How I Met Your Mother Minor Characters

There are several characters on the US sitcom How I Met Your Mother that have a notable role on the show at some point, but fall short of the 10-episode requirement to appear on the main character quiz. How many can you name?

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Hint	#	Answer
Barney's mother	9	Loretta Stinson
Marshall's boss at GNB	9	Arthur Hobbs
Ted's mother	8	Virginia Mosby
Marshall's reluctant travel companion	8	Daphne
Marshall's friend from law school, later courtroom opponent	7	Brad Morris
Zoey's boat-obsessed ex-husband	7	The Captain
The REAL Karate Kid, according to Barney	7	Billy Zabka
Unintelligent love interest of Robin who injures his groin	7	Nick Podarutti
Robin's father	7	Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
Fires Ted for designing a room that is "too inspired" at GNB	7	Bilson
Lily's high-school boyfriend	7	Scooter
Slept with James Stinson, causing his marriage to almost collapse	6	Gary Blauman
Robin's co-anchor and briefly boyfriend	6	Don Frank
The clinically insane last girl Ted dates before he meets Tracy	5	Jeanette Peterson
Boats, boats, boats!	5	Becky
Farhampton Inn front desk clerk who looks down on single people	5	Curtis
Barney's personal tailor	5	Tim Gunn
Robin Sparkles' dad who easily beats Barney in a fight	5	Alan Thicke
Tracy's roommate	4	Cindy
Barney's birth father	4	Jerry Whittaker
James's birth father	4	Sam Gibbs
Ted's father	3	Alfred Mosby
Lily's mother	3	Janice Aldrin
Robin's mother	3	Genevieve Scherbatsky
Ted's condescending boss who obliviously designs a phallic building	3	Hammond Druthers