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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Harris has described his character as "Darth Vader with a tie". His [[WhatExactlyIsHisJob vaguely-defined]] job as a CorruptCorporateExecutive and bizarre tendency to always mistake the villain of a movie for the hero lend a lot of credence to this theory. [[spoiler:The finale reveals that, while he's still undeniably a pretty terrible person, he was GoodAllAlong in his job.]]
* AndStarring: He and Creator/AlysonHannigan (Lily) get the "with" treatment in the credits.
* AntiHero: Barney is a NominalHero, a complete jerk to everyone else and his friends despite being loyal to them, and once sold a woman into slavery, not even bothering to read the document, just so he could get a vehicle.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: When Ted calls him the worst student ever while [[ItMakesSenseInContext teaching a class on how to be Robin's boyfriend]], Barney answers that his teachers said he, "had AD... something. [[IResembleThatRemark Can we have class outside?]]" He's actually a surprisingly realistic portrayal of it.
* AttentionWhore: His need to be the center of attention would make a kindergartener blush.
* BastardBastard: He certainly fits the bill, though he wasn't always this way. His parents were never married and he's a manipulative lech, and that's to his friends.
* BatmanGambit: He pulls these off successfully on a few occasions from his patented playbook, most notably "The Scuba Diver", where he tricks his friends into thinking he's out of plays and horribly depressed. In reality, he's accounting for them to feel bad for him and tell a girl about how sad he is so that girl [[PitySex will then sleep with him]].
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:It's revealed that the only reason he adopted his "awesome" persona was to gain the trust of the man whom he's trying to get revenge on. However, it clearly becomes more than that, supplanting his old hippie personality entirely -- he still acts the same after getting his revenge.]]
* BerserkButton:
** Don't EVER tell him magic is lame or he'll come at you with a fireball (as Ted found out to his horror):
--->'''Barney:''' Is this '''LAME?!?''' ''[spark flies out of his hand]''\\
'''Lily:''' Barney, no, no! We said no fireballs at the table!\\
'''Marshall:''' What the hell is wrong with you?\\
'''Robin:''' There's alcohol here!\\
'''Wendy:''' Barney, we've talked about this. It's a fire code violation.\\
'''Barney:''' Ted provoked me!\\
'''Lily:''' No, you're on a timeout. Go sit over there.
** Also, don't ever break up a girl fight he's watching. He will literally put a fist through the wall.
** PlayedForLaughs in "The Exploding Meatball Sub": after Marshall points out that Barney had a bit of marinara sauce on his tie, Barney views this as terribly humiliating and concocts an elaborate scheme for revenge.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Ted's Betty for Robin's Archie.
** The Archie for Robin's Veronica and Nora's Betty.
** The Veronica to Kevin's Betty for Robin's Archie.
** The Archie for Robin's Betty and Quinn's Veronica, though in this case it's wasn't so much a LoveTriangle as it was part of the [[spoiler:season 7 "bride mystery"]].
** The Archie for Robin's Veronica and Patrice's Betty, [[spoiler:subverted when it is [[TheReveal revealed]] he isn't really dating Patrice and that it is all part of [[BatmanGambit his final play]] "The Robin"]].
* BestServedCold: [[spoiler:Both of his revenge schemes]]. He waits ten years to get revenge on Marshall as shown in "The Exploding Meatball Sub", [[spoiler:and spends nearly ''twenty years'' taking down the guy who stole his first girlfriend. Both succeed.]]
* BigEater: While not exactly on Marshall's levels, Barney is shown to eat a lot at times, especially when he is stressed. Also, the episodes "Baby Talk" and "Gary Blauman" heavily imply that he hates sharing food.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Robin and Quinn. In both cases, part of the reason their relationships fell apart is they're [[TooMuchAlike too similar]].
* BlackFace: When confessing to Nora, Barney alludes to a ploy he called "The Soul Man" he used on a woman who'd only date black guys but he gets cut off before he can give any details by said woman who happened to be sitting behind him at the time, and who calls him "Barnell". The implications speak for themselves. Even he considers it to be the [[EvenEvilHasStandards worst thing he's ever done to get a woman in bed]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Barney initially started off as the {{Foil}} to Marshal and Lily; Barney served as the playboy to their committed relationship. Starting in season 4, Barney got more and more development to the point where you couldn't blame the viewers for mistaking him as the main character. Later seasons make it clear that Barney's character arc is the most integral part of Ted's meeting the Mother, because [[spoiler:Ted meets the Mother at Barney and Robin's wedding, and getting over Robin is the final hurdle Ted has to get over in order to be ready to meet the Mother.]]
* BreakTheCutie: His backstory. Originally, Barney was a sweet, tree-hugging hippie who wanted to join the Peace Corps with his girlfriend, Shannon. But then Shannon cheated on him with a shallow, suit-wearing douchebag and Barney was so devastated that he decided to forego his tree-hugging, monogamous ways and become the shallow, suit-wearing jerk that he is today. Though, he [[TookALevelInKindness seems to be growing out of that persona as the show goes on.]] Although since his job [[spoiler:is really just a way to get back at the douchebag who ruined his life]], it's possible that the old Barney is still in there.
* BromanticFoil: To Ted, who's looking to settle down while Barney is looking to bang every girl he can meet.
* BrokenAce: He really is legitimately intelligent and talented in a great many ways, but past romantic (and parental) issues have left him emotionally twisted and unwilling to contribute his skills to anything genuinely productive.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While his actual job is unclear, he's shown to be very competent at it despite the fact that he acts like a maniac half the time he's at the office. In season 9, we learn what his job is. [[spoiler:Provide Legal Exculpation and Sign Everything - Heh, P.L.E.A.S.E.. And, yes, he ''is'' competent at that job. When offered it, he signed the massive contract that came with it without even reading it. And then it turns out he's even ''more'' competent at his ''real'' job; handing all the information about the corporation's shady dealings over to the government in order to get revenge on the guy who stole his first girlfriend.]]
* ButtMonkey: There is a series-spanning subplot revolving around him getting slapped in the face.
* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler:He calls his father out after he learns he has started a new family and acts as a normal dad to his other son while he never did that for him.]]
* CampStraight: Both rather effeminate and fashion-conscious, as well as unhealthily fixated on his male friendships, but is an almost disturbingly prolific womanizer. Ironic since his actor is arguably a ManlyGay or at the very least a StraightGay.
* CargoShip: InUniverse. The other characters often joked on how much Barney loves his suits.
* TheCasanova: Slept with over 200 women by the end of the series through charm, deception, and endless determination.
* CasualKink: Very frequently mentions light bondage in casual conversation.
* CatchPhrase: He tries to make them as much as possible, but his most famous one is "Legen - wait for it - dary! Legendary!!"
* CharacterDevelopment: Easily the most developed character over the show's run. "Trilogy Time" of season seven highlights this, with time jumps to three-year intervals where the guys watch the classic Franchise/StarWars trilogy and plan out what their life was going to be like three years later. 2003, 2006 and 2009 all featured Barney with the same plan to be exactly the way he was (with him dismissing his latest "conquest"). When 2012 comes around the guys assume Barney had the same plan, but he honestly states that he is looking forward to settling down. [[spoiler:But when he and Robin divorced in 2016, he went back into his womanizing ways until in 2020, his daughter (from his recent conquest) was born and instead of abandoning her, he stayed and raised her]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** One of his first lines was about how much he loves his suits, but would casually change into something more appropriate to the situation. In particular he goes to the club in "Okay, Awesome" wearing a club-appropriate silvery dress shirt. Later episodes he struggles to ever take off a suit, even showing him with suit-pajamas "suit-jamas."
** Earlier in the show, he was against Marshall and Lily like all marriage. Later on, he's the president of the Marshall/Lily fanclub. ("The world needs Marshall and Lily together!")
* CharacterSignatureSong: "Barney Stinson, That Guy's Awesome". Alternatively, "Nothing Suits You Like A Suit".
* TheChessmaster: Many of his plays on women are incredibly complex, and he also winds up manipulating his own
* ChewingTheScenery: Even when conversing normally. When he's actually acting? Even moreso. Also, he seems to be the only character able to alter the opening credits to fit his antics.
* ChickMagnet: Almost always in the middle of a one-night stand. One episode reveals that his skills with women are much more realistic than they initially seem to be, and that only a very small number of the women he approaches are actually receptive to him at all, it's just that he's incredibly persistent and has very limited standards, allowing him to ask out literally hundreds of women a night in order to ensure that he will have sex.
