How I Met Your MotherLists about the sitcom about Ted Mosby, architect, and his pals Barney, Marshall, Lily, and Robin, as they lived, laughed, and loved in New York City, which aired on CBS from 2005 to 2014. It was—wait for it—legendary.
Love him or hate him, professional playboy and "best" best friend Barnabus "Barney" Stinson has carved a place for himself in television history. Over the years, the How I Met Your Mother character introduced audiences to comedy concepts such as the Crazy-Hot Scale, the Playbook, the Awesome Idea Exchange, and the Perfect Week, just to name a few.
Here are a few small details, awesome facts, and fantastic finds fans of Barney have shared over the years. Vote up the small details that are nothing short of legen - wait for it - dary.
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One Of His Theories Is The Subject Of A Very Real Scientific Study
The cheerleader effect is when a group of women seems hot, but only as a group. Just like with cheerleaders. They seem hot, but take each one individually: Sled dogs.
The "Cheerleader Effect" (people look more attractive when they're in a group than when they're alone) coined by Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother has been the subject of a scientific study which confirmed the theory.
There's another definition of "The Cheerleader Effect," that comes from the rank and file of psychiatric nursing. It refers to the fact that some people (honestly, it applies mostly to women and effeminate gay men) struggle to "continue to look their best" when they are experiencing acute depression and suicidal thoughts. I was an adolescent psychiatric nurse for twenty years. We would get these girls who looked like they stepped straight out of Seventeen magazine or Cosmo, not a hair out of place, make-up perfect, a kilowatt smile, and they were suicidal as hell. You had to watch them like a hawk.
The "cheerleader" reference relates to "the worse the team is doing, the harder the cheerleaders cheer."
In the episode, Barney tricks Robin into thinking he’s missing the rehearsal dinner for laser tag, commonly what he’s obsessed with.
In actuality he’s doing it to distract her while everyone helps him plan a rehearsal dinner at the ice rink filled with a bunch of Canadian stuff for her, which he reveals later.
You can see that underneath the laser tag sign it says "Ice Rink," which is a hint at the reveal later on in the episode.
