10 Legendary How I Met Your Mother Fan Tattoos

How I Met Your Mother is one of the best comedies ever made. Its creators thought of every detail, from beginning to end, and all fit perfectly into the story. It’s not just a popular, funny show — the series features good production and has a massive fan base, which means there’s going to be some fan tattoos out there.

The group of friends, who meet every day at MacLaren’s Pub or at Ted’s apartment, lived memorable (or legendary) moments throughout the series’ nine seasons. Viewers love the little details of the show and don’t hesitate to show their love with some ink to celebrate the series that marked, and continues to mark, their lives.

10 Butterfly

It’s the worst tattoo a fan of the show can get, but that doesn’t erase its legendary status. Ted did it at a terrible time and left the viewers with a great lesson: never get a tattoo when you’re drunk or sad. Ted got the tattoo trying to be the winner in the breakup with Robin and the next day he forgot all about it, but Marshall and Lily saw the butterfly on Ted’s back.

Ted had to learn his lesson the hard way, but it offered him a chance to grow up and move on to where he really wanted to go. Unfortunately, along the way, he was left at the altar and lost his confidence for a while.

9 Puzzles

After wanting to manage a bar for a long time, Barney and Ted open their own bar, called Puzzles. It happens in two episodes that begin with Carl, the manager of MacLaren’s Pub, trusting them to close the bar one day, and it continues with the opening of Puzzles in Ted’s apartment.

The main rule is to never have a last call, plus they use a poster and sing a parody of the song from Cheers. These episodes are some of the best in the series for all their laughs and for inspiring fans to fulfill their dreams, so a puzzle is a good tattoo for a superfan.

8 Challenge Accepted

Barney’s character makes up words, gives suspense to his stories, gives five and accepts challenges at every opportunity. This catchphrase from How I Met Your Mother is widely known to fans, who enjoy watching Barney take on ridiculous dares.

Barney is known for his competitive nature that makes him accept and invent challenges, which he must complete in entirety, no matter the effort involved. Many of the challenges are related to seducing women in unflattering circumstances, but he also does dares to win over his friends or help them with a problem.

7 Cowboy Boots

Ted has the worst taste and he proves it by buying the ugliest red boots around. All of his friends make fun of them, but he doesn’t care. He wears them whenever he wants and feels very confident. That is why a pair of red cowboy boots is one of the most legendary tattoos a fan can get.

Ted bought the boots after a woman told him that he would look hot in them. Later, he refuses to throw them away and seeks approval from a gay couple to show his friends that he was not wrong in his style choice. The red cowboy boots are finally burned by Jeanette, one of Ted’s crazy girlfriends. This moment is pivotal for Ted because the destruction of the boots coincides with his decision to settle down and leave his past life behind.

6 Legen … dary

Usually Barney uses the phrase “Legendary” when he refers to something amazing. He often adds full sentences between “Legen” and “dary” or says “wait for it” with a long pause. This catchphrase is one of the best known in the series and fans love it.

Legendary has inspired t-shirts, GIFs and, of course, tattoos. The word captures the essence of Barney Stinson. With it, he emphasizes the importance of what he wants to say and, even though many times people know where he’s going, he doesn’t stop making viewers laugh.

5 Wait For It

Barney doesn’t just say “Legendary.” “Wait for it” is another of his popular catchphrases. There are many opportunities where he makes the audience and his friends wait to hear his interesting story or news. With this phrase, he always made certain moments stand out and this is why it’s one of the best tattoos that a fan can choose.

The second season ended with Barney saying “wait for it” and the third started with it, giving continuity to what the character was saying. The character played by Neil Patrick Harris used the line to say that a woman had a twin sister, to give suspense to something everyone already knew (that he was in love with Robin), or to give the middle name to Lily and Marshall’s son: Marvin Waitforit Eriksen.

4 Right Place, Right Time

Ted remembers during the episode “Right Place, Right Time” that the great things in life are often the things that happen, not the things we seek. It’s a phrase with a lot of meaning that became popular among fans. Today, they are turning it into a tattoo because it reaffirms the idea that while action has to be taken, a sequence of events can lead a person to be in the right place at the right time.

Ted’s voice-over as he walks around the city makes viewers reflect on how one instant can change a life forever, while each person is in the place where they are supposed to be, doing what they are supposed to be doing.

3 But I Would Walk 500 Miles

One of the most emblematic moments of the series is when Ted and Marshall travel in Marshall’s car and listen, over and over again, to the song I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) because the cassette is stuck. This causes a love-hate reaction to the song, but ends up bonding the friends and causing many moments of laughter.

“But I would walk 500 miles” is a phrase that fans can’t hear without the song starting to play in their heads. It became a great reference to remember the best of this great TV show and that’s why it’s an excellent tattoo.

2 Yellow Umbrella

The yellow umbrella spent several seasons appearing in brief moments and changing owners. The explanation came at the end, when Ted meets the mother of his children and she recognizes the umbrella that she had lost some time ago.

Ted was always very close to meeting Tracy, but before that, life took him on different paths, which allowed him to become the man he should have been before being with the love of his life. The yellow umbrella is one of the great symbols of How I Met Your Mother and represents love, giving hope to all the fans who, like Ted, also want to find their soulmate.

1 French Horn

Ted’s love for Robin is repeatedly demonstrated through the french horn, from the pilot to the last episode. He tries to win her love by stealing the musical instrument from the Carmichaels restaurant because she said she would like to have it in her apartment. During different episodes, Ted is forced to return it and steals it again.

The french horn is the perfect symbol of Ted and Robin’s relationship, of the times they wanted to start, of when they gave up, and, of course, it’s present in the big ending, when Ted goes to find Robin for the last time, a gesture where it’s understood what he intended. It’s one of the best tattoos for How I Met Your Mother fans because it’s always present, it has great meaning, and everyone understands it.

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