The Profile of the Girl Ted Likes on Lovefinder.com reads SCREEN NAME: CoinAndCrosswordLover AGE: 29 HEIGHT: 5'8 BODY TYPE: think Jessica Rabbit OCCUPATION: Hot Lady Architect LOOKING FOR: a life partner,a best friend,a soul mate...all that crap ABOUT ME: I'm just a girl with a masters degree in nerdy stuff like poetry or something searching for the one. I'm old fashioned about romance but by no means a prude. In fact I was a competitive gymnast so I can bend like spaghetti in the sack, which probably doesn't matter to you but it really should, Ted.I share my Soho flat and all my secrets with my dog, Pablo (named after my favorite poet: The Neruda!)I love pre-war architecture. Well I love all architecture! Though not anything from Sven! Barf, Right?!There's nothing hotter than a guy who's down with crosswords.Get it..Down?Oh and I love puns FAVORITE BOOKS:Love in the time of cholera (Spanish version,claro!),and anything by Pablo Neruda. FAVORITE MOVIES:Nothing beats Ghostbusters but a close second would be Die Hard...or A Madea Collector...or really anything from the guy who played Argyle on Die Hard's catalog. HOBBIES:Doing the New York times crossword, cooking, fun and games(wink!). Oh and I love to travel! I just spent a weekend in Cleveland at the rock and roll hall of fame and I didn't hate it! WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR:The One! Just a down to earth guy who knows a bunch of stupid facts about turn of the century coinage and junk like that.I don't mind if he has baggage, like if he was once left at the altar or beaten up by a goat. Also I'm a sucker for an out-of-date plaid shirt. At the end of the day, all I really want is a guy to correct me on things like grammar and punctuation and where apostrophes go.Because that's really hot, Ted!
Towards the end of the episode, Ted sees Robin on a beer label. This label reads "Wharmpess Gold" which is a beer created by Randy Wharmpess (Will Forte) who worked with Marshall and Barney at GNB until Marshall fired him in the episode "Canning Randy" (S6E7) to allow Randy to create his own brewery.
The scene at the end of the episode that shows Marshall smoking is in reference to Season 5 Episode 11 "last cigarette ever" when future Ted tells his kids that Marshall smoked his last cigarette the day his son was born.
The disguise Barney wears before kidnapping Marshall slightly resembles that of Captain Sham from A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)