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* BilingualBonus: Luke says Kirk doesn't have to tip him, saying "Welcome to France", prompting Kirk to reply "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Gracias]]".

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* BilingualBonus: Luke says Kirk doesn't have to tip him, saying "Welcome to France", France," prompting Kirk to reply "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Gracias]]".Gracias]]."



* BrickJoke: Rory changes Lorelai's comment in the guest book to "I sat and forever am at work here" (from "Satanic forces are at work here"). When they leave and the owner hopes they had a nice stay, Lorelai repeats Rory's edit to her.

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* BrickJoke: Rory changes Lorelai's comment in the guest book to "I sat and forever am at work here" (from "Satanic "satanic forces are at work here"). When they leave and the owner hopes they had a nice stay, Lorelai repeats Rory's edit to her.



** Rory's thinks "cool B&B" is the same, comparing it to "an understated Creator/NicolasCage movie".

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** Rory's thinks "cool B&B" is the same, comparing it to "an understated Creator/NicolasCage movie".movie."
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** Rory thinks saying "a cool B&B" is like saying "an understated Creator/NicolasCage movie.

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** Rory thinks saying "a cool B&B" is like saying "an understated Creator/NicolasCage movie."



** Lorelai thinks their room is the only one in the world that would have made Music/{{Liberace}} say "whoa, step back, no one's that gay".
** Lorelai suggests singing Music/SexPistols' ''Anarchy in the U.K.'' at the top of their lungs.

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** Lorelai thinks their room is the only one in the world that would have made Music/{{Liberace}} say "whoa, step back, no one's that gay".
gay."
** Lorelai suggests singing Music/SexPistols' ''Anarchy "Anarchy in the U.K.'' " at the top of their lungs.



** Rory reads Literature/MrsDalloway while Lorelai tries to find out what Emily got her for her wedding.

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** Rory reads Literature/MrsDalloway ''Literature/MrsDalloway'' while Lorelai tries to find out what Emily got her for her wedding.



** Lane got the cd's she bought in Korea into the US by strapping them to her body like in Film/MidnightExpress.

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** Lane got the cd's she bought in Korea into the US by strapping them to her body like in Film/MidnightExpress.''Film/MidnightExpress''.
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* DownerEnding: The fake book Lorelai claims she published, "The Horse Who Wanted To Bark", ends with the horse dying.
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** Lorelai threatens to fall in love with a separated Catholic like Creator/KatharineHepburn in Creator/SpencerTracy.
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** When the radio announces that Music/Hootie&TheBlowfish are up next, both Rory and Lorelai let out a loud groan.

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** When the radio announces that Music/Hootie&TheBlowfish Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish are up next, both Rory and Lorelai let out a loud groan.
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** When the radio announces that Music/Hootie&TheBlowfish are up next, both Rory and Lorelai let out a loud groan.
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** Rory's thinks "cool B&B" is the same, comparing it to "an understated Creator/NicolasCage movie".

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The Gilmore girls take a road trip and end up visiting Harvard. They spend a couple of nights at an inn.

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The Gilmore girls take a road trip and end up visiting Harvard. They visit the dorm. Rory audits a philosophy class, with no one suspecting she's sixteen. Lorelai looks at the people who graduated they year she would have graduated.

They spend a couple of nights at an inn.
inn. Their room has wallpaper with flower motif and there's a grey cat named Sammy. The other guests treat Rory like a small child.



* BilingualBonus: Luke says Kirk doesn't have to tip him, saying "Welcome to France", prompting Kirk to reply "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Gracias]]".



** Subverted with Lorelai's story about being a publisher of children's books. The other B&Ber believes her and claims ro have heard of one of the generic made-up titles.



** The inn owner claims the cat who has been on the stairs their entire stay is hardly ever on the stairs.

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** The inn owner claims the cat who has been on the stairs their entire stay is hardly ever on the stairs. Every shot of the stairs, the cat is lying their washing itself.
* BrickJoke: Rory changes Lorelai's comment in the guest book to "I sat and forever am at work here" (from "Satanic forces are at work here"). When they leave and the owner hopes they had a nice stay, Lorelai repeats Rory's edit to her.
* CaptainObvious:
** Rory insists they can't give themselves their own Harvard tour, not knowing anything about the place. Lorelai points out that they know its location: right in front of them.
** Rory points out that a sign says "residents only" in plain English.
* {{Elopement}}: Emily accuses Lorelai of eloping to cruelly keep her out of her wedding. Lorelai clarifies that she simply called off the wedding.



** Rory thinks saying "a cool B&B" is like saying "an understated Creator/NicolasCage movie.



** Lorelai thinks their room is the only one in the world that would have made Music/{{Liberace}} say "whoa, step back, no one's that gay".
** Lorelai suggests singing Music/SexPistols' ''Anarchy in the U.K.'' at the top of their lungs.



