History Characters / GilmoreGirlsStarsHollow

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's hard to tell if Kirk is just well-meaning but slightly quirky, or perhaps mildly autistic.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Shows the disdain and apathy consistent with someone suffering from depression and social anxiety, and in his centric episode in season 3, he blows up about his insecurities. See HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood below for more information on his troubled past and the actor has said that Jess is the kind of person who gets uncomfortable and leaves a room when there's too many people.

* AmbiguousDisorder: While being seen with Kirk a lot makes her appear down-to-earth, she still has the ability to throw screaming fits over pink bows in public without seeing anything unusual about it.

* GrumpyBear: Has a gruff, world-weary personality.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It comes from cynicism and anti-social GrumpyBear attitude rather than any actual jerkishness. However, he has a close relationship with Lorelai and Rory, and is always willing to help his friends and family.

* BigBeautifulWoman: She is overweight and very pretty. Jackson falls for her in the first few episodes, and her old friend Joe had a crush on her for ten years.

* NiceHat: He's rarely seen without his beloved baseball cap.

* NiceHat: He is rarely seen without a beanie on.

* NiceHat: He is usually wearing a black pork pie hat.

* {{Jerkass}}: In season 2, he treats everyone ''horribly'' except Rory. In season 3, he's not much better and there's also his treatment of Rory herself after they start dating, which ends with him leaving town without telling Rory anything. He has a FreudianExcuse but still...

** Taken UpToEleven in "A Year in The Life" he gets along quite well with Rory again [[spoiler:and gives her the idea for her novel]], and comforts Luke when [[spoiler:Lorelai leaves to find herself]] before yanking out the diner's [=WiFi=] to give his uncle some peace. [[spoiler:It's strongly implied in his last scene he's still in love with Rory, and might have another shot with her.]]

* HeroOfAnotherStory: For being an IconicSequelCharacter related to one of the main characters and major LoveInterest to another, what Jess's life is like when he's not onscreen is ''insanely'' unexplored. His past before Stars Hollow is only ever alluded to, it's never explained exactly why he was shipped there in the first place. Afterwards, whenever he pops up in the story, he's in a different place--literally and figuatively--with very little explanation of how he got there.

* HollywoodNerd: April is supposed to be a dork, but aside from her NerdGlasses, she's actually quite lovely.

** For Rory herself. Both of them were raised by young mothers without their fathers present. But while Lorelai raised Rory with a fierce devotion in the stable environment of Stars Hollow, Liz was a wildly unstable alcoholic and drug user who rarely paid attention to her son while barely raising him in the more chaotic New York City, forcing him to raise himself. When they first met, she was on a bright path to Yale while he was insecure and self-destructive about his path in life. [[spoiler:In the revival, he has a stable life in Philadelphia working in publishing while Rory is floundering in her career and unsure about her life. As one review put it, it's telling that while he continues to carry a book with him and is reading in his final scenes, ''Rory'' hasn't been seen with a book the entire time, aside from glancing at the ''Stars Hollow Gazette'' and writing the first three chapters of her manuscript.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: A cute girl with glasses.

* {{Meganekko}}: She wears NerdGlasses.

* GossipyHens: She usually stands in front of her ballet school and surveys the town for new interesting bits to see or hear, and she happily passes the knowledge. She's never malicious.

* BigApplesauce: Jess is from New York City. He spends some time in the series CommutingOnABus between there and Connecticut, before ultimately moving to Philadelphia sometime between seasons 4 and 6.

* MenaceDecay: The show treats Jess like a bona fide James Dean, but he does very little to live up to any sort of standard of "bad boy," other than smoking and a disdain for authority. His list of crimes include stealing garden gnomes, his high school's supply of baseballs, and creating a chalk outline of a fake murder victim outside the grocery store. He crashes Rory's car... avoiding a small furry animal. He skips school... to work a job at Walmart. This is, at one point, lampshaded by Lorelai at a town meeting, but when he shows interest in Rory, she also starts treating him like he just got out of juvie. Logan weirdly fits the trope better, but managed not to be the boyfriend remembered as the "bad boy" by the show or the fandom.

* SmarterThanYouLook: The early seasons. Most of the town thinks he's a failure and a trouble maker, and he does little to change that opinion. He fails high school, but is highly intelligent, well-read, and goes on to work in publishing, including a novel of his own. Rory calls him on this explicitly in "Teach Me Tonight", and tells him he could do more with his life.

* StickyFingers: Jess steals things for his own amusement. Luke finds this bizarre, because the items he steals have no monetary value. This includes Babbette's prized garden gnome (which he hid in Luke's closet) and all ''500'' of Stars Hollow High's baseballs. [[NoodleIncident No word on where he stored those or what he did with them.]]

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Jess has pretty low self-esteem at the start of the series, despite being intelligent and well-read. While the townsfolk of Stars Hollow buy into his bad boy persona, Rory and Luke don't and insist he can do more with his life. They were right. By season 6, Jess has mellowed; he has published a short novel and works for a publishing company. Both Rory and Luke are proud of him.

* CarpetOfVirility: Has very manly hairy chest.

* CulturalRebel: Hides unapproved music, makeup and cloths under the floor, as well as giving Rory things to take home so her mother wouldn't find them. She then leaves her mother's house to live with her bandmates (and boyfriend).

* SelfMadeMan: Season 6 reveals that he's published a short book co-runs a small publishing business, and is very involved with the local independent arts scene.

* BigBrotherWorship: Adores her big brother Luke

* OffscreenBreakup: His last appearance is in season 3, but

* GirlishPigtails: Despite her tomboy appearance otherwise

* NiceGuy: Upgrades to this by Season 6 and in ''A Year In The Life'' as he's much more communicative, reliable and friendly.

* MenaceDecay: The show treats Jess like a bona fide James Dean, but he does very little to live up to any sort of standard of "bad boy," other than smoking and a disdain for authority. His list of crimes include stealing garden gnomes, his high school's supply of baseballs, and creating a chalk outline of a fake murder victim outside the grocery store. He crashes Rory's car...avoiding a small furry animal. He skips school...to work a job at Walmart. This is, at one point, lampshaded by Lorelai at a town meeting, but when he shows interest in Rory, she also starts treating him like he just got out of juvie. Logan weirdly fits the trope better, but managed not to be the boyfriend remembered as the "bad boy" by the show or the fandom.

!!Minor Characters

[[folder: Rachel]]
->'''Played by:''' Lisa Ann Hadley

Luke's old girlfriend who travels around the world working as a photographer. She is said to have once been the great love of Luke's life, but could never stay settled in one place.

* AllergicToRoutine: Part of the reason why her and Luke's relationship didn't work out. She wanted to travel around the world, but he never wanted to leave Stars Hollow.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Rachel recognizes that Luke is in love with Lorelai before he can even admit it to himself.
* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She eventually decides to leave Stars Hollow when she realizes that Luke is in love with Lorelai, not her. For what it's worth, she doesn't seem too bothered by it and tells Luke not to wait to long to tell her.
* InformedAttractiveness: Sookie and Miss Patty describe Rachel as being drop-dead gorgeous, comparing her to Elle [=MacPherson=]. The actress is beautiful, but not quite a supermodel.
* OldFlameFizzle: Rachel came back to Stars Hollow to give her relationship with Luke another try, but it's clear his heart's not in it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Although she disappears from the series after season 1, her photography helps lead Lorelai to rediscovering the old Dragonfly Inn, which is in disrepair. Lorelai and Sookie eventually purchase and renovate it. Rachel also helps push Luke along to realizing his feelings for Lorelai, which takes him a few seasons to act on.
* SmallTownBoredom: One of the reasons Rachel decided to become a photographer since she didn't want to stay in one place for too long.
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[[folder: Patricia "Miss Patty" Lacosta]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LizTorres

An older woman who runs Miss Patty's School of Ballet in Stars Hollow. She was once quite the starlet and dancer in her youth and never fails to bring it up. Miss Patty is also very involved in the town's politics.

[[folder: Mia]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ElizabethFranz (Season 2), Creator/KathyBaker (Season 7)
The owner of the Independence Inn in Stars Hollow. She took in a 17-year old Lorelai and an infant Rory when she ran away from her parents' home and arrived at Stars Hollow, giving her a place to stay and a job.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Lorelai's relationship with Mia is much more warm and loving than her relationship with Emily.
* FirstNameBasis: Mia is the only one allowed to refer to Luke by his actual name "Lucas".
* ParentalSubstitute: Mother figure to Lorelai and a grandmother figure to Rory.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears in a total of 2 episodes throughout the entire series, but her act of kindness in the show's backstory has a major impact.
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[[folder: Cesar]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ArisAlvarado

* BigFun: He's both obese and always cheerful, sunny and polite to customers, in contrast to Luke.
* BumblingSidekick: Sometimes to Luke.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Aris Alvarado can be spotted as an extra in season 1 at Rory's Chilton dance.
* SpearCounterpart: To Sookie who is a chef as he works in the kitchen of Luke's diner. Though Cesar is much less important than Sookie.

[[folder: Morey Dell]]
->'''Played by:''' Ted Rooney

The Gilmore girls' next-door neighbor and Babette's husband. He carries himself with a very cool demeanor and is a talented musician.
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* CoolShades: He wears sunglasses.
* HappilyMarried: With Babette. He's frequently mentioned by his wife.
* NiceHat: He is usually wearing a black pork pie hat.
* KindheartedCatLover: Much like Babette, he cares deeply about cats and is one of the nicest guys in Stars Hollow. He does become distressed when Kirk adopts a cat that won't stop attacking him, though.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Morey is usually very quiet and hardly ever speaks but his wife is very chatty and talkative.

