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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Suddenly Lorelai can make waffles.

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* FeminineWomenCanCook: FeminineWomenCanCook:
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Suddenly Lorelai can make waffles.waffles.
** Averted as usual with Liz, who can't tell her oven is broken and not cooking the tunaloaf she put in it for hours.
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* {{Malaproper}}: Liz claims that invention is the mother of necessity.

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* TakeThat: Lorelai references Mickey Rooney's "tour de force" racist performance as Holly Golightly's Japanese landlord.

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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
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Lorelai references Mickey Rooney's "tour de force" racist performance as Holly Golightly's Japanese landlord.landlord.
** Rory points out that even her sock drawer would make a better mom than Courtney Love. Notwithstanding that she has [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS04E01 a close relationship with her sock drawer]].
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* TakeThat: Lorelai references Mickey Rooney's "tour de force" racist performance as Holly Golightly's Japanese landlord.

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* CallBack: For all the times Luke has given Kirk practical advice, Kirk tells Luke he can only give him a job because he's more of a "teach a man to fish" kind of guy.

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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For all the times Luke has given Kirk practical advice, Kirk tells Luke he can only give him a job because he's more of a "teach a man to fish" kind of guy.guy.
** Lane says her mother was right to say that sex sucks, and admires her for being the only woman brave enough to admit it.



* ContinuityNod: Lorelai asks herself W.W.T.B.F.C.D? -- what would the barefoot contessa do? In season three, she claimed that the Barefoot Contessa talked to her through the screen once.

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
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Lorelai asks herself W.W.T.B.F.C.D? -- what would the barefoot contessa do? In season three, she claimed that the Barefoot Contessa talked to her through the screen once.once.
** Luke claims he doesn't care that they're broken up, since Lorelai's the one who proposed anyway. Which she did, in the fifth season finale, and he caught a lot of disappointed "oh"s for it in the sixth season premier.



* GrammarNazi: You can't shorten "what would the barefoot contessa do?" to "W.W.T.B.F.C.D?"

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* GrammarNazi: You can't shorten "what would the barefoot contessa do?" to "W.W.T.B.F.C.D?"D?", because as Rory points out, "barefoot" is one word.


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* HypocriticalHumor: Lane tells Rory that she and Zach had sex on the beach "until some pervert in a diving mask showed up".

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* CallBack: For all the times Luke has given Kirk practical advice, Kirk tells Luke he can only give him a job because he's more of a "teach a man to fish" kind of guy.



* ContinuityNod: Lorelai asks herself W.W.T.B.F.C.D? -- what would the barefoot contessa do? In season three, she claimed that the Barefoot Contessa talked to her through the screen once.



* HiddenDepths: Liz and T.J.

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* HiddenDepths: Liz and T.J. know a lot about quantum physics.
* NoTrueScotsman: Lorelai claims that real grown-ups don't call themselves grown-ups; they call themselves adults, and they pronounce it ah-dults.


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* SelfDeprecation: Zach tells Rory that he learned something about himself on his honeymoon in Mexico: namely, that he is not moreally opposed to murder, he's just too cowardly to do it.
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* EmbarrassingNicname: Lorelai nicknames Rory "loin fruit" for the morning.

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* EmbarrassingNicname: EmbarrassingNickname: Lorelai nicknames Rory "loin fruit" for the morning.
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* EmbarrassingNicname: Lorelai nicknames Rory "loin fruit" for the morning.
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** Liz thinks Luke and Lorelai are like Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/SandraBullock in ''The Lake House'', but T.J. thinks it was more like Film/{{Speed}}.

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** Liz thinks Luke and Lorelai are like Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/SandraBullock in ''The Lake House'', but T.J. thinks it was they're more like Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in Film/{{Speed}}.
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* BlatantLies: Lane accuses Rory of lying about liking sex, like she wasn't gonna find out it's awful.

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* BlatantLies: Invoked. Lane accuses Rory of lying about liking sex, like she wasn't gonna find out it's awful.



** Franchise/HelloKitty rules Japan.

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** Franchise/HelloKitty rules Japan.Japan, Lorelai announces during the tour.



** Renting an Film/AnAffairToRemember is an acceptable way to deal with a breakup as far as Rory is concerned.
** Creator/GwynethPaltrow is imperfect as she did Film/ShallowHal.

