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Old 05-10-10, 02:24 PM
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How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

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The friends crash an upscale party attended by prominent intellectuals, and Ted tries to show off his brainier side. Arianna Huffington, Peter Bogdanovich and New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz have cameos.


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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

I wanna go see Robots vs Wrestlers
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

Me too. Doppleganger Ted taking apart the robot and ripping off its head was awesome. [comic geek]It was like Magnus Robot Fighter in real life [/comic geek]
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

So the show finally admits Ted is a douchebag. Fantastic!
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

The upscale party is usually a tired sitcom cliche, but they got some good jokes out of it.

Willem Dafoe!

GONG!
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

Originally Posted by astrochimp
I wanna go see Robots vs Wrestlers
Hell yes!
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

The last scene with Bogdanovich in the elevator cracked me up

Can't wait ti see Barney's doppelganger.
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

"Douche-pocalypse."
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

I've loved this season so far, and it has some of the most genuinely funny moments from the entire series, but this episode was weak. The Clue joke was great though.

What I really love about this series is that the overarching storyline is almost written as a satire of other series that bait the audience with romantic tension, and the smaller storyarcs work really well. It's actually interesting seeing Ted grow as a person, lily and marshall's relationship, and Robin's misadventures.
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

Originally Posted by DGibFen
So the show finally admits Ted is a douchebag. Fantastic!
Legend...Wait for it.... dary!
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

I really thought I would hate this episode because of the guest stars, but they fit in well to the moral of the story and making Ted look like a douchebag.
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

Next week's episode should be fun!

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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

And here I thought Ted was always a douche, but there was a higher gear of a douchieness previously unknown.
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

My big problem with the episode: they never explained why Marilyn Van Snootington was getting wicker catalogs and Soap Opera Digest.

Also, the "Ted as Cultural Genius" stuff seemed like a setup for a "OK, kids -- that's not quite how it really happened" joke, but that never happened.
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

I love how the series finally acknowledged what an douchebag Ted is. About time!
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

Originally Posted by JasonF
My big problem with the episode: they never explained why Marilyn Van Snootington was getting wicker catalogs and Soap Opera Digest.
My theory was that she was crashing the party too, but alas, it was never addressed :-(

-jason
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

Hated this episode. The farting noise thing was the unfunniest thing ever.
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Re: How I Met Your Mother -- "Robots vs. Wrestlers" -- 05/10/10

Originally Posted by wearetheborg
Hated this episode. The farting noise thing was the unfunniest thing ever.
I always found it humorous on King of Queens, not so much this time around.

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