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* InverseTrope: Lorelai says she has realized that the inn isn't part of their life so much as they are part of its much longer life.

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* InverseTrope: InvertedTrope: Lorelai says she has realized that the inn isn't part of their life so much as they are part of its much longer life.
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* RealityEnsues: For Dean's cousin, who joined the Navy because they paid for college, but then the US started fight dangerous war on two or three different fronts.
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* InverseTrope: Lorelai says she has realized that the inn isn't part of their life so much as they are part of its much longer life.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Luke being insistent that Lorelai and Rory not go to Dean's wedding, a thing Luke would not usually care about, is enough to convince Rory that they shouldn't go.


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* ThatManIsDead: A humorous example. Lorelai declares that the old her is dead, now that she's had an epiphany about how business works.
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* RealityEnsues: For Dean's cousin, who joined the Navy because they paid for college, but then the US started fight dangerous war on two or three different fronts.
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Rory has changed her high school shoulder-length hairstyle for a more grown up business-womany style.


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* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Taylor wages this on Lorelai.
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** Michel pretends to think it's cute when modern artists do Creator/{{Shakespeare}} dressed like punk rockers.


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** Lorelai uses a scene from Film/TheGodfather to illustrate how coldly to the point you have to be in business. Rory thinks the message is undermined by the scene being about premeditating murder, but Lorelai thinks that's beside the point.


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* WesternZodiac: Luke thinks astrology is crap.
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** Rory refers to the post-it path as the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz yellow stick road]].

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* WouldRatherSuffer: Lorelai and Sookie discuss things they would rather do than accompany Taylor's inspection at six in the morning. They include cleaning the shower with a toothbrush and cutting their gums on floss.



%%* SarcasmMode: Michel talking up his new job.

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%%* * SarcasmMode: Michel talking talks up his new job.job in a dry tone, pretending he just can't take back his job in Stars Hollow. It makes Sookie and Lorelai feel guilty about not including him in their Dragonfly plans from the beginning.



%%* StagParty: Dean's.

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%%* * StagParty: Dean's.Dean throws one. He and his friends get drunk, courtesy of Dean's 21-year-old cousin who's a sailor, and stumble into Luke's where Dean proceeds to fall asleep.


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* WouldRatherSuffer: Lorelai and Sookie discuss things they would rather do than accompany Taylor's inspection at six in the morning. They include cleaning the shower with a toothbrush and cutting their gums on floss.
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* IWouldRatherSuffer: Lorelai and Sookie discuss things they would rather do than accompany Taylor's inspection at six in the morning. They include cleaning the shower with a toothbrush and cutting their gums on floss.

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* IWouldRatherSuffer: WouldRatherSuffer: Lorelai and Sookie discuss things they would rather do than accompany Taylor's inspection at six in the morning. They include cleaning the shower with a toothbrush and cutting their gums on floss.



* SarcasmMode: Michel talking up his new job.

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* %%* SarcasmMode: Michel talking up his new job.



* StagParty: Dean's.

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* %%* StagParty: Dean's.
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* YouDoNotWantToKnow: Inverted. Kirk gives Lorelai the happy news that he managed to uninstall her alarm, and adds that the roofer will come by her house on Monday. Lorelai decides she doesn't want to know why she needs a roofer.
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* IWouldRatherSuffer: Lorelai and Sookie discuss things they would rather do than accompany Taylor's inspection at six in the morning. They include cleaning the shower with a toothbrush and cutting their gums on floss.


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* StealthInsult: At a town meeting Michel, who normally doesn't go to town meetings, offers to explain to people how to apply deodorant.
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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend to find the alarm goes off when she or her mother walks into the room, as Kirk forgot to give her the code to turn it off. Kirk was a mailman at the end of season three, but has been replaced by someone who's even worse at it.

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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend to find the alarm goes off when she or her mother walks into the room, as Kirk forgot to give her the code to turn it off. Kirk was a mailman at the end of season three, but has been replaced by someone who's who is even worse at it.
it and delivers the mail to the wrong people.



** Luke claims that Music/JimMorrison is not hanging out with [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] and the Kennedys did not kill [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marilyn]]

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** Luke claims that Music/JimMorrison is not hanging out with [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] and the Kennedys did not kill [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marilyn]]Marilyn]].



* TitleDrop: Dean invites Rory to his wedding and asks if she wants chickn or beef.

