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| 13 | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherLoveInterests Love Interests]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherTheMainCharactersFamilies The Main Characters' Families]] | [[Characters/HowIMetYourMotherOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | '''Cameo Characters'''-]]]]] |
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| 16 | Space for special small guest characters for few episodes (one to three episodes max.). Unlike the previous page, these guest spots are for One-Note characters and don't have much weight in the story like the others. Most of them are TheCameo or the GirlOfTheWeek. |
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| 19 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[folder:Penelope]] |
| 22 | !!Penelope |
| 23 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AmyAcker |
| 24 | |
| 25 | The girl who taught Ted how to rain dance in the first season finale. Also had a history with Barney. |
| 26 | ---- |
| 27 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: She is very cold towards Barney because he hit on her mother. She's also initially wary of Ted because she assumed that, as Barney's friend, he is just like him. |
| 28 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Bickers with Barney throughout the first season finale and then hooks up with him again at the end of the episode. |
| 29 | * FeigningIntelligence: Downplayed. She isn't dumb, but she's nowhere near as smart as she projects. |
| 30 | -->'''Ted:''' ''[While performing a rain dance]'' Hey, Penelope. Do you think I'm doing this right?\ |
| 31 | '''Penelope:''' I think so.\ |
| 32 | '''Ted:''' Uh-huh. So does it look anything like a real rain dance?\ |
| 33 | '''Penelope:''' I think so.\ |
| 34 | '''Ted:''' Hey, Penelope. Have you ever seen a real rain dance before?\ |
| 35 | '''Penelope:''' No.\ |
| 36 | '''Ted:''' No?!\ |
| 37 | '''Penelope:''' I tread extensively on the subject...\ |
| 38 | '''Ted:''' Have you ever seen a rain dance?\ |
| 39 | '''Penelope:''' I've seen a film strip.\ |
| 40 | '''Ted:''' ''[Pissed-off]'' [[DeadpanSnarker Perfect]]! I should run. I'm getting a brain surgery from a guy who watched a couple episodes of Series/{{ER}}! |
| 41 | * GenerationXerox: According to Barney, she and her mother have a lot in common. This pisses her off obviously. |
| 42 | * GirlishPigtails: Had her hair put this way. |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder:Abby]] |
| 46 | !!Abby |
| 47 | !!!'''Played by:''' Music/BritneySpears |
| 48 | |
| 49 | Stella's awkward secretary, who has a crush on Ted. |
| 50 | ---- |
| 51 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: She nurses a huge crush on Ted. Too bad for her he is dating her boss. |
| 52 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Usually changes subject abruptly when thinking about Ted's hair. |
| 53 | * CelebrityParadox: Marshall mentionned Britney Spears in "Something Borrowed". |
| 54 | %% * EveryoneLovesBlondes |
| 55 | * SexySecretary: Stella's sexy assistant. However InUniverse she comes as awkward, nerdy and weird to Barney (but still he bangs her), while Ted barely notices her. |
| 56 | * StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler:She was the woman stalking Barney during a few episodes, after she becomes another of his one-night stands. When trying to shake her off him, Barney gives her Ted's data, implying she would later stalk Ted as well]]. |
| 57 | [[/folder]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[folder:Honey]] |
| 60 | !!Honey |
| 61 | !!!'''Played by:''' Music/KatyPerry |
| 62 | |
| 63 | ->''"Oh, Honey"'' |
| 64 | |
| 65 | Zoey's extremely naïve cousin. Since Ted doesn't remember her name, he called her "Honey" because everything she said evoked this phrase from others. |
| 66 | ---- |
| 67 | * BrainlessBeauty: She's hot but not bright. |
| 68 | * CelebrityParadox: Katy Perry voices Smurfette in ''Film/TheSmurfs'' movie, which stars Neil Patrick Harris (Barney), Tim Gunn (AsHimself here as Barney's tailor) and Jayma Mays (a GirlOfTheWeek in season 1). |
| 69 | * TheDitz: She can be easily tricked, even if the BlatantLies don't make any sense. Barney's kind of girl for another of his One-Night Stands. |
| 70 | * ExpositionFairy: Her only role in the episode is solely so Ted and Zoey finally know their mutual feelings and Zoey's marital situation. |
| 71 | * GoodIsDumb: Which would explain why she falls for everything. |
| 72 | * InSeriesNickname[=/=]OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Since Ted can't remember her name, he nicknames her "Honey", since everyone feels sorry for her by how gullible she is. |
| 73 | * TheIngenue: The most infamous BlatantLies she fell for include... |
| 74 | --> '''Honey''': My apartment building is so safe. My [[ThePeepingTom landlord even installed a security camera in my shower]].\ |
| 75 | '''Marshall''': Oh, honey...\ |
| 76 | '''Honey''': [[FourOneNineScam Maybe I should feel weird about giving a stranger my Social Security Number, but the guy's a Nigerian prince!]]\ |
| 77 | '''Marshall''': Oh, honey...\ |
| 78 | '''Honey''': I just had a great TV audition... behind the KFC where the executive producer works on the weekend.\ |
| 79 | '''Marshall''': [[RuleOfThree Oh, honey!!]] |
| 80 | * LadyInRed: She is wearing a very flattering red dress during the episode. |
| 81 | * MsFanservice: She is Music/KatyPerry after all. Accentuated by her looks on the episode, which consist of a [[LadyInRed red dress]] with a nice view of her cleavage. Barney is all over her ''immediately''. |
