statement, which is the only somewhat valid one, can be explained. Robin could have just lied about the field hockey championships to cover for an embarrassing explanation. Robin is very secretive, she hid the fact that she's a gun-enthusiast & former pop-celebrity, for many months. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.150.37.238 (talk) 01:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
I've split the character section into a separate article List of characters from How I Met Your Mother. As it stood, it was large impossible to read with large paragraphs of unrelated information. There were also items in the trivia section that related to the actors portraying the characters, but didn't seem to fit in the character section. They are now incorporated in the character bios. Evil Monkey - Hello 04:59, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Much as I like Joss Whedon, should an entire quarter of this article be dedicated to vaguely interesting casting coincidences? It's surely only worth a point in a trivia section. Nick Fel 15:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Inspired by anon above, I'll start a Recurring Elements section: after close to two seasons, there definitely are a few. Zipster 16:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
Giving all the references, identical jokes and situation between the 2 TV shows, I was wondering if one could start a section about that.The interesting part would be a kind of investigation about the creation of the show and to find out if the the creators of HIMYM have any contact or relationship with the creators of Friends.
Uncomprehensive list of common points :
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sseb22 (talk • contribs) 4 June 2007.
I would like to add that when Marshall and Lily are stuck in bathroom its Ted and Victoria in the living room not Ted and Robin. And i believe that there are a lot of similarities between the two shows, but How i Met your mother is its own show not just some filler for Friends. If you do that then that needs to be stated. Hammerkid14 20:07, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Most of those situations are common elements in sitcoms. An argument could probably be made for weird references like "vomit free since '93" Ted and Jerry Seinfeld's claims of a long period with vomiting in The Masseuse or the Chandler/Barney job thing. Perhaps a section on "homages to past sitcoms"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LKAdriaan (talk • contribs) 01:38, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Given the viral nature of the Robin Sparkles video[1], it seems very appropriate for external links. The fake myspace page created by CBS also seems worthy.
Rtphokie 02:50, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
The episode "Stuff" ended with Marshall using one of his five slaps from "Slap Bet." Should the article include a section on the slap bet as a recurring element of the show?
Can someone provide a ref for the "Slap Bet Counter"? Anxiously looking forward to it. J-stan TalkContribs 22:21, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Should this section be renamed "Story" or "Background", because it seems odd to have a section about the pilot that only covers the background of the story. J-stan TalkContribs 00:38, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I have been meaning to post something about this. Has anybody noticed a bunch of references to The Cider House Rules by John Irving. I wish i could cite the episodes i saw it in. I will have to watch the first season again and take notes. There were many references but the only one i clearly remember was some episode in the first season, Barney says to Ted, "Shit or get off the pot." This alone is not a real reference because it is a pretty popular saying but it did play a role in The Cider House Rules and combined with the other references (which i don't remember) it says something.
Anybody else catch these? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwink3101 (talk • contribs) 01:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Pretty Sure Barney never said that. This is a network show after all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.245.177.172 (talk) 12:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
He doesn't use the explicit language- I believe Barney says "crap, or get of the pot." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.231.228 (talk) 16:40, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, sitcoms aren't allowed to say "shit". But I could swear I heard Rachel say it on Friends, on two different occasions.
