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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Inverted. Kyon calls French fries "devil fingers", having been told they lead to harder stuff like pizza, movie popcorn and deep-fried snicker bars.
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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: TJ denies that he's wearing Liz's shoes, then defends himself by referring to their wedding vows about "what's mine is yours".

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Mrs. Kim starts yelling that he'll burn in hell with Satan's hellhounds eating his innards every day, Zach thinks it's about him trying to read a magazine without buying it first.



** Rory thinks Emily and Richard not telling them they got back together would be like them not telling them they broke up. Lorelai tries in vain to explain that that was about it looking bad.



* AGoodNameForARockBand: Zach's only good association to hellhounds is that it's a good name for a band.

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* AGoodNameForARockBand: Zach's only good association to hellhounds is that it's a good name for a band.band name.



* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: Richard swears he bought Emily's diamond ear rings from Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark.



** Richard swears he bought Emily's diamond ear rings from Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark.


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** TJ compares himself and Liz to [[Film/RagingBull Jake [=LaMotta=]]] and "that chick he was married to".


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* VisualPun: Lorelai shows up to her date with Luke dressed in a maid uniform and declares that it's the closest he'll get to her cleaning up after dinner.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Inverted. Kyon calls French fries "devil fingers", having been told they lead to harder stuff like pizza, movie popcorn and deep-fried snicker bars.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lorelai covers for Rory when Dean calls her at Friday night dinner, but Rory figures the best policy is to tell Emily that she and Dean are back together. Next thing she knows, her grandparents are throwing her an all-boy party of eligible bachelors her age, all from their social stratum. She is unmoved, but when Dean sees how well she fits in among the rich, he realizes he can't be with her and dumps her.


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* ThreatBackfire: Emily tells Lorelai and Rory they better still be hungry when they come to the house, "or else…". Lorelai and Rory are inspired to eat more appetizers.
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* BrickJoke:
** Emily is mad that Richard's barbeque appetizers make the girls less hungry when they get to dinner. When Lorelai and Rory walk out of the house after dinner, Lorelai declares that she is hungry.
** Lorelai makes a mountie hat joke about Luke that she won't let go.


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* HypocriticalHumor: Lorelai claims she's never seen any evidence of Luke's ''amazing'' cooking skills.
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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: T.J. keeps telling people he's in escrow like it's the phlebotinum of his life.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint:
** TJ thinks he can't be ruining Luke and Lorelai's date if he just sits there quietly.
** Emily claims not to understand what Rory being in a relationship could possibly have to do with her meeting guys at a party.


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* MagicalAsian: Invoked. Mrs. Kim has told Kyon she can read minds.


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** Richard swears he bought Emily's diamond ear rings from Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark.
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Relative whose existence will later be denied: Mrs. Kim's sister, wih whom she crochets for Christ.

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Relative whose existence will later be denied: Mrs. Kim's sister, wih with whom she crochets for Christ.



** :The boys at the party jokingly reenact the proposal scenes from ''Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes''.

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** :The The boys at the party jokingly reenact the proposal scenes from ''Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes''.

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Maid of the week: A lady who may be pretending to only speaks Spanish.\\
Relative whose existence will later be denied: Mrs. Kim's sister, wih whom she crochets for Christ.



** Film/TheLittleRascals

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** Film/TheLittleRascals**:The boys at the party jokingly reenact the proposal scenes from ''Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes''.
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!!The Party's Over
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** Music/TheHellhounds

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Emily learns about Dean and enlists Richard. Liz is back in town and moving in. Kyon comes begging for food during flax-seed muffin month and rats out Lane's being in a relationship to Mrs. Kim. Emily arranges a party for Rory to meet boys she approves of.

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Emily learns about Dean and enlists Richard. Liz is back in town and moving in. Kyon Kyon, who is an exchange student this semester too, comes begging for food during flax-seed muffin month and rats out Lane's being in a relationship to Mrs. Kim. Emily arranges a party for Rory to meet boys she approves of.


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* BoyfriendBluff: Logan saves Rory from Jordan by pretending to be her boyfriend.


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* DrowningMySorrows: Rory apparently uses champagne for this. Collin offers to share the scotch he swiped.

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* BigEater: Emily forgets about this when Richard serves appetizer barbeque, but Lorelai remembers it again once she's out the door.