* ChildrenRaiseYou: [[spoiler:After his marriage to Robin falls apart, Barney goes back to womanising to fill the hole she left. He's extra reckless this time, as one of his conquests ends up pregnant and decides to carry it to term. When Barney gets a look at his newborn daughter, he suddenly drops all of his hangups over the female gender and resolves to be the best dad he can be.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He is the one in the group who comes up with most of the shenanigans. He's perfectly capable of functioning in the world, but occasionally displays a brand of logic that wouldn't make sense to anyone else but him. He holds that "New is always better" is his best rule because it's the oldest, he believes a childhood lie that Bob Barker is his father, and he interprets a joke about overalls as a challenge to seduce someone while wearing them.
* ComedicSociopathy: To the point others get disturbed by him on spades (and that's saying a lot, as they are used to some of his issues).
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: He makes hot, sweaty monkey love to this trope.
** In the Pilot episode:
--->'''Ted:''' So ''these'' guys think I chickened out. What do you think?\\
'''Barney:''' I... can't believe you're ''still'' not wearing a ''suit''!
** Episode 2x03 "Brunch": When Barney shows a picture he took of Ted's dad having an affair with Wendy the Waitress, Ted is naturally mortified. Barney assumes this {{Angst}} is because Ted's dad violated his duties, not as a husband, but as Barney's wingman. He called dibs on Wendy first, dammit!
** Episode 3x11 "The Platinum Rule": Barney becomes convinced that an ex-girlfriend is trying to kill him.
--->'''Barney:''' I dump her, and she says, "no hard feelings." She's a psycho, what other explanation is there?!
** Episode 4x06 "Happily Ever After": Robin recounts her childhood in Canada, in which her father ignored her gender and tried to instill masculinity in his "son". (Her full name is Robin Charles Scherbatsky Jr.) This culminates with Scherbatsky Sr. witnessing Robin kiss a hockey teammate at age 14; he has an utterly pompous HeroicBSOD ("Oh my god... I have no son.") This kind of thing really screwed up Robin's life. After the story is finished...
--->'''Barney:''' You poor thing. You had to grow up in Canada. With America RIGHT THERE.
** Episode 4x13 "Three Days of Snow": Barney explains how he plays a game called "Party School Bingo" where he takes a list of the Top 25 party schools in the country, arranges them on a bingo card, and fills in a space every time he sleeps with a girl from that school.
--->'''Ted:''' So how many people are in on this Party School Bingo thing?\\
'''Barney:''' Oh, it's just me.\\
'''Ted:''' Then what's the point, then?\\
'''Barney:''' The point is to get five in a row.\\
'''Ted:''' And what do you get when you get five in a row?\\
'''Barney:''' I get Bingo.
** Episode 4x15 "The Stinsons": When Barney watches movies, well...
--->'''Barney:''' Hey, ''Film/{{The Karate Kid|1984}}''[='=]s a great movie. It's the story of a hopeful, young karate enthusiast whose dreams and moxie take him all the way to the All Valley Karate Championship. Of course, sadly, he loses in the final round to that nerd kid. But he learns an important lesson about gracefully accepting defeat.\\
'''Lily:''' Wait, when you watch ''The Karate Kid'' you actually root for that mean blonde boy?\\
'''Barney:''' [[SarcasmMode No, I root for the scrawny loser from New Jersey who barely even knows karate.]] When I watch ''The Karate Kid'' '''I''' root for the '''karate kid''', [[DracoInLeatherPants Johnny Lawrence from the Cobra Kai dojo]]. Get your head out of your ass Lily.
** The same episode has him revealing that he roots for Hans Gruber in ''Film/DieHard'' (believing him to be the title character), Principal Vernon in ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' (the only one who wears a suit) and ''Film/TheTerminator'' (and proceeds to start crying over his death scene, saying "And she doesn't even help him!") That explains the life-size Imperial Stormtrooper armor in his living room.
** Much later, he lists [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]], Franchise/HarryPotter, and Literature/WarHorse to the list of "bad guys who win" and later he considers [[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey]] to be a kind and wise ruler.
* CommitmentIssues: Robin was his first girlfriend in a long time... even when they were dating he was climbing out the window in his sleep in muscle memory alone.
* CompetitionFreak: Barney will often take an innocent remark as a challenge and respond with "Challenge accepted!".
* ConsistentClothingStyle: Unlike Ted and Marshall, who dress more casually, Barney [[SharpDressedMan consistently wears a suit]], which emphasizes the type of character he is: a rich corporate womanizer.
* ConsummateLiar: He can lie with the greatest of ease, and with no preparation. On rare occasions, we also get to see what he can do with some preparation.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Heavily implied to be one of these. [[spoiler:Turns out he's not.]]
* CrazyPrepared: Not only does he always bring along a second (or even third) Halloween costume in case he strikes out with the hottest girl at the party, he keeps a suit stashed in the bar at [=MacLaren's=]. And that's in addition to his Playbook.
* CunningLinguist: He speaks several languages, using what is said to be Ukrainian (actually Russian) with his tailor, Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean. Some scenes imply he can also speak Spanish.
** Memorably subverted when he's telling the story of how he met Ted; it turns out, ASL is a blind spot for him (while Ted himself can sign competently enough to tell the girl Barney's hitting on to give him a fake number).
* TheDandy: Well-dressed, groomed, manicured, spotless apartment.
* DeadpanSnarker: Slightly less than the rest of the cast, due to his LargeHam tendencies, but he's more than happy to point out the silliness of his friends' ideas.
* DeconfirmedBachelor: Devoutly against marriage or even relationships, but he winds up getting married before Ted.
* DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest: In season 7 Barney's character is appropriated as Robin's love interest, and his main significance is to be a source of angst for Robin. This makes the single brief look at his perspective in "Tick, Tick, Tick" all the more heartbreaking, as the audience knows that while Robin is busy going through character development and struggling with her personal conflicts, Barney is miserably and silently OutOfFocus, waiting for her to address her relationship with him.
* {{Determinator}}: If he sets his mind on something, he will not stop until he completes it. This is especially true of any "challenge," which he compulsively will accept.
* DetrimentalDetermination: Barney will go to truly absurd lengths to accomplish the many, self appointed, challenges he sets himself, or to prove a point. Such disastrous consequencs that have befallen him for this behaviour include: going to jail for speeding, trying to talk his way out of a [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E23AsFastAsSheCan ticket]], knackering his legs running a [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS2E15LuckyPenny marathon]] without training for it, and getting an nasty ear infection from piercing it while doing the [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E19Murtaugh Murtaugh list.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Around the 4th Season, more emphasis starts to be put on Barney's development as a character, [[LadyKillerInLove actually giving him stable relationships.]]
%%* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Until season 6]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Barney seems to revel in these. The Exploding Meatball Sub is probably the most famous example, all as an act of revenge toward Marshall commenting that Barney got some sauce on his tie. Now in season 9, we learn [[spoiler:his entire job is part of a revenge plot to shut down a corporation all because the head guy stole Barney's girlfriend when he was younger]].
* EmbarrassingNickname: Swarley. Swar--wait for it...--ley. Swarls Barkley. Any variation of Swarley, actually.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** While Barney has no qualms about bedding women in relationships, he won't go after anyone his friends are with. Other than some flirting with Lily (and his convoluted scheme to get to see and/or touch her breasts), he never made a serious move on her since she was with Marshall, and waited for confirmation that Ted was over Robin before he started seeing her. He also refuses to sleep with underage girls.
** Barney has always treated the villains of movies as the protagonist of the movie and vice versa for the actual heroes but in ''Knight Vision'', he imagines himself as Indiana Jones and Ted as Walter Donovan in a scene from ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', showing that even Barney does not like a Nazi.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: He used to be a [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long-haired]] [[GranolaGirl granola guy]] until his first girlfriend cheated on him. As a result, he "[[StartOfDarkness suited up]]". [[spoiler:But he hasn't completely changed.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: His personal feud with Greg. He is [[BlackAndGrayMorality the "lesser evil"]] in this feud.
* FallGuy: His real job is to sign all paperwork so if the company gets sued he takes the blame. [[spoiler:Except he's been one step ahead of his bosses the entire time as he's been secretly working with the US Government to build evidence against them. As a whistleblower he gets full immunity for everything while his bosses are hauled off to face prosecution.]]
* {{Fetish}}: Barney's been demonstrated to be into feet and light bondage. His scrapbook also implies (we don't get to see it) that he experiments with a lot of positions and toys.
