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%% * 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.



** They watch Film/BillyJack.
** Dean and Rory agree to watch Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail and Film/LifeOfBrian since there are no good movies in the theatre.
** Lorelai feels their lives are gonna mutate like the giant ants in Film/{{Them}}.
** Lorelai feels Rory is kind of like the robot kid in [[Film/AIArtificialIntelligence A.I.]], but less mom obsessed.

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** They watch Film/BillyJack.
''Film/BillyJack''.
** Dean and Rory agree to watch Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' and Film/LifeOfBrian ''Film/LifeOfBrian'' since there are no good movies in the theatre.
** Lorelai feels their lives are gonna mutate like the giant ants in Film/{{Them}}.
''Film/{{Them}}''.
** Lorelai feels Rory is kind of like the robot kid in [[Film/AIArtificialIntelligence ''[[Film/AIArtificialIntelligence A.I.]], ]]'', but less mom obsessed.



** Hungover Sookie and Lorelai aren't sure if it's WesternAnimation/YogiBear or Yogi Berra.
** Rory has lost Lorelai's place in the Colette biography she borrowed.

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** Hungover Sookie and Lorelai aren't sure if it's WesternAnimation/YogiBear or [[UsefulNotes/HistoricalPeopleToKnowInMLB Yogi Berra.
Berra]].
** Rory has lost Lorelai's place in the Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette biography she borrowed.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Miss Patty pretending to be impressed by the yellow button on the new traffic light.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Miss Patty pretending GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to be impressed by overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the yellow button on future, please check the new traffic light.trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* TakeThat: Dean thinks it'd be weird to go on a double date with adults, but Rory reassures him that it's not adults it's Lorelai and Max.

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Lorelai's bachelorette party happens. She calls Christopher from the nightclub to tell him she is getting married. After that she gets cold feet and runs away on a roadtrip with Rory.

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Taylor has a traffic light built and holds an opening for it. It comes with a big plaque with instructions for how to cross the street with its help, prompting Morey to say that he hates being infantilized.

Lorelai's bachelorette party happens. She Miss Patty reveals that her fourth husband was also her first husband. Emily talks about how she tried on her wedding dress every night before her own wedding. Lorelai sneaks out and calls Christopher from the nightclub to tell him she is getting married. After that she gets cold feet and runs away on a roadtrip with Rory.



* CallBack: To episode two. Lorelai claims she can't wear a veil at the bachelorette party because she's not wearing one at the wedding.

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* CallBack: To episode two. Lorelai claims tells Sookie she is not going to [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS02E02 wear a veil at the wedding]], so she can't wear a veil one at the bachelorette party because she's not wearing one at the wedding.party.



** Lorelai threatens to punch Christopher, who points out that they're on the phone.

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** Lorelai threatens to punch Christopher, who points responds by pointing out that they're on the phone.



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Fran takes Lorelai's joke that she doesn't look a day over 106 seriously.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint:
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Fran takes Lorelai's joke that she doesn't look a day over 106 seriously.seriously.
** Sookie wants to cook for the bachelorette party. Lorelai explains that you only drink at a bachelorette party.



* NoLongerWithUs: Max calls and says he's in the hospital because his brother tried to jump over a parking meter. [[DeadlyEuphemism He didn't make it.]] He claims parking meters are shorter where he lives.



** Miss Patty tells the girls how her first and third husband, Sinjin, was her Creator/RichardBurton and she was his Creator/ElizabethTaylor.

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** Miss Patty tells the girls how her first and third fourth husband, Sinjin, was her Creator/RichardBurton and she was his Creator/ElizabethTaylor.

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Lorelai's bachelorette party happens. She calls Christopher from the nightclub to tell him she is getting married. After that she gets cold feet and runs away with Rory.

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Lorelai's bachelorette party happens. She calls Christopher from the nightclub to tell him she is getting married. After that she gets cold feet and runs away on a roadtrip with Rory.



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Fran takes Lorelai's joke that she doesn't look a day over 106 seriously.



* WritersCannotDoMath: Rory and Dean claim they got together the first time on the 24th (of October), despite the fact that Dean made it clear in the episode of the three-month anniversary that it was Founder's day, which is on the 14th of January, which is easy to check since it's an actual American Revolution holiday.

