20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About How I Met Your Mother

6. Victoria Is The Fan's Favourite (Non-Mother) Girlfriend

In the grand tradition of sitcoms, hard on his luck, lovelorn Ted still manages to date an obscene number of girls before meeting his wife. Ranging from season-long, character-defining relationships to one scene jokes, over the nine seasons of the show he dated upwards of thirty women. And, when polled online, it was revealed the fan's favourite fling was Victoria (despite her actions in Season 8 make her a little less likeable).

This shows a real strength in the writing - back when the longevity of Ted's story was uncertain Victoria was a back-up Mother; her first appearance was at the end of the originally planned 12 episode run and even when that was bumped up to 24 she remained a handy fall-guy. Oh, in case you wondering, the least favourite girlfriend was Zoey.