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* InsistentTerminology: Lorelai points out that Kirk is a giant hot-dog, but Kirk says that according to the costume tag he's a giant wiener.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Rory gets tired of arguing with Paris about whether she wants the religion beat, so pretends she misunderstood, then reiterates that she doesn't want the religion beat.

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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
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Rory gets tired of arguing with Paris about whether she wants the religion beat, so pretends she misunderstood, then reiterates that she doesn't want the religion beat.beat.
** Rory tells Dean he'll get to read her article on their date, but reveals she's kidding: she intends to read it to him.
* BerateAndSwitch: Doyle yells at Paris for harassing several religious leaders and stealing their shoes. He's really proud of her.



%% * 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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* BaitAndSwitch: Rory gets tired of arguing with Paris about whether she wants the religion beat, so pretends she misunderstood, then reiterates that she doesn't want the religion beat.
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* DarkHumor: Michel tells guests about a nearby place where people have died painful, but very picturesque, deaths.

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Maid of the week: A blonde lady who doesn't understand Lorelai's pop-culture references.

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Maid of the week: A blonde lady woman who doesn't understand Lorelai's pop-culture references.



** Doyle hates privileged white guys. Rory points out that he ''is'' a privileged white guy.



* {{Irony}}:
** Doyle hates privileged white guys. Rory points out that he ''is'' a privileged white guy.
** Rory finds that record sales are up despite illegal downloading of music being a thing.

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* {{Irony}}:
** Doyle hates privileged white guys. Rory points out that he ''is'' a privileged white guy.
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{{Irony}}: Rory finds that record sales are up despite illegal downloading of music being a thing.



* PregnancyMakesYouCrazy: Though she isn't serving food that tastes like raw sewage thing time, Sookie figures out that she's pregnant by reflecting on how emotional she has been lately.

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* PregnancyMakesYouCrazy: Though she isn't serving food that tastes like raw sewage thing this time, Sookie figures out that she's pregnant by reflecting on how emotional she has been lately.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Pre-calling the old man out. Rory tells Christopher to stop calling Lorelai because he's gonna mess up her love life again as always.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Pre-calling Precautionary calling the old man out. Rory tells Christopher to stop calling Lorelai because he's gonna mess up her love life again as always.

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* ComplimentBackfire: Norman Mailer says he is not a fan of compliments.

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* ComplimentBackfire: ComplimentBackfire:
** Glenn's article about ''The Anarchist Cookbook'' gets picked up by ''The New York Times''. He is not happy about it, but rather annoyed that professional editors keep calling him.
** Invoked by
Norman Mailer Mailer, who says he is not a fan of compliments.


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** Lorelai's excuse to not lock her house when she leaves it is a quote from Film/FieldOfDreams: "If you build it, they will come".
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Kirk's hot dog costume.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Kirk's hot dog costume. 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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Interstate 84 runs through Connecticut


* ArtisticLicenceGeography: Rory is right to ask Dean why the highway-84 trucker guys would shop in Taylor's store, as that highway goes between Colorado and Georgia.
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Maid of the week: A blonde lady who doesn't understand Lorelai's pop-culture references.

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* HypocriticalHumor: A woman stumbles into a ladies' room, takes off her gorilla mask, realizes Rory is there, says "oops", and walks out declaring, in Latin, that she is prepared for everything.
* {{Irony}}: Doyle hates privileged white guys. Rory points out that he ''is'' a privileged white guy.

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* HypocriticalHumor: HypocriticalHumor:
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A woman stumbles into a ladies' room, takes off her gorilla mask, realizes Rory is there, says "oops", and walks out declaring, in Latin, that she is prepared for everything.
** Sookie invokes this by telling her iced tea-only guest that she is going to read his book without paying for it.
* {{Irony}}: {{Irony}}:
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Doyle hates privileged white guys. Rory points out that he ''is'' a privileged white guy.



** In a hypothetical world were she bailed on Rory, Lorelai follows the Music/TheBangles.

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** In a hypothetical world were she bailed on Rory, Lorelai follows the is a groupie for Music/TheBangles.
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* AnxietyDreams: Paris dreams that Rory tries to take the beat she wants. It's the religion bear, which Rory has no interest in.

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* AnxietyDreams: Paris dreams that Rory tries to take the beat she wants. It's the religion bear, beat, which Rory has no interest in.



** Lorelai mentions the time Rory hit a deer.
** Rory mentions that she took Latin in high school, which she also mentioned in season three.

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** Lorelai mentions the time [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS01E04 Rory hit a deer.
deer]].
** Rory mentions that [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS02E07 she took Latin in high school, which she also mentioned in season three.school]].
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Fixed link to ABBA


** The music downloader mentions Music/JoyDivision and Music/NickCave, downloads every Music/{{Chicago}} album while he talks, and says he wants everything "from Music/ABBA to [[Music/FrankZappa Zappa]]".

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** The music downloader mentions Music/JoyDivision and Music/NickCave, downloads every Music/{{Chicago}} album while he talks, and says he wants everything "from Music/ABBA Music/{{ABBA}} to [[Music/FrankZappa Zappa]]".



