How I: Met Your Mother

: Ted’s college best friends and a long-standing couple who get engaged in the pilot and eventually marry, serving as the group's emotional anchor.

: With his children's blessing, Ted goes to Robin’s apartment and holds up the blue French horn —a callback to their first date in the pilot—signaling they will try their relationship one more time. How I Met Your Mother

: A suit-wearing, catchphrase-loving playboy with a "Playbook" full of outrageous strategies to seduce women. : Ted’s college best friends and a long-standing

: In the year 2024, Tracy passes away from an unspecified illness. : In the year 2024, Tracy passes away

In the series finale, it is revealed that Ted finally meets (the Mother) on a rain-soaked train platform in Farhampton after Barney and Robin's wedding. They have a happy life together, having two children and eventually marrying in 2020 after a long engagement. However, the story ends with a major twist:

For those who found the original conclusion too tragic, an was released on the official DVD set where Tracy does not die and she and Ted remain happily married.

: A hopeless romantic architect (and later professor) on a quest for "The One".