The Pineapple Incident

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired
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After being forced into knocking back five shots, so he will stop thinking, Ted goes on a partying rampage. The next morning he wakes up with a woman in his bed, but he does not know who it is. So he turns to his friends to try and piece the night together and work out who the woman is in his bed.moreless
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  • Ted wakes up to a girl beside him and a pineapple on the nightstand

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    By Jon_MW_14, Aug 16, 2011 Report Abuse
    "The Pineapple Incident" is a great How I Met Your Mother episode. I love how Ted wakes up to girl beside him and he has no idea who she's is. So the gang tries to trace back the story of how she ended up there. I love drunk Ted. He's so much fun. I love his karaoke. I love how everyone thinks Robin is in his bed, but then Robin calls, which means she's not in the bed. I love how Trudy wakes up and explains her side of the story and then escape through the fire escape. I give this episode a 9/10.moreless

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  • Awesome.

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    By Sarah_LOST, Oct 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    After Ted overdoes it during a night out on the town, his friends help him to put together the pieces of his antics the next morning. With the encouragement of his friends, Ted decides to let his hair down for a change and ends up having a fun and adventure-filled evening. However, now the problem is that he can't quite recall everything that transpired over the course of the evening and now he must rely on his friends to fill him in on the night's misadventures. I love this show it's just too Awesome. I love the scene at the start, I love the way they think the bartender is a vampire. I love the way Barney is so forward, 'are you going to put out'. I love the way Barney and Ted, hilarious, there scenes are always the best. I love the way Barney, Lily and Marshall are saying 'drink, drink, drink', Hilarious. I love the whole storyline, the way they have to tell Ted what happened. Drunk Ted is hilarious! I love the phone conversation with Ted and Robin. Ted is hilarious, singing to Robin. Wow. Barney is hot in that tub. I love the way Ted comes back to Barney. I love the way everyone is shocked about somebody is in Ted's bed. I love the scene with the phone conversation with Carl, talking about what happened to him. Ted goes back to the bar again. I love the way Ted is the whole way through the episode. I love the way the girl in teh bed is Robin, and Barney wants a high five, hilarious. The fact that it's not even Robin. I love the way Marshall wants to know about the pineapple. I love the scene with Ted and Robin. I love the ending.moreless

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  • Ted gets loaded!

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    By kairsti, Oct 03, 2010 Report Abuse
    Best episode ever. Drunk Ted is so funny, not that regular Ted isn't funny but drunk Ted is hilarious. He has so many great lines. for example "I'm glad that someone appreciates the fact that I am doing and not thinking, now I don't think I won't not go to the bathroom." "How easy do you think it would be to sneak into the zoo? I need to see some penguins like right now." "hello Robin its Ted. Hi Ted. Hello Robin its Ted." so funny. I also love Marshall's obsession with the pineaple, "dammit Trudy what about the pineaple! My favorite episode of the seriesmoreless

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  • this is most likely my favorite episode of the first season, this is by far the funniest of the first season

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    By drdeep1242, Sep 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    this is most likely my favorite episode of the first season, this is by far the funniest of the first season. It shows no originality in the fact that Ted get drunk, but he wakes up with a pineapple, that shows the most originality thought up so far. Everything in this episode goes together, either from Robin getting a rich date to Ted singing Cheap Trick's "voices" this is an episode that will always show me why How I Met Your Mother is my favorite show that will ever hit sitcom prime time television, now I'm going to go watch this episode and laugh at everything i have already laughed at, because it is still funnymoreless

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  • The best episode in the series.

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    By mrmrchris, Sep 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    Ha! This episode was pretty random (What's with the pineapple?!), but really fun and overall a brilliant episode.

    After getting totally (and hileriously) drunk at the bar, Ted wakes up the next morning with a mysterious woman in his bed. With abosolutely no recollection of the night before, he relies on his friends to help him discover exactly what happened during his many visits to the bar the night before. This was the first time the show really experimented with the fast-paced style of cross-cutting and telling the story in fragmented chunks which has become a staple of the show, especially in the second series.

    More episodes like this please!moreless

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    • Carl wrote a phone number on Ted's arm in case he got lost, and then he could come and take him home. But he wrote a phone number to McClaren's bar not his cell phone or home number and even if someone would call after the bar was closed Carl wouldn't pick up the phone. Edit
    • Lily jokingly insults Barney in this episode and lifts her hand for a high five. In response, Barney shakes his head and doesn't high-five her. This exchange recalls a moment in the pilot episode when Barney makes an inappropriate comment and Lily shakes her head instead of high-fiving him (an exchange which was ad-libbed by the two). Edit
    • When Ted calls Barney the morning after, when Ted, Lily, and Marshall walk into the bathroom and find Barney in the tub, Barney's phone is open and up to his ear, but Ted's phone is still ringing. Edit

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    • The German episode title is "Der Ananas-Vorfall", and the French title is "L'Affaire de l'Ananas", both exact translations. The Italian title is "La storia dell'ananas", meaning "The Pineapple Story". Edit
    • International Air Dates: Germany: October 11, 2008 on ProSieben; Czech Republic: December 14, 2009 on Prima COOL Edit
    • Music Featured In This Episode: The song Ted plays on the juxebox is Cheap Trick's "Voices." The Jon Brion version of the same song can be heard near the end of the episode. Edit

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    • Lily: These look kinda like blood. Marshall: OK, I know that you've all dismissed this theory before, but is there any chance that Carl is a vampire? Barney: That's ridiculous. Marshall: I'm serious. Think about it. He always wears black, we never see him in the daylight, only after dark. Robin: Oh my God, that does describe a vampire, or you know, a bartender. Edit
    • Marshall: OK, think about this, is there even a single item on the menu that has garlic in it? Lily: Garlic fries. Marshall: OK, well, I'll get back to you. Edit
    • Barney: That's the whole point of getting drunk. You do things you would never do in a million years if you were sober. Lily: Says every girl you've ever slept with. Edit

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    • Marshall exclaims, "I love drunk Ted, he's so much more fun than regular Ted!" similar to Friends' "The One Where They All Turn Thirty" where Phoebe says, "I love drunk Monica, she's so much more fun than regular Monica!" Edit
    • Marshall: Oh, bad idea jeans! Marshall's reaction to Ted's plan to call Robin is a reference to a classic SNL skit for a product called "Bad Idea Jeans." The commercial features actors wearing the jeans and announcing plans to do activities that are very ill-advised. Edit

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