Around what time did this scene where Ted encounters Naomi take place?
Recently, I watched the How I Met Your Mother episode, "The Poker Game"(S09E05), when my sister pointed me out this jarring inconsistency from approximately minute 09:56:
Here, you could explicitly see Katie Holmes' character, Naomi/The Slutty Pumpkin, who Ted won't encounter again until Season 7. This scene was a flashback; but here's the inconsistency:
When did this particular scene take place, exactly?
It was mentioned to take place a good number of months, perhaps at the most a year, after Lily and Marshall's marriage, but prior to Ted's engagement with Stella, putting it somewhere in between the middle of Season 2 to the end of Season 3. However, the presence of The Slutty Pumpkin begs to differ. One might argue Ted didn't notice her, played for humorous effect, but then in this scene shouldn't Ted be wearing that sandwich-board like costume?
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From the episode "Band or DJ?" we know that Barney and Robin's wedding took place on
The How I Met Your Mother episode, "The Poker Game"(S09E05) specifically states that the events of the Halloween party took place...
"6 years earlier"
which means that it was most likely Wednesday, October 31, 2007, assuming the party was actually held on Halloween Eve.
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It is that most likely the producers shot this flash back scene back in season 7 as they had access to Katie Holmes being the slutty pumpkin in the backround during the production of the episode. They probably saved and later edited this clip into season 9 for the flash back footage, this can be confirmed by a few simple observations between the s7 episode and the s9 flash back, ted is wearing the same polar neck and marshal has the same hair cut the only difference between the s7 set and the s9 flash back set is a few minor changes ie light fixtures and the position of the drink table and some characters.
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