[[folder: Andrew]]
->'''Played by:''' Mike Gandolfi

The owner of the local bookstore.
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* FlatCharacter: Never really makes an impression but is featured just as regularly as the rest of the Stars Hollow peanut gallery.
* OnlySaneMan: Averted. He may not be as "weird" as everyone else but he also doesn't seem to call out the others on their eccentricities either.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Unlike most of the Star's Hollow residents Andrew is very "normal". Never really stands out and doesn't really possess the quirky traits of his fellow townsmen.

[[folder: Lindsay Lister]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ArielleKebbel

* AlliterativeName: Until she married Dean, anyway.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Rory's Veronica.
* DisposableFiance: She was so disposable that Louise was able to predict her marriage with Dean breaking because of Rory despite ''never even meeting her''.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: ''Michel'' found her attractive.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She is offended when she overhears Rory complaining that Dean is dropping out of college and working all the time to make money to afford the things Lindsay wants, and why doesn't ''Lindsay'' get a job... then a few episodes later she has a fight with Dean because she's sitting at home bored while he works all the time. Neither of them consider the possibility of Lindsay [[CuttingTheKnot getting a job to help out with their finances and also keep her occupied]].
* LethalChef: Apparently. Though she tried her best to improve for Dean's sake and seemed to make some progress.
* ProperlyParanoid: After overhearing her husband's ex-girlfriend verbally trashing her in the town market, Lindsay tells Dean she doesn't want him talking to Rory anymore. Four episodes later, their affair starts.
* SpoiledBrat: She's immature and would rather have fun than acknowledge that her husband has to work, but she cares about Dean and consequently tries to improve in cooking to please him.
* VirginInAWhiteDress: In the fifth season, when she doesn't have any JerkAss moments and her innocence is played up as [[spoiler:the extramarital affair's wronged party]].

[[folder: Lulu]]
->'''Played by:''' Rini Bell
Kirk's girlfriend.

* AmbiguousDisorder: While being seen with Kirk a lot makes her appear down-to-earth, she still has the ability to throw screaming fits over pink bows in public without seeing anything unusual about it.
* BerserkButton: While not as quirky as many Stars Hollowers, she gets very upset if you threaten her love of pink.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Kirk's, as probably the only one that gets him.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: For Kirk. He describes her as a woman who made him enjoy his life to its fullest. She's a teacher and, when seen in person, she's not actually very quirky or crazy.
* NiceGirl: An utter sweetheart.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: The entire town wonders what she sees in Kirk, including Kirk himself.

[[folder: Fran Weston]]
->'''Played by:''' Linda Porter

The local baker

* CharacterDeath: Her death in season three is what leads to Lorelai and Sookie starting the Dragonfly Inn.
* CloudCuckooLander: Fran acts oblivious to her own mortality.
* SweetBaker: Fran is a very sweet old woman who owns and runs a bakery.

[[folder: Tom]]
->'''Played by:''' Biff Yeager

The construction guy Lorelai always hires.

* DeadpanSnarker: Always speaks in an apathetic tone and hardly says a line that isn't a snark.

[[folder: Jackson Belleville]]
->'''Played by:''' Jackson Douglas

Stars Hollows's prominent produce man who takes great pride in his work. He begins a relationship with Sookie and the two get married and start a family together.
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* BeleagueredBureaucrat: In season 5, Jackson decides to run for town selectman against Taylor, being tired of his obsessiveness, and wins by an overwhelming landslide. However, Jackson finds that the job is very unfulfilling, so he hands the reins back to Taylor.
* BetaCouple: Starts dating Sookie pretty early on and they remain a stable, happy couple. They provide contrast to Lorelai's relationships.
* GoodOlBoy: A manly man with old-fashioned values and a country-boy upbringing.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Jackson owns a pair of pajamas with an old wrestling photo of him on it. Unfortunately, he couldn't hide them from Lorelai and Rory.
* HappilyMarried: He marries Sookie and they remain very satisfied with their life together, and have several children throughout the series. They are not without a fair share of problems, but they remain loving and devoted to each other.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In season 7, it’s revealed that [[spoiler: he lied to Sookie about getting a vasectomy, and she’s now pregnant because she went off the pill without telling him]]. He’s outraged by this until Lorelai points out that [[spoiler: Sookie had no reason to tell him she went off the pill because ''she thought he’d had a vasectomy.'']]
* NiceGuy: Genuinely one of the nicest and most-caring men in the series, especially apparent when he and Sookie were first dating.
* NiceHat: He is rarely seen without a beanie on.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Despite being married to the best friend of one of the leads, Jackson doesn't really get much to do outside of his relationship with Sookie. However, he gets ADayInTheLimelight in a season 5 episode when he runs against Taylor for town selectman (and wins).
* TheyDo: Marries Sookie at the end of Season 2.

[[folder: Mrs. Kim]]
->'''Played by:''' Emily Kuroda

The antique shop owner in Stars Hollow and Lane's mother. She is a very conservative Christian and disapproves of most American customs.

* AlmightyMom: She scared the crap out of Zach when found out that he'd been 'laying hands' on her little girl. Also most of Lane's peers (''Jess'' is polite to her), and some of the adults, like Lorelai and even Taylor, fear her to varying degrees.
* ApronMatron: She's the unquestionable head of the household (if [[TheGhost Mr. Kim]] is ever shown, he's never singled out of the crowd of the Koreans occasionally gathered in the house) and rules it with an iron fist.
* AsianStoreOwner: Own the town antique shop.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Beneath her icy exterior lies a good-hearted woman who genuinely does love and want the best for her daughter. she even looses up her standards for suitable men for her daughter.
* {{Determinator}}: And she enforces it on members of her family too. She may think Lane's taste in music is sinful, but she'll be damned if she's going to let her daughter give up on her dream:
-->'''Mrs. Kim:''' Kims do not give up!
* DrillSergeantNasty: The first association Zach and Brian have upon seeing her is: 'remember that guy from ''Film/FullMetalJacket''?' and after watching her commanding a group of people inside her salon it's easy to see why.
%%* TheFundamentalist
* GenerationXerox: A heart-warming example; Mrs. Kim hides her Christian lifestyle from her traditional Buddhist mother mirrors Lane hiding her lifestyle from her mother when she was growing up.
* TheGhost: Her husband, Mr. Kim. Lane always talks about her parent'''s''' but Mr Kim is never seen or heard.
* HiddenDepths: She knows a surprising amount about music, and in a way, becomes Hep Alien's pseudo-manager, booking them a tour and helping Zach write songs.
** Mrs Kim has a masterful understanding of Shakespeare (which she reads to 'goof off'), to the point where she quotes a obscure but highly appropriate line of Theatre/HenryVI ("Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done.”) in response to Dave acknowledging his crush on Lane (The quote is the King speaking to a blind man who has regained his power of sight, and it's in essence Mrs Kim saying something between ''Well duh'' and ''Finally, you're seeing her as you should''. It's also a touch of Brilliance as Mrs Kim allowed Lane to attend a Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet play with Lorelai and Rory all the way back in the first season because she thought it was a cautionary tale of young people in love who don't listen to their parents... which is one of the most highly held scholarly viewpoints on the play.
* IronLady: Mrs. Kim runs her antique store and raises Lane in a very strict, no-nonsense manner and often intimdates others with her demeanor.
* MyBelovedSmother: She is extremely strict, and pushes Lane into a life she doesn't want. However, Mrs Kim loves Lane and cares deeply about her. But thinking that Rory might corrupt Lane... well, RuleOfFunny was in play.
* OddFriendship: With Lorelai. The two see eye-to-eye on almost nothing, but Lorelai respects the solidarity of motherhood and will go behind Rory's back when Rory conspires with Lane to do something Mrs. Kim disapproves of. This has the strange effect of making Mrs. Kim the sole person alive who Lorelai will ever cross Rory for.
* PerpetualFrowner: She's rarely seen smiling.
* TeamMom: Evolves into this for Lane's band. Although she has reservations about her daughter being in a rock band, it is clear she cares about them and wants them to succeed, especially when she helps Hep Alien go on tour.
* TerseTalker: Mama Kim lives, runs the business, and raises her daughter by simple rules ('You break, you buy!', 'No boys!') and doesn't have to waste words to get people into obeying her.
* TookALevelInKindness: She remains strict, but she eventually mellows slightly, going from not allowing Lane to even ''speak'' to boys and forcing Lane to hide music and makeup under the floorboards, to helping Zach write a song ([[ItMakesSenseInContext to prove he's worthy of Lane's hand]]), lovingly giving Lane her grandmother's wedding ring, and sincerely encouraging Lane to follow her dreams and become a professional drummer. Perhaps Lane moving out was the wake-up call she needed?

[[folder: Zach van Gerbig]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ToddLowe

The lead singer and guitarist of the band Hep Alien, who becomes Lane's boyfriend and eventual husband.

