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How I Met Your Mother
S2.E9
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Slap Bet

  • Episode aired Nov 20, 2006
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 23m
IMDb RATING
9.4/10
7.4K
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Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)
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The gang discovers that Robin's been hiding a huge secret, but they have no idea what it is. Marshall thinks she is married, and Barney thinks she was a porn star.The gang discovers that Robin's been hiding a huge secret, but they have no idea what it is. Marshall thinks she is married, and Barney thinks she was a porn star.The gang discovers that Robin's been hiding a huge secret, but they have no idea what it is. Marshall thinks she is married, and Barney thinks she was a porn star.
IMDb RATING
9.4/10
7.4K
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    • Pamela Fryman
  • Writers
    • Carter Bays
    • Craig Thomas
    • Kourtney Kang
  • Stars
    • Josh Radnor
    • Jason Segel
    • Cobie Smulders
    • Pamela Fryman
  • Writers
    • Carter Bays
    • Craig Thomas
    • Kourtney Kang
  • Stars
    • Josh Radnor
    • Jason Segel
    • Cobie Smulders
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    • 5User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)
    Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)
    Chris Moss, Cobie Smulders, Marcy McCusker, Tara Brook, and Jé Marie Rilveria in How I Met Your Mother (2005)
    Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, and Josh Radnor in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

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    Josh Radnor
    Josh Radnor
    • Ted Mosby
    Jason Segel
    Jason Segel
    • Marshall Eriksen
    Cobie Smulders
    Cobie Smulders
    • Robin Scherbatsky
    Neil Patrick Harris
    Neil Patrick Harris
    • Barney Stinson
    Alyson Hannigan
    Alyson Hannigan
    • Lily Aldrin
    Courtney Abbiati
    • Girl #3
    Candace Kroslak
    Candace Kroslak
    • Girl #1
    Wayne Nickel
    • Reverend Rob
    Rachel Specter
    Rachel Specter
    • Girl #2
    Tara Brook
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Chris Moss
    Chris Moss
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Timothy Prindle
    Timothy Prindle
    • Mr. Johnson
    • (uncredited)
    Jé Marie Rilveria
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Saget
    Bob Saget
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Chadd Smith
    Chadd Smith
    • Male Lead Dancer
    • (uncredited)
      • Pamela Fryman
    • Writers
      • Carter Bays
      • Craig Thomas
      • Kourtney Kang
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This episode is tied as the most highly rated episode of the series on IMDb.
    • Goofs
      As the gang is watching the Robin Sparkles video, each time it jumps to the video on the laptop, there is a two liter bottle of 'JT Cola' present next to the computer that is not in the group shot of them watching it.
    • Quotes

      Ted Mosby: That wasn't a real secret!

      Robin Scherbatsky: Yeah, but it could've been!

      Ted Mosby: You are driving me crazy! No wonder your fake husband moved to Hong Kong!

      Robin Scherbatsky: [deadly serious] He moved there for business!

    • Connections
      Featured in TV Guide's Top 100 Episodes of All Time (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Let's Go to the Mall
      Written by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas
      Performed by Cobie Smulders

    User reviews5

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    9/10
    One Of The Best Episodes
    Plot In A Paragraph: Robins secret hatred of the mall is revealed and when she won't say why it gets everyone interested. Ted is drove mad by his girlfriends secret and Marshall and Barney have a slap bet (With Lily being slap bet commissioner) over who is right. Marshall thinks she is hiding a secret marriage where she got married at a mall, whilst Barney naturally thinks a little darker and smuttier and thinks she is a porn star.

    This is one of my favourite episodes Once again Neil Patrick Harris is central to the story and brings most of the laughs and Alyson Hannigan and Jason Segel also excellent again too!! They are quickly becoming my favourites behind NPH.

    Special mention may go to Cobie Smulders in this episode too.
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    • Nov 27, 2014

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    • Release date
      • November 20, 2006 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Bays Thomas Productions
      • 20th Century Fox Television
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    Technical specs

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    • 23 minutes
      • Color
      • Stereo
      • Dolby Digital

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