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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”.
one is clearly:
Robin is not mom
Robin was raised children (drawings of aunt Robin and children)
Ted is dad (few times children called him dad)
Someone else is mom, probably they dont know who is mother!
i just scared that robin end with barney
i want robin and ted!
robin and ted-i zaljubljeni par, kad se budu zenili kupit cu im dar a u daru trube da se boje jube!
or is the story a little different and “or how the story begins and ends with robin”
aaron have u considered that if tracy first introduces herself as amber and then says: “actually… it’s Tracy” the kids may thought that their mother was indeed tracy but changed her name again. If i was told that history i’d be like (eg: what??? mom’s real name is tracy, and she was a stripper??)
i think the mother’s name isn’t Tracy.
sorry for my english… i’m portuguese. cya
@xl….
I’m having trouble following what you are getting at. I would think the kids know their mom’s name (please don’t read too much into the possibilities of that statement.) To me the Tracy theory only holds any validity because the name matches their mom’s name.
I mean otherwise, the kids wouldn’t even believe old Ted’s story. “That’s funny dad, but mom’s name isn’t Tracy!” that sort of thing. Either way, it’s just a theory… I haven’t placed large wagers on it in Vegas or anything contrary to popular belief.
So many replies. Way too many repeats though. To the people that keep bringing up the “girl he bumps into at the bar” scenario, look up the phrase “red herring.” Stella was a major red herring but it became absolute fact that she is not the mother. Stella and Tony are each others “the one.” End of that story.
I believe we haven’t seen the mom yet. If we don’t get to meet her in season 5, I’ll be so disappointed.
I believe that Tracy is the mother.
Just a quick thought…..
I don’t know who the mother is, but I think that we have to have met her at some point.
The alternatives are that in the final episode, we meet some random woman that we have never seen before, she is the mother, and everything is over. Disappointing to say the least. The show is called how I met your mother. Not “several years of crap I did with a handful of people you aren’t related to, but call aunt and uncle.” Don’t get me wrong, I love the show, and would watch it even if it had the second title. However, it would be incredibly anticlimactic to just make it be random extra number 12 that is on set during the last day of filming.
Secondly, this has been going on for a while now. I hope it lasts a lot longer, but who knows how long it will go…. it can’t go on forever without resolving its namesake issue. As it heads down the road here, they can’t very well introduce a new member of the club that we come to know well enough to want it to be the mother without hanging a neon sign around her neck blinking “MOTHER” for the final several episodes. I, for one, and going to be pissed if it is just Jane Doe we see once.
I don’t know who she is, but I strongly believe that we have meet her before, because it needs to be someone that we are familiar with already so as to make it interesting, or someone that we have at least had a passing introduction to so that a re-entry will not be too terribly obvious.
Is her name Tracy? Maybe. But if it isn’t the stripper (and it isn’t, lets be honest here) then knowing her name means we get hit with a mallet the first time he meets a pretty brunette named Tracy (or perhaps he dates 6 tracys in season 7) or in the last episode, the mother, who we never meet, don’t know, and could care less about, will be named Tracy.
Is it Robin? I would love it to be so…. but I think the book has been closed on that.
I don’t know how they are going to close it…. they have written themselves into a lot of corners, and we will have to see how they get out.
jb12
I… am the Mother.
Again I will say I hope it is robin, and hopefully there is a way it can be robin, but I think the mother will be some chick that me throughout a season like stella. We will meet her at the beginning of the season and the finale will be the marriage. Whether this happens in the next season or the one after I don’t know. What how much longer can they stretch it on. But with the Tracy theory, if the people behind the scenes introduce someone called tracy, every1 will know she is the mother and some people wouild stop watching. Its all about the money and the viewers, so I don’t believe the tracy theory is valid
-well.. it is not robin forsure because if hes just saying aunty robin to trick us then the show is retarded..which im sure the creator are smarter than that. it is not stella forsure either because stella laready has a daughter..where is the third daughter ? why is he only telling stories to two of his kids.