* CharacterDevelopment: He goes from being a happy-go-lucky slacker to a reliable husband and father by the end of the series and the revival. At one point, he even laments that he has to balance out his 9-to-5 career with his rocker lifestyle.
* ChickMagnet: He is several times seen to be quite popular among the ladies and eventually even Lane falls for him.
* ChildrenRaiseYou: Once [[spoiler: Lane gets pregnant, a lot of Zach's slacker tendencies fall by the wayside as he prepares for the kids.]]
* CommanderContrarian: If there is a conflict in the band, Zach will be the one causing it.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Goes over-the-top when he thinks other guys (even Brian) might be interested in Lane.
* GuiltyPleasures:
** In episode 11 of the 4th season, "In the Clamor and the Clangor", it is highly implied that he actually likes Music/{{NSYNC}} and that they are his guilty pleasure. But, he didn't want to admit it and got a little bit defensive when the band teased him about it (they, too, revealed their guilty pleasures -- which did not include boy bands or bubblegum pop acts though).
** He secretly plays banjo in a bluegrass band.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Immature, lazy, selfish, but he genuinely loves Lane.
* LadykillerInLove: Before falling in love with Lane, he was a womanizer.
* LikesOlderWomen: The first time he meets the Gilmore girls. He isn't much interested in Rory, but makes passes on Lorelai whom he considers StacysMom archetype.
* ManChild: Not the most mature member of the group, to say the least.
* MistakenForCheating: In season 5 when he hides his bluegrass playing from Lane.
* SecondLove: For Lane. Dave was her first serious love, but after Dave moves to California, Zack replaces Dave as Lane's romantic interest.
* TheSlacker: When he is not playing, arguing or womanizing, he is usually seen playing video games or lazying around the (dirty) house and trying to delegate chores to Lane or Brian.
* SurferDude: He speaks in TotallyRadical and has a cool-wannabe attitude, for example forbidding Gil to talk about parental matters because it's not 'rock and roll'.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Brian started out as Dave's weird teammates without much of character depth.

[[folder: Brian Fuller]]
->'''Played by:''' John Cabrera

The bassist of Hep Alien and eventually one of Lane's roommates when she moves out of her mother's house. He is a proud geek with a lot of quirky interests.
* NerdGlasses: Wears a pair and his look is a honest indication about his personality.
* ProudToBeAGeek: He has a tattoo of [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]], according to Lane.
* ShipTease: With Kyon. Her and Brian are visibly interested in each other from the day when Brian impressed her with his knowledge of Korean culture.
* SicklyNeuroticGeek: He suffers from asthma, hypoglycemia, and has a deviated septum, among other things.
* TheSmartGuy: Between him, Zach and Gil, Brian is the only one who has the ambition to read or learn about anything.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Zach started out as Dave's weird teammates without much of character depth.

[[folder: Dave Rygalski]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/AdamBrody
A guitar player and music afficionado who has an instant connection with Lane after they meet.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Lane.
* {{Determinator}}: In regards to dating Lane. After the Bible quest even Mrs Kim was impressed.
* FirstLove: Lane had several crushes during the show - notably Henry - but admitted Dave was the first one she felt so strongly about.
* NiceGuy: A friendly person and a caring boyfriend. Even Mrs Kim likes him.
* OffscreenBreakup: His last appearance is in season 3, but
* OnlySaneMan: The most level-headed one in the band.
* PutOnABus: Leaves [[Series/TheOC "for California"]] after Season 3.
* SecretRelationship: With Lane. They hide their relationship for a while because Lane's mom only wants her to date Korean guys.
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[[folder: Taylor Doose]]
->'''Played by:''' Michael Winters

The selectmen of Stars Hollow and owner of the local grocery store.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Because of how annoying and obsessed about ridiculous town matters he is, nobody has much patience for him. However, when it hits the critical point and Jackson runs against Taylor for a selectman and wins by a landslide, turns out that Taylor is the best candidate for that job... exactly because he's the only one willing to take care of the ridiculous town matters.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Is apparently considered this in-universe, going by the revival.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: He's the town selectman and for the most part, he's seldom taken seriously.
* ButtMonkey: Taylor is basically the town butt monkey of Stars Hollow and is even the butt monkey amongst his family. Shockingly enough, Lorelai seems to be the only person to have any sympathy for him.
* ControlFreak: Hooboy, is he a stickler for the rules.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He's definitely not "evil" but when his obsessive and overbearing actions lead to Jackson beating him by a landslide for Town Selectman he seems genuinely dumbfounded that there were negative consequences to how he did the job.
* HiddenDepths: Always wanted to be a magician, as he reveals to Miss Patty every dance marathon.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's unbelievably obnoxious, but usually just tries to do what is right in his mind (or is simply self-serving at worst). Townspeople mostly acknowledge that Taylor is a good guy, but don't have much patience for him anyhow.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Seems to take a perverse delight in insisting every rule be followed to a tee, particularly when it irritates others.
* SitcomArchnemesis: To Luke, who seems to be the only person in Stars Hollow to disapprove and speak out against Taylor's obsessive need to control every aspect of the town. The rest of the townspeople tends to treat Taylor as a joke and Luke's feuds with him as another one.

[[folder: Babette Dell]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SallyStruthers

Lorelai and Rory's loud, eccentric, but loving next-door neighbor. She treats the two girls like her own daughters. Just among the many of Stars Hollow's zany bunch.

* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: She's short and chubby while her husband Morey is tall and thin.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A serious example even among eccentric neighbors (though not nearly as much as Kirk). She's quirky, has a strange voice, and often makes inappropriate comments.
* GossipyHens: Along with Miss Patty, knows every bit of gossip in the town and happily broadcasts it.
* HappilyMarried: With Morey. She frequently mentions her husband but she appears more often than him.
* KindheartedCatLover: Nearly bordering on CrazyCatLady at times. Babette can't resist taking in cats and treats them like her own children.
* NoIndoorVoice: She talks in very loud voice all the time.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Morey is usually very quiet and hardly ever speaks but she's very chatty and talkative.
* UrbanLegendLoveLife: At least the way Babette describes it. Apparently she's pushed out of a moving car by a guy and was even part of a cult once.

[[folder: Patricia "Miss Patty" Lacosta]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LizTorres

An older woman who runs Miss Patty's School of Ballet in Stars Hollow. She was once quite the starlet and dancer in her youth and never fails to bring it up. Miss Patty is also very involved in the town's politics.

* BigBeautifulWoman: She's large, but still very beautiful, especially when you consider her age. The revival features her having lost a lot of weight and with a completely different hairdo.
* DeadpanSnarker: Like almost everyone in Stars Hollow, she deals with Taylor with crippling sarcasm. Or just telling him to shut up.
* DirtyOldWoman: Flirts with every man who crosses her path, regardless of age.
* GossipyHens: She usually stands in front of her ballet school and surveys the town for new interesting bits to see or hear, and she happily passes the knowledge. She's never malicious.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Used to have quite a career on the stage as a beautiful dancer/actress, apparently.
* TheLancer: Serves as this to Taylor Doose. Whenever Taylor's not running the town meeting, Patty is. Appears to serve a high ranking position in town but it is unclear what that positition is, elected or not.
* MrsRobinson: Granted Miss Patty flirts with men of all ages, she seems particular fond of handsome young men.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: No one ever calls her "Patricia."
* SerialSpouse: With at least four different husbands, according to a conversation between her and Lorelai.
* SpicyLatina: Miss Patty is what happens when this character type grows up and never loses her fiery personality.
* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Many of her scandalous stories seem to involve famous actors from her heyday as a dancer. Nobody really seems sure if she's telling the truth or not.
* WomenAreWiser: Particularly when Taylor is involved. Despite her over-the-top personality, she seems much more grounded and level-headed than him.

[[folder: Mia]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ElizabethFranz (Season 2), Creator/KathyBaker (Season 7)
The owner of the Independence Inn in Stars Hollow. She took in a 17-year old Lorelai and an infant Rory when she ran away from her parents' home and arrived at Stars Hollow, giving her a place to stay and a job.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Lorelai's relationship with Mia is much more warm and loving than her relationship with Emily.
* FirstNameBasis: Mia is the only one allowed to refer to Luke by his actual name "Lucas".
* ParentalSubstitute: Mother figure to Lorelai and a grandmother figure to Rory.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears in a total of 2 episodes throughout the entire series, but her act of kindness in the show's backstory has a major impact.

[[folder: Gypsy]]
->'''Played by:''' Rose Abdoo

* AmbiguouslyBrown: In the very white Stars Hollow.[[note]]Rose Abdoo, who plays her, is of part-Lebanese and part-Dominican descent.[[/note]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Taylor makes her favorite target, but not the only one.
-->'''Jess:''' ''[about his car, being repaired by Gypsy]'' Are you waiting for it to tell you where it hurts?\\
'''Gypsy:''' I've seen dumber things talking.
* GirlishPigtails: Despite her tomboy appearance otherwise
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Assuming "Gypsy" is just a nickname. Her full name is never mentioned.
* WrenchWench: Car trouble in Stars Hollow? Gypsy's your go-to woman.

[[folder: Rachel]]
->'''Played by:''' Lisa Ann Hadley

Luke's old girlfriend who travels around the world working as a photographer. She is said to have once been the great love of Luke's life, but could never stay settled in one place.

