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* FightingWithChucks: Lily's prom date attempted to fight Marshall using these.

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* ComplexityAddiction: Barney relies on a scheme to get into the dance, while Marshall and Ted just walk in the back door.



* RealLifeRelative: Scooter, in his inaugural appearance, is played by NPH's husband, David Burtka.
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* VomitDiscretionShot: Robin's date moves out of view right before he throws up on her dress.
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* LesbianJock: Referenced. Barney and Lily tease Robin for having played field hockey in junior high by implying that this makes her a lesbian.
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* CuttingTheKnot: Barney spends a good chunk of the episode trying to sneak into the high school... while Ted and Marshall got in through the back.

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* BelligerentSexualTension: By this point, Ted and Robin's friendship was still strained after "Nothing Good Ever Happens After 2 A. M.:"
* EventTitle: The episode refers to the high school prom where the gang went to towards the end.

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* BelligerentSexualTension: By this point, Ted and Robin's friendship was still strained after "Nothing Good Ever Happens After 2 A. M.:"
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* BuffySpeak: Ted notes that Robin was mad at him for exaggerating his "not-having-a-girlfriend-ness".
* EventTitle: The episode title refers to the high school prom where the gang went go to towards the end.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lily starts freaking out about the wedding. The episode ends with a lingering shot on her looking very conflicted.
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* RealLifeRelative: Scooter, in his inaugural appearance, is played by NPH's husband, David Burtka.

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* EventTitle: The episode refers to the high school prom where the gang went to towards the end.



* TheRival: It is implied that Marshall and Lily constantly compete with the couple at the beginning of the film in almost any couple-related events.
* WouldHurtAChild: Played for laughs when Ted tackled the teenage boy who hits Marshall with a nunchaku.

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* {{Mascot}}: Barney makes use of the school mascot to his advantage.
* TheRival: It is implied that Marshall and Lily constantly compete with the couple at the beginning of the film episode in almost any couple-related events.
* WouldHurtAChild: Played for laughs PlayedForLaughs when Ted tackled the teenage boy who hits Marshall with a nunchaku.

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* HighSchoolDance: The main setting of the episode. Accordingly, Lily and Robin sneak into a High School Prom because Lily wants to hear the band for the wedding. Robin says she never had a Prom, Lily remembers how and why she broke up wih Scooter on the Prom and then regrets not fulfilling all the things she said to want.

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* FightingWithChucks: Lily's prom date attempted to fight Marshall using these.
* HighSchoolDance: The main setting of the episode. Accordingly, Lily and Robin sneak into a High School Prom because Lily wants to hear the band for the wedding. Robin says she never had a Prom, Lily remembers how and why she broke up wih with Scooter on the Prom and then regrets not fulfilling all the things she said to want.want.
* TheRival: It is implied that Marshall and Lily constantly compete with the couple at the beginning of the film in almost any couple-related events.
* WouldHurtAChild: Played for laughs when Ted tackled the teenage boy who hits Marshall with a nunchaku.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: By this point, Ted and Robin's friendship was still strained after "Nothing Good Ever Happens After 2 A. M.:"
* ExperimentedInCollege: Discussed. Lily regrets not doing a lot of new experiences before marrying Marshall, including trying to have a [[AmbiguouslyBi lesbian experience]]. Robin fixes this by kissing Lily.
* HighSchoolDance: The main setting of the episode. Accordingly, Lily and Robin sneak into a High School Prom because Lily wants to hear the band for the wedding. Robin says she never had a Prom, Lily remembers how and why she broke up wih Scooter on the Prom and then regrets not fulfilling all the things she said to want.
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With her wedding day fast approaching, Lily, along with Barney and Robin, crashes a high school prom to scope out a potential band for the reception.

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