When it comes to sitcoms, it's art that imitates life more than the other way around. Just like other comedic shows, How I Met Your Mother's basic storylines are always relatable, but the execution has to be over the top for it to be compelling and fun to watch. For the most part, watching Ted search for love, Robin struggle in her career, Lily find herself, and everyone worry about money is deeply accurate to real life 20-somethings in New York. But then again, some storylines were just too ridiculous to be true.
Besides being hilarious and inventive, How I Met Your Mother touched countless of fans around the world because it didn't lack story arcs depicting emotional struggles related to breakups, financial stability, and even death. Just like we escaped our own reality with the crew, harsh reality often caught up with them - which is precisely why the show made a lasting impression.
10 Most Realistic: Marshall Taking The Corporate Job
Marshall wanted to become a lawyer so he could help create change and protect the environment. Even though being an environmental lawyer is indeed a very honorable profession, it unfortunately usually doesn't pay the bills.
Since Marshall and Lily were struggling financially, he had no other choice but to apply for a job at GNB, a bank that represented everything that Marshall fought against.
9 Least Realistic: The Playbook
Barney's versatile playbook acts are one of the show's most beloved running gags, but they are generally very unrealistic. In real life, there is no way anyone would fall for "The Scuba Diver" or "The Snasa" (although "The Ted Mosby" might persuade some). It's also unlikely someone as conventionally attractive and well-off would even have to run plays like these in the first place!
Barney is among the most likable characters on How I Met Your Mother, but if we met someone as manipulative and exploitative in real life, we would be appalled.
8 Most Realistic: Robin Putting Her Career First
In this day and age, most people can't afford not to put their careers first, even if they are not the absolute top priority. Robin often found herself torn between work and dating, which is a scenario that happens regularly in most people's lives.
Because Ted and Robin didn't share the same vision for their future, they decided to break up. It might not be what fairy tales are made of, but at least it's real.
7 Least Realistic: Who Wants To Be A Godparent
In "Who Wants to Be a Godparent?", Ted, Barney, and Robin compete in a game to become Marvin's legal guardian in case Lily and Marshall die. Robin never wanted kids and she didn't even like them, so it's completely insane that she would even want to be a godmother in the first place.
Nobody in their right minds would plan the future of their son based on a game they just made up. This episode was among the most hated ones - probably because it was just preposterous. Here's who wants to be a godparent: Ted, and nobody else!
6 Most Realistic: Introducing Baby Marvin
Lily and Marshall have been together since college and they both agreed to have a family someday. It only made sense that Lily got pregnant with Marvin in season 6. Marshall couldn't be happier about the news.
The couple went on to struggle with sleepless nights and worrying whether they are good parents, which is a very realistic part of becoming a parent.
5 Least Realistic: Barney's Fake Family
In order to please his mother Loretta, Barney hired a fake family to play his wife and his son. Pretending to be someone he isn't is one of the saddest things about Barney, but this story arc was so unrealistic, it was hard to sympathize with his struggles.
This story arc served no purpose whatsoever. It was funny to see the relief on Loretta's face when she realized it's all been a sham, though. She said she didn't even like her "grandchild" anyway.
4 Most Realistic: Ted's Tumultuous Dating Life
Ted is pretty obsessed with finding his soulmate in time, which is something a lot of us relate to, even if we would never admit it. Ted has his whole future planned out, but without a woman by his side, his plans can't come true.
Ted has had more than his fair share of romantic interests. Things often got awkward when he tried to force love where there was apparently none and when he tried to break up with girls who actually liked him.
3 Least Realistic: Ted Ending Up With Robin
How I Met Your Mother is a series with an incredibly divisive ending. Its lack of logic was twofold: Robin divorced Barney because he wanted her to work less, which doesn't add up since Barney was never the clingy type. We then see Robin reunite with Ted as if that wasn't the worst idea ever.
Robin had said it herself in the final episodes: there was no reason for her to keep on hanging out with the gang. There was certainly no reason to return to a failed relationship from her 20s.
2 Most Realistic: Marshall Dealing With His Father's Death
Lily telling Marshall that his father died is one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the history of How I Met Your Mother. The show did an amazing job portraying the harrowing reality of losing a loved one.
Marshall dealt with his father's death in a very healthy way. Rather than denying it, he faced his grief. It might have looked silly at times - like when he was barbecuing at the graveyard - but we just loved him more for it.
1 Least Realistic: They Spend A Lot Of Time At The Bar
Lily is a kindergarten teacher, which means she must be mentally exhausted from work and that she has to get up really early. How come she can spend so much time at the bar, even on weekdays? Same could be said for other characters, of course, but Lily is the most unrealistic in that sense.
Additionally, they are among the most financially unrealistic sitcom characters from the early 2000s. Ted's apartment is located in Manhattan and there is no way young adults could afford living there and spend so much money at the bar before turning 30.
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