How I Met Your Mother (2005– )

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Ted searches for the woman of his dreams in New York City with the help of his four best friends.

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Cast

Series cast summary:
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 Ted Mosby (185 episodes, 2005-2013)
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 Marshall Eriksen (185 episodes, 2005-2013)
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 Robin Scherbatsky (185 episodes, 2005-2013)
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 Barney Stinson (185 episodes, 2005-2013)
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 Lily Aldrin (185 episodes, 2005-2013)
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 Daughter (56 episodes, 2005-2013)
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 Son (56 episodes, 2005-2013)
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Storyline

The year is 2030. Ted Mosby is relaying the story of how he met his wife to his daughter and son. The story starts in the year 2005, when then twenty-seven year old architect Ted was spurred on to want to get married after his best friends from his college days at Wesleyan, lawyer Marshall Eriksen, who was his roommate at the time and kindergarten teacher Lily Aldrin, got engaged after nine years of dating each other. Ted's new quest in life was much to the dismay of his womanizing friend, Barney Stinson. But soon after Marshall and Lily's engagement, Ted believed that his life mate was going to be news reporter and aspiring news anchor Robin Scherbatsky, who, despite having had a romantic relationship with her after this time, ended up being who the kids know as their "Aunt" Robin. As Ted relays the story to his kids, the constants are that their Uncle Marshall, Aunt Lily, Uncle Barney and Aunt Robin are always in the picture and thus have something to do with how he got together ... Written by Huggo

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A love story in reverse.

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Comedy | Romance

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19 September 2005 (USA)  »

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Trivia

Barney Stinson was named after a heroin peddler in the James Ellroy book 'LA Confidential'. See more »

Goofs

Because during most of filming of season 3, Marshall had longer hair there are several flashback moments of Marshall in the time line of the first two seasons where he has long hair, but when the first 2 seasons actually took place he had shorter hair. See more »

Quotes

Barney: Haaaaave you met Ted?
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Connections

Referenced in Hot in Cleveland: How I Met My Mother (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"Hey Beautiful"
Written by The Solids
Performed by The Solids
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Sweet romantic comedy you must watch!
26 June 2006 | by (Bulgaria) – See all my reviews

Excellent series to waste some time. Perfect for the romantic souls! The story is about five friends and their love adventures, mixed up with tons of funny stories. Ted is a lonely guy, who wants to make a family, but the girl he loves does not want a serious relationship and keeps cutting off his attempts to win her heart. Marshal and Lilly are Ted's best friends they are together for 9 years and are planning a wedding with all the consequences coming from that. Barny is the Casanova of the company. He's funny and arrogant in a very humouristic way. The director's method's are different and will keep your attention in these cute series.


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