-i want robin to be with barney bc they are soo perfect for each other..
-i have the feeling the mother is that girl who moved to Germany i believe for 2 years. shes a brunette, n so are the kids.. n not only that..when season 5 comes out..it should be about 2 years already.
maybe ted inspired her and she wanted to be an archetic n she attend his class n he met her agian.
wow…this post has been getting a ton of activity lately. Pretty awesome.
great discussion by all. I think I’m going to institute something like great debate so it’s easier to follow!
@sisi, I would love for it to be Victoria and while I do hope we see her again, I know she is not the mother from some different things that old and new Ted have said.
jb12, good points. It would be kind of lame if they introduced this completely new character to us fairly late in the series. They’re creeping up on their 100th episode right? To finally introduce us to a new but VERY SIGNIFICANT character so late is a major risk. We’re obvously supposed to fall head over heals over the mother because this is the person that Ted’s been longing for. I dunno if the fans would automically do that just because she is the mother.
I don’t think it’s Victoria. I don’t believe it’s Robin. She was the very first red herring of the show. I think it’s the Slutty Pumpkin. Whether her name is Tracy or not, who knows.
I’m so ready for season 5.
Calling Robin “Aunt Robin” is not because she is the mother’s sister, it’s likely just a term of endearment. This is highly supported by the fact that he also calls Lily, Marshal, and Barny Aunt and Uncle.
The scene where Ted bumps into the girl at the party was too out of place to be cast aside. I’m not sure that she is the mother but I don’t think it should be discounted so quickly. I doubt the writers put so much thought on the wardrobe for the two scenes of the umbrella carrier and the party bump girl.
We’re not going to really know who the mother is until the final season because then the story will be over. Which is kind of sad because the premise is a bit silly and insignificant. I’m sure I’m not the only one who watches the show for the characters and the episodic plots, not simply to find out who the mother is. It’s sad that the characters won’t be able to continue existing when the mother is met.
The mother be “jasmine from pilot episode” …….
JUST FIND OUT WHO THE HELL IS THE MOTHER AND LET ME KNOW < ITS DRIVING ME NUTS
read all your theories, and here’s my take on it:
The show is “How I Met Your Mother,” it’s not “Friends,” so scratch all the Rachel-Ross parallel that it will be Ted and Robin in the end; and it is also not the movie, “Definitely, Maybe,” so scratch all theories that Ted is divorced with the mother in 2030 or that she’s dead, or that Ted is using fake names while telling his kids the story. No.
As far as I know, except for the scene where director pam fryman passed by McLaren’s under the big yellow umbrella one rainy night pretending to be the mother, we haven’t met the mother yet. She is somewhere in Ted’s class in Columbia University (could be a student, a TA, a guest speaker for his class, or the janitor, haha).
The creators has completely shot down alot of the theories mentioned here, like the Tracy theory: i still think the kids reaction was more from their dad joking that their mom was stripper, it doesn’t really conclude that the mom’s name is Tracy;but on the other hand, it doesn’t negate it either. However, i think Tracy from Iowa in the last episode of Season 4 is the creators’ way of telling us to stop with the Tracy theory already.
As for Bump Girl, i think she still could be the mother, but i highly doubt it.
The narrator IS the older version of Ted and the kids are his biological kids, coz the creators and Bob Saget said so (watch the episodes with audio commentaries from the dvds and read interviews).
And Robin is definitely not the mother, coz even in the episode “Lucky Penny,” when Ted and Robin were clearly still together, Older Ted said that if he didn’t stay in New York, he would not have met their mom. Same goes when Ted and Robin revealed that they already have broken up during Lily and Marshall’s wedding, Older Ted said Robin got to travel and he, on the other hand, met their mom.
As for the back-up marriage pact when they are 40, again, this is not Friends. Like Bump Girl, i think it’s just red-herring. I think Robin is merely instrumental in helping Ted find the mother, just as she promised to him in the early episodes of season 1. Plus, it’s sooooo gonna be Barney and Robin. that’s canon. I also think it doesn’t do Ted or the whole series justice if we find out in the end that Ted’s romantic quest didn’t have a happily ever after, so the mother would still have to be alive in 2030 and still be with Ted.
