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* FreudianExcuse: Robin became girly and embarked on her career as a teen idol to spite her father, who wanted a boy.

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* FreudianExcuse: Robin became girly and embarked on her career as a teen idol to spite her father, who wanted a boy.son instead of her.

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-->'''Future Ted''': "And that, kids, is the perfect ending for a perfect love story. It just wasn't mine. Mine is still out there, waiting for me".

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-->'''Future Ted''': "And And that, kids, is the perfect ending for a perfect love story. It just wasn't mine. Mine is still out there, waiting for me".me.



* KickTheSonOfABitch: The gang has been encouraging Ted to lash out on Stella and Tony.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: PayEvilUntoEvil:
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The gang has been encouraging Ted to lash out on Stella and Tony.Tony.
** Marshall winds up revealing to the others that when Lily left him to go to San Francisco, Ted tried talking him into burning all her possessions.
--->'''Lily''': Seriously?! [[SarcasmMode Oh, nice, thanks, Ted...]]

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* BerserkButton: Ted finally finds his inner rage when he realizes that Stella made him move to New Jersey, [[{{Hypocrite}} while she immediately moved to Tony's apartment in New York]].



* ContinuitySnarl: Robin's flashback contradicts many of her previous backstories from previous seasons except her IdolSinger days. namely;
** In a [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E06TheSluttyPumpkin Season 1 episode]], she said that she never played team sports. The flashback shows her playing hockey.
** In [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E20Miracles the Season 3 finale]], a flashback shows her as a young girl dressed in feminine clothes. This episode "established" that she was RaisedAsTheOppositeGender.


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* RageBreakingPoint: Ted finally finds his inner rage when he realizes that Stella made him move to New Jersey, [[{{Hypocrite}} while she immediately moved to Tony's apartment in New York]].


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* SeriesContinuityError: Robin's flashback contradicts many of her previous backstories from previous seasons except her IdolSinger days. namely;
** In a [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E06TheSluttyPumpkin Season 1 episode]], she said that she never played team sports. The flashback shows her playing hockey.
** In [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E20Miracles the Season 3 finale]], a flashback shows her as a young girl dressed in feminine clothes. This episode "established" that she was RaisedAsTheOppositeGender.

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* BittersweetEnding: "And that, kids, is the perfect ending for a perfect love story. It just wasn't mine. Mine is still out there, waiting for me".

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\n* BaitAndSwitchTimeSkip: Following Ted discovering Stella's note, we transition to him and the others at the bar, where he makes this speech about how he has finally gotten past the pain and has moved on. After an awkward silence, Lily informs him that ''the wedding was yesterday''.
* BittersweetEnding: Ted learns that Stella moved in with Tony and is utterly betrayed, but accepts that their new family is happy together.
-->'''Future Ted''':
"And that, kids, is the perfect ending for a perfect love story. It just wasn't mine. Mine is still out there, waiting for me".



* YearInsideHourOutside: Following Ted discovering Stella's note, we transition to him and the others at the bar, where he makes this speech about how he has finally gotten past the pain and has moved on. After an awkward silence, Lily informs him that ''the wedding was yesterday''.
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These are my second edits in a few minutes after I observed mistakes my correction software overlooked, such as "pass" that is now "past."


** In a [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E06TheSluttyPumpkin Season 1 episode]], she said that she never played Team Sports. The flashback shows her playing Hockey.

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** In a [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E06TheSluttyPumpkin Season 1 episode]], she said that she never played Team Sports. team sports. The flashback shows her playing Hockey.hockey.



* KickTheSonOfABitch: The gang have been encouraging Ted to lash out on Stella and Tony.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: The gang have has been encouraging Ted to lash out on Stella and Tony.



* YearInsideHourOutside: Following Ted discovering Stella's note, we transition to him and the others at the bar, where he makes this speech about how he has finally gotten pass the pain and has moved on. After an awkward silence, Lily informs him that ''the wedding was yesterday''.

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* YearInsideHourOutside: Following Ted discovering Stella's note, we transition to him and the others at the bar, where he makes this speech about how he has finally gotten pass past the pain and has moved on. After an awkward silence, Lily informs him that ''the wedding was yesterday''.
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I fixed the misspellings & bad punctuations as I examined the whole page.


