History Fridge / HowIMetYourMother

** Made worse is that [[spoiler:Robin felt like being together with Ted again despite his marriage to Tracy]] is her failing to remember the very warning she gave to Ted when he tried to marry Stella ("disappearing into someone else's wedding, someone else's house, someone else's life without a second thought"). As a result, [[spoiler:Robin disappeared into Ted's house and into his life of raising his teenage children after their mother had died. Even in the alternate ending, Robin will disappear into someone else's house and life: Barney]].

** Questionable whether this is fridge logic or fridge brilliance, since Barney's biggest obstacle to his getting laid consistently is his own ComplexityAddiction, relying either on insane plays like the Mrs. Stinsfire or the Scuba Diver or the Weekend At Barney's, or just being crude (I could deliver another package, my penis) to pick up women. His desire to use the move interfered with what might have been an otherwise perfectly workable one-night stand. On the other hand, Barney doesn't seem to get that The Naked Man is something you use when you know you're not going to score otherwise, since Barney a) thinks he's virtually irresistible and b) typically just walks away when he knows it's not going to happen. He's never been in the situation where you would use the move, because he usually [[JustForPun pulls out immediately when things start going badly.]]

* While it doesn't excuse Stella abandoning Ted at the altar like she did, she does have some good reasons for deciding that staying with Ted was not worth it. In "I Heart NJ", Ted and his friends demonize Stella for wanting Ted to move in with her in her New Jersey home instead of vice-versa because she doesn't want to uproot her daughter's entire life or take her away from her school and friends just to pursue a relationship. Ted, on the other hand, is able to easily move out of his apartment ''and'' because the part of New Jersey that Stella lives in is so close to New York it means Ted doesn't have to find a new job because of the potential move, which means that Ted moving in with Stella would be the better choice for everyone involved. Yet the narrative ([[UnreliableNarrator which is being told by the older Ted]]) [[InformedWrongness treats Stella as being super selfish and unreasonable]] for putting her daughter's stability and happiness before Ted's attachment to his bachelor apartment and his snobbery against lame old [[AcceptableTargets New Jersey]]. In another episode, [[FelonyMisdemeanor the five main characters and the narrative demonized for not liking Star Wars]]. If Ted was willing to act entitled and immature over a few minor flaws, why whould Stella decide she wants to keep dating him?

* Fridge Sadness in that we know Ted wants to call his kids [[StarWars Luke and Leia]], and they don't appear to know much about their actual mother since they fall for/ accept all the {{Romantic False Lead}}s (most notably the stripper), suitable {{foreshadowing}} that [[EpilepticTrees perhaps their mother is dead at the time of Ted's recollection]].

* Barney frequently discusses how women with daddy issues are less inhibited when it comes to sex. Lily has been shown to have both issues with her father and to be fairly dirty.

*** It doesn't have to be either/or; it's entirely possible for her to be upset because the choice was taken from her and because she was told she can't have them.

* Both Barney and Ted see their respective brides in their dresses before getting married, which is stated to be bad luck for their marriages. This rings true for both of them, as Barney and Robin get divorced, and Tracy dies young.

*** The needle gets buried [[UptoEleven even deeper]] if you consider the opening caption states it's the year 2024, [[spoiler: the year Tracy dies.]]

* In the ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' episode "How Lily Stole Christmas", Lily accidentally hears a message where Ted calls her a "grinch." But he didn't say "grinch" and the episode implies that it's merely a substitute for a much fouler word. BUT, the episode gives a clue with the introduction of Ted's mom's new boyfriend, Clint, which is a name [[CountryMatters notorious]] among comic book fans.
** [[EpilepticTrees What?]]
*** "Clint" looks like "cunt" in certain fonts.

** Another interpretation is that it's what the kids picture when Ted tells them these stories. They don't have the memories, but they do have photographs of them.
*** No, the show follows more or less exactly what Ted is telling his kids. At the end of "Wait For It," Ted tells his kids he doesn't remember what made him stop being jealous of Gael, but we see his conversation with Robin, who tells him that he is more well-endowed. Also, every mention of sandwiches in lieu of drugs, the story shows sandwiches even though the kids are definitely old enough to understand what Ted really means by "sandwiches." And Ted ''certainly'' doesn't remember actual sandwiches in his real memories.

** Confirmed in Season 9's first episode- Ted gives the photo to Robin as a gift.

* In Vesuvius, when the future Ted is talking with the mother, they have this conversation:

-->'''The mother''': I hope you won't stop spinning them...but I'm worried about you. I don't want you to be the guy who lives in his stories. Life only moves forward.

-->’’’Marshall’’’: Unless... your dating life is the glue which holds the universe together! Whoa, chills. Anybody else get chills?
** Well, yeah. The show’s plot is centered primarily on Ted and Robin’s will-they-won’t-they.
*** Not just that but Ted's quest to find the women who will the be the mother of his children, not just Robin.

* In Barney's part of "Bedtime Stories: Barney Stinson, Player King of New York City," he and five other players are seated around the table: Barney, Pickle Jar Bob, Staten Island Lou, Tuxedo Charlie, Captain Bill and Bronx Donnie (all played by NPH). These six players have evenly divided New York City and Barney crossed the line (from the Westside to the Eastside) of 5th Avenue. At then end of the story, Barney gets the others to drink poison, making him "The Player King." Since he wasn't arrested for murder later, he was actually "murdering" other aliases he used in his travels.