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* [[Acting for Two]]: The five main lead actors also play their respective doppelgangers.
* [[Actor Allusion]]:
** Recently featured Barney, played by Neil Patrick Harris, typing up a blog
** Another one is with [[Alyson Hannigan]]'s character. When having cold feet before her marriage, one of the items on the list of experiences to have is a big lesbian experience. Her most famous role is lesbian witch Willow from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Her favorite name for her baby: Tara (Willow's girlfriend from ''Buffy'').
** At the end of Ten Sessions, the tattoo removal doctor tells Ted to call her if he ever ends up with a dolphin tattoo on his right ankle, which is coincidentally the tattoo that Alyson Hannigan has in real life.
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* [[Actor Shared Background]]:
** Like Ted, Josh Radnor is from Ohio.
** Like Robin, Cobie Smulders is from Canada.
* [[Dawson Casting]]:
** The gang frequently plays their younger selves in flashback sequences, even to when they're teenagers.
** Done pretty literally when James Van Der Beek guest starred as Robin's old boyfriend and played both his teenage self and his middle-aged self (of course, teenage Robin is also played by Cobie Smulders).
** Inverted with Robin who is actually a couple of years ''older'' than Cobie Smulders is in real life (presumably to shift her being a news anchor out of [[Improbable Age]] territory).
*** Lampshaded in one episode, when Barney claims Robin always says she's two years younger than what she really is.
* [[Defictionalization]]: The labor announcement that Ted created for Lily and Marshall is an actual site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140517201956/http://lilysinlabor.com/
** Full versions of the music videos for both ''Let's Go to the Mall'' and ''Sandcastles in the Sand'' have been created and both songs are up for purchase on itunes. [[The Bro Code]] and The Playbook were also made into actual books. Also, an in-universe example when Robin describes the building Ted designed as "a building in your head that became real."
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Jason Segel was not told that the bad news in "Bad News" was {{spoiler|his character's father dying}} until the words came out of Alyson Hannigan's mouth while shooting the final scene (which was just one take). He also improvised the line ''"I'm not ready for this."''
* [[Fake American]]:
** The implied American Lesbian Robin is played by Canadian Cobie Smulders. In fact, all the gang's doppelgangers sans Barney are played with [[Fake Nationality]] (see below).
** Tony, also presumably American, is played by Canadian Jason Jones.
* [[Fake Mixed Race]]: Dark-skinned Wayne Brady plays white Barney's half-brother.
* [[Fake Nationality]]:
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*** Jessica Glitter, Robin's co-star from her Canadian children's television show (although it's never stated directly that she's a Canadian citizen), is played by Nicole Sherzinger, an American who was born in Hawaii and raised in Kentucky.
*** Katie and Genevieve, Robin's sister and mother, are respectively played by American [[Lucy Hale]] and British Tracy Ullman.
*** Her ex-boyfriend Simon is played by American James Van Der Beek.
** All the gang's doppelgangers sans Barney's. For Robin's, see [[Fake American]] above.
*** The implied Hispanic Mustache Marshall is played by American Jason Segel.
*** The implied Eastern European Stripper Lily is played by American Alyson Hannigan.
*** Mexican wrestler Ted is played by American Josh Radnor.
** Bangladeshi Ranjit is played by Iranian Marshall Manesh.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: "Hey, wasn't [[Doogie Howser, M.D.|that blond guy-?]]" "Heh, please..." "-[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Dr. Horrible?]]"
** Lily used to be a [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|teenaged witch]] (with an evil vampire doppelganger) with a penchant for doing things at [[American Pie|band camp]].
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** Hey, [[Baldur's Gate|Sarevok]]/[[Knights of the Old Republic|Jolee Bindo]] is Stan the security guard?
** [[Angel|Wesley Windham-Pryce]] is a news reporter? [[Angel|Fred]] is one of Barney's conquests?
** [[Firefly (TV series)|Inara]] as the chick with the crazy eyes. (She's coworkers with [[Buffy|Andrew]], by the way).
** While at it Ted's mum ([[Heroes (TV series)|Angela Petrelli]]) is now married to [[Buffy|the Mayor of Sunnydale]] and I think I saw [[Buffy|Harmony]] in one episode as well. This show is where Joss's characters go to catch up.
** This probably has something to do with [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Dr. Horrible]] and [[Buffy|Willow Rosenberg]] being main cast members.
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*** He dated [[House (TV series)|Cameron]], too.
** Ted's kids are [[Wizards of Waverly Place|Justin Russo]] and [[Desperate Housewives|Dylan Mayfair.]]
** In the second episode, [[Leverage|Parker]] gatecrashes Ted's
** "The Pineapple Incident" OMG! Ted slept with [[The Wonder Years|Winnie Cooper]]! And they had a threeway with Kacey from ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]''.
*** Who is also Laurie from ''Cougar Town''
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*** Also, [[Malcolm in the Middle|Abe]] is now inspecting houses.
** [[Friends|Janice]] sold Marshall & Lily their apartment.
** Everyday, Ted gives one dollar to [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson.]]
** Barney sleeps with [[Leverage|Parker]] in the "Purple Giraffe".
** Robin's little sister is a [[Pretty Little Liars|pretty little]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|liar.]]
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** [[Freaks and Geeks|Neal Schweiber]] just saw Bryan Affleck! No, wait, it was just Nick Andopolis.
*** And Robin went out on a date with Bill Haverchuck to prove a point about the Lemon Law.
** In the episode "Atlantic City", [[Bones|Caroline Julian]] and [[Scrubs|Gooch]] bring up obstacles in the way of Lily and Marshall's quickie wedding, followed by a [[Married At Sea|near-miss ceremony]] officiated by boat captain [[Heroes (TV series)|Eli]].
