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* TemptingFate: Marshall squees about how innocent Tuckahoe Funland is right before a GilliganCut shows that it will be shut down for an E. Colli outbreak.

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* NamesTheSame: InUniverse example. Ted's story arc in the entire episode revolves him finding out who his porn star namesake is.




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* SignificantNameOverlap: Ted's story arc in the entire episode revolves him finding out who his [[PornNames porn star namesake]] is.
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* TropaholicsAnonymous: Robin takes Lily to an AA style meeting for her shopoholicism.

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* TropaholicsAnonymous: Robin takes Lily to an AA style meeting for her shopoholicism.
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** Barney mentions UsefulNotes/WilliamShakespeare and his plays being VindicatedByHistory. Also counts as ActorAllusion since Creator/NeilPatrickHarris is a real life [[ShakespeareanActors Shakespearean Actor]].

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** Barney mentions UsefulNotes/WilliamShakespeare Creator/WilliamShakespeare and his plays being VindicatedByHistory. Also counts as ActorAllusion since Creator/NeilPatrickHarris is a real life [[ShakespeareanActors Shakespearean Actor]].
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* SlutShaming: During TheStinger, the gang wasn't pleased when they find out that Barney lent the apartment to Porn Star!Ted Mosby for his new movie.

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* SlutShaming: During TheStinger, the gang wasn't pleased when they find out that Barney lent the apartment to Porn Star!Ted Mosby for his new movie.

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* TheCameo: Jeff is played by Creator/JohnCho.

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* TheCameo: Jeff is played by Creator/JohnCho.DoubleMeaningTitle: The title primarily refers Marshall not being "that guy" as in a corporate stooge, but it also means Ted not being the porn star he's mistaken for.



* ProtagonistTitle[=/=]SecondaryCharacterTitle: Ted is the "I" in the title while Stephen aka Porn Star!Ted Mosby is the titular "that guy".
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* HeroWorship: The reason Porn Star!Ted Mosby uses Ted's name is because Ted saved him from bullies when they were younger and vowed that he will honor Ted when he makes something out of himself.
* HoneyTrap: Jeff is trying to "seduce" Marshall. Even though he knows whats going on, he finds it harder and harder to resist.

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* HeroWorship: The reason Porn Star!Ted Mosby uses Ted's name is because Ted saved him from bullies when they were younger and vowed that he will would honor Ted when he makes made something out of himself.
* HoneyTrap: Jeff is trying to "seduce" Marshall. Even though he knows whats what's going on, he finds it harder and harder to resist.
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* TheCameo: Jeff is played by Creator/JohnCho.
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* NamesTheSame: Ted's story arc in the entire episode revolves him finding out who his porn star namesake is.

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* NamesTheSame: InUniverse example. Ted's story arc in the entire episode revolves him finding out who his porn star namesake is.

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* CallBack: Nicholson, Hewitt, and West was first mentioned in the [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E21Milk penultimate episode of Season 1]].
* HeroWorship: The reason Porn Star!Ted Mosby uses Ted's name is because Ted saved him from bullies when they were younger and vowed that he will honor Ted when he makes something out of himself.



* HonorBeforeReason: Marshall's main dilemma this episode is him picking his dream job vs. him having to pick up a high-paying job that is involved in everything that is against his principles.
* IOweYouMyLife: Porn Star!Ted Mosby turns out to be a kid Ted rescued from bullies when he was in middle school.
* MistakenForGay: During the "Walk of shame" montage, Marshall was mistaken for Jeff's lover by a girl who's having an actual "walk of shame".
* NamesTheSame: Ted's story arc in the entire episode revolves him finding out who his porn star namesake is.
* ProtagonistTitle[=/=]SecondaryCharacterTitle: Ted is the "I" in the title while Stephen aka Porn Star!Ted Mosby is the titular "that guy".
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** Robin compared Porn Star!Ted Mosby to Creator/JudeLaw at the beginning of the episode.
** Barney mentions UsefulNotes/WilliamShakespeare and his plays being VindicatedByHistory. Also counts as ActorAllusion since Creator/NeilPatrickHarris is a real life [[ShakespeareanActors Shakespearean Actor]].




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* SlutShaming: During TheStinger, the gang wasn't pleased when they find out that Barney lent the apartment to Porn Star!Ted Mosby for his new movie.
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Marshall is forced to make a career decision when his polluter-defending interviewer, Jefferson Coatsworth, begins to win him over. Meanwhile, Ted discovers that there's a porn star named after him.

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* HoneyTrap: Jeff is trying to "seduce" Marshall. Even though he knows whats going on, he finds it harder and harder to resist.
* TropaholicsAnonymous: Robin takes Lily to an AA style meeting for her shopoholicism.

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