The Fight

Season 4, Episode 10, Aired
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Ted—to prove he's not a milquetoast—and Barney—to impress Robin—pick a fight with a group of guys sitting in the gang's favorite booth at MacLaren's.
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  • Doug. the Bartender has an obsession with fighting.

    9.5
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    By Jon_MW_14, Aug 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    "The Fight" is a hilarious How I Met Your Mother episode. In this episode, the bartender Doug is very loyal to his regular customers, so he challenges these guys to a fight who are sitting in Ted, Barney, Robin, Lily, and Marshall's both. I love how Doug invites Ted and Barney to participate in this fight. I love how Doug beats these guys up alone, but he thinks Ted and Barney helped. I love how Ted and Barney beat themselves up to make it look like they fought. I love how Ted and Barney get sued so they have to confess that didn't actually do any fighting. I love how Lily found Barney's wounds sexy. I love how Doug gets angry when he finds Ted and Barney portrayed them and he challenges Ted and Barney to a fight. I love how Ted punches Doug, and then Doug knocks out Ted, and Barney runs away, and Marshall beats up Doug. I love how Marshall reveals his fights with his brothers were more than just fights. I give this episode a 9.5/10.moreless

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  • I have laughed 20 minutes long. It was so well organized and jokes were amazing. Sometimes i have miss some jokes because of laughing.

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    By northshield, May 16, 2010 Report Abuse
    I have laughed 20 minutes long. It was so well organized and jokes were amazing. Sometimes i have miss some jokes because of laughing.Espically lightsaber scene and Kindergarden scene were amazing. Actually i didn't like photoshoped bartender scenes because its kind of braking the spell of the show. Because the crew was always making the story so smooth and connected each other this will make their so free and they could add everything they want. So i hope they will not use it very much.

    Usually HIMYM crew are not making very good episodes after holidays but this episode was hillarious and over-reached my expactations. 10 point :)moreless

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  • Fight.

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    By Canogaparkcindy, May 02, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode was pretty average, I think what made this episode stand out was that in the end, friends stand up for friends no matter what the circumstance may be. We see that Barney is still in love with Robin since he was trying to impress her with his fighting skills. In this episode: Ted & Barney pretend to get in a fight with some people at the bar, when really the bartender was the one who beat them up. They love all the attention, especially from Robin, but then they end up getting sued for assault, they turn to Marshall for help and tell the truth. You see Robin hitting on Barney before she found out the fight was staged. Robin really is a nutty character, isn't she? So then after they get sued, they end up throwing the bartender under the bus, that's when the real showdown begins. The bartender ends up fighting Ted, then Marshall ends up standing up for Ted regardless of everybody calling him a wuss throughout the whole episode, and he punched the bartender in the face, and he convinced the people who were assaulted to drop the charges against Barney & Ted. Marshall really is a good friend. Other than the good plot, it seemed like this episode was lacking, it didn't have much of a side plot, and didn't have an ongoing arc going for any of the characters. It just felt like something was missing, regardless of how funny the plot may be. When an episode doesn't feel complete, it often ends up getting a low score. But I guess the main plot made up for it. Okay episode.moreless

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  • Just absolutely hilarious. Timseys cocoa break!

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    By Hornets3, Sep 04, 2009 Report Abuse
    When the bartender at MacLaren's gets into a fight with some patrons sitting in the gang's favorite booth, Ted and Barney decide to back the bartender up and get into their first fight. Ted wants to prove he's not the pathetic guy who got left at the alter and Barney wants to impress Robin, who thinks fighting is sexy. But when they step outside and find the bartender, Doug, has knocked the guys out in a flurry and thinks Ted and Barney helped him do it, Ted and Barney decide to go along with the legendary story. The story of the fight makes them heroes at the bar until the guys who got beat up decide to press charges, and Ted and Barney have to decide whether or not to come clean.moreless

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  • Barney and Ted pickup a fight..

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    By sequoa84, Dec 10, 2008 Report Abuse
    For most part, this wasn't bad. Based on a very lame theme of picking up a fight, there wasn't much in store actually.

    Though it was neatly discharged 30 minutes, there weren't enough scenes that make you go laughing like crazy. I liked the parts in Lily's classroom, where the kids mock Marshall, and the pretty much all the parts involving Barney. The ending was a bit too boring and cliche.

    The ladies, Robin and Lily don't seem to add anything funny to the show. The one scene where Robin tries to get out of the apartment when Marshall reveals the truth about the brawl, was sick.

    Not entirely satisfying.moreless

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    • At the end of the episode we see a flash forward to "Thanksgiving three to five years from now" and it is Marshall's family and Lily, but in Slapsgiving Ted states that every year all the friends spend Thanksgiving at Marshall and Lily's (not his parents). Edit
    • In this episode Marshall states, "I've been in plenty of fights," a point which is proven by the end of the episode. But in "Sweet Taste of Liberty", after he confronts a man about touching Lily he claims he's never been in a fight before. Edit

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    • The German episode title is "Weicheier", meaning "Sissies". The French title is "Le combat des Braves", meaning "Battle of the Brave". The Italian title is "La rissa", an exact translation. Edit
    • Music: The song played during the "real" flashback of Marshall and his brothers fighting is "Murder Train" by The Foreskins, Robin's high school boyfriend's band. Edit
    • International Airdates: Australia: March 9, 2009 on Channel 7; Germany: January 2, 2010 on ProSieben; United Kingdom: February 11, 2010 on E4; Czech Republic: November 8, 2010 on Prima COOL Edit

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    • Marshall: I just explained that you guys are wusses. We had a good long laugh about it. I explained that you get a mani-pedi once a month. Barney: Weekly, Wolverine. Some of us care. Marshall: And how you played the hammered dulcimer in the medieval chamber group at Wesleyan. Ted: Well, did you at least tell them how we ranked second in medieval chamber on the east coast? Marshall: Oh, I did. And we all agreed it was much more likely that one guy beat up three guys than that you two had anything to do with it. Edit
    • Ted: I think we should go someplace else. In this bar I will always be known as the guy who was left at the altar. It sucks. Barney: Good Times. Ted: Uh-oh, we lost Barney. Robin: What do you mean? Lily: There's a woman over there in a tight red sweater, and he's not listening to a word we're saying. Barney: Gimme a Break! Ted: Long ago, he learned that he can fake a conversation by listing black sitcoms from the '70s and '80s. Right, Barney? Barney: What's Happenin'? Lily: Hey, Barney. Wanna go and do stuff that I don't even let Marshall do to me? Barney: Diff'rent Strokes! Edit
    • Lily: (watching Doug and Ted) God, I'm scared. Robin: Yeah, me too. Is Doug seeing anyone? Lily: Are YOU seeing anyone? You really should be. Edit

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    • Marshall makes fun of Barney for getting a mani-pedi "once a month", to which Barney makes a correction replying, "Weekly, Wolverine. Some of us care." Wolverine is one of the superheroes in the Marvel Comics series X-Men, and one of Wolverine's most distinguishable characteristics is his retractable claws. Edit
    • In the second flashback to Marshall fighting with his brothers, both Marshall sitting on his brother's chest while pummeling his face and the swinging ceiling light are references to the scene in David Fincher's 1999 film, Fight Club, where the Narrator (Ed Norton) beats Angelface. Edit
    • Once Ted has decided he wants to fight he states, "It's clobbering time," borrowing the catch phrase of Thing, a member of the Marvel Comics superhero team the Fantastic Four. Edit

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