Cultural References
- Near the end of the episode it is revealed that Ted and Blah Blah met online playing the game World of Warcraft. Blah Blah is shown to have a masculine character and Ted has a scantily clad female character. The hotbar at the bottom of the screen indicates that one of them was playing a paladin.
- During most of the flashback scenes, Ted is seen wearing a Cinderella Night Songs shirt.
- During the first flashback to their freshman year (1996), Ted and Marshall are shown playing a Sony PlayStation 2. The PlayStation 2 was released in 2000.
- Barney's chart includes a line that expresses the appropriate ratio of a woman's hotness to her craziness. He calls this "The Vicky Mendoza Diagonal," in reference to baseball's Mendoza Line.
- Barney compares himself to Yoda.
- When Barney instructs Ted to use The Force on girls, Ted remarks, "Use force? That seems wrong."
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