* AllergicToRoutine: Part of the reason why her and Luke's relationship didn't work out. She wanted to travel around the world, but he never wanted to leave Stars Hollow.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Rachel recognizes that Luke is in love with Lorelai before he can even admit it to himself.
* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She eventually decides to leave Stars Hollow when she realizes that Luke is in love with Lorelai, not her. For what it's worth, she doesn't seem too bothered by it and tells Luke not to wait to long to tell her.
* InformedAttractiveness: Sookie and Miss Patty describe Rachel as being drop-dead gorgeous, comparing her to Elle [=MacPherson=]. The actress is beautiful, but not quite a supermodel.
* OldFlameFizzle: Rachel came back to Stars Hollow to give her relationship with Luke another try, but it's clear his heart's not in it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Although she disappears from the series after season 1, her photography helps lead Lorelai to rediscovering the old Dragonfly Inn, which is in disrepair. Lorelai and Sookie eventually purchase and renovate it. Rachel also helps push Luke along to realizing his feelings for Lorelai, which takes him a few seasons to act on.
* SmallTownBoredom: One of the reasons Rachel decided to become a photographer since she didn't want to stay in one place for too long.

[[folder: Cesar]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ArisAlvarado

* BigFun: He's both obese and always cheerful, sunny and polite to customers, in contrast to Luke.
* BumblingSidekick: Sometimes to Luke.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Aris Alvarado can be spotted as an extra in season 1 at Rory's Chilton dance.
* SpearCounterpart: To Sookie who is a chef as he works in the kitchen of Luke's diner. Though Cesar is much less important than Sookie.
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[[folder: Morey Dell]]
->'''Played by:''' Ted Rooney

The Gilmore girls' next-door neighbor and Babette's husband. He carries himself with a very cool demeanor and is a talented musician.

* CoolShades: He wears sunglasses.
* HappilyMarried: With Babette. He's frequently mentioned by his wife.
* NiceHat: He is usually wearing a black pork pie hat.
* KindheartedCatLover: Much like Babette, he cares deeply about cats and is one of the nicest guys in Stars Hollow. He does become distressed when Kirk adopts a cat that won't stop attacking him, though.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Morey is usually very quiet and hardly ever speaks but his wife is very chatty and talkative.

[[folder: Andrew]]
->'''Played by:''' Mike Gandolfi

The owner of the local bookstore.

* FlatCharacter: Never really makes an impression but is featured just as regularly as the rest of the Stars Hollow peanut gallery.
* OnlySaneMan: Averted. He may not be as "weird" as everyone else but he also doesn't seem to call out the others on their eccentricities either.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Unlike most of the Star's Hollow residents Andrew is very "normal". Never really stands out and doesn't really possess the quirky traits of his fellow townsmen.

[[folder: Nicole Leahy]]
->'''Played by:''' Tricia O'Kelley

An attorney who works with Taylor Doose. She becomes Luke's girlfriend in season 3.

* AccidentalMarriage: Luke and Nicole get married offscreen in between seasons 3 and 4. Most of the rest of the season deals with their crumbling relationship and divorce.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Luke's Archie.
* FourthDateMarriage: Nicole and Luke had only been together a few months at most when they decided to get married on their romantic cruise together.
* OffscreenBreakup: Luke and Nicole's divorce gets finalized when he discovers she's been cheating on him in their home.
* TemporaryLoveInterest: The last of Luke's love interests before he starts dating Lorelai.

[[folder: Liz Danes]]
->'''Played by:''' Kathleen Wilhoite

* AbusiveParents: Of the deeply neglectful and self-absorbed kind. She essentially leaves Jess to raise himself and apparently spent more time drinking and going through a string of terrible men rather than taking care of her son, with a strong implication that she did marijuana and other drugs around him as well. Even on Christmas, she doesn't ask to see him.
* TheAlcoholic: She apparently binge drank without realizing she was pregnant with Jess.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Luke, although he loves her.
* TheAtoner: Knows she's messed up in the past, knows the reputation she has and is trying to be better.
* BetaCouple: She's Luke's younger sister and had a string of bad short-term relationship. However, her relationship with TJ is stable, while Luke has ups and downs with Lorelai.
* BigBrotherWorship: Adores her big brother Luke
* CallingParentsByTheirName: Her son Jess almost exclusively calls her Liz, highlighting their strained relationship.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She and T.J. even joined a vegetable-growing cult by ''accident'', needing Luke and Jess to bail them out. Luckily for them, they were apparently ''too odd'' for the cult and got kicked out before Luke and Jess save them. Jess flat out calls her a whackjob as he angrily rants about the state of his life to his biological father.
* {{Foil}}: Is a Sookier version of Lorelai. She has a lot of Sookie's personality -- is optimistic, impulsive, funny, creative, not always that reliable -- and a lot of Lorelai's life situation -- teen mother, gone through a lot of relationships, but instead of her mother being cold and strict she died when Liz was young, while her father is implied to have been distant with her.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: She references that she was [[TheAlcoholic a binge drinker]] and marijuana user in the past, and went through a string of crappy boyfriends and husbands before she met T.J. All this while apparently forgetting that she had a son. By the time she shows up in Stars Hollow with T.J., she has apparently cleaned up her act although Jess doesn't fully believe her.
* JunkieParent: Heavily implied to be this throughout Jess's childhood.
* MaternallyChallenged: And she knows it. In addition the other tropes mentioned here, when Liz becomes pregnant in season 7, she freaks out that she will makes the same mistakes with the new baby as she did with Jess.
* ParentalNeglect: She packs off Jess, her troubled teenage son, and sends him off to his uncle Luke while none of them had any word in the matter prior to Jess' arrival to Stars Hollow. Jess practically states that she rarely paid attention to him and mostly ignored him, being wrapped up in her own matters in getting drunk, high or finding a man.
-->'''Jess:''' She does not care what we think. She really doesn't care what I think. I've got nineteen years of proof to back me up.
* TheStoner: She used to be a heavy pot smoker, but since quit.
* TeenPregnancy: It's implied she had Jess as a teenager, much like Lorelai had Rory.

[[folder: TJ]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelDeluise

* TheDitz: In his [[{{Flanderization}} later appearances]]. He wasn't initially presented as a particularly bright guy, but later devolved to someone whom a construction crew can trick into thinking he's the boss, while sending him off to buy them sandwiches to get him out of the way.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's an obnoxious moron.. but he genuinely loves Liz and sees Luke as family.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: He's one for Luke. In a variation, T.J. is more obliviously obnoxious, he does like Luke and treats him like family. Luke just sort of tolerates him for Liz's sake (Jess flat out can't stand him).
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: During one episode, he imposes himself on Luke and Lorelai's romantic dinner after having a spat with Liz, to Luke's annoyance, though as usual he's oblivious to it.

[[folder: Lindsay Lister]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ArielleKebbel

* AlliterativeName: Until she married Dean, anyway.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Rory's Veronica.
* DisposableFiance: She was so disposable that Louise was able to predict her marriage with Dean breaking because of Rory despite ''never even meeting her''.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: ''Michel'' found her attractive.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She is offended when she overhears Rory complaining that Dean is dropping out of college and working all the time to make money to afford the things Lindsay wants, and why doesn't ''Lindsay'' get a job... then a few episodes later she has a fight with Dean because she's sitting at home bored while he works all the time. Neither of them consider the possibility of Lindsay [[CuttingTheKnot getting a job to help out with their finances and also keep her occupied]].
* LethalChef: Apparently. Though she tried her best to improve for Dean's sake and seemed to make some progress.
* ProperlyParanoid: After overhearing her husband's ex-girlfriend verbally trashing her in the town market, Lindsay tells Dean she doesn't want him talking to Rory anymore. Four episodes later, their affair starts.
* SpoiledBrat: She's immature and would rather have fun than acknowledge that her husband has to work, but she cares about Dean and consequently tries to improve in cooking to please him.
* VirginInAWhiteDress: In the fifth season, when she doesn't have any JerkAss moments and her innocence is played up as [[spoiler:the extramarital affair's wronged party]].

[[folder: Lulu]]
->'''Played by:''' Rini Bell
Kirk's girlfriend.

* AmbiguousDisorder: While being seen with Kirk a lot makes her appear down-to-earth, she still has the ability to throw screaming fits over pink bows in public without seeing anything unusual about it.
* BerserkButton: While not as quirky as many Stars Hollowers, she gets very upset if you threaten her love of pink.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Kirk's, as probably the only one that gets him.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: For Kirk. He describes her as a woman who made him enjoy his life to its fullest. She's a teacher and, when seen in person, she's not actually very quirky or crazy.
* NiceGirl: An utter sweetheart.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: The entire town wonders what she sees in Kirk, including Kirk himself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Fran Weston]]
->'''Played by:''' Linda Porter

The local baker

* CharacterDeath: Her death in season three is what leads to Lorelai and Sookie starting the Dragonfly Inn.
* CloudCuckooLander: Fran acts oblivious to her own mortality.
* SweetBaker: Fran is a very sweet old woman who owns and runs a bakery.

[[folder: Tom]]
->'''Played by:''' Biff Yeager

The construction guy Lorelai always hires.

* DeadpanSnarker: Always speaks in an apathetic tone and hardly says a line that isn't a snark.

[[folder: Kyon]]
->'''Played by:''' Susane Lee

A studious and shy exchange student from Korea.

* CulturalRebel: She hides her American tastes like Lane did. Lane is even bemused when she finds out that Kyon likes Avril Lavigne.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Moves in with Mrs. Kim after Lane moves out. Lane even calls her on it.
* ShipTease: She shows interest in Brian after finding out his love of Korean culture.
* SuperGullible: Kyon never watches TV due to believing that Mrs. Kim can know when she watches it even when she isn't around and calls French fries "the devil's starchy fingers."