* {{Fiction 500}}: We don't know what he does, but it seems to give him apparently unlimited money. It turns in Season 9, [[spoiler:he's paid to day sign papers claiming responsibility for the illegal activities of a corporation]]. For that, he is paid 16 craploads a year.
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Although he doesn't show it, what Shannon did to him really hurt him.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine--Extroverted, [[ManChild childish]], [[ManipulativeBastard mischievous]], [[AttentionWhore always seeks attention]], and ''extremely'' [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} unpredictable most of the time]].
* {{Flanderization}}:
** As the show goes on, Barney becomes more and more of a womanizer who abhors commitment. Early in the show his attitude was "Date a woman for a few weeks, then dump her". But later in the show's run he becomes the master of the one-night stand, rarely bothering to go on more than a single date with a girl and is obsessed with whatever play he makes.
** An episode in season 9 provides possible justification for this, as [[spoiler:the mother]] tells Barney that, having been dumped by Robin in season 5, he's spent his entire life since then trying to keep her out of his mind, such that he won't let himself stop for even a second, lest his feelings for her start to re-emerge. Considering his relapses since then came when he was settled down with Nora and Quinn, it's not entirely an unreasonable claim.
* FreudianExcuse: When Barney was a child, he had no father, and his uncle Jerry, his male role model, told him to never stop partying before leaving his life. It is clear that the exchange shaped him. He also used to be a naive and extremely kind-hearted hippie. His then-girlfriend left him for a suit-wearing womanizer [[StartOfDarkness and he decided to]] [[YouAreWhatYouHate become one himself]].
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Largely in earlier seasons, most of the characters admit to having a "Barney Limit." When Barney slept with Robin, Ted explained his anger at Barney wasn't simply that he slept with his ex but that he assumed if Barney [[EvenEvilHasStandards had any sort of "limits"]] it would have been anything [[TheBroCode regarding him]]. It wasn't until after they reconcile that Barney starts being treated more as a real friend and less of a nuisance.
* FriendToAllChildren: Despite being a bad influence to them at times, Barney's few redeeming qualities before he TookALevelInKindness is this.
** During the scenes where we see Barney's childhood, he's revealed to have been quite lonely and unpopular. This probably has a lot to do with the reason he's nice to children.
** When he was throwing a fit about his brother getting married, the news that he would be an uncle immediately turned him into a supportive, squeeing ball of joy.
** Barney took to [[spoiler:becoming a father immediately. His daughter]] becoming the right woman in his life to set him on the right path.
* TheGamblingAddict: "It's not gambling if you know you're going to win."
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Not his dating relationships; but as far as his professional life is concerned; throughout the series he's shown shredding evidence, advocating, and in general acting on behalf of an evil company that screws people over and hurts the environment for profit, only for it to be revealed that he's been relaying the information to the federal government so that the corruption could be shut down. His reasons aren't moral so much as revenge, but it's still a net good for the world.]]
* HandsomeLech: He's an attractive young man who shags one bimbo after another and keeps scores of his conquests. He devised plenty of tricks how to manipulate women into sleeping with him.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Successfully runs the New York Marathon--which Marshall has been training for for months--at a day's notice with no preparation. Not played ''entirely'' straight. He does mention having run a 10K earlier in the season, plus he says afterwards that he works out everyday (and judging by his {{Shirtless Scene}}s, [[MrFanservice he doesn't lie]]). And though he does finish he can't walk afterward.
* HasAType: Barney declares in the pilot that he's discarded his old type (half-Asian girls) for a new type (Lebanese girls). Later on, when Lily claims that "blonde and drunk" is his type, he denounces the very concept of having one favorite type as crass and limiting... before immediately making an aside to Ted and Marshall that it's actually "Asian with some boob." However, in practice, his type is more "naïve bimbos with daddy issues." [[spoiler:And Robin]].
* IHatePastMe: Thoroughly ashamed of his pre-suit hippie years. However, he still liked himself as a kid.
* TheHedonist: If there's one thing Barney wants in life it's pleasure.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: He'll frequently do horrible things for his own amusement, and for ours, too.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Is ''very'' defensive of his supposed status as Ted's best friend, when they have a falling out in season three he starts looking for a new "wingman" in the exact same way anyone is trying to rebound from a break-up. While good friends with both Ted and Marshall, it's fairly obvious they aren't as devoted to him as he is to them.
* HiddenDepths:
** Can speak Chinese and is a very good, albeit compulsive, gambler.
** Season Four started showing that he hides a severe abandonment complex with his regular behavior, having never known his dad in addition to being devastated by a break-up when he was younger. In season six [[spoiler:when he meets his dad and spends some time with him]] he admits he feels he is too far gone for redemption.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Early seasons showed him being almost criminally neglected, but later seasons seemed to have gently retconned it into simply his mother having a lot of lovers.
* HotBlooded: His desire to make every night legendary and his tendency to make passionate speeches, [[SeriousBusiness even about things that only he considers to be of the highest importance]], qualify him as this.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Loves to mock Robin for being Canadian and enjoys ridiculing his friends' interests. One of his biggest fights with Robin resulted from her openly joking about his interests. Also, he thoroughly plugs the Bro Code and expects Ted to abide by it (which Ted does), but has broken numerous parts of it himself.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Despite his beliefs against marriage, the thought of Lily and Marshall not ending up together scares him. "Bachelor Party" reveals that [[spoiler:he was the one who convinced Lily to come back to New York]]. He also shows signs of this during "Something Borrowed" and "Dowisetrepla".
* ICallHimMisterHappy: When Lily paints a portrait of him with KenDollAnatomy, he rattles off a series of nicknames for his penis, mostly puns based on his name.
* IconicOutfit: Suits in general.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: He really does love his friends and wants to keep them. This is especially apparent in "The Rally" when asked why he'd lie to them about having a hangover cure, his answer is because he loves them (and giving them a placebo actually did help).
* InVinoVeritas: He has a few levels of drunk. The prominent levels is the [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba The Hutt]]-level drunk (where he starts talking like the Hutt) and truth serum-drunk where he starts revealing various truths (though it'll revert to Jabba drunk). The last level makes him all but unconscious.
* IdenticalStranger: ''Eventually'' played straight. Marshall and Lily see his "doppelganger" only to later find out that it's actually him disguised as a taxi driver for another one-night stand scheme. When Barney finds out Marshall and Lily won't have kids until they've seen all five doppelgangers, he disguises himself as a street performer. [[PaperThinDisguise They don't fall for it]], but seem to be touched. Then Lily ''thinks'' she's found Barney's true doppelganger, when in reality she's seeing what she wants to see. Eventually, they find his real doppelgänger, an obstetrician.
* InelegantBlubbering: He has one moment in "Girls vs. Suits" when Tim Gunn gives him the bad news about his torn suit: "I ''can't'' make it work!" "'''So Young!'''" goes a hysterical Barney in his breakdown.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Heavily implied that his severe abandonment issues left him with this and all his bravado is fake and a way to cover it up.
* InsistentTerminology: He is constantly insisting to others (including Ted) that he is Ted's best friend instead of Marshall.
* IntentionalHeartbreaker: Barney tries to have sex with as many women as possible and he often breaks hearts in the process. Sometimes the girl he picks up knows very well it's a one-night-stand, but he very often manipulates his dates, and specifically targets gullible women. He makes them believe he wants a committed relationship, takes them to other people's flats and talks about how he wants to settle down, and he mentions he proposed to women to have "I-can't-believe-you-just-proposed-to-me" sex etc.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Barney treads the line between the "Jerk" part and the "Heart of Gold" part. He's definitely the latter towards his friends -- despite being selfish and narcissistic and often being manipulative, insensitive, and insulting towards them, he's done a number of incredibly sweet and selfless things for them out of sheer love and devotion. Indeed, he's willing to go to extraordinary lengths for his friends and family. For example, [[spoiler:him spontaneously flying to San Francisco, convincing Lily that she and Marshall need to get back together, and paying her airfare home. He also pays for their honeymoon.]] But to the people outside of a tight-knit circle that seems to consist of Ted, Marshall, Lily, Robin, his mother Loretta, his brother James, his brother's husband Tom, and his nephew Eli, he's a straight Jerkass who demonstrates barely any trace of scruples or conscience (especially to his one-night stands). At least, until season six, where his CharacterDevelopment reaches a new level that includes glimmers of self-awareness about how his actions affect strangers.
* LadykillerInLove: With Robin, Nora and Quinn. He does genuinely love them, and puts a lot of effort into wooing all three.
