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Season 5  "Zoo or False"  5x19

Aired 14 years ago - Apr 12, 2010

When Marshall gets mugged, Lily decides she wants to get a gun for protection, so Marshall comes up with a convoluted story about the mugging to deter Lily from following through.

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 1
I don't think that I should Have to pay.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 2
I'm not saying Marshall's a guy who likes pizza,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 3
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 4
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 5
Don't get any closer.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 6
Barney, that won't work.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 7
Robin, put that away.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 8
And try to move on with my life.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 9
I mean, yes, I'm a little scared, but I'm a new yorker.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 10
You want to get a gun? Not a scary one.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 11
Pretty easy, right?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 12
Boo!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 13
And you're my whole world, Marshall.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 14
Told... Ja! No, he wasn't wearing A black, skull-knit cap.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 15
I'm not going to ask where he was keeping the gun.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 16
Oh, it's cool. It's cool.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 17
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 18
Oh, forget about the gun. We're on this now.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 19
And I didn't really want it after that.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 20
Oh, I've seen that guy.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 21
You see, young Marshall Was at the zoo eating a banana...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 22
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 23
Barney, I know, Marshall didn't get mugged by a monkey.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 24
Because of their intersocial dynamics,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 25
What?! He gets to be on your show?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 26
With a g.I. Joe.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 27
Crime, monkeys, no stupid model of the empire state building
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 28
That doesn't make a joke out of the fact
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 29
I just want to forget
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 30
The cyclist? I thought
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 31
And the mugger took my space shuttle keys.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 32
The story's better with my ending.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 33
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 34
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 35
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 36
Are you sure it wasn't one monkey
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 37
You just don't want to go on Robin's show
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 38
Ted, you've known him the longest.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 39
But I just can't tell.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 40
That Jack Palance is dead when I see the body.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 41
I think you mean what you did to her.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 42
Oh, you're Lisa? Sarah, wait.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 43
And if we're being completely honest,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 44
As far as I'm concerned, you were mugged by a monkey.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 45
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 46
You really weren't mugged by a monkey.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 47
We all went to the set of Robin's show.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 48
Dude, what are you doing?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 49
Whoa, the monkey's here. Yeah, surprise.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 50
His mate's name is Milly?

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 2
I'm not saying Marshall's a guy who likes pizza,
#2 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 3 #3 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 4 #4 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 5
Don't get any closer.
#5 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 6
Barney, that won't work.
#6 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 7
Robin, put that away.
#7 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 8
And try to move on with my life.
#8 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 9
I mean, yes, I'm a little scared, but I'm a new yorker.
#9 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 10
You want to get a gun? Not a scary one.
#10 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 11
Pretty easy, right?
#11 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 12
Boo!
#12 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 13
And you're my whole world, Marshall.
#13 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 14
Told... Ja! No, he wasn't wearing A black, skull-knit cap.
#14 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 15
I'm not going to ask where he was keeping the gun.
#15 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 16
Oh, it's cool. It's cool.
#16 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 17 #17 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 18
Oh, forget about the gun. We're on this now.
#18 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 19
And I didn't really want it after that.
#19 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 20
Oh, I've seen that guy.
#20 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 21
You see, young Marshall Was at the zoo eating a banana...
#21 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 22 #22 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 23
Barney, I know, Marshall didn't get mugged by a monkey.
#23 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 24
Because of their intersocial dynamics,
#24 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 25
What?! He gets to be on your show?
#25 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 26
With a g.I. Joe.
#26 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 27
Crime, monkeys, no stupid model of the empire state building
#27 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 28
That doesn't make a joke out of the fact
#28 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 29
I just want to forget
#29 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 30
The cyclist? I thought
#30 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 31
And the mugger took my space shuttle keys.
#31 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 32
The story's better with my ending.
#32 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 33 #33 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 34 #34 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 35 #35 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 36
Are you sure it wasn't one monkey
#36 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 37
You just don't want to go on Robin's show
#37 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 38
Ted, you've known him the longest.
#38 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 39
But I just can't tell.
#39 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 40
That Jack Palance is dead when I see the body.
#40 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 41
I think you mean what you did to her.
#41 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 42
Oh, you're Lisa? Sarah, wait.
#42 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 43
And if we're being completely honest,
#43 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 44
As far as I'm concerned, you were mugged by a monkey.
#44 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 45 #45 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 46
You really weren't mugged by a monkey.
#46 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 47
We all went to the set of Robin's show.
#47 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 48
Dude, what are you doing?
#48 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 49
Whoa, the monkey's here. Yeah, surprise.
#49 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 19 (S05E19) - 50
His mate's name is Milly?
#50