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** Renting an Film/AnAffairToRemember is [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS01E17 an acceptable way to deal with a breakup breakup]] as far as Rory is concerned.
** Lorelai argues that Creator/GwynethPaltrow is imperfect as she did Film/ShallowHal.



** Subverted with Lane, who realized during sex that they had crabs, which is a thing that might happen when you have sex on a beach.
* WhatTheHellHero: Rory finds out Lorelai slept with Chritopher, and figures it had to be sometime in the three days since she and Luke broke up. It pisses her off.

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** Subverted with Lane, who realized during sex that they had crabs, which is a thing that might happen when you have sex on a beach.
beach, referring to the crustaceans.
* WhatTheHellHero: Rory finds out Lorelai slept with Chritopher, Christopher, and figures it had to be sometime in the three days since she and Luke broke up. It pisses her off.
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** Music/{{Madonna}}

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* {{Bookworm}}: Rory has read a lot of Asia travel books. With highlighters and flags.

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* {{Bookworm}}: Rory has read a lot of Asia travel books. With highlighters and page flags.



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kirk thinks Chuck E. Cheese is a real person.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint:
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Kirk thinks Chuck E. Cheese is a real person.person, but not that a giant mouse could open a chain of restaurants by itself.



* HiddenDepths: Liz and T.J.



** Film/ShallowHal
** Music/BritneySpears
** Music/CourtneyLove
** Music/MichaelJackson
** Creator/MiaFarrow
** Franchise/BattlestarGalactica

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** Film/ShallowHal
Creator/GwynethPaltrow is imperfect as she did Film/ShallowHal.
** Music/BritneySpears
Rory claims Music/BritneySpears doesn't know which side is which on a baby.
** Music/CourtneyLove
Lane concedes that she'll be a better mom than Music/CourtneyLove, like Rory's sock drawer.
** Music/MichaelJackson
And she won't name her kid for an inanimate object like Music/MichaelJackson.
** Creator/MiaFarrow
Lane figures Creator/TomCruise and Creator/KatieHolmes named their kid Pillow.
** Franchise/BattlestarGalacticaCreator/RachelGriffiths apparently named hers Banjo.
** And Creator/MiaFarrow named hers Satchel.
** T.J. watches Franchise/BattlestarGalactica.
** Liz thinks Luke and Lorelai are like Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/SandraBullock in ''The Lake House'', but T.J. thinks it was more like Film/{{Speed}}.



* TitleDrop: Lane drops the episode title when she finds out she's pregnant.



* WhatTheHellHero: [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Mom, you slept with Dad!"]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: Rory finds out Lorelai slept with Chritopher, and figures it had to be sometime in the three days since she and Luke broke up. It pisses her off.
-->'''Rory:'''
[[ItMakesSenseInContext "Mom, you slept with Dad!"]]

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'''Season 7, episode 2'''

!!That's What You Get, Folks, For Makin' Whoopie



* {{Bookworm}}: Rory has read a lot of Asia travel books. With highlighters and flags.
* CaptainObvious: Luke explains to T.J. that he's about to fix the giant hole in his wall.



** Sookie had hoped that instead of telling Luke she slept with Christopher, Lorelai told Kirk the difference between antiperspirant and deodorant.



* FeminineWomenCanCook: Suddenly Lorelai can make waffles.



* ProductPlacement: Pedro's Paradise

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* ProductPlacement: Chuck E. Cheese. Pedro's ParadiseParadise.



** Film/TheBarefootContessa
** Film/FromHereToEternity
** Franchise/HelloKitty
** Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai
** Film/TheJoyLuckClub
** Film/TheKarateKid
** Shanghai Surprise
** Creator/BruceLee
** Film/EnterTheDragon
** Creator/TomSelleck
** Mr Baseball
** Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys
** Creator/MickeyRooney
** Film/AnAffairToRemember

