How I Met Your Mother:
Season:     6     / Episode:     4    
Subway Wars

The player must maneuver a character (Pitfall Harry) through a maze-like jungle in an attempt to recover 32 treasures in a 20-minute time period. Along the way, he must negotiate numerous hazards, including pits, quicksand, rolling logs, fire, rattlesnakes, scorpions, and crocodiles. Harry may jump over or otherwise avoid these obstacles by climbing, running, or swinging on a vine to avoid them. Treasure includes gold and silver bars, diamond rings, and bags of money. Under the jungle there is a tunnel which Harry can access through ladders found at various places. Travelling in the tunnel moves three screens at a time, which is required to collect all the treasures within the time limit. However, the tunnels are filled with dead-ends blocked by brick walls, forcing the player return to the surface at one of the ladders, and try to find a way around again. The tunnels also contain scorpions Harry must avoid.

The show presents an idealized vision of life in 1950s and early 1960s America. The family consists of Howard Cunningham, a hardware store owner, his homemaker wife Marion and the couple's two children, Richie, an optimistic if somewhat naive teenager, and Joanie, Ritchie's sweet but feisty younger sister. The Cunninghams also had an older son named Chuck, a character who disappeared during the second season. The earlier episodes revolve around Richie and his friends, Potsie Weber, Ralph Malph and local dropout Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli, but as the series progressed, "Fonzie" proved to be a favorite with viewers and soon more story lines were written to reflect his growing popularity. Soon Fonzie befriended Richie and the Cunningham family. The focus would also occasionally shift to other additional characters, such as Fonzie's cousin Chachi, who became a love interest for Joanie Cunningham.

Gather round, ye children To hear the tale so sweet Of a man who dared to race machines With nothing but his feet Marshall versus the machines As Marshall ran with all his might And passed his friend, Christine He thought of all the times that he had beaten the machine He triumphed over Pinball He vanquished the alarm He brought the jukebox back to life With his Fonzarelli arm Marshall versus the machines... Move along! Yah! Move along! Yah! Our hero's strength was fading fast Just as the light turnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.....ed green He then thought back to all the times He'd lost to a machine The cable box's fearsome bite The stapler's mighty sting The cable box's bite again Getting too tired To sing