Line #16 Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS2E01WhereWereWe


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3	The gang tries to comfort Marshall after Lily left him for an art fellowship in San Francisco.
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6	!!This episode provides examples of:
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8	* AlliterativeTitle: '''W'''here '''W'''ere '''W'''e?
9	* ArtisticLicenceGunSafety: Robin almost points a Gun at Marshall, although this is Ted narrating what happened while he was not there, and she mentions growing up with guns (and survived that, so gun safety).
10	* DrowningMySorrows: How Marshall copes with the breakup.
11	* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Robin tries to cheer Marshall up by taking him to the shooting range. When Marshall asks Robin how Ted will react to knowing that she's a GunNut, Robin shouts out, "That's why Ted won't know about this!" while still holding the gun. The reaction on Marshall's face is priceless.
12	* ImagineSpot: Marshall concocts a crazy fantasy about Lily dating George Clinton, taking tennis lessons, and buying a ferret from the random list of charges on her credit card bill.
13	* InsistentTerminology: Robin is not a GunNut, she's a gun ''enthusiast.''
14	* LawOfInverseRecoil: Robin's hand cannon knocks Marshall out when he tries to fire it at a gun range
15	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Ted's daughter complains that it feels like he's been talking for a year.
16	* LethalChef: Marshall's pancakes are terrible according to Future!Ted.
17	* MaleGaze: Robin provided a number of {{Fanservice}} this episode.
18	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Marshall barged in the shower while Ted and Robin are in a ShowerOfLove.
19	* OhCrap: Both delivered in a humourous sense:
20	-->'''Ted''': ''[sensing Marshall calling Lily]'' Oh no.
21	-->'''Robin''': ''[[DoubleEntendre Already?]]''
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23	-->'''Barney''': ''[at the strip club, sensing Marshall gone]'' Oh no.
24	-->'''Stripper''': ''[[CallBack Already?]]''
25	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ted gave Marshall a harsh wake-up call statement to snap him out of his funk.
26	* RuleOfThree: Barney mimes committing suicide three times, when Ted and Robin are being sickeningly sweet, then when Marshall cries over Lily, and a third time when Robin and Ted are at it again.
27	* {{Seppuku}}: Barney briefly imitates seppuku during his "fake suicide" montage.
28	* SherlockScan: Barney is able to figure out that Ted and Robin are now together by just observing.
29	* SickeningSweethearts: Ted and Robin start acting like this towards Barney who is very disgusted by them as a couple. Ted even weaponizes this to blackmail Barney into watching over Marshall.
30	* SpeedSex: Robin thinks this is what happened to Ted while they were hooking up and he sensed Marshall calling Lily. Barney's stripper thinks he came in his pants when he sees that Marshall is gone.
31	-->'''Barney:''' Uh oh.\
32	'''Stripper:''' Already?
33	* TimeSkip: The entire episode runs for three months.
34	* ToughLove: Robin encourages Ted that Marshall needs this. After 56 days of dealing with his funk, Ted finally snaps and calls him pathetic, stunning everyone in the room. He realizes afterwards that he went too far, and Robin agrees.

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