Ted, Marshall, and Lily were based on actual individuals.
According to creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, they based their primary characters on their own lives. Bays spent a lot of time with Thomas and his girlfriend (now wife) Rebecca in their early days in New York. They modeled Ted, Marshall, and Lily after individuals they knew best: themselves.
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