History Recap / GilmoreGirlsS03E08

* {{Macgyvering}}: Lorelai jokes that she could build a scud missile with just a thumb tack and a paperclip.

* ACappella: Richard reveals that he was in an a cappella group at Yale. They were called The Wiffenpoofs.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: After a twenty-four hour dance marathon on Saturday, the girls can barely walk on Monday.

* ContinuityNod: Rory mentions to Dean that he was kind enough to attend her "stupid [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS02E06 debutante ball]]".

* {{Irony}}: Rory accuses Lorelai of thinking Jess would have stolen the bracelet Dean gave her if she kept wearing it, unaware that Jess "found" it and kept it last year when it was missing.

* ProductPlacement: Hector's taco place in Hartford.

** Jess compares himself and Rory to Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet.
** You can tell a guy is a Yale student by his Kierkegaard, according to Lorelai.
** Emily was the Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter in her marriage after stealing Richard (Gilmore, not Burton) from his then-fiancée Pennilyn Lott.
** Luke yelled "finally!" at the end of Film/LoveStory.

* WackyMarriageProposal: Downplayed. Emily and Richard reminisce about theirs: Richard got annoyed with Emily and just handed her the box with the ring; Emily took one look at the ring, showed no emotion, snapped the box shut and said: "fine!".

** Rory thinks the list of backup luggage to pack for their Yale trip that Lorelai leaves on her dresser is a joke, having no previous experience with Emily on roadtrips.

* CompanionCube: Kirk took his trophy to the movies. He refers to it as "she".
* ContinuityNod: Rory mentions to Dean that he was kind enough to attend her "stupid [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS2E06 debutante ball]]".

* ContinuityNod: Rory mentions to Dean that he was kind enough to attend her "stupid [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS2E6 debutante ball]]".

* IWasJustJoking: Luke is appalled he FailedASpotCheck and is determined to track Rory and Jess down. He insists Lorelai comes with him, and she declines, but offers to let him sniff Rory's left-behind sweater if it will help. He picks it up, and she checks to make sure he's not actually going to do that. He's not, but takes it in case she's cold when he finds her.

-->'''Luke:''' How did you let this happen?
-->'''Lorelai:''' Me?
-->'''Luke:''' Yes, you. I thought you were against this.
-->'''Lorelai:''' I thought you were all, ‘This is so great and Rory’s gonna change Jess.’
-->'''Luke:''' What is she, a miracle worker? Come on, Lorelai, wake up – the guy’s trouble.

At Yale, Lorelai finds out that Emily stole Richard from a woman nicknamed Lynnie. Richard arranged for Rory to meet with the dean, but he didn't tell Rory about it beforehand, so she has to go in baggy clothes and with messy hair.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Linny Lott.

* WackyMarriageProposal: Emily and Richard reminisce about theirs, which was fairly ordinary, except for Emily's response, which was to take one look at the ring, showing no emotion, snapping the box shut and saying "fine".

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Lorelai's thoughts on Jess and Rory are "she's 17, it's about time for a Jess."

* CallBack: Rory never figured out that [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS02E15 Jess had the Dean bracelet when she lost it]], and Lorelai never figured out that he didn't steal it so much as he found it and kept it, so when Rory accuses her mother of thinking Jess would have stolen it if it hadn't broken in the shower, Lorelai makes an extremely inside joke that only viewers would get.

** When Richard takes Emily and the girls to show them where he proposed to Emily, and says there used to be a bench there, Emily exclaims "I can't believe it!" Lorelai mistakes it for her mother's usual entitlement, agreeing that for all the bench-placing people knew their group might have wanted to sit down there.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Richard assumes Lorelai's reason for not wanting Rory to go to Yale is that he went there. She calls it a crazy reason.

** Richard claims his a cappella group was a hit like Music/TheBeatles.

** You can tell a guy is a Yale student by his Kierkegaard according to Lorelai.

-->'''Lorelai:''' You know, they’re together now.
-->'''Luke:''' What?
-->'''Lorelai:''' Oh yeah. [[BlatantLies ‘I have to get a part for my car’]], [[INeedToGoIronMyDog ‘I’m going to go study]]’ – that’s kid code for ‘Meet me at the previously agreed upon location far away from my clueless uncle.’
-->'''Luke:''' You’re kidding me, right? You don’t really think that. . .damn, they are! They’re together. They used the kid code and now they’re together!

* ParentalObliviousness: Luke [[FailedASpotCheck fails a spot check]] at the end of the episode when Rory and Jess both give thinly veiled excuses to leave the diner so they can spend time alone, just after assuring Lorelai he won't be leaving them unsupervised. Lorelai clues him in.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Lorelai claims Rory is still seventeen, despite it being established that she is born in October and the following episode, in which Jess and Rory still feel awkward about their relationship, takes place on Thanksgiving at the end of November. Rory would be eighteen.

* ParentalObliviousness: Luke [[FailedASpotCheck fails a spot check]] at the end of the episode when Rory and Jess both give thinly veiled excuses to leave the diner so they can spend time alone, just after assuring Lorelai he talked with Jess and will be watching everything they're doing. Lorelai clues him in.

* ParentalObliviousness: Luke FailsASpotCheck at the end of the episode when Rory and Jess both give thinly veiled excuses to leave the diner so they can spend time alone. Lorelai clues him in.

* CallBack: Rory never figured out that [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS02E15 Jess had the Dean bracelet when she lost it]], and Lorelai never figured out that he didn't steal it, so when Rory accuses her mother of thinking Jess would have stolen it if it hadn't broken in the shower, Lorelai makes an extremely inside joke that only viewers would get.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Richard assumes Lorelai's reason for not wanting Rory to go to Yale is that he wemt there. She calls it a crazy reason.

** Music/DireStraits inspire Lorelai as she waits for walnut-free salad.

** You can tell a guy is a Yale student by his Kierkegaard.

** Lorelai thinks New Haven is like a coffee pot before you clean it.