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* The final scene, in which everybody yells "Swarley!" when Barney enters the bar, is a reference to the TV show ''[[Cheers (TV series)|Cheers]]'', in which characters traditionally yelled "Norm!" whenever [[Norm Peterson]] entered the "Cheers" bar. The opening theme to ''Cheers'' is then played on a boombox by Carl the bartender, and the camera angle changes to show the same bar set-up and framing for the main interior bar-shots featured in ''Cheers''. Additionally, the end credits are done in the [[Gold (color)|gold]] "[[Cooper Black]]" font of the ''Cheers'' credits (which was a highly popular font for [[sit-com]]s of the early-to-mid-1980s). |
* The final scene, in which everybody yells "Swarley!" when Barney enters the bar, is a reference to the TV show ''[[Cheers (TV series)|Cheers]]'', in which characters traditionally yelled "Norm!" whenever [[Norm Peterson]] entered the "Cheers" bar. The opening theme to ''Cheers'' is then played on a boombox by Carl the bartender, and the camera angle changes to show the same bar set-up and framing for the main interior bar-shots featured in ''Cheers''. Additionally, the end credits are done in the [[Gold (color)|gold]] "[[Cooper Black]]" font of the ''Cheers'' credits (which was a highly popular font for [[sit-com]]s of the early-to-mid-1980s). |
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* Barney calls Robin "Monica Rolandsky", doing a pun with the name [[Monica Lewinsky]]. |
* Barney calls Robin "Monica Rolandsky", doing a pun with the name [[Monica Lewinsky]]. |
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* Although not a cultural reference as such, it is worth noting that the two actors appearing as coffee shop employees in this episode both played prominent characters in television series created by [[Joss Whedon]]. [[Morena Baccarin]] played [[List of Firefly characters#Inara Serra|Inara Serra]] on [[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]], while [[Tom Lenk]] portrayed [[Andrew Wells]] on [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] and its [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] [[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]. ''How I Met Your Mother'' star [[Alyson Hannigan]] also played [[Willow Rosenberg]] on ''Buffy''. |
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"Swarley" is the 7th episode in the second season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on November 6, 2006.
Plot
The guys go to a coffee shop, where Ted points out that Chloe (Morena Baccarin), the girl working there, has drawn a heart next to Marshall's name on his cup. Ted insists that Chloe has a crush on Marshall because she always laughs at his lame joke about how they fit a pumpkin into a pumpkin-flavored latte. As Marshall leaves, his name is called for (an unordered) pumpkin latte on which Chloe has written her number. Later, when Marshall introduces Chloe to Ted and Barney at the bar, they tell him that she has the "Crazy Eyes", an indicator of future mental instability. Both Ted and Barney give Marshall examples of their experiences with this malady; Barney's crazy-eyed date wanted a threesome with a teddy bear, while Ted's crazy-eyed date picked up a long metal rod and repeatedly hit a car that nearly hit them as they were about to cross the street. Marshall shrugs it off. The next day, as Marshall is taking a test, he receives a call from Chloe who says that she is being followed by a hunchback with a limp. Later, Marshall takes Chloe back to his apartment and suspects that she broke a picture of him and Lily that was sitting on the end table. However, it turns out that Lily has been hiding in the apartment, and pops out (much to Marshall and Chloe's surprise). Lily introduces herself, and leaves the apartment dejected and crying. Marshall follows her out to the steps, leaving Chloe sitting on the sofa.
Lily confides in Robin that she is scared by the idea of Marshall going out on a date with another woman. Despite hearing that Ted believes she has crazy eyes, Lily wants to see what Chloe looks like. It turns out that Lily was the hunchback following Chloe — she was carrying a book bag, then covered herself with a coat to shield herself from the rain (the hump), and limped because she hit her knee while concentrating on seeing the face of Chloe. Lily, while visiting Ted and Robin in the apartment, realized that Marshall had moved the picture of the two of them. She sneaked into the apartment before Marshall brings Chloe home to put it in a more conspicuous place, and it broke. While hiding from Marshall and Chloe, she got upset and popped out.
Marshall realizes that he should get back together with Lily even though he says that Lily has the craziest eyes he's ever seen. Six months after Ted came back to the apartment and found Marshall alone and upset after the engagement ended, he returns to find Marshall and Lily happy and back together. The gang first goes to McLaren's for a drink and then returns upstairs to the apartment, finding it has been ransacked by Chloe who has been "searching" for her "lost" keys which are in fact sitting in plain sight on the coffee table in front of where she had been sitting. Marshall points out the keys and Chloe departs, leaving a nonplussed gang and apparently proving the "Crazy Eyes" theory.
Meanwhile, Chloe writes Barney's name as "Swarley," prompting everyone to call him the name for the duration of the episode. Barney protests, but variations on the nickname become a running gag throughout the episode. Just prior to leaving the apartment, Chloe calls Robin "Rolind", and Barney tries to use it as an opportunity to stop everyone from calling him "Swarley". In the final scene, however, Barney walks into the bar, everyone shouts "Swarley", and he turns and walks out dejectedly as the bartender plays "Where Everybody Knows Your Name".
Continuity
- Lily mentions the time she and Marshall had sex in the bathroom, in the episode "Brunch".
- Ted mentions the time he found Marshall sitting alone on the stairs in front of the apartment, in the episode "Where Were We?".
- Marshall does not know about the crazy eyes but in the Season 1 episode "Cupcake", he references making the crazy eyes when scaring off Lily's only friend in France, Gabrielle.
Cultural references
- The coffee shop layout is a reference to Friends, also spoofing the series when Barney says, "Hanging out at a coffee place, not nearly as much fun as hanging out at a bar".
- A man in MacLaren's can be seen wearing a Converge shirt.
- Billy Joel is mentioned by Marshall and Ted. Later, Chloe demonstrates for Marshall the fact that she knows all the words to "We Didn't Start the Fire".
- The final scene, in which everybody yells "Swarley!" when Barney enters the bar, is a reference to the TV show Cheers, in which characters traditionally yelled "Norm!" whenever Norm Peterson entered the "Cheers" bar. The opening theme to Cheers is then played on a boombox by Carl the bartender, and the camera angle changes to show the same bar set-up and framing for the main interior bar-shots featured in Cheers. Additionally, the end credits are done in the gold "Cooper Black" font of the Cheers credits (which was a highly popular font for sit-coms of the early-to-mid-1980s).
- Barney calls Robin "Monica Rolandsky", doing a pun with the name Monica Lewinsky.
Music
- Helen Reddy - "I Am Woman"
- Gary Portnoy - "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"
- The Explorers Club - "Forever"
