History Recap / GilmoreGirlsS04E02

* CatchPhrase: "Copper boom!" – what Lorelai heard of what Rory said that morning, now their battlecry.

*** Luke and Nicole made sure it was ''Frank'' Sinatra, and not Tina, Bill, or Frank jr.

** Rory thinks Lorelai's college walk looks like [[Film/TheLittleRascals Alfalfa from "Letter to Darla."]]

** Rory thinks Lorelai's college walk looks like [[Film/TheLittleRascals Alfalfa from ''Letter to Darla''.]]

** Then she subverts it by denying that her own name means anything, even though a quick search reveals that it means "fire goddess" or "star goddess", which she may not have wanted to admit.
** "Paris" doesn't mean anything besides "capital of France and name of maybe a few other cities", but "Tana" is the name of several places in the world. Then again, using the "city name" mnemonic, Tana guessed that Paris's name was either "Rome" or "Athens".
* MemeticMutation: In-universe, "to lorelai" becomes Yale slang for sampling fastfood.

** Luke claims his lawyer works at the firm Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe. (Do we cheat'em and how)

** Rory thinks Lorelai's college walk looks like Alfalfa from ''Letter to Darla''.
** They argue about whether Pat Summerall and Lady Bird Johnson are dead. They agree that Creator/OrsonWelles is dead, though.

*** The night before that, it was a guy playing Mozart on glass.

** Lorelai wants to sing a Creator/{{Motown}} song, like ''[[Music/TheSupremes You Can't Hurry Love]]''.
** Rory and Lorelai do their own version of the French guys in Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Tana Schreck has NoSocialSkills, is clearly anxious, and has memorized lifehacks to help her with conversing.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: Suring the sleepover at Rory's dorm, Lorelai finds a kiosk near the library on the campus map where Rory can buy coffee. The next morning, two girls come by with coffee, and Rory guesses they got it at the kiosk by the library, which leads the girls to assume she found it before them. Rory decides to go with that.

'''Paris:''' ''*[[{{Angrish}} incoherent angry noises*]]''\\

* BlatantLies: Lorelai is afraid of Yale rules and makes up stories about non-existent people telling her it was okay to park there and to bring your own mattress. Later Luke joins in, assuring the woman he was just driving the mattress around to air it.

** The series-wide running gag about Lorelai being late for everything gets run here when Lorelai apologizes for returning the truck late and Luke says he told her to get it back three hours before he actually needed it.

** They argue about whether Pat Summerall is dead, and Lady Bird Johnson. They agree that Creator/OrsonWelles is dead, though.

* TakeThat: Someone complains that the German take-out fell on the Chinese. Lorelai comments that that's Germany for you.

* BigEater: Subverted, as the Lorelais sample all the local takeaway food joints and throw a part to get it all eaten.

** Then she subverts it by denying that her own name means anything, even though a quick search reveals that it means "fire or star goddess".

** Lorelai clarifies that when she says Luke and Nicole were rash, she is not referrig to the skin condition type of rash.

** They argue about whether Pat Summerall is dead, and Lady Bird Johnson.

* CallBack: The episode title echoes season one's [[Recap/GilmoreGirls0102 The Lorelais' First Day at Yale]].

** "Paris" doesn't mean anything besides "capital of France and name of maybe a few other cities", but "Tana" is the name of a lake in Ethiopia.

* NonSequitur: Tana has memorized some facts to help her converse, but she never overhears that Lorelai is the queen of these.

* RunningGag: Lorelai can't drive Luke's truck, but it doesn't stop her from trying. Also, the mattress.
* SarcasmMode: How Luke talks to lawyers.

** "Paris" doesn't mean anything besides "capital of France and name of maybe a few other cities", but "Tana" is the name of a city in Ethiopia.

* BerserkButton: Paris can't handle annoyances.

** Then she subverts it by denying that her own name means anything, even though a quick search reveals that it means "star goddess". It's "Paris" that doesn't mean anything.

* NoLongerWithUs: Paris' nanny. She started her own business. You don't really need a nanny when you're in college anyway.

* {{Pun}}: Luke claims his lawyer works at the firm Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe. (Do we cheat'em and how)

It's the Lorelais' first day at Yale. Lorelai can't drive Luke misogynistic truck with an uncooperative gear stick. Nicole's co-workers try to negotiate the settlement with Luke, unwilling to accept that they have already reached an agreement.

* CatchPhrase: Copper boom!
* ChildProdigy: Rory's dorm mate Tana is fifteen years old.

* MemeticMutation: "to lorelai" becomes Yale slang for sampling fastfood.

** They argue about whether Pat Summerall is dead.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Paris becoming Rory's room mate, which is why Rory doesn't buy it, so Paris admits that she made her dad make it happen.
* MemeticMutation: "Lorelai'd" becomes Yale slang for sample fastfood.
* NoLongerWithUs: Paris' nanny. She started her own business.

* {{Pun}}: Luke's lawer works at the firm Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.

* TakeThatMe: Rory berates herself for being a mama's girl, not being independent, and letting her grandparents talk her out of Harvard and into Yale.

It's the Lorelais' first day at Yale. Lorelai can't drive Luke misogynistic truck with an uncooperative gear stick. Nicole's co-workers try to negotiate the settlement with Luke, unwilling to accept that they have already reached agreement.

* BlatantLies: Lorelai is afraid of Yale rules and makes up stories about non-existent people telling her it was okay to park there and to bring your own mattress.

** They argue about whether Pat Summerall is dead.