How I Met Your Mother: Slutty Pumpkin / Season: 1 / Episode: 6 (2005)

Ted waiting up all night on Halloween for the Slutty Pumpkin to appear is reminiscent of Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. At the end, The Shagarats sing the Peanuts theme, "Linus and Lucy".

Marshall references Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi when he says "The rebellion would have failed without Ewoks".

Barney is dressed as a 'Top Gun' pilot for Halloween.

Marshall is dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Throughout the episode, it is pointed out that Marshall is wearing eyeliner, to which he replies, "weirdly hot, right?". Also, Robin notes that there are many guys dressed as "gay pirates" because they are all wearing eyeliner. Marshall tries to refute this by saying, "I have sex with my parrot all the time," referring to Lily, who is dressed as a parrot.

This song plays as Barney enters, dressed as a 'Top Gun' pilot.

In a Halloween flashback, Lily and Marshall are dressed as Sonny and Cher (Lily is Sonny, Marshall is Cher). Back in present day Halloween, the comment is made "Maybe we should've been Sonny & Cher. If I would've worn that red dress...If I could turn back time.".

This song plays as Ted and Robin snuggle on the rooftop at the end of the episode.

The A Capella group 'The Shag-a-rats' sing this song.

The A Capella group 'The Shag-a-rats' sing this song, the theme to Charlie Brown.

The A Capella group, 'The Shag-a-rats' sing this song.

In a Halloween flashback, Lily and Marshall are dressed as Sonny and Cher. Lily dressed as Sonny, Marshall dressed as Cher.