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* ContinuitySnarl: The FlashForward reveals that in three years, Ted will have an infant daughter. Unless he knocked up Tracy right away, like there on the train platform, it doesn't quite work. Of course, the writers didn't really know they were getting two more seasons, so, yeah.
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* ShoutOut: The episode revolves about the guys' traditional "Trilogy Time", where they watch the Original Franchise/StarWars Trilogy. In the final scene, Barney tells Ted's daughter that ''Han shot first''.

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* ShoutOut: The episode revolves about around the guys' traditional "Trilogy Time", where they watch the Original Franchise/StarWars Trilogy.Trilogy every three years. In the final scene, Barney tells Ted's daughter that ''Han shot first''.
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* CallBack: One of their "Trilogy Time" reunions happened during the summer Robin and Barney had their secret affair. In hindsight, Future!Ted comments that they were idiots for not noticing it back then.
* CharacterDevelopment: Barney gets offended when Ted imagines 2015!Barney with another random girl instead of Quinn.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: By 2015, Ted finally gets a girl to watch Star Wars with them. It's his newborn daughter.
* HideYourPregnancy: Subverted. In all of Marshall's fantasies since college, Lily is heavily pregnant.
* HeroicBSOD: Ted sadly realizes that he hasn't accomplished any of his goals for the future, imagining himself as a FutureLoser in 2015.
* ShoutOut: The episode revolves about the guys' traditional "Trilogy Time", where they watch the Original Franchise/StarWars Trilogy. In the final scene, Barney tells Ted's daughter that ''Han shot first''.
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Ted, Barney, and Marshall continue their three year tradition of watching the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy together, thinking back to when they've done it in the past, and looking forward to when they'll do it in the future.

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