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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After a number of demands that retailers get her things she wants to buy, Emily shouts at them to get her a job application.

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* IncrediblyLamePun: Joe at the exchange parlor always cracks the same joke about a given number of singles (one-dollar bills) costing a certain amount of dollars.


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* {{Pun}}: Joe at the exchange parlor always cracks the same joke about a given number of singles (one-dollar bills) costing a certain amount of dollars.
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** Richard and Emily disagree about how many [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] are dead. They eventually agree that John and [[Music/TheRollingStones Keith]] are dead while Paul and Bingo are still kicking.

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** Richard and Emily disagree about how many [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] are dead. They eventually agree that John and [[Music/TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Keith]] are dead while Paul and Bingo are still kicking.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Lorelai helps herself to pai although Luke told her to wait for him to serve them pai. He doesn't comment on it.

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* RefugeInAudacity: Lorelai helps herself to pai pie although Luke told her to wait for him to serve them pai.pie. He doesn't comment on it.
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* NaiveAnimalLover: Downplayed with Kirk. He walks a lot of dogs at the same time and plays hide-and-seek with them by leaving one behind and expecting it to wait for a bit before it follows. [[AdultFear We see Snuggles crossing the road dragging her leash.]]

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* NaiveAnimalLover: Downplayed with Kirk. He walks a lot of dogs at the same time and plays hide-and-seek with them by leaving one behind and expecting it to wait for a bit before it follows. [[AdultFear We see Snuggles crossing the road dragging her leash.]]
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** Lorelai and Rory may be doing this on purpose when they eat food samples at the mall and comliment the guy holding the tray on his cooking.

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** Lorelai and Rory may be doing this on purpose when they eat food samples at the mall and comliment compliment the guy holding the tray on his cooking.



* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After a number of demands that retailers get her things she wants to but, Emily shouts at them to get her a job application.

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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After a number of demands that retailers get her things she wants to but, buy, Emily shouts at them to get her a job application.



* RefugeInAudacity: Lorelai helps herself to pai although Luke told her to wait for him to aerve them pai. He doesn't comment on it.
* RetailTherapy: Lorelai and Rory try the window shopping version, but Emily takes it the whole way and buys things that aren't even for sale.

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* RefugeInAudacity: Lorelai helps herself to pai although Luke told her to wait for him to aerve serve them pai. He doesn't comment on it.
* RetailTherapy: Lorelai and Rory try the window shopping version, but Emily takes it all the whole way and buys things that aren't even for sale.

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Kirk's job: dog-walker

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Maid of the week: Lettie\\
Kirk's job: dog-walker
dog-walker\\
The Lorelais' second most favorite food provider: Lou



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Obeying Emily's "meet me up here", Lorelai and Rory turn in the downward escalator and try to walk upstairs.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Lorelai and Rory may be doing this on purpose when they eat food samples at the mall and comliment the guy holding the tray on his cooking.
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Obeying Emily's "meet me up here", Lorelai and Rory turn in the downward escalator and try to walk upstairs.



* EmbarrassingNickname:
** Lindsay and her mother refer to Dean as Dino.
** Lorelai calls her mother "Emily the strange".



* GenderBlenderName: Kirk can't figure out if Lulu is on vacation with girl friends or guy friends, even after calling the hotel to check their names.
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* GenderBlenderName: Kirk can't figure out if Lulu is on vacation with girl friends or guy friends, even after calling the hotel to check their names.
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names. Luke trolls him by pointing out that a number of girl names double as guy names.



* {{Irony}}: After Emily bought them lots of expensive stuff they don't need, Rory and Lorelai only argue about the free totebag that came with it.

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* {{Irony}}: After Emily bought them lots of expensive stuff they don't need, Rory and Lorelai only argue about want the free totebag tote bag that came with it.it.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After a number of demands that retailers get her things she wants to but, Emily shouts at them to get her a job application.
* {{Malaproper}}: Kirk says of Snuggles that she's not the smartest tool in the shed.



* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Subverted. Watching Emily shop, Lorelai and Rory note that she has abandonned all her "passive".