[[folder: Rev. Archie Skinner]]
->'''Played by:''' Jim Jansen

The local man of the church. His church doubles as a Synagogue.
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* OnlySaneMan: One of the few townspeople who is able to challenge Taylor's ludicrous actions as town selectman.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Rabbi David Barans.

[[folder:Sophie Bloom]]
->'''Played by:''' Carole King
The music store owner. Moves to Stars Hollow from New York in season two.
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* CastingGag: The character was a successful musician in the seventies, rather like her actress.

[[folder: April Nardini]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/VanessaMarano

Luke's long-lost daughter; he doesn't find out about her existence until season six.

* AcademicAthlete: Mostly academic, but she's also an enthusiastic swimmer.
* BookSmart: She's introduced doing a science fair experiment, which wins her second prize. She attends M.I.T. in the revival.
* BrainyBrunette: A very smart, dark-haired girl who loves science. ''A Year in the Life'' reveals that she's an MIT student.
* BrutalHonesty: Self-admitted in the original series, she's a NiceGirl but can be too blunt with her opinions.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: April originally does this with Luke. She starts calling him 'Dad' once they begin to develop a bond.
* CousinOliver: A young, precocious character added in during a rather unpopular stretch of the show.
* HollywoodNerd: April is supposed to be a dork, but aside from her NerdGlasses, she's actually quite lovely.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: To, well, Luke.
* {{Meganekko}}: She wears NerdGlasses.
* NoSenseOfHumor: Self-admitted in the revival; she's working on it.
* ReplacementFlatCharacter: As Rory has become a confident college girl in later seasons, April is introduced to fill the role of the cute, geeky, and naïve teenager like early Rory.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: In college, to the point where Luke needed a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a book about natural philosophy just to decode a letter she sent him.

[[folder: Anna Nardini]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SherilynFenn

Luke's ex-girlfriend and the mother of April. She and Luke don't see each other after their breakup until after April tests Luke's DNA for her science fair project.

* BecauseISaidSo: Her preferred method of parenting and of dealing with Luke.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Presumably she and Luke got along well enough to date at one point, and she's very pleasant to the customers at her store, but she's also consistently [[{{JerkAss}} condescending and belittling to Luke about his career, his love life, and his parenting skills]]. She also [[MoralMyopia acts like he has no claim whatsoever to April when it interferes with her plans]], much to [[LackOfEmpathy Luke (and April's) dismay]].
* ControlFreak: To the point that she flips out after discovering that April met Lorelai, Luke's fiancee and her future step-mother, without her permission. Her reasoning is that [[InsaneTrollLogic an engagement isn't stable and she doesn't want April to get attached and then upset if things don't work out.]] [[note]][[spoiler: Ironically, the engagement ''does'' fail, but only because [[SelfFulfillingProphecy Luke having to keep Lorelai separate from April drives Lorelai crazy, breaks trust between them, and seriously damages the relationship.]] ]] [[/note]]
* {{Foil}}: To Lorelai. Both are single mothers [[GlamorousSingleMother (by choice)]] to brilliant daughters. However, Anna actively tries to keep Luke out of April's life, while Lorelai always let Christopher be [[DisappearedDad as involved as he wanted to be.]]
* SmugSnake: When Luke challenges her for custody of April, she gives him an extremely condescending TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in an attempt to bully him into dropping the lawsuit. It doesn't work, and when the judge rules in favor of Luke she gets very upset.
* SolomonDivorce: Anna doesn't want Luke to have any say in April's care, doesn't tell him that April exists, and actively tries to obstruct him from having full parental responsibilities once he does get involved.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her insistence that [[MyBelovedSmother April must be sheltered from any kind of shock]] and so [[InsaneTrollLogic Lorelai can't be around her]] results in [[spoiler: Lorelai and Luke's breakup and Lorelai's eventual marriage to Christopher.]]

[[folder: Kirk Gleason]]
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/SeanGunn

The oddball among oddballs in Stars Hollow. He is never seen in the same occupation.

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's hard to tell if Kirk is just well-meaning but slightly quirky, or perhaps mildly autistic.
* AscendedExtra: Started out as a random guy named "Mick" in the pilot, then developed into an actual character with his own subplots as the series went on.
* ButtMonkey: Cannot seem to catch a break, ever.
* TheChewToy: He usually has it coming because of his stupidity, but still.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even in an entire town of these he stands out. He has weird theories about how world works and constantly breaks social norms when discussing his private life.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: He moved out of his mother's house, per Luke's suggestion, but didn't find a place to live before leaving. As a result, he spent a few episodes staying the night at other peoples' places after he was found sleeping in Lorelai's garage. He spent a few of them sleeping in Rory's room when she was away at Yale and on Lorelai's couch when she wasn't.
* FanDisservice: Many probably considered seeing Kirk's naked skinny body a disservice but after they did it the first time loads of people were requesting them to do it again and again.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: When he talked about having a date, he mentioned it was with a young lady (Lulu).
* InnocentlyInsensitive: He's very blunt because he has NoSocialSkills, but he means well and can be likable in his own way.
* ManChild: Among his quirks are an affection for childish cereal, toys, and a [[MommasBoy over-reliance on his mother]].
* MommasBoy: Until Lulu comes along, he has some serious trouble cutting those apron strings.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He seems to have a different job in every episode. It is eventually lampshaded when out of the blue, he overbids Luke in a real estate deal:
-->'''Luke:''' Where the hell did you get that much money?\\
'''Kirk:''' I've been working for eleven years. Luke, I've had fifteen thousand jobs.
* PerpetualFrowner: Always has the same facial expression and it's ''not'' a smile.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season 3.
* RunningGag: Kirk's many jobs. 43, according to Lorelai, as of the end of season four.
* TheStoic: Rarely shows emotions, though he has some NotSoStoic moments.
* TalkingInYourSleep: He sleepwalks, too.
* ThrowTheDogABone: He gets a pretty and nice girlfriend in later seasons.
* YesMan: Often acts like this to town selectman Taylor, running errands for him and trying to please him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Sookie St. James]]
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/MelissaMcCarthy

Lorelai's best friend and a perfectionist chef extraordinaire. She gets married and starts a family at the end of season 2.
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[[folder: Jackson Belleville]]
->'''Played by:''' Jackson Douglas

Stars Hollows's prominent produce man who takes great pride in his work. He begins a relationship with Sookie and the two get married and start a family together.

* BeleagueredBureaucrat: In season 5, Jackson decides to run for town selectman against Taylor, being tired of his obsessiveness, and wins by an overwhelming landslide. However, Jackson finds that the job is very unfulfilling, so he hands the reins back to Taylor.
* BetaCouple: Starts dating Sookie pretty early on and they remain a stable, happy couple. They provide contrast to Lorelai's relationships.
* GoodOlBoy: A manly man with old-fashioned values and a country-boy upbringing.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Jackson owns a pair of pajamas with an old wrestling photo of him on it. Unfortunately, he couldn't hide them from Lorelai and Rory.
* HappilyMarried: He marries Sookie and they remain very satisfied with their life together, and have several children throughout the series. They are not without a fair share of problems, but they remain loving and devoted to each other.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In season 7, it’s revealed that [[spoiler: he lied to Sookie about getting a vasectomy, and she’s now pregnant because she went off the pill without telling him]]. He’s outraged by this until Lorelai points out that [[spoiler: Sookie had no reason to tell him she went off the pill because ''she thought he’d had a vasectomy.'']]
* NiceGuy: Genuinely one of the nicest and most-caring men in the series, especially apparent when he and Sookie were first dating.
* NiceHat: He is rarely seen without a beanie on.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Despite being married to the best friend of one of the leads, Jackson doesn't really get much to do outside of his relationship with Sookie. However, he gets ADayInTheLimelight in a season 5 episode when he runs against Taylor for town selectman (and wins).
* TheyDo: Marries Sookie at the end of Season 2.

[[folder: Lane Kim]]
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->'''Played by:''' Keiko Agena

