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* EpicFail: In an effort to finally win their annual March Madness bracket competition, Ted and Marshall meticulously watched every game, read box scores, and tracked injuries before making all of their picks. Barney then informs them that their pick to win the championship was knocked out of the tournament's first round 20 minutes ago.
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* ShoutOut: In TheStinger, Barney's latest conquest mentions that he needs to be up early tomorrow to stop an asteroid about to destroy the planet, a reference to the plot of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' [[DuelingMovies and/or]] ''Film/DeepImpact''.

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* ShoutOut: In TheStinger, Barney's latest conquest mentions that he needs to be up early tomorrow to stop an asteroid about to destroy the planet, a reference to the plot of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' ''Film/Armageddon1998'' [[DuelingMovies and/or]] ''Film/DeepImpact''.
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** In another FreezeFrameBonus, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright can be seen in the montage of Barney's previous hookups. Barney mentioned sleeping with her in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E10TheYips The Yips]]".

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** In another FreezeFrameBonus, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright UsefulNotes/MadeleineAlbright can be seen in the montage of Barney's previous hookups. Barney mentioned sleeping with her in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E10TheYips The Yips]]".
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** In another FreezeFrameBonus, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright can be seen in the montage of Barney's previous hookups. Barney mentioned sleeping with her in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E10TheYips The Yips]]".
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* ShoutOut: In TheStinger, Barney's latest conquest mentions that he needs to be up early tomorrow to stop an asteroid headed to New York, a reference to the plot of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' [[DuelingMovies and/or]] ''Film/DeepImpact''.

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* ShoutOut: In TheStinger, Barney's latest conquest mentions that he needs to be up early tomorrow to stop an asteroid headed about to New York, destroy the planet, a reference to the plot of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' [[DuelingMovies and/or]] ''Film/DeepImpact''.
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* CallForward: While Barney doesn't find his stalker, Future!Ted mentions that he will eventually. He finally does in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E19EverythingMustGo Everything Must Go]].

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* CallForward: While Barney doesn't find his stalker, Future!Ted mentions that he will eventually. He finally does in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E19EverythingMustGo Everything Must Go]].Go]]".
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* CallForward: While Barney doesn't find his stalker, Future!Ted mentions that he will eventually. He finally does in "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E19EverythingMustGo Everything Must Go]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: For all the awful things he does to the women he hooks up with, Barney is still horrified when his stalker appears to be someone he doesn't even remember sleeping with.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: For all the awful things he does to the women he hooks up with, Barney is still horrified at himself when his stalker appears to be someone he doesn't even remember sleeping with.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: For all the awful things he does to the women he hooks up with, Barney is still horrified when his stalker appears to be someone he doesn't even remember sleeping with.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Barney appears to feel genuine remorse for how he treats women when he thinks he has completely forgotten about one of the girls he slept with, and offers her a sincere apology. However, in TheStinger, he goes right back to his old ways, being in the midst of a hookup with a girl he lied to.


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* ShoutOut: In TheStinger, Barney's latest conquest mentions that he needs to be up early tomorrow to stop an asteroid headed to New York, a reference to the plot of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' [[DuelingMovies and/or]] ''Film/DeepImpact''.
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* EasilyForgiven: Two of the girls (Meg and Holly), forgave him on the spot, even thought they had ''a lot of reasons to hate his guts'' (Meg got arrested when she was found in the apartment after Barney left her, while Holly was abandoned far away from the city while Barney drove away ''in her car''). Averted with Anna and Kate still hate him.

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* EasilyForgiven: Two of the girls (Meg and Holly), forgave him on the spot, even thought though they had ''a lot of reasons to hate his guts'' (Meg got arrested when she was found in the apartment after Barney left her, while Holly was abandoned far away from the city while Barney drove away ''in her car''). Averted with Anna and Kate still hate him.
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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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* 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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* {{Defictionalization}}: Two websites were made for this episode: [[http://tedmosbyisajerk.com/ TedMosbyIsAJerk.com]], and then another one [[http://tedmosbyisnotajerk.com/ TedMosbyIsNOTAJerk.com]], made by Victoria, from all people.

