"How I Met Your Mother"
The Platinum Rule (2007)

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

Carter Bays (creator) &
Craig Thomas (creator) ...

TV Series:

"How I Met Your Mother" (2005)

Original Air Date:

10 December 2007 (Season 3, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Barney and the gang try to convince Ted not to date the doctor that is removing his tramp stamp by giving examples of the Platinum Rule. |

Plot Keywords:

Dating Rules | Co Worker | Neighbor | 2000s | Friendship

Cast

Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin
Hayes MacArthur	...	Curt 'Ironman' Irons
Charlene Amoia	...	Wendy
Kristen Schaal	...	Laura Girard
John Sloan	...	Michael Girard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Morris	...	Lou Robert
Bob Saget	...	Narrator (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During a flashback scene supposedly taking place in '2005' Barney uses his iPhone, which was not released until 2007, and which the character did not have until his 2007 Season 3 time line.

Quotes:

Robin: We can split a cab to work together, we always have a standing lunch date, and last night, at the hockey game, Curt got us into the locker room and I met Mason Raymond.
[gang looks clueless]
Robin: Left wing for the Vancouver Canucks!
Barney: What's the opposite of name-dropping?