Carter Bays and Craig Thomas recently posted a bulletin on the HIMYM MySpace page about the strike and how it was affecting the show. The important section, however, is this: "And just in case the strike goes on so long that the medium of television goes out of business forever and we never get to make another episode, the mother is the coat check girl." (from Okay Awesome) Is this serious? Or some kind of inside joke that I'm not getting? --TorriTorri(Talk to me!) 02:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
I've seen that in another article as well. It's my impression that it's becoming a great running gag within interviews. I wish I could find the second time I saw it so it could be documented. I think it would make a great BTS trivia tidbit to have on the page.67.186.54.146 (talk) 21:56, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Half of the items in "Reoccurring elements" are really just trivia hiding out under another name.If they're going to be there, they should at least be properly labled.Also, some of it should be moved to individual character pages.I'm leaving it for now, because I think that someone who watches the show regularly should sort through it, as they'll know best what really is a theme of the show. Also, it's almost 5 in the morning, and my wife will disown me if she finds out I've stayed up all night editing wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DocRocktopus (talk • contribs) 12:48, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
Within this section there was some text that got removed for no stated reason, which I therefore restored:
This has since been removed again by CloudNine under WP:NOR. I'm not convinced that, if rephrased as below, it is "Original Research" as it is looks to be verified (WP:V)by the episode cited:
Any views? Bill Martin (talk) 15:24, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
From the episode Belly Full of Turkey[2] (S1.09), it can be inferred that her name may be Trac(e)y. The context for this is the startled reaction of future Ted's children when it emerges that the real name of a stripper who works under the name Amber is actually Trac(e)y
14:55, 28 April 2008 Bill.martin (Talk | contribs) m (16,936 bytes) (Add allusion to "mother's" name being Tracey - the real name of stripper Amber (Katie Keane) in "Belly Full of Turkey")
10 December 2007 70.132.146.34 (Talk) (5,092 bytes) (?Trivia: added show hint about mother's possible name)
First I was wondering if it would be alrite to list Kristen Schaal as a celebrity guest or make a note on the episode page for the Platinum Rule? she is from flight of the conchords. at least some small mention. she plays the wife of the couple that Marshall and Lily got sucked into. And we should also say something about the yellow umbrella he picks up at the end of "no tomorrow" as it is meaningful in meeting "your mother" if you saw also the 3rd season pre-promo they keep showing it blowing around and stuff. but that's up to you. but I'm telling you in the episodes to come that's going to be quite a puzzle piece. I'm guessing it's just his future wife's umbrella but it means something. 76.27.215.219 (talk) 16:15, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Just wondering if anyone else saw the last episode and heard the mention of a St. Patrick's Day party. seems like something they would not just put in casually with the episode before that being about St. Patrick's. Any thoughts? Jm21146 (talk) 03:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
I had the same thought. She said that she left early, so she might have left the yellow umbrella behind. The only problem with that is that if she has a daughter already, she'd be about 24 - 25 in 2030, the year that the show is set. The daughter on the show only looks about 20ish. I guess there is no reason that she can't have another child that's just not sitting in the room, but it seems a little sloppy. On the other hand, maybe I'm just a bad judge of age. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.245.177.172 (talk) 08:58, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
It is possible, that with Scrubs coming to an end sooner or later, Sarah Chalke will become a regular or recurring member of the show's cast. It is very likly. As for the daughter's age thing, it is possible that she is still alive, thus being about 24, in the 2030 timeline. The reson she isn't listening to the story is cus she already knows her her mother is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.93.212.79 (talk) 16:56, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
59.92.59.13 (talk) 09:24, 30 April 2008 (UTC)Sarah Chilke's character cannot be the mother because Sarah tells Ted that she was at the St. Patcrick's day party but in the same episode Ted tells his children that he found out that their mother was at the same party only years later. Which means it cant be Sarah's character.
Ted didn't catch her Patty's day party reference as well as we did. Maybe he finds out later, since it wouldn't be important now.
Sarah Chalke could still be the mother. She stated that she was at a St. Patty's Day party, not which one she was at. Also, since Ted does not yet know who the mother is (obviously) he would be nonplussed by the fact that she was at some party. There are two reasons to suspect that she is not the mother though. In the episode "The Goat" it is revealed that Robin is living with Ted on his 31st birthday (next year), and since ABC has picked up Scrubs for an eighth season, it seems unlikely that Sarah Chalke will be available as a re-occuring character. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.136.48.147 (talk) 07:31, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Thats assuming Sarah Chalke returns to Scrubs. I don't know if she's already done so or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.231.228 (talk) 16:44, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if it would be nice to include a section for music selections used in the show. Off the top of my head, I've only been able to list a few. So I came here looking for a listing so I could construct an itune playlist. Saw there was none yet.
