History Recap / GilmoreGirlsS02E06

** Lorelai stores her Viennese waltz between ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' reruns and the lyrics to "[[Music/{{Blondie}} Rapture]]."

** According to Lorelai, ladies can't do anything on principle. All they can do is walk around with a book on their head and recite the mantra "I am completely helpless".

Lorelai mercilessly mocks the whole concept of "being a lady". Richard fights with Emily and reveals that he is being phased out of his company. After the ball Christopher reveals that he is dating a woman named Sherry.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Inverted. Lorelai hates everything about debutante balls: the coming out to society, how every girl dreams of this day, the flowers, the music… but the cake is actually pretty good.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Inverted. Lorelai hates everything about debutante balls: the coming out to society, how every girl dreams of this day, the flowers, the music… but he cake is actually pretty good.

* DowryDilemma: Rory convinces Lorelai to let her go to the debutante ball, and Lorelai gets ahead of this problem by giving her a porcelaine dog figurine as dowry.

** Lorelai claims it's not their fault her parents were re-enacting Theatre/TheLionKing without the puppet heads when they arrived.

** Going to the patio is like being the drummer in Film/SpinalTap.

** Chris asks if Lorelai told Rory about socialites Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, or Gloria Vanderbilt to talk her out of being a debutante. Lorelai says the girl is ready to marry Creator/CaryGrant, get offed by her butler and design blue jeans.
** Lorelai thinks Christopher would sooner sit through Film/EndlessLove than go to a debutante ball.

** Rory bribes Dean with a promis to watch Series/BattleBots with him for a month if he comes to the ball with her.
** Rory wants to read the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', and by the sound of it she does.

** Lorelai stores her Viennese waltz between Series/TheBradyBunch reruns and the lyrics to ''[[Music/{{Blondie}} Rapture]]''.

** Lorelai tells Luke she left behing a [[Literature/{{Cinderella}} glass slipper]] – and a business card in case the prince is really dumb.

* DowryDilemma: Rory convinces Lorelai to let her go to the debutante ball, and gets ahead of this problem by giving her a porcelaine dog figurine as dowry.

** Lorelai figures Sherrie is named after the Music/{{Journey}} song.

* ExpositoryHairstyle: Rory puts her hair up to pretend she's a lady.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Lorelai claims the I-84 isn't that far away. It goes from Oregon to Utah.

* YourCheatingHeart: Emily's gossip group tell her that Eugene [[ActorAllusion Bishop]] left his wife Truely for his other family in Salisbury.

Emily and her DAR friends convince Rory to come out at a debutante ball. Lorelai tries to talk her out of it, but gives in. Christopher is surprised as well, but agrees to do his part escorting her around the floor. Dean also reluctantly agrees to come. Miss Patty tries to teach him and Rory how to waltz, but Rroy struggles with the "following" part.

* BrickJoke: The thing about Neil Young looking cool in a tux. He's Neil Young, after all.

Lorelai mercilessly mocks the whole concept of "being a lady". Richard fights with Emily and reveals that he is being phased out of his company. After the ball Christopher reveals that he is dating a woman named Sherrie.

Maid of the week: Liesal.

* AcousticLicense: Subverted. Rory thinks her parents play Rammstein too loudly in the car, though she's in her room in the house several yards away.

** Emily has fundraisers themed Creator/MarkTwain and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

** Chris asks if Lorelai told Rory about Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, or Gloria Vanderbilt to talk her out of being a debutante. Lorelai says the girl is ready to marry Creator/CaryGrant, get offed by her butler and designing blue jeans.

Emily and her DAR friends convince Rory to come out at a debutante ball. Lorelai tries to talk her out of it, but gives in. Christopher is surprised as well, but agrees to do his part escorting her around the floor. Dean also reluctantly agrees to come.

Maid of the week: Liezl.

Emily and her [=DAR=] friends convince Rory to come out at a debutante ball.

!!Tropes

** Ladies can't do anything on principle. All they can do is walk around with a book on their head and recite the mantra "I am completely helpless".

** Then asks if Terrence [= McNally=] has heard about them.
** Jess wears his Music/Metallica t-shirt.

* TakeThat: Ladies can't do anything on principle. All they can do is walk around with a book on their head and recite the mantra "I am completely helpless".