***Thanks for all the comments, but I’m closing down commenting on this article. It’s at over 650 comments and that’s a ton to read, People are saying the same things over and over. In the spirit of keeping the conversation going, I’ve summed up the bulk of the post and what people are saying here and have started a new thread called More on Who is the mother from HIMYM.
Like most posts tat I really enjoy it’s overly in depth, check it out and let me know what you think!
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I feel that a big question for How I Met Your Mother fans has always been “Who is the mother?” And while we don’t have a definite answer, we can take what we do know so far and begin to formulate some ideas. This is a long one so go grab a drink and pull up a chair. By the way, HIMYM returns to us on March 17th! So hopefully soon there will be more to add to this list! Disclaimer: I love theories, but I have not posted anything here that cannot be backed up. Enjoy!
Who we know is NOT:
1. Robin is not the Mother. We learn this in the first episode and and it is reconfirmed countless times in all 3 seasons. No matter how much people “want it to happen, ” it just won’t. Get used to disappointment. In fact, for those still
letting the thought wonder in the empty space in your head let me share the best explanation / recap on the subject from tv.com forum user RUdaPs:
To explain the surprise of the “…and that’s how I met your Aunt Robin.” line in the pilot…
If you pay attention throughout the pilot, Future Ted always says things like “…and then I went to her apartment.” The assumption is that the kids are thinking the whole time that “she” and “her” are their mother because Future Ted says that he’s telling the story of how he met their mother. The only thing is, he doesn’t say a name. So at the end when he says “…and that’s how I met your Aunt Robin.” the kids are surprised.
It’s like watching “The Sixth Sense” for the first time. (If you haven’t seen it and would like to you should stop reading this and skip to the next paragraph.) You always assume that Bruce Willis is alive but it is never clearly stated. Then if you go back and watch it again, you realize that only the kid talks to him throughout the movie. Even though you thought it was obvious the story was about one thing it was clearly about another and you can go back and see what it was really about
2. The string of possible girls throughout Season 1. There was Natalie (Return of the Shirt), Ted’s old girlfriend, who knew Krav Maga. Coat Check Girl (OK Awesome), that Carter Bays even joked that if the writers strike ruined the show for good, she was the mother. Even though we never meet her (which would be a great idea for this season…hint, hint), the Slutty Pumpkin (from oddly enough the episode called the Slutty Pumpkin). Dr. Sara O’Brien (Matchmaker), the engaged 9.6 match found by love solutions. Trudy (the Pineapple Incident), who came back in the Third Wheel…let me side track here for a moment. Ted only says “I left Trudy a message, but she never called me back”…to me this implies he never saw her again, but I suppose that was the way around things for that episode (that and “Some stories you tell, some stories you don’t”…seriously, would would ever tell their kids they rode the tricycle)…anyhow moving on. There was Victoria from episodes 12-18, she was great, would have been nice, but she won’t be back (at least not as marriage material). Let’s not leave off Mary the Paralegal (and that is a shame…but when you don’t laugh it just seems mean). And I can sum all these up as “not the mama” because in the episode Lucky Penny from Season 2, Ted says:
“My destiny was to stay in New York. Because if I hadn’t, I never would have met your mother.”
Thus saying that up to this point, he has not met the mother yet, so we have not seen her. Take a moment and let that sink in if you need to.
3. Ted’s soul mate. Let’s camp on this one for a moment. Season 1 episode 21, Milk, the dating company finally comes through and finds Ted’s soul mate. Now if #2 is true then she could be included in that group. However, Ted never actually met her in person. Will this be a loophole? Will she ever play back in? I leave it to you…personally I feel, the “Soul Mate” is out of the picture or at very least not the mother…I just felt she needed to be mentioned.
4. The girls form Season 3 (so far). Well Season 2 was a wash as far as “the mother” because Ted was with Robin the whole time. And in Season 3 so far I don’t think we have seen any potential for a “mother character”. In some of the recent interviews with the creators of HIMYM they confirm this thought (more or less). In the Platinum Rule, Ted say something about that being all with Dr. Stella for now…but I seriously doubt she is the mom…and here is why….
WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW SO FAR:
1. Her name. Now this is just a theory but it seems to be a pretty strong one. The mother’s name is Tracy…don’t believe me? Season 1 Episode 9, Belly Full of Turkey, at the end of the episode a “burlesque entertainment artist” approaches Ted and says what he did was sweet… She says “I’m Amber”…then says “Actually, I’m Tracy”… then future Ted’s (Bob Saget) voice pops in and says “And that kids is the true story of how I met your mother.”
The kids are blown away surprised. He does say he is kidding…however ponder this if you will…why would the kids even believe it for a moment if their mother’s name was not Tracy?
*Update: Here is some more info on the Tracy Theory.
2. They meet in New York. This is a slight assumption too, however in Lucky Penny he says if he wouldn’t have stayed in New York he would have never met her.
3. The Yellow Umbrella. Season 3 episode 1, Wait for It, Ted says, “Kids, there is more than one story of how I met your mother. You know the short version, the thing with your mom’s yellow umbrella…” So we don’t know much, but we do know there is a yellow umbrella involved (You can thank Captain Obvious for that one).
Also if this is your first time here be sure to check out the How I Met Your Mother Show Reviews for the latest info on “the mother”.
@The Tracy Theory
Isn’t it possible that the kids react that way just because he mentions the name Tracy?
How would you react when your dad tells you about a girl named Tracy and then says “that’s how I met your mother”, when as far as you know, your moms name was Barbara or Bob or something. Pretty shocked i guess?
Haha, exactly the kind of site I’ve been looking for!
About the Tracy theory, here is a possibility that can shoot it down.
Since future-Ted said “I’m only kidding”, to support this joke, he names this “burlesque entertainment artist” as Tracy (their mother’s name). That is part of the joke he was telling (not only wasn’t it the mother but it’s also not the “artists” real name)! That is how he manages to fool them in to thinking this was the mother (since you so thoughtfully pointed out that they shouldn’t have bought in to it if the identity wasn’t correct).
What do you think? =)
Btw, I also think it MUST be Robin! Yes, I know all about the hints about she isn’t. There is a loophole. I just haven’t thought enough surrounding it. If “you” were a writer, how could you still write Robin as the Mother? The fact that they were so quick to dismiss Robin as the Mother only proves they wanted to throw the audience off as quickly as possible. They never made a big deal out of it (for example as a season finale thing etc). There is no disappointment and anticipation for when the true revelation comes at the end of the series that she is in fact the Mother. I mean, imagine if this was served for the first season and beyond and even serving as a season finale, to finding out she isn’t the Mother but at the end of the series finding out that she is the Mother. THAT would’ve been a cop-out and annoying as hell! With the setup now, there is no coyness, no promises or anticipation, they have even gone as far as dropping clues she is not the Mother. That serves as the perfect setup to revealing her to be the Mother at the end! I promise you that! From a writer POV or as a x going series, it has to deserve its end. It has to live up to anticipation. Finding out that Ted’s x Jane Doe girlfriend, being around for a couple of eps to audiences, being the Mother won’t move or change one heartbeat!
PS. Has the executive producers said anything about WHEN to end the show? Has they set an expiry date?
PS. How has the writers buried themselves by saying that Ted is 30 years old and the goat?
Season 4, episode 21: “(…) When I got your mother’s number, I called her right away.” Ted said this towards the end, which leads me to assume that the mother has yet to be introduced. Thank god it’s not Stella!
Why the hate for Stella? I loved her! Sarah Chalke is so damn charming and cute!
no real hate for Stella from me. I love Sarah Chalke… I just know she is not the mother.
Aaron, I was replying to Fredrik’s comment: “Thank God it’s not Stella!” =)
Btw, what did you think of the things I said in my post earlier?