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* {{Defictionalization}}: Two websites were made for this episode: [[http://tedmosbyisajerk.com/ TedMosbyIsAJerk.com]], and then another one [[http://tedmosbyisnotajerk.com/ TedMosbyIsNOTAJerk.com]], made by Victoria, from of all people.
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** The first woman, Meg, was the one Barney slept with in Marshall and Lily's apartment in "[[HowIMetYourMotherS3E07Dowisetrepla Dowisetrepla]]".
** Anna, the woman who made the site ''[=TedMosbyIsAJerk.com=]'' slept with Barney back in "[[HowIMetYourMotherS2E04TedMosbyArchitect Ted Mosby: Architect]]".
** In a FreezeFrameBonus, you'll see [[HowIMetYourMotherS1E15GameNight Shannon]] and [[HowIMetYourMotherS1E22ComeOn Penelope]] among the names in the list.

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** The first woman, Meg, was the one Barney slept with in Marshall and Lily's apartment in "[[HowIMetYourMotherS3E07Dowisetrepla "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E07Dowisetrepla Dowisetrepla]]".
** Anna, the woman who made the site ''[=TedMosbyIsAJerk.com=]'' slept with Barney back in "[[HowIMetYourMotherS2E04TedMosbyArchitect "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS2E04TedMosbyArchitect Ted Mosby: Architect]]".
** In a FreezeFrameBonus, you'll see [[HowIMetYourMotherS1E15GameNight [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E15GameNight Shannon]] and [[HowIMetYourMotherS1E22ComeOn [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E22ComeOn Penelope]] among the names in the list.
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* TheUnreveal: Barney never figures out who the stalker is, and Future!Ted specifically tells the kids it's a story he'll tell them down the line.

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* TheUnreveal: Barney never figures doesn't figure out who the stalker is, is until much later, and Future!Ted specifically tells the kids it's a story he'll tell them down the line.

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** Anna, the woman who made the site ''[=TedMosbyIsAJerk.com=]'' slept with Barney back in "[[HowIMetYourMotherS2E04TedMosbyArchitect Ted Mosby: Architect]]"

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** Anna, the woman who made the site ''[=TedMosbyIsAJerk.com=]'' slept with Barney back in "[[HowIMetYourMotherS2E04TedMosbyArchitect Ted Mosby: Architect]]"Architect]]".
** In a FreezeFrameBonus, you'll see [[HowIMetYourMotherS1E15GameNight Shannon]] and [[HowIMetYourMotherS1E22ComeOn Penelope]] among the names in the list.


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* MistakenIdentity: Barney exploited this, sans Anna creating the ''[=TedMosbyIsAJerk.com=]'' website.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Two women on Barney's "final four list" are never seen in previous episodes.
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* ContinuityNod:
** The first woman, Meg, was the one Barney slept with in Marshall and Lily's apartment in "[[HowIMetYourMotherS3E07Dowisetrepla Dowisetrepla]]".
** Anna, the woman who made the site ''[=TedMosbyIsAJerk.com=]'' slept with Barney back in "[[HowIMetYourMotherS2E04TedMosbyArchitect Ted Mosby: Architect]]"
* {{Defictionalization}}: Two websites were made for this episode: [[http://tedmosbyisajerk.com/ TedMosbyIsAJerk.com]], and then another one [[http://tedmosbyisnotajerk.com/ TedMosbyIsNOTAJerk.com]], made by Victoria, from all people.
* EasilyForgiven: Two of the girls (Meg and Holly), forgave him on the spot, even thought they had ''a lot of reasons to hate his guts'' (Meg got arrested when she was found in the apartment after Barney left her, while Holly was abandoned far away from the city while Barney drove away ''in her car''). Averted with Anna and Kate still hate him.
* KarmaHoudini: Invoked by Lily, who can't believe that Barney never got any real consequences for his bad treatment towards these women... except for one of them who beat him up.
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Barney uses a tournament bracket to figure out which girl he slept with is following him and ruining his chances with other women.

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!!This episode provides examples of:

* TheAtoner: Lily makes Barney go and apologize to the top four women he's wronged, in hopes that one of them is the stalker and he can make amends.
* TheUnreveal: Barney never figures out who the stalker is, and Future!Ted specifically tells the kids it's a story he'll tell them down the line.

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