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* HandwritingAsCharacterization: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] when the girls notice the specials board has been changed to reflect a new dish. Lorelai lavishes compliments on how neat and orderly the handwriting is, thinking it was Luke who wrote it. Rory informs her that the handwriting is Jess's, and she can tell because he's been annotating all her books. Lorelai immediate rescinds all her praise and guesses that Jess's marginalia is things like "play basketball, eat a sandwich."
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** Michel only discusses fluffy subjects like [[Music/SpiceGirls Posh Spice]] and David Beckham with his mother.

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** Michel only discusses fluffy subjects like [[Music/SpiceGirls Posh Spice]] and David Beckham UsefulNotes/DavidBeckham with his mother.
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* LiteralMinded: Lorelai walks into Luke's diner; Luke says "sit wherever you want". Cue Lorelai asking a customer if he can move tables so she can sit at that one.

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* LiteralMinded: Lorelai walks into Luke's diner; Luke says "sit wherever you want". want." Cue Lorelai asking a customer if he can move tables so she can sit at that one.



* ProductPlacement: Lane mocks her aptitude for sales by doing a pitch for whip-o-matic. Subverted since she's basically doing an impression of a seventies' commercial, but Ronco was still in business at the time of the episode.

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* ProductPlacement: Lane mocks her aptitude for sales by doing a pitch for whip-o-matic. Subverted since she's basically doing an impression of a seventies' 70's commercial, but Ronco was still in business at the time of the episode.



** Waiting for Richard, Lorelai tells Emily that [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Godot]] was just there and said "I ain't waitin' for Richard", grabbed a roll and left.

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** Waiting for Richard, Lorelai tells Emily that [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Godot]] was just there and said "I ain't waitin' for Richard", Richard," grabbed a roll and left.



** Discussing margin writing, Rory claims that Creator/MarkTwain did it. Lorelai says it had to be "build steamboat, write Literature/HuckleberryFinn".

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** Discussing margin writing, Rory claims that Creator/MarkTwain did it. Lorelai says it had to be "build steamboat, write Literature/HuckleberryFinn".''Literature/HuckleberryFinn''."



** One of the design options for the locker first-aid kits is Magazine/RollingStone.

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** One of the design options for the locker first-aid kits is Magazine/RollingStone.''Magazine/RollingStone''.
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** Paris refers to Madeline and Louise as [[Series/TheOddCouple the Pigeon sisters]].

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** Paris refers to Madeline and Louise as [[Series/TheOddCouple [[Series/TheOddCouple1970 the Pigeon sisters]].

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** For Lane, getting the aptitude test result that she is best suited for sales. For the fourth time out of four.
** For Michel, telling his mother that he doesn't eat carbs.

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** For Lane, getting the aptitude test result that she is best suited for sales. For the fourth time out of four.
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** For Michel, telling his mother that he doesn't eat carbs.carbs, and by extension that she tries to be a more caring mother as a result.


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* CircularReasoning: Emily thinks the fact that disturbed people think therapy is a good thing does not speak well of the profession.
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* {{Malaproper}}: Narrowly averted by Michel, who thinks the expression about what happens when you assume has something to do with a donkey.


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** Michel only discusses fluffy subjects like [[Music/SpiceGirls Posh Spice]] and David Beckham with his mother.
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** Richard was only interested in oil painting as long as he thought he could get to the level of Paul Cézanne.
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* AliterativeAppeal: Giselle "Gilly" Gerard.

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* AliterativeAppeal: AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Giselle "Gilly" Gerard.

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* AliterativeAppeal: Giselle "Gilly" Gerard.



* ProductPalcement: Lane mocks her aptitude for sales by doing a pitch for whip-o-matic. Subverted since she's basically doing an impression of a seventies' commercial, but Ronco was still in business at the time of the episode.

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* ProductPalcement: ProductPlacement: Lane mocks her aptitude for sales by doing a pitch for whip-o-matic. Subverted since she's basically doing an impression of a seventies' commercial, but Ronco was still in business at the time of the episode.

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Michel's French mom Gilly comes to visit. Their relationship is surprisingly similar to Lorelai and Rory's, at least until Lorelai let's slip that Michel normally wouldn't eat pasta.

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Michel's French mom Gilly comes to visit. Their relationship is surprisingly similar to Lorelai and Rory's, at least until but when Lorelai let's lets slip that Michel normally wouldn't eat pasta.
pasta, Gilly gets terribly concerned about him.

Rory gets an A on her physics test and her group lands in the top ten of her economics class project. She has philosophy homework.



** For Lane, getting the aptitude test result that she is best suited for sales.

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** For Lane, getting the aptitude test result that she is best suited for sales. For the fourth time out of four.



* BrickJoke: Brad returns to Chilton because his rabbi told him to face his fears. Later, Rory informs Lorelai that she had to "convince a boy that Paris wasn't gonna hurt his rabbi".



* ProductPalcement: Lane mocks her aptitude for sales by doing a pitch for whip-o-matic. Subverted since she's basically doing an impression of a seventies' commercial, but Ronco was still in business at the time of the episode.



* SelfDeprecation: Gilly says she didn't raise Michel to be rude. Michel insists that she did.



** Lorelai is reading a Music/MotleyCrue book which she strongly recommends to Rory because it just keeps getting grosser.

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** Lorelai is reading a Music/MotleyCrue book ''The Dirt'', which she strongly recommends to Rory because it just keeps getting grosser.