| 82 | * NiceGirl: Part of why Robin and Marshall feel so bad for her. She's a very nice person who doesn't deserve to be taken advantage of, but that same niceness (combined with a lack of brains) means she never catches on to the fact that she's being tricked. |
| 83 | * PhraseCatcher: "Oh, ''honey''." |
| 84 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: Katy Perry played her while having this look. |
| 85 | * SuperGullible: She takes literally everything anyone says at face value, which unfortunately means she's run into several unsavory characters who have no problem exploiting that. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Anita Appleby]] |
| 89 | !!Anita Appleby |
| 90 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JenniferLopez |
| 91 | |
| 92 | Author of "Of Course You're Still Single, Take a Look at Yourself You Dumb Slut", which basically attempted against Barney's womanizer tendencies. Barney then challenges himself to score a date with her. |
| 93 | ---- |
| 94 | * AlliterativeName: '''A'''nita '''A'''ppleby. |
| 95 | * ManipulativeBitch: She knows how to use the power of "NO" to put men at her feet. |
| 96 | * SpicyLatina: She is played by Jennifer Lopez. |
| 97 | * StrawFeminist: She clearly states her disgust at men like Barney. The second Barney refuses to pursue her, she practically throws herself at him. |
| 98 | [[/folder]] |
| 99 | |
| 100 | [[folder:Trudy]] |
| 101 | !!Trudy |
| 102 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DanicaMcKellar |
| 103 | |
| 104 | Ted's one-night stand from "The Pineapple Incident". |
| 105 | ---- |
| 106 | * AllGuysWantSororityWomen: Was in a sorority in college, and she and her sorority sister hit on Ted. |
| 107 | * BedsheetLadder: How she gets out of Ted's room before Robin shows up. |
| 108 | * TheBusCameBack: Shows up again in the third season. |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Jenkins]] |
| 112 | !!Jenkins |
| 113 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AmandaPeet |
| 114 | |
| 115 | Marshall's co-worker whom he used to make Lily jealous. |
| 116 | ---- |
| 117 | * DoubleStandard: PlayedWith. Many things Jenkins does are funny coming from a fat guy. If eating a jar of cherries, dancing topless and twerking behind the boss comes from a woman, it becomes a {{fetish}}. |
| 118 | * CommonalityConnection: She befriended Marshall based on trivial interests the two share, such as both being Skeeball fans. |
| 119 | * EthicalSlut: She loves partying and sleeping around. When she found out she drunkenly kissed Marshall, who's married, she felt terrible. |
| 120 | * {{Foil}}: To Lily. Both are girls who look feminine but have huge [[TheLadette ladette]] streaks, and are both associated with and romantically interested in Marshall. But Jenkins ReallyGetsAround and keeps going for new "relationships" with everyone she meets. Lily is a ClingyJealousGirl who likes the group she's with, and gets really angered whenever one of her friends meets someone else and gets along with them. Naturally, when the two eventually meet, they don't mix, and the activities of Jenkins with Marshall cause Lily to snap and give her a violent beating. |
| 121 | * FunPersonified: With everything she has done at work and after work, she certainly earned it. |
| 122 | * TheLadette: She drinks hard, parties with the guys, and she's a huge Minnesota Vikings fan. |
| 123 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: According to all the stories Marshall has told about her at bars. Also, she kissed Marshall because she was drunk... At 8:00 a.m.! |
| 124 | * MsFanservice: She turns out to be [[HeadTurningBeauty very good looking woman]] with erotic and exhibitionist tendencies. |
| 125 | * NiceGirl: All things considered. She outright admitted she feels like Marshall is the only person at GNB she can talk to, since he's so nice, and she sincerely apologized to Lily for kissing him. |
| 126 | * OnlyOneName: We don't know if it's a TomboyishName or she's into LastNameBasis. |
| 127 | * TheRashomon: Marshall accidentally ends up using this when describing her antics, because what is funny and quirky for a goofy fat guy ends up becoming very erotic and exhibitionist for an attractive woman (taking off your shirt when drunk and smearing jam all over your face). |
| 128 | * ReallyGetsAround: She kissed Marshall while drunk, and had sex with a stranger in a darkened mail room at the Goliath National Bank headquarters. |
| 129 | * SamusIsAGirl: When Marshall told the gang stories about her antics, they all thought she was a man until they finally met her in person. {{Justified|Trope}} as Ted really thought Jenkins was a guy when Marshall told how Jenkins ''"peed out of a cab's window"''. |
| 130 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: A few of Marshall's stories highlight her lack of modesty, such as the time she [[YouCanLeaveYourHatOn did an impromptu striptease in front of her co-workers]]. |
| 131 | * TheTease: She loves flirting, though she draws the line at married men. |
| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:Steve "The Blitz" Henry]] |
| 135 | !!Steve "The Blitz" Henry |
| 136 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JorgeGarcia |
| 137 | |
| 138 | Ted and Marshall's friend from college. |
| 139 | ---- |
| 140 | * BigFun: Portly and a very nice guy. |
| 141 | * ButtMonkey: He misses out all the cool stuff since college which earns him the title, "The Blitz". In "Gary Blauman", Future! Ted reveals that he ''still'' has the curse. |
| 142 | * CatchPhrase: "Aw, man!" as the Blitz. |
| 143 | * CrazyCatLady: He lives with his mother who seems to have about a dozen cats. |
| 144 | * FatBestFriend: To Ted and Marshall. He mixes Types B and C. |
| 145 | * FirstNameBasis: Once he sheds the curse of the Blitz. |
| 146 | * GentleGiant: Very big and very nice. |
