<Tr> <Td> ← Previous "Dowisetrepla" </Td> <Td> Next → "Slapsgiving" </Td> </Tr> <P> "Spoiler Alert" is the eighth episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 52nd overall . It originally aired on November 12, 2007 . </P> <P> Ted thinks that he has found the perfect girl, Cathy (played by Lindsay Price), but the group disagrees . At first they refuse to give a reason so as not to "spoil" her for him, but eventually Marshall tells him that she talks too much . Now that Ted knows, he cannot stand her garrulousness . The five friends then let slip each other's flaws until all are "spoiled", and thus are more annoying to those who had previously not noticed the flaws: </P> <Ul> <Li> Lily: chewing loudly (pointed out by Ted to Marshall); </Li> <Li> Marshall: singing about whatever he is doing at the moment, or nonsense (pointed out by Robin to Lily); </Li> <Li> Ted: correcting people (pointed out by Lily to Robin); </Li> <Li> Robin: overusing and misusing the word "literally" (pointed out by Ted); </Li> <Li> Barney: speaking in a falsetto, using catch phrases, and spacing out when his friends are talking to him (pointed out by Marshall, Robin and Ted to Barney). </Li> </Ul>

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