UPDATE: To anyone who doubted me… suck it bitches! 😉
Original Article:
If you follow How I Met Your Mother, you may have heard a rumor that the writers have given us at least part of the name of Ted Mosby’s future bride. I even mentioned it in a recent post detailing what we can conclude so far about “the mother”. The video clip below is from Season 1’s Belly Full of Turkey. In this clip, a “burlesque entertainment artist” (otherwise known as a stripper) approaches Ted and says that she thought 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.” He then says “Just kidding” however the kids are shocked. The fact they reacted like this lets you know there is some truth to the association of the name “Tracy” to their mother’s name. Otherwise the kids would not react that way because they would know the name makes no sense there. Watch for yourselves. Thoughts are welcome.
Also, on an end note…There is still a lot of mystery to who the mother is. I constantly read posts and comments trying to pry deeper into the mother character. The speculation of ideas like this are fun and it’s always great to hear what other think and read from different clues. The mystery surrounding the mother is a big reason people still love this show…That and the fact it is simply awesome and funny. Enjoy.
(if this is down let me know. A certain Studio keeps removing them, so this is one I found that’s been out for a year or so… I digress)
i was shocked when i read this article
i thouhtg the same thing when i first watch the episode
i think mothers name is tracy too
Thanks ozden!
I appreciate your comment and glad that I could help to add confirmation to your theory… there are still doubters but they will come around.
It’s probably the best theory out, but I don’t think it’s necessarily the case – it’s also quite conceivable that their father saying that their mother /was a stripper/ might have been enough shock to make them not put together their mother’s name for a couple of seconds – Dad doesn’t give them time to think it over before correcting himself. It may be, though 🙂
I wouldn’t pay too much attention to names because older Ted could fudge the names to keep his kids more interested in the story. And it’s not like he has been completely honest in the past–on Victoria’s last day in NYC, he tells his kids that they did all the touristy stuff. As he tells them they went to the MET and the Statue of Liberty, it shows clips of him and Victoria in bed all day.
Dear Pistevo and AJ…
thanks for your comments. As I say…it is a theory… but as I have stated (in detail) the name is the most crucial part. If I were to say… “did you know your friend Tracy” is a stripper?”, then the you would view the comment (even though it was outrageous) as irrelevant. Why? Maybe you don’t have a friend Tracy? Maybe Tracy is a quadriplegic llama that you keep in your back yard… but either way you would have to associate the name with a person for the comment to be valid!
Then again..maybe the mother is a quadriplegic llama…
Whats so special about Ted.
Barney is the Hero in every season and it will be more awesome to see him (hopefully) get robin.. a cigarsmoking competent confident superior sovereign masterpiece of a woman.
The most significant episode for determining the mother in my opinion is from season 3 episode 12 called, No Tomorrow. In this episode, Ted and Barney are at the bar for St. Patty’s day and it is revealed that the mother was at that bar on that night. In the bar he bumps into a girl who closely resembles the body type we saw from the girl holding the umbrella earlier in that episode which means that she could be the mother. Why else would they add that little “bump into part?” The fact that it was such a small aspect of the episode shows the sheer genius of this show. This is the best theory that I could think of and if this does not turn out to be the future mother, then it is one huge coincidence. Let me know what you guys think.
While telling the story, we can’t assume the detail future Ted goes into. For all we know he could have said: “So the stripper came up to me said that I was sweet ladeladela…that’s the true story of how I met your mother” but as a joke to his kids. It’s a good theory, but my guess would be that it was intended for a laugh, not as a clue!
I don’t think the mothers name is Tracy. First of all, the girl was a stripper and strippers almost always use “fake” names. Second, the kids said “what” after Older Ted says “thats how I met your mother”, not after the stripper mentioned her name. I don’t think the creators would leave such a huge clue in the first season of the show.
No – it can’t be someone called Tracy; that would be attaching a name to it too early and the writers couldn’t be that short-sighted.
The fact that the kids were so shocked was that they thought Older Ted was implying their REAL BIRTH MOTHER was a stripper named Tracy. For all we know the woman they know as their mother is an investment banker called Mildred. Or a stripper named Jenny. Who knows. But I’m guessing that’s what they thought at the time. Old Ted knows who the mother is – the kids thought (for a split second, until he said it was a joke) that this was his way of telling them who their birth mother was.