| 147 | * LegacyCharacter: He's actually the fourth "Blitz" as the nickname came from Matt Blitz who enrolled in Wesleyan back in the '60s but dropped out just before the school became co-ed and is the first to coin the catchphrase. |
| 148 | * NiceGuy: From what little we see of him, he comes off as very polite and friendly. |
| 149 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Until he sheds the curse of The Blitz. |
| 150 | * ShoutOut: To ''Series/{{Lost}}''. His name has the same form as his Lost character, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes. Both characters are chronically unluncky. When asked for random numbers, Steve calls out the {{ArcNumber}}s from Lost which "cursed" Hurley (making this one a literal shout out). Finally, he compares the unlucky streak to being on an island for a very long time, [[spoiler: which is how Hurley's character arc ultimately ends.]] |
| 151 | * SixthRanger: Briefly joins the gang once he briefly sheds the curse of the Blitz. |
| 152 | * YankTheDogsChain: The episode saw him finally being free from "the Blitz curse"... only to acquire it again at the end of the same episode. In "Gary Blauman", Future! Ted reveals that he ''still'' has the curse. |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder:Jessica Glitter]] |
| 156 | !!Jessica Glitter |
| 157 | !!!'''Played by:''' [[Music/PussycatDolls Nicole Scherzinger]] |
| 158 | |
| 159 | Robin's former best friend in Canada. |
| 160 | ---- |
| 161 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Cut Robin off when she had a kid. She does seem to regret it, though. |
| 162 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: It's unclear what ethnicity she is. |
| 163 | * CareerVersusMan: Implied to have chosen the latter, which is also the implied reason why she and Robin had a fallout. |
| 164 | * ChekhovsGunman: First alluded to in a season 2 episode, doesn't appear until season 6. |
| 165 | * FriendshipSong: "The Beaver Song" was the signature theme from Robin Sparkles and Jessica Glitter as a team. |
| 166 | * LastNameBasis: Almost everyone on the cast calls her "Glitter," even though that's probably not her real last name any more than Sparkles is Robin's. |
| 167 | * MooseAndMapleSyrup: ''Space Teens'' was about as Canadian as a show can get. She still talks about Canada a lot. |
| 168 | * NiceGirl: Even if she did fall out of contact with Robin. |
| 169 | * SecondaryCharacterTitle: She is the titular character in the episode she appeared in. |
| 170 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: She and Robin had a fallout but they eventually got better. |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Naomi, aka, The Slutty Pumpkin]] |
| 174 | !!Naomi, aka, The Slutty Pumpkin |
| 175 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/KatieHolmes |
| 176 | |
| 177 | A girl Ted met at a Halloween costume party in 2001, whom he met again in season 7. |
| 178 | ---- |
| 179 | * BrainyBrunette: She is a zoologist who studies penguins. |
| 180 | * ChekhovsGunman: Mentioned a lot in a season 1 episode, she only appeared 6 seasons later. |
| 181 | * TheCutie: Very sweet, and played by the very cute Miss Holmes. |
| 182 | * DistaffCounterpart: Somehow, she seems to be as quirky as Ted. |
| 183 | * TheFaceless: It took the show 6 seasons after she was mentioned to show her face. |
| 184 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Justified since she is a zoologist. |
| 185 | * NoSparks: When they finally kiss, Ted and her realize they feel awful kissing or even touching. |
| 186 | * TheOneThatGotAway: For years, after Ted lost her number, and proceeded to spent the next few years looking for her. |
| 187 | * PoorCommunicationKills: Or leads to more than one lousy date. When Ted finally reunites with the Slutty Pumpkin, they both quickly realize that they're completely incompatible with each other. Too bad neither of them realizes that the other one also realizes it. |
| 188 | * RomanticFalseLead[=/=]RedHerring: Since it took 7 years for Ted to meet her again, many thought she could be The Mother, until Season 7, where they finally get over each other after discovering they are not compatible at all. |
| 189 | * SecondaryCharacterTitle: Have an episode named after her in the first season that she didn't even appeared in. |
| 190 | * WalkingTheEarth: Justified since, as a zoologist, she travels the world to study different animals. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Gael]] |
| 194 | !!Gael |
| 195 | !!!'''Played by:''' Music/EnriqueIglesias |
| 196 | |
| 197 | Robin's ex-boyfriend. She met him at Argentina when she went there after her breakup with Ted. |
| 198 | ---- |
| 199 | * ChickMagnet: He attracted a lot of women, including Lily, which prompted Ted and Barney to be jealous of his charms and to pull the "out of town" stunt to pick up women. |
| 200 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Marshall really, ''really'' wants to be massaged by him. |
| 201 | * LatinLover: He's Robin's rebound guy from Argentina. |
| 202 | * MassageOfLove: A big reason of why Robin likes him is that he's a really skilled masseur. |
| 203 | * MrFanservice: TallDarkAndHandsome, plays romantic guitar ballads, gives massages and gives sensual feeding. |
| 204 | * MyNaymeIs: His name is not hard to pronounce. But the guys either pretended to or deliberately have a hard time pronouncing it. |
| 205 | -->'''Ted''': So, is it Gale?\ |
| 206 | '''Gael''': Gael.\ |
| 207 | '''Barney''': ...Kyle?\ |
| 208 | '''Gael''': Gael.\ |
| 209 | '''Marshall''': ({{beat}}) Girl? |
| 210 | ** Later, Marshall refers to him as "Male Gale". |
| 211 | * OnlyOneName: His last name is never revealed. |
| 212 | * OnTheRebound: Robin only dated him to deal with the pain of losing Ted. |
