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* PersonalizedPledge: Ted insists to an upset Barney that their friendship is important to them, swearing on his mother's grave, then to God, ''then'' to Hugh Hefner. To the final, HandsomeLech Barney exclaims, "Don't take that name in vain!"

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* TheGadfly: The Mother totally messes with Marshall, pretending to be psychic, before revealing that she rode the train with Lily.



* TheTroll: The Mother totally messes with Marshall, pretending to be psychic, before revealing that she rode the train with Lily.

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* HollywoodLaw: Ted says he won't commit grand larceny stealing a $600 bottle of scotch. Yes, that's a real crime, but it's based on the amount of money (or equivalent) is stolen, which these days is usually four figures.



* KarmaHoudini: Subverted. The Mother thinks people like Darren will never get his comeuppance, [[spoiler:and then Ted decks him]].



* KarmaHoudini: Subverted. The Mother thinks people like Darren will never get his comeuppance, [[spoiler:and then Ted decks him]].
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* TheTroll: The Mother totally messes with Marshall, pretending to be psychic, before revealing that she rode the train with Lily.
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In "Tempting Fate," I added the additional fact in parentheses the fact that Slap #7 out of 8 occurs next episode as I was confused by "fourth slap" knowing Barney already had Slap #4 for removing The Ducky Tie.


** Barney keeps needling at Marshall, until Marshall reveals he's giving him the fourth slap. Barney immediately wishes he hadn't been so obnoxious.

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** Barney keeps needling at Marshall, until Marshall reveals he's giving him the fourth slap.slap (or the seventh slap, if you include the three additional slaps Barney got as a penalty for giving up the ducky tie earlier than as instructed). Barney immediately wishes he hadn't been so obnoxious.
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* BabysFirstWords: Marvin utters his first words: "skunk junk". Marhsall and the Mother are, naturally, horrified and quickly agree to tell Lily he said "mommy".

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* BabysFirstWords: Marvin utters his first words: "skunk junk". Marhsall Marshall and the Mother are, naturally, horrified and quickly agree to tell Lily he said "mommy".



* CouldSayItBut: Lily doesn't confirm or deny the existence of a window through which Ted to could possibly abscond with a bottle of $600 30-year-old Glen [=McKenna=] (the third bottle, technically).

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* CouldSayItBut: Lily doesn't confirm or deny the existence of a window through which Ted to could possibly abscond with a bottle of $600 30-year-old Glen [=McKenna=] (the third bottle, technically).



-->'''Marshall''': For the record, his first words were [[BlatantLies "Mommy"]]\\

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-->'''Marshall''': For the record, his first words were [[BlatantLies "Mommy"]]\\"Mommy."]]\\



** Possibly {{Inverted|Trope}} when Tracy all but states that she doesn't expect Darren to receive any comeuppance for his manipulative and deceitful behavior. Not a few seconds later, it is revealed that Darren ended up at the recieving end of Ted's fist. Darren gets the knockout punch he deserves after all.

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** Possibly {{Inverted|Trope}} when Tracy all but states that she doesn't expect Darren to receive any comeuppance for his manipulative and deceitful behavior. Not a few seconds later, it is revealed that Darren ended up at the recieving receiving end of Ted's fist. Darren gets the knockout punch he deserves after all.
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* BabysFirstWords: Marvin utters his first words: "skunk junk". Marhsall and the Mother are, naturally, horrified and quickly agree to tell Lily he said "mommy".
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** Darren posts an ad looking for a new bassist, in order to oust Tracy; by the end of the episode, Darren quits the band after Ted punches him, allowing Tracy to keep her band.

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* TemptingFate: Barney keeps needling at Marshall, until Marshall reveals he's giving him the fourth slap. Barney immediately wishes he hadn't been so obnoxious.
** Darren, on a larger scale. It was only a matter of time before someone threw a punch at him. Ironically, it was completely unconnected to his antics.

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* TemptingFate: TemptingFate:
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Barney keeps needling at Marshall, until Marshall reveals he's giving him the fourth slap. Barney immediately wishes he hadn't been so obnoxious.
** Darren, on Possibly {{Inverted|Trope}} when Tracy all but states that she doesn't expect Darren to receive any comeuppance for his manipulative and deceitful behavior. Not a larger scale. It was only a matter few seconds later, it is revealed that Darren ended up at the recieving end of time before someone threw a Ted's fist. Darren gets the knockout punch at him. Ironically, it was completely unconnected to his antics.he deserves after all.

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** Darren, on a larger scale. It was only a matter of time before someone threw a punch at him. Ironically, it was completely unconnected to his antics.
* YouDidntAsk: Linus reveals that after all the hijinks trying to get a bottle of 30-year Glen [=McKenna=], he had a bottle of ''35-year'' behind the bar and never revealed it because they kept asking specifically for the 30-year.
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** Later, Barney has this reaction when he keeps pestering Marshall and Marshall suddenly cocks his arm back, making Barney realize that Marshall is chasing in another one of his slaps.
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* CouldSayItBut: Lily doesn't confirm or deny the existence of a window through which Ted to could possibly abscond with a bottle of $600 30-year-old Glen McKenna (the third bottle, technically).

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* CouldSayItBut: Lily doesn't confirm or deny the existence of a window through which Ted to could possibly abscond with a bottle of $600 30-year-old Glen McKenna [=McKenna=] (the third bottle, technically).
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seriously there was a whole episode about it


* BewareTheNiceOnes: This is the first time Ted has ever thrown a punch at someone.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: This is only the first second time Ted has ever thrown a punch at someone.
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* CouldSayItBut: Lily doesn't confirm or deny the existence of a window through which Ted to could possibly abscond with a bottle of $600 30-year-old Glen McKenna (the third bottle, technically).
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* InternalReveal: Barney finds out that Ted is moving away to Chicago right after the wedding.
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* OhCrap: Marshall and The Mother have this reaction when Marvin's first words turned out to be "Skunk Junk".
-->'''Marshall''': For the record, his first words were [[BlatantLies "Mommy"]]\\
''(The Mother nods)''
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: This is the first time Ted has ever thrown a punch at someone.
* ContinuityNod: Lily is still angry at Marshall for taking the Judge position without talking with her.
* ExtremeDoormat: The Mother turns out to be this, since she always is the one to shy away from confrontation. Because of this, Darren slowly took over her band and she even quit before Darren could boot her off. Marshall immediately calls her out on this and tries to help her fight back.


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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Even after Darren screwed with the gang for his own amusement, they still reconcile and make the friendships even stronger.

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* KarmaHoudini: Subverted. The Mother thinks people like Darren will never get his comeuppance, [[spoiler:and then Ted decks him]].
* TemptingFate: Barney keeps needling at Marshall, until Marshall reveals he's giving him the fourth slap. Barney immediately wishes he hadn't been so obnoxious.
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The gang crosses paths with Darren, the lead singer in the band playing at the wedding who finds ways of getting friends to start fighting just because he can. The Mother picks up Marshall and Marvin on the side of the road and drives them to the wedding.

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!!This episode provides examples of:

* ForTheEvulz: Darren likes to play a nasty little game where he breaks up friends just because he's good at it.

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