Rory's best friend in Stars Hollow. The two have been inseparable since they met in kindergarten. Lane attempts to be an ordinary American teenager under the watch of her conservative Christian, Korean-centric parents.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: When she starts to fall for Zach, she admits to Rory that him being a womanizer with "grunt caveman" behavior is part of his appeal.
* AsianAndNerdy: She's pretty, but can be incredibly dorky and awkward in situations with the opposite sex.
* AuthorAvatar: Producer Avatar. Lane was inspired by Helen Pai, creator Amy Sherman-Palladino's best friend and show producer.
* BetaCouple: With Zach, after they start dating. They eventually get married.
* ButICantBePregnant: Only had sex once on their honeymoon, but it was enough.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Her attempts to hide her lifestyle from her mother ''never'' go well.
* TheChick: She's the glue that helps keep Hep Alien together.
* CoolLoser: She's witty, creative, cute, and fun-loving, but sometimes is not allowed to participate in fun activities because of her strict mother, and is insecure about dating boys in early seasons. She also is OvershadowedByAwesome compared to her friend Rory.
* CulturalRebel: Hides unapproved music, makeup and cloths under the floor, as well as giving Rory things to take home so her mother wouldn't find them. She then leaves her mother's house to live with her bandmates (and boyfriend).
* DeadpanSnarker: Just as snarky as everyone else. A lot of her snark is SelfDeprecation.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''A Year of the Life'', we get to spend more quality time with Kirk's pet pig Petal than with Lane.
* DudeMagnet: At least four guys fall for her throughout the show. Even Young Chiu, her Korean fake-boyfriend, who helps her date Dave in the early days of her clandestine relationship, eventually turns into a clingy AbhorrentAdmirer.
* {{Foil}}:
** Despite being best friends with Rory, the Kims have the exact opposite relationship than the Gilmores.
** Her relationship with her mother is a mirror to Lorelai's relationship with Emily.
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite being her best friend, she rarely interacts with Rory in later seasons (they still have their moments though). Justified since Rory is at Yale while Lane has her band in Stars Hollow.
* TheirFirstTime: A subverted example. She and Zach decide to wait until the wedding night to have sex for the first time... and they decide to recreate a sex scene from a movie. That took place on a beach. So not only do you have the inevitable awkwardness, you also have sand, water, and various other inconveniences the movie wouldn't mention. Unsurprisingly, Lane does ''not'' enjoy herself in the least, and it seriously turns her off (no pun intended) to the idea of having sex again for quite awhile.
* GenkiGirl: She's quite fun-loving and energetic despite her strict, conservative parents.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Been best friends with Rory since kindergarten. She feels and fears they might drift apart when Rory changes school and later is in college, but they both make effort to stay as close as possible.
* {{Meganekko}}: A cute girl with glasses.
* NerdGlasses: A serious turn-on for Zach, as it turns out once she gets rid of them. He and Mrs. Kim both agree that they make her look smart.
* NiceGirl: She's a better friend to Rory than Paris is, mainly because Lane is ''much'' nicer. Despite being rebellious due to her controlling mother, she's a generally a very friendly girl who has no problem getting along with people (both boys and girls).
* OneOfTheBoys: Single girl in an all boy band. One of the reasons Zach had a hard time thinking of her as a possible love interest.
* OnlyFriend: In early episodes to Rory. While Rory is liked by everyone in Stars Hollow, most of the residents are just adults and acquaintances. Also Rory has no real friends in high school since she is shy and uncomfortable around other students and Paris is more of a frenemy.
* OnlySaneWoman: After Dave leaves, she's the most level-headed member of her band.
* ThePowerOfRock: Eventually, it sets her free, and is her path to find love(s).
* SignificantAnagram: Lane's band Hep Alien is an anagram of Helen Pai.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Both her mom and Zach agree that glasses suit her because she's a smart girl.
-->'''Zach:''' You're the first smart girl I’ve ever gone out with, and the glasses are a big part of that.
* TheyDo: Spends a few seasons going back and forth with Zach until they finally wind up married.
* TokenMinority: Lane and her mother are among the only non-white residents of Stars Hollow.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Rory's Girly Girl. Lane is a funky, rebellious GenkiGirl who eventually becomes a drummer in an all boy rock band. Rory is a sweet, soft-spoken goody two-shoes who is often well-dressed to attend fancy dinners with her rich parents.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: A funky, rebellious GenkiGirl who eventually becomes a drummer in a rock band where all the other members are boys. She also has some typical girly interests like boys and make-up, and at one point, she was a cheerleader.
* VirginInAWhiteDress: She planned on having sex but when she had the opportunity she surprised herself by saying, "Oh, well, I have to wait until I get married", because the morals her Seventh Day Adventist mother taught her had stuck. She was afraid that she might never get married and have sex but she did.

[[folder: Mrs. Kim]]
->'''Played by:''' Emily Kuroda

The antique shop owner in Stars Hollow and Lane's mother. She is a very conservative Christian and disapproves of most American customs.

* AlmightyMom: She scared the crap out of Zach when found out that he'd been 'laying hands' on her little girl. Also most of Lane's peers (''Jess'' is polite to her), and some of the adults, like Lorelai and even Taylor, fear her to varying degrees.
* ApronMatron: She's the unquestionable head of the household (if [[TheGhost Mr. Kim]] is ever shown, he's never singled out of the crowd of the Koreans occasionally gathered in the house) and rules it with an iron fist.
* AsianStoreOwner: Own the town antique shop.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Beneath her icy exterior lies a good-hearted woman who genuinely does love and want the best for her daughter. she even looses up her standards for suitable men for her daughter.
* {{Determinator}}: And she enforces it on members of her family too. She may think Lane's taste in music is sinful, but she'll be damned if she's going to let her daughter give up on her dream:
-->'''Mrs. Kim:''' Kims do not give up!
* DrillSergeantNasty: The first association Zach and Brian have upon seeing her is: 'remember that guy from ''Film/FullMetalJacket''?' and after watching her commanding a group of people inside her salon it's easy to see why.
%%* TheFundamentalist
* GenerationXerox: A heart-warming example; Mrs. Kim hides her Christian lifestyle from her traditional Buddhist mother mirrors Lane hiding her lifestyle from her mother when she was growing up.
* TheGhost: Her husband, Mr. Kim. Lane always talks about her parent'''s''' but Mr Kim is never seen or heard.
* HiddenDepths: She knows a surprising amount about music, and in a way, becomes Hep Alien's pseudo-manager, booking them a tour and helping Zach write songs.
** Mrs Kim has a masterful understanding of Shakespeare (which she reads to 'goof off'), to the point where she quotes a obscure but highly appropriate line of Theatre/HenryVI ("Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done.”) in response to Dave acknowledging his crush on Lane (The quote is the King speaking to a blind man who has regained his power of sight, and it's in essence Mrs Kim saying something between ''Well duh'' and ''Finally, you're seeing her as you should''. It's also a touch of Brilliance as Mrs Kim allowed Lane to attend a Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet play with Lorelai and Rory all the way back in the first season because she thought it was a cautionary tale of young people in love who don't listen to their parents... which is one of the most highly held scholarly viewpoints on the play.
* IronLady: Mrs. Kim runs her antique store and raises Lane in a very strict, no-nonsense manner and often intimdates others with her demeanor.
* MyBelovedSmother: She is extremely strict, and pushes Lane into a life she doesn't want. However, Mrs Kim loves Lane and cares deeply about her. But thinking that Rory might corrupt Lane... well, RuleOfFunny was in play.
* OddFriendship: With Lorelai. The two see eye-to-eye on almost nothing, but Lorelai respects the solidarity of motherhood and will go behind Rory's back when Rory conspires with Lane to do something Mrs. Kim disapproves of. This has the strange effect of making Mrs. Kim the sole person alive who Lorelai will ever cross Rory for.
* PerpetualFrowner: She's rarely seen smiling.
* TeamMom: Evolves into this for Lane's band. Although she has reservations about her daughter being in a rock band, it is clear she cares about them and wants them to succeed, especially when she helps Hep Alien go on tour.
* TerseTalker: Mama Kim lives, runs the business, and raises her daughter by simple rules ('You break, you buy!', 'No boys!') and doesn't have to waste words to get people into obeying her.
* TookALevelInKindness: She remains strict, but she eventually mellows slightly, going from not allowing Lane to even ''speak'' to boys and forcing Lane to hide music and makeup under the floorboards, to helping Zach write a song ([[ItMakesSenseInContext to prove he's worthy of Lane's hand]]), lovingly giving Lane her grandmother's wedding ring, and sincerely encouraging Lane to follow her dreams and become a professional drummer. Perhaps Lane moving out was the wake-up call she needed?
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dean Forester]]
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JaredPadalecki

A Stars Hollow high school student from Chicago who eventually becomes Rory's first boyfriend.
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[[folder: Zach van Gerbig]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ToddLowe

The lead singer and guitarist of the band Hep Alien, who becomes Lane's boyfriend and eventual husband.

* CharacterDevelopment: He goes from being a happy-go-lucky slacker to a reliable husband and father by the end of the series and the revival. At one point, he even laments that he has to balance out his 9-to-5 career with his rocker lifestyle.
* ChickMagnet: He is several times seen to be quite popular among the ladies and eventually even Lane falls for him.
* ChildrenRaiseYou: Once [[spoiler: Lane gets pregnant, a lot of Zach's slacker tendencies fall by the wayside as he prepares for the kids.]]
* CommanderContrarian: If there is a conflict in the band, Zach will be the one causing it.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Goes over-the-top when he thinks other guys (even Brian) might be interested in Lane.
* GuiltyPleasures:
** In episode 11 of the 4th season, "In the Clamor and the Clangor", it is highly implied that he actually likes Music/{{NSYNC}} and that they are his guilty pleasure. But, he didn't want to admit it and got a little bit defensive when the band teased him about it (they, too, revealed their guilty pleasures -- which did not include boy bands or bubblegum pop acts though).
** He secretly plays banjo in a bluegrass band.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Immature, lazy, selfish, but he genuinely loves Lane.
* LadykillerInLove: Before falling in love with Lane, he was a womanizer.
* LikesOlderWomen: The first time he meets the Gilmore girls. He isn't much interested in Rory, but makes passes on Lorelai whom he considers StacysMom archetype.
* ManChild: Not the most mature member of the group, to say the least.
* MistakenForCheating: In season 5 when he hides his bluegrass playing from Lane.
* SecondLove: For Lane. Dave was her first serious love, but after Dave moves to California, Zack replaces Dave as Lane's romantic interest.
* TheSlacker: When he is not playing, arguing or womanizing, he is usually seen playing video games or lazying around the (dirty) house and trying to delegate chores to Lane or Brian.
* SurferDude: He speaks in TotallyRadical and has a cool-wannabe attitude, for example forbidding Gil to talk about parental matters because it's not 'rock and roll'.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Brian started out as Dave's weird teammates without much of character depth.

