For detailed information about this series, see: How I Met Your Mother Wiki
How I Met Your Mother, also known as HIMYM, is a sitcom television series created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and aired on CBS.
TV Series[]
- How I Met Your Mother (September 9th, 2005 - March 31st, 2014)
- How I Met Your Father (January 18th, 2022 - present)
A pilot for a spin-off titled How I Met Your Dad was made and set to launch a series in 2014 but was scrapped, with How I Met Your Father serving as a rewrite of the pilot.
Links to other series[]
Direction | Series | Date | Description | Type
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Love Actually | September 18, 2006 | Love Actually is mentioned in the HIMYM episode "Where Were We?" | 2 | |
WarGames | January 8, 2007 | WarGames is mentioned in the HIMYM episode "First Time In New York". | 2 | |
Mario | January 22, 2007 | In the How I Met Your Mother episode "Columns", Marshall is seen playing Super Mario World, while in "Desperation Day" he plays Dr. Mario and Super Mario Kart. |
2 | |
Doogie Howser, M.D. | March 31, 2008 | The How I Met Your Mother episode "The Bracket" ends with Barney writing in his computerized diary as the Doogie Howser theme music plays, a reference to how episodes of the latter series end. | 3 | |
Jerry Maguire | May 5, 2008 | Jerry Maguire is mentioned in the HIMYM episode "Rebound Bro". (see details) |
2 | |
Risky Business | December 18, 2008 | Risky Business is mentioned in the HIMYM episode "First Time In New York". (see details) |
2 | |
Lethal Weapon | March 30, 2009 | Ted Mosby says he rewatched the entire Lethal Weapon series in the HIMYM episode "Murtaugh". (see details) |
2 | |
Se7en | December 7, 2009 | Robin Scherbatsky says the 'What's in the box?' line and asks the other characters if they got her joke to Se7en in the HIMYM episode "Window". (see details) |
2 | |
Blair Witch | April 19, 2010 | Blair Witch is mentioned in the HIMYM episode "Home Wreckers". | 2 | |
MAD | September 13, 2010 | How I Met Your Mother is parodied in the MAD sketch "How I Met My Brother". (see details) |
2 | |
Just Dance | October 7, 2011 | Just Dance 3 features the song "Let's Go To The Mall" from How I Met Your Mother, credited to Robin Sparkle, with her also possibly appearing as the dancer; the song is also available in Just Dance Now. | 1 | |
Inception | April 16, 2012 | Inception is mentioned in the HIMYM episode "Now We're Even". | 2 | |
Zelda | May 14, 2012 | The How I Met Your Mother episode "The Magician's Code - Part One" features a reference to The Legend of Zelda. |
2 | |
Bill & Ted | September 23, 2013 | The How I Met Your Mother season 9 episode "The Locket" features a reference to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. | 3 |