* RefugeInAudacity: Lorelai helps herself to pai although Luke told her to wait for him to aerve them pai. He doesn't comment on it.



* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: Lorelai complains about this when Rory uses the British word "skint" (or skinned) for "broke".



** The title is a nod to ''Scenes From A Mall'' staring Creator/WoodyAllen.

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** The title is a nod to ''Scenes From A Mall'' staring starring Creator/WoodyAllen.


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** Lorelai adds that she thinks her mother has bought her "three milking maids" like in the song "Twelve Days of Christmas".
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* {{Irony}}: After Emily bought them lots of expensive stuff they don't need, Rory and Lorelai only argue about the free totebag that came with it.

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* BoringButPractical: Lindsay…

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* BoringButPractical: Lindsay…Lindsay. She is into environmental cleaning products, and Dean finds her so boring he'd rather be at the arcade than with her.


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* ContinuityNod: Emily cites Richard's lunches with Pennilyn Lott as part of the reason she is mad at him.
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** Christine thinks Lane's life is very ''Series/HogansHeroes''.


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* TakeThat: Lorelai thinks window shopping is like going to a museum, except you're actually interested in what you're looking at.
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* PregnancyScare: Subverted. When Lindsay's mother Theresa tells Dean not to make her mistakes with ''their'' little one, Rory is alarmed, but Dean lets her know Lindsay isn't pregnant.

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Kirk's job: dog-walker



* BlatantLies: Kirk denies having a dog in his bag. He orders oatmeal and raw meat.

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* AskAStupidQuestion: Emily looks at Lorelai's dress and asks if that's what she's wearing. Lorelai assumes it's a trick question.
* BlatantLies: Kirk denies having a dog in his bag. He orders oatmeal and a pound of raw meat.



* GenderBlenderName: Kirk can't figure out if Lulu is on vacation with girl friends or guy friends.

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* GenderBlenderName: Kirk can't figure out if Lulu is on vacation with girl friends or guy friends.friends, even after calling the hotel to check their names.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lorelai mocks Emily's "burning loin", but can't take it when Richard makes a similar joke.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lorelai mocks Emily's "burning loin", but can't take it when Richard makes a similar joke.GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* RetailTherapy: Lorelai and Rory tries the window shopping version, but Emily takes it the whole way and buys things that aren't even for sale.

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* RetailTherapy: Lorelai and Rory tries try the window shopping version, but Emily takes it the whole way and buys things that aren't even for sale.



** Creator/RosalindRussell and Creator/AvaGardner apparently windowshopped on Fifth Avenue.

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** Lorelai claims Creator/RosalindRussell and Creator/AvaGardner apparently windowshopped on Fifth Avenue.Avenue, but it all comes apart when she can't remember which movie.



** Emily gets them hairclips with diamond [[WesternAnimation/{{BettyBoop}}s.

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** Emily gets them hairclips with diamond [[WesternAnimation/{{BettyBoop}}s.WesternAnimation/{{BettyBoop}}s.

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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Averted with Lindsay, whose mother laments that she didn't teach her to cook when she was a child.



* NaiveAnimalLover: Downplayed with Kirk. He walks a lot of dogs at the same time and plays hide-and-seek with them by leaving one behind and expecting it to wait for a bit before it follows. [[AdultFear We see Snuggles crossing the road dragging her leash.]]



** Christine is a fan of Music/TheLibertines and Music/TheWhiteStripes. She remembers Music/LedZeppelin as the band with ''Stairway to Heaven''.
** Christine thinks Mrs. Kim makes the guy from Music/JoyDivision look like one of the Series/{{Teletubbies}}



** Zach is convinced the Music/SexPistols roomed together without a nightlight.



** Emily gets them hairclips with diamond [[WesternAnimation/{{BettyBoop}} Betty Boops]].

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** Emily gets them hairclips with diamond [[WesternAnimation/{{BettyBoop}} Betty Boops]].[[WesternAnimation/{{BettyBoop}}s.
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** The title is a nod to ''Scenes From A Mall'' staring Creator/WoodyAllen.
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** Richard and Emily disagree about how many [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] are dead. They eventually agree that John and [[Music/TheRollingStones Keith]] are dead while Paul and Ringo are still kicking.