| 213 | * PutOnABus: Robin breaks up with him after she had enough of him inviting strangers, mostly hippies, in her apartment. |
| 214 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Has no personality outside of being Robin's boyfriend. Him being "the rebound guy" is kind of the point of his character. |
| 215 | * TheStoner: Unsurprising, considering his [[GranolaGirl Granola Guy]] personality. |
| 216 | * TeenyWeenie: When Ted asks Robin to name one thing he's better at than him, Robin confesses Gael isn't very impressive down there. This is enough to get Ted to cheer up. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | [[folder:Amy]] |
| 220 | !!Amy |
| 221 | !!!'''Played by:''' Music/MandyMoore |
| 222 | |
| 223 | One of Ted's GirlOfTheWeek that he meets during season 3. |
| 224 | ---- |
| 225 | * AmicableExes: In fact, the guy who made Ted's tattoos (and presumably hers as well) is her ex-boyfriend. |
| 226 | * BigBreastPride: While in a hot tub with Ted, she misinterprets him complimenting her tattoos to him complimenting her "tits", but she's not offended because she's apparently proud of being a [[BuxomBeautyStandard natural buxom]]. |
| 227 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Ted hooks up with her at [=McLaren=]'s. |
| 228 | * TheHedonist: Apparently, she only likes the pleasures in life. |
| 229 | * MsFanservice: Has a scene where she's [[BathtubScene naked in the bathtub]], albeit with ShouldersUpNudity. |
| 230 | * OnTheRebound: Ted meets her when he's still reeling from Robin coming back with Gael. |
| 231 | * {{Pyromaniac}}: Gets exited at the prospect of starting a fire. |
| 232 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: If it wasn't for her, Ted wouldn't have a reason to meet Stella. |
| 233 | * StatuesqueStunner: Mandy Moore is 5'9". |
| 234 | [[/folder]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | [[folder:Blah Blah]] |
| 237 | !!Blah Blah |
| 238 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AbigailSpencer |
| 239 | |
| 240 | One of Ted's GirlOfTheWeek he meets at ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Extremely volatile and crazy. |
| 241 | ---- |
| 242 | * BlahBlahBlah: What Ted calls her since he can't recall her name. |
| 243 | -->'''Blah:''' Please, just call me Blah. |
| 244 | * CuteAndPsycho: Is as Hot as she is Crazy, which also makes her another example of Barney's theory on "The Crazy-Hot Scale". |
| 245 | * HairTriggerTemper: She gets paranoid and rude at practically anything. During the whole evening, she thought [[UnknownRival Robin]] was attacking her and trying to pick confrontations with her. |
| 246 | * GreenEyedMonster: After hearing Lily and Marshall's story of how they met, she starts inventing corny stuff about Ted and her. Then once she makes Ted tell her how he [[spoiler:thought]] met Lily, she wants to spill the beans just to mess up with her and Marshall. |
| 247 | * {{Jerkass}}: On top of being crazy and having a HairTriggerTemper, she immediately tried to screw with Lily and Marshall out of envy and picking fights with Robin constantly. |
| 248 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Since Ted doesn't remember her name, he calls her "Blah Blah". He does finally remember her name 7 seasons later: it's [[spoiler:Carol]]. |
| 249 | * SmallNameBigEgo: She declares herself a successful woman because of her own purse brand, and is convinced she will become famous one day. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Pete Durkenson]] |
| 253 | !!Pete Durkenson |
| 254 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JimmiSimpson |
| 255 | |
| 256 | Marshall, Lily and Ted's acquaintance from college, who appeared in the episode "The Naked Truth". He is best known as a drunken guy who is mostly playing "[[Film/EdwardScissorhands Edward Fortyhands]]". |
| 257 | ---- |
| 258 | * TheAlcoholic: He is a hard drinker since college. Even when Marshall meets up with him after all those years, he is still drinking while playing "Edward Fortyhands" by himself. |
| 259 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: [[spoiler:Turns out he is a surgeon.]] |
| 260 | * EmbarrassingSlide: He is the responsible of uploading to Youtube Marshall's videos as [[NakedPeopleAreFunny "Beercules"]]. |
| 261 | * LargeHam: As seen in "The Naked Truth". |
| 262 | --> And I select, the BEAUTIFUL GAME! THE SWEEET SCIENCE! THE SPORT OF KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGS! |
| 263 | * NoodleImplements: "Edward Fortyhands" is this for the audience, as Ted refuses to tell details to his kids about a hardcore drinking game. The only things we know about the game is that it involves big bottles stapled to both hands with duct tape. |
| 264 | * PunnyName: His name can also be read as "Drunkenson". |
| 265 | * SuddenlySober: Near the end of the episode, he calls Marshall again completely clean, not remembering anything from when he was drunk, with only Lily's messages as clues. |
| 266 | * TeenyWeenie: PlayedWith. Lily tries to use this as a {{blackmail}} so he would take down Marshall's video. It's then revealed Lily really has no idea, as she is just bluffing. |
| 267 | --> '''Lily''': Pete, this is Lily Aldrin. Gonna make this real simple. You're gonna take that video of Marshall. You know why? Because I'm friends with three girls you dated in college, and girls tell each other ''everything'', every ''tiny'' detail. So tick tock, Pete. Tick tock on the ''little wee-wee'' clock.\ |
| 268 | '''Ted''': He's got a little wee-wee?\ |
| 269 | '''Lily''': No idea. What's everyone getting? |
| 270 | [[/folder]] |
| 271 | |
| 272 | [[folder:Kelly]] |
| 273 | !!Kelly |
| 274 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AhnaOReilly |
| 275 | |
| 276 | The Mother's best friend and former roommate. |
| 277 | ---- |
