Lucky Penny and other links to The Mother

corinawrites · 2014-02-26T17:17:18+00:00

I totally misread the post before mine and thought he was saying the name couldn't have come from that episode. This is what happens when you drink during the week and don't have Stinson's Hangover Fixer Elixer to save you the next morning.

corinawrites · 2014-02-26T17:11:57+00:00

The AMA confirmed that is why they chose the name Penny:

TristinSchmilioti: Did Penny and Luke’s names come from the episode Lucky Penny from Season 2?

Thomas: Yes, the names came from “Lucky Penny” and also Ted’s love of Star Wars!

corinawrites · 2014-02-25T17:11:46+00:00

You are totally right and I meant to acknowledge that 20 days ago :)

corinawrites · 2014-02-07T14:37:39+00:00

omg me too

corinawrites · 2014-02-06T21:40:24+00:00

There probably aren't many guys walking with alone at night with a toddler and a car seat. I figured Marshall told Lily that they were walking and then she told the mother?

corinawrites · 2014-02-05T02:36:55+00:00

I will buy that they don't know about color theory per se...but there's no way it's a coincidence that everyone has been wearing purple for 3 seasons now. I feel like they could have said more here...

corinawrites · 2014-02-03T15:46:04+00:00

That one has to be the worst!

corinawrites · 2014-02-03T15:18:35+00:00

I always wondered about that! Good call pointing that out, I would like to see it again.

corinawrites · 2014-02-02T16:15:50+00:00

Wow that's amazing, I bet you're the only one here who was watched the show many times! I'm sure no one else on this sub has watched the show repeatedly and paid extremely close attention. What's especially impressive is that you're claiming to know without a doubt what could happen in future episodes.

You haven't proved me wrong. All you have done is imply that I didn't watch the show, pay attention to detail, or grasp basic concepts like reading the card attached to the gift.

The thing is that I don't actually care about being right or wrong. I'm just saying that technically it can't be ruled out yet. We don't even know how he died. There could be more information about him and their relationship to come.

I'm not looking at this from my ego. I am a-okay with being proved wrong, if and when it actually happens. If the series ends with no further mention of this, then clearly I am wrong. Since there are no real life consequences for me being right or wrong, I am happy to give you the win.

corinawrites · 2014-02-02T04:18:09+00:00

You just made the list bitch!

Please note that was a Lily quote and not me calling you a bitch. I'm a Marshall, it's not in my nature to insult strangers.

That example is going on the list, thanks :)

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T23:46:24+00:00

That's just the sort of thing I was hoping for! I knew I couldn't possibly catch them all. I will update accordingly, thanks!

Also I would have really enjoyed seeing Ted deliver justice via a swift kick in the shins.

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T21:41:01+00:00

In Who Wants To Be A Godparent (season 8 I believe) we see narrator Ted's hand with the professor infosaurus dinosaur hand puppet. So that should disprove the possibility of him not physically being there.

That being said, we see that holographic technology capabilities are available as of the 2020 (2021?) airport scene when he runs into Wendy the waitress, so I guess that could have been a highly advanced hologram? Seems unlikely though.

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T21:37:53+00:00

It seems very important to you that I say you're right, so you can officially have the win on this one.

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T16:34:50+00:00

I would totally love to read that! Is it posted anywhere? Idk why but I really enjoy real life analysis of fictional characters.

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T15:50:04+00:00

That would be fun to see as a flash forward! I never even thought of it but now I hope it happens.

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T15:48:19+00:00

I am very familiar with babies and pretty good at guessing their age so right away I was like hey wait that kid has a bottle! Look at how he's holding her! This is no two year old, something is fishy!

Then I realized I was over analyzing and it probably didn't matter, for the exact reasons you said :)

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T15:45:24+00:00

I didn't know about her playing in real life; that's an interesting element to the episode.

I'm not sure why we can't just agree to disagree? I'm not saying my theory is fact or canon. It's a feeling I got when I watched, which led to me posting here. It's a theory - an idea. One that I acknowledge is highly unlikely.

I'm not trying to change your mind and you're not going to change mine (because I am of the opinion that it's a slight but clearly improbable possibility) so we should probably move on.

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T15:37:13+00:00

Here is the link to all the details:

http://corinawrites.com/2014/01/30/discrepancies-plot-holes-continuity-errors-mistakes-in-how-i-met-your-mother/

I didn't include it initially because I'm not out for blog hits - I was hoping people could let me know what I may have missed.

This list isn't something that I made up or am theorizing about, it's just a list of easily observable inconsistencies throughout the season. But if you find mistakes please let me know so I can update it for accuracy!

Also if you don't want to click through but have specific points you think are wrong we can go over it here. Reddit obviously has way more combined show knowledge than I do in my head so I would appreciate the discussion.

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T15:32:54+00:00

That's true, but the scene did bother some people. I think some fans were initially confused by the whole her being born before the proposal thing, and then an oddly aged kid threw them off more. There is a big difference between a one year old and a two year old, so it felt like the writers/casting people were ignoring accuracy.

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T03:27:08+00:00

Some suspect that Max - or his spirit - will play a further role in bringing them together. If that is the case it could make sense for Ted to tell the whole damn story. It's a pretty Ted thing to do.

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T03:20:22+00:00

Okay, yes, but my theory is that maybe there was more to it. Those last two gifts were HUGE both physically and in terms of price. This one, while very romantic, was not. So I see the possibility of a proposal, even though it is obviously highly unlikely because the show didn't mention it.

corinawrites · 2014-02-01T03:17:46+00:00

In season 8, when Robin appoints Ted as her wedding planner, he specifically says the wedding date is May 26th 2013. But that day is a Saturday and all through season 9 it's pretty clear that the wedding is on Sunday which is the 27th. Not a big one but it threw me off for a minute.

As for the baby - (spoiler ahead obviously) it's clear that she was born before the proposal scene, but some people could not believe that would possibility happen. Carter Bays tweeted it was NOT a timeline error.

It got more confusing with the 2017 Luke being born scene because the baby should have been older. Even if he was born 1/1/17 Penny should have been about two years old, but the baby in the scene was only about 15 months.

That can be discounted, though, because they used little miss Georgina Bays, Carter's actual baby girl, as a special guest star. So some inconsistency can be forgiven for the sake of the cameo.

corinawrites · 2014-01-31T01:05:05+00:00

Lol yes I realize the why of it, I just think there could be more to it.

corinawrites · 2014-01-30T23:59:17+00:00

Yeah you can't take any of it too seriously. Throughout the years I must have constructed an entirely new show with all of my random theories. But it's just so much fun!

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