PS. I really love the preview function on this site WHILE you are writing a post. Brilliant! Did you write the programming code for this site yourself?
@Johnas gotcha and Thanks. The preview deal is just a wordpress plugin. But the programming looks fairly simple.
As far as what you said above. you pretty much nailed my reasoning for the Tracy theory. And thought parts of the Series finale have “supposedly” been shot (like the kids part), there is no final date for the show.
The goat was just an instance of how they buried themselves, and got called on it by fans so they had to so something about it. And while I love your thinking I still disagree with you on Robin. There is way too much that says definitely not, but like I say I love to be proven wrong. =)
@Fredrick. Yea, I think some crappy reporting helped in the reports lately that Stella was the mother. I talk about this a little in this post: the return of Stella…warning. spoilers.
@Jonas H. The reason I have “hate” for Stella has, first off, nothing to do with Sarah Chalke. It’s the character. If you look around in the series, you get the very obvious image of Ted as being super, if not exceedingly, romantic. Robin even says in “Shelter Island” that his marriage to Stella is not the big romantic ending he deserves. That he was disappearing into someone else’s life. No matter how they choose to twist it that will always be the case if it turns out to be Stella.
Going through the series you start to set standards for the characters. If Barney decided to have a wedding and then bail on the bride, we’d most likely accept it because, well, we’ve accepted worse from him and they’d make it funny. But with Ted there is no way we will see him go back to the woman who virtually left him standing at the altar.
Concerning names.
I think it is difficult to discern what the kids hear and what we hear. I think there are too many details in the show to assume that the kids know what we know. But when ever Bob Saget mentions a name or an event, I think we can assume that they know that. And he does mention Stella’s name to them and he does mention Aunt Robin as well. That to me suggests a) that Stella is not the mother otherwise the kids would’ve known already and would’ve either been shown surprised at their first wedding or have mentioned that now they had heard the story and b) that he refers to her as Aunt Robin suggests that she isn’t their mother. She’s even in their drawings from when they were little.
Okay I’m done 🙂
I just want to quickly add my two cents.
Another character from the season 3 finale makes a return for the season 4 finally. Bill, the hospital orderly / male nurse, has been cast for the season 4 finale. To refresh your memory, Ted is in a car accident and has to go to hospital. Later in the episode, he proposes to Stella.
I’m not sure what role Bill will play, but I’m guessing there is another hospital stay in store for one of the main characters. Maybe there is a possible leap off the roof ny Ted??? The finale is titled “The Leap”. Maybe Ted’s future wife is the attending doctor, appropriately named Tracey. You all can call me a prophet next week after it comes true.
Did episode 23: As fast as she can, air yet? I don’t get American shows very fast where I am.
@Frederik, yes, it aired last night. You can watch it on my site though..LEt me know if you have problems.
Watch As Fast as You Can Here
Thanks man but it says it’s unavailable when I go by your front page. Can’t click the link you put up there 🙁
I think that the mother is the girl Ted used to date, who went to Germany to become a pastry chef. I think she comes back and things work out between them, and that is how he met their mother. The Tracy theory is really something too but, it could also be a diversion! but, I want to know for sure now!! the suspense is killing me!!! 😛
As much as i love that Robin is not the mom but she is Ted’s wife theory, I am afraid it has proven not true:
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/video/video.php?cid=544192181&pid=5YAxscGyrkxXfktTWvqCCmFq7ns4KSUo&category=recent&play=true
From the interview, Josh had mentioned that scene is significant about meeting the “wife”, not the kids’ mother…
Of course, the actor may not know the plot as well as the writer does…
Paula:
After fast forwarding through episodes, found it. Season 1 ep 7 second 22. The girl says: whow, that was a great story DAD. Wer’re gonna watch TV
To all of you quering about the aunt an uncle stories. My theory is that, all of them know each other for years and they consider themselves as family. I think Ted even mentions that a few times. Like a christmas in new york where he says” this year I’ve decided to spend it with my other family” or something like that. All the guys even call each other BRO’s, so it is natural for the kids to consider Ted’s friends as uncles / aunties
some days ago in wikipedia’s page of himym was written the name of the actress playing the mother’s role! now it’s disappeared! unfortunatly i dont remember her name but is the woman in the last seasons of Dr. House MD.
