Line #4 Recap/GilmoreGirlsS04E11


1	'''Season 4, episode 11'''
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3	!!In The Clamor And The Clangor
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5	Stan Applebaum has died. (Not [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS03E07 that one]].) He left money to repair the town's church bells. Hep Alien has been booked for a gig at [=CBGB=]s. Paris is suddenly interested in political fiction despite being pre-med. Lorelai finds out Luke has bought a house with Nicole. Lorelai and Luke conspire to break the bells, and it comes out that Luke's the one who broke them the last time. Lane goes to Rory instead of home after her gig that got cancelled.
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7	Mrs. Kim has an epiphany about her relationship with Lane.
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9	!!Tropes
10	* BlatantLies: Luke keeps insisting that he moved to Litchfield where Nicole lives, but after getting over the shock of it, Lorelai doesn't buy it because in practice he still lives in Stars Hollow.
11	* CallBack: William, the guy Rory [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS04E05 tried to ask on a date]], tells people about a stalker he has, and Rory thinks it's her.
12	* CaptainObvious: Lorelai says that only four people have died so far this year. Sookie replies that that means that a fifth one hasn't died yet.
13	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Lorelai says Luke should work for the CIA, Sookie thinks she means the Culinary Institute of America.
14	* DaddyIssues: Paris argues that the conflict between Israel and Palestine is due to Judaism and Islam both descending from Abraham, so all the conflict is about who Daddy likes best.
15	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Discussed. Sookie, Rory, and Lorelai discuss expecting a fifth person in town to die this year, naming a few people who might be the next to go. When two of them seem to be about to, all three feel guilty.
16	-->'''Lorelai:''' We are Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick.
17	* GuiltyPleasure: The band all name theirs to make Zach feel better about knowing anything about Music/NSync.
18	* HypocriticalHumor:
19	** Lane figures they don't need a sound guy to play a gig.
20	** Lorelai bought a gym membership after she gave birth to lose all the weight, but was too fat to be going to the gym.
21	** As Lorelai points out, Luke is the one passing judgment on him living with Nicole – by not living with Nicole.
22	** Reverend Skinner walks in on Lorelai and Luke sabotaging the church bells and his look of relief is priceless.
23	--->'''Rev. Skinner:''' Oh, thank God. Carry on.
24	* ItsAllAboutMe: Subverted, as Luke calls Lorelai on this for wanting to know when he moves out of town.
25	* {{Metaphorgotten}}:
26	** Lorelai feels that she was the liver treat, or even the cute accessories, to Luke's dog, and it makes her feel disappointed that he didn't tell her about moving to Litchfield when he did.
27	** Rory points out that Lane must have a spine because otherwise she'd be walking funny.
28	* MyWayOrTheHighWay: Mrs. Kim tells Lane she can do her own thing living elsewhere.
29	* NotSoStoic: Lane snuck out one night, and Mrs. Kim calls in a search party and a prayer group by four in the morning.
30	* OneDialogueTwoConversations: In a class discussion about the Israel-Palestine conflict, Rory talks about the guy spreading lies about her, but he doesn't realize that because he isn't and assumes they're talking about the Israel-Palestine conflict.
31	* {{Pun}}: After he gets tinnitus, Kirk can't tell which are the churchbells and which are the "kirkbells".
32	* ShoutOut:
33	** As they are Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick, Lorelai, Rory and Sookie can curse people to death by speculating.
34	** Zach can't explain how he knows so much about Music/NSync.
35	** Gil admits to liking Music/SimonAndGarfunkel
36	** Lane to Music/FleetwoodMac.
37	** Brian has Music/SarahMcLachlan.
38	** Zach paraphrases [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]]: A little more [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand 'Stones]], a little less Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, please.
39	** Brian points out that Music/TheRamones started playing gigs at [=CBGB=]s. Lane adds hat so did Music/{{Blondie\|Band}}, Music/SonicYouth, Music/{{Television}}, Music/TalkingHeads…
40	** Lorelai thinks she and Rory could steal the Weirdest Mother/Daughter title from Creator/JudyGarland and Creator/LizaMinnelli.
41	** Kirk has tinnitus, just like Creator/WilliamShatner, aka [[Franchise/StarTrek Captain Kirk]].
42	** Rory suggests Lorelai read Literature/TheBellJar since she is refusing to go to Luke's so she can eat.
43	** The band can't find Music/{{Blondie\|Band}} on the wall, but Music/TheStrokes has signed it several times.
44	** Lorelai has watched Series/HartToHart for years.
45	** She calls Luke "[[Film/BonnieAndClyde Clyde]]".
46	** According to Mrs. Kim, [[Series/SesameStreet The Cookie Monster]] is one of the seven deadly sins.
47	** Lorelai thinks Luke must've been at the top of his class at [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Huncback school]].
48	** William calls Rory UsefulNotes/MadeleineAlbright.
49	* StalkerWithACrush: The guy Rory [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS04E05 asked to get coffee with her]] a few episodes ago is now telling a story about a creepy stalker. Rory thinks he's making up stories about her, but he is talking about someone else.
50	* TakeThat: For the fall of the music industry, Music/BritneySpears has to shoulder some of the blame alongside Rory borrowing [=CD=]s instead of buying them.
51	* TakeThatMe: Rory rhetorically asks Lorelai how self-centered she has to be to just assume William was talking about her. Lorelai replies that she would have assumed the same thing, so incredibly self-centered.
52	* VagueAge: Hank Krutzman isn't 110, that's just what Lorelai says when she means that someone is really old.
53	* YouOweMe: Lorelai argues that Rory owes her for keeping her from scratch her chickenpox. She has pretty skin now and therefore owes Lorelai to prioritize her complaints about Luke over her studying.

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