The Playbook part of How I Met Your Mother Season 5

How I Met Your Mother:
Season:  5  / Episode:  8 
The Playbook

Description

Ted realizes he has no hope at finding a girl in New York so he packs up and moves to Australia where he finds a playbook which tells him what he has to do. Barney, Marshall, Lily, and Robin are stuck in New York wondering where Ted has gone.

Pop Culture Connections - Outgoing

It plays these songs...

Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
performed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

This Song is played in The Playbook part of How I Met Your Mother Season 5
This song plays when Barney finally finds someone to use his "He's Not Coming" play from The Playbook while on the Empire State Building.

Rondo Alla Turca
performed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

This Song is played in The Playbook part of How I Met Your Mother Season 5
This song is heard during the sequence of Barney's playbook.

What Is A Youth
performed by Nino Rota

This Song is played in The Playbook part of How I Met Your Mother Season 5
A piano version of Nino Rota's "What Is a Youth" from the 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet is used for when Barney finally succeeds with "The He's Not Coming" play.

It refers to these people...

Stephen King

  • Date: September 21, 1947
  • Type: Person
This Person is referred to by The Playbook part of How I Met Your Mother Season 5
When the Playbook is revealed, Marshall jokes about how prolific an author Barney is - referencing the Bro Code - comparing him to Stephen King.
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It refers to these television series...

Pyramid

This Television Series is referred to by The Playbook part of How I Met Your Mother Season 5
The group tries to guess what the different plays in Barney's playbook are, and they pretend to play the game show 'Pyramid'.
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Star Trek

This Television Series is referred to by The Playbook part of How I Met Your Mother Season 5
Marshall describes a set of people who get married after forgoing the dating scene. A couple wearing Star Trek uniforms is shown.
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The Hollywood Squares

This Television Series is referred to by The Playbook part of How I Met Your Mother Season 5
After breaking up with Robin, Barney announces that he is going to attempt to sleep with every woman in NYC. He says that he will even go after MILTSWANCA. Ted guesses that it means "Mothers I'd Like To Sleep With And Never Call Again, to which Barney replies "Circle gets the square".
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It refers to these movies...

Mrs. Doubtfire

  • Date:
  • Type: Movie
This Movie is referred to by The Playbook part of How I Met Your Mother Season 5
One of the plays in Barney's playbook is called 'Mrs. Stinsfire', in which Barney dresses as a woman and becomes the new house mother for a Sorority House.
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Pop Culture Connections - Incoming

It is referred to by these television episodes...

How I Met Your Mother:
Season:  9  / Episode:  16 
How Your Mother Met Me

This Television Episode refers to The Playbook part of How I Met Your Mother Season 5
When The Mother tells her friend and roommate about her date with Louis, the roommate tells The Mother that Louis sounds amazing. She adds that it's pretty rough out there in the dating world, saying "I once met a guy claiming to be a genie whose penis grants wishes.". This is one of Barney's tricks, from the episode, "The Playbook".

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'Salem's Lot
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  • Dates: - October 17, 1975
  • Type: Book
 

The Shining
written by

  • Dates: - January 28, 1977
  • Type: Book
 

Carrie
written by

  • Date:
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How I Met Your Mother Season 5

# Title Air Date
How I Met Your Mother
5:1 Definitions Sep 21, 2009
5:2 Double Date Sep 28, 2009
5:3 Robin 101 Oct 5, 2009
5:4 The Sexless Innkeeper Oct 12, 2009
5:5 Duel Citizenship Oct 19, 2009
5:6 Bagpipes Nov 2, 2009
5:7 The Rough Patch Nov 9, 2009
5:8 The Playbook Nov 16, 2009
5:9 Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap Nov 23, 2009
5:10 The Window Dec 7, 2009
5:11 Last Cigarette Ever Dec 14, 2009
5:12 Girls Versus Suits Jan 11, 2010
5:13 Jenkins Jan 18, 2010
5:14 Perfect Week Feb 1, 2010
5:15 Rabbit or Duck Feb 8, 2010
5:16 Hooked Mar 1, 2010
5:17 Of Course Mar 8, 2010
5:18 Say Cheese Mar 22, 2010
5:19 Zoo or False Apr 12, 2010
5:20 Home Wreckers Apr 19, 2010
5:21 Twin Beds May 3, 2010
5:22 Robots Versus Wrestlers May 10, 2010
5:23 The Wedding Bride May 17, 2010
5:24 Doppelgangers May 24, 2010

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