** In "Blitzgiving", [[Lost|Hurley]] shows up as the titular "The Blitz" character (real name: Steve), complete with [[Actor Allusion]] / [[Shout-Out]]:
{{quote|'''Steve''': I was on that island for what seems like eternity!}}
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*** [[Twin Peaks|Leland Palmer]] was Satan?
** [[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman|Dr. Quinn]] teaches law now?
** [[Watchmen (comics)|Silk Spectre II]] played Stella in "The Wedding Bride".
*** ''The Wedding Bride'' is an interesting example, because the actors of the movie (Jason Lewis, Malin Akerman, and Chris Kattan) were actually supposed to ''be'' those actors. Meaning this would've possibly been a [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] in-universe as well.
** Zoey is married to [[Twin Peaks|Special Agent Dale Cooper]]/[[Sex and the City|Trey MacDougal]]/[[Desperate Housewives|Orson Hodge]]?
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** [[Primetime Glick|Jiminy Glick]] is Marshall's New Boss.
** Robin dates [[House (TV series)|Kutner]]
*** Alternatively, you'd expect that [[Harold
** In Season 6, Robbie Amell plays a love interest of Robin's by the name of "Scooby", and is mocked by the main cast for having dog-like tendencies. Interesting, since two of his best known roles are Scooby-Doo movies.
** Wait wait wait wait wait, hold the phone for just a second. His name was [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Scooby?]]
** [[Six Feet Under|Ruth Fisher]] is Barney's mother.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Harvey Fierstein's signature gravelly rasp is used for Lily's "smoking voice".
* [[Irony as She Is Cast]]: [[Neil Patrick Harris]] didn't officially come out as gay until a few years into the show (it was sort of an open secret beforehand). This made Barney's aggressive heterosexuality and his issues with his gay brother James even funnier. There is a whole ordeal with Barney opposing James' marriage, not because it would be a gay marriage but he was opposed to marriage in general.
* [[Milestone Celebration]]: "How Your Mother Met Me", dedicated entirely to the mother, is the 200th episode.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Jai Rodriguez becomes the second actor to play James' life partner Tom.
* [[Promoted Fanboy|Promoted Fangirl]]:
** Youtube ukulele songwriter Tally Deushane, whose [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp7NX2cH_SI filk song] about the [[Framing Device|saintlike patience of Ted's kids]] was [http://twitpic.com/2qs1xk played over the Season 5 series recap].
** In interviews, Jennifer Morrison has stated she was a huge fan of the show and actively campaigned to get her part.
* [[Reality Subtext]]:
** Although apparently they filmed the episode with Barney's brother the same week that [[Neil Patrick Harris]] was outed, making it more of a [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm]].
* [[Short-Lived Big Impact]]: Season Three is the shortest season of the show, but it is perhaps the one where the most important premises of the show are introduced, namely the series' most important [[Arc Symbol]] (the yellow umbrella), Marshall and Lily's struggle to find a place they can call their own and a glimpse of the integral [[Love Triangle]] between Ted, Barney and Robin.▼
** Several months after Lily and Marshall learned they were having their first child, Alyson Hannigan announced she was pregnant with her second child.
▲* [[Short-Lived, Big Impact]]: Season Three is the shortest season of the show, but it is perhaps the one where the most important premises of the show are introduced, namely the series' most important [[Arc Symbol]] (the yellow umbrella), Marshall and Lily's struggle to find a place they can call their own and a glimpse of the integral [[Love Triangle]] between Ted, Barney and Robin.
* [[Technology Marches On]]: Subtly pointed out in "Trilogy Time" where the gang watches the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' trilogy once every three years. Each time they use the most recent video format, [[VHS]], [[DVD]], [[Blu-Ray]], and in a [[Flash Forward]] it was completely digital with Marshall trying to use voice commands to play it.
* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: Given that the series is entirely told via [[Flash Back]]s, it's noted that time passes particularly with some of the pop culture references thrown during conversations and the evolution of the characters' cellphones (from the flip phones to PD As to smartphones). Lampshaded at the beginning of "Mystery VS. History", where a flashback in 2005 shows the gang debating about the most popular food in America and then in 2011, the gang are browsing through their smartphones where Robin searched that the most popular food is bread.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]] was initially slated to play Robin but backed out because she ultimately chose to appear in ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]''. Likewise, Scott Foley was initially slated to play Ted.
*** An episode of ''The Nerdist'' revealed that [[Gillian Jacobs]] auditioned for Robin. Chris Hardwick also went up for a part.
** If the show hadn't gotten picked up for a second season, Victoria would have been the mother.
** Season 8 was intended to be the final season, but when the show was unexpectedly renewed for a ninth season the planned ending (Robin and Barney get married and Ted meets the mother) had to be pushed back.
** Within two weeks of the episode airing, Carter Bays and Craig Thomas still hadn't decided on the ending of the series, trying to choose between two endings. The alternate ending was on the season DVD release.
* [[Word of God]]:
** It is never stated in the show, but the creators have confirmed that Carl's last name is MacLaren and that he owns the bar. This is a [[Shout-Out]] in and of itself - Carl MacLaren is a member of the ''HIMYM'' crew.
** Marshall once made Ted swear on the names of his unborn children: [[Star Wars|Luke and Leia.]]
* Over half the main cast have worked with [[Joss Whedon]]. [[Alyson Hannigan]] rose to fame in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Neil Patrick Harris was in ''[[
* One episode shows a picture of Robin appearing on Letterman. In real life around the week later Colbie appeared on that show to talk about her role in the Avengers movie.
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