Barney Quote #1984
Quote from Barney in Platonish
[flashback:]
Barney: We tried dating a while back, and it was a disaster. But I always regret giving up. It just ended so quickly. [chuckles] What about you? You and your boyfriend gonna go the distance?
The Mother: I don't know. I think maybe I still haven't met the right guy.
Barney: Hm. Wonder if I know someone to set you up with. Drawing a blank.
The Mother: Are you gonna go get this girl or what?
Barney: I don't know. I'm kind of at my peak right now. I don't know if I can just walk away from the game.
The Mother: Do you want to keep playing? Or do you want to win?
Barney: I want to win. What am I doing? In less than 20 minutes, Robin and I could be...
The Mother: Oh, no. This is gonna take more than 20 minutes. This is gonna take everything you have got. This is gonna take all your time, all of your attention, all of your resources. This is the big one, Diaper Man. You've gotta do it right. You can't be messing around picking up girls in drug stores. You got work to do.
How I Met Your Mother Quotes
‘Platonish’ Quotes
Quote from Barney
[flashback:]
Barney: All right, next challenge.
Lily: Oh, this is an all-night thing? Okay. Um... Pick up a girl wearing a garbage bag.
Barney: I'd be Glad to. Just hope she's not too Hefty. And those are all of the brands of trash bags I can think of.
Lily: I'm not done. You also can't use the letter E.
Barney: Challng accptd!
Quote from Robin
[flashback:]
Barney: Seriously, guys, you're gonna have to try harder than that.
Robin: Challenge accepted.
[later, at MacLaren's:]
Robin: Excuse me, hi. I'm Ryan Gosling's personal assistant. He saw you as you were walking in, and he sent me over to tell you to wait here. Be cool. This is real. Okay? But listen. Ryan is super shy. I know. Heh-heh. Which means if he comes in here and sees you talking to some other guy, he's gonna turn right around and leave. Nod if you understand.
[back at the apartment:]
Robin: Redhead at the bar.
Barney: Challenge accepted!
[later at MacLaren's:]
Barney: Hey there.
Woman: Get away from me!
Quote from Barney
[flashback:]
Barney: Please, Ted and Robin are not platonic. Just like me and Robin are not platonic. Just like no two single people in the world are ever platonic. Symposium. Two people are only platonic if in the next 20 minutes, there is no chance of them hooking up. Truth is, I only know of one genuinely platonic relationship.
Lily: You and me.
Barney: Don't make me laugh, Lily. You want to hit this so hard. Seriously, she's playing footsies with me as l... Ow! No, I'm talking about Marshall and Robin. [v.o.] Marshall and Robin wouldn't hook up even if this happened.
[fantasy, Lily runs into MacLaren's with a bomb strapped to her chest as Marshall and Robin talk:]
Lily: Marshall! Robin! If you guys don't full-on make out in the next 20 minutes, they're gonna blow me up and everyone in this bar!
Marshall: Oh, God, no. Anyone but Robin.
Robin: I really don't want to do this.
Lily: Guys, we have no time. Just do it!
[19 minutes later:]
Marshall: I'm sorry, baby. I just... I can't do it.
Lily: Aw...
[back:]
Barney: And the only survivor was me, because I was upstairs banging Ted's mom. What? Get that blond girl's phone number? Challenge accepted.