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* CheaterGetsCheatedOn: Rory attempts this with Jess, but can't bring herself to do more than kiss him back. Jess is upset that he's being used in this way, but tells her if it will help, she can always lie and say they did something more.
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Small corrections. Logan's friend's name is ROBERT, not Roger; and they're going to Costa Rica, not Guatemala.


Lorelai dreams that her dog Paul Anka is sometimes the musician he is named for. Luke goes on a trip with April and her math team. Rory punishes Logan with passive-aggression. Logan plans a base-hop in Guatemala with Roger, Finn, and Colin. Emily and Richard walk around Stars Hollow. Luke visits Jess's workplace with April. Rory drops by as well.

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Lorelai dreams that her dog Paul Anka is sometimes the musician he is named for. Luke goes on a trip with April and her math team. Rory punishes Logan with passive-aggression. Logan plans a base-hop in Guatemala Costa Rica with Roger, Robert, Finn, and Colin. Emily and Richard walk around Stars Hollow. Luke visits Jess's workplace with April. Rory drops by as well.
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* NotGoodWithPeople: Having to interact with customers makes Cesar realize he hates customers.
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-->'''Emily:''' This is 't Luke's daughter?! And here I was, bonding with it… […] The little idiot kept tipping her hand so I could see them so I pretended I didn't and specifically asked for things I knew she didn't have. Kid's a moron.
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* NotAPeoplePerson: Having to interact with customers makes Cesar realize he hates customers.

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* NotAPeoplePerson: NotGoodWithPeople: Having to interact with customers makes Cesar realize he hates customers.
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* NotAPeoplePerson: Having to interact with customers makes Cesar realize he hates customers.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Emily and Richard are so focused on keeping their true purpose secret that they don't seem to notice how friendly she suddenly is.



** Jess's co-worker wants their bookstore to have a café where the next de Kooning can meet the next Franz Kline and dis the next Jackson Pollock while the next Charlie Parker shoots up in the corner.

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** Jess's co-worker wants their bookstore to have a café where the next de Kooning can meet the next Franz Kline and dis the next Jackson Pollock while the next Charlie Parker Music/CharlieParker shoots up in the corner.
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** Said Mr. Munster likes to wow people with his Creator/ChrisRock impressions. April finds it borderline racist.

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Lorelai dreams that her dog is sometimes the musician Paul Anka. Luke goes on a trip with April and her math team. Rory punishes Logan with passive-aggression. Logan plans a base-hop in Guatemala with Roger, Finn, and Colin. Emily and Richard walk around Stars Hollow. Luke visits Jess's workplace with April. Rory drops by as well.

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Lorelai dreams that her dog Paul Anka is sometimes the musician Paul Anka.he is named for. Luke goes on a trip with April and her math team. Rory punishes Logan with passive-aggression. Logan plans a base-hop in Guatemala with Roger, Finn, and Colin. Emily and Richard walk around Stars Hollow. Luke visits Jess's workplace with April. Rory drops by as well.



* CrazyPrepared: Much as Lorelai has mocked Emily's tendency towards this, like when she had Rory bring two of her own bathing suits to the Yale field trip, but she does this herself, telling Luke to bring nice clothes to the ten-day school trip "just in case".

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* CrazyPrepared: Much as Lorelai has mocked Emily's tendency towards this, like when she had Rory bring two of her own bathing suits to the Yale field trip, but she does this herself, telling Luke to bring nice clothes to the ten-day school trip "just in case".



* ImmediateSelfcontradiction: As part of her passive-aggression, Rory telsl Logan their wires didn't get crossed then that that they did get crossed, then goes back on her pronouncement that Paris's jar of insects is gross.

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* ImmediateSelfcontradiction: ImmediateSelfcontradiction:
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As part of her passive-aggression, Rory telsl tells Logan their wires didn't get crossed crossed, then that that they did ''did'' get crossed, then goes back on her pronouncement that Paris's jar of insects is gross.
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* ItIsDehumanizing: Emily refers to Cissy as "it" after learning she is not Luke's daughter like she thought.


