I don’t know about you guys, but I have a visceral reaction to episodes of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ where Ted Mosby is treated as a Third Wheel in the relationships of his best friends. It’s probably just my history, but for some reason it’s incredibly unpleasant to watch a group that is usually so together (and even dysfunctionally codependent) suddenly decide one of them is unwanted. Of course, Ted is that rare case where the lead character becomes the butt-monkey of the series, leading to today’s exclusionary query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) feels bad for Harry Potter once Hermione and Ron start figuring out their relationship, asking: What fictional Third Wheel do you have the most sympathy for?
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Duckie!
“His name is Blane? That’s a major appliance. That’s not a name.”
Oh, god… poor Ducky.
He ends up dancing with Buffy Summers. Not so bad!!
Goofy. Mickey has Minnie. Donald has Daisy. Goofy is just a single dad trying to make it work.
And don’t you dare tell me he has Clarabell. That’s not real.
Agreed. She’s a cow, AND she’s dating Horace Horsecollar.