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[edit] Introduction

This show has a small, active fan fiction community on FanFiction.Net and Livejournal. The large majority of shipping and fanfiction pairs the characters Barney and Robin.

[edit] The Show

HIMYM is a sitcom about the escapades of five twenty-thirtysomething friends living in New York City. The show has the framing device of the lead character, Ted Mosby, narrating the events of how he met their mother (hence the title) to his teenaged children in the year 2030.

[edit] Characters

Ted Mosby, the hero. A thirty-year old architect who is hopelessly romantic, throughout the series he searches for love. In the future he marries and has two children, but we do not yet know who his future wife is. For the first two seasons he was romantically pursuing/involved with Robin Scherbatsky, but in the season two finale they broke it off, although they did briefly hook up in "Slapsgiving" and "Benefits". During late season three and early season four, Ted was with Stella Zinman, a dermatologist he met when removing a tattoo, but she left him at the altar for the father of her daughter Lucy.
Marshall Eriksen
Lily Aldrin
Barney Stinson
Robin Scherbatsky

[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

[edit] 2005

On March 13, 2005, the Neil Patrick Harris MySpace group nphfanclub was created. [1]
On August 25, 2005, the MySpace group howimetyourmother was created. [2]
On September 19, 2005, the show premiered on television in the United States. [3]
On September 20, 2005, an article about the show was created on Wikipedia. [4]
On October 8, 2005, the mailing list HIMYM was created. [5]

[edit] 2006

On January 12, 2006, the show premiered on television in Iceland. [6]
On January 15, 2006, the Alyson Hannigan mailing list Forever-Alyson-Hannigan was created. [7]
On February 27, 2006, the mailing list HowIMet_Fans was created. [8]
On April 30, 2006, a French language article about the show was created on Wikipedia. [9]
On September 4, 2006, a Portuguese language article about the show was created on Wikipedia. [10]
On November 21, 2006, a Korean language article about the show was created on Wikipedia. [11]
On December 9, 2006, a Spanish language article about the show was created on Wikipedia. [12]

[edit] 2007

On January 9, 2007, the Livejournal community himym_fic was created.
On March 6, 2007, a Czech language article about the show was created on Wikipedia. [13]
On July 10, 2007, a German language article about the show was created on Wikipedia. [14]
On August 31, 2007, the mailing list How_I_Met_Your_Mother was created. [15]
On October 18, 2007, a Polish language article about the show was created on Wikipedia. [16]
On October 23, 2007, the MySpace group, dedicated to the character Barney, suitup69 was created. [17]
On December 4, 2007, the MySpace group himymfans was created. [18]
On December 10, 2007, the last episode taped before the Writers Strike started aired. [19]

[edit] 2008

On February 2, 2008, the Livejournal community Barneyrobin was created.

[edit] Kerfluffles

As the fandom is relatively small, few kerfluffles have been created.

[edit] Fandom members

[edit] Fandom size

As of January 25, 2008, there are 777 fans on FanPop. [20] As of January 24, 2009, there are 430 members of the LJ community himym_fic and 694 members of the LJ community barneyrobin.

[edit] External links

Websites made for the show

How I Met Your Mother: Ted Mosby is a Jerk
How I Met Your Mother: Barney Stinson's Video Resume

[edit] See also

How I Met Your Mother fanzines

[edit] Sources

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