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Zip, Zip, Zip
HIMYM episode 1x14 (14)
Zip, Zip, Zip
First aired:
February 6, 2006
Director:
Pamela Fryman
Writer:
Brenda Hsueh
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Ted and Victoria change their mind about waiting to have sex. Marshall and Lily celebrate their nine year anniversary at home. Robin and Barney have a bro's night out.


Recap[]

Ted and Victoria have begun dating, and they spend their first weekend together holed up in Ted's bedroom. Marshall and Lily assume they have been in there having sex the whole time, but Ted informs them that they only just met each other, so they want to wait; they plan to wait one month before having sex. Marshall calls him on this, saying that this must be Victoria's idea, and Ted confirms this.

Marshall and Lily are celebrating their nine year anniversary, and plan to go to a fancy bed and breakfast, which is four hours away, and has strict guidelines, such as breakfast at 7 am. Marshall also mentions that it is going to rain. As they are about to leave for the trip, Lily and Marshall decide to bail and just stay home.

After dating for three weeks, Ted only has to wait one more week. Victoria then remembers that she will be out of town the next week, so they decide to have sex that night. Ted eagerly tells the taxi cab driver to head for his apartment.

Lily and Marshall are at the apartment, and are brushing their teeth in the bathroom. Ted and Victoria arrive, thinking that Lily and Marshall are out of town, and they begin their romantic evening in the living room. Lily and Marshall are forced to hide in the bathroom until Ted and Victoria move to Ted's bedroom.

Meanwhile, Robin has been left alone and is hanging out with her friend who was once again dumped. She sees Barney at MacLaren's, and, once her friend starts making out with a random guy, she decides she will be Barney's "bro" for the evening.

Back at the apartment, Lily and Marshall watch on as Ted and Victoria take an excruciatingly long time to begin their lovemaking, with Ted making pretentious comments about the beauty of fleeting moments. Victoria tells Ted that she wants to know him, to know his "soul", nauseating Lily and Marshall. Ted receives a phone call, and quickly dismisses it. Seeing this new relationship blossom, Lily starts to feel like she and Marshall no longer have that spark that Ted and Victoria have, and worries that they have run out of "firsts."

Robin meets Barney at a cigar lounge, having suited up, and she orders her own scotch and cigar, impressing Barney. Barney then suggests they go play laser tag, which Robin agrees to. After having a great time at laser tag, they head back to the bar. Robin sets up Barney with a girl, while Barney wants to set Robin up with a lesbian. Barney bails on the girl, however, saying "no bro left behind." The two decide to leave to go play Battleship.

Marshall and Lily are still stuck in the bathroom, and Lily becomes worried because she has to pee, something she has never done in front of Marshall. Lily eventually does pee in front of him, but they get through it. Lily flushes the toilet, so they think their cover must have been blown, so they leave the bathroom, but they find the living room empty. Marshall comforts Lily and tells her that they still have plenty of "firsts" and that their relationship is not getting stale.

Back at Robin's apartment, Barney mistook her invitation to play Battleship as an invitation to have sex. Barney says that he got Ted's blessing to hook up with her, revealing that the phone call that Ted had received earlier was from Barney, who asked if he would be cool with him hooking up with Robin, which Ted was mostly dismissive of. Robin is disappointed that Ted didn't seem bothered by this, and Barney realizes that she likes Ted. The two begin playing Battleship, and Robin asks Barney not to tell Ted.

Continuity[]

  • The episode begins on the Monday after The Wedding of Stuart and Claudia, and the events of Drumroll, Please which occur on the day after the wedding.
  • Barney quotes the Bro Code for the first time.
  • Robin's friend appears for the second time, again recently dumped, and was previously seen the Pilot. She also says the same line she did there, "What's taking so long?"
  • Barney learns about Robin's feelings for Ted. Robin admitted how she felt to Lily in Drumroll, Please.

Future References (Contains Spoilers)[]

  • When Barney disappears in Game Night, Ted mentions looking for him at the cigar club.
  • When accidentally hitting on Robin for the third time, Barney says "$100 says when you turn around I say 'Wow'." He is seen using this pick-up line again in Game Night.
  • Barney shows Marshall the actual text of the Bro Code in The Goat.
  • Lily's frequent urination habit appears again in Duel Citizenship.
  • Barney gets undressed in Robin's apartment when she leaves the room, after assuming she wanted to hook up with him, doing something similar to "The Naked Man" move​​ in The Naked Man.
  • The Naked Man shows that Lily uses the same "Want to do it?" line on Marshall.
  • Barney and Robin hook up for a one-night stand twice, once in Sandcastles in the Sand and again in Disaster Averted.
  • Robin mentions smoking cigars to try and get her father's attention. She elaborates on her issues with her father in Happily Ever After​​.
  • Barney and Robin smoke a Montecristo #2 cigar, also known as el Piramide (or the Torpedo), and in Something New​, they smoke the same one, and Barney mentions how it was the first cigar they ever smoked together.
  • Robin's familiarity with expensive cigars foreshadows the revelation about her family in Unpause.