Anyway i pretty much support the trace theory and the st.patrick day theory both, as they arent exclusive.
One thing that hasnt been pointed out yet and is important to finally realized ted must be the real father and the mother is the actual ted’s wife is the episode where at the end we see ted lily and marshall “eating a sandwich” at their college re-union party.
Ted clearly says: where is my wife??? obviusly referring to the wife-mother!
Last thing…i think that the mother will be…Stella’s sister!
greetings from tallinn (estonia)
I’ve been a fan of this show for a while and I’m convinced that the Slutty Pumpkin is the mother and here’s why:
Whenever young Ted or another character mentions the possibility of the mother, Old Ted clears it up while narrating. Example, Okay Awesome, Marshall says, “Hey, maybe it will be that cute coat check girl.” and Ted says, “Yeah, maybe it will be.” Then Old Ted says, “It wasn’t.” But, then in the Slutty Pumpkin episode Young Ted says, “Come on, wouldn’t it be the coolest story ever if the Slutty Pumpkin turned out to be my future wife?” And Old Ted says nothing while Lily responds with, “Oh well, on the off chance that that could happen, maybe we should stop calling her the Slutty Pumpkin.”
My Slutty Pumpkin theory does not negate the St. Patty’s or the Tracey theory. Ted ‘dresses up’ as the hanging chad because he wants her to recognize her implying that she wouldn’t recognize him otherwise, which means the Slutty Pumpkin could still be the girl from the St. Patty’s party and Ted just didn’t recognize her. Also no names were included so the SP could be named Tracey.
Anywho, these posts were very interesting to read, and I wanted to add my two cents!
i’d love the slutty pumpkin turning out to be the mother but it’s very unlikely because:
-now we know ted meets her in her architectural class at uni, she was studying in a totally different area and it’s hard to predict she would go back to uni after so many years
. in the website tedmosbyisnotajerk.com there is her history! and she states she is now working in antartic region
there was this episode in season 3 i think, where ted and barney go to this club (where ted got punched in the face), the voiceover says the mother was also in that club and we see a top shot of the line of people going inside the club, and there we see a yellow umbrella.
there was a very short scene (less than 5 seconds) where ted bumps into a girl on the way to the bar and says sorry. that part of the scene i think had nothing to do with the whole episode and my theory is, that girl was the mother.
its a long shot but i felt that part of the scene was really unnecessary unless the writers wanted to sneak in a clue regarding who the mother is.
the said girl was wearing jeans, the girl holding the umbrella in the line outside the club was also wearing jeans.
my theory. its a long shot.
@Conrad…
I’m not trying to be rude but PLEASE,PLEASE! try to come up with something original or something that hasn’t been mentioned on this thread at least 10 times. Reading even a few comments would help.
From here on out, unless it’s a new angle on the bump girl the comment will be promptly deleted. Sorry and Thanks in the same breath.
Wow I just read this entire page, took me about 15 minutes ! Some people are very deep thinkers ! I did have my own opinion before reading all of this, I think its only been mentioned once, very briefly.
Firstly id like to say the mother cannot possibly be Robin, otherwise why would she be referred to as “Aunt Robin” > Also the term ‘Aunt’ might not mean a parents brother or sister, but could easily mean just a close friend, hence “Uncle Barney and “Uncle Marshall” Its also worth noting I have seen seasons 1-3 and about 15 episodes of season 4.
I think the Mother is Stella. Firstly, the yellow umbrella business, there is an epsiode where Bob Saggot says something to the effect of “the short story of how i met your mother involves the yellow umbrella – Can be seen in 1st ep of Season 3 “wait for it” – Then theres the Saint Patty’s Day episode ‘no tomorrow’ > he says “funny story, your mum was there” – Easy to conclude that the mother is the Lady at the front holding the yellow Umbrella.
