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* TooMuchAlike: Barney and Quinn realized they were too much like each other that they couldn’t trust each other and broke up.
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* EasilyForgiven: The fights all end relatively easily, especially the one between Robin and Nick. The exception is Barney and Quinn. They realize they don't actually trust each other and can't get married.
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* VillainousRescue: Mother fucking Artillery Arthur is the one to stop the gang fighting in their relationships.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Everyone has valid complaints... except Barney. And Robin, turns out she doesn't actually have a complaint about Nick.
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* NationalStereotypes: Klaus's German sitcom is an OddCouple with a neat roommate and a ''very'' neat roommate.
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* TimeSkip: This episode is a few weeks after the previous episode. There's been several weeks of build up to this.
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* SixthRanger: Nick plays a small role in the episode. No CharacterShilling, though, he just shows up and interacts with the guys.

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* DiegeticSwitch: After Arthur says his wife got one of his kidneys, we get a ScareChord. Turns out that's his wife's ringtone.


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* ScareChord: Arthur's ringtone for his wife.
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* DoWrongRight: On Marshall being brought home as a baby, his father threw him to one of Marshall's brothers. Marshall's mother was having none of that - they are to punt baby Marshall about outside, so that none of the lamps break.
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* PrenupBlowup: Between Barney and Quinn. The prolonged debate and increasingly petty clauses they try to add force them to realise they don't trust each other.
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* ForgoneConclusion: Future!Ted immediately discards Lily and Marshall, because there was no way they would separate at this point.

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* ForgoneConclusion: ForegoneConclusion: Future!Ted immediately discards Lily and Marshall, because there was no way they would separate at this point.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The episode marked the start of the "Autumn of Break-ups". We all know that Barney and Robin are supposed to get married and Ted still has to meet The Mother.
* ForgoneConclusion: Future!Ted immediately discards Lily and Marshall, because there was no way they would separate at this point.
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* FunnyForeigner: Klaus, while living with Ted and Victoria. He had a lot of ferret pets and went around naked.
* JerkassHasAPoint: From all people, it's Arthur who cuts all the fights at once and says that the first thing they needed to do is listen to each other and concede.


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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Klaus walked around Ted's apartment completely naked.
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* ShareTheMalePain: When Barney realizes where the shock collar will go, all the men grab their crotches in sympathy.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: All the men get to thinking about their own relationships when Barney brings up his prenup. Subverted, in that it gets them all into a load of trouble with their women.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Psycho-style slasher music plays as Arthur shows Barney that his ex-wife got one of his ''kidneys'' in their divorce. He then points out that it's her ringtone and answers the phone.
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Barney proposes an outrageous pre-nup to Quinn, leading to support from the rest of the guys, and prompting Quinn to write her own pre-nup to Barney.

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