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"Cupcake" How I Met Your Mother episode Episode no. Season 1
Episode 16Directed by Pamela Fryman Written by Suzy Mamann-Greenberg & Maria Ferrari Production code 1ALH15 Original air date March 6, 2006 Guest stars Ashley Williams (Victoria)
Caroline Lagerfelt (Bridal Shop Lady)Season 1 episodes - Pilot
- Purple Giraffe
- Sweet Taste of Liberty
- Return of the Shirt
- Okay Awesome
- Slutty Pumpkin
- Matchmaker
- The Duel
- Belly Full of Turkey
- The Pineapple Incident
- The Limo
- The Wedding
- Drumroll, Please
- Zip, Zip, Zip
- Game Night
- Cupcake
- Life Among the Gorillas
- Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.
- Mary the Paralegal
- Best Prom Ever
- Milk
- Come On
"Cupcake" is the 16th episode in the first season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on March 6, 2006.
Contents
Plot
Victoria has been offered a fellowship at a culinary institute in Germany, putting her relationship with Ted at a crossroads. Both are unsure, but said early on that long distance relationships never work; according to Ted, it's a lie teenagers use to get laid the summer before college, while Marshall and Lily both say that they are all talk and no sex (both adding "Kill me now" at the end of their statements). While Ted is off with Marshall and Barney, and Victoria is off with Robin and Lily, they make their decisions; Ted thinks she should go, while Victoria thinks she should stay. However, at dinner that night, they both change their minds after Victoria hands Ted a cupcake. They argue a bit and decide to break up. However, Marshall convinces Ted to spend one more awesome day with Victoria, using the analogy of "If you knew your leg was going to be chopped off the next day, would you lie on the couch and cry about it?" The two decide to spend the day together enjoying New York doing all the things they'd wanted to during the relationship, and Future Ted tells his kids that's exactly what they did (but its revealed that they didn't, and actually spent the whole day in bed).
Meanwhile, Marshall needs a new suit for an interview for an internship position at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Barney tells him that he will take Marshall to his tailor, and outfits Marshall with a very nice suit. At the same time, Lily is shopping for a wedding dress, but cannot find anything she likes. Victoria goes and gets one of the nice dresses from the front window, and Lily loves the dress. Although Lily does not intend to buy it, she accidentally sits down in the free cake provided by the bridal shop, and then rips it. Marshall gets the bill for the suit from Barney, and finds out that he must pay $4000 for it, but initially refuses an offer to come work for Barney. He turns to Lily and says he'll do whatever it takes, at which point Lily breaks down and reveals that she ruined the dress, and Marshall, seeing no other way to pay for $12,000 of clothes in a timely manner, decides to go work for Barney.
In helping Ted and Victoria make their decisions, Marshall and Lily tell two versions of the same story. At one point, Lily took an art class over in Paris one summer. According to Marshall, Lily had met this strange man named Gabriel, and thought he was moving in on Lily. Marshall went over to France, and told Gabriel to stay away from Lily. According to Lily, Gabrielle was a homely girl who was self-conscious about her mustache, and she and Lily were good friends, but suddenly she stopped talking to Lily about halfway through the summer, leaving Lily friendless. Neither of them know the other's story.
At the airport, Ted and Victoria decide to give long distance a try, both saying that it will work... however Future Ted tells his kids that it didn't, and that long-distance relationships hardly ever work... but that story is for later.
Music
- "Where Is My Mind?" by the Pixies is playing in the bar when Victoria receives word of her fellowship.
- Canon in D major by Johann Pachelbel, during the scenes where Lily, Robin and Victoria look for wedding dresses
References
External links
- Cupcake at TV.com
- Cupcake at the Internet Movie Database
How I Met Your Mother Episodes Season 1 · Season 2 · Season 3 · Season 4 · Season 5 · Season 6 · Season 7Characters Related articles How I Met Your Mother episodes Season 1 "Pilot" · "Purple Giraffe" · "Sweet Taste of Liberty" · "Return of the Shirt" · "Okay Awesome" · "Slutty Pumpkin" · "Matchmaker" · "The Duel" · "Belly Full of Turkey" · "The Pineapple Incident" · "The Limo" · "The Wedding" · "Drumroll, Please" · "Zip, Zip, Zip" · "Game Night" · "Cupcake" · "Life Among the Gorillas" · "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M." · "Mary the Paralegal" · "Best Prom Ever" · "Milk" · "Come On"Season 2 "Where Were We? · "The Scorpion and the Toad" · "Brunch" · "Ted Mosby: Architect" · "World's Greatest Couple" · "Aldrin Justice" · "Swarley" · "Atlantic City" · "Slap Bet" · "Single Stamina" · "How Lily Stole Christmas" · "First Time in New York" · "Columns" · "Monday Night Football" · "Lucky Penny" · "Stuff" · "Arrivederci, Fiero" · "Moving Day" · "Bachelor Party" · "Showdown" · "Something Borrowed" · "Something Blue"Season 3 "Wait for It" · "We're Not from Here" · "Third Wheel" · "Little Boys" · "How I Met Everyone Else" · "I'm Not That Guy" · "Dowisetrepla" · "Spoiler Alert" · "Slapsgiving" · "The Yips" · "The Platinum Rule" · "No Tomorrow" · "Ten Sessions" · "The Bracket" · "The Chain of Screaming" · "Sandcastles in the Sand" · "The Goat" · "Rebound Bro" · "Everything Must Go" · "Miracles"Season 4 "Do I Know You?" · "The Best Burger in New York" · "I Heart NJ" · "Intervention" · "Shelter Island" · "Happily Ever After" · "Not a Father's Day" · "Woooo!" · "The Naked Man" · "The Fight" · "Little Minnesota" · "Benefits" · "Three Days of Snow" · "The Possimpible" · "The Stinsons" · "Sorry, Bro" · "The Front Porch" · "Old King Clancy" · "Murtaugh" · "Mosbius Designs" · "The Three Days Rule" · "Right Place, Right Time" · "As Fast as She Can" · "The Leap"Season 5 "Definitions" · "Double Date" · "Robin 101" · "The Sexless Innkeeper" · "Duel Citizenship" · "Bagpipes" · "The Rough Patch" · "The Playbook" · "Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap" · "The Window" · "Last Cigarette Ever" · "Girls Versus Suits" · "Jenkins" · "Perfect Week" · "Rabbit or Duck" · "Hooked" · "Of Course" · "Say Cheese" · "Zoo or False" · "Home Wreckers" · "Twin Beds" · "Robots Versus Wrestlers" · "The Wedding Bride" · "Doppelgangers"Season 6 "Big Days" · "Cleaning House" · "Unfinished" · "Subway Wars" · "Architect of Destruction" · "Baby Talk" · "Canning Randy" · "Natural History" · "Glitter" · "Blitzgiving" · "The Mermaid Theory" · "False Positive" · "Bad News" · "Last Words" · "Oh Honey" · "Desperation Day" · "Garbage Island" · "A Change of Heart" · "Legendaddy" · "The Exploding Meatball Sub" · "Hopeless" · "The Perfect Cocktail" · "Landmarks" · "Challenge Accepted"Season 7 "The Best Man" · "The Naked Truth" · "Ducky Tie" · "The Stinson Missile Crisis" · "Field Trip" · "Mystery vs. History" · "Noretta" · "The Slutty Pumpkin Returns" · "Disaster Averted" · "Tick, Tick, Tick..." · "The Rebound Girl" · "Queen of the Furrow"Categories:- How I Met Your Mother (season 1) episodes
- 2006 television episodes
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