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** Film/TheBarefootContessa
Lorelai asks herself what Film/TheBarefootContessa would do.
** Film/FromHereToEternity
Lane and Zach tried to recreate the sex scene in Film/FromHereToEternity.
** Franchise/HelloKitty
Lorelai's recreation of Asia includes a Creator/SandraOh poster.
** Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai
Franchise/HelloKitty rules Japan.
** Film/TheJoyLuckClub
** Film/TheKarateKid
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The movie marathon includes Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai, Film/TheJoyLuckClub, Film/TheKarateKid, Shanghai Surprise
Surprise, Creator/BruceLee's Film/EnterTheDragon, Creator/TomSelleck classic Mr Baseball, and Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys with Creator/MickeyRooney.
** Creator/BruceLee
** Film/EnterTheDragon
** Creator/TomSelleck
** Mr Baseball
** Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys
** Creator/MickeyRooney
** Film/AnAffairToRemember
Renting an Film/AnAffairToRemember is an acceptable way to deal with a breakup as far as Rory is concerned.
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I'm not sure if YMMV stuff goes on recap pages, so I'll move this to Gilmore Girls. However, Anvil Of The Story is the example-less supertrope, so Anvilicious may be the correct trope for this example. Feel free to discuss this in the clean-up thread here


* AnvilOfTheStory: Lane makes several arguments against sex and motherhood at the age of twenty, starting with calling it "a parasite" and going on to declare "that's what you get for making whoopie, folks!"

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Luke drives to Christopher and punches him in the face. Lane returns from her honeymoon, which sucked. T.J. wants to turn Luke's diner's aesthetic into a medieval church. Lorelai turns her house into "Asia 2.0" so Rory won't feel like she completely missed out.

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Luke drives to Christopher and punches him in the face. Lane returns from her honeymoon, which sucked. T.J. wants to turn Luke's diner's aesthetic into a medieval church. Lorelai turns her house into "Asia 2.0" so Rory won't feel like she completely missed out.
out. Lane learns that she is pregnant.



* {{Anvillicious}}: Lane makes several arguments against sex and motherhood at the age of twenty.

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* {{Anvillicious}}: AnvilOfTheStory: Lane makes several arguments against sex and motherhood at the age of twenty.twenty, starting with calling it "a parasite" and going on to declare "that's what you get for making whoopie, folks!"



** Creator/{{Madonna}}

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** Creator/{{Madonna}}Music/{{Madonna}}


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** Music/BritneySpears
** Music/CourtneyLove
** Music/MichaelJackson
** Creator/MiaFarrow
** Franchise/BattlestarGalactica


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* StarCrossedLovers: Liz feels that Luke and Lorelai were this.

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Luke drives to Christopher and punches him in the face. Lane returns from her honeymoon, which sucked. T.J. wants to turn Luke's diner into

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Luke drives to Christopher and punches him in the face. Lane returns from her honeymoon, which sucked. T.J. wants to turn Luke's diner into
diner's aesthetic into a medieval church. Lorelai turns her house into "Asia 2.0" so Rory won't feel like she completely missed out.



* BlatantLies: Lane

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* {{Anvillicious}}: Lane makes several arguments against sex and motherhood at the age of twenty.
* BlatantLies: Lane accuses Rory of lying about liking sex, like she wasn't gonna find out it's awful.



* ConspiracyTheory: Lane figures the narrative about sex being pleasant is just really good advertising.



** Franchise/HelloKitty
** Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai
** Film/TheJoyLuckClub
** Film/TheKarateKid
** Shanghai Surprise
** Creator/BruceLee
** Film/EnterTheDragon
** Creator/TomSelleck
** Mr Baseball
** Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys
** Creator/MickeyRooney
** Film/AnAffairToRemember
** Creator/{{Madonna}}
** Film/ShallowHal



* SpyCode: Spanish, if you're Zach.
* TooMuchInformation: T.J. is in this episode.

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* SpyCode: SpySpeak: Spanish, if you're Zach.
* TooMuchInformation: TooMuchInformation:
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T.J. is in this episode.episode.
** Subverted with Lane, who realized during sex that they had crabs, which is a thing that might happen when you have sex on a beach.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Mom, you slept with Dad!"]]
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Luke drives to Christopher and punches him in the face. Lane returns from her honeymoon, which sucked. T.J. wants to turn Luke's diner into

!!Tropes
* BlatantLies: Lane
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kirk thinks Chuck E. Cheese is a real person.
* GrammarNazi: You can't shorten "what would the barefoot contessa do?" to "W.W.T.B.F.C.D?"
* ProductPlacement: Pedro's Paradise
* ShoutOut:
** Film/TheBarefootContessa
** Film/FromHereToEternity
* SincerestFormOfFlattery: Kirk opens his own diner, names it Kirk's, wears a backward baseball cap and serves pancakes.
* SpyCode: Spanish, if you're Zach.
* TooMuchInformation: T.J. is in this episode.
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