Top 20 Unanswered How I Met Your Mother Questions

Kids, these are the unanswered questions from "HIMYM." For this list, we’ll be looking at storylines that were left open-ended or we never got an answer to throughout the show's nine seasons. Our countdown includes did Ted ride the tricycle?, who was #31?, what was the cockamouse?, and more! Did YOU see something that you wish you would’ve gotten an answer to? Let us know in the comments!
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[@MsMojo]

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[@user-lv5zz7wv6l]

I wanna know what illness killed Tracy

[@Showtunediva]

I also wondered if they kept in touch after the finale. I wondered the same thing about Friends too.

[@amandahodge7694]

What about the blue French horn that Robin leaves in the corner of her room in Ted’s apartment when she moves in with Don? Where did that one come from? Perhaps that is the one he uses in the final scene of the series. But where did Robin get hers? “I gotsa know!”

[@tuzamodi]

Honestly I don’t know why people get so confused about the Bob Saget voice over thing. I’m pretty sure they did that so the voices don’t get mixed together. People will know for sure which version of Ted is talking

[@joeyst.laurent1987]

That makes sense to me edited: also it still kinda sounds like Ted just a bit deeper that's all, and I think they also did it so if u watch it on tv at a different episode cuz usually u never watch first episode of a show unless u know it's starting, you'll understand who it is

[@_gheo]

That's what I always thought

[@DML897]

I always felt Bob Saget was how the kids heard Ted and Ted himself obviously was how he saw/heard himself. So in the End when we're all caught up, he's himself.

[@walop]

The voice you hear yourself is different from the voice everyone hears. Since Ted is narrating from his POV, Bob Saget is the voice Ted hears when he talks.

[@Vaughndaleoulaw]

Marshall spent a big chunk of the show as a corporate lawyer. That is how they pay down the debt. And they sold their place at a good price.

[@tpgorman15]

I agree. When you think about it, the answer to how Lilly’s debt was resolved is quite simple. Once Marshall got a job during “the best burger in NY” episode, he remained gainfully employed for life. Ted even says “he woke up the next day, put on his big boy pants, and he never looked back”. Outside of a stint with the NRDC, every job Marshall would/will hold pays quite lucratively. Additionally, Lilly spends time as the Captains art consultant, a job that paid her handsomely. On top of that they made good money of if the Dowisetrepla apartment, all of which could be used to pay her debt, since they moved to the suburbs and lived in a house that was paid for. Thus their salaries just needed to cover taxes and living expenses. This also answers the question regarding the security deposit in the gang’s apartment. Because on top of the money they made when they moved back in, Ted had been living there the whole time as an architect who designed a building for the NYC skyline. Needless to say by the end of the show it wasn’t just Barney that was living like a fat cat.

[@forgesoulfire1320]

I watched this series kind of habitually with a friend and if memory serves her father also pitched some of the profits from the game she helped him create and subsequently sell. So there is that too...

[@ohh_heavy]

She also sold her paintings to vets

[@andydoms2001]

I’m convinced Marshall was mugged for real and not by the monkey.

[@suzannemenuet947]

Me too. He only said it was a monkey for Lily's sake because she was so freaked out.

[@andrewq159]

@@suzannemenuet947 Yes, he wants to prevent her worrying & buying a gun, so he makes up the monkey mugger story.

[@samuelemule8599]

It was confirmed by one of the authors in an AMA on reddit that it was a monkey 😊

[@trinaq]

It's a shame that we never got to meet the mother of Barney's daughter Ellie, though it was sweet that Barney is still a big part of Ellie's life, as shown in the spinoff.

[@joshuaingobo1559]

We have seen Ellie’s mother in a deleted scene, and it really was sweet that Barney became a part of Ellie’s life.

[@isidorajaeger7123]

@@joshuaingobo1559 do you know where I can watch that? Like the full deleted scene? I've always wanted to see more of Barney and Ellie..

[@Ryno2049]

I'm pretty sure the delay on Ted's wedding was to show that he used to be so obsessed with finding "the one" and getting married, but now that he did find her everything else seemed to not matter as much. He was happy, and things were easy with Tracy, so the prize of "marriage" no longer held a grip on him.

