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* EmotionalRegression: Robin goes through this when Simon comes back into her life. Lily and Ted are also shown to go through this when their best friends from high school show up.
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* EmotionalRegression: Robin goes through this when Simon comes back into her life. Lily and Ted are also shown to go through this when their best friends from high school show up. Marshall nicknames it as "revertigo", though Ted nixes that.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''🎵It was the greatest week and a half of my life...🎶'']]
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Robin and Barney hooking up, which we know ''will'' be a source of major conflict going forward.
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* MoodWhiplash: Barney is an amazing friend, comforting Robin at a really low point. It's absolutely heartwarming. Then they go to her place and she lets him watch "Sandcastles in the Sand", which is hilariously awful. [[TheBroCode Then they hook up]], and it's ''not'' portrayed as a good thing.
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-->'''Lily''': [as Robin leaves] Young lady, get back here! [to Marshall] [[SarcasmMode Thanks for you help]]!
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-->'''Lily''': [as Robin leaves] Young lady, get back here! [to Marshall] [[SarcasmMode Thanks for you your help]]!
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* StylisticSuck: The music video and song both.
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* StylisticSuck: The Both the music video and song both.the song.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: PlayedForLaughs with Lily and Robin's argument about Robin continuing to date Simon. Once Robin points out that Lily and Marshall are starting to sound like her parents, their conversation becomes exactly like one between disapproving parents and a BrattyTeenageDaughter.
-->'''Robin''': "You're worried about me?" Okay, is there any version of this conversation where you guys don't sound like my parents?
-->'''Lily''': Oh, I don't know, is there any version of this where you don't sound like a 16-year-old girl?
-->'''Robin''' [folding arms petulantly]: That's exactly what my mom would say...
-->'''Lily''': No, if I was your mom, I'd say we forbid from seeing this boy!
-->'''Robin''' [whining]: Lily!
-->'''Lily''': I'm sorry, but it's for your own good!
-->'''Robin''': You guys just don't get it! You've never felt the way that I feel!
-->'''Marshall''': Now, now, we were both young and in love once.
-->'''Robin''': Yeah, like a billion years ago...
-->'''Lily''': And you've been drinking, haven't you?!
-->'''Robin''': [beat] [[LampshadeHanging Yeah, we all have. You bought the last round.]]
-->'''Lily''': You are not going to that concert!
-->'''Robin''': Yes, I am! And you know what? After the concert, Simon and I are going all the way!
-->'''Lily''': [as Robin leaves] Young lady, get back here! [to Marshall] [[SarcasmMode Thanks for you help]]!
-->[beat]
-->'''Ted''': So, today at work...
-->'''Marshall''': [[NotNowKiddo NOT NOW, TED]]!
-->'''Robin''': "You're worried about me?" Okay, is there any version of this conversation where you guys don't sound like my parents?
-->'''Lily''': Oh, I don't know, is there any version of this where you don't sound like a 16-year-old girl?
-->'''Robin''' [folding arms petulantly]: That's exactly what my mom would say...
-->'''Lily''': No, if I was your mom, I'd say we forbid from seeing this boy!
-->'''Robin''' [whining]: Lily!
-->'''Lily''': I'm sorry, but it's for your own good!
-->'''Robin''': You guys just don't get it! You've never felt the way that I feel!
-->'''Marshall''': Now, now, we were both young and in love once.
-->'''Robin''': Yeah, like a billion years ago...
-->'''Lily''': And you've been drinking, haven't you?!
-->'''Robin''': [beat] [[LampshadeHanging Yeah, we all have. You bought the last round.]]
-->'''Lily''': You are not going to that concert!
-->'''Robin''': Yes, I am! And you know what? After the concert, Simon and I are going all the way!
-->'''Lily''': [as Robin leaves] Young lady, get back here! [to Marshall] [[SarcasmMode Thanks for you help]]!
-->[beat]
-->'''Ted''': So, today at work...
-->'''Marshall''': [[NotNowKiddo NOT NOW, TED]]!
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* BlackBestFriend: Michelle, Lily's best friend from high school.
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* SassyBlackWoman: Subverted. Lily's BlackBestFriend can actually speak casually without an urban accent as long as she and Lily are not together.
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* SassyBlackWoman: Subverted. Lily's BlackBestFriend black best friend can actually speak casually without an urban accent as long as she and Lily are not together.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: The episode centers around Robin's regression everytime she's around Simon.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: The episode centers around Robin's regression everytime every time she's around Simon.
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* NamesTheSame: There was also a WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants episode also named "Sandcastles in the Sand".
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: The episode's main theme.
* WomanInWhite: Robin in the music video.
* WomanInWhite: Robin in the music video.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: The episode's main theme.
* WomanInWhite: Robin in the music video.theme.
* WomanInWhite: Robin in the music video.
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*PetTheDog: Barney consoling Robin after she's dumped by Simon.
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* StylisticSuck: The music video and song both.
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* EmotionalRegression: Robin goes through this when Simon comes back into her life. Lily and Ted are also shown to go through this when their best friends from high school show up.
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* TheProblemWithPenIsland: The gang immediately realizes the problem with Simon's band name "The Foreskins/Four Skins." When asked why he named it that way, he claims it's because there are four members, and they each play sports without their shirts.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Simon convinces Robin to play one of his songs during the news, and chooses to play it during a pet adoption segment, with pictures of animals being shown as the song "Murder Train" is being played. According to Robin, it actually did help get a lot of animals get adopted, though only because the people calling thought they were going to kill them.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Simon convinces Robin to play one of his songs during the news, and chooses to play it during a pet adoption segment, with pictures of animals being shown as the song "Murder Train" is being played. According to Robin, it actually did help get a lot of animals get adopted, though only because the people calling thought they were going to kill them.