When Ted is visiting Stella in the “10 sessions” episode, to get his butterfuly tattoo removed, she says how busy her life is with her Daughter Lucy, how she only gets 2 minutes to herself each day, shes only been to 1 party in the last 12 months, Saint Pattys day – she says it sucked and she had to leave early. Surely its possible she left her Umbrella at the party, which Ted found – and she might find his mobile phone, which theyll then return to each other when they get back together again. I know they broke up early in the season, but is it possible theyll get together again, possibly in a later season?
I didn’t read through ALL of the comments posted, however, I do remember the one episode, I think it was St. Patty’s day, he says at the end that the mother WAS at the party that night, but he didn’t know that until later.
also someone mentioned how in the season 4 finale we learn that ted meets the mother in his class…but this doesnt mean that she is a student. its possible hes teaching and someone walks into the class, or because of that class hes at the college and bumps into someone, idk but i feel like 30ish ted dating and marrying a 20ish student of his will be a little off character for him, although that may be a breed one night stand in a latter episode.
also besides the slutty pumpkin idea offered early, i personly hope the mother hasnt been met yet because most women i dont want to be the mother. stella broke his heart and many of his ex’s are exs for good reasons. as for robin i think the end of season 4 really pushed the idea of barney and robin and we’ll see how that plays out next season but i really think ted will be ok with it, no internal problems again and barney and robin will be a couple for a long time
Back to something HANNAH said a while back… If it is true that in season 4 when Ted and Stella break up and they flash foward and Ted says something about “that is what you would’ve looked like if I’d married Stella…” then I would say that infers that Ted did INDEED marry their mother. He’s comparing their relationships. This is what would’ve happened if I married Stella vs. but this is what really happened because I married your mother. If he hadn’t married their mother, then he would’ve said… this is what you would’ve looked like if Stella was your mother.
I also agree with JuliaJolie. It does not make sense that Ted has met their mother thus far in the story. Especially because if the St. Patty’s Episode. He clearly says that He did not yet meet her. So when he does, even if it’s just a bump into at a club, he would say… “that is the first time I saw/met your mother.” That is also why Robin is not the mother, I think we’ve confirmed that by now.
I think we should also give up the Robin/Ted thing. This is definately not a Ross and Rachel scenario. I think we can be happy with them not ending up together. I’ve gotten over it by now that they aren’t together. I’ve also had enough with the sick ways you are trying to put them together. Why would we think that maybe the mother has died? Let’s just say that no one would write a comedy sitcom based on a man’s story to his kids of how he met their mother who is now dead. Kinda morbid. I also really don’t think that they are divorced. Why do you have to be divorced to say “your mother.” My dad always says “your mother.” “where’s your mother… Have you talked to your mother.” Same as “your brother.” Has anyone checked on if Ted has ever called her “mom?” Either way, I think that HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER sounds better than HOW I MET YOUR MOM. They always say “Mother” and “Father” on tv.
The mother is girl from season 3 episode 12 (“No Tomorrow”)! At 13:46 Ted ran into her and they accidentally hit each other, then Ted apologized and she said: “That’s OK”! It must be her, because Ted sad that they met on that party, but didn’t talk to each other! I can put bet on it!!!
He never says that he actually met her or bumped into her at that party, he just says to the kids “funny story your mother was there” – He couldve found that out 10 years later in a dinner table discussion for all we know !!
i think it is robbin i dunno why but she has been in the show since the start!!
or
barney and ted hook up and get a surrogate mother to have the kids for them LOL
i think when we finally find out who the mother is a bunch of scenes from all the previous seasons will flash and i bet the actor playing the mother will be there in all of them. We would have just brushed her off as some extra in the background but it would be cool if the writers had placed her there strategically 🙂
also im anti robin being the mum *yawn* to boring/predictable and i love robin being with barney anywayz…awww he needs somone to love 😀
and the whole stripper convo – i think you’re all going to deep and ted saying it was the mother was just a way to get his kids interested in the story.