* Paris feels that another group's project is a Creator/BusterKeaton routine waiting to happen.

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* ** Paris feels that another group's project is a Creator/BusterKeaton routine waiting to happen.


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* VitriolicBestBuds: Michel and his mother continuously hurl insults at each other.
-->'''Michel:''' ''(laughing)'' You are evil.
-->'''Gilly:''' ''(also laughing)'' Your soul is empty.

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Richard hates being retired. In a bout of CallBack irony, he spends it building a car. Rory's school project is to come up with business ideas. Michel's French mom Gilly comes to visit.

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Richard hates being retired. In a bout of CallBack irony, he spends it building a car. Rory's school project is to come up with business ideas. She enlists Richard to help her group design a product. He does, but it doesn't win the contest. It makes Richard rethink his retirement.

Michel's French mom Gilly comes to visit.
visit. Their relationship is surprisingly similar to Lorelai and Rory's, at least until Lorelai let's slip that Michel normally wouldn't eat pasta.



** For Lane, getting the test result that she is best suited for sales.

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** For Lane, getting the aptitude test result that she is best suited for sales. sales.
** For Michel, telling his mother that he doesn't eat carbs.



* LiteralMinded: Lorelai walks into Luke's diner; Luke says "sit wherever you want"; Lorelai asks a customer if he can move tables so she can sit at that one.

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* LiteralMinded: Lorelai walks into Luke's diner; Luke says "sit wherever you want"; want". Cue Lorelai asks asking a customer if he can move tables so she can sit at that one.


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* RetailTherapy: For Michel and his mother, this is a ''hobby''.


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** One of the design options for the locker first-aid kits is Magazine/RollingStone.
* Paris feels that another group's project is a Creator/BusterKeaton routine waiting to happen.

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Richard hates being retired. Rory's school project is to come up with business ideas. Michel's French mom comes to visit.

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Richard hates being retired. In a bout of CallBack irony, he spends it building a car. Rory's school project is to come up with business ideas. Michel's French mom Gilly comes to visit.


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* ShoutOut:
** Waiting for Richard, Lorelai tells Emily that [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Godot]] was just there and said "I ain't waitin' for Richard", grabbed a roll and left.
** Discussing margin writing, Rory claims that Creator/MarkTwain did it. Lorelai says it had to be "build steamboat, write Literature/HuckleberryFinn".
** Paris informs Madeline that the instructions she's reading is not ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' so she doesn't have to read so thoroughly.
** Rory has finished ''Literature/{{Candide}}''.
** Paris refers to Madeline and Louise as [[Series/TheOddCouple the Pigeon sisters]].
** Lorelai is reading a Music/MotleyCrue book which she strongly recommends to Rory because it just keeps getting grosser.


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* YesExceptNo: Rory prefaces her request for help with her business class project by telling Lorelai she probably won't want to do this. Lorelai replies yes, unless it's something she doesn't want to do.

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'''Season 2, episode 18'''

!!Back in the Saddle Again



* BerserkButton: For Lane, getting the test result that she is best suited for sales. For Richard, his high school team losing the business fair.

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For Lane, getting the test result that she is best suited for sales. sales.
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For Richard, his high school team losing the business fair.

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* CrazyJealousGuy: Dean won't stop calling or coming over and ends up washing her car while he waits.

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* CrazyJealousGuy: Dean won't stop calling or coming over and ends up washing her Rory's car while he waits.



* LiteralMinded: Parodied, as usual. Lorelai walks into a diner; Luke says "sit wherever you want"; Lorelai asks a customer if he can move so she can take his table.

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* LiteralMinded: Parodied, as usual. Lorelai walks into a Luke's diner; Luke says "sit wherever you want"; Lorelai asks a customer if he can move tables so she can take his table.sit at that one.



-->'''Rory:''' I could, but what would be the point.

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-->'''Rory:''' I could, but what would be the point.point?



-->'''Lorelai:''' And you can see how that could just go on forever.

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-->'''Lorelai:''' And you can see how that could just go on forever.forever.
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* BerserkButton: For Lane, getting the test result that she is best suited for sales. For Richard, his high school team losing the business fair.


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* CrazyJealousGuy: Dean won't stop calling or coming over and ends up washing her car while he waits.


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* OpenSecret: Lorelai feels that she couldn't have guessed that Michel's mother didn't know he didn't eat carbs, seeing as everyone in Stars Hollow knows it.
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Richard hates being retired. Rory's school project is to come up with business ideas. Michel's French mom comes to visit.

!!Provides examples of:
* CoolCar: The one Richard works on in his retirement.
* InformedJudaism: Brad's rabbi has advised his parents to let him face his fears, i.e. send him back to Chilton to attend school with Paris. This is the first time we hear of his being Jewish.
* LiteralMinded: Parodied, as usual. Lorelai walks into a diner; Luke says "sit wherever you want"; Lorelai asks a customer if he can move so she can take his table.
* MyBelovedSmother: Michel's mother is quite concerned about his strict diets.
* {{Pun}}: Dean wants Rory to come to his softball game, but she has to study.
-->'''Dean:''' You can't glance up between nihilistic theories?
-->'''Rory:''' I could, but what would be the point.
* ViciousCycle: Lorelai wouldn't have felt guilty about not helping Rory with her "fictional business" project for her economics class, but she ''would'' have felt guilty about not feeling guilty.
-->'''Lorelai:''' And you can see how that could just go on forever.

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