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3	Marshall tries to lure Ted to the roof of his apartment, where there is a surprise party waiting for him, but Ted is too determined to keep his architecture firm alive by working all night. Meanwhile, Robin learns that Barney has special feelings for her.
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6	!!This episode provides examples of:
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8	* ArtisticLicense: When Marshall is standing on the roof, about to jump, during Ted's surprise party snow can be seen on the streets below even though it is April and everybody is wearing short sleeves and summer clothing.
9	* BadassBiker: Marshall wants to be one after he finally took the leap. Lily defied him, however.
10	-->'''Marshall:''' I did it!
11	-->'''Lily:''' Baby, you did it!
12	-->'''Marshall:''' I can do anything!
13	-->'''Lily:''' Yes you can!
14	-->'''Marshall:''' I'm getting a motorcycle!
15	-->'''Lily:''' You absolutely are not!
16	* BigDamnKiss: Barney and Robin.
17	* BirthdayEpisode: Ted's 31st to be exact.
18	* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Barney's "GirlOfTheWeek", Robin and Lily respectively.
19	* BookEnds: The beginning and ending of the episode has "Prophets" by A.C. Newman playing in the background.
20	* BreakingTheFourthWall: The scene where Lily lies about being pregnant is a reference to Creator/AlysonHannigan actually being pregnant at the time. She [[HideYourPregnancy hides it]] with the 31-sign.
21	* CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: Tons;
22	** The centerpiece of the plot is the fact that Marshall had decided to throw Ted the ''exact same'' birthday he did [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E17TheGoat the previous year]], complete with the goat (which ultimately kicks Ted's ass).
23	** Marshall saying "I can jump that far" was one of the five word sentences every man says back in "Three Days of Snow".
24	** The move "The Mosby" refers to the events of [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E01Pilot the pilot episode]], where Ted ruined a sure thing with Robin by saying he loved her after their first date.
25	** Missy the goat ruining Ted's birthday was foreshadowed all the way back in Season 1.
26	** Ted was brought at the same hospital he was admitted to [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E20Miracles in the previous season finale]], complete with being tended by the same nurse.
27	** Sven, the architecture "collective" that Ted despises, was the one who rack jacked his restaurant project. They even used their DinosaursAreDragons design for Goliath National Bank, simply adding a cowboy hat to the top of it.
28	** The climax was foreshadowed in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E13ThreeDaysOfSnow Three Days of Snow]]".
29	** Before he takes the leap, Ted looks back at everything that happened to him this season, specifically [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E05ShelterIsland being left at the altar]], [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E10TheFight being knocked out by Doug, the crazy bartender]], [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E18OldKingClancy getting fired]] and being beaten by Missy the goat at this very episode.
30	** The teaching job that Ted ultimately took was offered to him by Tony in [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E23AsFastAsSheCan in the previous episode]].
31	** The fight between Ted and Missy the goat is set to [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E16SandcastlesInTheSand The Foreskins' song "Murder Train"]].
32	* CastingCouch: This is [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to be the play that Barney is running on his GirlOfTheWeek. She's an aspiring dancer [[CountryMouse fresh off the bus from Iowa]], and he just so happens to be the producer of the Rockettes.
33	* CrossCastRole: Missy is actually portrayed by a male goat.
34	* DoubleMeaningTitle: The Leap could either mean the literal one at the episode's climax or Ted, Barney and Robin making life-changing decisions (career change for the former, RelationshipUpgrade for the latter two).
35	* EarnYourHappyEnding: This is perhaps the most positive finale of the entire series, which can only be rivaled by the RevisedEnding of the extremely controversial GrandFinale. Future!Ted's CallBack to everything that happened to him this season and his resolution is perhaps the icing in the cake.
36	-->'''Future!Ted:''' That was the year I got left at the altar. It was the year I got knocked out by a crazy bartender. The year I got fired. The year I got beaten up by a goat, a girl goat at that. And damn it if it wasn't the best year of my life. Because if any of those things hadn't happened, I never would have ended up in what turns out to be the best job I ever had. And more importantly, I wouldn't have met your mother.
37	* EiffelTowerEffect: Shots of the George Washington Bridge and the New York City skyline are gloriously shown at the beginning of the episode.
38	* EventTitle: Though the gang only did it at the end.
39	* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Barney's "GirlOfTheWeek".
40	* {{Foreshadowing}}: According to Future!Ted, the titular mother attended the class he'll teach.
41	* HeroicResolve: The gang leaping is a metaphor for this.
42	* InASingleBound: The titular leaping.
43	* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Ted when he realizes Missy the goat is a girl.
44	* LadyInRed: Barney's "GirlOfTheWeek" is a beautiful woman wearing a bright red dress.
45	* RelationshipUpgrade: Barney and Robin sealed it with a BigDamnKiss.
46	* SamusIsAGirl: "''Mr.'' Goat? Ted, that goat's a girl. Her name is Missy."
47	* SeasonFinale: The fourth one.
48	* SeriesContinuityError: Before the leap, Robin, Barney and Ted are all wearing black dress shoes. However, during the jump, they are shown to be wearing sneakers. When they land, they are back in dress shoes.
49	* ShoutOut: The pool on the roof could possibly be a reference to the 1989 movie ''Film/WeekendAtBernies''.
50	* TeacherStudentRomance: According to Future Ted, the titular mother will be a student at the class he will teach. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted, however, since they only get together after the Mother has left school. Not to mention that, as is revealed in [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS5E01Benefits the next episode]], Ted was in the wrong classroom, so she wasn't ever technically his student]].

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