How I Met Your Mother: 10 Craziest Things Ted Did For Love

10. Stealing The Blue French Horn

While the Blue French Horn and Yellow Umbrella are two of the most iconic symbols of How I Met Your Mother, they are in many ways polar opposites in terms of what they represent. While the Yellow Umbrella is a symbol of endurance, the Blue French Horn represents Ted's impulsive streak, his willingness to do just about anything for love (or lust) without putting much thought into his actions.

Ted stealing the Blue French Horn, and presenting it to Robin beneath her apartment, may be the most recognisable moment of the whole show, but Ted committing literal theft to impress a woman is entirely indicative of his unhealthy perception of relationships and romance.

After Robin expressed some passing interest in the fancy restaurant's centrepiece on their first date, Ted decided to run back to steal it for her, risking arrest simply to get a trinket for a woman he hardly knew.

This spontaneous act solidified Ted as impulsive, his romantic gestures being more about spectacle than indicative of true romantic feelings.