| 278 | * FieryRedhead: She is outgoing, likes to party and tries at any cost to make The Mother move on with her live. |
| 279 | * GirlyGirl: She is officially this for The Mother's group after Cindy gets to be TheLancer. She is girlier than Cindy and less bright. |
| 280 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: She says she likes St. Patrick's Day because of the drinking and the partying. |
| 281 | * TheIngenue: It's revealed later she fell for Barney's Playbook page of "The Genie's Enchanted Penis". |
| 282 | * TheLancer: Formerly this before she moved out and Cindy replaced her as this. |
| 283 | * MsFanservice: She always wears tight and revealing clothes. |
| 284 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. Punchy's wife is also named "Kelly". |
| 285 | * ReallyGetsAround: Concedes Mitch a one-night stand with The Naked Man and falls for Barney's "My Penis grants wishes". |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder:Darren]] |
| 289 | !!Darren |
| 290 | [[quoteright:167:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/himym-darren_5612.jpg]] |
| 291 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AndrewRannells |
| 292 | |
| 293 | The Mother's (former) bandmate, who slowly became lead singer and demoted The Mother as just bassist. He is known for stirring up the drama just for fun. |
| 294 | ---- |
| 295 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Calls his victims "adorable" no matter what gender they are. |
| 296 | * AttentionWhore: He slowly took over The Super-Freakonomics as lead singer, after demoting The Mother to just bassist and just saying "Do you guys want more Darren?" after their faux endings. |
| 297 | * BaddieFlattery: His strategy always starts with some form of flattery, then jokes about how adorable and funny his victims are, to latter appeal to their hometowns. |
| 298 | %% * BeardOfEvil |
| 299 | * TheCharmer: Unfortunately. It's why it's so easy to trust him at first. |
| 300 | * ConsummateLiar: How he operates on daily basis. His favorite strategy is to include some tragic DisneyDeath (in this case literally) as a background. In one case, he claims [[WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} his mother died on a hunting trip]]. In another, [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 his father was betrayed and murdered by a trusted advisor]]. |
| 301 | -->'''Linus''': It's so inspiring how he overcame his mother being eaten by a barracuda. |
| 302 | --> '''The Mother''': Gah! It's ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''! ({{Beat}}) That's new... |
| 303 | * EvilCounterpart: Overall, he's Barney without a HiddenHeartOfGold. [[AndZoidberg And suits]]. |
| 304 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He comes initially as a nice charming guy, to later reveal his true motivations to create chaos. |
| 305 | * ForTheEvulz: He has no other motivation to mess up with random friendship rather than creating drama. |
| 306 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: In his case "Flaming Eyes of Doom". |
| 307 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After causing havoc the whole weekend, finally gets this [[spoiler:when Ted punches him for making him drop the last Glenn [=McKenna=] bottle]]. This prompts [[spoiler:him to quit Super-Freakonomics because of his black eye and give back the band to The Mother]]. |
| 308 | * ManipulativeBastard: He manipulated The Mother into inviting him to the band, where he started to steal the spotlight and slowly take over. His favorite strategy: plays and flatters his future victims so later he can get them to reveal personal feelings. And then spills the beans to create conflicts. |
| 309 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: His attempts against the gang succeeded in creating drama between Robin and Lily, and also Ted and Barney. In the end, as they are TrueCompanions, the conflicts only made the friendships stronger. |
| 310 | * TheSmartGuy[=/=]TheEvilGenius: He is the most cunning and manipulative of The Mother's group of friends. Also pair this with his {{Troll}} tendencies and his status as the TokenEvilTeammate. |
| 311 | * SmugSmiler: He visibly smiles with Flaming Eyes after he has wrecked friendships. |
| 312 | * TheStarscream: The final step in his ploy to take over the band was to kick The Mother out. |
| 313 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Combine this with everything above. By far, he is the only evil acquaintance of The Mother. |
| 314 | [[/folder]] |
| 315 | |
| 316 | [[folder:Louis]] |
| 317 | !!Louis |
| 318 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LouisFerrignoJr |
| 319 | |
| 320 | The Mother's long term boyfriend before she meets Ted. |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * TheBigGuy: From The Mother's group of friends. He met her when she needed help to carry her amplifier, and also is the most muscular of the group. |
| 323 | * NiceGuy: He is genuinely polite and interested in The Mother, and backs when he initially falls for The Mother's joke about being underage. |
| 324 | * NoSparks: The Mother finally realizes she was not in love with him after nearly two years of dating. |
| 325 | * RomanticFalseLead: We'll know he and The Mother are not going to last, since she has to meet and marry Ted in the end. |
| 326 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: His only roles are only to be The Mother's (temporary) boyfriend. |
| 327 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: He is good looking and OneHeadTaller than The Mother. |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder:Mitch "The Naked Man"]] |
| 331 | !!Mitch "The Naked Man" |
| 332 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AdamPaul |
