Despite a law degree making him the most educated regular character on the show, the arc of the series saw him lose jobs, take the wrong jobs, and generally ride a roller coaster of ups and downs through his career. Money is a regular source of drama for Marshall and Lily throughout their relationship and marriage on How I Met Your Mother.
Marshall from How I Met Your Mother seems to be the luckiest of guys at first. He is dating his one and only soulmate, Lily; he lives with his best friend Ted; and he has loving parents. He went to an Ivy League university and got himself a law degree.
Marshall Eriksen is a fictional character on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Jason Segel. Series co-creator Craig Thomas explained that he based Marshall and Lily on himself and his wife Rebecca.
Ted's friendship with Marshall is shown to help strengthen Lily and Marshall's early relationship, by him inviting her into their first roommate photo, Ted encouraging Marshall to commit to Lily, despite Marshall not having much prior relationship experience.
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Marshall Eriksen. Marshall Eriksen is a fictional character on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Jason Segel. Series co-creator Craig Thomas explained that he based Marshall and Lily on himself and his wife Rebecca.
Marshall Eriksen is a fictional character on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Jason Segel. Series co-creator Craig Thomas explained that he based Marshall and Lily on himself and his wife Rebecca.
In "Zip, Zip, Zip", Marshall and Lily are trapped in the apartment bathroom and openly discuss that they are sad about no longer having new milestones. This period of their relationship ends in the first season finale, "Come On", when Marshall discovers that Lily interviewed for an art fellowship in San Francisco.
After reconciling, Marshall and Lily decide to elope in Atlantic City in order to avoid the judgment of Marshall's family for Lily having left him. They decide not to go through with it at the last moment and want to instead have a celebration with their families and friends present.
In Best Prom Ever, he sneaks into a high school prom in order to provide Lily with sheet music for the song they want to dance to at their wedding, "Good Feeling" by Violent Femmes .
Marshall and Barney know each other through Ted, Barney having taken it upon himself to "teach them how to live". Along with the other characters, Marshall is both amused and horrified by Barney's promiscuity, deceptiveness and penchant for over-the-top schemes. Barney has shown himself to be a good friend, however; he gets Marshall an internship, persuades Lily to return to New York from San Francisco, and gets him his job at Goliath National Bank. Barney serves as "co-best man" (along with Ted) at Marshall and Lily's wedding. Along with Ted, Lily, and the Mother, Marshall is present for the birth of Barney's daughter in the series finale.
Marshall and Lily, while still wanting to get married, learn that they are somewhat dependent on Ted . The couple is relieved when Ted ultimately decides not to move in with Robin and returns to the apartment. On the day of their wedding, Marshall begins to have anxiety about the day and shave his head.
Marshall became a lawyer so he could save the planet, not because he was awfully ambitious. He is the only one in the group who reminds his friends that climate change is real and gets really upset when he finds out about ecological disasters.
Of the entire HIMYM friend group , Marshall is the only one who comes from your typical American dream family. He was the youngest son of a happily married couple from Minnesota. Marshall always wanted to have a wife and kids. Even though he moved from his small town to NYC, his family's values still managed to shine through.
Nessie, UFOs, ghosts ... Marshall managed to keep a childlike wonder about the world and believed there is more to it than meets the eye. He was very serious about conspiracy theories and wouldn't be ridiculed for it.
They share the same group of friends. While Marshall and Ted are officially best friends, Lily had no female companion until Robin came along. Some friend groups have a couple in them. Those who are a part of those couple are either Marshall or Lily.
Marshall is agreeable to a fault. When he found out that Lily considers herself a settler for being with him, he was visibly hurt, but he never stood his ground and said that actually, it's him who is the settler here. Lily left him to pursue her passion at some point, but Marshall always put his own needs second.
One of the saddest moments on How I Met Your Mother was definitely the scene where Marshall finds out that his father had died. The script that Jason Segel got stated that in the end of the episode, Lily will tell him that she is pregnant.
He became a lawyer because he wanted to save the planet and fight global warming, a noble pursuit indeed . The saddest thing about Marshall's career path is that there is not a lot of money in environmental law.
Marshall and Lily had two major fights throughout the series. The first deal breaker was Lily's decision to leave Marshall and go to San Francisco. The second big fight was very similar: Lily got a job offer from The Captain to work as his art consultant in Rome.
Family means a lot to Marshall and it's really sad that he chose to spend his life with a woman who doesn't feel the same way about his family as he does, even if Lily isn't entirely blameless in feeling the way that she does.