* BittersweetEnding: "And that kids is the perfect ending for a perfect love story. It's just wasn't mine. Mine is still out there, waiting for me".

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* BittersweetEnding: "And that kids that, kids, is the perfect ending for a perfect love story. It's It just wasn't mine. Mine is still out there, waiting for me".



* EmbarrassingNickname: Lily reveals she accidentally got her classmate Michael Sasser nicknamed "Gasser" when she blamed a fart on him her first day of highschool. He ended up having to change schools.

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* EmbarrassingNickname: Lily reveals she accidentally got her classmate Michael Sasser nicknamed "Gasser" when she blamed a fart on him her first day of highschool.high school. He ended up having to change schools.



-->'''Future Ted:''' And that kids was the perfect ending to a perfect love story. It just wasn't mine.

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-->'''Future Ted:''' And that kids that, kids, was the perfect ending to a perfect love story. It just wasn't mine.
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* WomanScorned: Becca, the female prisoner Barney had been sleeping with until another prisoner caught his eye, has apparently sworn to violently murder him when she gets released.
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* CanadaEh: The flashbacks to Robin growing up in Canada feature her heavy Canadian accent and [[CanadaEqualsHockeyFan playing hockey]]. She also mentions that Canadians supposedly use hockey terms to discuss sex, like Americans do with baseball terms.

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* CanadaEh: The flashbacks to Robin growing up in Canada feature her heavy Canadian accent and [[CanadaEqualsHockeyFan [[CanadianEqualsHockeyFan playing hockey]]. She also mentions that Canadians supposedly use hockey terms to discuss sex, like Americans do with baseball terms.

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* CanadaEh: The flashbacks to Robin growing up in Canada feature her heavy Canadian accent and [[CanadaEqualsHockeyFan playing hockey]]. She also mentions that Canadians supposedly use hockey terms to discuss sex, like Americans do with baseball terms.



* OopNorth: Robin's heavy Canadian accent makes an appearance in her flashbacks.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Robin tells the gang about her difficult childhood and fraught relationship with her estranged father, Barney expresses his sympathy...for the fact that she had to grow up in [[CanadaEh Canada]] "with [[{{Eagleland}} America]] right there."



** Marshall reveals to Ted that [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E01DoIKnowYou Stella hates]] StarWars, as a reason to be upset with her.

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** Marshall reveals to Ted that [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E01DoIKnowYou Stella hates]] StarWars, [[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]], as a reason to be upset with her.
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* BerserkButton: Ted finally finds his inner rage when he realizes that Stella made him move to New Jersey, while she immediately moved to Tony's apartment in New York.

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* BerserkButton: Ted finally finds his inner rage when he realizes that Stella made him move to New Jersey, [[{{Hypocrite}} while she immediately moved to Tony's apartment in New York.York]].
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* BerserkButton: Ted finally finds his inner rage when he realizes that Stella made him move to New Jersey, while she immediately moved to Tony's apartment in New York.


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* ContinuityNod:
** Marshall reveals to Ted that [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E01DoIKnowYou Stella hates]] StarWars, as a reason to be upset with her.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ted was just about to give Stella TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, but then suddenly sees her hugging Tony and Lucy outside the front door and notices that they make a very happy family. He then realizes that Stella actually made the right choice ad is meant to be with Tony, so he leaves without saying anything. Future!Ted even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this:

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ted was just about to give Stella TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, but then suddenly sees her hugging Tony and Lucy outside the front door and notices that they make a very happy family. He then realizes that Stella actually made the right choice ad and is meant to be with Tony, so he leaves without saying anything. Future!Ted even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this:
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* TakeAThirdOption: Lampshaded [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome beautifully]].

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* TakeAThirdOption: Lampshaded [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome beautifully]].Lampshaded.
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In the aftermath of Stella leaving Ted at the alter, the gang discusses ways of avoiding people you never want to see again in your life while hiding from Stella in a restaurant.

