The Yips
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| First aired: November 26, 2007 | ||
| Director: Pamela Fryman | ||
| Writer: Jamie Rhonheimer | ||
The gang joins a gym. Barney suffers a loss of confidence after learning that the woman he lost his virginity to wasn't as impressed as he thought.
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Recap
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The gang decides to get in shape and everyone joins a gym. Barney is shocked to see that the woman working at the gym's smoothie bar is Rhonda, the woman to whom Barney lost his virginity. Barney has a flashback to when, fresh from his break-up with long-term girlfriend Shannon, his brother James (who was "not gay yet") set him up with his mother's friend, Rhonda "The Manmaker" French, who told Barney that he "rocked her world," boosting Barney's confidence. Later, Rhonda tells Barney that James convinced her to tell him that he was her best ever, and Rhonda only agreed to it because James slept with her - Rhonda doesn't even remember Barney's name (she calls him Barry). Barney decides to get over it by going to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show after-party with Ted and Marshall, where all of Barney's pick-up lines become vulgar and fall flat. Barney realizes he has the yips - he is over thinking hitting on girls to the point where he can't do it any more. Heidi Klum convinces him to go back to Rhonda and try again to regain his confidence. She rejects him at first, but after Ted talks to her at the bar, she invites him over to play cards, which quickly turns into sex. Rhonda insists that it really WAS the best she ever had this time, while Barney agrees in monotone, clearly having gained his confidence back.
Marshall is having a much harder time at the gym than anticipated. Although his trainer is a cute girl, she drives him very hard, making him do hundreds of push-ups and making him cry with only her words. Lily gets a very muscular trainer who is helping her with flexibility, but it turns out, is completely unaffiliated with the gym. Robin enjoys the gym because she doesn't have to wear a cute outfit and can work out uninhibitedly. Ted seems to always find a reason to avoid working out (i.e. bringing the wrong shorts), but after Marshall passes his trainer on to him, he gets what he paid for. Although everyone agrees joining the gym was a great decision, Future Ted's voice-over reveals that, after that first week, they never went back.
ContinuityEdit
- James appears again. This episode references James' heterosexual stage that was mentioned in Single Stamina.
- This episode recaps and follows up with the tale of young Barney introduced in Game Night.
- When Rhonda asks Barney about the last time he spoke to a woman with no intention to sleep with her, Barney says that he sat next to Madeleine Albright at a benefit once and did not "intend to hit that". This is referenced in The Bracket, in which Albright's picture shows up in a montage of women he has slept with. Barney also references his hook-up with Madeleine Albright in Benefits, when he is talking with Ted about sexual tension being the cause of international conflict.
- Rhonda and the story of when Barney lost his virginity was previously mentioned in the episode First Time In New York.
- Barney has mentioned the Backstreet Boys on many occasions.
GalleryEdit
- For a listing of all images on the wiki tagged as being from this episode, see Category:The Yips images.
Memorable QuotesEdit
| James: | Of course it's scary. It's gross. The thought of doing that with a woman? But, it's part of being a guy. Try thinking about baseball. Somehow, I imagine those players on the field, and it's over a lot faster. |
- —"straight" James tells Barney about sex with a woman
| James: | No, girl, I got a girlfriend. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Her's is the only vagina for me. Uh, I love it. It isn't scary at all. |
- —"straight" James
| Heidi: | Ach du meine Güte, nichts klappt mehr, überhaupt gar nichts mehr, so 'ne Scheiße! |
- —Heidi Klum's phrase about the yips in German
| Heidi: | Oh my Goodness, nothing's working anymore, absolutely nothing at all, what shit! |
- —Translation of the above phrase
Notes and TriviaEdit
Goofs and ErrorsEdit
- In this episode Barney's mom is called Patty (by Rhonda French), however in The Stinsons Barney introduces his mother to the group as Loretta. However, Patty maybe a nickname for Loretta.
Allusions and Outside ReferencesEdit
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Other NotesEdit
GuestsEdit
- Wayne Brady - James Stinson
- Stephanie Faracy - Rhonda French
- Meredith Roberts - Trish
- Heidi Klum - Herself
- Marisa Miller - Herself
- Alessandra Ambrosio - Herself
- Selita Ebanks - Herself
- Adriana Lima - Herself
- Miranda Kerr - Herself
- Michael 'Mick' Harrity - Max
- Annie Ilonzeh} - Becky
- Lyndsy Fonseca - Daughter
- David Henrie - Son
- Tanner Maguire - Younger Barney
- Katie Walder - Shannon (flashback)
- Mark Derwin - Greg (flashback)
ReceptionEdit
Omar G at Television Without Pity gave the episode a B-.[1]
Donna Bowman of The AV Club gave the episode a B+. [2]
Michelle Zoromski of IGN gave the episode 7.8 out of 10. [3]
ReferencesEdit
External LinksEdit
- The Yips at the Internet Movie Database
- The Yips at the English Wikipedia
- The Yips at TV.com
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