* LargeHam: His raison d'etre. So much so that...well, see [[ChewingTheScenery chewing the scenery]] above.
* LaughablyEvil: He's genuinely proud of his EvilLaugh.
* LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics: Will often create his own statistics to get any member of the group to go along with one of his schemes. It's always something like 83%, or 8.3 seconds, or similar.
* LikeParentLikeSpouse:
** His relationship with Nora mirrors his relationship with his mother.
** [[spoiler:Robin's mother absolutely terrifies her by describing her father when he was their age as exactly like Barney]]
* LimitedWardrobe: He is almost never seen without a suit, and is proud of that fact. Except for funerals.
* TheLongList: The Playbook and the Bro Code, both of which have been [[DeFictionalization defictionalized.]]
* LovableSexManiac: Bedded several hundred women, spews off entendres, and his friends still love him.
* ManChild: From time to time, he acts very childish. People think this is because of his HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood.
* ManipulativeBastard: As TheChessmaster and per The Playbook, he's more than happy to manipulate people.
* MasterOfDisguise: He hit on the same woman three times in one night by changing costumes. He also really enjoys using costumes and disguises for various plays, including impersonating celebrities.
* TheMentor: In the season 9 episode "Sunrise" [[spoiler:Barney meets two young men who are hopelessly inept when it comes to impressing women. He takes pity on them and decides to mentor them in the art of picking up women.]]
* MoralSociopathy: He lives according to his Bro Code.
* MrFanservice: More shirtless scenes than anyone else, and he's much more toned than Marshall or Ted.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Absolutely flipped out when [[spoiler:Ted unknowingly slept with Barney's younger half-sister]].
* {{Narcissist}}: He's obsessed with his looks, and also secretly afraid of losing them as he gets older.
* {{Neologizer}}: He's constantly coming up with new words and expressions that he tries to popularize. He claims that doing so shows vision and creativity -- "visiotivity".
* NiceToTheWaiter: An early sign of his JerkWithAHeartOfGold tendencies is that he always befriends cabbies or waiters and winds up on a first name basis with them.
* NoListeningSkills: Whenever he claims to be Ted's best friend, Ted always corrects him that it's Marshall. Barney always bulldozes this by continuing "and as your best friend..."
* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: Whenever someone asks he simply brushes them off with a condescending chuckle and a "Please." Later, it is revealed that [[spoiler:"please" is [[FunWithAcronyms Provide Legal Exculpation and Sign Everything]] where he signs papers claiming responsibility for the illegal activities of a corporation]].
* ObliviousToLove: To Robin for the first few episodes of season 7, before she [[spoiler:seemingly moves on with Kevin]].
* OlderAndWiser: In ''Series/HowIMetYourFather'', [[spoiler:Barney is now a single father, raising his daughter Ellie with the help of Jerome Sr. Though he tries his best to get rid of his womanizing habits thru shock therapy. When he bumps into Sophie after she accidentally hits her car, he listens to her story of possibly meeting with her real father. Then, he tells her about he met his real father and advises her that meeting her real father may not resolve her issues]].
* OlderThanHeLooks: He's actually the oldest member of the gang (he starts the show at 30-years-old), but he hardly looks it. The show lampshades it from time to time.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: It is heavily implied that he has this kind of grudge towards Greg, the guy who stole his first girlfriend.
* OnTheRebound: He explicitly targets women who are emotionally vulnerable as he thinks they're easy targets.
* PlayboyHasADaughter: In the SeriesFinale, Barney falls into this when, after divorcing Robin, he falls back into his serial womanizing ways and has sex with a girl a day for an entire month. The girl he sleeps with on the final day gets pregnant. The moment he holds his daughter Ellie in his arms, he declares her the love of his life and finally gives up being a playboy for good to happily raise her.
* PlayingWithFire: Barney loves doing fire-based magic tricks. Why the gang ends up doing an intervention on Barney--he loves doing it TOO much.
%%* PlayedForLaughs: All the EvilTropes associated with him.
* ThePornomancer:
-->'''Barney:''' When are you guys gonna learn that the only difference between my life and porn is that my life has better lighting?
* ThePrankster: Pranks his friends mercilessly... and his enemies so much worse.
* ProudToBeAGeek: Unabashedly loves ''Star Wars,'' to the point that he has a fantasy of having sex with a woman who is wearing Stormtrooper armor. He also once almost ended his (at that time) most serious relationship because of their opinion on Ewoks.[[note]]Specifically, a theory that your opinion of Ewoks was an indicator of if you were lying about your age, but he puts together a slideshow detailing everything from Ewok evolution to their eating and mating habits in support of this.[[/note]]
* RaceFetish: His EstablishingCharacterMoment is announcing to Ted that he's moved on from half-Asian girls, and is now going after Lebanese girls. He also has said that his "type" is "Asian, with some boob."
* ReallyGetsAround: Mainly PlayedForLaughs, but he loves to sleep around.
* RefugeInAudacity: Barney doesn't so much refuge in audacity as much as he lives in it. He once attempted to convince a girl he was Neal Armstrong. According to Barney's own recollection of the event, he succeeded.
* RootingForTheEmpire:
** [[invoked]] Apparently does this for ''Film/TheKarateKid1984'' (Johnny and the Cobra Kai guys), ''Film/DieHard'' (Hans Gruber), ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' (Detention teacher), and the actual [[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]], probably others as well. Possibly a reflection of [[AmbiguouslyEvil his day job.]] He also thinks that [[Series/GameOfThrones King Joffrey]] is a "wise and fair leader". And told Demaggio to hang out with [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]], Franchise/HarryPotter, and Literature/WarHorse.
** [[invoked]] It's somewhat telling that in ''JustForFun/TheWeddingBride'', the film loosely based on Ted's relationship with Stella, Barney openly roots for [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue Tony]], who is actually supposed to be the ''hero'' of the film, instead of "[[JerkSue Jed Mosley]]", who's portrayed as the villain.
* SadClown: It is clear that his constant flings and other antics is to cover up his own insecurity and [[IJustWantToHaveFriends to have someone to hang out with.]] [[spoiler:After his divorce with Robin, he returns to his old self because he believes that if his marriage with Robin is a failure, there will never be a successful one for him.]]
%%* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Again, PlayedForLaughs.
* SecondLove: He is Robin's second love after Ted, though they broke up. [[spoiler:They get together again and eventually got married.]]
* SelfImposedChallenge: InUniverse. Very often he'll say something is impossible... then declare "Challenge accepted!" and try to accomplish it.
* SelfServingMemory: Any flashback he retells will be centered on him and paint him in a great light.
* SenseiForScoundrels: He is constantly teaching other men how to pick up women with his "Playbook," fashioning himself as a guru figure. Ted tends to ignore him, but other men who follow his advice seem to succeed.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly man to Ted's (or Marshall's) sensitive guy.
* SeriousBusiness: [[CrowdSong Nothing suits him like a suit!]] Honestly, everything he does is SeriousBusiness. Suits, girls, being a good friend, being a good boyfriend, possibly his job whatever that is perhaps. TheBroCode, too. ''Especially'' TheBroCode.
* SexGod: Often portrayed as a very satisfying lover and he's pretty smug about it. This becomes a plot point in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E10TheYips The Yips]]" when Barney discovers that Rhonda, the [[MrsRobinson older woman he lost his virginity to]], who told him he had "rocked her world", had actually exaggerated because his brother had asked her to. Despite bedding many women since then, Barney loses his confidence over this revelation... until he sleeps with Rhonda again and this time actually ''does'' rock her world.
* SharpDressedMan: Always impeccably dressed.
* ShipTease: Barney has expressed considerable attraction to Lily, and there's the inevitable chemistry matchmakers always seem to strike with their clients, but Barney and Lily will never go beyond a fantasy. An episode in Season 2 even toyed with the idea of what the two as a couple would be like.
* ShipperOnDeck: According to him, "''The world needs Marshall and Lily together!''"
* ShoutOut: Named after a heroin dealer who is mentioned in passing in ''Literature/LAConfidential''.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Barney absolutely hates Creator/RalphMacchio, so you can imagine how annoyed he was when the guy showed up at his bachelor party. Still you replace high-fives with handshakes and the word ''Legendary'' with ''Incredible'' and they are the same guy, though Barney refuses to see it.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Make no mistake, Barney is incredibly smart and good-looking... just not nearly as smart and good-looking as he thinks he is.
* TheSmartGuy: Marshall even called him as such almost word-per-word.
