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* Robin says Ted should be called ''Eric Slapton'', in reference to musician [[Eric Clapton]].<ref name="avclub" /> |
* Robin says Ted should be called ''Eric Slapton'', in reference to musician [[Eric Clapton]].<ref name="avclub" /> |
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* Lily's "You're Dead To Me" look, which vaporizes subjects under her glaring eyes, is a homage to [[Alyson Hannigan]]'s ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' character [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]], specifically ''Dark Willow''.<ref>http://www.tvfanatic.com/2009/11/how-i-met-your-mother-review-slapsgiving-2-revenge-of-the-slap/</ref> |
* Lily's "You're Dead To Me" look, which vaporizes subjects under her glaring eyes, is a homage to [[Alyson Hannigan]]'s ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' character [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]], specifically ''Dark Willow''.<ref>http://www.tvfanatic.com/2009/11/how-i-met-your-mother-review-slapsgiving-2-revenge-of-the-slap/</ref> |
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* The scene in which Barney delays his slap by digging into Robin's psyche is very similar to a scene between Clarice and Dr Lector in ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} |
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== Production == |
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Actress [[Christina Pickles]] who plays Lily's grandmother played Monica and Ross's mother in the television series [[Friends (TV Series)|Friends]].<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |
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| author = Vlada Gelman | date = November 23, 2009 |
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| title = 'How I Met Your Mother': Thankful for slaps |
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| url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/11/how-i-met-your-mother-thankful-for-slaps.html |
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| work = Show Tracker |
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| publisher = [[Los Angeles Times]] |
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| accessdate = 2009-11-30 |
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</ref><!-- HIMYM was frequently compared to Friends when it started.{{citation needed}} --> |
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== Critical response == |
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"Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap" is the ninth episode of the fifth season of the CBS situation comedy How I Met Your Mother and 97th episode overall. It aired on November 23, 2009.
Plot
Future Ted describes the Thanksgiving of 2009, when Lily and Marshall invited the gang over to their apartment for dinner. Marshall had picked out a wonderful turkey, but had left it in the cab. Robin and Ted pick it up at the Port Authority, and in gratitude, Marshall bequeaths one of his slap bet slaps to them, on the condition they slap before sundown and decide among themselves who gets to slap Barney.
Lily's estranged father Mickey shows up. Divorced from Lily's mother, Mickey had been living in his parents' (Lily's grandparents) basement, trying to develop his strange board game ideas and taking advantage of his father's generosity. Marshall describes the look he saw in Lily's eyes at that moment, calling it the "you're dead to me" look. She had used the look on other people for trivial reasons, but she had not spoken to or of her father for three years.
Marshall, who is used to a close-knit family (he teleconferences with them for Sunday dinner), tries to convince Lily to allow her father to have dinner with them. She stubbornly refuses, but Marshall invites him in anyway, only to see Lily walk out the door. As they sit and wait for Lily to return, they play one of Mickey's unsuccessful games, "Diseases". After a part of the game sprays lead paint and horse bile all over the turkey, Marshall kicks him out and looks for Lily.
He finds her at Mr. Park's bodega, a man she had given her "you're dead to me" look. While she waited at the counter, hoping to avoid Mr. Park, she found out that he had died, which makes her depressed. Realizing what it would mean if her father died without seeing him again, they return to have Thanksgiving dinner together, inadvertently upsetting Mr. Park's widow.
Meanwhile, Ted and Robin playfully argue about who should slap Barney, begging off the honor to each other, but quickly start arguing seriously. Barney tries to extend the argument (to pass the deadline of sundown), frightened of the prospect of being tied to a chair and slapped. Eventually, Robin gifts the slap to Ted, praising his growth since being left at the altar. Ted gifts the slap to Robin, as closure to her relationship with Barney. Robin gifts the slap to Mickey as a welcome to the gang. Mickey gifts the slap to Lily as an apology for his absentee parenting. Lily can't bring herself to slap Barney, and Marshall explains that he gave out the slap to bring everyone together. A nerve-wracked Barney is released from the chair, but before he can sit down to dinner, Marshall slaps him in the face, proclaiming, "That's four!".
As a postscript, a commercial is shown of Mickey's new board game, "Slap Bet", recreating the gang's tradition of slaps as a family game.
Continuity
- In the episode Slap Bet Barney lost a bet about Robin's past. Lily, the designated "Slap Bet Commissioner", gave Marshall the option of 10 immediate slaps or 5 to be doled out anytime "from now till eternity", pending Barney's preference. Barney chose the five, of which now four have been used: in that same episode, in Stuff, in the episode Slapsgiving, and in this episode meaning there is just one more slap to go.
- The song Marshall created for Slapsgiving is used for the Slap Bet game commercial.
- Lily said "sonofabitch" in the same manner as she and Barney did in the episode The Playbook.
- Although Ted says he has always wanted to slap Barney, he slapped Barney twice in the episode The Stinsons.
Barney's blog
- In his blog Barney complains how the Slap Bet Commissioner has not been impartial and the rules of the slap book have not been followed.[2]
Cultural references
- Robin says Ted should be called Eric Slapton, in reference to musician Eric Clapton.[3]
- Lily's "You're Dead To Me" look, which vaporizes subjects under her glaring eyes, is a homage to Alyson Hannigan's Buffy the Vampire Slayer character Willow, specifically Dark Willow.[4]
- The scene in which Barney delays his slap by digging into Robin's psyche is very similar to a scene between Clarice and Dr Lector in The Silence of the Lambs.[citation needed]
Production
Actress Christina Pickles who plays Lily's grandmother played Monica and Ross's mother in the television series Friends.[5]
Critical response
Donna Bowman of the AV Club rated the episode as B, saying the episode set itself up for failure by attempting to be a sequel to Slapsgiving, one of the most popular episodes of the show.[3]
Brian Zoromski of IGN gave the episode 8 out of 10.[6]
References
- ^ How I Met Your Mother - Episode 5.09 - Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap - Press Release
- ^ Stinson, Barney (2009-11-23). "Barney's Blog: The Slap Stops Here!". Archived from the original on 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ a b Donna Bowman (2009-11-23). "How I Met Your Mother. "Slapsgiving 2: Revenge Of The Slap"". The AV Club. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ http://www.tvfanatic.com/2009/11/how-i-met-your-mother-review-slapsgiving-2-revenge-of-the-slap/
- ^ Vlada Gelman (November 23, 2009). "'How I Met Your Mother': Thankful for slaps". Show Tracker. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ Brian Zoromski (2009-11-24). "How I Met Your Mother: Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap Review. Slap Bet, Diseases and Dark Willow". IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
