Return of the Shirt

Return of the Shirt

Infobox Television episode


Caption=Ted at his ex's door with a sock monkey.
Title = Return of the Shirt
Series = How I Met Your Mother
Season = 1
Episode = 4
Airdate = October 10, 2005
Production = 1ALH03
Writer = Kourtney Kang
Director = Pamela Fryman
Guests = Lyndsy Fonseca (Daughter), Charlene Amoia (Waitress), David Henrie (Son), John Henry Canavan (Trucker Hat Guy #2), Choice Skinner (Trucker Hat Guy #1), Buck Kartalian (Henry), Katelin Chesna (One Guest), Monique Edwards (Producer), Anne Dudek (Natalie), Michael Kagan (Joel Adams), Jackie Geary (Jackie), Ange Billman (Steph), Deanna Russo (Brooke)
Episode list =List of How I Met Your Mother episodes
Prev = Sweet Taste of Liberty
Next = Okay Awesome

"Return of the Shirt" is the 4th episode in the first season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother". It originally aired on October 10, 2005.

Plot

Ted suddenly finds a shirt he has not worn in forever, and finds that he likes it, even though before that day he had never considered wearing it. He meets everyone else down at the bar, and finds that he also suddenly likes Bourbon, which he had hated before. He suddenly decides that maybe he should start considering girls he has previously dated; Barney objects to this idea, saying that the only reason to date a girl who one has previously dated is if she received breast implants. Ted ignores Barney's advice and decides to re-date Natalie. Initially Ted isn't sure if she would remember him, but it turns out she hasn't forgotten Ted. When Lily confronts Ted about why Natalie would hang up on Ted so rudely, Ted reveals that he broke up with her on her birthday by leaving a message on her answering machine (Natalie also reveals that this happened as her friends were waiting to give her a surprise party). Lily begins slapping him, saying that he shouldn't have broken up with her on her birthday, or broken up with her over the phone. The guys all point out that there is no good way to break up with a girl. Ted then visits Natalie's apartment, apologizing for his past behavior, and begging for a second chance, with the help of a sock monkey. She decides to give him a second chance, and things appear to be going well. However, despite how much everyone else likes her, Ted feels that she isn't the one, and has to break up with her. However, Lily encourages him to do it the right way and be honest, and he takes her advice. However, at dinner right before he is about to break up with her, she tells him it is her birthday, and when he breaks up with her again, she demands a good explanation, and when Ted can't give her a satisfactory response, she uses what she learned in a Krav Maga class to beat Ted up. Ted returns to the bar in pain and with the shirt that started it all ripped, and decides that there really is no good way to break up with someone. Along with this life lesson, what Ted's son also learns from his father's story is that his father was beat up by a girl.

Meanwhile, Barney dares Robin to say or do things on the news that are questionable for money. Robin refuses at first, but performs Barney's first dare when a Freudian slip causes her to say the word "nipple" when she meant to say the word "nickel." She then does the second dare, saying "I'm a dirty, dirty girl," at the end of a news story and spanking herself. When she finds out that no one, not even her boss, watches the news channel she reports for, she decides that she might as well perform the dares. On her third dare from Barney, she honks her own breasts during a report. Barney, as the fourth dare, wants Robin to do the "Ickey Shuffle" at the end of a report in tribute to Ickey Woods, a famous football player for the Cincinnati Bengals. She plans to do this, but then realizes the importance of her job while interviewing New York City's oldest Hansom cab driver. Even though she does not mean to do this, she steps out of the buggy and falls into a pile of horse droppings, which surprises even Barney. Even though no one had known about the previous dares Robin performed, Barney had the TV tuned to her news channel in the bar. Thus everyone in the bar at the time saw her fall off the buggy. Robin is very embarrassed, especially when Ted reveals that he saw it on the internet.

Music

* Belle & Sebastian - "We Rule the School"

Continuity

* In "Game Night," Robin references falling into horse poop on the air as her most embarrassing moment in her life.

Barney's Blog

*In his blog, Barney deals with the issue of dumping, first discussing Ted's dumpings of Natalie, going so far as to put the "Answer Phone/Birthday" dumping in his 'Dump of Fame'. He then goes on to leave one example of his set pieces when it comes to dumping - The “New Job” Dump - and a list of Emergency Exits [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/barneys_blog/10_07.shtml .]

Trivia

* The actress who plays Natalie (Anne Dudek) also makes a guest appearance in the popular US sitcom "Friends". She appears in the episode "The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss" and her character in this show is also dumped on her birthday.
*Ted wears the same shirt throughout the whole episode, except in the beginning of the episode, when he pulled out the shirt he was wearing a plain shirt.
* The Belle & Sebastian song played during the Natalie remembrance scenes is on the Tigermilk album, which is the least visible of four shown.

Recurring elements introduced in this episode

* One character slapping another character for acting stupidly

Cultural references

* "The Goonies": something of a cult hit family movie made in 1985
* Dave Shula: head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals 1992-1996

External links

* " [http://www.tv.com/how-i-met-your-mother/return-of-the-shirt/episode/467701/summary.html Return of the Shirt] " at TV.com
* " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0606112/ Return of the Shirt] " at the Internet Movie Database


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