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* BigEater: Emily forgets about that Lorelai and Rory are this when Richard serves appetizer barbeque, but and Lorelai only remembers it again once she's out the door.



* ContinuityNod: When hearing that Rory is back with Dean, Emily asks if he's the one who made her that car.



* FeminineWomenCanCook: Lorelai's powers defy this trope.

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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Lorelai's powers defy this trope. She is afraid to stir gravy because she thinks her powers can ruin it.
* AGoodNameForARockBand: Zach's only good association to hellhounds is that it's a good name for a band.



* ShipperOnDeck: Anti-shipper, in Emily's case. She is against Dean and Rory being together, so she sets her up with all the college-age boys whose parents she knows.

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* {{Pun}}: Luke cooks artichokes, and Lorelai quips that they may have choked Artie, but they won't choke her.
* ShipperOnDeck: Anti-shipper, in Emily's case. She is against Dean and Rory being together, so she sets her up with all the college-age boys whose parents she knows. It actually works in that it breaks up Rory and Dean, but doesn't get Rory a new boyfriend right away.



** Creator/KelseyGrammer
** Not Creator/GeorgeClooney, but Rosemary.

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** Creator/KelseyGrammer
Creator/KelseyGrammer is not as perfect as Luke.
** Not Lorelai brought not Creator/GeorgeClooney, but Rosemary.


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** Music/TheHellhounds


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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: T.J. keeps telling people he's in escrow like it's the phlebotinum of his life.

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** You sleep with ''one'' old guy, and suddenly everyone thinks you're Creator/CatherineZetaJones.

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** You As Paris says, you sleep with ''one'' old guy, and suddenly everyone thinks you're Creator/CatherineZetaJones.



* TheReasonYouSuck: To Mrs. Kim, it's that Zach kissed her daughter.

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* TheReasonYouSuck: TheReasonYouSuck:
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To Mrs. Kim, it's that Zach kissed her daughter.
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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Lorelai's powers denfy this trope.

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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Lorelai's powers denfy defy this trope.
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* PregnancyMakesYouCrazy: Although in Liz's case
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** Finn offers to reenact Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist to cheer Rory up after Dean breaks up with her.

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Emily learns about Dean and enlists Richard. Liz is back in town and moving in. Kyon comes begging for food during flax-seed muffin month and rats out Lane's being in a relationship to Mrs. Kim.

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Emily learns about Dean and enlists Richard. Liz is back in town and moving in. Kyon comes begging for food during flax-seed muffin month and rats out Lane's being in a relationship to Mrs. Kim.
Kim. Emily arranges a party for Rory to meet boys she approves of.



* MySecret

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* MySecretBlatantLies: Emily pretends not to have realized she only invited friends with boys to her party.
* FakeRelationship: Logan pretends to be Rory's boyfriend so she can lose Jordan.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Lorelai's powers denfy this trope.
* TheMentor: Lane decides to teach Kyon how to deal with Mrs. Kim's strict rules.
* MySecretPregnancy: Emily kept Lorelai's pregnancy secret until she was in her eighth month.



* PregnancyMakesYouCrazy: Although in Liz's case



** KelseyGrammar

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** KelseyGrammarCreator/KelseyGrammer


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** Liz gets fed up with T.J.'s tantrums.
* ThirdWheel: T.J. is scared to go home to Liz after their fight, so crashes Luke and Lorelai's date.
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Emily learns about Dean and enlists Richard. Liz is back in town and moving in. Kyon comes begging for food during flax-seed muffin month and rats out Lane's being in a relationship to Mrs. Kim.

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* BigEater: Emily forgets about this when Richard serves appetizer barbeque, but Lorelai remembers it again once she's out the door.
* MySecret
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Emily is no fan of Dean/Rory.
* ShipperOnDeck: Anti-shipper, in Emily's case. She is against Dean and Rory being together, so she sets her up with all the college-age boys whose parents she knows.
* ShoutOut:
** You sleep with ''one'' old guy, and suddenly everyone thinks you're Creator/CatherineZetaJones.
** KelseyGrammar
** Not Creator/GeorgeClooney, but Rosemary.
* TheReasonYouSuck: To Mrs. Kim, it's that Zach kissed her daughter.
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