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** He also dumped her after she blanked on saying "I Love You" back after gifting her with a car and telling her he loved her. Rory eventually did say it several episodes later.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Luke. [[spoiler: Eventually yes.]]

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* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Luke. [[spoiler: Eventually yes.TheyDo.]]
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* [[BettyAndVeronica Betty]]

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* [[BettyAndVeronica Betty]]Betty]]: To Jess's Veronica.



* [[BettyAndVeronica Veronica]]

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* [[BettyAndVeronica Veronica]]
Veronica]]: To Dean's Betty.

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* BigEater
* BlackSheep

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* BigEater
BigEater: It's implied Lorelai eats a lot, and yet remains extremely slender. Other characters comment on this near constantly.
* BlackSheepBlackSheep: Of the Gilmore family; getting pregnant young and running away from home will do that.



* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: In spades.



* GenkiGirl

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* GenkiGirlGenkiGirl: Lorelai's perhaps one of the most chipper characters on the show.



* HotMom
* MamaBear
* MotorMouth
* MustHaveCaffeine

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* HotMom
HotMom: Rory even comments on this once on telling her father that he's being checked out; apparently the same happens to Lorelai.
* MamaBear
MamaBear: Lorelai's laid back for the greater part of the time, but if you hurt Rory..
* MotorMouth
MotorMouth: A Gilmore trait.
* MustHaveCaffeineMustHaveCaffeine: Lorelai can't function before her morning coffee, and drinks unhealthy amounts of it during the day.



* TeenPregnancy

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* TeenPregnancyTeenPregnancy: Got pregnant at 16 with Rory.



* HollywoodNerd

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* HollywoodNerdHollywoodNerd: For a supposed "nerd", Rory's stunning.



* MustHaveCaffeine

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* MustHaveCaffeineMustHaveCaffeine: Rory's need for caffeine isn't as extreme as her mother's, but it's there all the same.
** Fun fact: Rory's actress didn't like coffee, so in any scene in which Rory drinks it, she's actually drinking coca cola.



* BetaCouple
* EvilMatriarch

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* BetaCouple
BetaCouple: With her husband, Richard Gilmore.
* EvilMatriarch EvilMatriarch: She has her moments.



* LawfulStupid
* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]
* GrandparentalObliviousness
* RichBitch

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* LawfulStupid
LawfulStupid: Though it's more a case of Emily only seeing things in black and white.
* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]
Bitch]]: With Lorelai, Rory, Richard, and various members of her staff.
* GrandparentalObliviousness
GrandparentalObliviousness: Emily doesn't seem to understand that Rory is her own person, and constantly pushes her own ideals onto them; unlike her mother, Rory doesn't push back so much.
* RichBitchRichBitch: Rich, check. Bitch, check.



* BetaCouple

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* BetaCoupleBetaCouple: With his wife, Emily.



* ManipulativeBastard
* MommasBoy
* MoralityPet: Rory
* GrandparentalObliviousness
* ThePatriarch

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* ManipulativeBastard
ManipulativeBastard: While no-where near as bad as Emily, Richard does have his moments, especially when he tries to coax Rory into going to Yale.
* MommasBoy
MommasBoy: Will even ignore his wife for his mother's needs.
* MoralityPet: Rory
Rory.
* GrandparentalObliviousness
GrandparentalObliviousness: Not as bad as Emily, however.
* ThePatriarch
ThePatriarch: Very much the head of the Gilmore family.



* EvilMatriarch
* IronLady
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

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* EvilMatriarch
EvilMatriarch: ''Worse'' than Emily.
* IronLady
IronLady: Trix fits this trope almost perfectly.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]][[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Trix dies of old age.]]



* ManipulativeBitch

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* ManipulativeBitchManipulativeBitch: Far worse than Emily.



* ObnoxiousInLaws

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* ObnoxiousInLawsObnoxiousInLaws: Trix is this to poor Emily.



* RichBitch

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* RichBitchRichBitch: Very rich, and more of a bitch than Emily.