I think its the girl ted bumped on the st. Patrick day party. i’ve also got a hinch that she is the same girl who is said to be his soulmate in season 1 milk. and she is infact the same girl with the umbrella as she is wearing jeans and a jacket she could have eaisly removed the jacket once inside.
hey everyone, been reading all the messages and find it quite interesting.
I dont think its Robin, well aunt Raobin.. been discussed. BTW what about Holly, she was in the 3 day rule. They leave the scene together, and in the next episodes there are no further mentionings, nothing good and nothing bad.
So i think we need to focus on the ONLY true hint the writers give us who the mother is. The yellow umbrella. i just saw the “At the right place at the right time” episode and no one mentioned that “a” yeollow umbrella is in the appartement, which ted then uses. This wud indicate that its robins umbrella of teds umbrella and he loses it to the real mom. but then again, it cant be robin. and in that episode theres a curiousity bout stella. but shes married and the kids wud be blond. so it cant be hear. but i feel she has to do something w stella. maybe her sis who slept with barney? but no evidence there. let me know wat u think.
later
ok scrap that theory. she was crazy and shes out. and the umbrella found in no tomorrow.
damn
hey….
i personally feel that robin is the mother.
ted is delibrately saying aunt robin so that we as an audience could nt guess by any chance…..
i dont have any proof… its just my intitution.
thanxx
im pretty sure we have not seen the mother yet. With all the facts laid out in the comments, theres no way that we have met her yet
yeah id have to agree with Dld. i doubt we saw her, but if we have then she was someone who walked across the screen with no importance, like a party person. but im guessing that the writers will sowly let us see more and more of her when we come to the end of the show, which shud never happen. cuz the show is lengen….wait for it….dary !!!!!
hey…
loadza commetns…
Did u notice that the boy never calls ted ‘dad’….its only the girl…cud be lik hes talking to the son when he says “thats how i met YOUR aunt robin”…….
basically im looking reasons to put ted nd robin back togeda
They have already shown her.
Just watch the Saint Paddy’s day episode when Ted and Barney went to the club. She was at the club with a yellow umbrella. Freeze the part they show her, then pay close attention.
Back in the club, he bumps into her, and they both share a quick moment. That girl was wearing the same exact pants as the woman with the yellow umbrella…….it’s that simple
Exellent Post!
A lot of people said hat it’s not Ted that is talking with the kids but Barney, with this explanation they want to say that Robin is with Ted. I don’t want to believe it..
Robin is not the Mother. I think it’s one of the few thigs we know for sure.
Have anyone tried to google or something the story of how the writer met his wife? (probably yes, but it was just a guess). anyways, nice theories. I just hope there’s some legendary twist in the end that no one was expecting.
here my bit! Robin is the mother…reason:
The kids don’t know who their mom is. He is actually telling them who their mom is as well as how he met her. I guess He n Robin got married, but Robin left them. The show will end with both of them coming back together. In a way, he is preparing the kids!!!
St Patricks day: The event is know by Marshal and he has not told it to anyone. So Robin might have been there that day. She is shown in Lily&Marshal apartment, but she may have been there earlier or later.
Yellow unbrella: Robin may have one. The next time Ted takes out “a” yellow umbrella, it is when he is sharing an appartment with Robin. So it may be hers and a different one.
Compared to other characters, Robin’s is the most simple to describe..”with” Ted or “without” Ted (like they send her to all weird places). Most of her actions only bring variation, but no big change in the story.
Anyway, the 4th seaon finale left lots of questions! Lets see how she fits in the “class” theory!
I’m one of those people who want it to be Robin, and so i try and find any possible reason for the mother to be her.
Well, perhaps Ted is using a fake name for all the characters. The children dont seem to recognise any of the names.
