Slap Bet
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"Slap Bet" is a popular and fan-favorite episode of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, best known for introducing the long-running slap bet gag between Marshall and Barney.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
How I Met Your Mother episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOnCharactersCreatedBy |
Carter Bays
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Craig Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | wager over truth about Robin’s secret ⓘ |
| chronologyNextEpisode | Single Stamina ⓘ |
| chronologyPreviousEpisode | Atlantic City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception |
fan-favorite episode
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often listed among best How I Met Your Mother episodes ⓘ |
| depictsFictionalPersona | Robin Sparkles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Pamela Fryman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 9 ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Barney Stinson
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Lily Aldrin NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshall Eriksen NERFINISHED ⓘ Robin Scherbatsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Mosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterAction |
Barney prematurely reveals wrong secret about Robin
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Marshall wins right to slap Barney multiple times ⓘ Robin reveals her past as Canadian teen pop star ⓘ |
| featuresSong | Let’s Go to the Mall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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sitcom ⓘ |
| introducesConcept | Slap Bet Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducesRunningGag | slap bet between Marshall and Barney ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Barney’s apartment
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MacLaren’s Pub NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted, Marshall, and Lily’s apartment ⓘ |
| notableElement |
Robin’s secret identity as teen pop star Robin Sparkles
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long-term slap bet payoff across series ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 2006-11-20 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| partOf | How I Met Your Mother Season 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotFocus | mystery of Robin’s secret past ⓘ |
| productionCode | 2ALH09 ⓘ |
| runningGagIntroduced |
Barney’s fear of being slapped
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slap countdown and anticipation ⓘ |
| season | 2 ⓘ |
| series | How I Met Your Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInUniverseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| showrunner |
Carter Bays
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Craig Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| slapBetCommissionerInEpisode | Lily Aldrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
consequences of bets
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secrets and honesty ⓘ trust in relationships ⓘ |
| title | Slap Bet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Kourtney Kang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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