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** [[UsefulNotes/JamesMadison Dolly Madison]] would have been the only one who brought anything homemade to the Chilton bakesale if Lorelai doesn't bake.
** Mr. Medina thinks Lorelai does a great UsefulNotes/HenryVIII.
** Creator/MNightShyamalan, director of Film/TheSixthSense, lived in Philadelphia, so Lane would like to live there.

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** [[UsefulNotes/JamesMadison Dolly Madison]] would have been the only one who brought anything homemade to the Chilton bakesale bake sale if Lorelai doesn't bake.
** Mr. Medina thinks Lorelai does a great UsefulNotes/HenryVIII.
''UsefulNotes/HenryVIII''.
** Creator/MNightShyamalan, director of Film/TheSixthSense, ''Film/TheSixthSense'', lived in Philadelphia, so Lane would like to live there.



** Max claims, not inaccurately, that stunting Rory's growth like in Literature/MommieDearest might not be the best plan.

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** Max claims, not inaccurately, that stunting Rory's growth like in Literature/MommieDearest ''Literature/MommieDearest'' might not be the best plan.
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** He is named Kirk now (it rhymes with "jerk"), but still doesn't act as [[AmbiguousDisorder ambiguously disordered]] as he will later.

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** He is named Kirk now (it rhymes with "jerk"), but still doesn't act anywhere as [[AmbiguousDisorder ambiguously disordered]] quirky as he will later.
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* JumpScare: Played with. Dean sits down behind Rory on the bus and leans over her shoulder, but she doesn't notice before he speaks, so jumps.


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* ProductPlacement: Rory references Dolly Madison bakery.
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Dewicked trope


* AdultFear: Played with. Babette thinks Morrey will leave her for their grief over Cinnamon.
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** Lorelai: "[[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder You know what's funny?]] Sookie: Creator/JimCarrey.

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** Lorelai: "[[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder You know what's funny?]] funny?]]" Sookie: Creator/JimCarrey."Creator/JimCarrey."
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** You know what's funny? Creator/JimCarrey.

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** Lorelai: "[[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder You know what's funny? funny?]] Sookie: Creator/JimCarrey.
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* HypocriticalHumor: He claims that French people are too obnoxious for him.

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* HypocriticalHumor: He Michel claims that French people are too obnoxious for him.



* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Lorelai asks Sookie rhetorically, "Life is a funny, funny thing, huh?" and Sookie replies that she Jim Carrey hilarious.

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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Lorelai asks Sookie rhetorically, "Life is a funny, funny thing, huh?" and Sookie replies that she finds Jim Carrey hilarious.

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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Lorelai insists that Claudia, who is dead, wasn't her ''cousin'' but, in Emily's words, her father's mother's sister's girl, meaning she was ''Richard's'' first cousin and Lorelai's first cousin once removed.



* Foreshadowing: Plenty of references to a future wedding with Max.

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: Plenty of references to a future wedding with Max.


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* RunningGag: Dean saying hi to Rory and her yelling in surprise.

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'''Season 1, episode 5'''

!!Cinnamon's Wake



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* BlatantLies: Michel claims to be a country boy from Tex-ahs.

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* BlatantLies: Michel claims to be a country boy from Tex-ahs.Tex-ahs who doesn't speak or understand French.



* BrickJoke: Lorelai pretending to forget about the bakesale over and over.



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Emily pretends to take Lorelai's quip about her and Richard knowing Nazis seriously.
** Then Lorelai thinks ''Emily'' is serious when she claims to have known a Nazi once.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Rory forgets that buses make stops and has a small freak-out about Dean being trapped on her bus until Hartford.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Miss Patty acts like she's never met Kirk before.
** He is named Kirk now (it rhymes with "jerk"), but still doesn't act as [[AmbiguousDisorder ambiguously disordered]] as he will later.



* HypocriticalHumor: He claims that French people are too obnoxious for him.



* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Lorelai asks Sookie rhetorically, "Life is a funny, funny thing, huh?" and Sookie replies that she Jim Carrey hilarious.



** Literature/MommieDearest

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** Literature/MommieDearestMax claims, not inaccurately, that stunting Rory's growth like in Literature/MommieDearest might not be the best plan.