* SociopathicHero: While Barney naturally comes across as an amoral, perverted and sociopathic douchebag, he often has moments of being genuinely sympathetic and caring towards his friends, such as helping Lily and Marshall get back together in season 2.
* SonOfAWhore: His mother once abandoned him for two weeks to be "passed around like a bong." She's settled down, and their relationship is now much closer.
* SoullessBedroom: Barney's bedroom, as well as the rest of his apartment, is clean and well-furnished, but is entirely in grey, black or brown tones. It has a king-size bed with exactly one pillow, no traces of personal life, no decoration (aside from the life-sized Stormtrooper in the living room), and no food. This is [[InvokedTrope deliberate]], as Barney wants his apartment to be as unwelcoming as possible to discourage his dates from staying after a one-night stand.
* StageMagician: He frequently uses magic to try to impress girls, and has vintage magic posters in his apartment. In real life Creator/NeilPatrickHarris is president of the Magic Circle, and an accomplished magician.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:The reason why he worked for [=AltruCell=] Corp. is to humiliate Greg, the man who stole his first girlfriend and is one of the MegaCorp's higher-ups.]]
* StartOfDarkness: Revealed in the episode ''Game Night'' where he explains how his girlfriend left him, causing his transformation from a long-haired hippy to a life of "suits, sex, and money". [[spoiler:Continued in "Unpause", which reveals he didn't fully change.]]
* SuperGullible: He's an adult still believing all the ridiculous lies his mother has told him as a child. This is also quite ironic, considering that Barney is a notorious liar himself.
* TearsOfJoy: [[spoiler:Upon seeing the birth of his daughter, Barney couldn't help but to cry.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: The most sociopathic and amoral of the group.
* TookALevelInKindness: Starting out as the TokenEvilTeammate, he becomes more humane in later seasons as he surprises the group in giving genuine to support to them in bad times (he contacted Lily to get her back to New York for Marshall's sake and admitted that despite complaining about Ted and Robin he was sad to see them break up). [[spoiler:After having a daughter with an unnamed woman, Barney resolves to abandon his womanizing ways.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: He plays this role to the rest of the main cast, but mostly to Ted, whose corruption he views as a pet project. Ironically, as the show has progressed, even as Barney rubs off a bit on Ted (mainly by encouraging him to live in the moment and helping him to enjoy life to the fullest), he has really been more influenced by Ted in terms of growing emotionally and romantically (even taking a class taught by Ted on how to be a good boyfriend).
* UnclePennybags: Without knowing what is exactly his job, Barney always had a lot of money for random pranks or bribes, a neat apartment and crazy gadgets. [[spoiler:Even after the final season reveals that he worked as GNB's scapegoat, it's still a lot of money.]]
* TheUnfettered: Early in the series, he wasn't really tied down with "emotions" or "empathy" so he was so very good at what he did (...banging chicks).
* UnreliableNarrator: So much that the stories he tells are almost never taken seriously. When he narrates in "Perfect Week", "The Ashtray" and "Home Wreckers" there's always an exaggeration in his stories, in "Perfect Week" he assumed that all his friends were praising him when he wasn't there, "The Ashtray" has him trying to put himself in the story and "Home Wreckers" has him making Robin and Ted's mom say how big his penis is.
%%* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: With Robin ''many'' times in seasons 7 and 8.
* TheUnreveal:
** Does anybody know what ''his job'' is?
--->'''[insert any character here]:''' Barney, what exactly is it you do for a living?\\
'''Barney:''' ''Ha ha!'' ...please.
** [[TheReveal We eventually find out]] in Season 9 that "please" is [[spoiler:exactly his job which is [[FunWithAcronyms Provide Legal Exculpation and Sign Everything]]. His job was to sign papers claiming responsibility for the illegal activities of a corporation. But him entering the job is part of his BatmanGambit to get back at the guy who stole his girlfriend, Shannon, years ago]].
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Especially in the early seasons. Not so much after he TookALevelInKindness, though he can still occasionally have some moments.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: TheReveal that he used to be a kind Granola Guy who wanted to join the Peace Corps shocked everyone. [[spoiler:But he's still a NiceGuy.]]
* VerbalTic: Whenever he makes up a statistic, he uses 83, or 8.3. Ted {{Lampshaded}} it at one point.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: While in the main story of the show, Barney is not a villain, but more a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, his working with the ObviouslyEvil Goliath National Bank (not out of near necessity, as with Marshall for a while) makes him this. Partially subverted at the end, as at some point he began cooperating with the government to incriminate GNB.
%%* WackyMarriageProposal: [[spoiler:To Quinn and Robin.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: PlayedForLaughs when he wanted to be with his "supposed" dad, Bob Barker, in Series/ThePriceIsRight. Then, it went inverted when he finally meets his real dad, Jeremy Whittaker.
* WideEyedIdealist: Formerly. Still shows signs such as believing Bob Barker is his father well into adulthood.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Robin in seasons 3, 4 and 7. Their relationship formed much of the plot of those seasons (especially 4 and 7).
* WithFriendsLikeThese: He's often been shown sabotaging his friends for personal gain (or ForTheLulz).
* YouAreWhatYouHate:
** PlayedForLaughs when Robin discovers he is 25% Canadian.
** The reason he became a jerkish, suit-wearing womanizer is because his first girlfriend dumped/cheated on him for... a {{Jerkass}} suit-wearing womanizer.
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*** Barney, The womanizing, ruthless sociopath. (Id)
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*** Barney, The womanizing, ruthless womanizing sociopath. (Id)
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*** Ted, right between the two, being sometimes levelheaded and sometimes an overemotional and impulsive ManChild. (Ego)
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*** Ted, right between the two, being sometimes levelheaded and sometimes an overemotional and impulsive ManChild.{{Manchild}}. (Ego)
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* ManChild: All of them, though Barney takes the cake. Despite being in their thirties, they still act childishly, thought up childish theories and "eating sandwiches." Their most heated argument: Which is better? Duck or Rabbit?
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* ManChild: {{Manchild}}: All of them, though Barney takes the cake. Despite being in their thirties, they still act childishly, thought up childish theories and "eating sandwiches." Their most heated argument: Which is better? Duck or Rabbit?
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** The three main male characters--GentleGiant Marshall is the nice one, Barney is a manipulative womanizer, and Ted is a romantic NiceGuy but he has his [[JerkassBall selfish]] moments.
** The Wesleyan trio--GentleGiant Marshall is still the nice one, Lily is the frequently manipulative BitchInSheepsClothing chessmaster, and Ted is still the romantic NiceGuy who has his [[JerkassBall selfish]] moments.
** The three women--The Mother is the nice one hands down, while Lily and Robin switch between mean and in-between (Lily is more friendly and approachable, but also manipulative and controlling, while Robin is aloof and cynical, but lacks the manipulative tendencies Lily has).
** The Wesleyan trio--GentleGiant Marshall is still the nice one, Lily is the frequently manipulative BitchInSheepsClothing chessmaster, and Ted is still the romantic NiceGuy who has his [[JerkassBall selfish]] moments.
** The three women--The Mother is the nice one hands down, while Lily and Robin switch between mean and in-between (Lily is more friendly and approachable, but also manipulative and controlling, while Robin is aloof and cynical, but lacks the manipulative tendencies Lily has).
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** The three main male characters--GentleGiant characters -- GentleGiant Marshall is the nice one, Barney is a manipulative womanizer, and Ted is a romantic NiceGuy but he has his [[JerkassBall selfish]] jerkish]] moments.
** The Wesleyantrio--GentleGiant trio -- GentleGiant Marshall is still the nice one, Lily is the frequently manipulative BitchInSheepsClothing chessmaster, and Ted is still the romantic NiceGuy who has his [[JerkassBall selfish]] jerkish]] moments.
** The threewomen--The women -- The Mother is the nice one hands down, while Lily and Robin switch between mean and in-between (Lily is more friendly and approachable, but also manipulative and controlling, while Robin is aloof and cynical, but lacks the manipulative tendencies Lily has).
** The Wesleyan
** The three
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-->''''Ted:''' Maybe it's dumb to look for signs from the Universe. Maybe the Universe has better things to do; dear God, I hope it does. Do you know how many signs I've gotten that I should or shouldn't be with somebody, and where has it gotten me? Maybe there aren't any signs. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Maybe a locket is just a locket, a chair is just a chair]]. [[CharacterDevelopment Maybe we don't have to give meaning to every little thing. Maybe we don't need the Universe to tell us what we really want. Maybe we already know that deep down.]]