** In a hypthetical world were she bailed on Rory, Lorelai follows the Music/TheBangles.

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** In a hypthetical hypothetical world were she bailed on Rory, Lorelai follows the Music/TheBangles.



** In Literature/TheTwits, the animals glued Mr. and Mrs. Twot's furniture to the ceiling, just like Lorelai suggests they do here.

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** In Literature/TheTwits, the animals glued Mr. and Mrs. Twot's Twit's furniture to the ceiling, just like Lorelai suggests they do here.
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** ''The Anarchist Cookbook''

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* ArtisticLicenceGeography: Rory is right to ask Dean why the highway-84 trucker guys would shop in Taylor's store, as that highway goes between Colorado and Georgia.



* FeminineWomenCanCook: This show's near-permanent aversion of this trope makes Paris's dream that Rory bribed Doyle with veal parmesan that ''she cooked herself'' particularly implausible.



* HatesBeingTouched: Glenn isn't a fan of backpats.



* RunningGag: Norman Mailer sitting at tables at the Dragonfly only ordering ice tea. It drives Sookie nuts.

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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
** For Lorelai, Luke's "bit" where he keeps banging his head on the oven.
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Norman Mailer sitting at tables at the Dragonfly only ordering ice tea. It drives Sookie nuts.



** Film/TheMothmanProphecies
** Creator/RichardGere
** Abby and Anne van Buren

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** Film/TheMothmanProphecies
Lorelai tries to use Film/TheMothmanProphecies as her excuse not to change the porch light.
** Creator/RichardGere
When that fails, she claims there's a sequel where Creator/RichardGere gets an ugly disease from changing a dirty porch light.
** Paris doesn't want her and Rory to end up like Abby and Anne van BurenBuren over the religion beat.
** Doyle finds Glenn's nonchalance over being picked up by the New York Times to be like Film/BeingThere.



** Rory's WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} voice

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** Rory's Rory has WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} voicevoice when something's wrong.



** Creator/GoreVidal
** Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez

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** Creator/GoreVidal
Creator/GoreVidal has to be kept on the other side of the room from Norman Mailer.
** Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquezMaybe Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez will run interference.



** ''Stand by Your Man''



** The music downloader mentions Music/NickCave and wants everything "from Music/ABBA to [[Music/FrankZappa Zappa]]".

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** The music downloader mentions Music/NickCave Music/JoyDivision and Music/NickCave, downloads every Music/{{Chicago}} album while he talks, and says he wants everything "from Music/ABBA to [[Music/FrankZappa Zappa]]".



** Literature/{{Rapunzel}}

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** Literature/{{Rapunzel}}Lorelai calls Gigi "Literature/{{Rapunzel}}" because Chris turned her crib around so the tall fence is facing outward.

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!!Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant



** The title mentions Creator/NormanMailer.



** Literature/TheTwits

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** Literature/TheTwitsIn Literature/TheTwits, the animals glued Mr. and Mrs. Twot's furniture to the ceiling, just like Lorelai suggests they do here.


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* TitleDrop: Sookie tells Norman Mailer that she is pregnant. Yes, really.

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* HypocriticalHumor: A woman stumbles into a ladies' room, takes off her gorilla mask, realizes Rory is there, says "oops", and walks out declaring, in Lating, that she is prepared for everything.

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* HypocriticalHumor: A woman stumbles into a ladies' room, takes off her gorilla mask, realizes Rory is there, says "oops", and walks out declaring, in Lating, Latin, that she is prepared for everything.


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* PregnancyMakesYouCrazy: Though she isn't serving food that tastes like raw sewage thing time, Sookie figures out that she's pregnant by reflecting on how emotional she has been lately.

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* ChildHater: Chris can't call Sherry's friends to help him with the baby because they hate children.



* ContinuityNod: Lorelai mentions the time Rory hit a deer.

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
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Lorelai mentions the time Rory hit a deer.deer.
** Rory mentions that she took Latin in high school, which she also mentioned in season three.



* HypocriticalHumor: A woman stumbles into a ladies' room, takes off her gorilla mask, realizes Rory is there, says "oops", and walks out declaring, in Lating, that she is prepared for everything.



** Music/AxlRose

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** Music/AxlRoseThe music downloader mentions Music/NickCave and wants everything "from Music/ABBA to [[Music/FrankZappa Zappa]]".
** Chris's apartment looks like Music/AxlRose trashed it.



** Comicbook/WonderWoman
** Music/TheBangles
** Jesse Jackson's barber.

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** Comicbook/WonderWoman
Lorelai's Comicbook/WonderWoman Halloween costume was spot-on according to Chris.
** Music/TheBangles
In a hypthetical world were she bailed on Rory, Lorelai follows the Music/TheBangles.
** Paris got Jesse Jackson's barber.barber's phone number.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Lorelai warms her socks in her oven and finds them not warm enough for her satisfaction, which makes her wonder if her oven is broke. Luke asks, what about her dryer? She replies that no, her dryer is fine.
** Luke, trying to fix it, conks his head on Lorelai's oven and Lorelai thinks it's a bit.



