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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).
    • 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.
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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.
    • 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!
    • 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.
    • Marshall: Ted couldn't fight. Look at him. He wouldn't last five minutes in a fight. Ted: Well, maybe more than five. Marshall: He's got the muscle definition of linguini.
    • Ted: I can't go to prison! Although I could get a lot of reading done, finally write some short stories, work out all the time... Seriously, if I don't come out of there totally ripped... Barney: Ted, we can't go to prison! People get shivved in the joint! Plus the meals are really starchy.
    • Barney: Are you crying? Ted: Yes I'm crying! You just punched me in the nose! Barney: Oh, that'll swell up. You'll look like Owen Wilson!
    • Robin: There are plenty of legitimate reasons to get in a fight. It might not be pretty, but in certain situations you gotta do what you gotta do. Ted: Right, I forgot, she thinks fighting is sexy. Robin: No, I do not... a lot! Look, I come from a culture of hockey players. If a guy can throw down it's somewhat way hot. And scars? Hello! If a guy's got a scar, he's got a Robin, and if he's missing teeth, I'm missing my pants!
    • (Robin turns to Lily after the fight) Robin: Marshall looks good, has he lost weight? Lily: Bitch don't even...
    • (Ted giving a speech to Lily's kindergarten children) Ted: Turns out getting in a fight was a terrible idea. And that's my story Lily: And what did you learn? Ted: Well, I learned that fighting is bad, and you shouldn't do it ever! Lily: Any questions? Kid 1: Yea, where do you find these people? Kid 2: I know, was there a big sale at the wuss-market?!
    • Marshall: You know what, Doug, I will gladly pay. And you know why? Cause that's what grown-ups do! They pay for their drinks and they don't get into fights. You know what I was doing while you guys were out there being immature? I tell you what I was doing... Barney: ...your nails?! Marshall: Hahaha, NO, I was doing... Ted: ...a relationship-quiz in this month's Cosmo?! Marshall: NO, I was doing... Barney: Your best not to cry when Big came back for Carrie at the end of the Sex and the City movie?!
    • (Lily breaks up a fight between two of her kindergarten children) Lily: Okay, okay, okay, stop fighting. Kid 1: Why? Lily: Because it's stupid and juvenile. Kid 2: We're six; we are stupid and juvenile!
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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.
    • 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.
    • 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
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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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
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