[@Porthos240]

That's been my take all along. I experienced this change in perspective myself. His true want was a loving, lasting relationship that included children. May he did not even necessarily need a "marriage", and despite the castle thing, definitely not a big wedding.

[@dvs620]

It also shows the growth he went on. He wanted the big wedding spectacle. He gets married on a random Thursday. Robin never wanted any of it. She gets the grand proposal and big wedding. It shows that both of them grew closer to what the other wanted in the beginning, which then makes sense at the end. Ted got Tracy and his two kids. Robin got her freedom. Then life brought them back together because they both were fulfilled in what they thought they wanted, which freed them to find each other again.

[@tpgorman15]

I agree, on all accounts. It was the shows way of having Ted come full circle. In the beginning he is so consumed by the idea of the one and starting the next chapter he forgets to enjoy life. Then when he takes a moment to slow down it is not necessarily for all the right reasons, St Patrick’s Day episode were he commits fraud at a bar. It takes running into Cindy (ironically enough) to get him back on track. So once he meets Tracey & knows she’s the one, all that pomp & circumstance he thought he would need at the start turns out to be unnecessary. Ted knows loving Tracey every day for as long as he can is what matters most, even if that was cut short. A fancy castle wedding & crazy honeymoon are just added decor to the fulfilling desert that becomes his life with Tracey.

[@jakedylanhall]

My guess is the mother knew she had a lifelong illness that she just didn’t have a timetable for. So after they started really committing and had two kids she finally gave in when he asked. Only thing that would have made sense and made the ending even more tragic. Which would be why she was standing with them during their wedding. Knowing she had limited time she wanted Ted’s main love to be back in his life before she goes.

[@dvs620]

@@jakedylanhall Ted was the one delaying the wedding. Remember how he tried to blame her for wanting a castle and she replied she'd get married in a White Castle but Ted wants everything perfect.

[@logancomics]

We need another HIMYM spin-off that focuses entirely on the mother and a fuller story of her journey over those years

[@joshuaingobo1559]

We’ve really seen a story on the mother and a fuller story of her journey in HIMYM’s 200th episode.

[@RobertJohnson-bj5lk]

They better hurry up. Tracy Moseby dies in 2024. Maybe she sits the kids down and tells them her life story.

[@Big-guy1981]

Please...

[@rapforever86]

Bob Saget is the voice which is heard in Ted's head as his own. Every one of us hear himself/herself different than the others. But he tells the story to his kids and hears himself talking from his head perspective. Retrospections are kids imaginary perspective and they see and hears Ted like in real life. In last two episodes, perspective changes - it is shown from kids/third party perspective so we see Ted in normal voice. And in alternate ending, Bob Saget returns as he once again say things from Ted's head perspective.

[@viper20999]

Came here to say basically this, you put it better than I was going to though.

[@Porthos240]

Well put indeed!!!

[@enternickname]

Ooh, I like that explanation!

[@patriciabulkool8784]

Perfect!

[@TakatofanAgain]

One of my favorite moments of HIMYM is when we see the 3rd Robin Sparkles song, an obvious Alanis Morissette parody, and we see Dave Coulier, saying it wasnt about him (You Outta Know might/might not be about him) and them says "Cut it out", and Bob Saget jumps in and says "I always liked that joke." - Three amazing references at once!

[@stacyfabiszewski4633]

Loved this part too !

[@jinxysaberk]

I believe it’s heavily heavily implied to the point of confirmation that ted did in fact ride the tricycle, it’s only verbally unanswered

[@HeavensSmile_]

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[@tessincolor]

Several of these were answered. French horn - he probably stole it again from the same restaurant. In one episode he brought pliers to steal it. Lily's debt - Marshall stayed in high paying corporate lawer job so they can pay the debt. The Bob Seget one was already explained in other comments. Robin's friends - I remember that it was mentioned in one episode that those were her coworkers she didn't knew much and that is why the gang was her go to friend group How did Marshal saved the world? He became a judge and later supreme court judge so he has more power over enforcing enviromental laws. Pineapple - it was revealed in the last season that the Captain has a pinaple on his porch at his country house and that he also owns a house in the city where he most likely have a pineapple as well. So Ted stumbled on Captain house in the city that night

[@brandongarcia3478]

Also I always wondered what was that story about him and Victoria that he never told 🤨,he told the kids ain't no way in hell I'm telling this story,also about the joke that Barney told Lilly that made her not want to talk to the group for 3 weeks

[@christophhermann6913]

also they explained that life got in the way of the Marriage. Sometimes i think nobody is who saw the show is factchecking MSMojo lists

[@xvaderxkiller5190]

This needs to be higher so everyone can see

[@amycameron8538]

There's a deleted scene that shows where he gets the pineapple. It was in front of the Captain's building.