| 333 | |
| 334 | Robin's date who later shares with the gang "The Naked Man" move. |
| 335 | ---- |
| 336 | * BadassLongcoat: Wore on at the end of his initial appearance. |
| 337 | * BrutalHonesty: He's ''very'' upfront about his shortcomings, and knows the "I'm Not a Slut Date" when he's on one, and won't hesitate in telling you that. |
| 338 | -->'''Mitch:''' Say what you will... at least [[NudityEqualsHonesty the Naked Man is honest]].'' |
| 339 | * {{Foil}}: Barney described him as the ComicBook/{{Superman}} to his ComicBook/{{Batman}}. |
| 340 | * HeelRealization: He tells [[spoiler: The Mother]] how lost he was, until one day he realized his GoalInLife had to be centered in one dream. |
| 341 | * InUniverseNickname: He is mostly referred as "The Naked Man" by the gang. |
| 342 | %%* KavorkaMan: And he knows it. |
| 343 | * NakedPeopleAreFunny: Which is the entire core of "The Naked Man". The girl finds him naked in the living room, finds it awkwardly funny and has sex with him. |
| 344 | * NominalHero: Played with. Barney and Ted consider him this. |
| 345 | * RuleOfThree: How "The Naked Man" works. "Two out of Three" chances of success. |
| 346 | * SelfDeprecation: He is aware he is not handsome or rich, so he resorts to "The Naked Man" when he knows the girl won't give him a second chance. |
| 347 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:He is the reason why The Mother enrolls in Columbia University's economics class, by giving her a heartfelt advice about how to mold her life choices from now on.]] |
| 348 | * UrbanLegends: "The Naked Man" becomes this InUniverse. |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Chloe]] |
| 352 | !!Chloe |
| 353 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MorenaBaccarin |
| 354 | |
| 355 | A GirlOfTheWeek who flirts with Marshall during the period he and Lily have broken up. Ted and Barney suspect she has "Crazy Eyes". |
| 356 | ---- |
| 357 | * AccidentalMisnaming: She mistakenly named Barney "Swarley" (initiating the RunningGag of the episode), and then called Robin "Roland". |
| 358 | * CuteAndPsycho: What Ted and Barney suspect she is. [[spoiler:Turns out she was indeed crazy after she trashes the apartment while alone.]] |
| 359 | * PerpetualSmiler: Never not with a gorgeous smile on her face. [[spoiler:Even after she destroys everything in the apartment.]] |
| 360 | * PunnyName: Chloe is evocative of the word crazy. |
| 361 | * RomanticFalseLead: Marshall considers having a date with her, since it'd be the first step into moving on from Lily. [[spoiler:We all know Lily and Marshall were bound to get back together.]] |
| 362 | * StepfordSmiler: During the whole episode she is always calm with a smile [[spoiler:even after trashing Ted and Marshall's apartment]]. |
| 363 | %%* UnknownRival: To Lily. |
| 364 | * WomanScorned: After being neglected by Marshall in the apartment, she smashed things and claimed that she "lost her keys". |
| 365 | [[/folder]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[folder:Randy Wharmpess]] |
| 368 | !!Randy Wharmpess |
| 369 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/WillForte |
| 370 | |
| 371 | A clumsy co-worker of Marshall and Barney at GNB. |
| 372 | ---- |
| 373 | * BelatedHappyEnding: Randy's final scene in the series shows that the Wharmpess brand of beer manages to become successful. |
| 374 | * CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: Played with during his Send-off episode. Marshall wants to keep him working at GNB because he thinks firing Randy would make him a merciless GNB bastard, when in reality Randy ''wants'' to get fired so he can get his severance check. Since Marshall won't fire him, Randy trashes his office on purpose. Later, Marshall realized firing him would help realize his dream. |
| 375 | * EpicFail: The man is this Walking-Trope. He is said to be a former cop, who was fired after he accidentally shot himself on the foot. |
| 376 | * GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: He is a terrible employee, which is a miracle he hasn't been fired long ago. When Marshall finally has to fire him, he is far from sad. |
| 377 | -->'''Randy''': (In his mind) I'm fired, great. This is the [[NoodleIncident candle kiosk at the mall]] all over again. Wait a minute... I get a severance check! If I don't shred it, I can use that money to start my own brewery! Imagine a beer with my name on it! [[PunnyName Randy Wharmpess]], this is the best day of your life! |
| 378 | * GoalInLife: His lifelong dream is to launch his own beer label "Wharmpess". |
| 379 | * HeroWorshipper: He admires Barney, to the point he follows religiously his blog and wants him as TheMentor to pick up chicks. |
| 380 | * HiddenDepths: He is a really good beer brewer. |
| 381 | * TheKlutz: Can't do anything right without causing wrecks. |
| 382 | * {{Nosebleed}}: Which happens every time he has an erection. Barney eventually uses this to get him laid with a girl [[BlatantLies "It's an internal wound from his former Police Service"]] |
| 383 | * PunnyName: His last name Wharmpess, can also be pronounced as "Warm Piss". Randy also wants to call his beer "Everyone will soon enjoy a ''Wharmpess''". |
| 384 | * PluckyComicRelief: He is clumsy, a terrible employee, but a genuinely NiceGuy. |
| 385 | * SkywardScream: He screams a BigNo when Marshall rehired him, just when he was counting on getting the severance check. |
| 386 | [[/folder]] |
| 387 | |
| 388 | [[folder:Mary]] |
| 389 | !!Mary |
| 390 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ErinnBartlett |
| 391 | |
| 392 | Ted's first GirlOfTheWeek after he and Victoria breakup. He met her courtesy of Barney. She is a paralegal. |
| 393 | ---- |
| 394 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: The three male leads all agree that she's hot. |
