The stories of the characters of How I Met Your Mother come in many different forms. From the present day to past references, and even some that are completely fabricated to make the story more interesting, they certainly left fans with plenty of memorable stories to tell.
The benefit of these tales is that they are almost always funny, as all five of our main cast are exceptionally comedic characters. Fans have plenty of great scenes to choose from, but each character has that one moment that truly stands out as their absolute funniest.
Lily - The Dead To Me Look
In the episode "Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap", Lily's father Mickey shows up unannounced for Thanksgiving. Lily is less than happy to see her estranged father, due to him being fairly absent throughout her life, more focused on creating board games. After a lifetime of disappointments, Lily finally had enough, and at that moment, fans were introduced to Lily's "You're Dead to Me" look.
Of the five main characters, Lily is certainly the one with the shortest fuse. She tends to let most things get to her, and if she feels someone has wronged her, she takes drastic measures. While her other uses of this look were, albeit hilarious, less than necessary, this moment with Mickey showed how seriously Lily takes her relationships with people. It was funny for the audience to see that if you do Lily harm, in her mind, she will make you explode just from staring at you angrily.
Robin - The Robin Sparkles Reveal
Robin was the newest entrant into the friend group when she meets Ted in the first episode, but in the episode "Slap Bet", the group learns something that fans would never forget. Barney uncovers Robin's secret of Robin Sparkles, what he thinks is her porn star name, but to the group's surprise, it's her Canadian pop star name. Her top-of-the-charts song "Let's Go to the Mall" required her to tour the malls of Canada, a phase of her life she'd love to forget.
Robin quickly became integrated into the group's dynamics, but she still had some secrets that she didn't want to come out about her. Some of them were minor like she's Canadian or she used to play pee-wee hockey. Robin Sparkles was different, as Robin would describe making that music video and touring Canadian malls as one of the worst experiences of her life. While it may have been traumatic for her, the others loved it and watching that tape really brought them all closer to her.
Marshall - The Nacho Line
When Groovapalozza rolls around in the episode "Tick Tick Tick", Marshall and Ted smoke some pot, or "sandwiches" as the show refers to it, before the show. Marshall is worried that Lily will catch him but she is understanding. Since she can't partake due to her pregnancy, she asks Marshall to get her some nachos. Marshall and Ted's quest for nachos becomes a hilarious adventure that involves several trips to the women's bathroom line and having conversations with cardboard cutouts.
Marshall has proven time and time again that he would do anything for Lily, even when he is stoned out of his mind. Marshall is also fairly levelheaded, so to see him scrambling around on the concourse for nachos when he can't take a few steps before getting lost is peak entertainment. He was on his way to finally becoming a father, so having him let loose with his best friend one more time before the baby arrived was enjoyable, even if his head was too messed up to even enjoy the concert.
Barney - The Price Is Right
When Barney announces to the group in the episode "Showdown" that he is going to be a contestant on The Price Is Right, they learn that it's not so he can win a bunch of prizes. Barney is going on the show because his mom told him that host Bob Barker is his father and he wants to meet him. In true Barney fashion, he studies the market prices for everything he can in training for his appearance. When the group sits down to watch his episode, Barney demolishes the competition, nailing every price perfectly.
Barney is known to get into wild amounts of mischief, usually by his hand, and he was in peak form throughout the whole game. From showing Bob pictures of him as a kid to pushing the other contestant out of the way when he spins the dollar on the big wheel, the entirety of this segment is comedy in its finest form. On top of that, Barney succeeded in meeting the man he grew up watching on television, and though it was brief, spent some quality time with his supposed father.
Ted - Stella Not Seeing Star Wars
When Ted was with Stella early in the show's run, fans knew that the two most likely would not end up together. That became even more clear in the episode "Do I Know You?" when Stella informs Ted that she's never seen Star Wars. Ted tries to act like it's not a big deal initially, but the movie is important to him. He convinces her to watch Star Wars, but he won't let her watch in peace and sends him to his room to wait until it's over, along with Marshall who had been hiding behind the couch the whole time.
Ted's most notable characteristic is that he is desperate to find true love, and he thinks he found just that in Stella. Another characteristic is that he is a massive nerd, and to see the nerd part win out over love was a hilarious moment. Ted goes as far as to say that if Stella doesn't like Star Wars, he can't marry her. The stakes of this viewing of Star Wars were never higher for Ted, and him waiting in his room impatiently for the final result showed the funniest side of Ted.