WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for seasons 1 and 2 of How I Met Your Father!
Summary
- Sophie in How I Met Your Father is compared to How I Met Your Mother's Ted due to their similar storytelling styles and hopeless romantic nature.
- However, Sid from How I Met Your Father actually shares more similarities with Ted in terms of personality and storylines.
Though Sophie is the central character of How I Met Your Father, Sid is much more similar to Ted from How I Met Your Mother. The Hulu sitcom How I Met Your Father follows an older Sophie as she tells her son the story of how she met his father. During each story, viewers get to know Sophie's friend group - Valentina, Charlie, Jesse, Ellen, Sid, and Hannah - who are all navigating life and relationships in their early 30s. How I Met Your Father has a stellar cast and functions as a spinoff from the hit show How I Met Your Mother.
Since these shows are connected, viewers have taken to identifying the "new" versions of beloved characters from How I Met Your Mother. Most frequently, Sophie is called the new Ted. After all, both of them are hopeless romantics telling the story to their future kids. Additionally, Sid and Hannah are called the new Marshall and Lily since they got engaged in the series premiere and are seemingly the most stable couple. Despite these comparisons, Sid from How I Met Your Father is much more similar to Ted in his personality and storylines.
8 Both Characters Are Hopeless Romantic
Ted and Sid are both hopeless romantics who put a lot of effort and attention into their relationships. They believe that love is strong enough to survive long-distance despite their initial worries. When Ted and Sid face any relationship obstacles, they sway on the side of believing that love will get them through it. Moreover, they go to great lengths to make a relationship work. When Ted gets together with Stella, he's willing to move to a state he hates in order to make her happy. This is also reflected in Sid from How I Met Your Father, who opens up to the idea of moving to Los Angeles for Hannah.
7 Sid And Ted Cheat On Their Partners During Long-Distance Relationships
In How I Met Your Mother, Ted cheats on Victoria with Robin while in a long-distance relationship. He attempts to hook up with her despite having a girlfriend, only failing because Robin picks up the phone when Victoria calls for a phone date with Ted. Sid, on the other hand, has an emotional affair with Taylor in How I Met Your Father. He meets Taylor on a plane ride to visit Hannah during their long-distance relationship. They start texting at all hours of the day and talking about really personal things. Sid only ceases contact with her when Jesse calls him out on behaving inappropriately with a woman who isn't his wife.
6 Sid Keeps Secrets To Protect Friends Like Ted
Throughout both series, Ted and Sid show themselves to be protective individuals who keep secrets to shield their best friends from emotional devastation. In How I Met Your Mother, Ted refrains from telling Marshall about Lily applying to an art program across the country. He's motivated to keep the secret because he realizes that the information will destroy Marshall. Despite his frustrations, Sid keeps Meredith’s secret about blowing off Jesse's performance in How I Met Your Father. Sid realizes that Jesse will feel heartbroken if he learns that Meredith degraded his work. Ultimately, Marshall and Jesse get hurt by their partners, showing that Ted and Sid know their friends well.
5 Ted And Sid Are Both Willing To Spontaneously Get Married
Ted and Sid are no strangers to spontaneity in major commitments. During How I Met Your Mother, Ted is willing to take over Stella's sister’s wedding with only a few days' notice. He doesn't even worry about whether the wedding is right for them. Sid also engages in a sudden commitment without much forethought in How I Met Your Father when he elopes with Hannah. While there's nothing wrong with eloping, Sid sacrifices things that are important to him by taking this path. His family from India isn't there to see the wedding, and they don't incorporate his culture in the ceremony, a desire he expressed.
4 Both Characters Engage In Hijinks With Friends
Though they don’t usually start it, both Ted and Sid engage in hijinks with their friends. For example, How I Met Your Mother season 1 includes a storyline where Ted licks the liberty bell with Barney. Later in the series, Ted gets roped into teaching Barney a Robin 101 class. Sid also engages in silly and ridiculous hijinks with his friends during How I Met Your Father. In one instance, Sid helps Sophie run a pop-up so that she can bond with her father. He also works with Ellen to trick Jesse and Charlie into playing a bonding board game in the hopes they'll become roommates.
3 Both Ted and Sid Move In With Their Best Friend After College
How I Met Your Mother and How I Met Your Father both include friendships as a central figure; however, Ted and Sid love their best friends enough to live with them after leaving college. Sid, Jesse, and Hannah all attend Wesleyan together just like Ted, Marshall, and Lily. After attending Wesleyan, Sid and Jesse move in together In Marshall and Lily's old apartment, just like Ted and Marshall did. Much of the pairings' time is spent bonding and hanging out in the apartment when they aren't at their respective bars.
2 Ted And Sid Like To Perform Grand Gestures
Though they can become overbearing and bothersome, both Ted and Sid like to perform grand gestures for the people they love. How I Met You Mothers' Ted does things like stealing the blue French horn for Robin to impress her and get a second chance. Later, he's willing to defend the Arcadia and get fired from his job for Zoey. Sid from How I Met Your Father learns how to use a lighting ring, work his angles, and act sexy in order to impress Hannah. Later, he flies across the country to surprise her. While Sid's grand gestures may be smaller than Ted's, they're still a significant parallel.
1 Sid Changes His Career Path Like Ted
Sid and Ted both leave one career path to find something that makes them happier. Though he enters med school, Sid decides to leave this career path behind in How I Met Your Father. Instead, he buys the bar Pemberton's and puts all his energy into making the business thrive. Ted works as an architect throughout half of How I Met Your Mother, but he switches directions and becomes a professor which ultimately makes him immensely happy. This parallel proves that both of these characters are adaptable in their professional lives.