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* WritersCannotDoMath: Rory and Dean claim they got together the first time on the 24th (of October), despite the fact that Dean made it clear in the episode of on [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS01E16 the three-month anniversary anniversary]] that it was on Founder's day, which is on the 14th of January, which is easy to check since it's an actual American Revolution holiday.

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* CallBack: To episode two. Lorelai claims she can't wear a veil at the bachelorette party because she's not wearing one at the wedding.



** Emily points out that if you invite someone to a place at eight o' clock, you should also be there at eight o' clock.
* CastingGag: The lie about Rory being a model is not completely implausible, as Alexis was one before becoming an actress.



* GodwinsLaw: Luke thinks Stars Hollow is like Hitler's Germany, in that Taylor tells them they want a street light button and gives them one and expects them to be thankful.



** Miss Patty tells the girls how her first and third husband, Sinjin, was her Creator/RichardBurton and she was his Creator/ElizabethTaylor.



** A Colette biography.

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** A Rory has lost Lorelai's place in the Colette biography.biography she borrowed.

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Wedding preparations, but also living-together preparations, are going on. Lorelai's bachelorette party happens. She calls Christopher from the nightclub to tell him she is getting married. After that she gets cold feet and runs away with Rory.

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Wedding preparations, but also living-together preparations, are going on. Lorelai and Rory take Max and Dean on a double date, giving the guys a chance to discuss their Gilmore girls' eating habits and other idiosyncrasies. Max has trouble taking Lorelai's laid-back attitude to parenting seriously.

Lorelai's bachelorette party happens. She calls Christopher from the nightclub to tell him she is getting married. After that she gets cold feet and runs away with Rory.



** Rory claiming to be eighteen to get into a night club. And being an international supermodel. Very big in Germany.

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** Kirk claims he's wearing flesh-colored speedos in his nude photos. He's not.
** Rory claiming claims to be eighteen to get into a night club. And being an international supermodel. Very big in Germany.



* TheCynic: Luke is not fond of weddings. Or the concept of marriage.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Rory says she'll call her mother Funny Bottoms.



* RuleOfThree: Rory only has three quotes to pick from for the ''Franklin''.



** Rory asks Lorelai for help in deciding whose quote to use in The Franklin: Creator/SinclairLewis, Creator/LordByron, or UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini.

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** Rory asks Lorelai for help in deciding whose quote to use in The Franklin: the ''Franklin'': Creator/SinclairLewis, Creator/LordByron, or UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini.



** Dean and Rory agree to watch Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail and Film/LifeOfBrian since there are no good movies in the theatre.



* TheCynic: Luke is not fond of weddings. Or the concept of marriage.

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* TheCynic: Luke is not fond of weddings. Or WritersCannotDoMath: Rory and Dean claim they got together the concept first time on the 24th (of October), despite the fact that Dean made it clear in the episode of marriage.the three-month anniversary that it was Founder's day, which is on the 14th of January, which is easy to check since it's an actual American Revolution holiday.

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Wedding preparations, but also living-together preparations, are going on. Lorelai's bachelorette party happens.

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'''Season 2, episode 3'''

!!Red Light on the Wedding Night

Wedding preparations, but also living-together preparations, are going on. Lorelai's bachelorette party happens.
happens. She calls Christopher from the nightclub to tell him she is getting married. After that she gets cold feet and runs away with Rory.
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** Rory claiming to be eighteen to get into a night club. And being an international supermodel. She's very big in Germany.

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** Rory claiming to be eighteen to get into a night club. And being an international supermodel. She's very Very big in Germany.



** Also, people who drank copiously the night before do not use words like "copiously".

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** Also, Lorelai observes that people who drank copiously the night before do not use words like "copiously".



** Lorelai feels their lives are gonna mutate like the giant ants in Film/{{Them}}
** Rory is kind of like the robot kid in [[Film/AIArtificialIntelligence A.I.]], but less mom obsessed.

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** Lorelai feels their lives are gonna mutate like the giant ants in Film/{{Them}}
Film/{{Them}}.
** Lorelai feels Rory is kind of like the robot kid in [[Film/AIArtificialIntelligence A.I.]], but less mom obsessed.

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* BlatantLies: Rory claiming to be eighteen to get into a night club. And being an international supermodel. She's very big in Germany.
** Sookie makes one up as an excuse for breaking her own rule not to call your boyfriend at her bachelorette party.
* CaptainObvious: Lorelai threatens to punch Christopher, who points out that they're on the phone.

