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How I Met Your Mother: Mary the Paralegal / Season: 1 / Episode: 19 (2006)

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How I Met Your Mother

Mary the Paralegal (Television Episode)

Season: 1
Episode: 19

April 26, 2006

To fix Ted's jealousy over Robin, Barney sets him up with an escort for an awards banquet.

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Legally Blonde (Movie)

July 13, 2001

Genres: Comedy

Ted and Robin each insult each other's dates; Ted refers to Sandy as "Edward R. Moron," a reference to Edward R. Murrow, while Robin calls Mary "Paralegally Blonde" in reference to the movie Legally Blonde.

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Pretty Woman (Movie)

March 23, 1990

Genres: Comedy / Romance

At one point, Ted remarks that he feels like Richard Gere, which refers to Pretty Woman, in which Gere dates a prostitute.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (Movie)

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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Movie)

May 21, 1980

Genres: Science Fiction

During dinner at the awards ceremony, Mary makes a joke about Sandy Rivers' hair being put on like Darth Vader's helmet, which references Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

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How I Met Your Mother

Bad Crazy (Television Episode)

Season: 8
Episode: 16

February 11, 2013

At the beginning of the episode, future Ted is telling his children that being single is fun. Several clips are shown of Ted and his various girlfriends throughout the series. A clip is shown of Ted with Mary, the girl Barney set him up with for a date to Robin's award banquet, from the episode 'Mary the Paralegal'.

How I Met Your Mother: Mary the Paralegal / Season: 1 / Episode: 19 (2006)

How I Met Your Mother

Mary the Paralegal (Television Episode)

Season: 1Episode: 19

Outgoing Connections: Pop Culture Referenced in this Television Episode

TV/Films referenced in Mary the Paralegal

Movies

Legally Blonde (Movie)

Pretty Woman (Movie)

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Movie)

Incoming Connections: Pop Culture that References this Television Episode

TV/Films that reference Mary the Paralegal

Television Episodes

How I Met Your Mother

Bad Crazy (Television Episode)

Season: 8Episode: 16

Season: 1
Episode: 19

Season: 8
Episode: 16