| 395 | * HelloAttorney: A very, ''very'' hot paralegal. |
| 396 | * MistakenForProstitute: {{Justified|Trope}} since Barney actually told Ted and the gang that she's a hooker. Mary was ''not'' amused. |
| 397 | * MsFanservice: Her hotness is exploited by Barney to make Ted [[MistakenForProstitute think she's a prostitute]]. |
| 398 | * NiceGirl: Very polite and cheerful, and bonds with Ted after she makes a ''Franchise/StarWars'' joke. Pity he ruined it by thinking she was a hooker. |
| 399 | * SecondaryCharacterTitle: Appeared in the episode "Mary, the paralegal". |
| 400 | * SixthRanger: Temporarily. |
| 401 | [[/folder]] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | [[folder:Cassie]] |
| 404 | !!Cassie |
| 405 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AnnaCamp |
| 406 | |
| 407 | A girl Ted met during a wedding. |
| 408 | ---- |
| 409 | * BrokenBird: The universe seems to really hate her that weekend. |
| 410 | * ButtMonkey: Her entire scenes show just how her life sucks. |
| 411 | %% * EveryoneLovesBlondes |
| 412 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Apparently, no one likes her. |
| 413 | * GirlOfTheWeek: Averted. Ted blatantly said that they didn't get together. |
| 414 | * HumiliationConga: In just one day her ex hooked up with someone else, she got fired, she started to get a flu and her uncle died. The following day she tripped with a toy and fell from the stairs just as she was about to go to a lighthouse with Ted. To crown it, her date vomited right at the top and neither of them enjoyed the evening. |
| 415 | * RomanticFalseLead: Her whole role in the season is to prevent Ted from hooking up with someone there, since in few days he would meet The Mother. |
| 416 | [[/folder]] |
| 417 | |
| 418 | [[folder:Royce]] |
| 419 | !!Royce |
| 420 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JudyGreer |
| 421 | |
| 422 | One of Ted's GirlOfTheWeek whom he was dating when he first saw JustForFun/TheWeddingBride. |
| 423 | ---- |
| 424 | * BrokenBird: She was left at the altar three times, has a [[TheGamblingAddict gambling addiction]], lives in a studio apartment with her brother and [[IncestSubtext even shares a bed with him]]. |
| 425 | * CelebrityParadox: JustForFun/TheWeddingBride stars Creator/MalinAkerman, whom Judy Greer co-starred in Film/TwentySevenDresses. |
| 426 | * IncestSubtext: She lives with her brother? That's fine. Sharing a bed with him as adults? That is ''[[{{Squick}} not]]'' fine! |
| 427 | * StatuesqueStunner: Judy Greer is 5'8". |
| 428 | * TomboyishName: Royce is mostly used as a man's name. |
| 429 | * TooMuchInformation: If she didn't spill the IncestSubtext, she probably wouldn't have freaked Ted out. |
| 430 | [[/folder]] |
| 431 | |
| 432 | [[folder:Janet [=McIntyre=]]] |
| 433 | !!Janet [=McIntyre=] |
| 434 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AmberStevens |
| 435 | |
| 436 | One of Ted's dates in "Mystery vs. History", when Ted tries to prove a point about not making research of a girl's background. Unfortunately for him, his friends discover a huge secret about her right away. |
| 437 | ---- |
| 438 | * TheAce: Turns out [[spoiler:She graduated from Princeton University at [[TeenGenius the age of fifteen]], she donated a kidney to a complete stranger, is the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest, she saved a baby by rescuing him from a creek, she inherited a billion-dollar fortune and she loves Film/AnnieHall (one of Ted's favorite movies)]]. |
| 439 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Subverted. [[spoiler:It's only the reaction from others once all of her amazing background is exposed. As a result, her big accomplishments intimidate her potential dates, turning them into "babbling idiots"]]. |
| 440 | * BlessedWithSuck: Thanks to [[spoiler:all the amazing things she's done, which anybody would be lucky to accomplish ''half'' of, guys are intimidated and thus driven away.]] |
| 441 | * CursedWithAwesome: On the other hand, [[spoiler:those accomplishments that are driving guys away are nothing to sneeze at.]] |
| 442 | * GirlOfTheWeek: She is another of Ted's random dates. |
| 443 | * NiceGirl: Although Ted's "let's not research about each other" started creepy, she did find the idea cute. [[spoiler:Also judging by all the awesome things she has done in her life...]] |
| 444 | * NonIdleRich: She is very down to earth and judging by her background, she also tries to hide this so men will like her for who she is rather than what she has done. |
| 445 | * PhraseCatcher: Finding her background prompts anyone to exclaim "Sweet Mother of God!" |
| 446 | [[/folder]] |
| 447 | |
| 448 | [[folder:Strawberry]] |
| 449 | !!Strawberry |
| 450 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/GinaComparetto |
| 451 | |
| 452 | One of Ted's dates in "Say Cheese", who Lily brings up as an example of him bringing his random girlfriends to their special events. He brought her over to a Japanese steakhouse where the others were celebrating Marshall passing the bar exam, but the date wasted no time in going wrong. |
| 453 | ---- |
| 454 | * GirlOfTheWeek: Yet another of Ted's short-lived dates. |
| 455 | * GranolaGirl: Dresses and acts the part of a hippie, complete with peace sign jewelry. |
| 456 | * HippieName: To the point that everyone pointed out her name when telling him why bringing her to the steakhouse was a bad idea. |
| 457 | -->'''Ted:''' Okay, I admit it, Strawberry was a mistake. But how could I have known that going in? |
| 458 | -->'''Everyone else''' [''in unison'']: '''''Her name was Strawberry!''''' |
| 459 | * StrawVegetarian: Is rather smug about her vegetarianism, and when she sees the chef cooking up teppanyaki, throws red paint on him and screams "MEAT IS MURDER!" before storming off. |
