- Ted Mosby: Robin, I've sort of said this already. I mean, I've half said it. I've tried to say it, and I've said it badly. So this is me. Just saying it. With strings. I'm crazy about you. I think we should be together. What do you say?
- Robin Scherbatsky: Yes. No. Maybe.
- Ted Mosby: Those are the three options.
- Lily: No, there's not crying in pause-land. Pause-land is a happy place full of popcorn shrimp mountains and buttersauce rivers!
- Ted Mosby: Penelope, I really need to make it rain this weekend.
- Penelope: Why?
- Ted Mosby: There's this girl and I...
- Penelope: "There's this girl"? You know the traditional rain dance is a sacred prayer to nature. I don't think the Great Spirit looks to kindly on white dudes who coopt it to get laid.
- Ted Mosby: This is the girl I love. If it doesn't rain this weekend, she'll end up with the wrong guy. Please.
- Penelope: This wrong guy, is he a huge jackass?
- Ted Mosby: Absolutely.
- Penelope: Kinda like Barney?
- Ted Mosby: Kinda.
- Barney: Hey!
- Penelope: You hit on my mom.
- Barney: We weren't exclusive.
- Penelope: I'm in.
- Ted Mosby: [Ted goes to Robin's apartment after the rains begin] Robin! Hey! Robin! Oh, thank God you're here!
- Robin Scherbatsky: [Yelling from the window] My camping trip got rained out!
- Ted Mosby: I know, I'm sorry.
- Robin Scherbatsky: It's not your fault.
- Ted Mosby: Yeah, it is. Come down here.
- Robin Scherbatsky: But it's pouring! You come up!
- Ted Mosby: No, you have to come down here!
- Robin Scherbatsky: Why?
- Ted Mosby: Why? Because I MADE IT RAIN! That's what I did today! And that's enough! I... I've done my part, now get down here!
- Robin Scherbatsky: I'm not dressed, Ted! Come up!
- Ted Mosby: I'm not coming up there, Robin. I'm not. You *have* to come down here!
- Robin Scherbatsky: [Robin contemplates going outside, looks at the blue French horn Ted gave her, and decides to go outside. She opens her door to find Ted] I was gonna...
- Ted Mosby: I know.
- [Ted and Robin kiss]
- Sandy Rivers: Bummer. I was hoping to finally have sex with you this weekend, Scherbatsky.
- Robin Scherbatsky: Well, I'd give you the "I don't date coworkers" speech again, but God, you must have that sumbitch memorized by now.
- Barney: Robin again? Ted, the universe clearly does not want you and Robin to be together. Don't piss off the universe. The universe will slap you.
- Ted Mosby: But don't you think the universe has more important things to worry about than my dating life?
- Marshall Eriksen: Unless your dating life is the glue holding the entire universe together... Whoa. Chills. Anybody else get chills?
- Ted Mosby: Look, I realize we've been down this road before, but the fact is, whatever I do, it all keeps coming back to Robin, so... I gotta do this.
- [Barney slaps him]
- Ted Mosby: Ow! What the hell?
- Barney: That wasn't me. That was the universe.
- Lily: Unpause?
- Marshall Eriksen: Unpause.
- Narrator: Let's pause. See, Marshall and Lily had a rule that at any point during a fight they could pause and take a break. Their fights often lasted for days.
- Quartet Leader: When we talked earlier, you said there'd be pizza.
- Ted Mosby: No, I said I'd get you a pizza afterwards. Look, could we talk about this later? I'm sort of professing my love here.
- Quartet Leader: Sure.
- [to fellow musician]
- Quartet Leader: We're not getting any pizza.
- Ted Mosby: Have you ever seen a rain dance?
- Penelope: I've seen a filmstrip.
- Ted Mosby: Terrific... Uh, look I should run. I'm getting brain surgery from some guy who's seen a couple of episodes of ER. I can't believe this. We've been up here for the past hour making complete asses of ourselves.
- Barney: [Sitting, drinking a beer] What do you mean "we," white man?