9th episode of the 3rd season of How I Met Your Mother
"
Slapsgiving
" is the ninth episode in the
third season
of the television series
How I Met Your Mother
and 53rd overall. It originally aired on November 19, 2007.
Plot
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Future
Ted
tells his kids about a
private joke
he and
Robin
used to share while they were dating: they would
salute
whenever another person used a word that sounded like a
military rank
before another word in a sentence (an example being "
Kernel
(
Colonel
) Stuck In My Teeth"). However, since
breaking up
they simply share awkward looks whenever someone does it, and are unable to spend time alone together.
Thanksgiving
is approaching, and this will be the group's first with
Marshall
and
Lily
as a
married couple
. With Lily obsessing over making sure it is perfect, Robin invites her 41-year-old boyfriend Bob (who Ted perceives to be ancient) to
Thanksgiving dinner
, and Marshall terrorizes
Barney
in the days leading up to Barney's
third slap
and has even set up a countdown website. When Robin and Ted are the only two members of the group to show up to a night of baking pies, they notice that they have nothing to talk about when they are together, creating a nagging feeling that they are no longer really friends, but end up having sex out of awkwardness.
When Ted and Robin arrive at Marshall and Lily's apartment for Thanksgiving, they reveal separately to their friends what happened. Over the men's objections, Lily convinces Robin to talk to Ted about their relationship. After the two discuss how weird it is to be around each other, they come to the realization that they are not friends and agree that after the dinner they should not see each other again. Meanwhile, Barney begins to get upset at the notion of another slap. Following Marshall's relentless taunting of Barney and lack of interest in helping her prepare, Lily declares as Slap Bet Commissioner that no slap would occur on Thanksgiving, much to Barney's delight and Marshall's dismay.
Everyone sits down for Thanksgiving dinner and Lily is upset that no one is taking it very seriously. Robin and Ted exchange sad glances with each other. Marshall speaks up and thanks Lily for her hard work in putting together the dinner. Later during dinner Bob uses the phrase "major
buzzkill
", and Ted and Robin
absent-mindedly
salute, causing them to realize there is still a connection between them and they can still be friends. Future Ted tells his kids that since he had a great evening with his friends (and Bob), he takes them to Marshall and Lily's to spend Thanksgiving every year. Barney begins to
taunt
dismayed Marshall as the slap countdown enters the last ten seconds. At first Lily warns him not to go through with the slap, but when Barney keeps taunting, she allows the slap to happen with only three seconds to go. Overjoyed, Marshall slaps Barney immediately sending him flying across the room before singing "You Just Got Slapped" (a song of his own creation) with everybody.
In the kitchen after dinner, Ted notes there is going to be a "major clean-up" making everyone unknowingly salute and despair. Marshall asks if this is going to be a regular occurrence from now on and Robin replies, "That's the general idea", causing another salute.
Critical response
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- Eric Goldman of
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gave the episode 8.5 out of 10. He describes the slap bet as one of the funniest running jokes of the series. Goldman was also impressed by how well
Neil Patrick Harris
took the slap, describing it as "like
Biff Tannen
taking a punch from
George McFly
".
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- Entertainment Weekly
put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "After winning permission to slap Barney in a bet, Marshall renames Turkey Day in 2007. Slapstick ensues, setting the stage for "
Slapsgiving 2
" in 2009. Did we mention it's a real knee-slapper?"
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Cast and Crew
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- Director of the episode - Pamela Fryman
- Writers of the episode - Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Matt Kuhn and Joe Kelly.
- Cast - Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Orson Bean and Eben Ham.
References
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Donna Bowman (2007-11-19).
"How I Met Your Mother "Slapsgiving"
"
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The A.V. Club
.
The Onion
. Retrieved
2010-05-02
.
Rating B.
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Eric Goldman (2007-11-20).
"How I Met Your Mother: "Slapsgiving" Review. Watch out Barney, your time is up..."
IGN
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News Corporation
. Retrieved
2010-05-02
.
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Geier, Thom; Jensen, Jeff; Jordan, Tina; Lyons, Margaret; Markovitz, Adam; Nashawaty, Chris; Pastorek, Whitney; Rice, Lynette; Rottenberg, Josh; Schwartz, Missy; Slezak, Michael; Snierson, Dan; Stack, Tim; Stroup, Kate; Tucker, Ken; Vary, Adam B.; Vozick-Levinson, Simon; Ward, Kate (December 11, 2009), "THE 100 Greatest MOVIES, TV SHOWS, ALBUMS, BOOKS, CHARACTERS, SCENES, EPISODES, SONGS, DRESSES, MUSIC VIDEOS, AND TRENDS THAT ENTERTAINED US OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS". Entertainment Weekly. (1079/1080):74-84
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"How I Met Your Mother" Slapsgiving (TV Episode 2007) - IMDb
. Retrieved
2024-06-07
– via www.imdb.com.
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