[@drago22x]

About the Bob Saget voice, don't we all sound different to ourselves as we talk, compared to how it sounds to others?

[@renatacivitella9762]

I think that sometimes leaving some unanswered questions is OK. it helps keeping the attentino alive, even after the conclusion of a show 😊

[@balletfanatic]

The look Ted gives Tracy when she wonders what kind of mother wouldn't be present at her daughter's wedding kills me every time. It's like he knows.

[@christophergarrett7082]

Here's one why did the writers think it was a good idea to have ted and robin end up together

[@tigerlord9302]

Or treat perfectly good, likable characters like garbage in favor of Robin. I grew to not be a big Cobie Smulders fan because of that.

[@pratitithakur174]

because they didn't think the show would be popular and shooted/decided (i am not sure) the ending during 2nd season. So, if the show hadn't received that much recognition, Victoria would have been the mother and the Ted and Robin ending would've worked, because everyone liked them till season 2. But they ended up making nine seasons and still went with the old ending, which ruined all the character developments in Ted, Robin, and even Barney.

[@tigerlord9302]

@@pratitithakur174 That was because of the actors playing the kids so they wouldn’t age on camera.

[@pratitithakur174]

@@tigerlord93029302 yeah i know that, but they also mentioned the reason i gave, both of them are correct actually, because if the show didn't go big, Victoria would've been the mother, and according to that the ending would've worked.

[@example2844]

Another question is how would the Cockamouse have babies? Is there another Cockamouse out there?

[@agent95_]

I personally think they missed a huge opportunity to do “How I met your father” from the Mothers perspective. How she knew each of them and how her life came about and then we could maybe get more of what happened to her after marriage. Maybe call it “Why I married your father” instead. Your number 1 was answered about a year ago. He got it from a guy on steps in front of someone’s apartment

[@jessicab5080]

Barney’s dad said that if he was ever ready, to reach out. I wanted an update on if he ever started repairing his relationship with his dad

[@HeavensSmile_]

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[@stacyfabiszewski4633]

Love this show so much ! It's my number #1 All time favorites. I still watch it constantly, today I wish we knew all the answers to these unanswered questions it would be great if we knew.

[@HeavensSmile_]

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[@darkscorpions9996]

My idea for Bob Saget doing the narrator's voice and not Josh Radnor (the actor playing Ted) is 1. To mark the difference between narrative lines, and lines of Ted during the adventures 2. And to prevent people from hearing Josh/Ted's voice too much and getting annoyed/sick of it But what is also cool is that the two voices had something similar in their tones, while still being different and radicaly personal personality

[@rachelmartin5187]

Questions I still have: 1. Where did Ted's sister go? 2. Who did the pineapple belong to? 3. Why did we never meet Barney's other brother J.J.? 4. What was Tracy's illness? 5. Why weren't the Erikson clan shown at Marshall and Lilly's wedding? 6. Where was Marshall's half of the rent coming from? In the beginning, Ted and Lily seem to be the only ones who have jobs, while Marshall is still in law school. I know he got a job working with Barney later, but were his parents footing the bill for everything else? 7. Why did Barney wait for so long to expose his company? 8. How did the friends not know about Robins court mandated therapy? 9. Why the hell was so Robin so mean to the NICEST person in the world, aka: Patrice? 10. Whatever happened to the letters Ted and Barney wrote after they broke up with Robin?