[[folder: Brian Fuller]]
->'''Played by:''' John Cabrera

The bassist of Hep Alien and eventually one of Lane's roommates when she moves out of her mother's house. He is a proud geek with a lot of quirky interests.
* NerdGlasses: Wears a pair and his look is a honest indication about his personality.
* ProudToBeAGeek: He has a tattoo of [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]], according to Lane.
* ShipTease: With Kyon. Her and Brian are visibly interested in each other from the day when Brian impressed her with his knowledge of Korean culture.
* SicklyNeuroticGeek: He suffers from asthma, hypoglycemia, and has a deviated septum, among other things.
* TheSmartGuy: Between him, Zach and Gil, Brian is the only one who has the ambition to read or learn about anything.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Zach started out as Dave's weird teammates without much of character depth.
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[[folder: Dave Rygalski]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/AdamBrody
A guitar player and music afficionado who has an instant connection with Lane after they meet.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Lane.
* {{Determinator}}: In regards to dating Lane. After the Bible quest even Mrs Kim was impressed.
* FirstLove: Lane had several crushes during the show - notably Henry - but admitted Dave was the first one she felt so strongly about.
* NiceGuy: A friendly person and a caring boyfriend. Even Mrs Kim likes him.
* OffscreenBreakup: His last appearance is in season 3, but
* OnlySaneMan: The most level-headed one in the band.
* PutOnABus: Leaves [[Series/TheOC "for California"]] after Season 3.
* SecretRelationship: With Lane. They hide their relationship for a while because Lane's mom only wants her to date Korean guys.
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[[folder: Taylor Doose]]
->'''Played by:''' Michael Winters

The selectmen of Stars Hollow and owner of the local grocery store.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Because of how annoying and obsessed about ridiculous town matters he is, nobody has much patience for him. However, when it hits the critical point and Jackson runs against Taylor for a selectman and wins by a landslide, turns out that Taylor is the best candidate for that job... exactly because he's the only one willing to take care of the ridiculous town matters.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Is apparently considered this in-universe, going by the revival.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: He's the town selectman and for the most part, he's seldom taken seriously.
* ButtMonkey: Taylor is basically the town butt monkey of Stars Hollow and is even the butt monkey amongst his family. Shockingly enough, Lorelai seems to be the only person to have any sympathy for him.
* ControlFreak: Hooboy, is he a stickler for the rules.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He's definitely not "evil" but when his obsessive and overbearing actions lead to Jackson beating him by a landslide for Town Selectman he seems genuinely dumbfounded that there were negative consequences to how he did the job.
* HiddenDepths: Always wanted to be a magician, as he reveals to Miss Patty every dance marathon.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's unbelievably obnoxious, but usually just tries to do what is right in his mind (or is simply self-serving at worst). Townspeople mostly acknowledge that Taylor is a good guy, but don't have much patience for him anyhow.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Seems to take a perverse delight in insisting every rule be followed to a tee, particularly when it irritates others.
* SitcomArchnemesis: To Luke, who seems to be the only person in Stars Hollow to disapprove and speak out against Taylor's obsessive need to control every aspect of the town. The rest of the townspeople tends to treat Taylor as a joke and Luke's feuds with him as another one.

[[folder: Babette Dell]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SallyStruthers

Lorelai and Rory's loud, eccentric, but loving next-door neighbor. She treats the two girls like her own daughters. Just among the many of Stars Hollow's zany bunch.

* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: She's short and chubby while her husband Morey is tall and thin.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A serious example even among eccentric neighbors (though not nearly as much as Kirk). She's quirky, has a strange voice, and often makes inappropriate comments.
* GossipyHens: Along with Miss Patty, knows every bit of gossip in the town and happily broadcasts it.
* HappilyMarried: With Morey. She frequently mentions her husband but she appears more often than him.
* KindheartedCatLover: Nearly bordering on CrazyCatLady at times. Babette can't resist taking in cats and treats them like her own children.
* NoIndoorVoice: She talks in very loud voice all the time.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Morey is usually very quiet and hardly ever speaks but she's very chatty and talkative.
* UrbanLegendLoveLife: At least the way Babette describes it. Apparently she's pushed out of a moving car by a guy and was even part of a cult once.

[[folder: Patricia "Miss Patty" Lacosta]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LizTorres

An older woman who runs Miss Patty's School of Ballet in Stars Hollow. She was once quite the starlet and dancer in her youth and never fails to bring it up. Miss Patty is also very involved in the town's politics.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: She's large, but still very beautiful, especially when you consider her age. The revival features her having lost a lot of weight and with a completely different hairdo.
* DeadpanSnarker: Like almost everyone in Stars Hollow, she deals with Taylor with crippling sarcasm. Or just telling him to shut up.
* DirtyOldWoman: Flirts with every man who crosses her path, regardless of age.
* GossipyHens: She usually stands in front of her ballet school and surveys the town for new interesting bits to see or hear, and she happily passes the knowledge. She's never malicious.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Used to have quite a career on the stage as a beautiful dancer/actress, apparently.
* TheLancer: Serves as this to Taylor Doose. Whenever Taylor's not running the town meeting, Patty is. Appears to serve a high ranking position in town but it is unclear what that positition is, elected or not.
* MrsRobinson: Granted Miss Patty flirts with men of all ages, she seems particular fond of handsome young men.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: No one ever calls her "Patricia."
* SerialSpouse: With at least four different husbands, according to a conversation between her and Lorelai.
* SpicyLatina: Miss Patty is what happens when this character type grows up and never loses her fiery personality.
* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Many of her scandalous stories seem to involve famous actors from her heyday as a dancer. Nobody really seems sure if she's telling the truth or not.
* WomenAreWiser: Particularly when Taylor is involved. Despite her over-the-top personality, she seems much more grounded and level-headed than him.

[[folder: Mia]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ElizabethFranz (Season 2), Creator/KathyBaker (Season 7)
The owner of the Independence Inn in Stars Hollow. She took in a 17-year old Lorelai and an infant Rory when she ran away from her parents' home and arrived at Stars Hollow, giving her a place to stay and a job.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Lorelai's relationship with Mia is much more warm and loving than her relationship with Emily.
* FirstNameBasis: Mia is the only one allowed to refer to Luke by his actual name "Lucas".
* ParentalSubstitute: Mother figure to Lorelai and a grandmother figure to Rory.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears in a total of 2 episodes throughout the entire series, but her act of kindness in the show's backstory has a major impact.

[[folder: Gypsy]]
->'''Played by:''' Rose Abdoo

* AmbiguouslyBrown: In the very white Stars Hollow.[[note]]Rose Abdoo, who plays her, is of part-Lebanese and part-Dominican descent.[[/note]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Taylor makes her favorite target, but not the only one.
-->'''Jess:''' ''[about his car, being repaired by Gypsy]'' Are you waiting for it to tell you where it hurts?\\
'''Gypsy:''' I've seen dumber things talking.
* GirlishPigtails: Despite her tomboy appearance otherwise
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Assuming "Gypsy" is just a nickname. Her full name is never mentioned.
* WrenchWench: Car trouble in Stars Hollow? Gypsy's your go-to woman.

[[folder: Rachel]]
->'''Played by:''' Lisa Ann Hadley

Luke's old girlfriend who travels around the world working as a photographer. She is said to have once been the great love of Luke's life, but could never stay settled in one place.

* AllergicToRoutine: Part of the reason why her and Luke's relationship didn't work out. She wanted to travel around the world, but he never wanted to leave Stars Hollow.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Rachel recognizes that Luke is in love with Lorelai before he can even admit it to himself.
* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She eventually decides to leave Stars Hollow when she realizes that Luke is in love with Lorelai, not her. For what it's worth, she doesn't seem too bothered by it and tells Luke not to wait to long to tell her.
* InformedAttractiveness: Sookie and Miss Patty describe Rachel as being drop-dead gorgeous, comparing her to Elle [=MacPherson=]. The actress is beautiful, but not quite a supermodel.
* OldFlameFizzle: Rachel came back to Stars Hollow to give her relationship with Luke another try, but it's clear his heart's not in it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Although she disappears from the series after season 1, her photography helps lead Lorelai to rediscovering the old Dragonfly Inn, which is in disrepair. Lorelai and Sookie eventually purchase and renovate it. Rachel also helps push Luke along to realizing his feelings for Lorelai, which takes him a few seasons to act on.
* SmallTownBoredom: One of the reasons Rachel decided to become a photographer since she didn't want to stay in one place for too long.

[[folder: Cesar]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ArisAlvarado

* BigFun: He's both obese and always cheerful, sunny and polite to customers, in contrast to Luke.
* BumblingSidekick: Sometimes to Luke.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Aris Alvarado can be spotted as an extra in season 1 at Rory's Chilton dance.
* SpearCounterpart: To Sookie who is a chef as he works in the kitchen of Luke's diner. Though Cesar is much less important than Sookie.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Morey Dell]]
->'''Played by:''' Ted Rooney

The Gilmore girls' next-door neighbor and Babette's husband. He carries himself with a very cool demeanor and is a talented musician.

* CoolShades: He wears sunglasses.
* HappilyMarried: With Babette. He's frequently mentioned by his wife.
* NiceHat: He is usually wearing a black pork pie hat.
* KindheartedCatLover: Much like Babette, he cares deeply about cats and is one of the nicest guys in Stars Hollow. He does become distressed when Kirk adopts a cat that won't stop attacking him, though.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Morey is usually very quiet and hardly ever speaks but his wife is very chatty and talkative.

[[folder: Andrew]]
->'''Played by:''' Mike Gandolfi

The owner of the local bookstore.

