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Season 1  "Best Prom Ever"  1x20

Aired 18 years ago - May 01, 2006

Lily, Barney and Robin attend a high school prom to scout out a potential band for Lily and Marshall's wedding reception. In order to get in Lily and Robin pretend to be the dates of two kids who were going alone. Ted and Marshall are back at the apartment where they are preparing the invitations to be sent out.

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 1
Band! We forgot a band!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 2
I saw them two months ago at my cousin Bonzo's wedding, they were great.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 3
Baby, The 88 don't audition.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 4
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 5
Guys! I just tasted an amazing caterer.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 6
Yeah, we'll just call the high school, they'll let us stand in the back and watch.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 7
It's nine weeks till the wedding.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 8
We always had field hockey nationals in the spring.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 9
and you've got "statutory" written all over your body.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 10
'Cause, you know, you be a bad, bad man, and I be an outlaw.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 11
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 12
They all dress like strippers.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 13
All right.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 14
The dress I wore to my actual prom.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 15
Aw, you look great, too, Scooter.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 16
Scooter, you're gonna be an umpire someday.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 17
Two beautiful flowers for two beautiful flowers.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 18
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 19
Come on! You've been doing wedding stuff nonstop. Take a break.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 20
All right, what kind of prize are we talking?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 21
Whee-hoo! Happy prom, everybody.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 22
I'm sorry, ma'am. You either need to be a student or the date of a student.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 23
Hey, guys. Do you want to take two hot girls to prom?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 24
Oh, hey, wait. How's Barney getting in?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 25
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 26
That tastes like cough syrup.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 27
I was wondering if you guys could play "Good Feeling" by the Violent Femmes.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 28
Look, I'm kinda wasted right now, so I didn't understand any of that.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 29
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 30
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 31
Hey, it's Robin. Um, Lily needs you to download the sheet music
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 32
Uh, I don't know. Things have been so weird between us.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 33
Okay, bye.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 34
There's just so much to do for this wedding. My head is swirling.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 35
We move into my dad's house in Staten Island.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 36
There's still so much I want to do.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 37
I can change. I can look more like Kurt Cobain.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 38
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 39
Uh, leave this place in my dust, four awesome years at college,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 40
before your time wondering "Whatever happened to my hopes and my dreams?"
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 41
you're a nice guy, but I just don't...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 42
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 43
- Wait here, I should go talk to the band. - All right.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 44
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 45
I finally got a girl and I'm not going to let you take her away from me.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 46
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 47
I just keep thinking about the girl I was ten years ago
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 48
even if it means being a waitress in crappy cafés for five years, I don't care.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 49
I'm sorry. What was your name again?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 50

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 2
I saw them two months ago at my cousin Bonzo's wedding, they were great.
#2 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 3
Baby, The 88 don't audition.
#3 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 4 #4 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 5
Guys! I just tasted an amazing caterer.
#5 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 6
Yeah, we'll just call the high school, they'll let us stand in the back and watch.
#6 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 7
It's nine weeks till the wedding.
#7 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 8
We always had field hockey nationals in the spring.
#8 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 9
and you've got "statutory" written all over your body.
#9 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 10
'Cause, you know, you be a bad, bad man, and I be an outlaw.
#10 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 11 #11 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 12
They all dress like strippers.
#12 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 13
All right.
#13 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 14
The dress I wore to my actual prom.
#14 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 15
Aw, you look great, too, Scooter.
#15 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 16
Scooter, you're gonna be an umpire someday.
#16 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 17
Two beautiful flowers for two beautiful flowers.
#17 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 18 #18 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 19
Come on! You've been doing wedding stuff nonstop. Take a break.
#19 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 20
All right, what kind of prize are we talking?
#20 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 21
Whee-hoo! Happy prom, everybody.
#21 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 22
I'm sorry, ma'am. You either need to be a student or the date of a student.
#22 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 23
Hey, guys. Do you want to take two hot girls to prom?
#23 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 24
Oh, hey, wait. How's Barney getting in?
#24 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 25 #25 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 26
That tastes like cough syrup.
#26 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 27
I was wondering if you guys could play "Good Feeling" by the Violent Femmes.
#27 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 28
Look, I'm kinda wasted right now, so I didn't understand any of that.
#28 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 29 #29 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 30 #30 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 31
Hey, it's Robin. Um, Lily needs you to download the sheet music
#31 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 32
Uh, I don't know. Things have been so weird between us.
#32 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 33
Okay, bye.
#33 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 34
There's just so much to do for this wedding. My head is swirling.
#34 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 35
We move into my dad's house in Staten Island.
#35 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 36
There's still so much I want to do.
#36 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 37
I can change. I can look more like Kurt Cobain.
#37 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 38 #38 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 39
Uh, leave this place in my dust, four awesome years at college,
#39 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 40
before your time wondering "Whatever happened to my hopes and my dreams?"
#40 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 41
you're a nice guy, but I just don't...
#41 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 42 #42 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 43
- Wait here, I should go talk to the band. - All right.
#43 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 44 #44 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 45
I finally got a girl and I'm not going to let you take her away from me.
#45 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 46 #46 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 47
I just keep thinking about the girl I was ten years ago
#47 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 48
even if it means being a waitress in crappy cafés for five years, I don't care.
#48 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 49
I'm sorry. What was your name again?
#49 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 50 #50