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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: When Luke says April is smart, Jess wonders if he confirmed paternity.


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** Jess's co-worker wants their bookstore to have a café where the next de Kooning can meet the next Franz Kline and dis the next Jackson Pollock while the next Charlie Parker shoots up in the corner.


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* TakeThat:
** Lorelai delibers a series of these to the town of Stars Hollow.
*** According to Taylor, this is against a law written in the 1700s and violations were punishable by shooting squad.
** Cesar comes to regret being left in charge while Luke is away. After dealing with customers, he comes to realize that he hates customers.
* TakeThatMe: Invoked. Jess threatens to kick his own ass if they call a bar Cedar Bar Redux.

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* AskAStupidQuestion: Cesar asks Luke what to do if he sees a flash flood coming at the diner while Luke is away. Luke says he should make sure all the customers are settled up.



* CaptainObvious: Cesar mentions a flash flood in El Salvador that no one expected. Luke points out that the surprise is what the "flash" in "flash flood" covers.



---> '''Lorelai:''' Khaki with a big zipper down the middle? How fashions fluctuate, huh?



* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father Like Daughter]]: April appears to be a trekkie, like Luke in his youth.



* PassiveAggressiveCombat: Rory punishes Logan for his perceived cheating with this trope.

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* PassiveAggressiveCombat: Rory punishes takes revenge on Logan by deliberately "getting their wires crossed", which was his excuse for his perceived cheating with this trope.sleeping around while they were on a break.
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* YouKeepUsingThatWord:
** Finn thinks penultimate means super-ultimate.
** April calls Luke "ridiculously overprotective" after he hands her her sweater. Her friend chimes in repeating "ridiculously".
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I'm told it's no longer a trope.


* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. Rory can't bring herself to cheat on Logan, or she can't bring herself to cheat with Jess. Either way she gets cold feet.
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* MemoryPalace: April suggests Luke use mnemonics to remember people's names on the schooltrip. He takes the technique to heart.

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** Cesar thinks it's weird for math classes to go on the road like Music/{{Metallica}}.



** Creator/ChrisRock
** They sing Music/TomLehrer's ''The Element Song'' on the bus.
** Film/TheHamiltons

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** Creator/ChrisRock
** They sing Music/TomLehrer's ''The Element Song'' on the bus.
** Film/TheHamiltons
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** Some poet finds Golda Meir attractive.

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** Some poet friend of Jess's finds Golda Meir attractive.

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* ChildHater: Emily calls Sissy "it" after finding out she's not Luke's daughter.



* ContinuitySnarl: Taylor refers to himself as the town mayor instead of town selectman.



** Music/TomLehrer

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** Music/TomLehrerThey sing Music/TomLehrer's ''The Element Song'' on the bus.



** Literature/TheDaVinciCode
** Golda Meir

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** Literature/TheDaVinciCode
Jess's books ''The Subsect'' does not sell out everywhere like Literature/TheDaVinciCode.
** Some poet finds Golda MeirMeir attractive.



* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Finn thinks penultimate means super-ultimate.

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: YouKeepUsingThatWord:
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Finn thinks penultimate means super-ultimate.super-ultimate.
** April calls Luke "ridiculously overprotective" after he hands her her sweater. Her friend chimes in repeating "ridiculously".

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* CrazyPrepared: Much as Lorelai has mocked Emily's tendency towards this, like when she had Rory bring two of her own bathing suits to the Yale field trip, but she does this herself, telling Luke to bring nice clothes to the ten-day school trip "just in case".



* IndianBurialGround: Kirk is trying to sell a house that's in particularly bad shape and built on one of these.



* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: In Lorelai's dream, the effect of the two Paul Ankas meeting is that the universe explodes.
* PassiveAggressiveCombat: Rory punishes Logan for his perceived cheating with this trope.