Memorable Quotes[]

Barney: The only reason to wait a month for sex is if the girl is seventeen years eleven months old.

Robin: Nine years? Your relationship is a fourth grader.
Robin congratulates Marshall and Lily's relationship

Robin: You and me? That's insane. If you even thought about it for one second—
Barney: But I have thought about it—for three seconds—and it makes a lot of sense. We both think the marriage/commitment thing's a drag. We both want something casual and fun. And we clearly get along really well.
Robin: Wow, that actually did make a lot of sense.

Robin: I'll lay down some cover fire, you make a run for it.
Barney: Leave no man behind. Either we all get out of here, or no-one does.
Robin: But I...
Barney: Don't be a hero Scherbatsky.
Robin: See you on the other side.

Lily: Ugh, that is bad.

That is, like, high-school-literary-magazine bad.

Marshall: And they're not even high.
Marshall and Lily hiding in the bath hearing Ted talking with Victoria

Robin: What do you and Ted usually do after the cigar bar?
Barney: Are you kidding? Ted's never been here. You've already flown higher and faster than he ever did. Still
Robin: What?
Barney: There is one other thing we could do. If you're up for it.
Barney talking to Robin in a very sophisticated way

Robin: You know what game I really miss? Battleship. I've never lost a game.
Barney: Neither have I. Of course I cheat.
Robin: Oh, yeah, me, too. The trick is to bend the aircraft carrier so it makes an L.
Barney: Ah. I always just stacked the ships on top of each other.
Robin: Nice. You know, we should have a cheaters grudge match.

Barney: (surprised Robin use a suit) You suited up!
Robin: Well I figured if I’m gonna do this, I’m gonna do this right.
Barney: Emilio, the woman will have
Robin: I’ll have a Johnny Walker Blue. Neat. And a Monte Cristo, number two. Thanks.
Barney: Ahh, the number two. Aka, the Torpedo.
Robin: Or, as the rollers call it, perimide. My father was a cigar fanatic, it was the only way to get his attention.
Barney: Father issues. Hot.
Robin: I know. I was this close to being a huge slut.
Barney: Slut would have been better, but I’ll settle for bro. Especially since now that Ted’s with Victoria and can’t drink. Because he’s pregnant. Because he’s the girl.
Robin: Come on, Ted can’t be pregnant. You need to have sex to get pregnant
Barney: What uuup. Freeze frame high five!
Barney and Robin have a good time in her first hangout.

Barney and Robin: Ambush, Ambush
Robin: Shh Oh, God. These brats have us completely surrounded. I counted nine, maybe ten. I'll lay down some cover fire, you make a run for it.
Barney: No. Leave no man behind. Either we all get out of here or no one does.
Robin: But I
Barney: Don't be a hero, Scherbatsky.
Robin: See you on the other side.
Barney and Robin playing lasertag and talk like if they were in a real life battlefield.

Gallery[]

For a listing of all images on the wiki tagged as being from this episode, see Category:Zip, Zip, Zip images.

Notes and Trivia[]

  • You can actually see Barney stacking up his ships whilst playing Battleship.

Goofs and Errors[]

  • Lily and Marshall claim to be celebrating their nine-year anniversary. However, they got together in their first week of college, which would most likely be in August or September, yet this episode is set in the winter.
  • In Perfect Week, Lily and Marshall reveal that they share a toothbrush but in this episode, they are seen using separate toothbrushes and there are two more standing by the sink. They say in that episode that this practice has existed for the past 8 years when that clearly isn't the case.
    • A common theory about the show, however, is that everything visualized is from Ted's Kid's point of view. Therefore, if they didn't know that Marshall, Ted, & Lily shared a toothbrush then they may not have visualized that. This theory can be corroborated in later episodes (e.g. any time they mention sandwiches).
  • When Barney undresses in Robin's Apartment, he takes his belt off his pants, but when he is placing the pants on the chair, the belt is already around his pants.

Allusions and Outside References[]

  • At the cigar bar, Robin asks for Johnnie Walker Blue Label, which is one of the few times a character in the show has asked for a particular name-brand drink. She also asks for a Montecristo #2 cigar.
  • At the cigar bar, Barney is smoking a Cohiba cigar.
  • During the Quantum Leap marathon, Lily drank a Big Gulp (7eleven's notoriously large drink size) of Mountain Dew, and uses this as the reason why she has to pee. Marshall responds, "Oh, boy!," referencing Dr. Sam Beckett's catch phrase in Quantum Leap.

Music[]

Other Notes[]

Guests[]

Reception[]

  • The St. Petersburg Comic Review gave this episode 7 stars out of 10. "Are we gonna play Battleship, or what?"

References[]

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