[@user-nj4zv6qo1y]

Actually the pineapple belongs to the Captain

[@ExperienceBasement]

2. The Pineapple belonged to the Captain. It's in a deleted scene 3. JJ was at dinner with everyone

[@user-nj4zv6qo1y]

5. Because they hated Lily and that's why the didn't go

[@user-vu1hh2yq7p]

7 and 9 were just for comedy's sake IMO

[@eineperson3689]

1. she must have become successful in New York but not be important anymore for the rest of the storyline 2. a deleted scene shows it belonged to the Captain and was part of a tradition 3. we do meet him, he is there when Barney comes to his father´s house for dinner, he is still a child and lives there with his parents 4. it´s irrelevant to the story 5. there were many storylines being told at the same time in Marshall and Lily´s wedding episode so I guess there was just no time and need to show Marshall´s or Lily´s family because they were not relevant to the stories being told in that episode 6. It was coming from Lily. It is mentioned later in the series that Lily supported Marshall throughout Law School which is also part of why they ultimately decide to go to Italy together since Marshall thinks it´s only fair for Lily to pursue her career goals too after she supported him for so long. 7. Barney probably did not want to expose the company as long as Marshall and Ted worked there, it also would have been more boring to the storyline if Barney´s secret had been exposed before the ending of the show 8. they did, Ted is telling that story to his children, but they must have kept it from Barney so that he wouldn´t know that Robin still has feelings for him 9. because she is miserable and lets it out on Patrice, she can´t stand having a person like Patrice around her all the time who is so positive about everything although for Robin the world feels very negative at that time so she is just incredibly annoyed because it feels to her as if Patrice is denying her her emotions by constantly insinuating that the world is amazing 10. haha, maybe the person who becomes Ted´s biographer has them now ;)

[@stephenpuls8839]

I love HIMYM. I only got to know it a few months ago when they were showing repeats on TV, so I could only watch parts of series 7 and 8 I think and the whole of series 9. I really got into it and it became one of my favourite shows. Now I really want it from the beginning! It's so funny and always made me laugh. In some ways I wish I was a character in it

[@marieangels6]

I bet his perfect match was Tracy and it was yet another missed opportunity to meet her

[@sumbulusmani3390]

No, that girl he stood up was not Tracy. At that point Tracy was grieving for his boyfriend Max and plus that girl and Ted were kind of similar in age. Tracy was like 7-8 years younger than Ted. If it was Tracy then Ted would have revealed that to kids(also to the audience).

[@mattlegaspi1961]

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[@cardsfanbj]

Lily sold her paintings to pay off her debt. She was going to sell her stuff until the one painting they sold to the GCWOK was thrown out and picked up by a vet who found out they have a calming effect on dogs (and bums birds out) and he passed the info onto other vets in the city who bought her paintings.

[@MrYukiyano]

You missed the Scherbastky doormatt replacement. Ted states it was a Mystery for later. They never said wop gave it to her. I always theorized it was Barney.

[@tootechnical0504]

Ted said that they got married after 7 years which means they might have married in 2020 it was as covid year 😅. i Just find that funny now

[@patriciabulkool8784]

I missed Victoria's most humiliating story!

[@TheRealMrAndrew]

15:57 you can’t plan your life, that was the whole message of the show. Nothing went according to plan.

[@ryanmcintee]

Lily's debt was explained by her selling paintings to vet offices

[@lew8450]

Such a great show... Love watching this show...

[@patrickgillespie5506]

Awesome! A bunch of questions that were answered afterwards, obvious, or that no one ever wondered about

[@Nmcg-ye7xl]

Marshall and Lily sold their apartment and moved into Lily’s grandparents house, so we can assume they got a chunk of money then, plus no mortgage while living in the house. Then they sold the house when they moved back into the apartment. That’s how they paid down the debt.

[@BabyGirlTiny]

No mortgage? Lily had terrible credit, how did they not have a mortgage?

[@Nmcg-ye7xl]

@@BabyGirlTiny they were given the house by Lily’s grandparents. So once they sold their apartment they would have no mortgage.

[@stevendchu]

21. I really wished showed Ted cancelling all his Chicago plans and where he decided to live back in NYC right after meeting Tracy. My head canon is he took down the for sale sign and got right back to renovating it

[@yigitbaydur3148]

i think the biggest unanswered question was ''what was the story that victoria told at the game night in season 1'' i always wanted to find out

[@leonardolim8976]

1.The bob saget thing isn't really a mystery. When we talk to ourselves or hear ourselves in our own perspective we hear our voices totally different sometimes 2. Robins girlfriends isn't a mystery. Robin was 23 at the pilot so she's still young. As we get older friends drift apart

[@christopherdavis3424]

Nope, I accept the deleted scene's explanation of the pineapple, otherwise I'd be up all night for the rest of my life wondering where it came from!! I need that scene for my own piece of mind lol

[@shauncollinson4393]

Ted was confirmed to have bought a blue horn after him and Robin broke up.

