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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Barney used to be an all-loving hippy who wanted to join the Peace Corps and was waiting for the right time to be with his girlfriend.

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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Barney used to be an all-loving hippy hippie who wanted to join the Peace Corps and was waiting for the right time to be with his girlfriend.
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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon. Per Marshall, it combines the best elements of ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'', INever, ''TableTopGame/{{Pictionary}}'', the buzzer from Taboo, and a basic drinking game. Nobody except Marshall ever really knows who's ahead at any given time.

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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon. Per Marshall, it combines the best elements of ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'', INever, ''TableTopGame/{{Pictionary}}'', ''[[PlayingPictionary Pictionary]]'', the buzzer from Taboo, and a basic drinking game. Nobody except Marshall ever really knows who's ahead at any given time.As the night goes on, however, it becomes clear this is just a creative way to pry into Victoria's past.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Everyone expected Barney's tape to be embarrassing, but they didn't expect it to be that humiliating and awful and they felt terrible for what they did to him.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Everyone expected Barney's tape to be embarrassing, but they didn't expect it to be that humiliating and awful and they felt feel terrible for what they did to him.exposing him like that.



* SexWithTheEx: Barney finally screwed Shannon for cheating on him.

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* SexWithTheEx: Barney finally screwed sleeps with Shannon as revenge for cheating on him.
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-->'''Future!Ted:'' Kids, I tell you a lot of inappropriate stories, but there's no way in hell I'm telling you this one. Don't worry, though, it wasn't that great.
-->'''Marshall:'' That is the greatest story ever!

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-->'''Future!Ted:'' -->'''Future!Ted:''' Kids, I tell you a lot of inappropriate stories, but there's no way in hell I'm telling you this one. Don't worry, though, it wasn't that great.
-->'''Marshall:'' -->'''Marshall:''' That is the greatest story ever!

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* InstantlyProvenWrong:
-->'''Future!Ted:'' Kids, I tell you a lot of inappropriate stories, but there's no way in hell I'm telling you this one. Don't worry, though, it wasn't that great.
-->'''Marshall:'' That is the greatest story ever!



-->'''Ted:''' Wait, the card actually says Ted?
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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon. Per Marshall, it combines the best elements of ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'', INever, TableTopGame/{{Pictionary}}, the buzzer from Taboo, and a basic drinking game. Nobody except Marshall ever really knows who's ahead at any given time.

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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon. Per Marshall, it combines the best elements of ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'', INever, TableTopGame/{{Pictionary}}, ''TableTopGame/{{Pictionary}}'', the buzzer from Taboo, and a basic drinking game. Nobody except Marshall ever really knows who's ahead at any given time.
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* HeadTiltinglyKinky: Everyone is puzzled by Barney's sextape.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Barney ends his story realizing his life is awesome.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Everyone expected Barney's tape to be embarrassing, but they didn't expect it to be that humiliating and awful and they felt terrible for what they did to him.
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* SeriousBusiness: Everyone agrees to play Marshgammon by Marshall's rules, including drinking any time they say "What?", even when it has nothing to do with the game.


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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Barney used to be an all-loving hippy who wanted to join the Peace Corps and was waiting for the right time to be with his girlfriend.
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* ShoutOut: Barney's EvilMakeover is a nod to Anakin Skywalker's transformation to Darth Vader in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

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* ShoutOut: Barney's EvilMakeover change in costume is a nod to Anakin Skywalker's transformation to Darth Vader in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
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* EvilMakeover: Barney's transformation from hippie to SharpDressedMan is presented as this.

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* EvilMakeover: EvilCostumeSwitch: Barney's transformation from hippie to SharpDressedMan is presented as this.
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Barney becomes a womanizing SharpDressedMan like the man who his girlfriend cheated on.

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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Barney becomes a womanizing SharpDressedMan like the man who his girlfriend cheated on.on him with.
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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon. Per Marshall, it combines the best elements of ''{{TabletopGame/CandyLand}}'', INever, TableTopGame/{{Pictionary}}, the buzzer from Taboo, and a basic drinking game. Nobody except Marshall ever really knows who's ahead at any given time.

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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon. Per Marshall, it combines the best elements of ''{{TabletopGame/CandyLand}}'', ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'', INever, TableTopGame/{{Pictionary}}, the buzzer from Taboo, and a basic drinking game. Nobody except Marshall ever really knows who's ahead at any given time.
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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon. Per Marshall, it combines the best elements of CandyLand, INever, TableTopGame/{{Pictionary}}, the buzzer from Taboo, and a basic drinking game. Nobody except Marshall ever really knows who's ahead at any given time.

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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon. Per Marshall, it combines the best elements of CandyLand, ''{{TabletopGame/CandyLand}}'', INever, TableTopGame/{{Pictionary}}, the buzzer from Taboo, and a basic drinking game. Nobody except Marshall ever really knows who's ahead at any given time.