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* AnimalWrongsGroup: Metro News One gets mistaken for one due to one of Robin's LoveMakesYouDumb moments. See SoundtrackDissonance for more details.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Simon convinces Robin to play one of his songs during the news, and chooses to play it during a pet adoption segment, with pictures of animals being shown as the song "Murder Train" is being played. According to Robin, it actually did help get a lot of animals get adopted, though only because the people calling thought they were going to kill them.
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* NamesTheSame: There was also a SpongebobSquarepants episode also named "Sandcastles in the Sand".
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* NamesTheSame: There was also a SpongebobSquarepants WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants episode also named "Sandcastles in the Sand".
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* NamesTheSame: There was also a SpongebobSquarepants episode also named "Sandcastles in the Sand".
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* BrainyBrunette: Michelle takes [=PhD=] in behavioral psychology.
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* BrainyBrunette: Michelle takes is earning her [=PhD=] in behavioral psychology.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Simon.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Simon.Simon broke up with Robin when they were teenagers because his ex-girlfriend's parents put in a pool. Ten years later, he re-entered her life, put down her friends, strung her along, and dumped her again for the same ex-girlfriend.
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* SophomoreSlump: InUniverse example. According to Robin, the titular song is her big artistic follow-up to "Let's Go To The Mall" but flopped.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Simon think he's all that, but he's not.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Simon think he's all that, but he's not.
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* SophomoreSlump: InUniverse example. According to Robin, the titular song is was her big artistic follow-up to "Let's Go To The Mall" Mall", but it flopped.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Simonthink thinks he's all that, but he's not.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Simon
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* WhamShot: Robin and Barney hooks up in TheStinger.
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* WhamShot: Robin and Barney hooks hook up in TheStinger.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Upon seeing Robin, the fat, balding Simon says "Man, you got old."
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* CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: Everything about Robin's IdolSinger past was revealed in the season 2 episode ''[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E09SlapBet Slap Bet]]''.
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* CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: Everything about Robin's IdolSinger past was revealed in the season 2 episode ''[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E09SlapBet ''[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS2E09SlapBet Slap Bet]]''.
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Barney helps Robin feel better after she is dumped for the second time by her old boyfriend played by Creator/JamesVanDerBeek.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* BeachEpisode: The music video for the titular song, at least.
* BlackBestFriend: Michelle, Lily's best friend from high school.
* BrainyBrunette: Michelle takes [=PhD=] in behavioral psychology.
* CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: Everything about Robin's IdolSinger past was revealed in the season 2 episode ''[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E09SlapBet Slap Bet]]''.
* TheCameo: Tiffany, Alan Thicke and Robin's RobotBuddy.
* ChekhovsGunman: Alan Thicke will show up in seasons 5 and 6.
* DoubleEntendre: Barney and Robin's conversation before watching the music video of the titular song. Due to what happened afterwards, it also counts as TemptingFate.
-->'''Barney:''' So should I just put it in?
-->'''Robin:''' Yeah, why not.
* HistoryRepeats: Robin got dumped by Simon at the exact same van for the exact same reason.
* {{Jerkass}}: Simon.
* LoveHurts: Robin learned it the hard way.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: The episode centers around Robin's regression everytime she's around Simon.
* TheNamesake: "Sandcastles In The Sand" is the name of Robin's second single which she will show Barney at the end of the episode.
* SassyBlackWoman: Subverted. Lily's BlackBestFriend can actually speak casually without an urban accent as long as she and Lily are not together.
* SophomoreSlump: InUniverse example. According to Robin, the titular song is her big artistic follow-up to "Let's Go To The Mall" but flopped.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Simon think he's all that, but he's not.
* WhamEpisode: Thanks to the WhamShot below.
* WhamShot: Robin and Barney hooks up in TheStinger.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: The episode's main theme.
* WomanInWhite: Robin in the music video.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* BeachEpisode: The music video for the titular song, at least.
* BlackBestFriend: Michelle, Lily's best friend from high school.
* BrainyBrunette: Michelle takes [=PhD=] in behavioral psychology.
* CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: Everything about Robin's IdolSinger past was revealed in the season 2 episode ''[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS3E09SlapBet Slap Bet]]''.
* TheCameo: Tiffany, Alan Thicke and Robin's RobotBuddy.
* ChekhovsGunman: Alan Thicke will show up in seasons 5 and 6.
* DoubleEntendre: Barney and Robin's conversation before watching the music video of the titular song. Due to what happened afterwards, it also counts as TemptingFate.
-->'''Barney:''' So should I just put it in?
-->'''Robin:''' Yeah, why not.
* HistoryRepeats: Robin got dumped by Simon at the exact same van for the exact same reason.
* {{Jerkass}}: Simon.
* LoveHurts: Robin learned it the hard way.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: The episode centers around Robin's regression everytime she's around Simon.
* TheNamesake: "Sandcastles In The Sand" is the name of Robin's second single which she will show Barney at the end of the episode.
* SassyBlackWoman: Subverted. Lily's BlackBestFriend can actually speak casually without an urban accent as long as she and Lily are not together.
* SophomoreSlump: InUniverse example. According to Robin, the titular song is her big artistic follow-up to "Let's Go To The Mall" but flopped.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Simon think he's all that, but he's not.
* WhamEpisode: Thanks to the WhamShot below.
* WhamShot: Robin and Barney hooks up in TheStinger.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: The episode's main theme.
* WomanInWhite: Robin in the music video.
