The Scorpion and the Toad

Episode aired Sep 25, 2006
TV-PGTV-PG
22m

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8.1/10

3.7K

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Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

Comedy Romance

Barney gets Marshall back out on the singles market, but Barney keeps taking all the prospects from him. And Ted's convinced that Lily is back because she wants Marshall back, even though sh... Read allBarney gets Marshall back out on the singles market, but Barney keeps taking all the prospects from him. And Ted's convinced that Lily is back because she wants Marshall back, even though she says she's never been better.Barney gets Marshall back out on the singles market, but Barney keeps taking all the prospects from him. And Ted's convinced that Lily is back because she wants Marshall back, even though she says she's never been better.

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

3.7K

YOUR RATING

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Alyson Hannigan and Barry Finkel in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

Alyson Hannigan, Josh Radnor, and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

Alyson Hannigan in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

Alyson Hannigan, Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, and Lee Warren Jones in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

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Trivia
The name of the bar Marshall and Barney enter (which is also the title of this episode) "The Scorpion and the Toad" is a reference to the fable by Aesop ("The Frog and the Scorpion" in the original translation). In the fable a scorpion asks a frog to carry him over a river, promising not to sting him. Halfway across he stings the frog anyway and they both drown, the scorpion saying "it's my nature" - the point being that some creatures (or people) "just can't help being who they are", the motif of this episode.

Goofs
When they're sitting in the diner, a girl in a white hoodie is seen walking to a table behind Lily and sitting down. There's a shot of Ted, and when the camera goes back to Lily, the girl takes her seat again.

Quotes
Barney Stinson: Being a bachelor in New York is like... what's something that everyone likes?
Marshall Eriksen: Candy?
Barney Stinson: Yes. It's like being in a candy store, and all you have to do is grab a couple of Whoppers. Is Whoppers the best one?
Ted Mosby: Mounds?
Barney Stinson: Nah.
Marshall Eriksen: Milk Duds?
Barney Stinson: Nah.
Ted Mosby: Gobstoppers?
Barney Stinson: Um...
Older Ted Mosby: This went on for hours, so I'll skip right to the end.
Ted Mosby: Double Bubble?
Barney Stinson: Nice!