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3	When Trudy (from "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E10ThePineappleIncident The Pineapple Incident]]") and her friend both express an interest in Ted, he takes the opportunity to try a three way and win "The Champions Belt" that Barney has been saving to give to the first of the two that accomplishes a threesome.
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6	!!This episode provides examples of:
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8	* AllWomenLoveShoes: Lily talks about a big sale where she lost against another girl a nice pair of boots. Said sale has ''all the women at the store fighting each other''. Also once Lily discovers that Rachel was the one who took her boots, she only agrees to help Ted when he offered to pay her the retail price of the boots.
9	* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The waitress on Robin's date actually outdoes her in snarkiness.
10	* ArcNumber: The titular number. Not only is the episode's premise about ThreeWaySex, but this is also the ''third'' episode of the ''third'' season.
11	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Rachel, Trudy and Lily respectively. Robin is away from the gang on a different date.
12	* TheBusCameBack: Trudy.
13	* ChekhovsGunman: Subverted. Rachel turns out to be the woman whom Lily got a dispute during shopping she was talking about early in the episode, but their fiasco doesn't really affect the plot.
14	* ExactWords: Robin asks the waitress to get her a razor. The waitress does so, for fifty bucks. She neglects to buy shaving cream.
15	* HypocriticalHumor: Lily, impressed that Ted is about to score a threesome, high-fives him. However, when Marshall goes to high-five Ted as well, Lily slaps his hand away and tells him to not be gross.
16	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Rachel and Trudy were in the sorority Kappa Alpha Gamma, rather than the real life Kappa Kappa Gamma.
17	* RedOniBlueOni: Ironically, it is the red dressed Trudy who is more refined and composed compared to the spirited and expressive blue dressed Rachel.
18	* ShoutOut:
19	** The Three Way belt is a replica of the 1988-1998 era ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' (then ''WWF'') World Heavyweight Championship.
20	** Marshall alludes to the famous ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' line; "See you on the other side".
21	** Barney references ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'', comparing Ted claiming the Belt before him to Jimmy Olsen capturing Lex Luthor while [[{{Metaphorgotten}} Superman watches impotently from the bedroom]].
22	* ThreeWaySex: The whole premise of the episode.
23	* TrueBlueFemininity: Half of the women with dialogues this episode are wearing blue (Lily, Robin and Rachel vs. [[LadyInRed Trudy]], the waitress at Robin's date and Barney's [[LittleBlackDress two]] [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple conquests]] in his almost three-way flashback).
24	* TheUnreveal: Ted refuses to tell Barney whether he did or didn't partake in the threesome, though it's heavily implied he did and is just screwing with Barney.
25	-->'''Future!Ted:''' There are some stories you tell, and there are some stories you don't.
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