** Don't argue with the inn owner because it's Film/{{Chinatown}}.

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** Don't Creator/HenryJames was a Harvard graduate, Lorelai reads from a pamphlet.
** If Rory's roommate listens to Music/LinkinPark she'll have to drop out.
** Rory says not to
argue with the inn owner because it's Film/{{Chinatown}}.''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.


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** Lorelai claims she parked her car "[[Music/VanMorrison close enough for jazz]]" to the sidewalk.
** Lane found Music/ElvisCostello at the Marquee in 1978, Music/{{Nico}} doing barely coherent Music/TheDoors songs in 1974, and Music/IggyPop doing Music/DavidBowie songs in 1981 in Seoul.
** Lane got the cd's she bought in Korea into the US by strapping them to her body like in Film/MidnightExpress.
* StupidQuestionBait: Luke makes the mistake of saying there is no such thing as a stupid question, compelling Lorelai to disprove his claim by asking how ink comes out of pens.


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--->'''Rory:''' (reading) "Satanic forces are at work here."


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-->'''Rory:''' I have only read like three hundred books in my entire life and I'm already sixteen!
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'''Season 2, episode 4'''

!!The Road Trip to Harvard
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* RunawayBride: Lorelai bails on the noght before her wedding.

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* RunawayBride: Lorelai bails on the noght night before her wedding.

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* BlatantLies: Rory claims to not be hiding a map.
** The girls they run into claiming to be Angie and Trish are weirded out by a thirty-something woman talking Valley Girl slang at them.
** The inn owner claims the cat is hardly ever on the stairs.

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* BlatantLies: BlatantLies:
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Rory claims to not be hiding a map.
road map on their road trip.
** The girls they run into at Harvard while claiming to be Angie and Trish are weirded out by a thirty-something woman talking Valley Girl slang at them.
** The inn owner claims the cat who has been on the stairs their entire stay is hardly ever on the stairs.



* RunawayBride
* SeamlessSpontaneousLie: Lorelai doesn't want to talk to strangers about running away from her wedding, so makes up a story about being a publisher.

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* RunawayBride
RunawayBride: Lorelai bails on the noght before her wedding.
* SeamlessSpontaneousLie: SeamlessSpontaneousLie:
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Lorelai doesn't want to talk to strangers about running away from her wedding, so makes up a story about being a publisher.



* TakeThatMe: Rory berates herself for not having read thirteen million books yet.

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* TakeThatMe: Rory berates herself for not having read thirteen million books yet.yet.
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** It's the first time Lorelai has been in her car without Music/ACDC.

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** It's the first time Lorelai has been in her car without Music/ACDC.Music/{{ACDC}}.
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** Rory won't room with someone who like Music/LinkinPark.

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** Rory won't room with someone who like likes Music/LinkinPark.
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* RiddleForTheAges: We never find out what Emily got Lorelai for her wedding.


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** Rory reads Literature/MrsDalloway while Lorelai tries to find out what Emily got her for her wedding.

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* BlatantLies: Subverted with Lorelai's cover story where she's a publisher.

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* BlatantLies: Subverted with Lorelai's cover story where she's Rory claims to not be hiding a publisher.map.
** The girls they run into claiming to be Angie and Trish are weirded out by a thirty-something woman talking Valley Girl slang at them.
** The inn owner claims the cat is hardly ever on the stairs.



* SeamlessSpontaneousLie: Lorelai doesn't want to talk to strangers about running away from her wedding, so makes up a story about being a publisher.
** Lorelai letting a guy at Harvard think she's a fellow student.



** Don't argue with the inn owner because it's Film/{{Chinatown}}.



** What Lorelai writes in the guest book.

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** What Lorelai writes in the guest book.book.
** Rory won't room with someone who like Music/LinkinPark.
* TakeThatMe: Rory berates herself for not having read thirteen million books yet.
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The Gilmore girls take a road trip and end up visiting Harvard. They spend a couple of nights at an inn.

!!Tropes
* BlatantLies: Subverted with Lorelai's cover story where she's a publisher.
* RunawayBride
* ShoutOut:
** It's the first time Lorelai has been in her car without Music/ACDC.
** The inn they stay at is named [[Literature/AliceInWonderland The Cheshire Cat]].
** Lorelai has a Franchise/HelloKitty waffle iron.
** At a Music/{{U2}} concert, Rory is Lorelai's best friend, but not when they're arguing about Lorelai's love life in a flowery bedroom.
* TakeThat:
** Lorelai feels that "Christian rock" is an oxymoron.
** What Lorelai writes in the guest book.

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