People who think Robin is Mrs Mosby: You are telling me that after 4 seasons we are waiting to know who the mother is at the end the mother is Robin??? NO WAY! I’d kill the writers i want Robin with Barney..
okay, remember the episode that took place on st. patricks day where ted and barney went to a huge party. and ted said that the “mom” was at the party, so i think that the mom is the girl who ted bumped into and he said “oh, sorry”, then she says “thats okay” because why would they put that in if it didnt mean anything. in shows if something little like that happens, it will usually have something to do with the show/movie later on. thats my theory
Sorry Zoe, but I have to disagree. The writers have thrown in so many red herrings that they must have assumed people would pick up on the things we did. I’m sure Ted says “If she did meet me” which means she didn’t, right? Maybe, I don’t know, I just have this strong feeling we’ve yet to meet the mother.
Ps. guys, saying Robin is the mother is like saying Marshall is the father. It’s just not happening. Also, who doesn’t long for Robin and Barney?! 😀
Here is my 2 cents
1) ROBIN IS NOT THE MOTHER !!!!!!!!!! I actually missed the 1st episode and started watching it from the second. I got to the end of the first season, and start of the 2nd, before I got the 1st season on DVD and found out it was AUNT ROBIN (which had myself and my brother PISSED as we BOTH wanted Ted to get with Robin). Since then there have been too many hints to show that Ted and Robin don’t end up together (Kid’s pictures of “Aunt” Robin, constant references to Aunt Robin, Robin traveling for her job and Ted staying in NY and meetoing their mother etc)
2) Ted is CLEARLY the kids father. There are enough references of the kid’s calling him DAD, and him refering to himself as their DAD, to make that clear
3) I like some of the theories about who the mother is, and I have personally always subscribed to the “Bump” girl as the mother
a) I doubt it is the “Slutty Pumpkin”. It is a HUGE stretch to go from Marine Biologist to Architect, plus she was introduced in the 1st season and he doesn’t meet her until AT LEAST the 3rd season
b) Stella. There is the missing “Lucy”, Stella’s child from the 1st relationship. Where is she (possibly at College I suppose). Also the “If I married Stella” kids with the Blond hair. STella, who Ted HAD ALREADY MET before the CLUB incedent in “No Tomorrow”, also went to a PARTY on St. Patrick’s Day, but “left early” What nightclub in NY would be FULL OF WOMEN at a time which could be considered EARLY ???
c) For me, it HAS TO be the “Bump” girl. I doubt that the character HAS NOT been seen in AT LEAST 1 episode in first 4 season (as mentioned above, I would be surprised if there wasn’t a series of clips showing ALL of her appearances along the way). I also wouldn’t be surprised if her identity was withheld from the credits to prevent people from piecing things together. It was mentioned that the mother was “at the club” but Ted never “met” her. What do you consider “meeting” someone ??? a random bump in a club when you are wasted (Ted was well into the Champagne (shown by a tankled Ted in the Marshall missed messages on his phone the next morning, when the bump occured. He probably wouldn’t recognise her again if even if he wanted to). The “yellow umbrella” person which was constantly referred to had jeans and a coat on. Bump girl had jeans on but who wears a coat in a club ??? I also like the theory that Ted and the mother meet in class based on a rainy day and the mother noticing that Ted has her yellow umbrella.
ok so i took the time to read pretty much most of these theories/ entries, and no to mention absurd fantasies that people have have bout the outcome of this show. I have some very important info that is crucial in who the mother is. the director and producer and the kids are the only people who know, since on an interview i read a while back, they apparently shot a scene with the mom during season 2, and no one was allowed to present other than a few individuals needed to shoot.
AND FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME THE MOTHER IS NOT ROBIN. nor is ted divorced or some other twisted plot where we ends up with robin, ted is the type of man who probably will not be in a failed marriage. And please people the girl that ted bumped into in the bar on patties day was just one of the tricks that the writers use to fool impressionable minds like YOURS. They would not show the mother in such a blunt and obvious manner.