[@PrinceTrexus]

As soon as I saw this posted, my first thought was "DAMN IT, TRUDY! WHAT ABOUT THE PINEAPPLE!???"

[@martyf3531]

Think the biggest delay in Ted and Tracy's wedding was that he wanted it to be so perfect, such as he couldn't decide on a location because something better might come along.

[@briandonegan8480]

2:00. I thought she paid off her debt by the painting she did for Veterinarian offices

[@vatsal_agar]

That money was for the reconstruction of their house

[@briandonegan8480]

@@vatsal_agar True but it seemed ro me to be a very successful and profitable niche that she could continue indefinitely

[@stacyfabiszewski4633]

Marshall made a website for Lily's paintings to be sold and they invested the money

[@briandonegan8480]

@@stacyfabiszewski4633 which no doubt grew to an amount more than her debt.

[@nathanielstacy4488]

Robin being a bullfighting is addressed by her getting gored by a bull.

[@keatoncrandall2471]

We see Ted fantasize about stealing the French Horn again by bringing bolt cutters. I'm pretty sure that answers question 1

[@orifeldman3213]

15 - they wanted to give the feeling that future Ted is in a different place and has it all worked out, that he’s complete, in other words- a different person;) and personally I think it was a good idea and it actually worked

[@tpgorman15]

We know that Ted gets the Pineapple from the Captains house. The better question is do most of you know the meaning for it being there? Let’s just say it explains Zoe and the Captains relationship more easily. Well other than someone who married her sugar daddy, but yea it’s along the same lines. Here is a hint “swing swing”

[@stacyfabiszewski4633]

@MsMojo may you please do an unanswered questions about Friends? Like you did with HIMYM please? I would greatly appreciate it so much 😊 Thank you tons

[@HeavensSmile_]

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[@Showtunediva]

I’d like to see this video too.

[@MsMojo]

Here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ_bdHt-rNCfmJo

[@kasiavanmaren]

I remember the pineapple! It was from the Captain, pineapple is the sign of hospitality in his culture and he keeps one outside the door.

[@Southparkfan598]

1:29 I mean he is an architect, I think they get payed a lot I think he bought it

[@janalbertogarciatorres6954]

The pineapple was the captains, in an episode of HIMYF the captain is discussing the terms of his divorce and then he explains he was more upset than that time they took my pineapple from my balcony

[@Piratelucky17]

Ted’s perfect match could be Tracy as when he went to her roommates house he loved everything that belonged to Tracy

[@RobertJohnson-bj5lk]

Marshmallow was a New York judge, and then later an elected official. When the heck did they have time for Italy?

[@wendy-zarate]

I really wish we got a bit of the mother's backstory. We get small glimpses into her life but never any real substance. Why does she live in New York? Born there, moved for school, job? Was it because of Max? I also would love to know more about their love story. And why is the mom so obsessed with rain. Yes I know the whole yellow umbrella is based on her and is a symbol of her and Ted eventually meeting. But like why was she so scared of the rain she didn't even want to go to the nightclub on St Patrick's day because it was raining (hence bring your umbrella) but the mom was soooo spooked when she realized it was raining. My guess is maybe Max died in a car accident caused by rain? But then again it wasn't raining on the mom's 21 birthday or was it? I don't remember tbh. The mom was such a disposable character it makes me so mad cause she was perfect.