* FlatCharacter: Never really makes an impression but is featured just as regularly as the rest of the Stars Hollow peanut gallery.
* OnlySaneMan: Averted. He may not be as "weird" as everyone else but he also doesn't seem to call out the others on their eccentricities either.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Unlike most of the Star's Hollow residents Andrew is very "normal". Never really stands out and doesn't really possess the quirky traits of his fellow townsmen.

[[folder: Nicole Leahy]]
->'''Played by:''' Tricia O'Kelley

An attorney who works with Taylor Doose. She becomes Luke's girlfriend in season 3.
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* AccidentalMarriage: Luke and Nicole get married offscreen in between seasons 3 and 4. Most of the rest of the season deals with their crumbling relationship and divorce.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Luke's Archie.
* FourthDateMarriage: Nicole and Luke had only been together a few months at most when they decided to get married on their romantic cruise together.
* OffscreenBreakup: Luke and Nicole's divorce gets finalized when he discovers she's been cheating on him in their home.
* TemporaryLoveInterest: The last of Luke's love interests before he starts dating Lorelai.

[[folder: Liz Danes]]
->'''Played by:''' Kathleen Wilhoite

* AbusiveParents: Of the deeply neglectful and self-absorbed kind. She essentially leaves Jess to raise himself and apparently spent more time drinking and going through a string of terrible men rather than taking care of her son, with a strong implication that she did marijuana and other drugs around him as well. Even on Christmas, she doesn't ask to see him.
* TheAlcoholic: She apparently binge drank without realizing she was pregnant with Jess.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Luke, although he loves her.
* TheAtoner: Knows she's messed up in the past, knows the reputation she has and is trying to be better.
* BetaCouple: She's Luke's younger sister and had a string of bad short-term relationship. However, her relationship with TJ is stable, while Luke has ups and downs with Lorelai.
* BigBrotherWorship: Adores her big brother Luke
* CallingParentsByTheirName: Her son Jess almost exclusively calls her Liz, highlighting their strained relationship.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She and T.J. even joined a vegetable-growing cult by ''accident'', needing Luke and Jess to bail them out. Luckily for them, they were apparently ''too odd'' for the cult and got kicked out before Luke and Jess save them. Jess flat out calls her a whackjob as he angrily rants about the state of his life to his biological father.
* {{Foil}}: Is a Sookier version of Lorelai. She has a lot of Sookie's personality -- is optimistic, impulsive, funny, creative, not always that reliable -- and a lot of Lorelai's life situation -- teen mother, gone through a lot of relationships, but instead of her mother being cold and strict she died when Liz was young, while her father is implied to have been distant with her.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: She references that she was [[TheAlcoholic a binge drinker]] and marijuana user in the past, and went through a string of crappy boyfriends and husbands before she met T.J. All this while apparently forgetting that she had a son. By the time she shows up in Stars Hollow with T.J., she has apparently cleaned up her act although Jess doesn't fully believe her.
* JunkieParent: Heavily implied to be this throughout Jess's childhood.
* MaternallyChallenged: And she knows it. In addition the other tropes mentioned here, when Liz becomes pregnant in season 7, she freaks out that she will makes the same mistakes with the new baby as she did with Jess.
* ParentalNeglect: She packs off Jess, her troubled teenage son, and sends him off to his uncle Luke while none of them had any word in the matter prior to Jess' arrival to Stars Hollow. Jess practically states that she rarely paid attention to him and mostly ignored him, being wrapped up in her own matters in getting drunk, high or finding a man.
-->'''Jess:''' She does not care what we think. She really doesn't care what I think. I've got nineteen years of proof to back me up.
* TheStoner: She used to be a heavy pot smoker, but since quit.
* TeenPregnancy: It's implied she had Jess as a teenager, much like Lorelai had Rory.

[[folder: TJ]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelDeluise

* TheDitz: In his [[{{Flanderization}} later appearances]]. He wasn't initially presented as a particularly bright guy, but later devolved to someone whom a construction crew can trick into thinking he's the boss, while sending him off to buy them sandwiches to get him out of the way.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's an obnoxious moron.. but he genuinely loves Liz and sees Luke as family.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: He's one for Luke. In a variation, T.J. is more obliviously obnoxious, he does like Luke and treats him like family. Luke just sort of tolerates him for Liz's sake (Jess flat out can't stand him).
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: During one episode, he imposes himself on Luke and Lorelai's romantic dinner after having a spat with Liz, to Luke's annoyance, though as usual he's oblivious to it.

[[folder: Lindsay Lister]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ArielleKebbel

* AlliterativeName: Until she married Dean, anyway.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Rory's Veronica.
* DisposableFiance: She was so disposable that Louise was able to predict her marriage with Dean breaking because of Rory despite ''never even meeting her''.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: ''Michel'' found her attractive.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She is offended when she overhears Rory complaining that Dean is dropping out of college and working all the time to make money to afford the things Lindsay wants, and why doesn't ''Lindsay'' get a job... then a few episodes later she has a fight with Dean because she's sitting at home bored while he works all the time. Neither of them consider the possibility of Lindsay [[CuttingTheKnot getting a job to help out with their finances and also keep her occupied]].
* LethalChef: Apparently. Though she tried her best to improve for Dean's sake and seemed to make some progress.
* ProperlyParanoid: After overhearing her husband's ex-girlfriend verbally trashing her in the town market, Lindsay tells Dean she doesn't want him talking to Rory anymore. Four episodes later, their affair starts.
* SpoiledBrat: She's immature and would rather have fun than acknowledge that her husband has to work, but she cares about Dean and consequently tries to improve in cooking to please him.
* VirginInAWhiteDress: In the fifth season, when she doesn't have any JerkAss moments and her innocence is played up as [[spoiler:the extramarital affair's wronged party]].

[[folder: Lulu]]
->'''Played by:''' Rini Bell
Kirk's girlfriend.

* AmbiguousDisorder: While being seen with Kirk a lot makes her appear down-to-earth, she still has the ability to throw screaming fits over pink bows in public without seeing anything unusual about it.
* BerserkButton: While not as quirky as many Stars Hollowers, she gets very upset if you threaten her love of pink.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Kirk's, as probably the only one that gets him.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: For Kirk. He describes her as a woman who made him enjoy his life to its fullest. She's a teacher and, when seen in person, she's not actually very quirky or crazy.
* NiceGirl: An utter sweetheart.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: The entire town wonders what she sees in Kirk, including Kirk himself.

[[folder: Fran Weston]]
->'''Played by:''' Linda Porter

The local baker

* CharacterDeath: Her death in season three is what leads to Lorelai and Sookie starting the Dragonfly Inn.
* CloudCuckooLander: Fran acts oblivious to her own mortality.
* SweetBaker: Fran is a very sweet old woman who owns and runs a bakery.

[[folder: Tom]]
->'''Played by:''' Biff Yeager

The construction guy Lorelai always hires.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Always speaks in an apathetic tone and hardly says a line that isn't a snark.

[[folder: Kyon]]
->'''Played by:''' Susane Lee

A studious and shy exchange student from Korea.
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* CulturalRebel: She hides her American tastes like Lane did. Lane is even bemused when she finds out that Kyon likes Avril Lavigne.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Moves in with Mrs. Kim after Lane moves out. Lane even calls her on it.
* ShipTease: She shows interest in Brian after finding out his love of Korean culture.
* SuperGullible: Kyon never watches TV due to believing that Mrs. Kim can know when she watches it even when she isn't around and calls French fries "the devil's starchy fingers."

[[folder: Rev. Archie Skinner]]
->'''Played by:''' Jim Jansen

The local man of the church. His church doubles as a Synagogue.
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* OnlySaneMan: One of the few townspeople who is able to challenge Taylor's ludicrous actions as town selectman.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Rabbi David Barans.

[[folder:Sophie Bloom]]
->'''Played by:''' Carole King
The music store owner. Moves to Stars Hollow from New York in season two.
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* CastingGag: The character was a successful musician in the seventies, rather like her actress.

[[folder: April Nardini]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/VanessaMarano

Luke's long-lost daughter; he doesn't find out about her existence until season six.

* AcademicAthlete: Mostly academic, but she's also an enthusiastic swimmer.
* BookSmart: She's introduced doing a science fair experiment, which wins her second prize. She attends M.I.T. in the revival.
* BrainyBrunette: A very smart, dark-haired girl who loves science. ''A Year in the Life'' reveals that she's an MIT student.
* BrutalHonesty: Self-admitted in the original series, she's a NiceGirl but can be too blunt with her opinions.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: April originally does this with Luke. She starts calling him 'Dad' once they begin to develop a bond.
* CousinOliver: A young, precocious character added in during a rather unpopular stretch of the show.
* HollywoodNerd: April is supposed to be a dork, but aside from her NerdGlasses, she's actually quite lovely.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: To, well, Luke.
* {{Meganekko}}: She wears NerdGlasses.
* NoSenseOfHumor: Self-admitted in the revival; she's working on it.
* ReplacementFlatCharacter: As Rory has become a confident college girl in later seasons, April is introduced to fill the role of the cute, geeky, and naïve teenager like early Rory.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: In college, to the point where Luke needed a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a book about natural philosophy just to decode a letter she sent him.

[[folder: Anna Nardini]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SherilynFenn

Luke's ex-girlfriend and the mother of April. She and Luke don't see each other after their breakup until after April tests Luke's DNA for her science fair project.