* {{Determinator}}: While Ted generally shows signs of this trope, the entirety of the season 1 finale is Ted embodying it, to the point that he somehow defies logic itself and makes it rain: "''It '''is''' meant to be, and you know why? Because I MEAN it to be!''" He later says about The Two-Minute Date--"And that, kids, is how you turn a 'No' into a 'Yes'."
* {{Determinator}}: While Ted generally shows signs of this trope, the entirety of the season 1 finale is Ted embodying it, to the point that he somehow defies logic itself and makes it rain: "''It '''is''' meant to be, and you know why? Because I MEAN it to be!''" He later says about The Two-Minute Date--"And that, kids, is how you turn a 'No' into a 'Yes'."
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* {{Determinator}}: While Ted generally shows signs of this trope, the entirety of the season 1 finale is Ted embodying it, to the point that he somehow defies logic itself and makes it rain: "''It '''is''' meant to be, and you know why? Because I MEAN it to be!''" He later says about The Two-Minute
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-->'''Ted''': I'm not moving to Chicago, I met a girl.\\
'''Lily''': You Son of a Bitch!\\
'''Marshall''': After what you put us through!\\
'''Ted''': It's the bass player from the wedding.\\
''(Both Lilly and Marshall immediately light up)''\\
'''Marshall''': Oh she's amazing!\\
'''Lily''': I love her!
'''Lily''': You Son of a Bitch!\\
'''Marshall''': After what you put us through!\\
'''Ted''': It's the bass player from the wedding.\\
''(Both Lilly and Marshall immediately light up)''\\
'''Marshall''': Oh she's amazing!\\
'''Lily''': I love her!
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'''Marshall''':
'''Marshall:''' After what you put us through!\\
'''Marshall''': Oh
'''Marshall:''' Oh, she's amazing!\\
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-->'''Adult Luke''': Excuse me sorry, I don't mean to ruin your flow here, but can I just ask you one little question?\\
'''Future Ted''': Sure.\\
'''Adult Luke''': WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!\\
'''Future Ted''': What!?!\\
'''Adult Penny''': You sat us down to tell us the story of how you met our mother EIGHT FUCKING YEARS AGO!
'''Future Ted''': Sure.\\
'''Adult Luke''': WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!\\
'''Future Ted''': What!?!\\
'''Adult Penny''': You sat us down to tell us the story of how you met our mother EIGHT FUCKING YEARS AGO!
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-->'''Adult Luke''': Luke:''' Excuse me sorry, I don't mean to ruin your flow here, but can I just ask you one little question?\\
'''FutureTed''': Ted:''' Sure.\\
'''AdultLuke''': Luke:''' WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!\\
'''FutureTed''': Ted:''' What!?!\\
'''AdultPenny''': Penny:''' You sat us down to tell us the story of how you met our mother EIGHT FUCKING YEARS AGO!
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* BetterAsFriends: With Robin. When he tried to get back together with her in season 7, they came to this conclusion. He does end up with her in the finale after his kids tell him that he clearly stills has feelings for Robin.
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* BetterAsFriends: With Robin. When he tried to get back together with her in season 7, they came to this conclusion. He does end up with her in the finale after his kids tell him that he clearly stills has feelings for Robin.
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* TheComicallySerious: Ted is a very ambitious, passionate, level-headed and diligent intellectual who serves as the show's StraightMan but he can also be a quirky, childish, dorky and DitzyGenius.
* CompanionCube: When Ted was 7 years old, his best friend was a balloon. This would also be his FreudianExcuse of why he is so attached to Robin or any other girlfriend he has had.
* CompanionCube: When Ted was 7 years old, his best friend was a balloon. This would also be his FreudianExcuse of why he is so attached to Robin or any other girlfriend he has had.
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-->''Maybe it's dumb to look for signs from the Universe. Maybe the Universe has better things to do; dear God, I hope it does. Do you know how many signs I've gotten that I should or shouldn't be with somebody, and where has it gotten me? Maybe there aren't any signs. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Maybe a locket is just a locket, a chair is just a chair]]. [[CharacterDevelopment Maybe we don't have to give meaning to every little thing. Maybe we don't need the Universe to tell us what we really want. Maybe we already know that deep down.]]''
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* DitzyGenius: Ted is known for being a very smart architect and college professor and yet he also makes very bad decisions based on impulsivity and he often pronounces words like chameleon and encyclopedia in a very weird way thinking it's accurate to the original pronunciation (although this does also reinforce the Genius part, as the reason he does this is that he's only read those words, not heard them spoken.)
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** He normally chastise his friends for their childish behaviors even though he himself acts like an impulsive child most of the time.
** He has chastises Barney's womanizing ways many times yet has dated plenty of women, most of them being one-night stands.
** In "Matchmaker", Ted finds out from a matchmaking service that the closest person compatible to be his soulmate is an engaged dermatolgist who is getting married at the end of the week. Ted visited the woman in hopes to win her over and berates her for marrying a man who she only known for a few months when he only just met her.
** He has chastises Barney's womanizing ways many times yet has dated plenty of women, most of them being one-night stands.
** In "Matchmaker", Ted finds out from a matchmaking service that the closest person compatible to be his soulmate is an engaged dermatolgist who is getting married at the end of the week. Ted visited the woman in hopes to win her over and berates her for marrying a man who she only known for a few months when he only just met her.
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** He normally chastise chastises his friends for their childish behaviors even though he himself acts like an impulsive child most of the time.
** He haschastises chastised Barney's womanizing ways many times yet has dated plenty of women, most of them being one-night stands.
** In "Matchmaker", Ted finds out from a matchmaking service that the closest person compatible to be his soulmate is an engageddermatolgist dermatologist who is getting married at the end of the week. Ted visited the woman in hopes to win of winning her over and berates her for marrying a man who she only known for a few months when he only just met her.
** He has
** In "Matchmaker", Ted finds out from a matchmaking service that the closest person compatible to be his soulmate is an engaged
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* InsufferableGenius: Even his friends find his ratiocination pretentious. Even he finds himself insufferable at one point, when he realizes how "douchey" it is to recite the Italian of ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' aloud when you could watch robots fight wrestlers instead.
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* InsufferableGenius: Even his friends find his ratiocination pretentious. Even he finds himself insufferable at one point, when he realizes how "douchey" douchey it is to recite the Italian of ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' aloud when you could watch robots fight wrestlers instead.
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* JerkassBall: Generally an emotional and sensitive NiceGuy at heart, but has a tendency to be rather stubborn, sometimes selfish, and irrationally impulsive, causing him to take many of his loved ones for granted without even knowing it.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Often brags about being a cultured intellectual with EncyclopaedicKnowledge, but he's not always as smart as he thinks especially when he misprounounces "chameleon" and "encyclopaedia" and this trait often gets on his friends' nerves since he comes across as a pretentious snob.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Often brags about being a cultured intellectual with EncyclopaedicKnowledge, but he's not always as smart as he thinks especially when he misprounounces "chameleon" and "encyclopaedia" and this trait often gets on his friends' nerves since he comes across as a pretentious snob.
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* JerkassBall: Generally an emotional and sensitive NiceGuy at heart, a NiceGuy, but has a tendency to be rather stubborn, sometimes selfish, and irrationally impulsive, causing him to take many of his loved ones for granted without even knowing it.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Often brags about being a cultured intellectual with EncyclopaedicKnowledge, but he's not always as smart as he thinks especially when he misprounounces "chameleon" and "encyclopaedia" and this trait often gets on his friends' nerves since he comes across as a pretentious snob.it.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Often brags about being a cultured intellectual with EncyclopaedicKnowledge, but he's not always as smart as he thinks especially when he misprounounces "chameleon" and "encyclopaedia" and this trait often gets on his friends' nerves since he comes across as a pretentious snob.
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* TheLeader: Ted. He is the "I" in the title, after all. Though, he's also one of the characters that can be classified as TheSmartGuy because of how intelligent and responsible he is.
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* TheLeader: Ted. He is the "I" in the title, after all. Though, he's also one of the characters that can be classified as TheSmartGuy because of how intelligent and responsible he is.
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* NiceGuy: Ted embodies both the positive and negative aspects of this trope. He's cultured, kindhearted, idealistic and incredibly romantic but also tends to be pretentious, pushy, quick to overestimate his relationships with women and self-entitled.
