How I Met Everyone Else
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"How I Met Everyone Else" is the fifth episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother
and 49th overall. It originally aired on October 22, 2007.
introduces the gang to his newest girlfriend, whose name Future Ted can't remember and instead refers to as "Blah Blah". Embarrassed that she and Ted met online playing World of Warcraft
, she makes up a story about how she saw Ted across a crowded room at a cooking class. This prompts everyone to reminisce about how they all met each other, and their stories are told through flashback
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met when Lily needed help with her stereo and she had a strange feeling about the room Hewitt 110. Marshall was the one who opened the door after she knocked. It was love at first sight.
met when they became college roommates. Marshall thought that Ted was the Dean until that night when he saw Ted after "eating a sandwich", which was older Ted's euphemism for smoking marijuana.
met in the men's room of McLaren's, after which Barney makes Ted his new wingman and tells the girl that Ted is deaf so that Barney can get a girl's phone number. When the girl mentions she knows sign language
, Ted signs to her a message that results in the girl giving Barney her number. Barney remarks that Ted must have said that Barney was a great guy, but what Ted really said was "He's lying to you. Just give him a fake number."
met when they saw each other across the room of the bar in the pilot episode.
He and Lily met at a freshman party, the night before Lily first met Marshall. Ted and eventually Lily think they made out at that college party. Ted said that Lily remembered his and Marshall's dorm room, Hewitt 110, because she was looking for him. Blah Blah takes advantage of Ted's guilt and threatens to tell Marshall. However, after Ted discreetly convinces Lily that they had made out at the freshmen party, Blah Blah still intends to tell Marshall, forcing Ted and Lily to come clean. However, Marshall recalls the incident more correctly - Ted had been making out with Alexa, another girl at the college, while Lily had been making out with another guy named Colin. Lily and Ted had really met when Marshall introduced her to him while he was crying about his ex-girlfriend, Karen.
In the present, Blah Blah angrily breaks up with Ted while Ted is secretly still convinced that he and Lily had actually made out, but spares the truth from Lily and Marshall to preserve their friendship. However, at his college reunion in 2020, Ted learns from Alexa that Marshall had been right all along.
ALMA award for Outstanding Writing for a Television Series for this episode on August 17, 2008.
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
and 49th overall. It originally aired on October 22, 2007.
Plot
At the bar TedTed Mosby
Theodore Evelyn "Ted" Mosby is the titular fictional character of the U.S. television sitcom How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Josh Radnor...
introduces the gang to his newest girlfriend, whose name Future Ted can't remember and instead refers to as "Blah Blah". Embarrassed that she and Ted met online playing World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
, she makes up a story about how she saw Ted across a crowded room at a cooking class. This prompts everyone to reminisce about how they all met each other, and their stories are told through flashback
Flashback (narrative)
Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial backstory...
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How Marshall met Lily
Marshall and LilyLily Aldrin
Lillian "Lily" Aldrin is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by American actress Alyson Hannigan. She is the wife of Marshall Eriksen and the best friend of Robin Scherbatsky...
met when Lily needed help with her stereo and she had a strange feeling about the room Hewitt 110. Marshall was the one who opened the door after she knocked. It was love at first sight.
How Ted met Marshall
Ted and MarshallMarshall Eriksen
Marshall Eriksen is a fictional character in the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother, created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and portrayed by Jason Segel.-Character profile:Marshall is an easy-going, naive optimist from St. Cloud, Minnesota...
met when they became college roommates. Marshall thought that Ted was the Dean until that night when he saw Ted after "eating a sandwich", which was older Ted's euphemism for smoking marijuana.
How Ted met Barney
Ted and BarneyBarney Stinson
Barnabas "Barney" Stinson is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris. The character has been extremely well received by critics and has been credited for much of the show's success...
met in the men's room of McLaren's, after which Barney makes Ted his new wingman and tells the girl that Ted is deaf so that Barney can get a girl's phone number. When the girl mentions she knows sign language
Sign language
A sign language is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns to convey meaning—simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's...
, Ted signs to her a message that results in the girl giving Barney her number. Barney remarks that Ted must have said that Barney was a great guy, but what Ted really said was "He's lying to you. Just give him a fake number."
How Ted met Robin
Ted and RobinRobin Scherbatsky
Robin Charles Scherbatsky, Jr. is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Canadian actress Cobie Smulders.- Early life :...
met when they saw each other across the room of the bar in the pilot episode.
How Barney met Marshall
Marshall and Barney met at the bar. Barney said that he would help Marshall score the hottest chick in the bar. He pointed at a red-haired girl who turned out to be Lily. Marshall walked up to her and they kissed. Barney's response: "That man is a god."How Ted met Lily
Meanwhile, in the present, Barney accidentally-on-purpose reveals that Ted told everyone that he met Blah Blah online. Blah Blah becomes angry, particularly at Robin whom she perceives as a threat to her relationship with Ted. Ted attempts to placate her and reveals how he actually met Lily.He and Lily met at a freshman party, the night before Lily first met Marshall. Ted and eventually Lily think they made out at that college party. Ted said that Lily remembered his and Marshall's dorm room, Hewitt 110, because she was looking for him. Blah Blah takes advantage of Ted's guilt and threatens to tell Marshall. However, after Ted discreetly convinces Lily that they had made out at the freshmen party, Blah Blah still intends to tell Marshall, forcing Ted and Lily to come clean. However, Marshall recalls the incident more correctly - Ted had been making out with Alexa, another girl at the college, while Lily had been making out with another guy named Colin. Lily and Ted had really met when Marshall introduced her to him while he was crying about his ex-girlfriend, Karen.