Alright and we also know that the Mother is not Stella, because the yellow umbrella is not hers. When Stella and her husband met Ted in the street corner she didn’t say anything about the yellow umbrella that ted had with him at the moment. The reason that meeting was so crucial is because is allowed Stella’s husband to offer the teaching job to ted, where he met the mother. And yes the mother can be student because this is a university where individuals of al ages can attend this institution, so she can be in her 30’s or late 20’s.
i think that is all i have to say for now, thanks
another thing to note i’ve herd that they plan on having the season finally in 2011, thus start introducing her in 2010
I believe the mother is the girl Ted bumped into at the club on St. Pat’s Day, Season 3. Episode 12, 13mins 25 secs in. It was mentioned the mother was at the club that night eg. yellow umbrella. HIMYM Expert you are a noob, u know nothing!!!
i dont know about the tracy teory because sometimes he says one thing to the kids but the audience sees something else like when he said that he and victoria went around new york and they actually stayed in bed or when he “eats sandwiches” with marshall and lily
My guess (which is as good as anyone else’s guess, short of the producers and writers):
We have most likely seen the mother as … wait for it … the Woman in ‘No Tomorrow’ (S03E12) while Ted was at the bar celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Yes, the Woman he bumps into while walking through the crowd.
Sure, she might have pick-pocketed the phone, but I kinda doubt it. That moment just felt optimistically ‘right’ to me.
With regard to “Lily”‘s comment above (01 Mar 2009, comment 5140) about this not being the Mother since the producers would not be able to guarantee ‘this random extra’ being available in the future, I can promise you that if the writers and producers choose to follow this course as the desired thread of Ted’s love, then they will have no problems whatsoever putting the actress who will play the Mother into that scene. On numerous occasions in the past, the production has recreated scenes to reshow a flash-back. We have scene Carl the bartender re-introduced into scenes where he was not originally present, and we have seen the hair of Barney’s Stalker go from wavy to straight as Britney Spears was re-introduced to that flash-back. They can choose to either re-shoot that one brief exchange in the original shot, or they could relatively easily replace the actress’s head/face with a digital composite (this is my industry). My recommendation would be the former since this would be a very easy re-shoot, it would probably be less expensive than the digital comp shot, and would provide the correct eyeline and timing since the actress might change (though I think Nicole Muirbrook is quite the cutie and has a great look for the role). And if they did choose to use this fetching ‘random extra’ (btw, not that much is random on set), I am guessing (again) that this show has garnered enough inertia that the producers and studio could throw enough do$h at this actress to have her be available on the days they will need her, especially in a potentially long-term (recurring) national network role (what many an actor dreams of landing).
Just my conjectures (what you call noise).
More on the yellow umbrella-The mother does’t have that umbrella. In No Tomorrow, Ted goes back to the bar, sees the umbrella, and takes it home. I assume that the mother recognizes it as hers, but she won’t be carrying it.
hey guys,
wateva it is 1 thin is 4 sure….. dat ted meets da mom in da 5th season….. bcuz wen da last episode f season 4 ends he has started teachin in dat architecture coll n jus b4 da episode finishes he says ” n kids sumwhr in dat architecture class sittin in a row was your mother.” so its gotta b now.
I’m at 90 % sure who she is. In the St patrick day episode in the club, ted walks into a woman and says sorry before speaking to barney. It is said ted’s wife was at that party, she is rather young so she can attend Ted’s architecture class and I don’t see the interest of this scene if it’s not a clue.
ive heard the mother is stellas sister on several forums
Is ANYone tired of ‘who’ she dragging on for so long AND the barney/robin thing…… i lOve all the characters, except barney. Robin is a little more Barney-esque that she used to be. All in all, I’m finding the show boring. Bring back ‘Rules of Engagement’ instead!!
