When asked what some of the most popular sitcoms have been one might answer: Friends, Seinfeld, How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM), or The Big Bang Theory, but the ones with the most resemblances are Friends and HIMYM. Friends is a show that took place from 1994 through 2004 about Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Joey, and Phoebe navigating their lives together by having friendships and romances while spending much of their time at Central Perk and Monica's apartment. How I Met Your Mother aired from 2005 through 2014 and tells the story of how Ted came to meet his wife with his friend group: Marshall, Lily, Barney, Robin, and Tracy. The mother of his children, Tracy, is not a character on the show until the last season as it is the story of how …show more content…
Additional characters with similarities are Lily and Monica, they are married and have a stable relationship with the amusing man of the groups and are seen as the caregiver of their circles. Regino Nigro, "She [Lily] and Marshall are both the series' romantic lynchpin," this is also true for Monica and Chandler. The other members state that they are wonderful cooks throughout the series. Though she is the title character, Tracy is not a main character until the end. She does share some traits with Phoebe as they play the guitar and sing as a way to make money. The two also are creative as Tracy is known for painting robots performing sports and Phoebe is artistic in how she dresses and lives her life. There are many similarities between the setup of the friend …show more content…
During the last episode they finally are married and then they divorce years later, though to the viewers it was moments after the wedding which lasted the whole last season. This seemed to be a waste as the season was spent showing how they were perfect for each other and how important their marriage was for them. Fans were disheartened when Ted and Tracy do not marry right away and after spending only a few years together Tracy dies of an unexplained illness. This happens after she has a couple of children for him and her life has been built up for nine seasons only to be taken away from viewers soon after. At the end Ted finishes telling his story and his children tell him that he should be with Robin so he steals the blue French horn, a reoccurring symbol for them, and stands outside her apartment window, like he did in the first episode. This was disliked by those watching as it seemed that Tracy was there to give Ted children and then die off so that he could be with Robin, this is due to one of their major conflicts being about children. The last season and surprise ending have led many to believe that Friends was the better