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Rabbit or Duck

‘Rabbit or Duck’

Season 5, Episode 15 -  Aired February 8, 2010

After a stunt at the Super Bowl, Barney has a cell phone that won't stop ringing with calls from eligible women. Ted decides to forgo the dating scene and ask Lily and Marshall to set him up. Meanwhile, Don invites Robin to a party, which she suspects is actually a date.

Quote from Barney

Barney: MacLaren's Pub.
Ranjit: MacLaren's Pub.
[At MacLaren's, Barney greets a gold-medalist Japanese figure skater:]
Barney: Well, hello.
[Barney sits with the woman on his bed:]
Barney: No place I'd rather be, no one I'd rather... [cell phone rings] Oh, for Pete's sake!
[Barney leaves his bedroom and answers his phone:]
Barney: You're a hot chick?
[Barney returns to his bedroom:]
Barney: Sayonara.

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Quote from Lily

Lily: I don't know what kind of architect. Houses, buildings, that kind of crap.

Quote from Robin

Robin: Oh, God, Don. What the hell are you doing?
Don: I don't know. It's something called "The Naked Man." I read about it on some guy's blog. Oh, my God, I'm so stupid. Why did I ever think it would work on someone like you?
Robin: Yeah. 'Cause I would never... Could, like... Standards, so... You know.

Quote from Robin

Future Ted: [v.o.] Don was Aunt Robin's co-host on her morning show. Now, even though her show was on so early that no one watched, Aunt Robin was a consummate professional. But Don was not. But that morning, Don had gone too far.
[on Robin's show:]
Robin: Now that's what I call having a"woof" over your head. Don? Don?
Don: Why is Ulee's Gold in every crossword? Oh, it's me? Sorry, sorry, sorry. Next Sunday is Valentine's Day. And one lucky patient will be receiving a very special chocolate heart, a human heart. Hey, that reminds me, I have been meaning to ask you. Robin, do you have any Valentine's Day plans?

Quote from Ted

Lily: He asked you out?
Robin: He asked me out.
Ted: That's crazy. And they use "Ulee" because of the vowels.

Quote from Marshall

Marshall: What did you say?
Robin: Well, we were on the air. I was on the spot, so I said okay.
Marshall: Oh, Robin, you are gonna marry this guy so freaking hard, right in the butt.
Robin: What? No! I hate Don! And now I can't cancel because I said I would go out with him on the air.
Marshall: What would your viewer think?

Quote from Ted

Ted: Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! You said you'd go out with him on Valentine's? I thought we had plans.
Robin: What? Getting drunk and cleaning the apartment was a plan?
Ted: I did not say it was a good plan.

Quote from Marshall

Ted: There's always a hotter girl. Isn't that the problem, in a nutshell? There's too many options. You got Internet dating. You got bars.
Lily: Holding up your phone number on national TV.
Ranjit: I never had that problem. When I was 18, I had an arranged marriage. And I love my wife more and more
every day.
Marshall: It is true. It is very rare that two people just meet and fall madly in love. Like Robin and Don.

Quote from Robin

Robin: But we're not even, like, going out for dinner. We're just hanging out at his place.
Lily & Ted: Ooh!
Robin: No, it's not like that! It's just us and a bunch of other people.
Lily: Wait. Robin, what exactly did Don say when he asked you out?
[flashback to Robin's morning show:]
Don: I'm having some friends over to my place for a little party. You should come by if you want.
Robin: I... Okay.
[present:]
Lily: Robin, Don didn't ask you out.
Robin: Of course he asked me out.
Ted: No, he didn't.
Robin: Yes, he did. He did. He did! He did!
Ranjit: Okay.

Quote from Robin

Marshall: Well, dog my cats. I think I know what's going on here. Robin, did you want Don to ask you out?
Robin: What? No! I hate Don! I can't stop thinking about how much I hate him! It's like... It's like, all the time. I just wanna attack him, and rip his stupid clothes off, and just spank him with his little paddle until his bum's all red. Shut up! [exits]

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