What I remember include:
Hey, Beautiful by the Solids (naturally)I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers (from the episode with Marshall's car)Let's Go to the Mall by Robin SParkles (again, naturally)You Just Got Slapped by Marchall (with Barney) (also, naturally)You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi (from season 1's NYE episode)
And, although it's not use din an episode, the cast spoke of singing the Confrontation from Les Miserables and demonstrated on a morning talk show once. (As seen on youtube). SO I've taken to listing that, but it wouldn't really be germaine to this article except as an interesting bit of BTS trivia.
Anyway, I'm hoping to back-track to catalogue any other specific music used in the show. (Oh, just remembered "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" [Cheers theme] used in Swarley.)
Any users here ever make a list they'd like to create a section for?
Don't forget "Mother of Pearl" by Roxy Music, used in "Milk". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.245.177.172 (talk) 11:28, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
67.186.54.146 (talk) 22:06, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Can anyone give me a realiable source that states whether or not How I Met Your Mother is coming back for a fourth season? The show seems like it is coming to an end but I have heard that there is going to be a fourth season. Can someone give me some clearance on the subject? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.0.25.132 (talk) 14:06, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
There is an article cited in the article as of may 13, 2008 that says that the writer "has been told" that the series has been renewed. That really is not proof that it has been but it does suggest that it might be true. There have been conflicting reports over the last few days but the CBS "Upfront" is scheduled for May 14, 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.20.221.71 (talk) 20:57, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Here's a journalist who has spoken to the creators directly - http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/13/carter-bays-confirms-that-how-i-met-your-mother-is-back Wouldn't that be sufficient proof?
Perhaps. But that was not what was posted as proof. The fact remins that the network has not made an official announcement but will on 5/16. Until then it is fair to say thatit has been reported that it will be reneeed or even that it is widely reported taht it si true butto say that it has been and post the link that was usedas proof is not appropriate---the article did not even say it was true---jut that he author had "heard" this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.212.73.176 (talk) 23:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Three shows (and all sitcom pilots in limbo) are fighting for two remaining time slots for sitcoms. HIMYM, Christine, and RoE are among these. Since HIMYM has the least notable cast I'm a little worried. However most recently, CBS has strongly implied that HIMYM will be okay. They did NOT confirm, but said something on the order of, "If HIMYM ratings are good, it will be renewed for another season (...) HIMYM ratings have been great so far."
It's said in the article that the Ted/Stella relationship "culminated" in the two-minute-date. Huh. Well, considering that in "Rebound Bro", Ted had sex with her and met her daughter, that seems a liiiittle more culminatory to me. Just saying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Angelica K (talk • contribs) 23:32, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Is it just me, or does is section something of a train wreck? A lot of these "stars" are extremely minor bit cameos. For example, with the exception of Heidi Klum, not a single one of the Victoria Secret models listed had any major role in the show. And most of these characters are fairly minor, one episode characters. It seems to me that the best cut-off would be that the character needs to have appeared in more than one episode. The characters that appear in just one episode can be mentioned on the episode pages. (Also, the order is all screwy. Why is it alphabetical by first name)? I've made an initial stab at trimming the fat in the section. Tweak it as is necessary. Alpha5099 (talk) 18:21, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I think that its a good idea to mention that in episode "How I Met Everyone Else" it flash forwards to 2020 when the gang (Marshall, Lily, Ted) are 42. By that time older Ted questions "Where is wife is?" when they're getting baked, means by 2020 he has met the mother - but as of 2007 or so he hasn't. Someone do the math with how old his kids are and by when he would have to have met the mother. Or not, I just thought that line was awesome "where is my wife" haha Vinay S. (talk) 01:47, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't this official related site be in the list with the others like tedmosbyisjerk? I think it belongs more than the fan-created one does, but didn't want to edit it since the source code for the main page said post links here on the discussion side first.Kirkofistan (talk) 08:10, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
I think the driver, Leonard?, of the taxi in Season 1, Episode 3, looks much like Robert De Niro. Can anyone corroborate this? --Brendan Hide (talk) 16:20, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
This section seems improperly placed in the article. It talks about "notable" Catch phrases, while referencing a fansite, which actually decideds popularity of such phrases based on viewer responses, and is further growing more like a trivia section. Plus it lists too many quotes for an encyclopedic article with no prose signifying their (if any) relevance to the article. I suggest we either come up with solutions for these issues or completely remove this section. It might perhaps be more suited in Wikiquote. LeaveSleaves (talk) 01:44, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
I am just wondering whether there have been any further seasons confirmed or whether this will be the last season. Any reliable sources on that? Bests, Languageleon (talk) 23:33, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
In the episode "Not a Father's Day," an Ohio Wesleyan University diploma is visible in Marshall's office.