Has anybody Considered the Kids age?…since Future Ted is telling the Story in 2030…and by looking at his kids the Girl is older and looks like shes in he 16-17 years of age. and is that is the case then:
She was Born around 2013-2014. Given Ted Track record of Falling inlove in a short period of time and need to start a family very soon. this gives Ted about a year and a half of Dating, Marriage and conseption and Birth of their first born. Ergo Ted doesnt meet “the mother” till 2011-2012. Since Future Teds Story moving along with our present time…Ted will not meet the mother till about 3-4 years from now…
But then again Ted could evolve as a character and takes it slow with her…
Any thoughts?
What a discussion. Great stuff!
Okay, my two cents.
1. In the extras of the First Season DVD, the creators said “we know what the final episode” will be. That is an outline, and until then, anything goes to keep us entertained, and tuning in. That seems to be working.
2. It makes sense that they had mother’s lined up to deal with the reality of the show being canceled. It’s all of our faults that we don’t know who the mother is, because we love this show too much, and keep turning in to further it’s success. Perhaps Victoria was intended to be the mother if the show only lasted one season. Perhaps Stella was intended to be the mother if the show only lasted 3 seasons. Perhaps Robin was intended to be the mother if the show only had a pilot.
3. I personally believe that when the mother is revealed, that we will learn that the mother was “around” the entire time, quietly in the background unknown to Ted. There she is at the Halloween party laughing at Ted waiting for the Slutty Pumpkin. There she is giggling at Ted being knocked out at the St. Paddy’s Day party. I’ve found that the things we look for most, are sometimes around us all the time, we’re just not paying attention. Plus, when you meet that person, and find out they they do similar activities as you, it makes sense that hey they might have been at your favorite bar some night, or in line with you at the Empire State Building, etc.
4. As for the St. Paddy’s Day party, no one has mentioned that 1) Ted lost his new phone, and 2) Ted’s phone had been dialing Marshall all night and leaving messages. Wouldn’t Ted’s phone called when Ted bumped into the “Bump girl”. That just leads to the reality that the writers built in all these loose ends to be used, or not used, later on in the show.
5. It’s possible that the “Tracy theory” is correct, and, the “Slutty Pumpkin” theory is correct, and…etc. It’s quite possible that Ted finally meets “mother” and they laugh about how much they have in common, like hey I did this dating match thing, and they guy “no showed” and, oh, that was you…ha ha. Oh, I had a “yellow umbrella” once, but lost it on night, but I found this cool phone…ha ha.
My two cents. Enjoy.
about the ‘Tracy name’ theory : could it be their mother’s second name? I know this doesn’t help much with the revealing of the mothers identity but that could be exactly what the writers want : a small clue that a fan would notice and that would satisfy them when they find out they were right about that, but again it gives them freedom for introducing new charachters without revealing that small detail.
Also i believe that the mother is shown (not in the first season – because of what ted says in the finale, but could be somewhere in the second season, not as Ted’s date – btw this was ruled out in the text, or later), that would mean the slutty pumpkin is not the mother.
Maybe she’s the ‘bump’ girl named Tracy, that way nothing is revealed but the true fans will be somehow rewarded for their ‘experitze’.
*my engish isn’t so good so i apollogize
I have an idea of who the mother is.
It may be the “bump-girl” from the party cause she looks a bit like the one who I think the mother is.
As we know we will meet the mother in Season 5 and I think there were already 2 hints one in S05E01 and one in S05E02
S05E01
At the end when Barney and Robin are walking out of the screen together there comes a young girl out of MacLaren’s Pub and Ted is pretty much checking her out. He looks at her for a few seconds!
Not that much of a hint as he is searching for “the one” ! 🙂
But it gets better:
S05E02
At 10:55 as Ted and Jen from 2009 follow Ted and Jen from 2002 a girl walks by between the two!
And again Ted (from 2009) is looking after her as she walks away!
And I’m pretty sure that it is the same girl as in the 1st Episode of Season 5
And there are a lot of similarities between her and the “bump-girl” but as I said I’m not too sure about this!