[@staceynainlab888]

1. I assume he somehow stole it from the same place again 2. my personal head canon is Barney lent them the money to pay off the debt and they slowly paid him back, they don't talk about it because lending money to friends is awkward plus doing them that favour gets in the way of his evil persona 3. I am also upset they didn't show Bernice at Ted's wedding 4. probably not 5. I assume Super Freakonomics fell apart when Tracy and the other bandmates got busy with their careers 6. they just wanted the narrator to be a different actor and have more wisdom in his voice 7. intentionally left for us to decide 8. kind of a big inconsistency. the finale shows a flashback to when Robin started hanging out with them and she says she has no friends in town 9. oopsie, they forgot to get to it 10. guess we'll never know. some fans think it was Tracy, which is annoying because it can't be due to her age. the perfect match was the same age as Ted, while Tracy is six years younger 11. another oops they forgot 12. I think they're still close, just Robin was distant for a little while but became close with the gang again after Ted's wedding. although I'm wondering how well the finale timeline lines up with that episode where we see Lily and Robin sitting on the windowsill having drinks together a bunch of times over the years. I guess eleven during the years Robin was distant, it still could have happened that she visited Lily once in a while. 13. not something I'm concerned with personally 14. I think Marshall should have stayed in New York, they could survive being apart for a year 15. it doesn't really matter 16. one of many reasons I hate the finale. Ted should have had the big romantic wedding in France. I know a big wedding isn't as important as who you're marrying but Ted is all about the grand romantic gestures. 17. intentionally left for us to decide 18. I think cancer. during the pandemic, fans were joking that it was Covid but it can't be that because she and Ted were on vacation together in Farhampton while she clearly knew she was dying. She wouldn't go spreading it if she knew she had a communicable disease so she must have an illness that there is no danger of spreading to others. 19. cockamouse. that's all we need to know 20. no answer could possibly be good enough my big question is did Tracy reach for the check? we see Ted throughout the series making a big deal about how he likes a woman to do thee "check dance", to fight with him over who should pay for the meal. At one point, when choosing between two women, one of his criteria was whether she reached for the check. I want to know if Tracy reached for it or not

[@user-lv5zz7wv6l]

The blue French is a very sweet symbol of robin and teds love but my question is why was hanging in the restaurant in the first place

[@Stefanodamico7164]

21. Why weren't Ted's parents and sisters at Ted and Stella's wedding? Or also Ted and Tracy's one? 22. Why did Heather Mosby never reappear in the show? Neither at her mother's wedding. 23. Who are Carly (Barney's stepsister)'s parents?

[@PirateMaster45]

This show is one of my guilty pleasure shows, even have all 9 seasons on DvD. Still want to know the answer to all these questions after all these years. Mainly the infamous pineapple incident

[@mixazizu]

Why is this show guilty pleasure? Its not feminine 9r anything.

[@vasilikikaffe7452]

About the voice; Ted's kids had to shoot the entire series scenes at the first season so that they can look the same age. They were the only people who knew the end and they couldn't tell anyone about it. So , it makes kind of sense why they picked another guy to do the voice! Although they could put voice over since we don't see Ted until the very last episode. But that's my guess!

[@user-iz6om9xd1m]

Also I need more explanation of the yellow umbrella

[@StewieStan2K]

Ted definitely did.

[@pepsidude2007]

What happened around #10? It's like "Ted" came into voice for "Bob" 😂

[@scashwildson8354]

Clearly, Ted rode the bicycle, that's the reaction of someone who got laid. Future Ted said he never found out about the pineapple, so it's logic that we never have the answer in the show, apart for that deleted scene. As for the monkey mugger, after a lot of viewings of the episode, it's pretty obvious that Marshall wasn't mugged by a monkey. He changed the story so that Lilly doesn't buy a gun, then tells Barney and Ted he wasn't so they stop making fun of him and then he changes again once Lilly enters the room.

[@alexcompton314]

Apparently the producers thought that Josh Radnor’s voice sounded too young to be the voice of the older Ted

[@SoliRhymesWithJulie]

Odd crossover moment at realizing not one but two Friends guest stars are in Dowesatripla. Janice, of course. And Chandler's first boss at the ad agency, he's the loan officer.

[@Stefanodamico7164]

Lily's grandmother (Slapsgiving 2) is Judy Geller

[@shahassxs]

19 Marshal got a high paying job as a judge and lily got that high paying job for the captain.

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

Mother knows best!

[@dannygillmor2337]

My theory on the bob Saget voice is that's how Ted's ego hears his voice

[@solatijani7685]

Maybe Bob saget's voice is how future ted imagines his voice.

[@bbrunoliveira]

Wait, what about the mystery of the Voiceover Changes in this video???

[@eineperson3689]

I wanna know why Robin keyed the judge's car and what that had to do with Marshall and Lily going to the zoo

[@keatoncrandall2471]

I'm also a little sad that Mr. Moseby never met Mr. Moseby.