In the present, Blah Blah angrily breaks up with Ted while Ted is secretly still convinced that he and Lily had actually made out, but spares the truth from Lily and Marshall to preserve their friendship. However, at his college reunion in 2020, Ted learns from Alexa that Marshall had been right all along.
Music
- "Save it for a Rainy Day" by The JayhawksJayhawks (band)The Jayhawks are an American alternative country and rock band that emerged from the Twin Cities music scene during the mid 1980s. Their country rock sound was influential on many bands who played the Twin Cities circuit during the 80s and 90s like Uncle Tupelo, The Gear Daddies and The Honeydogs...
- "I Am a Scientist" by Guided by VoicesGuided by VoicesGuided by Voices is an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard...
- "Walk, Idiot, Walk" by The HivesThe HivesThe Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told...
Continuity
- Prior to this episode, Ted had already talked about how he met Robin (PilotPilot (How I Met Your Mother episode)"Pilot" is the first episode of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on September 19, 2005.- Plot :The episode begins in 2030 with an older Ted Mosby telling his children the story of how he met their mother...
), Barney (PilotPilot (How I Met Your Mother episode)"Pilot" is the first episode of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on September 19, 2005.- Plot :The episode begins in 2030 with an older Ted Mosby telling his children the story of how he met their mother...
), and Marshall ("Where Were We?Where Were We? (How I Met Your Mother)"Where Were We?" is the 23rd episode, and first episode in the second season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on September 18, 2006.- Plot :...
"). This episode reveals for the first time the flashback of how Ted and Lily met, while it expands on the flashback of how Ted and Barney and Ted and Marshall met. - Blah Blah is insecure with the fact that she met Ted online. Ted also seems embarrassed, but mentions that there is 'No stigma anymore' with meeting someone online. Ted already tried meeting someone online in the first season episodes "Matchmaker" and "Milk".
- Barney incorrectly plots the manner in which Vicky Mendoza "played jump rope" with the Vicky Mendoza diagonal. The manner in which he plots it implies that when Vicky lost 10 pounds, she didn't get any hotter, but instead got less crazy. She then became both crazier AND hotter by stabbing him with a fork. Finally, getting a "boob job" didn't make her any hotter, it simply made her much less crazy.
- In this episode, Ted mentions Karen, his college girlfriend. In the episodes "Sorry, BroSorry, Bro"Sorry, Bro" is the 16th episode in the fourth season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 80th overall. It originally aired on March 9, 2009.-Plot:At 1:45 am, Robin gets up so she will be in time for her 4 am talk show that she now anchors...
" and "The Front PorchThe Front Porch"The Front Porch" is the 17th episode in the fourth season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 81st overall. It originally aired on March 16, 2009.-Plot:...
," it is revealed that she cheated on him multiple times. - In "Where Were We?Where Were We? (How I Met Your Mother)"Where Were We?" is the 23rd episode, and first episode in the second season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on September 18, 2006.- Plot :...
", Ted talks about how when he first saw Marshall, Marshall was lying on his bed with his feet against the wall with a huge grin on his face. He also acts surprised when Marshall tells him he was high. But in this episode Marshall was standing up spraying an air freshener, and Ted says "Someone's been eating a sandwich (which is the euphemism for smoking pot in this episode)" - Robin's reaction to Blah Blah's assumption that Barney is her boyfriend is similar to the one when she sees an engagement ring in her champagne and thinks Ted is proposing to her in "Something Blue".
Barney's blog
Barney writes about the "Hot Crazy scale". He provides a quiz so readers can figure out where they fit on the scale. He advises readers who do not like the results to adjust their looks and personality accordingly.Cultural references
- Near the end of the episode it is revealed that Ted and Blah Blah met online playing the game World of WarcraftWorld of WarcraftWorld of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
. Blah Blah is shown to have a masculine character and Ted has a scantily clad female character. - During most of the flashback scenes, Ted is seen wearing a CinderellaCinderella (band)Cinderella is an American heavy metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation. They were famous for being a glam metal band, but then shifted over towards a more hard...
Night SongsNight SongsNight Songs is Cinderella's debut album, released in 1986 through Mercury Records in America and Vertigo Records in Europe. It sold several million copies due to a combination of their breakthrough single "Nobody's Fool", MTV airplay, and an opening slot on labelmates Bon Jovi's tour, in support of...
shirt. - During the first flashback to their freshman year (1996), Ted and Marshall are shown playing a Sony PlayStation 2PlayStation 2The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
. The PlayStation 2 was released in 2000. - Barney's chart includes a line that expresses the appropriate ratio of a woman's hotness to her craziness. He calls this "The Mendoza Diagonal," in reference to baseball's Mendoza LineMendoza LineThe Mendoza Line is an expression in baseball in the United States, deriving from the name of shortstop Mario Mendoza, whose lifetime batting average is taken to define the threshold of incompetent hitting...
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Critical response
- Donna Bowman of The AV Club rated the episode A.
- Staci Krause of IGNIGNIGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
gave the episode 8.9 out of 10.
- Omar G of Television Without Pity rated the episode A.
Awards
Gloria Calderon Kellet, the writer of this episode, won a National Council of La RazaNational Council of La Raza
The National Council of La Raza is a non-profit and non-partisan advocacy group in the United States, focused on improving opportunities for Hispanics. It is sometimes confused with La Raza Unida...
ALMA award for Outstanding Writing for a Television Series for this episode on August 17, 2008.