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
television episode
basedOnCharactersCreatedBy Carter Bays NERFINISHED
Craig Thomas NERFINISHED
centralConflict wager over truth about Robin’s secret
chronologyNextEpisode Single Stamina
chronologyPreviousEpisode Atlantic City NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception fan-favorite episode
often listed among best How I Met Your Mother episodes
depictsFictionalPersona Robin Sparkles NERFINISHED
director Pamela Fryman NERFINISHED
episodeNumberInSeason 9
featuresCharacter Barney Stinson NERFINISHED
Lily Aldrin NERFINISHED
Marshall Eriksen NERFINISHED
Robin Scherbatsky NERFINISHED
Ted Mosby NERFINISHED
featuresCharacterAction Barney prematurely reveals wrong secret about Robin
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
sitcom
introducesConcept Slap Bet Commissioner NERFINISHED
introducesRunningGag slap bet between Marshall and Barney
mainLocation Barney’s apartment NERFINISHED
MacLaren’s Pub NERFINISHED
Ted, Marshall, and Lily’s apartment
notableElement Robin’s secret identity as teen pop star Robin Sparkles
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
slap countdown and anticipation
season 2
series How I Met Your Mother NERFINISHED
setInUniverseYear 2006
showrunner Carter Bays NERFINISHED
Craig Thomas NERFINISHED
slapBetCommissionerInEpisode Lily Aldrin NERFINISHED
theme consequences of bets
secrets and honesty
trust in relationships
title Slap Bet NERFINISHED
writer Kourtney Kang NERFINISHED

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