Stein, Sydney T.LeFebvre, Leah T.2024-02-122024-02-1210.15786/13700281https://wyoscholar.uwyo.edu/handle/internal/6255https://doi.org/10.15786/13700281This study investigates the intertwining origin stories in the television show, How I Met Your Mother. The TV show focuses on the main character, Ted Mosby, on his search for love, a wife, and mother of his children, with the help of his best friends. While research regarding origin stories is incomplete, How I Met Your Mother will allow for framing of origin story research as the show features Ted narrating his quest to his future children. Through the analysis of a popularized television show, origin story research will be expanded to demonstrate that two origin stories can occur side-by-side as the narrator places himself in the story. Ted tells the story to reaffirm his love for the Mother, while subtly using it as a way to position himself close to Robin again. The narrative Ted tells allows him to be in the action, igniting a flame for an old lover through the telling of the story.enghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/origin storiesHow I Met Your MotherlovetelevisionCritical and Cultural StudiesOther Communicationthesis