Little Boys

Infobox Television episode
Title = Little Boys
Series = How I Met Your Mother


Caption = Breaking up with Doug, Robin confronts him with his "My New Mommy" drawing.
Season = 3
Episode = 4
Airdate = October 15, 2007
Writer = Kourtney Kang
Director = Rob Greenberg
Photographer = Christian La Fountaine
Guests = Brad Rowe (George), Nicholas Roget King (Doug), Janet Varney (Stacey), Olivia Howard Bagg (11 year old Robin), Pamela Darling (4 year old Katie), Deanna Russo (Brooke)
Production = 3ALH04
Episode list =List of How I Met Your Mother episodes
Prev = Third Wheel
Next = How I Met Everyone Else

"Little Boys" is the 4^th episode in the third season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother". It originally aired on October 15, 2007.

ummary

Lily wants to set up Robin on a date with the father of one of her students, but Robin is hesitant upon learning the man has a kid. After meeting the kid, Robin bonds with him, perhaps too much. Lily shows her a picture that the kid drew, entitled "My New Mommy." Robin decides things are too serious and then realizes she must break up with the kid in addition to his father.

Meanwhile, to see who has more game when dating, Ted and Barney compete to be the first to sleep with a certain girl.

Full Plot

While all in the apartment, Lily tells Robin she can set her up on a date with a guy named George but after listing his good qualities, Ted points out that she has not mentioned his flaw (or as the gang call it, his "but...") though when pushed, Lily reveals that George has a young son in her kindergarten class.After Robin asks, the gang's thoughts reveal what her "but..." would be: she's afraid of commitment (Ted), she's a gun nut (Lily), she's Canadian (Barney) and she didn't like Field of Dreams (Marshall), though they all outwardly say she has no "but...".

Robin goes on her date with George but later tells Lily that she accidentally said she wants to meet his son, when she hoped that wouldn't happen until many years later "when I'm a Cougar and he's as hot as his dad", but Lily tells her not to worry.

In the bar, Ted ridicules Barney's latest pick-up plan (a story involving snakes and an eye-patch) and the two argue about who has more "game", Marshall tries to suggest that he has more "game" than either but Ted classes him as irrelevant. To settle the argument, they select a girl from the bar to see who can sleep with her first and while Ted is distracted Barney makes his move, only to be slapped in the face.Barney explains this is because he had already slept with the girl the year before and therefore, has won the bet but Ted rules otherwise and begins his pick-up attempt.

While on another date with George, Robin confesses that she hates kids but the following morning (despite Older Ted's insistence that it was not the next morning) she meets George's son, Doug and after some initial hesitance and an argument about how cereal should be served, Robin and Doug actually hit it off.

Ted and Stacey, the girl from the bar, have begun dating so he gloats to Barney about winning the bet. Marshall arrives with a sheet of statistics trying to prove he is not irrelevant, but Ted and Barney quickly dismiss his efforts.Barney tells Ted to enjoy Stacey even though he has already been with her, attempting to freak Ted out but Ted insists he is fine with this as he will not catch Barney's Cooties, though Barney proves Ted is actually not OK with he and Barney sharing a girl.

Robin tells Lily that Doug thinks she is cool but that she must break up with George before Doug becomes too attached. Lily says it may be too late and shows Robin a drawing Doug had done in class about his "new mommy". Robin tries to claim that the picture isn't of her but even the guys agree it is her so Lily points out that if Robin is going to break up with George, she must break up with Doug too and Robin reluctantly agrees.

Ted is at Stacey's house and about to make his move but suddenly stops and envisions dozens of tiny Barneys climbing all over her body, proclaiming they have been there before him.

Robin goes to see Doug and takes advantage of the fact that he has never been dumped before by using "every cliché in the book" but she is interrupted by the arrival of George's new girlfriend, Brooke, whom she realises is actually the woman in Doug's drawing.

Ted arrives back at MacLaren's to tell Barney and Marshall that he has broken up with Stacey as he couldn't get past the thought of her and Barney together, but Barney then reveals that he didn't actually sleep with Stacey before and goes on to explain about the night he and Ted made their bet: Barney actually asked Stacey to slap him on purpose to make it appear that they had slept together and she hated him, therefore setting up his ruse.

Barney goes on to explain that he has been using details that Ted divulged through his gloating and phone conversations with Stacey, to get close to her outside a Yoga studio and mention his apparent love of Reggae, as she plays bass in a Reggae band, thus showing he would be there for her if/when Ted breaks up with her. Marshall has to admit that Barney's plan is indeed a good one.Right on cue, Barney receives a call from Stacey telling him that Ted has just dumped her and he tells her to stay where she is and he will be right over. He signs off with a wink to the guys and heads out.

Lily tries to comfort Robin after her break up, but cannot believe she was dumped by a 6 year old. Robin claims she is done with kids but Older Ted narrates that she would eventually make her peace with kids and go on to appear in some important works of art... his kids (we see a montage of kids drawings with titles of "us and Aunt Robin").

One month later we see Barney struggling to stay awake whilst listening to Stacey practice on her bass guitar, then she thanks him for agreeing to take things slowly after her experience with Ted, much to his displeasure.As he collapses back onto the sofa in frustration, he sees a tiny Ted dancing along to Reggae music on Stacey's shoulder.

Music

* "Commit" by [http://www.myspace.com/theblakes The Blakes]
* Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt

Continuity

* Doug, who is a student in Lily's class, was the kid who blackmailed Marshall in Monday Night Football. However, because he was in kindergarten in the last season, he should be in the 1st grade in this episode and, therefore, not in Lily's class again. Although, he is an extortionist (see "Monday Night Football") and, according to this episode, a biter, so he might have gotten held back.

* Some of the gang's thoughts about what Robin's flaw would be, allude to previous episodes: Lily's mention of her being a gun nut (Where Were We? and Moving Day) and Marshall's mention of her not liking Field of Dreams ().

* Robin says she hoped to be a Cougar when she finally met George's son (Doug) - Barney attempts to "tame" a Cougar in Aldrin Justice.

External links

* " [http://www.tv.com/how-i-met-your-mother/little-boys/episode/1133918/summary.html Little Boys] " at TV.com
* " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1094834/ Little Boys] " at the Internet Movie Database