Top 20 Unanswered How I Met Your Mother Questions

Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 20 Unanswered How I Met Your Mother Questions.

For this list, we’ll be looking at storylines that were left open-ended or we never got an answer to throughout the show's nine seasons, and deleted scenes that answer these lingering questions need not apply. Because we’ll be discussing pivotal points in the show, a spoiler alert is in effect.

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#20: Where Did That Final Blue French Horn Come From?

In the pilot, Ted steals a blue French horn from the restaurant for Robin when they go on a date. Later, Ted and Robin are forced to return the horn to the restaurant as they decide they’re on different paths. So, with a controversial final move by Ted, he gets back with Robin and brings her a blue French horn to represent the start of their new love story. Symbolism? We see you. But, where did Ted get the horn? The restaurant kept theirs locked up after the incident. Did Ted buy and paint one, or did he have one hanging around for when he decided to go for it? I guess we’ll need yet another spin-off to find out.

#19: Were Marshall & Lily’s Parents at Their Wedding?

Lily and Marshall both have complex relationships with their respective parents, but you’d think they would have at least had all of them at their wedding. Lily’s mother was there, but not her father. It’s mentioned later in the show that he wasn’t invited, but at one point Lily also talks about her dad paying for the wedding. The most shocking, though, was the Eriksens’ absence. Marshall is extremely close with his family, particularly his father, yet none of them are seen at the wedding. Were they still mad at Lily for calling off the first wedding, or did they just hang out in the shadows, out of the audience's line of vision? Who’s to say?