Belly Full of Turkey

Infobox Television episode


Caption=Lily stares at the huge turkey
Title = Belly Full of Turkey
Series = How I Met Your Mother
Season = 1
Episode = 9
Airdate = November 21, 2005
Production = 1ALH08
Writer = Chris Miller
Director = Pamela Fryman
Guests = Lyndsy Fonseca (Daughter), David Henrie (Son), Katie Keane (Stripper), Jennifer Ann Wilson (Ashley Ericksen), Ned Rolsma (Marcus Eriksen), Robert Michael Ryan (Marvin Eriksen Jr.), Bill Fagerbakke (Marvin Eriksen Sr), Suzie Plakson (Judy Eriksen), John Bobek (Clerk), Eben Ham (Policeman)
Episode list =List of How I Met Your Mother episodes
Prev = The Duel
Next = The Pineapple Incident

"Belly Full of Turkey" is the 9^th episode in the first season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother". It originally aired on November 21, 2005.

Plot

It's Thanksgiving time, and Marshall and Lily are going to visit Marshall's family in Minnesota. While Marshall is enjoying a game of BaskIceBall (a combination of many sport put together that the Eriksen brothers play, although Marshall later tells Lily that he doesn't want their kids playing it because it is dangerous), Lily is in the kitchen. While helping in the kitchen, she hears how big the babies Marshall's siblings have had are, and begins to get scared thinking that she will have this huge baby (at 6'4", Marshall is the shortest of his brothers, and his sisters-in-law are also tall). Finally, at Thanksgiving dinner, Lily feels completely scared, and runs off and buys a pregnancy test at a convenience store. Later Marshall finds out Lily has been arrested for public urination, and goes to the station to get Lily out and talk to her. Lily tells Marshall her concerns about raising a family of mayonnaise-eating giants in Minnesota, but Marshall assures her that they are not going to settle down in Minnesota, and alleviates Lily's fears. Finally, Marshall and Lily discover that Lily isn't pregnant, so they return to the Eriksen home, much relieved.

Meanwhile, Robin and Ted have no plans for Thanksgiving, and decide to help out at a soup kitchen. When they arrive there, they find Barney volunteering there already, and ask to help. After some pleading, they are allowed to help, but soon they find out that not all the food received as donations to the soup kitchen is actually distributed to the needy; many volunteers walk away with food, especially rarer food items. Ted, seeing that this is selfish, begins to distribute rare food items to the needy. Ted, Robin, and Barney are kicked out, and Barney (who was volunteer of the year) is pissed at Ted because Barney needed to volunteer there because he was arrested for public urination one night. In order for Ted to make it up to Barney, Ted and Robin agree to go to the strip club with Barney for Thanksgiving, and Ted, as an act of charity, pays for a stranger's lap dance. Seeing this, another lap dancer compliments Ted on his good nature, and in the year 2030, Ted tells his kids "And that's the story of how I met your Mother", shocking the kids before Ted reveals he was joking, much to their relief.

Music

* We Are Scientists - "Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt"
* The 88 - "You Belong to Me"

Trivia

* The audience learns that Robin is Canadian in this episode. Cobie Smulders who plays Robin is also Canadian.
* This episode features a song by The 88. The band later guest stars in "Best Prom Ever" as the band that Marshall and Lily want for their wedding.
* Marshall's dad, Marvin Sr., is played by Bill Fagerbakke. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Dauber Dubinski on "Coach". On "Coach", Dauber's long-time love interest was named Judy; in this episode, his character's wife is also named Judy.

Continuity

* In "The Duel" Marshall tells Ted that he and Lily aren't that careful with their birth control, and in this episode Lily worries that she might be pregnant when her period is late.

Barney's Blog

*In his blog, Barney talks about how the holidays are a special time - for drinking. He also posts excerpts from his forthcoming book, "The Gentleman's Guide to Foofy Drinks", in the form of recipes & a selling point for each drink, Thankstini included [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/barneys_blog/11_22.shtml .]

Recurring elements introduced in this episode

*Canada jokes/Robin being teased about being Canadian
*Mayonnaise is mentioned as a favorite ingredient in the food and then later in "Game Night" when the group goes through a story mentioning their most embarrassing moments Lily describes a story in which she references cookies made with mayonnaise.

External links

* " [http://www.tv.com/how-i-met-your-mother/belly-full-of-turkey/episode/551103/summary.html Belly Full of Turkey] " at TV.com
* " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0606104/ Belly Full of Turkey] " at the Internet Movie Database