10 Best Robin Episodes Of How I Met Your Mother

Sandcastles in the Sand marks the first appearance of Robin Sparkles on this list. The episode follows Robin as her ex-boyfriend Simon from Canada comes to visit.

Upon seeing him, Robin reverts back to an awkward teenage girl, rather than the cool and collected woman we've grown to know and love. As such, she falls for Simon's charms again, despite the fact that he's really bad for her.

Meanwhile, Barney takes an interest in how Robin and Simon met. Simon says he featured in Robin's music video, but Barney raises an eyebrow since he's seen Let's Go to the Mall a thousand times and can safely say that Simon isn't in it. When Simon says he actually appeared in Robin's other music video, Barney will stop at nothing to find it.

After being dumped by Simon, again, for the same woman, Robin meets Barney in the bar, an emotional wreck. Barney cheers Robin up by reminding her how far she's come since her days as Robin Sparkles with Simon, and the episode cuts to the pair in Robin's apartment.

When we think they're about to sleep together, she actually shows him the second Robin Sparkles video, Sandcastles in the Sand.

This episode is both hilarious and heartwarming, with Robin rising above her past and making fun of it all the while. Sandcastles in the Sand, the song, is a perfectly over-the-top dramatic follow-up to Let's Go to the Mall.