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* BlatantLies: BlatantLies:
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Rory claiming to be eighteen to get into a night club. And being an international supermodel. She's very big in Germany.
** Sookie makes one up as an excuse for breaking her own rule not to call your boyfriend at her the bachelorette party.
* CaptainObvious: CaptainObvious:
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Lorelai threatens to punch Christopher, who points out that they're on the phone.



* {{Cult}}: Lorelai suggests forming one around Max after he demonstrate sacred knowledge about the broiler.

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* {{Cult}}: Lorelai suggests forming one around Max after he demonstrate demonstrates sacred knowledge about the broiler.



* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Rory has a lot of ways to describe how Lorelai has avoided talking about something.

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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: SesquipedalianLoquaciousness:
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Rory has a lot of ways to describe how Lorelai has avoided talking about something.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Luke makes Lorelai a chuppah. Lorelai asks if it's offensive to God if she and Max aren't Jewish.



** Sookie makes one up as an excuse for breaking her own rule to not call your boyfriend at her bachelorette party.

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** Sookie makes one up as an excuse for breaking her own rule to not to call your boyfriend at her bachelorette party.party.
* CaptainObvious: Lorelai threatens to punch Christopher, who points out that they're on the phone.
** Lorelai comments that no one has made her a chuppah before, and Luke points out that that's because she's never gotten married before.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Max accidentally let's it slip that he ''has'' noticed that Lorelai is this trope.



** Also, people who drank copiously the night before do not use words like "copiously".



** Christopher guesses that since Lorelai doesn't want to talk about Max's music collection it's probably stuff like Music/BobDylan and Music/AlanisMorissette.

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** Christopher guesses that since Lorelai doesn't want to talk about Max's music collection it's probably stuff like Music/BobDylan Music/TheBeatles, Music/BobDylan, Music/AlanisMorissette, Matthew Lewis, Music/BuenaVistaSocialClub and Music/AlanisMorissette.Music/{{Enya}}.
** The only people who could be worthy of Lorelai are [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]], Bryan Ferry, and Music/TomWaits.
** Michel ended up on a table with guys dressed as Music/CelineDion and Music/JanetJackson.


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** A Colette biography.

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Wedding preparations, but also living-together preparations, are going on.

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Wedding preparations, but also living-together preparations, are going on.
on. Lorelai's bachelorette party happens.



* BlatantLies: Rory claiming to be eighteen to get into a night club. And being an international supermodel. She's very big in Germany.
** Sookie makes one up as an excuse for breaking her own rule to not call your boyfriend at her bachelorette party.



* ((Manchild}}: Lorelai has never been terribly mature, but in this one she really lets her inner child out.

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* ((Manchild}}: GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Miss Patty pretending to be impressed by the yellow button on the new traffic light.
* {{Manchild}}:
Lorelai has never been terribly mature, but in this one she really lets her inner child out.



** Lorelai feels their lives are gonna mutate like the giant ants in Film/{{Them}}

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** Lorelai feels their lives are gonna mutate like the giant ants in Film/{{Them}}Film/{{Them}}
** Rory is kind of like the robot kid in [[Film/AIArtificialIntelligence A.I.]], but less mom obsessed.
** The server at the nightclub dresses like Creator/MaeWest.
** Christopher guesses that since Lorelai doesn't want to talk about Max's music collection it's probably stuff like Music/BobDylan and Music/AlanisMorissette.
** Hungover Sookie and Lorelai aren't sure if it's WesternAnimation/YogiBear or Yogi Berra.
* TheCynic: Luke is not fond of weddings. Or the concept of marriage.
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Wedding preparations, but also living-together preparations, are going on.

!!Tropes
* BigEater: Rory and Lorelai's tendency toward this baffles Max.
* {{Cult}}: Lorelai suggests forming one around Max after he demonstrate sacred knowledge about the broiler.
* ((Manchild}}: Lorelai has never been terribly mature, but in this one she really lets her inner child out.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Rory has a lot of ways to describe how Lorelai has avoided talking about something.
* ShoutOut:
** Rory asks Lorelai for help in deciding whose quote to use in The Franklin: Creator/SinclairLewis, Creator/LordByron, or UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini.
** They watch Film/BillyJack.
** Lorelai feels their lives are gonna mutate like the giant ants in Film/{{Them}}

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