It’s not like the kids were witnesses at their own births. They look close enough in age to either be twins, or that one couldn’t remember being at the birth of their younger sibling. I’m 3 years older than my little brother, and I don’t bloody remember him being born.
But then, that’s just my theory of this theory. I really think the Tracy thing is a very well-done red herring.
pardon the cross post but i still want Ted to end up with Robin and i really do think that the son looks like ted jnr and the daughter looks like robin jnr…plus – robin has a lot more set up than just being uncle barney’s future wife…and yes you can now call me crazy 😀
GinnyMae,
I wouldn’t call you crazy for that, I simply believe that given all the evidence and clues from the show there is not possible or feasible way that Robin is the mother.
Thanks for your visit and comments all. Great discussion.
It’s not Tracy because what is said by characters isn’t told “as is” to his future children. Only the narration actually counts (like when he says “…and that was the true story of how I met your mother…just kidding”).
For example, in the first episode, Robin was mentioned by name many times but NOT in the narration. So you have to take everything that happens as being paraphrased by the father to his children. Only sentences said directly to the children can be taken litterally (and I don’t mean figuratively!).
@Jean, actually if you watch the first episode, Robin’s name is never mentioned in the episode or the narration until the reveal at the end of it… it’s a common misconception. Thanks for your thoughts! It’s always fun to hear other views on the theory.
I’m in love with this theory and have seen evidence it is in fact true.
When you open the guest cast for the season’s 4 finale, there is a character named Tracey mentioned starred by C. S. Bennett. What a coincidence. ;o)
in reference to the “no tomorrow” episode and the infamous bump….the lady he bumps into isnt wearing the same outfit as the lady holding the umbrella in line so im pretty sure the bump was just put into the show to throw people off and make them think “could that be her?”
it may tracy, but I think that the script writers will do a name game… such as ted fist meets someone named “blabla” !! and then it turns out that her real name is tracy… so… we’ll never gonna know the mother until the final 🙂
This theory doesnt work! the reason the kids didn’t know girls like robin were the mother when he started telling stories because he CHANGED ALL THE NAMES!! How does no one remember that? They were shocked purely because he said, thats how i met your mother, not because they recognized the name, because it would have been a fake name too, duh.
But Ted might have changed the name of “Amber” to Tracy to surprise the kids and say “And that kids is the true story of how I met your mother.” so he might have just switched names to say that. What do you think?
i don’t even think the writers payed that much attention to the script. you guys have probobly put more thought into this than the people at himym. i think that in the last episode the mom will just be named something different.
ok i totally disagree with peoplewho think robin mght be the mother .there are no chances that robin could be the mother because in the episode no tomorrow ted and barney go to a club to celebrate st paddy’s day and the future ted says that “kids your mother was there at that party” at that moment robin and marshall and lilly go to view their new apartment so there is no way that robin could be at 2 places at thesame time.
so? it still means she is called tracy…
the reason why the kids act surprised is he was joking with them that there mom was a stripper cant you tell the when the kids say what its like a mad what
i dont remember that episode but you said at that moment they went to the apartment did they go to the party later
I think they react like that because Traci is a stripper.
Of course they react like that because she was a stripper…the point is that they wouldn’t believe it at all if Ted didn’t use the mother’s real name.
your overanalyzing it they dont know her name or why would they believe him all the other times its just cause she was a stripper
I think that this theory could work, and that the refutes are also pretty relevant. I think the closest one to revealing the mother could be the infamous bump, yet then again, things could be different. So instead of analysing to such detail, I think we should wait until the season when they actually reveal the mother is aired before more discussion is continued. HAHA
Doesn’t the yellow umbrella belong to the roommate of the mother? Remember when he returned it and he saw the roommate’s foot when she was going into the bathroom or something like that? I remember the dad mentioning that he liked everything in the bedroom, down to the CD on the desk and then he found out it was his date’s roommate’s bedroom… Has nothing to do with the Tracy theory, but I thought I would mention it and get feedback.
