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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Marshall doesn't cheer up thanks to a Ted's, Robin's, and Barney's various schemes, it just takes time. Also, Lily's art fellowship was supposed to last for three months. Guess how long it's been when she shows up at the end of the episode?
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* RuleOfThree: Barney mimes committing suicide three times, when Ted and Robin are being TastesLikeDiabetes, then when Marshall cries over Lily, and a third time when Robin and Ted are at it again.

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* RuleOfThree: Barney mimes committing suicide three times, when Ted and Robin are being TastesLikeDiabetes, sickeningly sweet, then when Marshall cries over Lily, and a third time when Robin and Ted are at it again.
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* 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.
-->'''Barney:''' Uh oh.\\
'''Stripper:''' Already?
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Marshall doesn't cheer up thanks to a Ted's, Robin's, and Barney's various schemes, it just takes time. Also, Lily's art fellowship was supposed to last for three months. Guess how long it's been when she shows up at the end of the episode?
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* RuleOfThree: Barney mimes committing suicide three times, when Ted and Robin are being TastesLikeDiabetes, then when Marshall cries over Lily, and a third time when Robin and Ted are at it again.
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* ToughLove: Robin encourages Ted that Marshall needs this. After 56 days of dealing with his, 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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* ToughLove: Robin encourages Ted that Marshall needs this. After 56 days of dealing with his, 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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* 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).


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* LawOfInverseRecoil: Robin's hand cannon knocks Marshall out when he tries to fire it at a gun range
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* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Robin tries to cheer Marshall up by taking him to the shooting range. When Marshall asks Robin how Ted will react to knowing tjat 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.

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* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Robin tries to cheer Marshall up by taking him to the shooting range. When Marshall asks Robin how Ted will react to knowing tjat 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.
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* ImagineSpot: Marshall concocts a crazy fantasy about Lily dating George Clinton from the random list of charges on her credit card bill.

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* ImagineSpot: Marshall concocts a crazy fantasy about Lily dating George Clinton Clinton, taking tennis lessons, and buying a ferret from the random list of charges on her credit card bill.

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* TheCameo: Creator/AlysonHannigan only appeared at the very end.



* TimeSkip: The entire episode runs for three months.

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* TimeSkip: The entire episode runs for three months.months.
* ToughLove: Robin encourages Ted that Marshall needs this. After 56 days of dealing with his, Ted finally snaps and calls him pathetic, stunning everyone in the room. He realizes afterwards that he went too far, and Robin agrees.
--> "Because you're ''pathetic''! I'm sorry, but right now you are not Marshall. You are the miserable, whining, shampoo-sniffing ghost of Marshall - and frankly, a guy like you doesn't have a shot in hell with a girl like Lily!"

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ted gave Marshall a harsh wake-up call statement to snap him out f his funk.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ted gave Marshall a harsh wake-up call statement to snap him out f of his funk.funk.
* {{Seppuku}}: Barney briefly imitates seppuku during his "fake suicide" montage.


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* 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.
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* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Robin tries to cheer Marshall up by taking him to the shooting range. When Marshall asks Robin how Ted will react to knowing tjat 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.



* TimeSkip: The entire episode runs for three months.

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* TimeSkip: The entire episode runs for three months.
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-->'''Robin''': ''[DoubleEntendre Already?]''

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-->'''Robin''': ''[DoubleEntendre Already?]''''[[DoubleEntendre Already?]]''



-->'''Barney''': ''[[at the strip club, sensing Marshall gone]]'' Oh no.

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-->'''Barney''': ''[[at ''[at the strip club, sensing Marshall gone]]'' gone]'' Oh no.
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-->'''Ted''': ''[[sensing Marshall calling Lily]]'' Oh no.
-->'''Robin''': [[DoubleEntendre Already?]]''

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-->'''Ted''': ''[[sensing ''[sensing Marshall calling Lily]]'' Lily]'' Oh no.
-->'''Robin''': [[DoubleEntendre Already?]]''''[DoubleEntendre Already?]''
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* OhCrap: Both delivered in a humourous sense:
-->'''Ted''': ''[[sensing Marshall calling Lily]]'' Oh no.
-->'''Robin''': [[DoubleEntendre Already?]]''
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-->'''Barney''': ''[[at the strip club, sensing Marshall gone]]'' Oh no.
-->'''Stripper''': ''[[CallBack Already?]]''
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* AlliterativeTitle: '''W'''here '''W'''ere '''W'''e?
* TheCameo: Creator/AlysonHannigan only appeared at the very end.
* DrowningMySorrows: How Marshall copes with the breakup.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Ted's daughter complains that it feels like he's been talking for a year.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Ted's daughter complains that it feels like he's been talking for a year.year.
* LethalChef: Marshall's pancakes are terrible according to Future!Ted.
* MaleGaze: Robin provided a number of {{Fanservice}} this episode.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Marshall barged in the shower while Ted and Robin are in a ShowerOfLove.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ted gave Marshall a harsh wake-up call statement to snap him out f his funk.
* SherlockScan: Barney is able to figure out that Ted and Robin are now together by just observing.
* TimeSkip: The entire episode runs for three months.
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* InsistentTerminology: Robin is not a GunNut, she's a gun ''enthusiast.''
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* ImagineSpot: Marshall concocts a crazy fantasy about Lily dating George Clinton from the random list of charges on her credit card bill.
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The gang tries to comfort Marshall after Lily left him for an art fellowship in San Francisco.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Ted's daughter complains that it feels like he's been talking for a year.

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