[ EU ] Re-write the ending of How I Met Your Mother the way you wanted it to end .

Season 8 begins with Barney and Robin getting together and married. Ted is depressed. After the wedding, he meets the mother. Flash forward into the future. Turns out the mother pulled a Mosby on their first date. Ted proposes soon after. Lily gladly accepts the money Marshal owes her for losing the bet. Barney and Robin are off having tons of fun, making fun of Ted for having such a boring life when he announces that him and the mother are having a child. 
 
 `` And that, kids, is how I met your mother,'' Ted says. 
 
 The mother then walks in and sits right next to him. 
 
 `` Did you guys seriously just let your dad tell you that story?'' the mother asks. 
 
 `` Yeah, he told us it would be short,'' the kids whined. 
 
 `` Honey, you've got to get going to work, right?'' the mother asks. 
 
 `` Yep,'' Ted says with a big smile before kissing her. He then gets up and leaves. 
 
 We see a shot slowly fading away from the room. One of the pictures is actually Bob Saget and the mother, as a nice little cameo. 
 
 `` So, seeing as though you're already here kids,'' the mother begins, `` why do n't I tell you how I met your father.'' 
 
 The last scene is of the kids sighing and lying back in defeat as the mother begins her story. 
 
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 Alternative: 
 
 `` And that, kids, is how I met your aunt Robin,'' modern Ted said. 
 
 `` Wait, what?'' the kids shouted in unison. 
 
 `` No, I'm just kidding,'' Ted chuckles. `` That's how I met your mother, Robin.'' 
 
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 Yet another alternative: 
 
 Season 8 begins with Barney and Robin getting together and getting married and Ted is depressed. We still have no knowledge of the mother. Ted goes on a series of dates to try to get over Robin, but none end well. 
 
 Flash forward to the series finale at the end of season 8. Barney and Robin are getting married. Ted rushes in to stop the wedding in some dramatic way proclaiming his love for Robin. Some large, romantic and overblown speech goes down betwen Ted and Robin, ending with Robin tearing up, aplogizing to Barney, and running away with Ted. Meanwhile, Barney wipes the sweat off of his brow, relieved. 
 
 Additionally, Marshall looks over at Lily and holds out his hand with a big smile. Lily then plops a $ 5 in his hand. He won the bet. Ted and Robin all the way. 
 
 Now we see modern Ted talking to his kids. 
 
 `` Wait, was n't this supposed to be how I met your mother, not how I met your step mother?'' the kids ask in disbelief. 
 
 `` Oh, yeah, um...'' Ted stumbles. 
 
 `` You just wanted to tell us how you met Robin, did n't you?'' the kids say, staring in disbelief. 
 
 `` Guilty,'' Ted responds. `` You know how I was depressed about Robin marrying Barney. It turns out one of the girls I dated ended up pregnant. So that's how I met your mother,'' he says as he looks towards his daughter. 
 
 `` Wait, why are you only looking at her?'' the son says. 
 
 `` Oh, well I guess the cat's out of the bag,'' Ted says. `` You're adopted.'' 
 
 Que a nice slideshow of everything that happened in between Ted winning Robin's heart and him talking to his kids.