What I think happened is that Future Ted tells the kids that the stripper named Tracy is their mother, and the kids react like that because their mother’s name is Tracy as well and they thought she was a stripper, but then Ted says he is joking. That is my first theory. My second theory is that maybe the kids don’t know their mother and the whole purpose of HIMYM is to tell them who their mother is… Anyway that is my thoughts, can’t wait to see who it is!
I totally agree with you! I always said that “the bump” as you put it; was Ted meeting his future wife in ‘No Tomorrow”
There really is no other reason to put that incident in that episode. Like you said we know that she is in that bar during that time, as we saw the yellow umbrella entering it at the begining of the episode. She’s also brunette, in great shape, hot… all attribute that Ted is looking for. The name of the girl he bumps into is named (real life name!) Nicole Muirbrook. It is the only episode she’s been on…. search for yourselves
I’m sick of hearing this theory honestly. Mainly because every time people post it they act like it’s their own idea. Seriously.
However, since Lance Hardwood is your web “handle” (yea, I did) I’ll let this infraction stand. Mainly because it makes me laugh.
According to some people, Barney DOES get Robin. hehe…
Tracy can be the mother’s name, just like any other name is possible, there is not much evidence on that episode. I mean the writer’s could use that as much as they could use bump girl.
Recently watched the 1st two episodes of the series and in the second episode, while recapping events on the pilot, the daughter reacts when Future Ted says he told Robin he loves her on the first date. But Ted did the Mosby on the first episode so the daughter should have reacted then, meaning, what we see on the show is not exactly what future Ted says.
It’s not Tracy… the only reason the kids were shocked is because he said THEIR MOTHER WAS A STRIPPER. Or something like that. I just think it’s that. However you could be right about their reaction.. because if their mother’s name wasn’t tracy, they would’ve thought like: What do we care she’s a strippe.. that’s not our mother’s name.
I JUST WANNA KNOW SO BAAAAD… =[
It must be Tracy. If it is not, kids should have reacted like, “Hey! But that’s not mom’s name” or something, after old Ted said “and that’s how i met your mother”. But then again, i could be wrong. Season 6 going great.
I have a small suspicion that the mother is Stella. In the episode when he goes on the two minute date with her, she mentions that the only party she’s been to recently was on st Patricks day and she says that she left early. That could point to why the umbrella was left at the club, she may have left it there.
I had exactly the same theory!!
Im so glad that people actually picked up on it!
This whole time people have been saying to me “Its Robin! Its Robin! Blah blah blah” and I have been saying its not because her name is supposed to be Tracy!
Yeah.
Its your theory that doesnt work mate.
Yeah but the whole reason her name was Blah Blah was because he couldnt remember her name. Plus she was crazy..
But they wouldnt of reacted that way had Tracy had a different name.
I why would they be all like “WHAT!?” if it wasnt their mothers name?
It doesnt make sense.
“tracy” isnt the mom. the kids are just shocked because they think their mom used to be a stripper. then ted says “just kidding.” amber/tracy was just a random thing to add a joke
and its also not tracy because remember the very 1st ep? ted talks about how he met their “aunt robin”. you notice the entire time the kids never say “but mom’s name isnt robin.” its only till the end future ted says “and thats how i met your aunt robin.” the kids are SHOCKED. could the mom’s name be robin? no, just like the mom’s name isnt tracy.
the mum cant be tracy. when he was like ‘and that is how i met your mother’ the kids were surprised because (i think) ‘thats not mums name!’ so then he said just kidding.
I don’t think the Tracy Theory is true because, while the argument for it is that the kids would not have been so surprised if it were not the mother’s name, up until that point in the story the yellow umbrella had not yet been mentioned. In “Wait for it…”, Older Ted mentions that his kids know the story about the yellow umbrella and how it brought their parents together. Even though the yellow umbrella was not involved in Ted’s meeting Tracy, the kids still reacted when he said it was their mother, which means they could have still reacted even though Tracy is not their mother’s name.
Curiously, in 1.21, “Milk”, the woman who is shown as the Love Connections match with face blurred out is credited as Tracy.
Nevermind, she’s Barney’s secretary.