Rabbit or Duck 

Barney runs into problems when he displays his cell phone number during the Super Bowl, Ted asks Marshall and Lily to arrange a marriage for him, and Robin thinks that her co-anchor has asked her out on a date.

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
Benjamin Koldyke	...	Don (as Ben Koldyke)
Marshall Manesh	...	Ranjit
Bar Paly	...	Natalia
Jim Nantz	...	Jim Nantz (voice)
Phil Simms	...	Phil Simms (voice)
Arnold Chun	...	Waiter
Lauren Shiohama	...	Marissa

Storyline

There's a fine line between love and hate, which is evident for the gang in the lead up to Valentine's Day 2010. Ted uses the analogy of the picture that seen one way looks like a duck ("love" in most of their minds, except for Marshall), and seen another way looks like a rabbit ("hate"). To Robin, her co-anchor Don is a rabbit, so she is perturbed when she thinks his invitation to a Valentine's Day party at his place is a date. To Ted, all he can see around him are rabbits. He feels he doesn't have any problem attracting women, but it's choosing the duck with which he has the problem. So he decides for this Valentine's Day, he's going to leave the choosing of his duck to who he sees as the ultimate duck choosers, Marshall and Lily (since they both found each other). And Barney thinks that his self-advertising sign with his phone number shown during the Super Bowl is a certain way that he will have his choice of a duck for Valentine's. His problem may not be finding a duck, but ...

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Plot Keywords:

neil patrick harris character | man wears tighty whities | woman wears a red dress | canadian abroad | male nudity | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode bears resemblance to "The Tell-tale Heart" story by Edgar Allan Poe. Barney is the narrator being driven slowly mad by the sound of a beating heart of a murdered man, represented by the ringing of his magic phone.

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Goofs

When Lily and Marshall are thinking of girls to set Ted up with, Marshall suggests Natalie but in 1.04 (Return of the shirt) at the end the narrator says that Natalie was married within 1 year and has a kid, so at this time (5 years later) Natalie is married and has a kid.

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Quotes

Marshall Eriksen: Well, dog my cats! I think I know what's going on here. Robin... did you WANT Don to ask out?
Robin Scherbatsky: Whaaat?
[In a high voice; huffs]
Robin Scherbatsky: Nooo, I HATE Don! I-I-I can't stop thinking how much I hate him, it's like, it's like... all the time. I just wanna attack him and rip his stupid clothes off and spank him with his little paddle until his bum's all red. SHUT UP!
[Leaves the table]

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Connections

Featured in How I Met Your Mother: Of Course (2010)

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Soundtracks

Turkey in the Straw
(uncredited)
Traditional

User Reviews

Funny

Ha ha he's a duck and his name is Donald. Ha ha ha Donald Duck!!!!!! Classic lol

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Persian

Release Date:

8 February 2010 (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:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1