Bedanta uve got a good point, but one other thing. If im wrong, Ted never calls Lily aunt Lily to the children. It would be weird if she was the mother but ?
However, in the finale of season4 ted says his future wife was in the class he was teaching. No-one we yet know(i think) had an interest in architecture. (Except holli) season 4
I know this is speculation and a million to one chance but as Ted has the mother’s umbrella and we know she’s in his class which is how he meets her then this is just an idea of how they could get talking.
It’s a rainy day so Ted comes in to school with the yellow umbrella. One of his students mentions that she had an umbrella that was exactly the same that she lost whilst out drinking one night. Ted tells her when he found it and at which club. Obviously the mother realises that she was at the club at the same time on the same night and she left her umbrella there. They strike up a conversation and blam! That’s the real story of how he met their mother!
What do you think? Believable?
Correct me if I’m wrong about his phone going missing but maybe it was the woman on St. Patrick’s Day that bumped into him pick pocketed him! :O
Ha, that’d be nice.
ted said, that their mother was at the same st patrick’s day party as he was.
so, when stella tells him about her daughter, she’s also telling him, that she’d been to only one party in the past few years, on st patrick’s day… and that she left early….. but still…i hope that robin’s the mother ;D
i dont know how their goin to do it if it is the case, but i hope somehow robin’s the mother. Theres soemthin wrong about some random chick comin up and marrying ted.
In the very first episode Ted says “…Marshal has found the love of his life, even if I was ready..which i’m not..but if I was it like ok, where is she?”
The over voice then says and there she was, as the camera zooms in on Robin and a Blond talking. As it has already been stated that Robin is the Aunt I am guessing that the Blond who’s face we never see is the Mother of his children.
It is likely that towards the end of the show we will find they were always so close to meeting each other, always crossing paths, but never making contact. So I’m betting that Ted will meet a Blond called Tracy in is architect class.
Hey, sorry to burst your bubbles about the kids arnt his theory but at the begining of season 1 episode 1 he says “25 years ago, BEFORE I WAS DAD, i had a whole different life” which proves he’s thier dad which im annoyed about because i wanted him and robin to get married but that kinda shoots tht out of the water
Now I am a firm believer in the “Tracy Theory”, and I’m pretty sure the mother is not going to be Stella, yet I can’t help coming back to the scene where Ted is in Stella’s clinic asking her out, and she says something like: “I haven’t been out for ages, the last party was a St. Patricks day one…”
Why would they put that in? Ted says that she was at that party but he didn’t meet her. I also wonder how Ted got his yellow umbrella that he walks around with, maybe Stella left it at his house? In which case it would be her yellow umbrella. But still, I think the “Tracy Theory” is true.
I really lykd the Ted not being their father theory even though it has been proven rong. However just because he refers to Robin as “aunt” it doesn’t completely cross her out as the mother, after all doesn’t he call the other characters aunt Lilly and uncle Marshall .
@Romy
Future Ted does call them aunt Lily and uncle Marshall sometimes, here’s an example from s04e10 ‘The Fight’ “Kids, I can’t tell you whether fighting is good or bad; and i can’t tell you not to do it. I can only give you one piece of advice about fighting: don’t get into a fight with your uncle Marshall. ‘Cuz that guy’s crazy.”
@ Celeste
I think Stella being out on St. Patrick’s Day was just a bit of a red herring by the writers. Also, he got the yellow umbrella when he went looking for his phone at the club he was at in ‘No Tomorrow’ (St. Patrick’s Day episode) because as he was leaving in the morning it began to rain so he went back in and got the yellow umbrella.
@Everyone else
I really think Robin is NOT the mother, I think her being a love interest was just a way for the writers to make it so they could string the story out for longer, note the way on the penultimate season 1 episode ‘Milk’ Ted was supposed to meet his soul mate but chose not to and went for Robin instead. I think if there were plans of cancelling the show they would have made him meet his ‘Love Solutions’ soulmate and been able to end the show.