Created by Carter Bays, Craig Thomas. Character. The guys tell Marshall to stay away from his new date because she has "crazy eyes," but she couldn't be any crazier than Lily after she learns that Marshall's going out on his first new date. Despite the fact that Barney is a womanizing bro, he is one of the favorite characters on How I Met Your Mother and he grows and matures by its end. A Big Bang Theory star almost played Barney. How I Met Your Mother's Barney Stinson (played by Neil Patrick Harris) offers the most comical relief of the entire cast. Comment. The hour-long "How I Met Your Mother" series finale proved the conspiracy theorists right. Britney Spears' guest role in 2008 helped to save the show from low ratings and an early cancellation. Charming, optimistic, and handsome, he brings a lot of energy into an otherwise pretty stale group. A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother. Marshall initially refused, but decided to play along when Barney unwittingly selected Lily as Marshall's target. Barney, Lily, and Marshall have some crazy adventures while trying to find--and keep--love. If the show had been canceled after the first season, Victoria would have been the mother. With Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris. The first is to judge him from our current perspective in 2020. Throughout the entire episode, the gang calls Barney by the name "Swarley" because Chloe, the girl from the coffee house whom Marshall dates, mistakenly wrote "Swarley" instead of "Barney" on his cup of coffee. "How I Met Your Mother" premiered in 2005 and ran for nine seasons on CBS, but even hard-core fans might not know everything about the show. Now, there are two ways to play this game, and I think by both counts, Barney is the winner (or loser depending on how you look at it). Barnabus "Barney" Stinson (born 1976), is one of the five main characters in How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris. RELATED: How I Met Your Mother: Barney's 5 Best (& 5 Worst) Story Arcs Barney… By the time Ted told his children the story, she had been dead for six years, victim of a "sickness," during which Ted loved her very, very much. How well do you know this romantic sitcom? It was just announced that he will be in the "Matrix 4" film which is due out next year. =D After Lily paints a nude painting of Barney, Barney is upset that Lily painted him as a ken doll =D Barney Stinson is the epitome of toxic masculinity. Directed by Pamela Fryman. How I Met Your Mother – cool facts about the show and cast, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders and Jason Segel. Barney Stinson's then-bizarre belief that Johnny Lawrence is the real Karate Kid has since been adapted into his antihero comeback story in Cobra Kai. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. Blergh. He has hosted several award shows like the Tony's and Emmy's. Barney has trouble hitting on women at the Victoria's Secret after party and so has to return to the woman who took his virginity. Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) wore a hideous ducky tie quite a bit in How I Met Your Mother after losing a bet. By Morgan Jeffery. The tie became a running gag in the later seasons of the CBS sitcom. Directed by Pamela Fryman. When Barney tries to bond with his father, he asks the gang to help make his life seem more exciting by lying about their own lives. Now that the show is complete, fans pose theories and questions regarding the characters and the plot of the show, with Reddit user KermitTheFraud92 posting a theory that could change the scope of the show since they suggest Ted has exaggerated Barney's …