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* TitleDrop: Dean invites Rory to his wedding and asks if she wants chickn chicken or beef.
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* {{Lampshadehanging}}: As Lorelai makes a post-it path to get around the alarm's motion detector, Rory asks if their lives ever seem ridiculous to her.
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* TitleDrop: Dean invites Rory to his wedding and asks if she wants chickn or beef.

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* CallBack: Michel claims he called Lorelai in July. Lorelai points out that [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS04E01 she was in Europe in July]].



* FalseFalseAlarm: Lorelai figured out the burglary alarm stops howling if you get out of the motion sensor's way for a minute. It is never clarified whether it doesn't alert the police or if the police simply doesn't care anymore.



** Finding your sound is very important, as evidenced by that Music/GlennMiller movie.
** Creator/JimmyStewart spent a lot of it talking about finding your sound.
** A guy is talking to Music/JanetJackson on the phone.

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** Finding Lorelai refers to Rory's new haircut as Rory pulling a Film/GIJane.
** Zach claims that finding
your sound is very important, as evidenced by that Music/GlennMiller movie.
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movie. Creator/JimmyStewart spent a lot of it talking about finding your sound.
** Rory points out that Music/MickJagger went to the London School of Economics, Dexter Holland from Music/TheOffspring got his Ph.D. in microbiology from USC, Greg Ginn of Music/BlackFlag graduated from UCLA, and the guy from Music/BadReligion got his M.A. in geology from the UCLA.
** Zach is upset to learn that Music/{{Weezer}} went to Harvard.
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A guy at Michel's new job is talking to Music/JanetJackson on the phone.
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!!Chicken of Beef?

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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend to find the alarm goes off when she or her mother walks into the room, as Kirk forgot to give her the code to turn it off. Kirk was mailman at the end of season three, but has been replaced by someone who's even worse at it.

Dean is getting married to Lindsay. He runs into Rory and invites her and her mother to the wedding. Taylor uses Lorelai to put unnecessary pressure on Luke to let Taylor park his ice cream truck on the pavement outside their businesses.

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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend to find the alarm goes off when she or her mother walks into the room, as Kirk forgot to give her the code to turn it off. Kirk was a mailman at the end of season three, but has been replaced by someone who's even worse at it.

Dean is getting married to Lindsay. He runs into Rory and invites her and her mother to the wedding. Taylor uses Lorelai to put unnecessary pressure on Luke to let Taylor park his ice cream truck on the pavement outside their businesses.
businesses. Rory and Lorelai end up not going to the wedding.



* Girls?oveChocolate: Rory is a huge fan of Taylor's chocolate.

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* Girls?oveChocolate: GirlsLoveChocolate: Rory is a huge fan of Taylor's chocolate.


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* {{Karma}}: Lorelai and Rory agree to go to Dean's wedding for fear of cosmic payback.


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** Lorelai feels like Bud Fox from Film/WallStreet.

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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend. Dean is getting married to Lindsay. He runs into Rory and invites her and her mother to the wedding. Taylor uses Lorelai to put unnecessary pressure on Luke to let Taylor park his ice cream truck on the pavement outside their businesses.

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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend. weekend to find the alarm goes off when she or her mother walks into the room, as Kirk forgot to give her the code to turn it off. Kirk was mailman at the end of season three, but has been replaced by someone who's even worse at it.

Dean is getting married to Lindsay. He runs into Rory and invites her and her mother to the wedding. Taylor uses Lorelai to put unnecessary pressure on Luke to let Taylor park his ice cream truck on the pavement outside their businesses.


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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kirk apprehends Lane and her band using Lorelai's garage for band practice.
* DarkHumor: Lorelai says she'll hang herself if Luke doesn't agree to the ice cream truck.


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* Girls?oveChocolate: Rory is a huge fan of Taylor's chocolate.


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* RunningGag: People keep getting each other's mail and casually hand it to the person it was really addressed to whenever they happen to run into them.


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** Luke claims that Music/JimMorrison is not hanging out with [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] and the Kennedys did not kill [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marilyn]]


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** The Dragonfly porch is as historical as Creator/KateHudson.

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* PowerHair: Rory's new hairstyle.



** Creator/JimmyStewart spent a lot of it talking about finding your sound.



** Sookie watches ''Queer Eye For The Straight Guy''.



* StagParty: Dean's.



** Dean inviting Rory and Lorelai to his wedding realizes it's redundant to ask whether they want chicken or beef. They're definitely beef. Not that they look like beef or anything.
** Sookie thinks people with headsets look so cute talking to themselves. Of course, she adds, they're not talking to ''themselves''.

