How I Met Your Mother

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.

pinkwafer

Bad News - S6-E13

Trivia: Throughout the entire episode Bad News (Season 6, Episode 13), there's a number in every scene. These numbers are a countdown for the news that Marshall will get at the very end of the episode.

Douglasac

The Stinsons - S4-E15

Trivia: Barney uses the line "Call me crazy, but child actors were way better back in the 80s." Neil Patrick Harris was a child actor in the 80s, most known for his role in Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989). After reciting his line, a brief clip of the theme song from Doogie Howser plays.

Blitzgiving - S6-E10

Trivia: During this episode we see a character called 'Blitz' who is played by Jorge Garcia. Jorge played the character Hurley on Lost. In the flashback of the events when Ted left the bar, Marshall asks everyone to shout out some random numbers. Jorge shouts out the numbers: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42. The exact same numbers that are a key point of Lost and the numbers Hurley played to win the lottery.

Ssiscool

Big Days - S6-E1

Trivia: As pointed out by an earlier contributor, the title of the book the girl at the bar is reading changes when Barney and Ted call dibs on her. But the picture shows the title as being "Brideshead Revisted"; "visited" is misspelled.

Jeff Swanson

Season 4 generally

Trivia: Mostly in the latter part of the season, Lily and Robin keep covering their bellies, this is due to the real actresses being pregnant at the time, Alyson gave birth in March and Cobie in May.

I'm Not That Guy - S3-E6

Trivia: Lily is imagining herself around a pile of cute boots after Marshall showed her his salary for the job of an evil corporation company. If you look at her left side, as she is motioning like an angel, you can see Ted's pair of red cowboy boots are there.

Last Forever: Part Two - S9-E24

Trivia: On their wedding day, Tracy shows up at McClaren's to meet up with Ted and the gang. While sitting at their usual table, Ted and Tracy kiss. Right when that happens, we quickly see Marshall hand Lily some money. This is a callback to a bet they made in season 7, when Lily bets Marshall that Ted and Robin don't end up together.

jshy7979

The Best Burger in New York - S4-E2

Trivia: When the gang are in a taxi on their way to one of the burger joints with a green door and a red neon sign, look closely at Cobie Smulders' eyes whilst Barney is talking to Lily about Goliath National Bank - she is almost falling asleep when her character is not meant to be sleepy. Watch as her eyes widen, desperately trying to stay awake.

THGhost

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Suggested correction: She is probably a bit dizzy since she is starving.

Or, she is simply trying to take her mind off the fact she is starving.

Ssiscool

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Suggested correction: Many people buy another toothbrush to take on trips and since they were supposed to be going away, they probably decided to use them at home, as if this was their trip.

The whole point of the mistake is they say they have always shared a toothbrush. So why would they use separate on a trip?

Ssiscool

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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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