25 How I Met Your Mother Memes for True Fans

How I Met Your Mother is a lot of people's favorite sitcom, but why? 

A lot of fans love How I Met Your Mother, a sitcom that follows a group of friends who usually meet at night at a bar. It mainly follows Ted, an architect who wants to find love, but isn't especially good at it. He lives with Marshall and Lily, two friends he made in college. In the first episode, we are also introduced to their friend Barney. But the most important thing that happens in that episode is actually the meeting of Robin. Someone who will become one of the main focuses of the show due to the love that Ted feels for her, even though he continues to date other women. The ending of this series is well known, but not for how good it is. Don't worry, I won't spoil anything. But let's just say that this was very similar to the Game of Thrones finale, and that is never a good thing to say. 

But why is it such a loved sitcom? In my opinion, it's all due to the running jokes. This show, unlike many others, doesn't treat the audience as if they were dumb. On the contrary, they play with them on purpose. The episode that, to me, shows this perfectly is season 6, episode 13, called "Bad News". This episode has a countdown hidden in it that you are able to spot in the background. You see the numbers go down from 50 as the episode goes on, until you get to 1, and that is the climax. You get to hear from Lily the terrible news about the passing of Marshall's dad. That moment was perfectly written, but it also made the audience feel involved in such an important moment for one of the characters. You, as a viewer, were expectant to see what was at the end of the countdown, and that made the news far worse than it normally would have been. 

There are many examples of how the show played with the audience in a way that is not common to see in other sitcoms. The blue French horn is just another example of this. To me, that is why this show gets all the attention it gets. The finale may not be what everyone expected, but the creators actually created an amazing show that I will never stop recommending.