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The Naked Man

‘The Naked Man’

Season 4, Episode 9 -  Aired November 24, 2008

After Ted walks in on Robin's date sitting naked on the couch, the gang learns of a surprising new technique to get somebody into bed.

Quote from Barney

Ted: [on the phone] What about the old "Coppertone Baby"?
Barney: The Olympic gymnast who stuck the landing. Hup!
Ted: I got to go.
Barney: Naked Man!

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Quote from Ted

Vicky: Here we go.
Ted: Pablo Neruda.
Vicky: Oh, yeah, that book's a turd. Some douchey guy I hooked up with left it here. It's all in Mexican. [blows a raspberry] You know who writes good poems? Jewel. Her teeth are crooked and she lived in a car. So, she has stuff to write about.
Ted: [naked] Ta-dah!
[elsewhere, Barney is naked in front his date and Lily is naked in front of Marshall]
Vicky: Okay.

Quote from Barney

Ted: Hold on, Mitch, Mitch, I have to thank you. We all tried The Naked Man tonight.
Marshall: Ooh. We should see how Barney did.
Christina: [answers Barney's cell phone] Hello?
Marshall: Hi, is Barney there?
Christina: No.
[flashback to earlier in the evening as Barney stands naked before Christina:]
Christina: Oh, my God! What's the matter with you?! Get out!
Barney: I just have to grab my suit. It's very expensive. The tie alone...
Christina: Get out of here right now! Get out! You sick son of a bitch!
Barney: Call me. [Barney ducks as Christina throws a glass at the door]
[present:]
Christina: And if I see him again, I'm calling the cops. [throws Barney's cell phone in the toilet.
[at MacLaren's:]
Mitch: Two out of three times.

Quote from Ted

Ted: Mitch, I want you to know, this night, crazy as it was, it got me out of my shell.
Mitch: That's the beauty of The Naked Man. It gives you exactly what you need. No more, no less. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to replace one of my fantasy football quarterbacks. He separated his shoulder! [exits]
Ted: A toast to Mitch. By the sum of his parts, he is just a man. But by what he does with those parts, he becomes so much more. He may not fit society's definition of a hero, but he is the hero I needed. The hero who helped me recover from the disaster of my failed almost-marriage and get back into the game. He lives in the shadows. Is he a dream? Truth? Fiction? Damnation? Salvation? He is all these things and none of them. For he is... "The Naked Man."
[On a New York City street, Barney pops up naked]
Woman: [o.s.] Oh, my God!

Quote from Robin

Robin: [on the phone] I think that I am more than qualified for the job. My weaknesses? Um, I would say caring too much, working too hard, and putting my career in front of my love life. Whoops, that last one was real. What?!

Quote from Future Ted

Future Ted: [v.o.] Kids, everyone has an opinion on how long it takes to recover from a breakup.
[montage:]
Lily: Half the length of the relationship.
Marshall: One week for every month you were together.
Robin: Exactly 10,000 drinks. However long that takes.
Barney: You can't measure something like this in time. There's a series of steps. From her bed to the front door. Bam! Out of there. Next!

Quote from Robin

Ted: So, this is what it's going to be like, us living together? I come home, and guys you're dating are just going
to be sitting on the couch, naked.
Robin: Well, I wish I could say no.
Ted: I still cannot believe the Naked Man worked on you.
Robin: Well, what can I say? Okay, I went in there, and he was naked. It was funny. I laughed, he laughed. And then it just kind of happened. I don't know.

Quote from Lily

Lily: Marshall, I love you, but there's lots of reasons to have sex.
Marshall: Name one.
Lily: I can name 50.
Marshall: No, you can't.
Lily: Number one: Last Thursday.
[flashback to Lily in bed with a sleeping Marshall at 3:45 a.m.:]
Lily: Hey, Marshall, want to do it?
Marshall: I'm up.
[present:]
Marshall: You befouled our marital bed because you couldn't get to sleep?!
Lily: You're the one who said, "That shadow on the ceiling looks like a scary toothless clown. Good night, Lily."

Quote from Barney

Lily: Ooh, ooh, ooh. I've got one. "Nothing good on television" sex.
Ted: "Hotel room" sex.
Barney: "Curiosity," as in... "I've always wondered what it's like to have sex with a really tall girl." Not a big girl, just a tall girl. Like... if a normal girl were seven, seven-and-a-half-feet tall and wore a denim miniskirt. I would have to know what that is like.
Lily: Okay.

Quote from Lily

Lily: Okay, four more to go. Ooh! "You dropped a Cheeto on his lap and when you reached for it, he thought you were making a move, so you just went with it."
Marshall: Well, thank you for ruing the memory of our six-month anniversary.
Lily: You got me Cheetos.

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