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* FallingInLoveMontage: Ted's GrandRomanticGesture is a two-minute date that looks like a lovely Falling-in-Love Montage that actually happens in real life in real time. He takes Stella to a cute little Italian restaurant, to a movie that's their inside joke (just the important bits), they have coffee and dessert, then he offers her some flowers and they stroll back home hand in hand and they even manage a sweet goodnight kiss.

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* FallingInLoveMontage: FallingInLoveMontage:
** The different sessions are given different layers of priority, Ted describes three in a row where they hit it off only for her to reject him.
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Ted's GrandRomanticGesture is a two-minute date that looks like a lovely Falling-in-Love Montage that actually happens in real life in real time. He takes Stella to a cute little Italian restaurant, to a movie that's their inside joke (just the important bits), they have coffee and dessert, then he offers her some flowers and they stroll back home hand in hand and they even manage a sweet goodnight kiss.



* LoveAtFirstSight: Ted falls for the beautiful Stella immediately.

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* LoveAtFirstSight: Ted falls for the beautiful Stella immediately. Abby falls for Ted in a similar way.


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* {{Workaholic}}: Stella repeatedly talks about only having two minutes for lunch, indicating she has very little free time because of her clinic. It's only at the end she reveals that she has a daughter, which recontextualizes her lack of free time.
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* KeepItForeign: Ted and Stella spend the third session speaking French. In the French dub, the spoken language is changed to Italian.
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%% * ArcWords: "No" and "Yes".

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%% * ArcWords: "No" and "Yes".



%% * TheGlassesGotToGo: Abby ditched her specs.

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%% * TheGlassesGotToGo: Abby ditched her specs.



%% * TheIngenue: Abby, Stella's assistant.

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%% * TheIngenue: Abby, Stella's assistant.
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%% * {{Meganekko}} Abby [[TheGlassesGotToGo at first]].
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* ExactWords: Stella didn't say no to Ted when he asked her for a date after the tenth session. She just said she doesn't do dates because she doesn't have the time. Ted promptly made it happen with a two minute date.
* FallingInLoveMontage: Ted's GrandRomanticGesture is a two-minute date that looks like a lovely Falling-in-Love Montage that actually happens in real life in real time. He takes Stella to a cute little Italian restaurant, to a movie that's their inside joke (just the important bits), they have coffee and dessert, then he offers her some flowers and they stroll back home hand in hand and they even manage a sweet good night kiss.

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* ExactWords: Stella didn't say no to Ted when he asked her for a date after the tenth session. She just said she doesn't do dates because she doesn't have the time. Ted promptly made it happen with a two minute two-minute date.
* FallingInLoveMontage: Ted's GrandRomanticGesture is a two-minute date that looks like a lovely Falling-in-Love Montage that actually happens in real life in real time. He takes Stella to a cute little Italian restaurant, to a movie that's their inside joke (just the important bits), they have coffee and dessert, then he offers her some flowers and they stroll back home hand in hand and they even manage a sweet good night goodnight kiss.



* TheOner: Ted's two minute date with Stella is shot on one take with no cuts.

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* TheOner: Ted's two minute two-minute date with Stella is shot on one take with no cuts.



** Ted and Stella watches ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' during their date.

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** Ted and Stella watches watch ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' during their date.

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* OnceMoreWithClarity: Early on, Abby is being screamed at by a customer over the phone, and Stella encourages her to hang up. Later, a flashback reveals that ''Barney'' was screaming at her because he wanted to see what Stella looked like.



* OnceMoreWithClarity: Early on, Abby is being screamed at by a customer over the phone, and Stella encourages her to hang up. Later, a flashback reveals that ''Barney'' was screaming at her because he wanted to see what Stella looked like.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: Early on, Abby is being screamed at by a customer over the phone, and Stella encourages her to hang up. Later, a flashback reveals that ''Barney'' was screaming at her because he wanted to see what Stella looked like.
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* TakeThat: When talking to Stella at the clinic during his first session, Ted says he has a high threshold for pain, saying that he sat through the worst movie ever made the previous night. Stella asks if its ''Film/PlanNineFromOuterSpace'', but Ted replies that it's ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.

