Sandcastles in the Sand
| "Sandcastles in the Sand" | |
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| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 16 |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Written by | Kourtney Kang |
| Production code | 3ALH16 |
| Original air date | April 21, 2008 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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James Van Der Beek (Simon) |
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James Van Der Beek (Simon)
Tiffany (Friend in music video)
Alan Thicke (Dad in music video)
Ryan Michelle Bathe (Michelle)
"Sandcastles in the Sand" is the 16th episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 60th overall. It originally aired on April 21, 2008.
The episode begins with a montage of Robin, as Future Ted explains how much she has changed since her days as bubblegum pop star Robin Sparkles. At the bar, Robin announces that her former boyfriend, Simon (James Van Der Beek), plans to meet up with her later on at the bar. Robin tells the gang the story of how Simon broke up with her: He waited until she had loaded all of his band's equipment into their van to tell her that he was leaving her for Louise Marsh, whose parents had a pool.
The group agrees that every time old friends come together, there is a clear winner and a clear loser. They begin to tally the points for Robin and Simon's reunion. Robin receives two from Barney for her breasts, one from Ted for Simon still living with his mother, one from Lily because Simon never became a rock star, and a final one from Marshall because Simon now works at a water park that doesn't even have a wave pool. Robin says there is no way he could come back from this 5:0 deficit, unless he got more attractive. Simon walks in and it is immediately clear that Robin should be the winner: he is balding, overweight, and wearing clothes that weren't even in style back in the 80s when he got them. While the whole group looks excited as to how much better Robin has done in the time since she and Simon were together, the camera pans to Robin, who is giggling uncontrollably and obviously still smitten.
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