Barney: The Playbook contains every scam, con, hustle, hoodwink, gambit, flimflam, stratagem and bamboozle I've ever used, or ever hope to use, to pick up chicks and give them the business.

Barney: To more advanced maneuvers like "the Mrs. Stinsfire."
[flashback to a sorority house:]
Woman: Now kappas, after our disciplinary hearing for lewd behavior last semester, we have been assigned a new housemom. I'd like you to meet Mrs. Stinsfire.
Barney: [high-pitched in a Scottish accent] Hello, girls!
[Barney winks to camera; present:]
Marshall: Wow. I can't picture a way that wouldn't work.

[title card: "The Lorenzo Von Matterhorn":]
Barney: [v.o.] To perform the Lorenzo Von Matterhorn, here's what you'll need: basic knowledge of web site design and a very unique fake name. So, think of your fake name right now. Have you got it? Good. Now, select your target. Preferably a girl with a real nice... Phone.
[at MacLaren's, Barney approaches a woman at the bar who is using her phone]
Barney: [sighs] Yeah, it's me.
Shelly: Do I know you?
Barney: I'm Lorenzo Von Matterhorn.
Shelly: Are you, like, famous or something?
Barney: Yes. [chuckles] You really don't know who I am, do you? What a refreshing change of pace. Nice to meet you...
Shelly: Shelly.
Barney: Shelly. Once again, I'm Lorenzo Von Matterhorn. Spelled like it sounds, two "t"s. Lorenzo Von Matterhorn. Ciao.
Barney: [v.o.] Then, as soon as you're gone, she gets out her phone and does an internet search for Lorenzo Von Matterhorn. And that's when she discovers... A series of fake web sites, all devoted to the incredible life of Lorenzo Von Matterhorn. There's the fake business article about Lorenzo, the reclusive billionaire. The fake explorers club newsletter describing his balloon trek to the north pole as a feat of pure daring and imagination. The fake medical journal featuring the heartbreaking story of doctors telling him penis reduction surgery isn't an option. And by the time you get back...
Barney: Hi, Shelly, I hate to be forward, but can I buy you a cup of coffee?
Shelly: Yes! Please.
Barney: What does coffee go for these days, $50?
Shelly: Lorenzo.
Barney: [v.o.] And it is on.
[Barney winks to camera]

Lily: Don't you think you're kinda rushing back into this?
Barney: Lily, since I started dating Robin, there's a certain thing haven't used as much as I would like to. It's... Kinda big, surprisingly heavy, kind of leathery, and it's black.
Lily: Huh?
Barney: This, my friends... Is the Playbook.

Ted: What's "the Lorenzo Von Matterhorn"?
Barney: I'm glad you asked. "the Lorenzo Von Matterhorn" will be my grand return to the stage. Or you know, the bed. Actually, my bed is kind of on a stage. I put a platform and got some lights. It's a real production. Barney exits!

Lily: Ooh, I got a text from Barney. "Look under the table." Oh. It's a page from the Playbook.
Robin: What does it say?
Ted: It's "The Scuba Diver".
[title card: "The Scuba Diver"]
Barney: [v.o.] Step one: tell a meddlesome female friend about the Playbook. Step two: run a play on one of her coworkers, making her so angry she steals the play book. Step three, put on the scuba suit and tell her you're gonna do "The Scuba Diver" on the hot girl standing by the bar. Your friend, let's call her Lily, goes and talks to the girl and tells her everything about the book. Now, here's where it gets tricky. When Lily and the girl ask what "The Scuba Diver" is, take off your mask, give them spiel about your deep-seated insecurities which don't really exist, because, let's face, it you're awesome. Feeling bad for you,Lily talks you up to the girl who agrees to go get coffee with you. And it... is... on.
[Ted, Robin and Marshall are stunned into silence]
Lily: You son of a bitch.

[title card: The SNASA. flashback to Barney at MacLaren's with a woman:]
Woman: Wow. You're an astronaut?
Barney: Ssh. I'm actually in a top secret government space program called secret NASA or SNASA.
Woman: Wow, SNASA. Do you go to the moon?
Barney: Well, not the moon you're familiar with, though I have been to the... smoon.
Woman: Wow, the smoon.
[Barney winks to camera; present:]
Robin: If you fall for that one, my heart breaks for you, but I'm sorry, you're a smoron.

Lily: Come on, Barney, you just... You just got out of an honest to God relationship. You're a real boy now. You can't go back to these cheap tricks.
Barney: Cheap tricks?! Not one of these is a cheap trick. Except for "the Cheap Trick".
[flashback to Barney at MacLaren's with long blonde hair, wearing a vest and a red bandanna:]
Barney: I'm the bass player for Cheap Trick.
[present:]
Barney: And even that one involves expensive hair extensions.

Marshall: That's not even the worst one in here. Have you guys seen "my penis grants wishes"?
[title card "My Penis Grants Wishes". Barney is dressed like a genie as he talks to a woman at MacLaren's:]
Woman: Really? A genie comes out of it?
Barney: Only if you rub it hard enough.
[Barney winks to camera; present:]
Claire: So, then, what happened?
Barney: It says here he breaks into song, and then the furniture comes to life and dances with him.
Marshall: It's not very well thought out. It's no "Mrs. Stinsfire".

Future Ted: [v.o.] There's two basic philosophies of how to handle yourself after a breakup. Some people throw themselves into...
Robin: My career. That's my number one focus right now. From now on, no more dating. Just work.
Future Ted: [v.o.] While others throw themselves into...
Barney: Every woman in New York City. That's right, Barney Stinson is back on the market. Mothers, lock up your daughters. Daughters, lock up your milswancas.
Marshall: Milswancas?
Ted: Wait, I can get this. Mothers I'd like to sleep with and never call again.
Barney: Correct! Circle gets the square.