| 460 | [[/folder]] |
| 461 | |
| 462 | [[folder:Michelle]] |
| 463 | !!Michelle |
| 464 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RyanMichelleBathe |
| 465 | |
| 466 | Lily's old high school best friend. Lily tends to regress into a Sassy White Woman every time they get together. |
| 467 | ---- |
| 468 | * BrainyBrunette: She is almost done with her dissertation to get her Ph.D. in behavioral psychology, also defining the "Revertigo" as "associative regression". |
| 469 | * OnlyOneName: The others never mention her last name. |
| 470 | * SassyBlackWoman: Subverted. She and Lily start talking like this whenever they're together. Once Lily leaves the room, she casually (and without the urban accent) talks to the others about her Ph.D. |
| 471 | * TokenBlackFriend: She's black in a mostly white cast, and her role is to be Lily's best friend from high school. |
| 472 | [[/folder]] |
| 473 | |
| 474 | [[folder:Cathy]] |
| 475 | !!Cathy |
| 476 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LindsayPrice |
| 477 | |
| 478 | One of Ted's GirlOfTheWeek in "Spoiler Alert". Ted only realizes her MotorMouth because the others pointed it. |
| 479 | ---- |
| 480 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Besides the fact that she talks a lot, she also tends to deviate from the actual question and babble about random unrelated topics. |
| 481 | * AmicableExes: When she and Ted see each other a year later, she casually greets him and happily tells him she is getting married. |
| 482 | * AsianAirhead[=/=]TheDitz: Most of her rants won't make sense or even get closer to the original question. |
| 483 | * CharacterFilibuster: The gang got exasperated with her because she gave a huge rant about random stuff just to answer a simple question. |
| 484 | * MotorMouth: She talks. A lot. Nonstop. |
| 485 | * OddCouple: A year later, she gets engaged to a deaf guy (who just now notes her MotorMouth). |
| 486 | * PunnyName: Her name sounds like "Chatty" |
| 487 | [[/folder]] |
| 488 | |
| 489 | [[folder:Maggie Wilks]] |
| 490 | !!Maggie Wilks |
| 491 | !!!'''Played by:''' [[Creator/JoAnnaGarciaSwisher Joanna Garcia]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | Ted's ultimate girl next door. She attended Wesleyan University with Ted, Marshall and Lily, and Ted felt that she was the perfect girl for him. |
| 494 | ---- |
| 495 | * DudeMagnet: Every guy who meets her will immediately try to get her. |
| 496 | * GirlNextDoor: To the point she is even known as "The Ultimate Girl Next Door" |
| 497 | * VictoriousChildhoodFriend: She is this to her childhood neighbor Adam, who is also this to her. Future!Ted says they stayed together. |
| 498 | [[/folder]] |
| 499 | |
| 500 | [[folder:Nora Zinman]] |
| 501 | !!Nora Zinman |
| 502 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DanneelAckles |
| 503 | |
| 504 | Stella's sister who breaks up with her boyfriend right before Stella and Ted's doomed wedding. |
| 505 | ---- |
| 506 | * BigEater: After the aftermentioned break-up. |
| 507 | * GirlOfTheWeek: Repeatedly hits on Barney after her break-up. |
| 508 | * OnTheRebound: Clearly looking to have sex with Barney to get over her ex. |
| 509 | * StrawVegetarian: Well, vegan. Nora haughtily turns down meat, talking about saving the planet, and then eats megan again after breaking up with her boyfriend. |
| 510 | [[/folder]] |
| 511 | |
| 512 | [[folder:Sven]] |
| 513 | !!Sven |
| 514 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/KevinChristy, Creator/TedCannon and Creator/SamLittlefield |
| 515 | |
| 516 | Sven is the name of the architectural [[InsistentTerminology collective]] comprising of Sweden architects Sven Jorgensen, Sven Pilsen, and Sven Johannsen. They first appeared in "Woooo!", competing against Ted to design the GNB tower. |
| 517 | ---- |
| 518 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Their design for the GNB Tower was a "Breathing Fire T-Rex", which had nothing to do with a bank. They only passed because Barney was promised to have his office in the T-Rex's brain and a strip club in the rotating GNB sign. [[spoiler:They also steal Mosbius Design's client with this same building.]] |
| 519 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: They are in-demand architects despite their quirks. |
| 520 | * ChewingTheScenery: They made their presentation very bombastic with the techno music: |
| 521 | -->'''Barney''': (''when presented a remote with a red button''): [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo What does the button do?]] |
| 522 | -->'''Sven''': Press it! Press it for GLORY! |
| 523 | -->(''Barney presses the button, then, the dinosaur building model breathes fire'') |
| 524 | * CoolShades: They all sport these. |
| 525 | * DinosaursAreDragons: Invoked via their trademark "fire breathing T-Rex" designs. |
| 526 | * FunnyForeigner: They're from Europe and are actually funny. |
| 527 | * InformedAbility: PlayedForLaughs. They are touted as an in-demand architect trio, yet they only use their DinosaursAreDragons design. |
| 528 | * InsistentTerminology: As Ted puts sarcastically, "We're not a company. We are a ''collective''." |
| 529 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted, as the three are named "Sven". |
| 530 | * SexSells: Besides the fire-breathing T-rex, Barney is enticed by the promise of the N in GNB hosting a strip club. |
| 531 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Ted despises them to the core. |
| 532 | * TheStoic: They never show any kind of emotion or reaction. |
| 533 | * {{Unknown Rival}}s: They appear to be unaware of Ted's rivalry towards them. |
| 534 | [[/folder]] |
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