[@gabiskc]

another question i‘ve is what was the joke that barney told ted and marshall? remember in one episode there was a dirty joke, which lilly absolutely didn’t like. after that she wasn’t shown in the next episodes..

[@captianarmy1749]

Ok so its not official but the joke was what's the difference between peanut butter and jam? "I CAN'T PEANUT BUTTER MY D**K UP YOUR A*S" PS- the real reason she didn't showed up was because she was preggo :3

[@supershmueli]

He stole the pineapple from Shawn Spencer from “Psych.” CROSSOVER

[@gronchotica]

robin didn't left the blue french horn when she left the apartment? ted must've keep it

[@chantiiwilken7277]

Lilly could pay off her dept when she began to sell her paintings to vets because dogs loved them

[@clintonweir7609]

HIMYM is an elaborate story that Ted is playing out in advance of fantasizing about Robin. He got the idea from Marshall.

[@jrbarnett2453]

Pineapple came from the captain. It was his place they took it from.

[@mr.bojangles9820]

The bull fighter came up from a story she did

[@Thekrazeyworld]

The tricycle did happen. You have to remember two things: 1. It was rated tv-14, meaning they couldn’t go into any more detail 2. The entire shows premise was based around future Ted telling his kids the stories of his youth. How else do you think they got away with telling us what exactly happened? It happened, just not in a lot of words. End of discussion

[@MariuSweet]

I've never realised that there were 2 voices, one for present Ted and other for future Ted 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@user-iz6om9xd1m]

Number 1 is whether replaced it from the restaurant

[@shauncollinson4393]

Lillys dept actually wasn't as much as people think, it w as only around 15k and marshal when he was a corporate layer more than made enough money to sort it out and lily's painting job ( for the captain ) all so would have payed it. 😊

[@inSANEcorps]

Marshall made a lot of money with corporate law to pay off Lily's debt, and Ted / Tracy postponed their wedding cause Tracy got pregnant and they just didn't get around to doing the wedding.

[@malinamooz6095]

Marshall save the world by being a judge, in Season 8 episode 8,Twelves Horny Women he said by becoming a judge the one behind that bench making the calls.And that's when he realized,he wanted to be a judge.Because judges are the ones who can effect real change

[@CartierKENEA.7]

The pineapple came from the Captain.

[@LilliputRide]

Lily's debt was justified Marshall was going to sell her clothes( he even made a website) Then they decided to sell her paintings And Lily found a new audience, the vets ( dogs liking her paintings and birds not) And also Marshall was a corporate lawyer for so long due to the debts

[@kevinsang]

Maybe grown up ted identifies as Bob saget

[@SuperStreetWarrior]

Pineapple mystery was answered in How I Met Your Father.

[@paiwanhan]

Any character whose name ended in -ice deserves a lot better.

[@philipkinga7123]

I like to think that Ted's perfect match was Tracy he just stood her up for Robin in a perfect metaphor for the entire show.

[@sumbulusmani3390]

No, that girl he stood up was not Tracy. At that point Tracy was grieving for his boyfriend Max and plus that girl and Ted were kind of similar in age. Tracy was like 7-8 years younger than Ted. If it was Tracy then Ted would have revealed that to kids(also to the audience).

[@Kenseiblades]

Could the cockamouse be an armadillo?

[@louisajanssen5447]

the creator of the show confirmed in a Reddit AMA that Marshall was, indeed, mugged by a monkey.

[@kathrineaastrup7335]

Didn’t Robin give the blue French horn back to Ted, when she moved out of his room, because Marshall asked her too?

[@redunkey910]

there was an episode that showed ted takin the french horn with wire cutters so that’s not unanswered

[@shahassxs]

14 yes it's heavy implied

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Pretty sure the cockamouse was a bat

[@justingonzalez1213]

Why weren’t either Marshall or Lilly’s family at their wedding? I’ve always wondered that. We don’t see Marshall’s brothers at the wedding either. I found it odd.

[@user-tt2ix5ko3f]

what was Barney Stinson's job?

[@yoyo9winner]

The pineapple got answered, it was from the captain.

[@LeboShu]

Also, what happened to Robin's sister?