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* StopBeingStereotypical: Michel discusses it when he tries to avoid the group of Frenchmen who are staying at the inn.


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* TorchesAndPitchforks: Lorelai figures it was people with this, and not his hatred of other stereotypical French people, that drove Michel out of France.
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* LameExcuse: Max thinks "the neighbor's cat died" sounds like one.
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* NoInfantileAmnesia: Invoked. Emily expects Lorelai to remember the moonlanding, which happened the year she turned one.

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* NoInfantileAmnesia: Invoked. Emily expects Lorelai to remember the moonlanding, which happened the year after she turned one.was born.
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* AdultFear: Played with. Babette thinks Morrey will leave her for their grief over Cinnamon.


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* CaptainObvious: Lorelai tells Rory that Max is her teacher.
* Foreshadowing: Plenty of references to a future wedding with Max.


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** Creator/AngelinaJolie and Creator/BillyBobThornton prove that you don't choose who you're attracted to.

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Cinnamon dies of a combination of clam poisoning and old age. Rory feels awkward around Dean.

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Rory feels awkward around Dean. Max persuades Lorelai to date him. Cinnamon dies of a combination of clam poisoning and old age. Rory feels awkward around Dean.
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* LameExcuse: Max thinks "the neighbor's cat died" sounds like one.


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** Literature/MommieDearest
** You know what's funny? Creator/JimCarrey.


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* WritersCannotDoMath: 260 cat years is approximately 56 calendar years, so unless the veterinary is exaggerating to make Morrey feel better, this middle-aged couple have had this cat since their childhood.

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Cinnamon dies of clam poisoning, or possibly old age. Rory feels awkward around Dean.

!!Provides examples of:

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Cinnamon dies of a combination of clam poisoning, or possibly poisoning and old age. Rory feels awkward around Dean.

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* AllGermansAreNazis: Lorelai jokes about Richard visiting Nazis when she hears he's in Germany. Emily gets her back by pretending to take her seriously.



* BlatantLies: Michel claims to be a country boy from Texas.

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* BlatantLies: Michel claims to be a country boy from Texas.Tex-ahs.



* MustHaveCaffeine: Lorelai likes coffee with her oxygen.



* ShoutOut: [[UsefulNotes/JamesMadison Dolly Madison]] would have been the only one who brought anything homemade to the Chilton bakesale if Lorelai doesn't bake. Mr. Medina thinks Lorelai does a great UsefulNotes/HenryVIII. Creator/MNightShyamalan, director of Film/TheSixthSense, lived in Philadelphia, so Lane would like to live there. Lorelai wants to be in Music/TheBangles.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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[[UsefulNotes/JamesMadison Dolly Madison]] would have been the only one who brought anything homemade to the Chilton bakesale if Lorelai doesn't bake. bake.
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Mr. Medina thinks Lorelai does a great UsefulNotes/HenryVIII. UsefulNotes/HenryVIII.
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Creator/MNightShyamalan, director of Film/TheSixthSense, lived in Philadelphia, so Lane would like to live there. there.
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Lorelai wants to be in Music/TheBangles.Music/TheBangles.
* TakeThat: Michel really hates Frenchmen.
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Cinnamon dies.

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Cinnamon dies.
dies of clam poisoning, or possibly old age. Rory feels awkward around Dean.



* ShoutOut

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* ShoutOutBetterThanSex: The plums at Doose's shop as far as Miss Patty is concerned.
* BlatantLies: Michel claims to be a country boy from Texas.
* BilingualBonus: Michel eventually agrees to speak French to the French tourists.
* NoInfantileAmnesia: Invoked. Emily expects Lorelai to remember the moonlanding, which happened the year she turned one.
* OutOfContextEavesdropping: The old man who inserts himself between Lorelai and Max just as they discuss whether Rory is mature enough to have a mother who dates her teacher.
* ShoutOut: [[UsefulNotes/JamesMadison Dolly Madison]] would have been the only one who brought anything homemade to the Chilton bakesale if Lorelai doesn't bake. Mr. Medina thinks Lorelai does a great UsefulNotes/HenryVIII. Creator/MNightShyamalan, director of Film/TheSixthSense, lived in Philadelphia, so Lane would like to live there. Lorelai wants to be in Music/TheBangles.
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Cinnamon dies.

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