- Ted and Robin decide to move in together, but nobody appears to be happy with the new living arrangements--especially Barney.
- Ted is getting ready to move into Robin's apartment. Marshall and Lily don't look at it like they're losing a roommate, but gaining their "we can do whatever we want" freedom. But as they spend more time alone without Ted, they come to realize what Ted actually brought into their household. Barney on the other hand is trying to prevent Ted from doing what he considers the worst mistake in his life by moving in with Robin. As such, Barney hijacks Ted's moving van with all of Ted's possessions inside. Barney is holding Ted's possession hostage unless Ted does whatever he tells him to do on what was supposed to be Ted and Robin's first night as roommates together. As Ted and Robin are not together for the evening, they both have time to think about what moving in together really means.—Huggo
- Ted and Robin start to move in together, as they decided in "Stuff". Initially, Barney likes this idea, and asks Marshall and Lily if he can use the apartment to sleep with other women, since his apartment is a 23-minute cab ride away, and that has ruined several opportunities for him (women have fallen asleep on him, made up with their boyfriends, or even been arrested for indecent exposure). Barney then decides it is the wrong thing for Ted to do (he says Robin can score a hotter guy than Ted and Ted secretly wants to hang out with his bro Barney. He reveals that Ted doesn't even know that Robin smokes and with him around, Robin wont be able to steal an occasional drag), and takes the moving truck (which has all of Ted's belongings, except one of the swords on the wall and a bunch of lids), and will not give it back to Ted until Ted completes a series of challenges.
At Robin's, she is not OK with wanting to put a TV in their bedroom (Robin wants to move it into the storage unit in the basement). She also argues that Ted should move his only box of pot lids to the storage (as her kitchen is really small and she already has lids for her pots).
After Ted is blackmailed (Barney says he will dump all his stuff in the east river, if Ted doesn't comply with his demands) to spend some "bro time" (Barney makes Ted pick up girls phone numbers, and play laser tag on what should have been his first night living with Robin) with Barney, the latter makes him realize that he really doesn't want to move in with Robin (Ted spent one afternoon with Robin and realized that Robin didn't want him there, not did he want to be there himself.. both realized that they made a huge mistake) .. Ted gets angry at Barney and comes back to Robin's apartment. Meanwhile Robin was busy taking a bubble bath and a smoke, and canceling her subscription to guns & ammo magazine.
Things do not become better there either, as Robin disapproves of Ted's behavior, such as when he puts his feet up on her coffee table. Ted is enraged at her (as her apartment is an hour away from the bar), but realizes where his truck is.
Here, Barney has picked up a girl and the truck shown to be behind the MacLaren's bar in an alley, being used as Barney's makeshift apartment. As soon as Barney enters in with the girl, Ted starts driving the truck. Later, Ted sends the girl back to her home and gets his stuff back. He and Robin cancel their plans to move in.
Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily are initially excited that Ted was moving out, since they would now have the place all to themselves. They enjoy lounging around naked (but admit that its not as awesome as they thought it would be) and having loud sex on the couch (he yells "I am the best" and she yells "Ted's not here", which is a turn off for each other), but soon find out that things have changed a lot. They miss Ted during all the things they used to do together, including watching their favorite shows. Marshall realizes that all the essential household items belonged to Ted (he did all the shopping and the microwave also belonged to him, including all the towels), which he has taken with him. Marshall narrates the story of a tree in the Amazonian rain-forest that can only grow around the body of an existing tree. Marshall and Lily are that tree, and they cant grow without Ted. They need to marry ted. Although Lily is against the idea of them marrying Ted, she also realizes how much they need Ted, and when Ted comes back and tells them that things did not work out and he is moving back in, they give Ted a group hug and tell him not to leave.
Barney has a list of names for the truck, if Ted had not given it back. The Winnie-Bango, The Pick-Up truck, The Ford Explore her, The you scream truck, Feels on Wheels, The ride her truck, The 18-squeeler, the Esca-Laid, the Slam-Boney, the '69 Chevy.
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