Swarley

Season 2, Episode 7, Aired
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Barney gets a new nickname. Meanwhile, Marshall goes on his first real date post-Lily, but Ted and Barney warn him that this girl has the "crazy eyes," and Lily decides to do everything she can to find her own reasons for breaking them up.
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  • Best episode ever!!!

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    By BabyKitten199, Sep 03, 2011 Report Abuse
    I was soooooooooooo upset when Marshall & Lily broke up last season & I have been waiting for them to get back together since she returned from San Francisco & realized what a mistake she'd made. I loved it when she revealed that she was the hunchback w/a limp chasing after Chloe! Chloe totally sounded crazy on the phone with Marshall & it was hilarious to see how the pieces fit together in the end. I missed why Barney is called "Swarley" but who cares, Marshall & Lily are back together again!!! I hope the rest of the season is just as good!!!


    (I also agree with whomever wrote that the episodes are better when the focus isn't on Robin & Ted.)moreless

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  • Barney gets a new nickname.

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    By Jon_MW_14, Aug 16, 2011 Report Abuse
    "Swarley" is one of my favourite How I Met Your Mother episodes. It's actually in MY Top 5 How I Met Your Mother episodes. I love how Marshall gets a date, and Barney tells her she has crazy eyes. I love the crazy eyes. I love how both Ted and Barney reminisce about girls they been with who had the crazy eyes. I love how Lily tries to follow Chloe and find out who she is. I love how Lily and Marshall get back together in this episode. I also love Barney's nickname Swarley. I love how everyone starts calling him Swarley and he hates hit. I love how he pretends to like it, but then ends up admitting he still hates it. I give this episode a 10/10.moreless

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  • Season 2, Episode 7.

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    By Wanted23, May 03, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode was OK. I didn't like the Barney plot, at all. Swarley is the stupidest name. The best part about that storyline was that Robin got a Spanish magazine subscription sent to his house under the name Swarlos. Haha, I love Robin. Otherwise, the episode was OK I guess. I didn't catch the whole thing. However, Chloe, the coffee lady, was pretty weird. It was a cool plot though. Lily was so jealous. I liked the flashback to Ted's crazy ex-girlfriend. Yay, Lily and Marshall are finally back together! I loved when Lily was sneaking around in the apartment and jumped back in between them. Good episode. Marshall and Lily back together 11-6-06. Awesome. :)moreless

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  • Lilly & Marshall get back together.

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    By Canogaparkcindy, Oct 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    An eventful episode, Lilly & Marshall finally get back together after 6 months of being apart, but of course there had to be some buildup to get there. Marshall meets someone new, and Lilly gets jealous, basically stalks Chloe to see if she's pretty and then she hides in Marshall's apartment when Marshall is on a date with Chloe. Meanwhile Marshall is trying to figure out if Chloe is crazy or not. When someone mistakes Barney's name, and calls him Swarley: It catches on and soon everyone starts calling him Swarley. Him getting so bothered by it was hilarious, and that final scene in the bar with everyone calling him Swarley was hilarious. Just when Chloe & Marshall were going to kiss, Lilly jumps out in between them, she goes outside to cry and they finally kiss and get back together. Coincidentally Barney & Ted are walking along and they see them together. It also mentions how Marshall was in the season finale compared to now. Things definitely have changed. Robin needs a plot of her own, lately she's just been a side character or just sucked in to a relationship plot with Ted. What happened to plots that were related to her career? Anyways a great eventful episode.moreless

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  • One of my favourite eps

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    By jgriffiths, Apr 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    I love this episode definately one of the best of the entire show. Seeing Marshall and Lily get back together was terrific. Barney stole the episode however with his reaction to being nicknamed Swarley. Everyone's efforts to annoy him with the new nickname was hilarious and the variations of Swarley were epic.
    I really liked chloe in this episode and Lily's attempt to make Marshall feel bad for seeing her. The crazy eyes examples were quite good to. If you want a good HIMYM drinking game try drinking everytime some says Swarley or some variation of it, works a treatmoreless

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    • The German episode title is "Swarley". The French episode is "Un chaperon inattendu", meaning "An Unepected Chaperone". The Italian title is "Chiamatemi Swarley", meaning "Call Me Swarley". Edit
    • Alyson Hannigan and guest Tom Lenk previously worked together on several episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Edit
    • International Airdates: Czech Republic: January 14, 2010 on Prima COOL Edit

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    • Lily: Is Chloe here? Scott: She just left. You can still catch her. She's easy to spot. She's got a bright pink umbrella. Lily: Oh. Thanks, Brian. Scott: I'm Scott. Lily: Your tag says Brian. Scott: Yeah, I know. So I wake up this morning, and-- Lily: Yeah, see ya. Edit
    • Barney: One time I met a girl... at this very bar... [flashback] Barney: I saw that she had the crazy eyes... but I ignored it. And then, sure enough... [later flashback] Lauren: Barney, can I ask you a question? Barney: Anything. Lauren: Would you like to have a three-some? Barney: [looking un-comfortable and catching breath] of course... Lauren: Great! It would be me, you and Mr Weasels! [pulls out stuffed animal] [back to the present] Ted: So, did you do it ? Barney: No. It ended up being just the two-some. With the third one watching from a chair. Ted: Which one were you ? Barney: [looking askance] I'd rather not say. Edit
    • (3 weeks ago) Chloe: Marshall, here's your pumpkin latte. Marshall: Wow, how'd you fit a pumpkin into this little cup? (8 days ago) Customer: (to Chloe) I'll have a pumpkin latte. Marshall: How do they even fit a pumpkin into those little cups? What, you got a shrink ray back there? (Yesterday) Marshall: Hey, remember that time I said that thing, "how do they fit a pumpkin into the little cup?" Chloe: Which time? Marshall: The first time. Chloe: Yeah. (laughing) That was really funny. Edit

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    • When Barney is going on about how NOT to call him Swarley: "Bob Swarley, mon" is a reference to Bob Marley. "Swar - wait for it - ley" is a reference to his own take on the word legendary. "Legen - wait for it - DARY!" Edit
    • When Barney says: "Hanging out in a coffee place not nearly as much fun as hanging out in a bar." He's referencing Friends where the characters used to hang in a coffee place. Edit
    • Ted calls the bar to annoy Barney by calling him Swarley and asks for "Swarls Barkley." This is a reference to Gnarls Barkley, or it can also be for the basketball player Charles Barkley. Edit

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