The Pineapple Incident
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"The Pineapple Incident" is the 10th episode in the first season of the television series How I Met Your Mother
. It originally aired on November 28, 2005. It is the highest viewed episode in season 1
and currently the highest overall episode during the seven seasons of How I Met Your Mother
After finding Barney in the tub, Ted asks him about the night, and Barney tells him that he was going to call Robin again, so he lit Ted's coat on fire. Barney tells Ted that after some more fun, he put Ted back into bed. Ted finds that someone wrote on his arm, saying to call the number if Ted was found passed out somewhere. Ted calls the number, and finds out it belongs to the bartender, Carl. Carl tells Ted that he wanted to vomit and went to the bathroom (ending Ted's "vomit-free since '93" streak), and told him the meaning of the word karaoke and that he wanted to go see some penguins at the zoo, but he had to make one more call first, and asked to Robin to come over and do something "crazy". Based on this information, Marshall, Lily, and Barney believe that the mysterious girl in Ted's bed is actually Robin, but as Ted goes to wake the girl up, Robin calls.
The girl in bed, Trudy (portrayed by Danica McKellar
), wakes up, and explains her side of the story, telling Ted that he did not vomit after all, and that she exchanged numbers with him in the ladies' room of the bar. Ted tells Trudy to hide when Robin comes over to talk, and Trudy leaves via the fire escape before Ted can show her to Robin to prove that he has moved on. Future Ted explains that Trudy never responded to his subsequent message, and he never did work out where the pineapple came from, but they still ate it.
" that Ted had lied about being "vomit free since 93" as he had gotten drunk and puked on Robin's doormat after their first date.
In the episode "Third Wheel
" Ted runs in to Trudy at the bar, and then brings her and her sorority sister up to the apartment.
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...
. It originally aired on November 28, 2005. It is the highest viewed episode in season 1
How I Met Your Mother (season 1)
The first season of the American television comedy series How I Met Your Mother premiered on September 19, 2005 and concluded on May 15, 2006. It consisted of 22 episodes, each running approximately 22 minutes in length. CBS broadcast the first season on Monday nights at 8:30 pm in the United...
and currently the highest overall episode during the seven seasons of How I Met Your Mother
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...
Plot
In this episode, Barney, Marshall, and Lily all convince Ted to take five shots of 'Red Dragon' (a special blend by Carl the Bartender at MacLaren's) so that Ted will not think but instead do. Ted blacks out, and wakes up the next morning with a girl he doesn't remember beside him in bed, a pineapple on his nightstand, and a sprained ankle. He also finds out that his coat has been recently set on fire. Ted asks Marshall and Lily about the night, and Marshall and Lily tell him that he sang along with the jukebox in the bar while standing on a table. He also was talking on the phone with Robin while he was singing. He fell off the table (explaining the sprained ankle), and Marshall and Lily took him up to his bed. However, they do not know why there is a girl on the bed and why there is a pineapple on Ted's nightstand, and the reason his coat was burned. Ted calls Barney, thinking that he might know what had happened.After finding Barney in the tub, Ted asks him about the night, and Barney tells him that he was going to call Robin again, so he lit Ted's coat on fire. Barney tells Ted that after some more fun, he put Ted back into bed. Ted finds that someone wrote on his arm, saying to call the number if Ted was found passed out somewhere. Ted calls the number, and finds out it belongs to the bartender, Carl. Carl tells Ted that he wanted to vomit and went to the bathroom (ending Ted's "vomit-free since '93" streak), and told him the meaning of the word karaoke and that he wanted to go see some penguins at the zoo, but he had to make one more call first, and asked to Robin to come over and do something "crazy". Based on this information, Marshall, Lily, and Barney believe that the mysterious girl in Ted's bed is actually Robin, but as Ted goes to wake the girl up, Robin calls.
The girl in bed, Trudy (portrayed by Danica McKellar
Danica McKellar
Danica Mae McKellar is an American actress, academic, and education advocate. She is best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the television show The Wonder Years, and later as author of the three The New York Times bestsellers, Math Doesn't Suck, Kiss My Math, and Hot X: Algebra Exposed, which...
), wakes up, and explains her side of the story, telling Ted that he did not vomit after all, and that she exchanged numbers with him in the ladies' room of the bar. Ted tells Trudy to hide when Robin comes over to talk, and Trudy leaves via the fire escape before Ted can show her to Robin to prove that he has moved on. Future Ted explains that Trudy never responded to his subsequent message, and he never did work out where the pineapple came from, but they still ate it.
Music
- The song on the jukebox that TedTed MosbyTheodore Evelyn "Ted" Mosby is the titular fictional character of the U.S. television sitcom How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Josh Radnor...
sings along to is "VoicesVoices (Cheap Trick song)"Voices" is the title of a song written by Rick Nielsen and recorded by American rock band Cheap Trick which appeared on the album Dream Police. It was written by guitarist Rick Neilsen. The single was released in 1979 and peaked at #32 in the US...
" by Cheap TrickCheap TrickCheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
.
Continuity
It is revealed in the episode "Game NightGame Night
"Game Night" is the 15th episode in the first season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on February 27, 2006.- Plot :...
" that Ted had lied about being "vomit free since 93" as he had gotten drunk and puked on Robin's doormat after their first date.
In the episode "Third Wheel
Third Wheel
"Third Wheel" is the third episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 47th overall. It originally aired on October 8, 2007.- Plot :...
" Ted runs in to Trudy at the bar, and then brings her and her sorority sister up to the apartment.
Cultural References
Marshall's statement, "Bad Idea Jeans," is a reference to a Saturday Night Live fake commercial from the '90s for a brand of jeans called "Bad Idea Jeans."Production
- Carter Bays later admitted he learned a lesson from this episode to not write themselves into a corner. The line "we never found out where the pineapple came from" was something they never should have said.
- This episode is the most watched episode in How I Met Your Mother's history.