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* NiceGuy: Ted embodies both the positive and negative aspects of this trope. He's cultured, pleasant, kindhearted, idealistic and incredibly romantic but also tends to be pretentious, pushy, quick to overestimate his relationships with women and self-entitled.
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* OnlySaneMan: When it comes to certain non-romantic matters, Ted is one of the most ambitious, level-headed and diligent characters, doing his best to keep everyone grounded. But his big issue is that [[LoveMakesYouCrazy he does crazy things in the name of love]], where the roles are reversed and the rest of the group has to fight to keep him grounded. In addition he is sometimes convinced by the others to do some more outlandish things, but it consistently takes him some time before he gives in.
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* OnlySaneMan: When it comes to certain non-romantic matters, Ted is one of the most ambitious, level-headed and diligent characters, doing his best to keep everyone grounded. But his big issue is that [[LoveMakesYouCrazy he does crazy things in the name of love]], where the roles are reversed and the rest of the group has to fight to keep him grounded. In addition he is sometimes convinced by the others to do some more outlandish things, but it consistently takes him some time before he gives in.
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* ThePerfectionist: To the point that he comes across as too overly idealistic and stubborn with his aspirations.
* ThePhilosopher: Ted is an intellectual who has a fondness for high culture such as classical literature and philosophy and as romantic idealist, he's been to share his insightful views on love and romance but sadly, he's never taken seriously because of his tendency to come across dorky and pretentious when he tries to be cultured.
* PretentiousPronunciation: He likes being a stickler on grammar and pronunciation, including insisting encyclopedia is "encyclo'''pai'''dia" and in another episode he never knew that chameleon isn't pronounced "'''ch'''am-a-leon." While Ted sees himself as a rational and sophisticated intellectual, this type of habit makes him appear more of a quirky and pretentious dork that's too overconfident in his delusions.
* ThePhilosopher: Ted is an intellectual who has a fondness for high culture such as classical literature and philosophy and as romantic idealist, he's been to share his insightful views on love and romance but sadly, he's never taken seriously because of his tendency to come across dorky and pretentious when he tries to be cultured.
* PretentiousPronunciation: He likes being a stickler on grammar and pronunciation, including insisting encyclopedia is "encyclo'''pai'''dia" and in another episode he never knew that chameleon isn't pronounced "'''ch'''am-a-leon." While Ted sees himself as a rational and sophisticated intellectual, this type of habit makes him appear more of a quirky and pretentious dork that's too overconfident in his delusions.
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* ThePhilosopher: Ted is an intellectual who has a fondness for high culture such as classical literature and philosophy and as romantic idealist, he's been to share his insightful views on love and romance but sadly, he's never taken seriously because of his tendency to come across dorky and pretentious when he tries to be cultured.
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* TheReliableOne: Lily and Marshall soon realize that Ted was the one in charge of buying the groceries, and he owned every useful item in the apartment, including the towels. They soon realize that they never learned to live on their own without Ted.
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* SerialRomeo: As a result of being InLoveWithLove, the obsessive, lonely and perfectionistic man is constantly falling head-over-heels for various women. This gets deconstructed in season 5's "Say Cheese", in which Lily blows up at him for bringing a strange woman to their intimate gathering on her birthday, leading her to showcase how annoying is this habit to his friends and Marshall later reveals that he breaks the heart of many girls, because he acts like the relationship is very important, leading them to think things are more serious than what Ted takes them, leaving them devastated when they break up, with Marshall having to pick up the pieces so many times he grew insensitive to the girl's pains.
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* SerialRomeo: As a result of being InLoveWithLove, the obsessive, lonely and perfectionistic man is constantly falling head-over-heels for various women. This gets deconstructed in season 5's "Say Cheese", in which Lily blows up at him for bringing a strange woman to their intimate gathering on her birthday, leading her to showcase how annoying is this habit to his friends and Marshall later reveals that he breaks the heart of many girls, because he acts like the relationship is very important, leading them to think things are more serious than what Ted takes them, leaving them devastated when they break up, with Marshall having to pick up the pieces so many times he grew insensitive to the girl's pains.
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* TheSmartGuy: Ted is the most sophisticated and philosophical character in the show and while he has his childishly impulsive moments, he's capable of being very calculating and rational in his pursuits even if they don't always work out.
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* TeamDad: Lily calls him a dorky dad at one point, despite being 30 years old and childless. This is best shown in the season 2 episode, Moving Day when he left the apartment, Lily and Marshall realized that Ted was actually the provider who was only supplied food, tissues, etc.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Due to his romantic idealism, he's obsessed with the idea of living like he's in a perfect romance story only for life to constantly crap on his optimism.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Due to his romantic idealism, he's obsessed with the idea of living like he's in a perfect romance story only for life to constantly crap on his optimism.
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* TeamDad: Lily calls him a dorky dad at one point, despite being 30 years old and childless. This is best shown in the season 2 episode, Moving Day when he left the apartment, Lily and Marshall realized that Ted was actually the provider who was only supplied food, tissues, etc.\n* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Due to his romantic idealism, he's obsessed with the idea of living like he's in a perfect romance story only for life to constantly crap on his optimism.
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Ted's former college roommate and best friend, a sweet-tempered and dorky goofball who makes his way through law school and eventually takes the Bar during the course of the series. In the pilot, he becomes engaged to his girlfriend Lily. They get married later and continue to develop through the series as a married couple, facing many hurdles over time.
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Ted's former college roommate and best friend, a sweet-tempered and dorky goofball who makes his way through law school and eventually takes the Bar during the course of the series. In the pilot, he becomes engaged to his girlfriend Lily. They get married later and continue to develop through the series as a married couple, facing many hurdles over time.
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* BerserkButton: Do ''NOT'' accuse him of being selfish.
* BetaCouple: With Lily. Their engagement in the first episode highlights that Ted wants to get married.
* BetaCouple: With Lily. Their engagement in the first episode highlights that Ted wants to get married.
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* BerserkButton: Do ''NOT'' ''not'' accuse him of being selfish.
* BetaCouple: With Lily. Their engagement in the first episode highlights that Ted wants to get married.
* BetaCouple: With Lily.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: The group's TeamMom? Well, even though she means well, she's often manipulative, can be somewhat selfish and very controlling, and deep down she rarely takes other peoples' feelings or opinions into account... She appears to be the sweet, maternal member of the group but is revealed at one point to have been quietly manipulating her friends' lives and relationships for YEARS (going back to before the show began).
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: The group's TeamMom? Well, even though she means well, she's often manipulative, can be somewhat selfish and very controlling, and deep down she rarely takes other peoples' feelings or opinions into account... She appears to be the sweet, maternal member of the group but is revealed at one point to have been quietly manipulating her friends' lives and relationships for YEARS ''years'' (going back to before the show began).
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* CuteAndPsycho: Usually acts like a sweet, kind and loving TeamMom but by her own admission, after she cuts off a toy horse's head she sneaks it into the naptime mat of a troublemaking kid. She also detailed how she was going to curb stomp Ted when he got back with Karen (after she wanted to borrow Robin's gun when she first heard the news) and stood over Robin's bed with a hammer like [[{{Film/Misery}} Kathy Bates.]]
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* CuteAndPsycho: Usually acts like a sweet, kind and loving TeamMom but by her own admission, after she cuts once cut off a toy horse's head she sneaks and snuck it into the naptime mat of a troublemaking kid. She also detailed how she was going to curb stomp Ted when he got back with Karen (after she wanted to borrow Robin's gun when she first heard the news) and stood over Robin's bed with a hammer like [[{{Film/Misery}} Kathy Bates.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite her selfish and manipulative - to the point of being toxic - BitchInSheepsClothing tendencies, and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality her rather distorted sense of morality]], Lily is clearly devoted and loyal to her friends, and a pretty good person underneath her flaws.
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* {{Schemer}}: To the point where Barney has called her an "EvilGenius." She's definitely the schemer of the group besides Barney Stinson.
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* ClosetKey: A rare example of a character being this despite not being gay themselves; after she dumps Ted, Cindy kisses her and realises she's attracted not just to her, but women in general.
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* ClosetKey: A rare example of a character being this despite not being gay themselves; after she dumps Ted, Cindy kisses her and realises realizes she's attracted not just to her, but women in general.
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** [[spoiler:In the ''Series/HowIMetYourFather'' Season 1 finale, it's shown that Robin usually stops by in MacLaren's by herself, reminiscing the times she and the gang hang out in the bar. Since the show is set in 2022, Ted is still married to Tracy and the gang are already busy with their family lives.]]
