How I Met Your Mother: 8 Favorite Storylines, According To Reddit

Some storylines in How I Met Your Mother, which stars Josh Radnor, are more entertaining than others. Here are the best, according to Reddit.

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The moment Ted and Tracy ended up in the right place at the right time is what How I Met Your Mother spent nine years building towards. But a person’s life can’t be summed up in one singular tale, and there are several episodic and ongoing plots throughout the series.

In actuality, Ted was recounting hundreds of individual adventures that were all connected by that one pivotal moment at the train station. The purpose of a sitcom is to entertain, and How I Met Your Mother does just that. The series is full of both realistic and outlandish storylines, and fans took to Reddit to discuss their favorites.

8 Ted And Barney Become Bartenders

There were several ongoing storylines in “Three Days of Snow,” and Reddit user drsleep89 reveals that it’s their favorite episode. They think “the Barney and Ted storyline is brilliant,” and back it up with the hilarious quote, “What’s in a gin and tonic?”

Barney and Ted had always dreamt about becoming bartenders, and they jumped at the opportunity to make it happen. While some viewers believe Ted and Barney weren’t real friends in How I Met Your Mother, their contrasting personalities make them one of the most entertaining duos.

7 The Slap Bet

The slap bet is one of the funniest running gags in How I Met Your Mother. Marshall wins a handful of slaps that he dolls out to Barney over the span of the show, and each one comes into play at the perfect time.

Reddit user cagedreality admits that their all-time favorite episode is “Slap Bet” because, “not only did it introduce the slap bet, but it also introduced Robin Sparkles and ‘Let’s Go to the Mall.'” Several users on the Reddit thread agree that the episode is one of the best in the series, due to the storyline it sets in motion.

6 Robin’s Season 7 Arc

The characters all have their own individual arcs, and Reddit user yellowumbrellaz admits that Robin’s journey in How I Met Your Mother season 7 remains their favorite. They point out everything she went through “from finally finding a secure relationship with Kevin, to cheating and sleeping with Barney, the pregnancy scare, finding out she can’t have children, to losing Kevin because she can’t have children.”

On top of that, Robin loses her best friend for a period of time after Ted confesses his love and she doesn’t return his affection. All of these hardships combined resulted in her most emotional storyline, and it showed how strong Robin had become throughout the show.

5 Barney Coming To Terms With His Upbringing

Most of Barney’s issues can be traced back to his childhood. Being abandoned by his father affected Barney more than he let on, as he refuses to entertain any subject matters that aren’t “legendary.” Reddit user JaxiDriver believes that Barney had the best storyline out of all the characters during How I Met Your Mother season 6.

They argue that Barney comes to terms with the struggles he faced, such as, “how he was raised, his lack of a father, [and] how important his mother was to him in all of it.” The quote, “If you were going to be a lame suburban dad, why couldn’t you have been that for me?” signified the moment Barney finally let down his walls.

4 The Time Travelers

On a Reddit thread asking fans for their favorite episodes, several of the replies were the same. “The Time Travelers,” has a much different pace than fans are used to, and Reddit user TheRiskyBiscuit felt that it “was really deep.” Ted’s friends growing up and moving on without him is one of the most heartbreaking separations in How I Met Your Mother.

The episode was a stark reminder that viewers are being told a story of the past and that the gang’s days of closing down MacLaren’s have already come to an end. It also featured the biggest indicator that the mother had passed, as Ted imagines going to his wife’s apartment in tears, wishing he could have more time with her.

3 Ted And Robin Start Dating When Lily And Marshall Breakup

The dynamics that fans had just gotten used to switched completely in How I Met Your Mother season 2. Marshall and Lily’s relationship was the show’s anchor, while Ted and Robin spent the first twenty-two episodes entertaining the “will they or won’t they” trope.

Different doesn’t equate to bad, and Reddit user redtheda enjoyed the contrast the plot provided. They comment on how “Ted’s over the moon and Marshall’s just crushed,” and watching the episode, “Come On,” was like being on a rollercoaster.

2 Barney’s Playbook

The way Barney treats women is inexcusable, yet fans can’t help but be amused by the complexity of his pick-up tactics. When he ran the play “The Scuba Diver,” and managed to dupe the entire gang, it became clear that Barney is somewhat of an evil genius.

Several viewers agree with Reddit user narcissus299, who claims that “there’s nothing better than an entire episode of Barney picking up chicks.” Thankfully, not all the women buy into Barney’s lies, and it’s especially satisfying to see Barney get a well-deserved drink thrown in his face.

1 Robin Sparkles

Robin has the most shocking past out of the gang because her previous career contradicts with the character viewers had come to know and love. But Robin being a pop star in Canada isn’t what makes this ongoing storyline so funny.

As Reddit user notIsugarpie points out, finding new footage of Robin Sparkles makes the gang “lose their minds.” Their excitement is contagious, and there isn’t a single episode featuring teenage Robin that disappoints.

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