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* BookEnds: The series begins with Marshall happily showing Ted the engagement ring he will give to Lily. The SeasonFinale closes with Marshall tearfully showing Ted the same ring disowned by Lily. Further, both the pilot and season finale involves and shows Marshall and Lily having sex after the proposal and before the break-up, as well as Ted riding a cab to go (pilot) and to leave (s1 finale) Robin's apartment.

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* BookEnds: The series begins with Marshall happily showing Ted the engagement ring he will give to Lily. The SeasonFinale closes with Marshall tearfully showing Ted the same ring disowned by Lily. Further, both the pilot and season finale involves and shows Marshall and Lily having sex after the proposal and before the break-up, as well as Ted riding a cab to go to (pilot) and to leave (s1 (S1 finale) Robin's apartment.
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* AStormIsComing: The opening of the season finale foreshadows the massive rainstorm that occurs when [[spoiler:Robin and Ted get together while Marshall and Lily break up]] with both the narrator and a tv weatherman invoking this trope (in the past and future-tenses respectively).

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* AStormIsComing: The opening of the season finale foreshadows the massive rainstorm that occurs when [[spoiler:Robin and Ted get together while Marshall and Lily break up]] with both the narrator and a tv TV weatherman invoking this trope (in the past and future-tenses respectively).
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* AnachronicOrder: "The Pineapple Incident" has a loose FramingDevice where Ted is trying to [[WhatHappenedLastNight reconstruct a night he can't remember]], being redirected from multiple people into telling only part of the story. It became the first of many similar episodes throughout the show.

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* AnachronicOrder: "The Pineapple Incident" has a loose FramingDevice where Ted is trying to [[WhatHappenedLastNight [[WhatDidIDoLastNight reconstruct a night he can't remember]], being redirected from multiple people into telling only part of the story. It became the first of many similar episodes throughout the show.

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* AnachronicOrder: "The Pineapple Incident" has a loose FramingDevice where Ted is trying to [[WhatHappenedLastNight reconstruct a night he can't remember]], being redirected from multiple people into telling only part of the story. It became the first of many similar episodes throughout the show.



* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Marshall and Lily already evoke this, but when they go visit Marshalls' family it's shown that the 6'4 Marshall is the smallest adult male in his family with one brother about 7' tall and even his mom is over 6'. When giving welcoming hugs she comes across especially tiny, but this all plays into some gags about the possibility of her becoming pregnant with a turkey sized Ericson child.



* RiddleForTheAges: "The Pineapple Incident". Ted and co, as well as the viewers, will never find out how he got it and why he brought it with himself home from his epically drunk night. [[note]] That is, unless you watch the deleted scene that comes out several seasons later that explains it. [[/note]]

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* RiddleForTheAges: "The Pineapple Incident". Ted and co, as well as the viewers, will never find out how he got it a pineapple and why he brought it with himself home from his epically drunk night. [[note]] That is, unless you watch [[note]]A DeletedScene from the deleted scene FinaleSeason suggests he may have realized he drunkenly stole it from The Captains townhome, pineapples being an apparent naval tradition, and to avoid his wrath Ted has left that comes out several seasons later that explains it. answer to die.[[/note]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins:
** Barney in "Slutty Pumpkin."
** Ted in "The Pineapple Incident". "I need to see some penguins ''right now''."
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* IronicEcho: In "Mary The Paralegal", "C'mon, if you don't laugh, it just seems mean."

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* IronicEcho: In "Mary The Paralegal", "C'mon, if you don't laugh, it just seems mean."" First said by Barney when he mocks Ted for believing Mary was a hooker due to Barney's prank, and then repeated by Marshall when Ted gleefully extends his stay in the hotel room which Barney's credit card paid for.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Barney's alias, "Jack Package". "It's pronounced pe-'''kahj'''."


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* PretentiousPronunciation: Barney's alias, "Jack Package". "It's pronounced pe-'''kahj'''."
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Wait, it looks like it is an example of Hollywood Provincialism after all.


** Barney mentions TheJailBaitWait when he says the only reason to wait a month to have sex is if she's 17 and eleven months, implying the age of consent is 18. New York's age of consent is 17. It is, however, 18 in [[UsefulNotes/{{California}} California]].

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** Barney mentions TheJailBaitWait when he says the only reason to wait a month to have sex is if she's 17 and eleven months, implying the age of consent is 18. New York's age of consent is 17. It is, however, 18 in [[UsefulNotes/{{California}} [[HollywoodProvincialism California]].
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Fixed wick.


** Barney mentions TheJailBaitWait when he says the only reason to wait a month to have sex is if she's 17 and eleven months, implying the age of consent is 18. New York's age of consent is 17. It is, however, 18 in [[UsefulNotes/California California]].

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** Barney mentions TheJailBaitWait when he says the only reason to wait a month to have sex is if she's 17 and eleven months, implying the age of consent is 18. New York's age of consent is 17. It is, however, 18 in [[UsefulNotes/California [[UsefulNotes/{{California}} California]].
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So Calization have been renamed to Hollywood Provincialism by TRS. Also, the first one is not an example of So Calization / Hollywood Provincialism. I changed the wick to Useful Notes/California.


** Barney mentions TheJailBaitWait when he says the only reason to wait a month to have sex is if she's 17 and eleven months, implying the age of consent is 18. New York's age of consent is 17. It is, however, 18 in [[SoCalization California]].

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** Barney mentions TheJailBaitWait when he says the only reason to wait a month to have sex is if she's 17 and eleven months, implying the age of consent is 18. New York's age of consent is 17. It is, however, 18 in [[SoCalization [[UsefulNotes/California California]].



** Though it implies the age of consent is 18, [[SoCalization New York's actual age of consent is 17]].

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** Though it implies the age of consent is 18, [[SoCalization [[HollywoodProvincialism New York's actual age of consent is 17]].

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* YourCheatingHeart: Played a lot during "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M".
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* RiddleForTheAges: "The Pineapple Incident". Ted and co, as well as the viewers, will never find out how he got it and why he brought it with himself home from his epically drunk night.

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* RiddleForTheAges: "The Pineapple Incident". Ted and co, as well as the viewers, will never find out how he got it and why he brought it with himself home from his epically drunk night. [[note]] That is, unless you watch the deleted scene that comes out several seasons later that explains it. [[/note]]

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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Barney mentions TheJailBaitWait when he says the only reason to wait a month to have sex is if she's 17 and eleven months, implying the age of consent is 18. New York's age of consent is 17. It is, however, 18 in [[SoCalization California]].

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Barney mentions TheJailBaitWait when he says the only reason to wait a month to have sex is if she's 17 and eleven months, implying the age of consent is 18. New York's age of consent is 17. It is, however, 18 in [[SoCalization California]].

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