Future Ted: [v.o.] Kids, there is something I wish my dad told me. The longest pause you will ever experience in your life is the one that follows asking the question...
[Ted in an arcade:]
Ted: Will you marry me?
Future Ted: [v.o.] Your brain goes into overdrive, imaging every possible response.
Stella: No.
Stella: Oh, God, no.
Stella: [laughing hysterically] You want me to marry... No, I can't.
Stella: Oh, I'm sorry, Ted. I can't. Mark Johnson, the quarterback from your high school football team, already asked me.
Mark Johnson: What's up, Turd?
Ted: It's Ted!
Future Ted: [v.o.] But if you're lucky, she may answer with the single greatest word in the English language.
Stella: Yes.