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* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Oddly, in the first few episodes, Emily's wardrobe and makeup were very drab and made her look a lot older.



* CuteClumsyGirl: Part of some early awkward characterization. The perfectionist side of her gets more developed in the later seasons.




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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sookie was played by Alex Borstein in the unaired pilot, but she couldn't dedicate her time to the series proper because of her commitments to MadTV.




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* PetTheDog -- Taylor realizes just how unpopular he is when Jackson decides to run against him as town selectman. Jackson can't handle the insane amount of pressure and realizes just why Taylor is perfect for the job.

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* AlphaBitch: In Season 1 and to a lesser extent Seasons 2 and 3.
** Paris is something of a deconstruction. Despite being the leader of a GirlPosse, she is unpopular and even feared by students. Also her two friends are taller than she is.



* TheLibby: In Season 1 and to a lesser extent Seasons 2 and 3.
** Paris is something of a deconstruction. Despite being the leader of a GirlPosse, she is unpopular and even feared by students. Also her two friends are taller than she is.
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* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: A possible interpretation.
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** She's also by far the most normal person in Stars Hollow, [[QuirkyTown which admittedly isn't saying much.]]
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*** Several characters, Drella in particular in season 1, bring up the whole CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey thing.
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: 6'4" Jared Padelecki and 5'5" Alexis Bledel definitely qualify.

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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: 6'4" Jared Padelecki and 5'5" 5'7" Alexis Bledel definitely qualify.
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***How does "French" count as a minority?

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* AuthorityInNameOnly -- He's the town selectman and for the most part, he's seldom taken seriously.
* ControlFreak -- Hooboy, is he a stickler for the rules.



* ControlFreak -- Hooboy, is he a stickler for the rules.
* TheKingOfTown -- He's the town selectman and for the most part, he's seldom taken seriously.
* LawfulStupid

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* ControlFreak -- Hooboy, is he a stickler for the rules.
* TheKingOfTown -- He's the town selectman and for the most part, he's seldom taken seriously.
* LawfulStupid

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* ChaoticGood



* NeutralGood



* EvilMatriarch / MyBelovedSmother: YMMV on which. Lorelai would say the first though.

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* EvilMatriarch / MyBelovedSmother: YMMV on which. Lorelai would say the first though.



* LawfulNeutral



* MagnificentBitch



* EnsembleDarkhorse



* ChaoticGood



* LawfulNeutral



* BaseBreaker



* ChaoticNeutral



* [[spoiler:CharacterDerailment: In season 7, he becomes a Jerkass with a dash of StalkerWithACrush on Rory]]



* ChaoticNeutral -> NeutralGood

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* FakeNationality: Alexis Bledel is actually Hispanic.
** Alexis is a white American (albeit of Latin American descent) playing a white American. Not a fake nationality.



* [[HoYay Lez Yay]]: With Paris
* MotorMouth - Even faster than her mother.

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* [[HoYay Lez Les Yay]]: With Paris
* MotorMouth - MotorMouth: Even faster than her mother.



* ReplacementGoldfish: A sore point throughout the series is Emily trying to bring Rory up to be the daughter that Lorelai never turned out to be. This comes to a head when Rory is living with her grandparents and Emily refers to Richard as Rory's father.



* GirlishPigtails



* LawfulEvil

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* LawfulEvil
LawfulStupid



* CloudCuckooLander -- A serious example even among eccentric neighbors.




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* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl



* [[HoYay LezYay]]: With Rory

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* [[HoYay LezYay]]: Les Yay]]: With Rory
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite her eccentricities she does a good job running first the Stars Hollow Inn and later The Dragonfly Inn

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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite her eccentricities she does a good job running first the Stars Hollow Independence Inn and later The Dragonfly Inn
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* JustFriends. He might have even used the phrase itself during his confession.
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* [[spoiler:BumblingDad: When he tries to be a dad to April. [[WallBanger Despite being a good father figure to Rory.]] ]]

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* [[spoiler:BumblingDad: When he tries to be a dad to April. [[WallBanger Despite being a good father figure to Rory.]] ]]

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* DeadpanSnarker



* ParentalAbandonment: Technically she still has her parents but not only [[TheGhost do we never see them]] neither does she (we do see Paris's mother once played by the mom of Kelly from {{90210}}, but she's on for less than a minute). They're rarely even in the same ''country'' as her and she was functionally raised by her nanny. Later they forget to pay their taxes, leave the country to avoid charges and leave her penniless.