The writers on the show tend to cheat at times… take for example the “Doug the Bartender episode” when they basically photo shopped him into familiar scenes and moments of our favorite 5 people. It was never as if he was actually there when those scenes first aired. Its possible that it doesn’t matter how observant you are or what clues you pick up on. The Tracy theory is possible, but its also possible the writers may do some sort of callback to that moment in a later episode and change how it actually happened… similar to the Doug montage… this episode was demoralizing because it shows that they’re willing to change how events “actually” transpired if they want to.
Hey
I was reading on a website and it says that ted meets her at collage or uni or where ever it is and it says that she is not a student and that he meets her not in a arcetect class bit a cooking class. I don’t know what the site was but you type into google- how I met your mother season 5 cast and i think it’s the first one then you go to the bottom and click episodes.
So is the Mother in the Arcutecture class or the Econimics class ??? At the start of S05E01 he says he if he knew 2 things that his life would be different (or something to that effect), 1 being that the mother was in the classroom (doesn’t say if student/TA etc), the other that he was in the wrong room. It would be slightly dodgy if he married a student, but a student from the college is another story.
One thing I noticed, and I don’t know if anyone else saw this and thought it was suspicious too, was a part during Season 3 episode 12 – No Tomorrow. Before going into the club Narrator Ted says that the kids mother was in there that night. Later in the club after leaving the married girl to go talk to Barney, Ted bumps into a girl, but it seemed to be so much more suspicious than if he had really just bumped into someone, because the camera focuses on both of them, and for a moment she turns around and her face is shown. They look directly at each other. Just a thought though…
Duuuude JMac!
Sorry to say that but you suck!
If you would have taken one minute to read through just like 5 comments then you would have recognized that “your” idea had been discussed since July 2008!!!
And @knighty: I pretty much sure that she is in the econimics classroom because later in S05E01 future Ted says: “Your mother was sitting right….” and the camera goes to the top right but then stops and Ted continues saying:”wait let me finish this first”
But to my theory from couples of days ago, I haven’t seen the girl I expect to be the mother appearing in either E03 or E04
My 2 cents:
I have to say I love the Mother mystery and I’m hoping the ID was planned far enough in advance to sprinkle clues throughout the years, sort of like the final Cylon in Galactica. I want to see a revelation that makes everyone go “OH! I should have seen that!” with tiny clues here and there, some in the background, and some obvious.
I think we know for sure Stella’s not the mother (I say that because of the alternate future scene with Stella as the mother and the kids were different). Just wanted to point that out since it wasn’t mentioned in the blog post (admittedly I didn’t read EVERY comment so I’m not sure if that’s been mentioned.
As for who it is my theory follows some of the others:
-I think the name is Tracy
-I also think it is the girl he bumped into at the St Patrick’s Day party
-I wonder if somehow Ted left with the mother’s umbrella and she left with his phone.
-She may also be the slutty pumpkin (primarily because of the girl walking behind Marshal at the Halloween party in The Leap wearing a pumpkin costume and carrying a battle of Kahlua)
-There’s also the girl that he stood up when Lily was apply for the Art Fellowship.
– She was in the economics class (as mentioned above, for the same reason).
I know the narration can sort of discount most of these hints, but it all depends on interpretation. He didn’t really meet Bump Girl, an apology for running into someone isn’t really a meeting. Why include the (possible) Slutty Pumpkin in The Leap if it’s not a hint? They could have chosen another year, or left her out all together. As for the girl he stood up I can’t remember if he knew her ahead of time or if it was a blind date. As for St Patty’s Day (again), it’s been mentioned that in script writing for TV/movies every moment is important, it seems to me that if Bump Girl isn’t the mother then the run in and the losing of the cell phone were pointless and should have been cut in script editing before primary shooting even started on the episode. Unless they ran out of ideas and had a 17 minute episode to fill a 22 minute slot.
I do believe we’ve seen the mother at least once. I’ve read that there is already a future scene shot with the mother meaning she could already be cast, unless it’s a shot of everyone but her and she’s photoshopped in later like Will Sasso was (Mind you, mention of the scene already being shot came from wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt).
