3. Robin 101
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How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S5 E3 OK for kids?

3. Robin 101

When Robin fears that Barney is cheating on her, she soon discovers that he is spending his evenings with Ted learning everything there is to know on how to date her.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 12+

How I Met Your Mother S5 E3, “3. Robin 101”, scores 2/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. When Robin fears that Barney is cheating on her, she soon discovers that he is spending his evenings with Ted learning everything there is to know on how to date her.

Across the episode we counted 20 flagged moments in 7 themes: Sex & hookups (5); Nudity & bodies (2); Affairs / cheating (2); Violence & injury (3); Swearing (5); Alcohol & drugs (2); Slut-shaming (1). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 5 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E3:

  • This is not a one-night stand.
  • And then, once you're off the phone with Lily, I'll be down in the bar ready to have sex.
  • What do these mean? - You guys just had sex? (EX CLAIMING) Wasn't me.
  • Friend, confidant, occasional guest star in some confusing dreams that remind me a woman's sexuality is a moving target.
  • I can't believe I'm taking sexual advice from Ted Mosby.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E3:

  • Can we draw boobs on the chalkboard? - We did that already.
  • No, like, really big boobs.

Affairs / cheating 2 moments

How Affairs / cheating shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E3:

  • He's cheating on me.
  • A college notebook? Oh, my God, he's cheating on me with some college girl.

Violence & injury 3 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E3:

  • (READING) You have to clean your gun.
  • My uncle had a filthy, old shotgun, blew both his thumbs off trying to shoot a beaver.
  • She will punch you.

Swearing 5 moments

How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E3:

  • But she is no crazy, jealous stalker-bitch.
  • Jerk! Bastard! Barack Obama, Jr? Mmm-hmm.
  • What the hell is that? Marshall got it in college.
  • These guys are really starting to piss me off! "Lmmediately switch the conversation to one of the following, "unless you want Robin to start throwing her shoes.
  • Barney! Do you have a problem with this class? Yeah, it's boring as hell and I'm not learning anything.

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E3:

  • Sorry to have wasted your time.
  • Designed by Chicago's Daniel Burnham in the Beaux-Arts style, this architectural gem was the first of its kind - Professor Mosby? - Yes, Susan? That's a woman drinking beer on the toilet.

Slut-shaming 1 moment

How Slut-shaming shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E3:

  • I knew there was a skank, but I thought she'd at least be dumb.

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