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** [[spoiler:In the ''Series/HowIMetYourFather'' Season 1 finale, it's shown that Robin usually stops by in MacLaren's [=MacLaren=]'s by herself, reminiscing the times she and the gang hang out in the bar. Since the show is set in 2022, Ted is still married to Tracy and the gang are already busy with their family lives.]]
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* RidiculouslyHighRelationshipStandards: The reason that a show with the titular premise can last for nine seasons is that Ted has very exacting taste in women and will not settle for anyone but the perfect woman. He's explicit in his philosophy that finding "the one" means someone who ticks every box and that you don't have to change or adapt for, you just happen to be perfect for one another from the get-go and thus it takes a long time for him to meet that perfect someone. He dates and even proposes to plenty of women, but it never works out for him.
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* RidiculouslyHighRelationshipStandards: RidiculouslyHighRelationshipStandards:
** The reason that a show with the titular premise can last for nine seasons is that Ted has very exacting taste in women and will not settle for anyone but the perfect woman. He's explicit in his philosophy that finding "the one" means someone who ticks every box and that you don't have to change or adapt for, you just happen to be perfect for one another from the get-go and thus it takes a long time for him to meet that perfect someone. He dates and even proposes to plenty of women, but it never works out for him.
** The reason that a show with the titular premise can last for nine seasons is that Ted has very exacting taste in women and will not settle for anyone but the perfect woman. He's explicit in his philosophy that finding "the one" means someone who ticks every box and that you don't have to change or adapt for, you just happen to be perfect for one another from the get-go and thus it takes a long time for him to meet that perfect someone. He dates and even proposes to plenty of women, but it never works out for him.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JoshRadnor
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/BobSaget (Future Ted)
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-->''"Kids, I'm gonna tell you an incredible story. The story of how I met your mother."''
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->''"Kids, I'm gonna tell you an incredible story. The story of how I met your mother."''
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidHenrie (Son) and Creator/LyndsyFonseca (Daughter)
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* AmbiguouslyBi: In the first season, she mentions it was her dream to study abroad and have a lesbian romance. HappilyMarried to Marshall but it is heavily implied she's attracted to female friend Robin. It's revealed in "The Perfect Cocktail", whenever she's drunk on martinis, she immediately tries making out with Robin. She also had very visible trouble turning down a [[ButchLesbian girl]] while looking for Marshall the first week of college.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: AmbiguouslyBi:
** In the first season, she mentions it was her dream to study abroad and have a lesbian romance. HappilyMarried to Marshall but it is heavily implied she's attracted to female friend Robin. It's revealed in "The Perfect Cocktail", whenever she's drunk on martinis, she immediately tries making out with Robin. She also had very visible trouble turning down a [[ButchLesbian girl]] while looking for Marshall the first week of college.
** In the first season, she mentions it was her dream to study abroad and have a lesbian romance. HappilyMarried to Marshall but it is heavily implied she's attracted to female friend Robin. It's revealed in "The Perfect Cocktail", whenever she's drunk on martinis, she immediately tries making out with Robin. She also had very visible trouble turning down a [[ButchLesbian girl]] while looking for Marshall the first week of college.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Something he inherited from his father.
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* TeenIdol: She was a teen pop idol in Canada she was younger, to rebel from the image her father forced on her. She's effectively a mix of Tiffany and fellow Canadian Music/AlanisMorissette (complete with a shift to grunge in the vein of Alanis' "Jagged Little Pill" change in sound).
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* TeenIdol: She was a teen pop idol in Canada she was younger, to rebel from the image her father forced on her. She's effectively a mix of Tiffany (who actually appears in her 'Sandcastles in the Sand' video) and fellow Canadian Music/AlanisMorissette (complete with a shift to grunge in the vein of Alanis' "Jagged Little Pill" change in sound).
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* Student/TeacherRomance: mentions an old high school teacher whom she had a crush on who eventually went to prison for tax evasion...amongst other things.
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* TeacherStudentRomance: mentions an old high school teacher whom she had a crush on who eventually went to prison for tax evasion...amongst other things.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: When he and Barney pretend to be tourists from Missouri to pick up girls.
** Barney puts on a half hearted yokel accent. Ted, being from Ohio, would already have a midwestern accent. Which would be convincing enough for the girls from New York [[spoiler:/New Jersey]].
** Barney puts on a half hearted yokel accent. Ted, being from Ohio, would already have a midwestern accent. Which would be convincing enough for the girls from New York [[spoiler:/New Jersey]].
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: When he and Barney pretend to be tourists from Missouri to pick up girls.
**girls. Barney puts on a half hearted yokel accent. Ted, being from Ohio, would already have a midwestern accent. Which would be convincing enough for the girls from New York [[spoiler:/New Jersey]].
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* CloudCuckooLander: He is the only person who thinks the Red Cowboy Boots is a chick magnet, and generally has a tendency to live in his own world and behave oddly.
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* CloudCuckooLander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He is the only person who thinks the Red Cowboy Boots is a chick magnet, and generally has a tendency to live in his own world and behave oddly.
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'''Main Characters''' ([[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherBarneyStinson Barney Stinson]]) | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherPotentialMothers Potential Mothers]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherTheMainCharactersFamilies The Main Characters' Families]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherTheGangsDoppelgangers The Gang's Doppelgangers]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherCameoCharacters Cameo Characters]]-]]]]]
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'''Main Characters''' ([[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherBarneyStinson Barney Stinson]]) | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherPotentialMothers Potential Mothers]] [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherLoveInterests Love Interests]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherTheMainCharactersFamilies The Main Characters' Families]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherTheGangsDoppelgangers The Gang's Doppelgangers]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherCameoCharacters Cameo Characters]]-]]]]]
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* DitzyGenius: Ted is known for being a very smart architect and college professor and yet he also makes very bad decisions based on impulsivity and he often pronounces words like chameleon and encyclopedia in a very weird way thinking it's accurate to the original pronunciation.
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* DitzyGenius: Ted is known for being a very smart architect and college professor and yet he also makes very bad decisions based on impulsivity and he often pronounces words like chameleon and encyclopedia in a very weird way thinking it's accurate to the original pronunciation.pronunciation (although this does also reinforce the Genius part, as the reason he does this is that he's only read those words, not heard them spoken.)
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* RidiculouslyHighRelationshipStandards: The reason that a show with the titular premise can last for nine seasons is that Ted has very exacting taste in women and will not settle for anyone but the perfect woman. He's explicit in his philosophy that finding "the one" means someone who ticks every box and that you don't have to change or adapt for, you just happen to be perfect for one another from the get-go and thus it takes a long time for him to meet that perfect someone. He dates and even proposes to plenty of women, but it never works out for him.
** Ted actually managed to play this trope straight and [[InvertedTrope invert]] it. He frequently dumped women who were perfect for him but for one insignificant flaw (doesn't reach for the check, doesn't like Woody Allen movies), but all his long term relationships which he put the most effort into were with women who were obviously wrong for him because they didn't share his life goals (Robin), initially rejected him (Victoria, Stella), or were just horrible people (Karen, Zoe, Jeanette). Perhaps Ted's real impossible standard was how impossible obstacles to a relationship would be.
** Ted actually managed to play this trope straight and [[InvertedTrope invert]] it. He frequently dumped women who were perfect for him but for one insignificant flaw (doesn't reach for the check, doesn't like Woody Allen movies), but all his long term relationships which he put the most effort into were with women who were obviously wrong for him because they didn't share his life goals (Robin), initially rejected him (Victoria, Stella), or were just horrible people (Karen, Zoe, Jeanette). Perhaps Ted's real impossible standard was how impossible obstacles to a relationship would be.
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* TeenIdol: She was a teen pop idol in Canada she was younger, to rebel from the image her father forced on her. She's effectively a mix of Tiffany and fellow Canadian Music/AlanisMorisette (complete with a shift to grunge in the vein of Alanis' "Jagged Little Pill" change in sound).
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* IdolSinger: She was a teen pop idol in Canada she was younger, to rebel from the image her father forced on her.
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* ThatManIsDead: In Robin Sparkles four she announced this about Robin Sparkles.
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* ThatManIsDead: InRobin Sparkles four "P.S. I Love You" she announced this about Robin Sparkles.Sparkles before debuting her "Robin Daggers" persona.
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** The Wesleyan ThreeAmigos--GentleGiant Marshall is still the nice one, Lily is the frequently manipulative BitchInSheepsClothing chessmaster, and Ted is still the romantic NiceGuy who has his [[JerkassBall selfish]] moments.
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