8 He Is Made Fun Of For Being Emotional. Marshall has an emotional side and he refuses to apologize for it. From preferring fruity cocktails over whiskey neat to celebrating his inner sassy goddess, Marshall is often made fun of for not being manly.
He went to an Ivy League university and got himself a law degree. Later on in the series, he becomes a father and effortlessly nurtures his existing relationships. While it's true that Marshall is a great partner and a friend, he often shows up as one at the expense of himself. Each character has a tragic side to them.
On the other hand, it was one of the nicest things Barney ever did for him, proving that their friendship is just as valuable as Ted and Marshall's.
Robin, Zoey, and Stella are just a few characters that could have been perfect for Marshall, had he not always been in a relationship with Lily. Keep reading to find out who else Marshall should have been with.
Victoria was the one that got away. Ted and Victoria gave a relationship a shot several times throughout the series but it always took a backseat to Ted and Robin's relationship.
While Barney and Quinn were good together, Quinn would have a been a better-suited love interest for Marshall. Quinn was a mature and independent character that Barney just wasn't ready for. He simply couldn't set aside his own insecurities to make things work with Quinn.
Patrice is a fan-favorite character so it would have been great to see her pair up with Marshall, a fellow fan-favorite character. Of course, in season eight, viewers witnessed Barney and Patrice get together. However, it was all just a ploy designed for Barney to win Robin back.
There is no doubt that Zoey would have been a great match for Marshall. Both of these characters are passionate about making a change for the better in the world.
While Karen was a bad influence on Ted, she would have been a much better-suited love interest for his best friend. Marshall is both modest and earnest, two qualities that would have balanced out Karen's personality perfectly.
In season seven, Barney realized that Nora was alarmingly similar to his mother. It wouldn't be the biggest surprise if Marshall was attracted to Nora due to these qualities. It would have been great to see Nora and Marshall give a relationship a shot. Who knows? They could have been perfect together.
The final season of How I Met Your Mother finds Marshall and Lily at a crossroads. Marshall gets offered a judgeship just as Lily gets the career opportunity of a lifetime to move their family to Italy for her to advise The Captain on art purchases. After much back and forth and a crisis of conscience, they move to Italy.
Most of Marshall’s best career decisions came down to him either chasing his dreams or compromising his values in return for big paychecks to do the responsible thing for himself and his family. However, there’s one noteworthy exception in the final season of the show, when Marshall is offered a rare opportunity at a judgeship but winds up turning it down.
In the season 3 episode 'The Chain of Screaming', Barney explains one of his many half-baked theories—that it’s important to get one’s frustrations out, but to vocalize them “down the chain.” Each person yells at someone in a position of less power such that the frustration gets handed down.
4 When Lily Showed Up Drunk To His Office. Because Lily is Marshall's wife and he allowed her into the office, everything she does would be automatically on him. This particular visit came after she drank too much wine and shows up in Marshall's office in a nightgown.
Lily also mixes up all of Marshall's paperwork and throws up in his trashcan. If anyone saw what was going on, there would have been serious repercussions for Marshall.
Because Marshall is so kind-hearted, it's easy to take advantage of him. Brad took the opportunity to pounce and tricked Marshall into thinking he was desperate for work.
Employees weren't allowed on the eighth floor while it was undergoing construction, but Marshall snuck down to use the bathroom. While he was reading his magazine on the toilet, a wrecking ball knocked down the wall, almost hitting him. Considering that Marshall almost died, his actions should've had consequences.
Brad was actually working for Gruber Pharmaceuticals and had pretended to be unemployed to steal Honeywell & Cootes' case strategy.
Marshall worked the team to the bone and threw a basketball at a kid because he was unimpressed with his performance. Lily was furious over Marshall's behavior, and it's shocking that his teaching methods never made it back to any parents.
He spent a good portion of the day collecting and keeping track of money from the employees, and he was constantly on edge because of how much cash he was carrying. Marshall even used the conference room to count the money, which isn't a work-related activity.
One of the biggest subplots of the show has been Marshall's career; though he studied to become a lawyer, Marshall really wanted to work with the environment to make the world a better place. This is a really specific goal to have for someone who did not really enjoy the 'lawyer-ing' part so much. Being an environmental lawyer also has some corporate aspects which Marshall clearly detests.
This has actually happened a lot, especially when Marshall and Lily are working towards the same thing, they tend to lose touch with what other people might really want.
Come to think of it, Marshall is just so used to being the proverbial ‘big dog’ or rather ‘big fudge’ that he gets away with quite a bit of quite toxic behavior.