I know some, if not all, of this has been discussed before I just thought I’d throw together some of theories I’ve come up with or read and hopefully offer something new in this wall of text.
On a final note: I hope the show doesn’t end when he meets the mother. It could easily run another year (maybe two) with them dating and end the series with their wedding. I’d rather not see the series end with something like:
TED
“You’re mother is (…)”
Fade to black, roll credits
This isn’t about the mother but I was reading a site on the Internet and it had different things about all the charecterd. It says barneys relatives are tom then in brackets it said brother in law. Does anyone know who tom is?
“# Jaz said:
October 20th, 2009 at 5:17 am
This isn’t about the mother but I was reading a site on the Internet and it had different things about all the charecterd. It says barneys relatives are tom then in brackets it said brother in law. Does anyone know who tom is?”
I think that is the guy his black brother married.
Oh and as for TheSteelBlade and the chick Ted stood up, it was a girl from the “Love Connections” matchmaking service, not a blind date
I haven’t followed every comment here, but I was thinking about something.
At the start of the Ted&Stella-Story the future Ted mentions something like: The whole Stella-story leads him to meet the mother.
Of course Stella is not the mother, but I think it could be someone connected to her (for instance on of her friends, Ted&her are together in the movie at her first-not-date or who knows Amy…?…lol).
When Ted & Stella do have their first date, she has no time because of her work & daughter & mentions that she has been on one party during the last year. It was the one of St.Patricks Day, but only for a short time. It could have been the same party as Ted&Barney have been.
This theory would include the following points:
The St.Patrick’s party, the yellow umbrella, the whole story with Stella
What I also found intressting at the St.Patrick’s Party. Did Ted found his mobile? I think not. If they both found each other’s stuff on the party – that’s the long version of how they met.
to correct myself:
In “wait for it” – The story with the yellow umbrella is told the first time. The kids seem to know the short version but not the long one. Why does the father tell this right now and not at another episode? The episode must have some impact to the story of meeting the mother even if indirect. (It could be Amy but I don’t think so)
My theory: He meets Amy and gets the “tramp stamp”. therefore he has to go to the doctor and meets Stella, later he meets the mother, which Stella knows.
Of course Stella is not the mother, but I think it could be someone connected to her (for instance on of her friends, Ted&her are together in the movie at her first-not-date or who knows Abby(?)…lol).
When Ted & Stella do have their first date, she has no time because of her work & daughter. She mentions that she has been on only one party during the last year. It was the one of St.Patricks Day, but she was there only for a short time. It could have been the same party as Ted&Barney have been.
The mother definately was at the party. Obviously Ted lost his mobile and she probably her yellow umbrella.
This theory would include the following points:
The St.Patrick’s party, the yellow umbrella, the whole story with Stella including strange stuff like the Party-comment, the End-scene of “As fast as she can”.
But most important is the scene in “the right place, the right time”, where the future ted says “that this is the most inportant part”. He sates “that the universe is in motion and has a plan”…he conclude’s the last chapters by mentioning pictures with “the butterfly” and other stuff, which all leaves us to “the right place at the right time”. In excact this moment Stella tips on his shoulder. So I say Stella has to do sth with it. She knows ted’s wife.
Dammit…correct nr.2:
I totally forgot about Tony in this scene/episode, who was part of the reason why ted becoming a professor. Isn’t the mother sitting in one of the classes later in the “definitions”-Episode of Season 5?
If Ted and the kids refer to Robin as ‘Aunt Robin’, that might mean it is Robin’s sister who is their mother? Does Robin have a sister? I like the theory further up the list that suggests that the kids aren’t Ted’s, that he is just explaining – how he met their mother, so maybe he did end up marrying Robin afterall!!
robins little sister appers in a episode but she is like only 16 or someth9ing so i highly doubbt it is her.
and karen. seriously. ted saying all story to his children, the story of how i met “your” mother. (how ted met the kids mother. thats what we are watching.)