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"Alert: This story contains spoilers for the very end of 'How I Met Your Mother'.\nA gray-haired Ted Mosby finally finished telling his two children the story about their mom during Monday night's How I Met Your Mother series finale. But what the kids said in response was filmed nearly a decade ago \u2014 and kept secret ever since.\nLyndsy Fonseca and David Henrie, the actors who played Ted's kids, Penny and Luke, shot their scenes for this finale in 2005, around the same time the series premiered. \nSee also: Every Time Barney Stinson Wore a Suit in 'How I Met Your Mother'\nThis means the duo kept the much-anticipated ending a secret for almost nine years \u2014 even though they weren't sure if producers would use the footage for the finale. \nFonseca and Henrie detailed the fun fact during a Twitter chat Monday:\n\n@peoplemag @Hopesloop @DavidHenrie We shot ending like 8 or 9 years ago. Watch tonight to see what happens!\n\u2014 Lyndsy Fonseca (@LyndsyMFonseca) March 31, 2014\n\n\n.@PixiePaparazzi @LyndsyMFonseca We shot the ending of the show like 9 years ago! Wonder if the writers stuck to what I remember.\n\u2014 David Henrie (@DavidHenrie) March 31, 2014\n\n\n.@peoplemag @rutika09 feels great. After tonight I can finally stop getting harassed by friends/family to tell them whom the mom is!\n\u2014 David Henrie (@DavidHenrie) March 31, 2014\n\n\nGreat episode. Incredible series. End of an era. Now, i need new secret ; ) @HIMYM_CBS #HowIMetYourMotherFinalepisode\n\u2014 Lyndsy Fonseca (@LyndsyMFonseca) April 1, 2014\n\nIn the finale, Penny and Luke reacted skeptically to Ted's nine season-long story time session, telling their father exactly what the story really means in the grand scheme of life.\n\"That's it? No, I don't buy it,\" Penny said in the waning minutes of the finale. \"That is not the reason you made us listen to this. Let's look at the facts here: You made us sit down and listen to this story about how you met mom, but mom is hardly in the story.\" \n\"No. This is a story about how you're totally in love with aunt Robin and you're thinking about asking her out and you want to know if we're ok with it,\" Penny continued. \"Come on, dad. Mom has been gone for six years now. It's time.\"\nHis kids' approval gained, Ted then ran out to express his love to Robin, using the french blue horn from the series' pilot.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat did you think of the HIMYM finale? Tell us in the poll below:\n\nThe ending polarized viewers, as evidenced by these emotional tweets:\n\n\nHow I Met Your Mother Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n#HIMYMFinale \n\nis there a chance this is a april fool? It was the worst case scenario I had imagined. I didn't like it at all.\n\n#HIMYMFinale\u2014 The sticazzi way (@AstormofSlay) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI wonder how much #HIMYM fanfic was written last night involving Robin totally ruining Ted's life some time after 2030. #HIMYMFinale\u2014 Jacob Boyer (@JakeBoyer) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm so sad about the #himymfinale that I'm going to make my perfect ending on sims 3.\u2014 Ansaar Dollie (@AnsaarD14) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt felt like a betrayal of the Mother and the audience that has rooted for her for nine years. #HIMYMFinale\u2014 \u2665Farah Piou  \u2665 (@BeingFarah) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd we're sad if things are not what they seem to be... It is not the yellow umbrella; it has always been the blue french horn. #HIMYMFinale\u2014 Joche Maire Guerrero (@jchmaire) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBecause fairy tales aren't real and life is messy and it doesn't always work out the way you planned. Things happen. #HIMYMFinale\u2014 Nikhil Phirke (@nikhu07) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere is \"real life\" and there is telly. Somehow #himymfinale was neither.\u2014 jen (@msjenmac) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn fact, the more I think about it, the angrier I get #HIMYMFinale\u2014 Sophie (@miztransmission) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u2026and any character development built up in the past nine years are all thrown out the window in forty minutes!!! #himymfinale\u2014 sara nicole (@saraeleazar) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou wasted 9 years telling a story about how you met your wife only to kill her, and date your bestfriends ex-wife? #HIMYMFinale\u2014 Manolia Sagisman (@ManolyaSagisman) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI needed more closure than that #himymfinale pic.twitter.com/KOx16bX7mN\u2014 Raquel De Leon (@raaqueldeleon) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI enjoyed the finale. Although I should've expected one last twist. Thank you for nine great years! #himymfinale pic.twitter.com/2p9VSCr1BS\u2014 Tyler Saldana (@tylersaldana) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere's not a dry eye on my couch. And I'm the only one on my couch. That was beautiful. #HIMYMFinale\u2014 Kal Penn (@kalpenn) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy life goal is to become rich enough to hire all the actors again and re-create the finale the correct way. #HIMYMFinale\u2014 Logan Walker (@LoganWalker1130) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD'aww #HIMYMFinale that was pretty darn adorable\u2014 Terri Schwartz (@Terri_Schwartz) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Mother was way better than Robin. There I said it. #HIMYMFinale\u2014 John Popa (@JohnThePopa) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"And that, kids, is how I met your Aunt Robin.\" First episode, guys. The show could have ended after the first episode. #HIMYMFinale\u2014 Sara Brooks (@sarakatlovesyou) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI feel like someone just ruthlessly ate my only curly fry with the last episode of #HIMYM #HIMYMFinale\u2014 Andrew Turner (@galenandrew) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n...but what about the pineapple? #HIMYMFinale\u2014 Cliff Clinton (@CliffClinton) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"How I Met Your Mother\" series finale ratings: 12.9M total viewers, 5.3 A18-49 rating. Both series highs. via @soundbyte53\u2014 Alex Weprin (@alexweprin) April 1, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage:  CBS Television Network\nImage:  CBS Television Network      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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