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In the aftermath of Stella leaving Ted at the alter, altar, the gang discusses ways of avoiding people you never want to see again in your life while hiding from Stella in a restaurant.
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* YearInsideHourOutside: Following Ted discovering Stella's note, we transition to him and the others at the bar, where he makes this speech about how he has finally gotten pass the pain and has moved on. After an awkward silence, Lily informs him that ''the wedding was yesterday''.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ted was just about to give Stella TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, but then suddenly sees her hugging Tony and Lucy outside the front door and notices that they make a very happy family. He then realizes that Stella actually made the right choice ad is meant to be with Tony, so he leaves without saying anything. Future!Ted even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this:
-->'''Future Ted:''' And that kids was the perfect ending to a perfect love story. It just wasn't mine.
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-->'''Future!Ted:''' Kids, you may think that you're only choice is to swallow your anger or throw it to someone's face, but there's a third option; you could just let it go.

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-->'''Future!Ted:''' Kids, you may think that you're your only choice is to swallow your anger or throw it to someone's face, but there's a third option; you could just let it go.

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In the aftermath of Stella leaving ted at the alter, the gang discusses ways of avoiding people you never want to see again in your life while hiding from Stella in a restaurant.

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In the aftermath of Stella leaving ted Ted at the alter, the gang discusses ways of avoiding people you never want to see again in your life while hiding from Stella in a restaurant.



* DaddyIssues: Robin became girly and embarked on her career as a teen idol to spite her father, who wanted a boy.


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* FreudianExcuse: Robin became girly and embarked on her career as a teen idol to spite her father, who wanted a boy.

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* EmbarrassingNickname: Lily reveals she accidentally got a kid nicknamed "Gassy" when she blamed a fart on him her first day of highschool. He ended up having to change schools.

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* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Robin's complete name is "Robin ''Charles'' Scherbatsky".
* EmbarrassingNickname: Lily reveals she accidentally got a kid her classmate Michael Sasser nicknamed "Gassy" "Gasser" when she blamed a fart on him her first day of highschool. He ended up having to change schools.


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* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: Robin had been raised by her dad as a boy until he saw her kissing a guy from her hockey team.
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* BittersweetEnding: "And that kids is the perfect ending for a perfect love story. It's just wasn't mine. Mine is still out there, waiting for me".
* CallBack:
** Ted remembering that Stella [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E03IHeartNJ forced him to live in New Jersey]] but decided to live in New York upon getting back with Tony is what finally causes him to snap.
** Ted and his family's tendency to avoid conflicts is alluded back [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS2E03Brunch in Season 2]].
* ContinuitySnarl: Robin's flashback contradicts many of her previous backstories from previous seasons except her IdolSinger days. namely;
** In a [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E06TheSluttyPumpkin Season 1 episode]], she said that she never played Team Sports. The flashback shows her playing Hockey.
** In [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E20Miracles the Season 3 finale]], a flashback shows her as a young girl dressed in feminine clothes. This episode "established" that she was RaisedAsTheOppositeGender.


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* DontYouDarePityMe: Ted invokes this to his friends when they're all trying to please him.


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* IHaveNoSon: Robin, Sr. disowns Robin upon seeing his daughter kissing her teammate.
* ImagineSpot: Ted imagines giving Stella a well-deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* IronicEpisodeTitle: The BittersweetEnding above says it all.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: The gang have been encouraging Ted to lash out on Stella and Tony.


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* TakeAThirdOption: Lampshaded [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome beautifully]].
-->'''Future!Ted:''' Kids, you may think that you're only choice is to swallow your anger or throw it to someone's face, but there's a third option; you could just let it go.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Lily reveals she accidentally got a kid nicknamed "Gassy" when she blamed a fart on him her first day of highschool. He ended up having to change schools.
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* DaddyIssues: Robin became girly and embarked on her career as a teen idol to spite her father, who wanted a boy.
* OopNorth: Robin's heavy Canadian accent makes an appearance in her flashbacks.
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In the aftermath of Stella leaving ted at the alter, the gang discusses ways of avoiding people you never want to see again in your life while hiding from Stella in a restaurant.

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* {{Tomboy}}: Robin reveals she hasn't talked to her father in three years after he forced her to be a tomboy growing up so he could pretend she was his son.

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