[S1E10] The Pineapple Incident [REPACK]
At MacLaren's, Barney, Marshall, and Lily criticize Ted for overthinking every aspect of his life, rather than simply acting on a whim. Barney convinces Ted to take five shots of bartender Carl's special blend called "Red Dragon;" Ted claims that he can still function cognitively even under the influence of the alcohol, but shortly afterwards he blacks out. He wakes up the next morning with a girl he does not remember beside him in bed, a pineapple on his nightstand, a sprained ankle and his coat partially burnt. Ted asks Marshall and Lily about the night and they tell him that he sang along with the jukebox in the bar while standing on a table. He also repeatedly drunk dialed Robin, who was on a date with a wealthy businessman. He fell off the table, spraining his ankle and Marshall and Lily took him up to his bed. However, they are surprised when Ted asks about the girl on the bed and can shed no light on the pineapple or why Ted's coat is burnt.
[S1E10] The Pineapple Incident
The girl in bed, Trudy (Danica McKellar), wakes up and explains her side of the story: she had seen Ted's drunken dancing and they exchanged numbers in the ladies' room of the bar, which Ted had entered and used accidentally. She told Ted the meaning of the word "karaoke" and about her love for penguins, which Ted later mentioned to Carl. It was she whom he later called and invited over, not Robin. Ted tells Trudy to hide when Robin comes over to talk, and Trudy leaves via the fire escape before Ted can show her to Robin to prove that he has moved on. Future Ted explains that Trudy never responded to his subsequent message, and he never did work out where the pineapple came from, but that it was delicious.
Carter Bays later admitted he learned a lesson from this episode to not write themselves into a corner. The line "we never found out where the pineapple came from" was something they never should have said.[3] The mystery of the pineapple was solved in a deleted scene from the season 9 episode "Daisy". The scene was released online by BuzzFeed.[4] In the clip, The Captain has a pineapple on his porch, and explains to the gang that he practices the tradition of putting one outside as a "symbol of hospitality". This leads Ted to remember stealing an identical pineapple from The Captain's house when he was very drunk.[5]
In this episode, Barney, Marshall, and Lily criticize Ted for overthinking what he's about to do rather than acting by the seat of his pants. They convince Ted to take five shots of a drink called the 'Red Dragon' (a special blend by Carl that resembles blood, causing Ted to state Marshall's theory that Carl is a vampire); Ted claims that he can still function cognitively even under the influence of the alcohol, but shortly afterwards he blacks out. He wakes up the next morning with a brunette girl he doesn't remember beside him in bed, a pineapple on his nightstand, and a sprained ankle. He also finds out that his coat has been partially burnt. Ted asks Marshall and Lily about the night, and Marshall and Lily tell him that he sang along with the jukebox in the bar while standing on a table. He also was talking on the phone with Robin while he was singing. He fell off the table (explaining the sprained ankle), and Marshall and Lily took him up to his bed. However, they do not know why there is a girl on the bed and why there is a pineapple on Ted's nightstand, and the reason his coat was burned. Ted calls Barney, thinking that he might know what had happened.
Ted tells Trudy to hide when Robin comes over to talk, and Trudy leaves via the fire escape before Ted can show her to Robin to prove that he has moved on. In the end, Ted eventually pieces his night together (except for the mysterious pineapple).
Rating: 9.0Votes: 1,770Synopsis: Ted tries to recollect what happened the night before after he wakes up in bed with a brunette and a pineapple on the side of his bed. 041b061a72