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** Richard and Emily disagree about how many [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] are dead. They eventually agree that John and [[Music/TheRollingStones Keith]] are dead while Paul and Ringo Bingo are still kicking.kicking.
** Creator/RosalindRussell and Creator/AvaGardner apparently windowshopped on Fifth Avenue.


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** Lorelai does a [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] impression to make fun of Emily.
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* BlatantLies: Kirk denies having a dog in his bag.

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* BlatantLies: Kirk denies having a dog in his bag. He orders oatmeal and raw meat.



** :Emily gets them hairclips with diamond [[WesternAnimation/{{BettyBoop}} Betty Boops]].

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** :Emily Emily gets them hairclips with diamond [[WesternAnimation/{{BettyBoop}} Betty Boops]].

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Rory has been ill recently, and pre-med Paris is freaked out about the germs. Lane moves into an apartment she shares with Zach and Brian. Luke grants Lorelai the loan she didn't get around to asking for. Lorelai and Rory meet and go to a mall where they run into Emily.

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Rory has been ill recently, and pre-med Paris is freaked out about the germs. Lane moves into an apartment she shares with Zach and Brian. Luke grants Lorelai the loan she didn't get around to asking for. Lorelai and Rory meet and go to a mall where they run into Emily.
Emily, who is so annoyed with Richard's mustache (and his youthful coworker and his secret dates with Pennilyn Lott) she wants to spend all his money in one day. Kirk walks dogs, and returns all but one, whose owner he can't find.



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Obeying Emily's "meet me up here", Lorelai and Rory turn in the downgoing

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Kirk doesn't try ordinary dog names on the leftover dog, just random sounds.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Obeying Emily's "meet me up here", Lorelai and Rory turn in the downgoing downward escalator and try to walk upstairs.



* ShoutOut

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* ShoutOutHypocriticalHumor: Lorelai complains about people who just come in and take what they want just before Luke realizes that she poured her own coffee.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Joe at the exchange parlor always cracks the same joke about a given number of singles (one-dollar bills) costing a certain amount of dollars.
* RetailTherapy: Lorelai and Rory tries the window shopping version, but Emily takes it the whole way and buys things that aren't even for sale.
* ShoutOut:


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** Purple is the color of eggplants and Music/{{Prince}}, not the Dragonfly.
**:Emily gets them hairclips with diamond [[WesternAnimation/{{BettyBoop}} Betty Boops]].
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Rory has been ill recently, and pre-med Paris is freaked out about the germs. Lane moves into an apartment she shares with Zach and Brian. Luke grants Lorelai the loan she didn't get around to asking for. Lorelai and Rory meet and go to a mall where they run into Emily.



* BoringButPractical: Lindsay…
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Obeying Emily's "meet me up here", Lorelai and Rory turn in the downgoing



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lorelai mocks Emily's "burning loin", but can't take it when Richard makes a similar joke.



** Lorelai pictures Creator/CharlesDickens when she thinks of letter writing.

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** Lorelai pictures Creator/CharlesDickens when she thinks of letter writing.writing.
** Rory thinks Paris' precautions are very Series/TheLWord.
** Emily has shopped enough for [[Literature/TheBible Methusalem]]'s lifetime.
** Richard and Emily disagree about how many [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] are dead. They eventually agree that John and [[Music/TheRollingStones Keith]] are dead while Paul and Ringo are still kicking.
** Rory pretends to mistake Dean for one of Music/TheVillagePeople.
** Lane insists she's not Christine's [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]].
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!!Tropes
* BlatantLies: Kirk denies having a dog in his bag.
* GenderBlenderName: Kirk can't figure out if Lulu is on vacation with girl friends or guy friends.
* ShoutOut
** Lorelai hopes Creator/AlecBaldwin can do Luke justice in the movie about her meltdown in the park.
** Lorelai pictures Creator/CharlesDickens when she thinks of letter writing.

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