There is this quote from "How I Met Your Mother":
When I get sad I stop being sad and be awesome instead.
Why can you use "be" in this sentence? Doesn't it have to be:
When I get sad I stop being sad and (I) am awesome instead.
There is this quote from "How I Met Your Mother":
When I get sad I stop being sad and be awesome instead.
Why can you use "be" in this sentence? Doesn't it have to be:
When I get sad I stop being sad and (I) am awesome instead.
The use of be is incorrect. There are many grammatical errors or inconsistencies in the media - many are intentional for some stylistic reason, many are not. Here perhaps the script is supposed to be funny.
Incorrect language may be used because it is more suitable for the character being portrayed, or, as sometimes appears to be the case, because the scriptwriter does not know the correct English.