Is there any specific reference to Wesleyan University in Connecticut in any other episode, or should this be changed? Binkyping (talk) 01:12, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
There are tons of references to Wesleyan University (CT). In one episode Ted refers to some music group from college being the most renowned of all of the other such groups from "the Little Ivies", a group among which Wesleyan University is counted but Ohio Wesleyan is not. Lily, Marshall, and Ted are all seen at different points wearing grey T-shirts with "WESLEYAN" written in maroon (Ohio Wesleyan uses a crimson red). In "Arrivederci, Fiero", Marshall drops Ted off at his home in Ohio, and the drive there takes a very long time, indicating that they drove from Connecticut. In "How I Met Everyone Else", a Connecticut Wesleyan dorm, Hewitt, is referenced. There's also the fact that the creators both went to the one in Connecticut. Based on this evidence, the Ohio Wesleyan diploma in Marshall's office seems like an exception than the norm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.166.152 (talk) 21:48, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Also, one flashback scene takes place at Mocon Dining hall which is the nickname of McConoghy Dining Hall, the main dining hall at Wesleyan University in CT. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.22.238 (talk) 04:32, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
The First Year summary should include the revelation (the surprise ending of the pilot) that Robin ISN'T the mother, as otherwise she's by far the most likely candidate.CharlesTheBold (talk) 14:54, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
For the moment, there is nothing online that can be used as a verifiable, reliable source for this, but the musical DVD commentary track for Neil Patrick Harris' summer 2008 project contains a reference to HIMYM. It would be good to keep an eye out for acceptable confirmation of this lyric (currently it's just on MySpace and YouTube versions of the lyrics) to the song "Ninja Ropes" on the musical commentary — the song purports to tell how an initially combative cast bonded over playing the online game Ninja Ropes:
"All: We did not / get along
NF [Nathan Fillion]: I thought Neil was given far too many songs. (Ninja Ropes)
NPH and NF: Both threw insults at each other,
NPH: Told you how I f**ked your mother" (bleeping of expletive is in the original track)
I didn't get the reference at first, but on repeated listening it stood out. Lawikitejana (talk) 09:28, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
A request for comments has been started that could affect the inclusion or exclusion of episodes and characters, as well as other fiction articles. Please visit the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(fiction)#Final_adoption_as_a_guideline. Ikip (talk) 16:57, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
What do you all think about adding tedmosbyisajerk.com and tedmosbyisnotajerk.com, two sites with over 250,000 hits each, into the external sites section? They are both closely related to the show. They both are definitely more relevant than the interview currently featured in the external links page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.112.240.156 (talk) 04:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
In episode 19 of season 4 there was a reference to RUSSIAN beer. The bottle presented was actually ESTONIAN beer. Saku Kuld if to precise. Estonia is located west of Russia and is an independet res publica. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.191.101.247 (talk) 19:57, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Is it just me, or has the 'tone' of the series somewhat changed in season 3, especially the 'ending scenes' seem to a bit weirder than before. Was there a change that might explain this, such as changes to the writers' team? --Raboof (talk) 17:56, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
On tedmosbyisajerk.com there is a song playing, and at the very end of that song (about 30 seconds left) you can hear a voice saying something backwards. If you play it backwards and slow it down a little you can hear NPH say that "Wendy the Waitress is the mother of the goat". Just a fun trivia I found. I don't know if that is something to add in the article, but do so if anyone know. 193.91.164.176 (talk) 19:55, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Could we collaborate on Season articles? I mean the show deserves season articles. Missing however are information from the commentaries.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 19:09, 31 May 2009 (UTC)