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* ContinuitySnarl: When Ted told the re-return, Ranjit and Ted are respectively wearing a different colored shirt and designed tie than the ones they were wearing in


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* SeriesContinuityError: When Ted told the re-return, Ranjit and Ted are respectively wearing a different colored shirt and designed tie than the ones they were wearing in the scene before.
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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon.

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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon. Per Marshall, it combines the best elements of CandyLand, INever, TableTopGame/{{Pictionary}}, the buzzer from Taboo, and a basic drinking game. Nobody except Marshall ever really knows who's ahead at any given time.



-->'''Victoria:''' Well, serious boyfriends. I've dated other guys in-between

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-->'''Victoria:''' Well, serious boyfriends. I've dated other guys in-betweenin-between.



* YouAreWhatYouHate: Barney becomes a womanizing SharpDressedman like the man who his girlfriend cheated on.

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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Barney becomes a womanizing SharpDressedman SharpDressedMan like the man who his girlfriend cheated on.
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* EventTitle: The title refers to the night Marshall organizes for the gang to play games.


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* MadonnaWhoreComplex: This exchange.
-->'''Marshall:''' Victoria, how many boyfriends did you have before you started dating Ted?
-->'''Ted:''' Wait, the card actually says Ted?
-->'''Victoria:''' OK, before Ted I actually had two.
-->'''Robin:''' Prude alert!
-->'''Victoria:''' Well, serious boyfriends. I've dated other guys in-between
-->'''Robin:''' Slut alert!

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* AccidentalPervert: Judy, Marshall's mother, heard her son and Lily going at it while on the phone. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis The. Whole. Time.]]



* ContinuitySnarl: When Ted told the re-return, Ranjit and Ted are respectively wearing a different colored shirt and designed tie than the ones they were wearing in



* DrowningMySorrows: Ted's story starts with him drinking after his mess up with Robin from the Pilot.

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* DrowningMySorrows: Ted's story starts with him drinking after his mess up with Robin from the Pilot.[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E01Pilot Pilot]].
* EvilMakeover: Barney's transformation from hippie to SharpDressedMan is presented as this.
* GoldDigger: Shannon cheated on Barney for the much richer Greg.



* StartOfDarkness: Barney's transformation from Hippie to Ladies Man is presented like this.

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* OldShame: Barney's tape is considered an in-universe example.
* TheRival: Tensions between Victoria and Robin are very, ''very'' evident.
* SexWithTheEx: Barney finally screwed Shannon for cheating on him.
* ShoutOut: Barney's EvilMakeover is a nod to Anakin Skywalker's transformation to Darth Vader in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
* StartOfDarkness: Barney's transformation from Hippie to Ladies Man is presented like this.this.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Barney becomes a womanizing SharpDressedman like the man who his girlfriend cheated on.
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* GrillingTheNewbie: The gang does this to poor Victoria about her love life, with the questions thinly disguised as being part of a Truth or Dare style board game.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Ted's story starts with him drinking after his mess up with Robin from the Pilot.

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* NoodleIncident: Victoria's most embarrassing moment involves a game of Truth or Dare, a squeeze bottle of marshmallow ice cream topping, and the hot tub at her grandparent's retirement community. We don't get to know what happened, because Future!Ted isn't dumb enough to tell his kids the full story.

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* ImportantHaircut: Hippie!Barney cuts his long hair after Shannon dumps him.
* NoodleIncident: Victoria's most embarrassing moment involves a game of Truth or Dare, a squeeze bottle of marshmallow ice cream topping, and the hot tub at her grandparent's retirement community. We don't get to know what happened, because Future!Ted isn't dumb enough to tell his kids the full story.story.
* StartOfDarkness: Barney's transformation from Hippie to Ladies Man is presented like this.
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* BlatantLies: Future!Ted says Victoria's story wasn't that interesting anyway, but they way the other characters react says it was ''very'' interesting.

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* BlatantLies: Future!Ted says Victoria's story wasn't that interesting anyway, but they the way the other characters react says it was ''very'' interesting.
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* BlatantLies: Future!Ted says Victoria's story wasn't that interesting anyway, but they way the other characters react says it was ''very'' interesting.



* DrinkingGame: Marshgammon requires anyone asking "what?" to drink.

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* DrinkingGame: Marshgammon requires anyone asking "what?" to drink.drink.
* NoodleIncident: Victoria's most embarrassing moment involves a game of Truth or Dare, a squeeze bottle of marshmallow ice cream topping, and the hot tub at her grandparent's retirement community. We don't get to know what happened, because Future!Ted isn't dumb enough to tell his kids the full story.
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* CalvinBall: Marshgammon.
* DrinkingGame: Marshgammon requires anyone asking "what?" to drink.
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Marshall's game night leads to some startling and very embarrassing revelations.

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