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* TakeThat: When talking to Stella at the clinic during his first session, Ted says he has a high threshold for pain, saying that he sat through the worst movie ever made the previous night. Stella asks if its ''Film/PlanNineFromOuterSpace'', ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'', but Ted replies that it's ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.

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* ArcWords: "No" and "Yes".

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%% * ArcWords: "No" and "Yes".



* TheCameo: Both Ranjit and Wendy the waitress appeared to assist Ted in his two minute date.



** Ranjit is driving a taxi just like [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E01Pilot in the series premiere]].

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** Ranjit is driving a taxi just like [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E01Pilot in the series premiere]]. He's becoming a staple of Ted's big romantic moments.



* FallingInLoveMontage: The whole concept of the two minute date.
* [[ItAmusedMe For Lulz]]: Barney screws up Ted's second-to-last chance with Stella to win a minor bet he made ''a year ago''.
* TheGlassesGotToGo: Abby eventually ditched her specs.
* HospitalHottie: Stella Zinnman.
* TheIngenue: Abby, Stella's assistant.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Ted to Stella.
* {{Meganekko}} Abby [[TheGlassesGotToGo at first]].

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* FallingInLoveMontage: The whole concept of Ted's GrandRomanticGesture is a two-minute date that looks like a lovely Falling-in-Love Montage that actually happens in real life in real time. He takes Stella to a cute little Italian restaurant, to a movie that's their inside joke (just the two minute date.
important bits), they have coffee and dessert, then he offers her some flowers and they stroll back home hand in hand and they even manage a sweet good night kiss.
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* [[ItAmusedMe For Lulz]]: TheGlassesGotToGo: Abby ditched her specs.
* HospitalHottie: Stella Zinnman is a very attractive dermatologist who runs her own office.
%% * TheIngenue: Abby, Stella's assistant.
* ItAmusedMe:
Barney screws up Ted's second-to-last chance with Stella to win a minor bet he made ''a year ago''.
* TheGlassesGotToGo: Abby eventually ditched her specs.
* HospitalHottie: Stella Zinnman.
* TheIngenue: Abby, Stella's assistant.
ago''. What he would not do for the lulz.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Ted to Stella.
falls for the beautiful Stella immediately.
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* {{Meganekko}} Abby [[TheGlassesGotToGo at first]].



* TheOner: Ted's two minute date with Stella.

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* TheOner: Ted's two minute date with Stella.Stella is shot on one take with no cuts.



* WhatTheHellHero: Everyone including Wendy the waitress gets mad at Barney for trying his magic tricks at the bar, especially since the trick involved fire and there was alcohol at the table.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Everyone including Wendy the waitress gets mad at Barney for trying his magic tricks at the bar, especially since the trick involved fire and there was alcohol at the table.table.
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* ForLulz: Barney screws up Ted's second-to-last chance with Stella to win a minor bet he made ''a year ago''.

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* ForLulz: [[ItAmusedMe For Lulz]]: Barney screws up Ted's second-to-last chance with Stella to win a minor bet he made ''a year ago''.
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* ExactWords: Stella didn't say no to Ted when he asked her for a date after the tenth session. She just said she doesn't do dates because she doesn't have the time. Ted promptly made it happen with [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome a two minute date]].

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* ExactWords: Stella didn't say no to Ted when he asked her for a date after the tenth session. She just said she doesn't do dates because she doesn't have the time. Ted promptly made it happen with [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome a two minute date]].date.
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* TakeThat: When talking to Stella at the clinic during his first session, Ted says he has a high threshold for pain, saying that he sat through the worst movie ever made the previous night. Stella asks if its ''Film/PlanNineFromOuterSpace'', but Ted replies that it's ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.

