List of “How I Met Your Mother” Real Life Tie-ins

So apparently CBS has not only published two books “written by Barney Stinson”, The Playbook and The Bro Code, but also a number of the websites mentioned on the show are actually real.  Barney has an updated blog and Twitter account, and you can view the trailer for the movie The Wedding Bride on the movie’s official website.  Some of the websites are unfortunately down, but I’ll list them all anyway.

Barney’s Blog — Throughout the series, Barney makes references to his blog. The blog is written by Matt Kuhn and hosted by CBS.

Barney’s Twitter — CBS also updates a Twitter account for Barney.

Internationalsuitupday.com - International Suit Up Day 2011

Swarley.com — At the end of the episode “Swarley,” Barney tries to pretend he loves his new name to avoid being called Swarley again. Though not shown in the episode, there used to be a website called swarley.com about it.

TedMosbyIsAJerk.com — In the episode “The Bracket”, it is revealed one of Barney’s former one-night-stands, whom he told his name was Ted Mosby (in “Ted Mosby: Architect”), created a website denouncing him called TedMosbyIsAJerk.com. There is also TedMosbyIsNotAJerk.com.

Marshall and Lily’s Wedding — A website with videos and pictures of Marshall and Lily’s honeymoon, never shown on the program (the honeymoon part was never shown) but available as a special feature on the Season 3 DVD.

LilyAndMarshallSellTheirStuff.com (archived) — In Season 3, Episode 19 (Everything Must Go) Marshall made a website so Lily could sell her clothes to pay for a contractor to fix the floor in their new apartment. The site was promoted at the end of the episode, as an actual online auction of memorabilia from the show. The proceeds were given to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The site was shut down after the auction was completed.

GuyForcesHisWifeToDressInAGarbageBagForTheNextThreeYears.com — Lily proposes this name for their clothing auction website, after Marshall suggested “LilyAndMarshallSellTheirStuff.com.” To their surprise, Lily’s name has already been taken.

Mysterious Dr X — The website of Ted’s mysterious identity when he was in college, as seen on the episode “The Possimpible”.

Barney’s Video Resume — In the episode “The Possimpible”, Barney reveals he has created an online video resume.

The Wedding Bride — In the episode “As Fast as She Can”, it is revealed Tony wrote a screen play entitled “The Wedding Bride” that became a big hit and has an “official” website. This is the tie-in site for the movie, with a trailer featuring Chris Kattan, Malin Åkerman, and Jason Lewis, who play movie versions of Ted, Stella, and Tony, respectively, in this movie.
canadiansexacts.org — In the episode “Old King Clancy”, Barney reveals this site as the source of his knowledge of Canadian sex acts and has it bookmarked on his laptop. Except for the Lily & Marshall interactive wedding album, this is the most extensive of all the HIMYM fake websites. Canadian actor Alan Thicke makes several cameos.

slapcountdown.com (archived) — In the episode “Wait For It” (and again in “Slapsgiving”) Marshall debuts this website to torment Barney by counting down the days until he next gets slapped, the result of their Slap Bet. Visiting the website prior to the airing of Slapsgiving displayed the same countdown as featured on the show, albeit counting down until the air time of the episode; after the episode aired, the site redirected to CBS’ How I Met Your Mother YouTube channel.

itwasthebestnightever.com — In the episode “The Sexless Innkeeper”, Marshall made this website after he and Lily went on a couples date with Barney and Robin. It features a photo-montage of the evening and a music video of Marshall and Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme called “Best Night Ever”, in which Marshall describes what a great time he and Lily had with Robin and Barney. The video was a parody of Extreme’s “More Than Words” video.

bigbusinessjournal.com, extremitiesquarterly.com and balloonexplorersclub.com — Part of one of Barney’s schemes, The Lorenzo Von Matterhorn, to “pick up chicks”

grademyteacher.net — In episode 4 of season 6, Marshall mentions this website to Ted, who goes looking for his own evaluation on it, and is disappointed by the result.

notafathersday.com - Episode 7, Season 4. Barney creates this websites as part of a new holiday for single, childless men.

1-877-987-6401 — During the Super Bowl XLIV telecast, a clip of Neil Patrick Harris was shown holding up a sign, ostensibly in the stadium’s stands, with the words “Call Barney Stinson (CBS)” and this phone number. In the episode “Rabbit or Duck”, which aired the week after the Super Bowl, the same clip from the Super Bowl with Harris was shown with the number on the sign changed to a 555 number. This occurrence became a plot point within the episode. When the number is dialed, a message recorded by Harris in character as Barney is played.