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Barnabus Stinson is a fictional character portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris and created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014). One of the show's main characters, Barney is known for his brash, manipulative and opinionated personality.
"The Pre-Nup" is the second episode of the eighth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 162nd episode overall. The episode narrates Ted Mosby's problems with his current girlfriend, Victoria, and it focuses on the downfall and eventual breakup of Barney and Quinn.
After dinner, Ted is caught kissing Margaret, and Barney is forced to confront him in front of his mother, with Grant doing a tearful and moving performance of a kid who does not want his parents to divorce. However, the tables are turned when Ted starts using Margaret's acting tips to improvise a story that Barney long ago stole his fiancée.
In November 2011, Newton was cast on CBS's How I Met Your Mother as Quinn Garvey, a love interest for Neil Patrick Harris's character Barney Stinson, where she played a stripper. [12] In 2013, Newton starred in the midseason Fox comedy series The Goodwin Games . [ 13 ]
Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host. Primarily known for his comedic television roles and dramatic and musical stage roles, he has received multiple accolades throughout his career, including a Tony Award and five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for a Grammy Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In 2015, Ted, now engaged, discusses wedding plans with Robin and Barney at MacLaren's. Robin is busy with her career, causing tension in her marriage with Barney. The Mother arrives, revealing they need to postpone the wedding because she's pregnant. By May 2016, Ted and the Mother host a get-together where Barney and Robin announce their divorce.
Barney is the writer of the Bro Code and the Playbook, documenting rules for best friends ("bros") and his favorite moves to use on women. Barney was raised by a single mother, Loretta, along with his older brother James. He is abandoned by his father. In season 6, Barney's father Jerome returns to his life hoping to make amends.
Barney assures Robin that even if James is getting a divorce, he still believes in true love thanks to her and does not plan on going anywhere. Back in Minnesota , Marshall speaks to Barney on the phone who encourages him to stop acting so nice but instead get more under-handed as it is the only way he will make it back in time.