How I Met Your Father Introduces Its First Barney-Like Catchphrase
Warning: Spoilers ahead for HIMYF episode 4!
Keeping up with the How I Met Your Mother Easter eggs and in-universe comparisons, How I Met Your Father episode 4 introduces the show’s first catchphrase like those of Barney Stinson. How I Met Your Father’s catchphrase is just one of many continuations of the original series seen in the first season. The most significant connection is Sid and Jesse living in Ted and Marshall’s iconic HIMYM apartment. From Glen McKenna scotch to adapting the “have you met Ted” pickup line, How I Met Your Father is proving itself to worthily be cut from the same cloth as How I Met Your Mother.
One of How I Met Your Mother’s greatest running gags was the many catchphrases of Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris). From “Suit Up” to “legendary” and “wait for it” — or even better, “legen-wait for it-dary” — Barney was just as notable for his repeated phrases as was for his incessant womanizing. Barney also wasn’t the only HIMYM character with an iconic catchphrase, as Marshall would frequently say “lawyered,” Lily’s angry phrase was “you sonuvab*tch,” Robin angrily yelled her coworker’s name Patrice, and Ted loved to tell people he’s “vomit free since ‘93” (even if it was not true).
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Thankfully, How I Met Your Father isn’t simply copying one of HIMYM’s iconic catchphrases, but instead, making their first repeated word “trademark.” Whenever one of the guys in How I Met Your Father’s main group has an odd made-up idea or name for something, one of them says “trademark,” thus jokingly claiming it for their own. The first instance that this is said is when Jesse and Ellen decide they’re “wing-siblings,” AKA each other’s sibling
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