* RunningGag: Norman Mailer sitting at tables at the Dragonfly only ordering ice tea.

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* RunningGag: Norman Mailer sitting at tables at the Dragonfly only ordering ice tea. It drives Sookie nuts.



** Creator/NormanMailer

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** Creator/NormanMailerCreator/NormanMailer gets interviewed at the Dragonfly.
** Creator/GoreVidal



** Music/BillyJoel

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** Music/BillyJoelMusic/BillyJoel impressed Sookie with his appetite.
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* AnxietyDreams: Paris dreams that Rory tries to take the beat she wants.

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* AnxietyDreams: Paris dreams that Rory tries to take the beat she wants. It's the religion bear, which Rory has no interest in.



* ComplimentBackfire: Norman Mailer is not a fan of compliments.

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* ComplimentBackfire: Norman Mailer says he is not a fan of compliments.



* {{Irony}}: Doyle hates privileged white guys.
** Record sales are up despite illegal downloading of music being a thing.

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* {{Irony}}: Doyle hates privileged white guys.
guys. Rory points out that he ''is'' a privileged white guy.
** Record Rory finds that record sales are up despite illegal downloading of music being a thing.



* PretentiousLatinMotto: In omnia paratus!

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* PretentiousLatinMotto: In "In omnia paratus!paratus!" for the Life and Death Brigade.



* RunningGag: Norman Mailer sitting at tables only ordering ice tea.

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* RunningGag: Norman Mailer sitting at tables at the Dragonfly only ordering ice tea.



* ThreatBackfire: Rory isn't threatening enough to threaten to stalk Logan.

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* ThreatBackfire: Rory isn't threatening enough to convincingly threaten to stalk Logan.
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** Sookie confuses Mailer with Creator/ArthurMiller.

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** Sookie confuses Norman Mailer with Creator/ArthurMiller.Creator/ArthurMiller. That's the one who was married to Creator/MarilynMonroe.

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Sookie is mad that Norman Mailer only drinks ice tea. Dean and Rory each work whenever the other has time. Financial adviser Ann advises the Dragonfly managers to drop lunches, which tics Sookie off. Rory tries to do a story about illegal downloading of music when she runs into a woman in a gorilla mask. Sherry has fled to Paris. Chris has trouble getting his toddler to sleep. Lorelai has trouble telling Luke that she is helping Chris with that.

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Sookie is mad that Norman Mailer only drinks ice tea. Dean and Rory each work whenever the other has time. Financial adviser Ann advises the Dragonfly managers to drop lunches, which tics Sookie off. Rory tries to do a story about illegal downloading of music when she runs into a woman in a gorilla mask. Sherry has fled to Paris. Chris has trouble getting his toddler to sleep. Lorelai has trouble telling Luke that she is helping Chris with that.
that. Sookie realizes she is pregnant again.


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* CallingTheOldManOut: Pre-calling the old man out. Rory tells Christopher to stop calling Lorelai because he's gonna mess up her love life again as always.


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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Kirk's hot dog costume.


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** Record sales are up despite illegal downloading of music being a thing.


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* RunningGag: Norman Mailer sitting at tables only ordering ice tea.


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* ThreatBackfire: Rory isn't threatening enough to threaten to stalk Logan.

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Sookie is mad that Norman Mailer only drinks ice tea.

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Sookie is mad that Norman Mailer only drinks ice tea.
tea. Dean and Rory each work whenever the other has time. Financial adviser Ann advises the Dragonfly managers to drop lunches, which tics Sookie off. Rory tries to do a story about illegal downloading of music when she runs into a woman in a gorilla mask. Sherry has fled to Paris. Chris has trouble getting his toddler to sleep. Lorelai has trouble telling Luke that she is helping Chris with that.



* MissingMom: Sherry bailed on Chris and Gigi and got a job and moved to Paris.
* PretentiousLatinMotto: In omnia paratus!



** Film/MothmanProphecies

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** Film/MothmanPropheciesFilm/TheMothmanProphecies



** Rory's Film/{{Bambi}} voice

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** Rory's Film/{{Bambi}} WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} voice


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** ''Stand by Your Man''
** Sookie confuses Mailer with Creator/ArthurMiller.
** Music/AxlRose
** Literature/{{Rapunzel}}
** Comicbook/WonderWoman
** Music/TheBangles
** Jesse Jackson's barber.
** Literature/TheTwits
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Sookie is mad that Norman Mailer only drinks ice tea.

!!Tropes
* AnxietyDreams: Paris dreams that Rory tries to take the beat she wants.
* ComplimentBackfire: Norman Mailer is not a fan of compliments.
* ContinuityNod: Lorelai mentions the time Rory hit a deer.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rory complains about spending the summer in Europe instead of taking her journalism dream seriously like everyone else on the paper.
* {{Irony}}: Doyle hates privileged white guys.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: Doyle to Logan.
* ShoutOut
** Film/MothmanProphecies
** Creator/RichardGere
** Abby and Anne van Buren
** ''The Anarchist Cookbook''
** Rory's Film/{{Bambi}} voice
** Creator/NormanMailer
** Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez
** Music/BillyJoel
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