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* ParentalAbandonment: Technically she still has her parents but not only [[TheGhost do we never see them]] neither does she (we do see Paris's mother once played by the mom of Kelly from {{90210}}, ''BeverlyHills90210'', but she's on for less than a minute).minute to lecture her about her acne regimen). They're rarely even in the same ''country'' as her and she was functionally raised by her nanny. Later they forget to pay their taxes, leave the country to avoid charges and leave her penniless.
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** Alexis is a white American (albeit of Latin American descent) playing a white American. Not a fake nationality.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: "Umlauts", which involved Lorelai as a teen, a particularly cold summer day when she was swimming at summer camp and how a certain part of her body resembled said diacritic.

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* EmbarrassingNickname: "Umlauts", which involved Lorelai as a teen, a particularly cold summer day when she was swimming at summer camp and how a certain part of her body resembled said diacritic.diacritic after coming out of the water.
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* EmbarassingNickname: "Umlauts", which involved Lorelai as a teen, a particularly cold summer day when she was swimming at summer camp and how a certain part of her body resembled said diacritic.

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* EmbarassingNickname: EmbarrassingNickname: "Umlauts", which involved Lorelai as a teen, a particularly cold summer day when she was swimming at summer camp and how a certain part of her body resembled said diacritic.
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* EmbarassingNickname: "Umlauts", which involved Lorelai as a teen, a particularly cold summer day when she was swimming at summer camp and how a certain part of her body resembled said diacritic.
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* ThePaolo

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* ThePaoloRomanticFalseLead
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** To be fair, he would be a Twofer either way, seeing as how he is Black and French.

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** To be fair, Well, he would be a Twofer either way, seeing as how he is Black and French.

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* CherylBlossom


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* ThirdOptionLoveInterest

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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Rory and Paris usually find a way to work things out, though.



* Jerkass: In Season 1, defaulting to JerkWithAHeartOfGold in later seasons

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* Jerkass: {{Jerkass}}: In Season 1, defaulting to JerkWithAHeartOfGold in later seasons



** An interesting variation because Paris was the only unpopular member of her clique.
* MayDecemberRomance: With college professor Asher Fleming. She seems to have a thing for older men as well, including Richard.

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** An interesting variation because Paris was is something of a deconstruction. Despite being the only leader of a GirlPosse, she is unpopular member of and even feared by students. Also her clique.
two friends are taller than she is.
* MayDecemberRomance: With college professor Asher Fleming. She seems to have a thing for older men as well, including Richard.[[StacysMom Richard]]. Both squick out Rory.

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* NiceGuy: At the beginning of the show, but becomes the [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]] each time he saw Rory being friendly to Tristan, Jess, or Logan.

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* NiceGuy: At the beginning of the show, but becomes the [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]] each time he saw Rory being friendly to Tristan, Jess, or Logan. Initially.


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* CrazyJealousGuy: He gets angry towards Rory when she declines to spend time with him in favor of school or town activities and therefore in the vicinity of Tristan, Jess or Logan.
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* BookWorm

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* BookWormBookWorm: She's never without a book (until she drops out of Yale) and her relationship with Jess stems from a mutual passion for reading.



* BookWorm: The only reason he started talking to Rory in the first place.

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* BookWorm: The only reason Rory's massive book collection prompts him to steal and annotate her copy of Ginsburg's "Howl" so that he started talking can attempt to Rory in actually talk to her. Their mutual love of reading forms the first place.basis of their relationship.

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