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* TakeThat: When talking to Stella at the clinic during his first session, Ted says he has a high threshold for pain, saying that he sat through the worst movie ever made the previous night. Stella asks if its ''Film/PlanNineFromOuterSpace'', but Ted replies that it's ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.
* WhatTheHellHero: Everyone including Wendy the waitress gets mad at Barney for trying his magic tricks at the bar, especially since the trick involved fire and there was alcohol at the table.
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* PeopleFallOffChairs: During Ted's fourth session with Stella, he makes her laugh so hard that she falls off her chair.
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* ForLulz: Barney screws up Ted's second-to-last chance with Stella to win a minor bet he made ''a year ago''.

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* TheIngenue: Abby, Stella's assistant.



* TheIngenue: Abby, Stella's assistant.

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* TheIngenue: Abby, OperationJealousy: Ted tries to get Stella's assistant.attention by hitting on her secretary Abby. It backfires when Abby becomes obsessed with him and Stella tries to hook them up on a date.

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* ArcWords: "No" and "Yes".



* CelebrityParadox: Marshall mentioned Music/BritneySpears near the end of Season 2. Spears played Abby, Stella's assistant.
* ContinuityNod: Ranjit is driving a taxi just like [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E01Pilot in the series premiere]].
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The event happens during Ted's ten session therapy.

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* CelebrityParadox: Marshall mentioned Music/BritneySpears near the end of Season 2. Spears played Abby, Stella's assistant.assistant, Abby.
* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** Robin mentions her saying yes to Ted eventually [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E22ComeOn after months of courtship]].
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Ranjit is driving a taxi just like [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E01Pilot in the series premiere]].
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: EventTitle: The event happens during title refers to Ted's ten session therapy.therapy to remove his Butterfly tattoo.
* ExactWords: Stella didn't say no to Ted when he asked her for a date after the tenth session. She just said she doesn't do dates because she doesn't have the time. Ted promptly made it happen with [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome a two minute date]].



* TheGlassesGotToGo: Abby eventually ditched her specs.



* LoveAtFirstSight: Ted to Stella.
* {{Meganekko}} Abby [[TheGlassesGotToGo at first]].



* TakeThat: When talking to Stella at the clinic during his first session, Ted says he has a high threshold for pain, saying that he sat through the worst movie ever made the previous night. Stella asks if its ''PlanNineFromOuterSpace'', but Ted replies that it's ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.

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* TakeThat: When talking to Stella at the clinic during his first session, Ted says he has a high threshold for pain, saying that he sat through the worst movie ever made the previous night. Stella asks if its ''PlanNineFromOuterSpace'', ''Film/PlanNineFromOuterSpace'', but Ted replies that it's ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.
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Ted vows that he will score a date with his dermatologist, Stella Zinman, by the end of the ten sessions he needs to remove his tramp stamp, while Stella's receptionist falls head over heels for him.

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* CallBack: This episode happens because of the Butterfly tattoo Ted got [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E01WaitForIt at the season premiere]].
* TheCameo: Both Ranjit and Wendy the waitress appeared to assist Ted in his two minute date.
* CelebrityParadox: Marshall mentioned Music/BritneySpears near the end of Season 2. Spears played Abby, Stella's assistant.
* ContinuityNod: Ranjit is driving a taxi just like [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E01Pilot in the series premiere]].
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The event happens during Ted's ten session therapy.
* FallingInLoveMontage: The whole concept of the two minute date.
* HospitalHottie: Stella Zinnman.
* TheIngenue: Abby, Stella's assistant.
* TheOner: Ted's two minute date with Stella.
* ShoutOut:
** Ted refers to himself as complex and requiring multiple listens like the song "Stairway to Heaven" by Music/LedZeppelin, to which Robin replies "Roger Daltrey just rolled over in his grave" who was not in Led Zeppelin, but the lead singer of the band Music/TheWho [[EpicFail and who isn't even dead]].
** Ted and Stella watches ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' during their date.
* TakeThat: When talking to Stella at the clinic during his first session, Ted says he has a high threshold for pain, saying that he sat through the worst movie ever made the previous night. Stella asks if its ''PlanNineFromOuterSpace'', but Ted replies that it's ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.

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