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How I Met Your Mother (2005) - 132 mistakes in entire show

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Oh Honey (season 6, episode 15)

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Updated this week Character mistake: Robin says she burned the dinner because she mistook the temperature scale on the oven for Celsius. However a given temperature is always higher in Fahrenheit, so by assuming the oven to be labeled in Celsius she would have undercooked the food.

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Canning Randy (season 6, episode 7)

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Updated recently Continuity: There is a lot of foam in the glasses when Barney pours champagne, however after camera shot changes all the foam is gone.

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The Perfect Week (season 5, episode 14)

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Continuity: In the 14th episode of the 5th season, "The Perfect Week", Lily and Marshall mention that they've been using the same toothbrush ever since they've been together, but in the 14th episode of the 1st season, "Zip, zip, zip", Marshall and Lily are simultaneously brushing their teeth with a tooth brush each (before Ted and Victoria get home).

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Slutty Pumpkin (season 1, episode 6)

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Continuity: Robin says in this episode that she never played team sports and was always a loner. However in a later episode, (The Prom episode) she mentions she missed her prom due to field hockey nationals.

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How I Met Everyone Else (season 3, episode 5)

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Factual error: When Ted is talking about what Marshall told him after he met Lilly, the two boys are playing with Playstation 2 controllers. The scene takes place in 1996, and Playstation 2 didn't come out until 2000.

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Slapsgiving (season 3, episode 9)

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Continuity: When future Ted is counting the times Marshall slapped Barney, the first one is shown as the one at the bar, but this was before Barney decided 5 for eternity. The one that counts as the first is the one he gets after they watch Robin Sparkles' Video.

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Intervention (season 4, episode 4)

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Continuity: In this episode, both Ted and Marshall mention that Lucy, Stella's daughter, is 7 years old, when in the previous season (13th episode of 3rd season, Ten Sessions) Stella states: "I have a daughter. Her name is Lucy, she's 8." Did she grow younger?

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Swarley (season 2, episode 7)

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Continuity: After Ted's date Janine smashes the car windshield, the glass is undamaged in the next shot.

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Purple Giraffe (season 1, episode 2)

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Continuity: In the opening scene at the bar, the level of beer in Ted's glass goes up and down between shots.

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How I Met Everyone Else (season 3, episode 5)

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Continuity: In this episode we get to see when Ted met Marshall. But in Season 2, episode 1 Ted says to Marshall, "And there was my roommate, lying on the bed with his feet up on the wall. He had headphones on, big smile on his face. That guy was you." In this episode we get to see it was different.

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Right Place Right Time (season 4, episode 22)

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Continuity: At the end of episode when Ted goes around hugging people whilst holding the yellow umbrella, he isn't holding the umbrella when he goes to hug Barney at McLarens.

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Purple Giraffe (season 1, episode 2)

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Continuity: When Marshall runs after Ted to tell him to get French Onion Dip, his robe keeps changing from crossed over his chest to straight down.

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Swarley (season 2, episode 7)

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Audio problem: Lily starts chasing Chloe down the street. She hits a pipe. If you listen closely, you'll hear that she groans before the metallic hit sound effect.

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Intervention (season 4, episode 4)

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Continuity: After the gang gets to the bar around the end of the episode, Ted starts his speech about how they all need to move on. As he moves over to the booth, he tells the people sitting there to get out. You can see that the girl takes her phone with her, and there is no other phone anywhere on the table. A few seconds later, she comes back saying that she left her phone, and now the phone is visible on the table.

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The Playbook (season 5, episode 8)

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Continuity: In season 5 episode 8, Marshall and Ted are playing on an Xbox 360 Console. If you look carefully it is in your face that Ted's Xbox control has no batteries in it, yet he is playing the game with Marshall, and then a few scenes change and so do the batteries. Scene 1, 12 minutes and 23 seconds: Marshall's remotes has a battery in while Ted's is out. Scene 2, 12m 40s: Marshall's Xbox control has no battery in. Scene 3, 12m 51s: Marshall's battery is back in the controller. Scene 4, 12m 58s: Marshall's battery is out again. Scene 5, 13m 44s: Marshall's battery is back in.

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Matchmaker (season 1, episode 7)

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Continuity: When Marshall comes out of his room with the book about the Roswell Incident, he's holding the cover and first pages bent under the book, next shot he's just holding them normally, then they're bent again.

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Monday Night Football (season 2, episode 14)

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Continuity: When the gang are about to watch the Super Bowl, Marshall is holding a chicken wing which vanishes from his hand when the camera angle changes.

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Continuity: In the classroom, Marshall squirts juice on to the boy's clothes then puts the juice pouch flat on the table. In the next shot, the pouch is standing upright.

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Atlantic City (season 2, episode 8)

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Continuity: At the courthouse, we see Marshall, Lily and Barney walk around the corner towards the bench twice, from two different angles.

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Slapsgiving (season 3, episode 9)

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Continuity: Marshall turns on the computer, and a readout pops up clearly displaying 2h 45m left on the countdown. He then says "look at that - that means we're in the final hour left of the countdown".

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