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** Dean inviting Rory and Lorelai to his wedding realizes it's redundant to ask whether they want chicken or beef. They're definitely beef. Not that they look like resemble beef or anything.
** Lorelai and Sookie discuss how much they need Michel at the Dragonfly, alternating between saying that and that they're kind of happy without him.
** Sookie thinks people with headsets look so cute talking to themselves. Of course, she adds, they're not talking to ''themselves''.''themselves'', but to someone on the headset.
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** Sookie hinks people with head sets look so cute talking to themselves. Of course, she adds, they're not talking to ''themselves''…
** Taylor wants to preserve a historical porch that is the same age as Kate Hudson. When Lorelai points out that it's not that historical he says that he meant that it will be historical someday.

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** Sookie hinks thinks people with head sets headsets look so cute talking to themselves. Of course, she adds, they're not talking to ''themselves''…
''themselves''.
** Taylor wants to preserve a historical porch that is the same age as Kate Hudson. When Lorelai points out that it's not that historical he says that he meant that it will be historical someday.
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** Taylor comments that the chenges to the Dragonfly is [[Music/JoniMitchell "pave paradise and put up a parking lot"]].

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** Taylor comments that the chenges changes to the Dragonfly is amount to [[Music/JoniMitchell "pave "paving paradise and put putting up a parking lot"]].

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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend. Dean is getting married to Lindsay. He runs into Rory and invites her and her mother to the wedding. Taylor uses Lorelai to put unnecessary pressure on Luke to let Taylor put a cart on the pavement outside their businesses.

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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend. Dean is getting married to Lindsay. He runs into Rory and invites her and her mother to the wedding. Taylor uses Lorelai to put unnecessary pressure on Luke to let Taylor put a cart park his ice cream truck on the pavement outside their businesses.



** As a child Kirk thought he was related to Ted Knight.



** Taylor wants to preserve a historical porch that is the same age as Kate Hudson.

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** Taylor wants to preserve a historical porch that is the same age as Kate Hudson. When Lorelai points out that it's not that historical he says that he meant that it will be historical someday.
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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend. Dean is getting married to Lindsay.

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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend. Dean is getting married to Lindsay.
Lindsay. He runs into Rory and invites her and her mother to the wedding. Taylor uses Lorelai to put unnecessary pressure on Luke to let Taylor put a cart on the pavement outside their businesses.



* CaptainObvious: Dean's drunk bachelor party falls into the diner shouting a song cheering Stars Hollow high. They inform Luke that it is the Stars Hollow high fight song.
* DumbBlonde: When Lorelai has trouble understanding a letter she claims to feel blonde.



* InVinoVeritas: In Dean's case it's probably beer, but it has him admit that he wishes he was with Rory instead of Lindsay.
* RedundantDepartmentOfRedundancy: Chocolate chocolate chocolate, an ice cream from Taylor's shop. Rory admits it's very chocolate chocolate chocolatey.



** Taylor comments that the chenges to the Dragonfly is [[Music/JoniMitchell "pave paradise and put up a parking lot"]].
** Luke comments that the Stars Hollow high school fight song sounded like Mozart to him.



** Sookie hinks people with head sets look so cute talking to themselves. Of course they're not talking to themselves…

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** Sookie hinks people with head sets look so cute talking to themselves. Of course course, she adds, they're not talking to themselves…''themselves''…
** Taylor wants to preserve a historical porch that is the same age as Kate Hudson.
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A burglary alarm has mysteriously installed itself in Lorelai's house. Turns out Kirk did it out of concern for her living alone. Rory comes home for a weekend. Dean is getting married to Lindsay.

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* EmbarrassingNickname: Kirk calls Lorelai "the pretty spinster".
* ImportantHaircut: Rory has gotten a new haircut now that she goes to college.
* SarcasmMode: Michel talking up his new job.
* ShoutOut:
** Finding your sound is very important, as evidenced by that Music/GlennMiller movie.
** A guy is talking to Music/JanetJackson on the phone.
* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: Lorelai makes a path of post-its where you don't trigger the alarm. [[SarcasmMode Let's hope none of the dangerous burglars in Stars Hollow learn of it.]]
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** Dean inviting Rory and Lorelai to his wedding realizes it's redundant to ask whether they want chicken or beef. They're definitely beef. Not that they look like beef or anything.
** Sookie hinks people with head sets look so cute talking to themselves. Of course they're not talking to themselves…

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