Moving Day (How I Met Your Mother episode)

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“Moving Day”
How I Met Your Mother episode
Episode no. Season 2
Episode 18
Written by Maria Ferrari
Directed by Pamela Fryman
Guest stars Rachelle Lefèvre (Sarah), Jessica Barth (Pretty Girl), Ailsa Marshall (Girl #3), Necar Zadegan (Girl #2), Ella Thomas (Girl #1)
Production no. 2ALH18
Original airdate March 19, 2007
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"Moving Day" is the 18th episode in the second season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on March 19, 2007.

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[edit] Plot

Ted and Robin have decided to move in together. Initially Barney likes this idea, and asks Lily and Marshall if he can use the apartment to sleep with other women, since his apartment is a 23 minute cab ride away, and that has ruined several opportunities for him (women have fallen asleep on him, made up with their boyfriends, or even been arrested for indecent exposure). Barney then decides it is the wrong thing for Ted to do, and takes the moving truck (which has all of Ted's belongings, except one of the swords on the wall and a bunch of lids), and will not give it back to Ted until Ted completes a series of challenges. After having some "bro time" with Barney, Ted cannot get the truck back, but once he returns to Robin's apartment, he realizes where the truck is (behind the bar and being used as a second apartment for Barney), and gets it back from Barney. However, at the same time, Ted and Robin have realized that moving in together was not a good idea, since Robin was not excited of the idea of Ted moving all of his things in to her apartment, and always suggested that he should put his stuff in her basement storage area. Also, unbeknownst to Ted, Robin smokes and has a subscription to Guns and Ammo. They decide that it is best for Ted to move back in with Marshall and Lily.

Marshall and Lily were initially excited that Ted was moving out, since they would now have the place all to themselves. They enjoy lounging around naked and having sex on the couch, but soon find out that things have changed a lot. Ted took all of his stuff, which included the microwave, a lot of the food, the towels, and other things Marshall and Lily didn't realize that Ted owned. Marshall decides to try being the provider, but after forgetting toilet paper after he got a lot of other things they now needed, realizes that Marshall and Lily need Ted to survive. Although Lily is against the idea of them marrying Ted, she also realizes how much they need Ted, and when Ted comes back and tells them that things didn't work out and he's moving back in, they give Ted a group hug and tell him not to leave.

[edit] Notes

  • Barney's top ten list of names for "his" truck:
10. The Winne-bango
9. The Pick-Up Truck
8. The Ford Explore-Her
7. The You Scream Truck
6. Feels on Wheels
5. The Ride-Her Truck
4. The 18 Squealer
3. The Esca-Laid
2. The Slam-boney
1. The '69 Chevy

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Cultural references

  • Barney's line "I'll be at the snack shack eating our onion rings Han style . . . Solo!" references the character Han Solo from the Star Wars franchise.
  • At the end, Barney does a list of the top ten names for the rental truck, which is a reference to the Late Show with David Letterman (another CBS show), as David Letterman commonly does top ten lists for various events in a comical manner. Barney imitates Letterman's mannerisms, right down to throwing the card at the end (which, instead of resulting in the broken-glass sound effect customary on Late Show, results in an actual glass being broken).
  • When Barney's date Sarah says that she won't get into a moving van because she has seen Silence of the Lambs, she refers to a scene in that film in which a serial killer kidnaps a young woman by asking for her help in lifting a sofa into a moving van.

[edit] Continuity

  • Robin and Ted's opposing opinions about guns, established in "Where Were We?," are referenced again when Robin tries to cancel her subscription to Guns and Ammo because of Ted moving in with her.
  • Barney reveals to Ted in this episode that Robin occasionally smokes. He knew this fact because of their night out in "Zip, Zip, Zip." Also, in "Something Borrowed" Robin has a pack of cigarettes that she shares with Lily, who stresses about her wedding.

[edit] Errors

  • In the previous episode, Ted reveals that he tried to teach Barney how to drive only about a year ago and Barney had a terrible experience. Barney's acknowledgement of Marshall's statement, "And Barney has never driven faster than 10 miles an hour" seems to suggest that Barney never learned how to drive nor does he have the desire to drive. But in this episode he drives the moving van. However, he only drives the van behind MacLaren's, which has been stated to be next to the apartment building, so perhaps he was determined enough to steal Ted's truck that he drove 10 mph around the block.

[edit] Quotes

(Ted's phone rings)
Ted: Hello.
Barney: (in deep voice) Put on the suit, Mr. Mosby.
Ted: Barney, I know it's you. Where's my stuff?
Barney: It's not me. If you want to see your precious possessions again, put on the suit.
Ted: What suit?
Barney: Ding-dong. Oh, what's that? The doorbell.
(Ted moves towards the door)
Barney: THAT'S the suit I'm talking about.
Ted: I haven't gotten to the door yet.
Barney: (in normal voice) Oh, okay, let me know when you get there.
(Ted reaches the door and opens it)
Ted: Okay, I opened it. And there's a suit there.
Barney: THAT'S the suit I'm talking about.
Ted: Barney...
Barney: This isn't Barney. ...but I hear that guy's awesome. All right. Listen very carefully. You will get your stuff back if you are able to complete a series of challenges. Number one, put on the suit. Number two, meet me at McClaren's in an hour.
Ted: How will I know who to look for since we've never met?
Barney: ...I look like Barney.

(When Ted steals back the truck and Barney calls him, he uses the same quote as Barney did.

Ted: This is not Ted. ...but I hear that guy's awesome.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Extended (dirty) scene from How I Met Your Mother - VIDEO - TV Squad