How I Met Your Mother (2005)

9 continuity mistakes in Pilot

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Starring: Jason Segel, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders, Alyson Hannigan, Josh Radnor

Genres: Comedy, Romance

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Marshall and Barney are talking in the back of the cab, the red-edged black book on the dashboard moves back and forth between shots, though the cab is stationary. (00:15:10)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Ted tells Robin that he loves her, Robin's hair jumps from behind to in front of her ear between shots. (00:16:10)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When the group are at the bar, just as Ted asks Barney's opinion, Marshall's beer bottle goes from at his mouth to on the table in a second. (00:11:00)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Marshall is pouring champagne, the amount poured is much less than that shown when they all raise their glasses.

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Before Marshall proposes the gold foil is still on the bottle of champagne. He sets it down with the foil still on and they have sex on the kitchen floor. When they sit up, he grabs the bottle of champagne again and the foil is already off. (00:04:50)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In the pilot episode we see the Son and Daughter listening to the start of the story on how Ted met their mother. In the final episode of the show it's revealed that the whole story has taken place in one sitting. However, the clothes the kids are wearing and the items around them are different in the pilot episode to every other episode. The sofa is a different design, the cushions appear etc. (00:00:45)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Robin is showing Ted how to get to the F train, she grabs her jacket and wraps it round her. But as she steps forward in the next shot it's no longer wrapped around her. (00:18:22)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In the flashback to how Ted met Barney, the position of Barney's beer bottle changes in his hand instantly. Note the label. (00:02:45)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Marshall is pouring champagne the way he holds the bottle changes between shots. (00:20:00)

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Mistakes

The Naked Truth - S7-E2

Revealing mistake: While showing the clip of Marshall streaking the first time, you can see thumbnails for videos of him streaking in New York. Those videos were created later that day and could not already be posted. One also shows a woman in yellow and appears to be a retake of the scene. (00:06:15)

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Quotes

Barney: It's gonna be legen...wait for it...dary!

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Trivia

Something Blue - S2-E22

Trivia: When Ted and Robin are at the restaurant, they are accidentally sent a champagne glass with an engagement ring in. A man then claims the ring and proposes to his girlfriend. This couple really did get engaged on the show - the guy set up the surprise proposal, as his girlfriend thought they were just there as extras.

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Questions

Show generally

Question: Out of Ted's kids in 2030, who is meant to be the older?

Chosen answer: In a flash forward scene in Season 8, it shows him with his first born: a daughter.

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Answer: Ted's daughter is older as revealed in a flash forward in 'Trilogy Time', when Ted is with his then-only child: a daughter.

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