Genius How I Met Your Father Theory Justifies A Perfect Barney Cameo
One clever How I Met Your Father fan theory justifies the perfect way for HIMYM’s Barney Stinson to return in a cameo. Set nearly a decade after How I Met Your Mother’s ending, How I Met Your Father introduces a twist on the original’s storytelling formula with a modern landscape. Just as Ted’s story to his children about how he met their mother featured plenty of zany interactions with characters and memorable side stories, Sophie’s (Hilary Duff) story to her son about how she met his father is filled with accounts of notable figures, including a few returning faces from How I Met Your Mother.
When How I Met Your Father was first announced, one of the biggest questions about the spinoff was how it would connect to the original series. As such, cameos from HIMYM’s main five characters were widely speculated about, with Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) seeming like the easiest connection. However, How I Met Your Father season 1 surprised audiences with four cameos from HIMYM characters, including that of Ted’s endgame romantic interest Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders). Alongside Robin, George “The Captain” Van Smoot (Kyle MacLachlan), Becky (Laura Bell Bundy), and MacLaren’s Pub bartender Carl (Joe Nieves) made notable appearances in How I Met Your Father season 1.
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Considering Robin’s massive cameo in How I Met Your Father’s season 1 finale had an incredible impact on not just Sophie’s love story but also the justification of her own, it’s expected that the rest of the main HIMYM characters will also return for the spinoff. While speculation about how Barney could appear in How I Met Your Father has largely been connected to his womanizing past
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