** Franchise/StarTrek
** Series/TheMunsters

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** Franchise/StarTrek
April doubts Luke's having seen the original Franchise/StarTrek.
** Series/TheMunstersApril's math teacher shares a last name with Series/TheMunsters.
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'''Season 6, episode 18'''

!!The Real Paul Anka
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* InformedWrongness: You wonder why Lorelai would want to live in such an awful town as she describes.

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* InformedWrongness: In-universe. You wonder why Lorelai would want to live in such an awful town as she describes.

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** Emily and Richard claim to be in Stars Hollow antiquing, but Kirk already spilled the beans.

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** Emily and Richard claim to be in Stars Hollow antiquing, but Kirk already spilled the beans.beans about them looking for a house to buy.



* EmbarrassingNickname: Gropy [=McGee=]

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* EmbarrassingNickname: Gropy [=McGee=]Lorelai wants to put her parents off Stars Hollow and calls Taylor "Gropy [=McGee=]".



* InformedWrongness:
** You wonder why Lorelai would want to live in such an awful town as she describes.
** Mrs. Kim's wedding dress.

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* InformedWrongness:
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InformedWrongness: You wonder why Lorelai would want to live in such an awful town as she describes.
** Mrs. Kim's wedding dress.
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** Paul Anka

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** Paul AnkaAnka visits Lorelai in a dream.



* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Finn thinks penultimate mean super-ultimate.

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Finn thinks penultimate mean means super-ultimate.
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Lorelai dreams that her dog is sometimes the musician Paul Anka. Luke goes on a trip with April and her math team. Rory punishes Logan with passive-aggression. Logan plans a base-hop in Guatemala with Roger, Finn, and Colin.

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Lorelai dreams that her dog is sometimes the musician Paul Anka. Luke goes on a trip with April and her math team. Rory punishes Logan with passive-aggression. Logan plans a base-hop in Guatemala with Roger, Finn, and Colin. \n Emily and Richard walk around Stars Hollow. Luke visits Jess's workplace with April. Rory drops by as well.


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* BlatantLies:
** Emily and Richard claim to be in Stars Hollow antiquing, but Kirk already spilled the beans.
** Lorelai confuses her parents by claiming to smell garbage right before the wind doesn't change. That's after she claims there's a meth lab nearby.
** Emily pretends to be very impressed with Sissy's intelligence.
* {{Bridezilla}}: Downplayed with Lane, who just wants Lorelai to have an accident with a perfectly okay wedding dress.


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* EmbarrassingNickname: Gropy [=McGee=]


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** As Logan calls Rory on, she followed up her forgiveness with some not very forgiving behavior.
* InformedWrongness:
** You wonder why Lorelai would want to live in such an awful town as she describes.
** Mrs. Kim's wedding dress.
* MistakenIdentity: Emily plays go fish with some girl she thinks is Luke's daughter.


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** Film/TheHamiltons
** Literature/TheDaVinciCode
** Golda Meir


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* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. Rory can't bring herself to cheat on Logan, or she can't bring herself to cheat with Jess. Either way she gets cold feet.
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Lorelai dreams that her dog is sometimes the musician Paul Anka. Luke goes on a trip with April and her math team. Rory punishes Logan with passive-aggression. Logan plans a base-hop in Guatemala with Roger, Finn, and Colin.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Luke. Of mnemonics. Then he grasps it and uses it all the time, embarrassing his daughter.
** Lorelai at first assumes the garment bag is the wedding dress.
* ImmediateSelfcontradiction: As part of her passive-aggression, Rory telsl Logan their wires didn't get crossed then that that they did get crossed, then goes back on her pronouncement that Paris's jar of insects is gross.
* ShoutOut
** Paul Anka
** Franchise/StarTrek
** Series/TheMunsters
** Creator/ChrisRock
** Music/TomLehrer
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Cesar and Lorelai think positive expectations are a jinx.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Finn thinks penultimate mean super-ultimate.
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