Slap Bet 

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.

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

Carter Bays (created by), Craig Thomas (created by)

Stars:

Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin
Courtney Abbiati	...	Girl #3
Candace Kroslak	...	Girl #1
Wayne Nickel	...	Reverend Rob
Rachel Specter	...	Girl #2

Storyline

Ted is learning a few secrets about Robin: she's scared of the seven dwarfs, and she refuses to go to the mall. Although she is up front about why she fears the dwarfs, she refuses to tell Ted and the others about why she won't go to the mall. Marshall believes it's because she got married in a mall and is still married. Barney believes it has something to do with Robin having performed in a porn video. The two of them make a slap bet with each other: whoever is right gets to slap the other across the face as hard as he can. They even ask Lily to be the slap bet officiator, as long as she promises to be unbiased. Ted tries to find out Robin's secret, but she asks him to respect her privacy on this issue. When Ted does eventually pry it out of her, he wishes he didn't know as he doesn't know what to do with the information. But as time goes on, Barney actually finds out that it has to do with a video starring someone named Robin Sparkles. It is only then that Robin makes full ...

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Plot Keywords:

canadian abroad | music video | one hit wonder | teenage pop star | secretly married | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 November 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bays Thomas Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The "Let's Go to the Mall" video parodies two '80s teen pop icons Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. Robin's style and hairdo mirrors that of Gibson's, where as Tiffany got her big break at stardom singing in malls, hence the song/video and why present-day Robin was reluctant to go to the mall. Robin Sparkles was almost certainly also inspired by the early teen-pop career of Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, before her album Jagged Little Pill, as Morissette was often compared to both Gibson and Tiffany at the time.

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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.

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Quotes

Ted Mosby: You're afraid of the seven dwarfs?
Robin Scherbatsky: Just Doc. He's creepy. I mean, he's got a medical degree. Why is he hanging around a bunch of coal miners?

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Connections

Featured in How I Met Your Mother: Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap (2009)

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Soundtracks

Let's Go to the Mall
Written by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas
Performed by Cobie Smulders

User Reviews

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.