<Ul> <Li> Carter Bays later admitted he learned a lesson from this episode to not write themselves into a corner . The line "we never found out where the pineapple came from" was something they never should have said . </Li> <Li> The mystery of the pineapple was solved in a deleted scene from the season 9 episode "Daisy". The scene was released online by BuzzFeed . In the clip, The Captain has a pineapple on his porch, and explains to the gang that he practices the tradition of putting one outside as a "symbol of hospitality". This leads Ted to remember stealing an identical pineapple from The Captain's house in New York when he was very drunk . </Li> <Li> This episode was the most watched episode of the entire series' run, until the show's finale got higher ratings and more viewers . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Carter Bays later admitted he learned a lesson from this episode to not write themselves into a corner . The line "we never found out where the pineapple came from" was something they never should have said . </Li> <Li> The mystery of the pineapple was solved in a deleted scene from the season 9 episode "Daisy". The scene was released online by BuzzFeed . In the clip, The Captain has a pineapple on his porch, and explains to the gang that he practices the tradition of putting one outside as a "symbol of hospitality". This leads Ted to remember stealing an identical pineapple from The Captain's house in New York when he was very drunk . </Li> <Li> This episode was the most watched episode of the entire series' run, until the show's finale got higher ratings and more viewers . </Li>

Where did the pineapple come from on how i met your mother