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* BilingualBonus: Subverted. Lorelai has learned the French phrases "Pouvez-vous attacher vos chassures" and "vos odeurs de chat". The first one she accurately translates as "can you tie your shoes?", but the second she translates as [[{{Malaproper}} "your cat smells"]]. "Odeurs de chat" does mean "cat smells", but as in "the smell of cat" not as a verb.

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* BilingualBonus: Subverted. Lorelai has learned the French phrases "Pouvez-vous attacher vos chassures" and "vos odeurs de chat". chat." The first one she accurately translates as "can you tie your shoes?", shoes?," but the second she translates as [[{{Malaproper}} "your cat smells"]]. "Odeurs de chat" does mean "cat smells", smells," but as in "the smell of cat" not as a verb.



** Taylor also thinks it's unfair that Luke calls his diner a diner and Taylor's shop a "stupid store".

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** Taylor also thinks it's unfair that Luke calls his diner a diner and Taylor's shop a "stupid store".store."



** Kirk is mad that Lorelai and Rory didn't get him a present. Lorelai explains that they forgot others, too, and had to give Luke "fake jam", i.e. jam from Sookie's that they claimed was from France, which only upsets Kirk more. He ''loves'' fake jam.

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** Kirk is mad that Lorelai and Rory didn't get him a present. Lorelai explains that they forgot others, too, and had to give Luke "fake jam", jam," i.e. jam from Sookie's that they claimed was from France, which only upsets Kirk more. He ''loves'' fake jam.



* CompanionCube: Rory tells her clothes how much she missed them. She calls her socks "boys".

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* CompanionCube: Rory tells her clothes how much she missed them. She calls her socks "boys"."boys."



** Rory quotes Film/TheWizardOfOz twice when she tells her clothes: "I missed you! I missed you all!" and "I had a dream about you! You were there, and you, and you."
** Luke does not have good childhood memories about Film/MaryPoppins.

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** Rory quotes Film/TheWizardOfOz ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' twice when she tells her clothes: "I missed you! I missed you all!" and "I had a dream about you! You were there, and you, and you."
** Luke does not have good childhood memories about Film/MaryPoppins.''Film/MaryPoppins''.



** Everything you can buy in Stars Hollow has a Franchise/HelloKitty stamp on the bottom according to Rory.

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** Everything you can buy in Stars Hollow has a Franchise/HelloKitty ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' stamp on the bottom according to Rory.



** Rory bought Richard's present in an Literature/AliceInWonderland-themes store.

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** Rory bought Richard's present in an Literature/AliceInWonderland-themes ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''-themes store.

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-->'''Rory:''' Hello, boys!

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-->'''Rory:''' --->'''Rory:''' Hello, boys!


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** Lorelai asks if Sookie's gonna name her son Lorelai. Since Rory is named Lorelai and the lampshade was hung during a phone call earlier in the episode, Sookie just says:
--->[[SarcasmMode That won't be confusing at all.]]


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* CharacterDevelopment: Since her experiences in season 3, Rory has decided she doesn't want anything to do with pregnancies. She even refuses to feel Sookie's stomach.

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* BrickJoke: Two interwoven. Taylor tells the crowd that he arranged for a skydiver to show up. Lorelai goes to the beauty shop run by Kirk and discovers that he has a parachute. She has just promised to get Kirk some "fake jam" as a gift, but says that the best gift she could possibly give him is the advice not to go parachuting. Kirk is quiet for a moment, then [[LiteralMinded asks if he still gets the jam]]. Later that night, a shaken Kirk stalks past her and Luke, dragging his open parachute, muttering about strong wind.

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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
** Lorelai snarks that she's gonna leave Rory alone to make out with her sock drawer. You think she's kidding, but once she closes the door, Rory opens her sock drawer.
-->'''Rory:''' Hello, boys!
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Two interwoven. Taylor tells the crowd that he arranged for a skydiver to show up. Lorelai goes to the beauty shop run by Kirk and discovers that he has a parachute. She has just promised to get Kirk some "fake jam" as a gift, but says that the best gift she could possibly give him is the advice not to go parachuting. Kirk is quiet for a moment, then [[LiteralMinded asks if he still gets the jam]]. Later that night, a shaken Kirk stalks past her and Luke, dragging his open parachute, muttering about strong wind.


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* CrazyPrepared: Rory gave Babette their itinerary, just in case they got caught accidentally hash smuggling.
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** Lorelai forgot to buy Luke a gift on their trip, so she buys Stars Hollow jam and gives it to him claiming it's from France and is so exclusive the woman who makes it only makes three jars a year.

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** Lorelai forgot to buy Luke a gift on their trip, so she buys Stars Hollow gets homemade jam from Sookie and gives it to him claiming it's from France and is so exclusive the woman who makes it only makes three jars a year.
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Judy said "I'll miss you all" but I still think it counts.


** Rory quotes Film/TheWizardOfOz when she tells her clothes: "I had a dream about you! You were there, and you, and you."

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** Rory quotes Film/TheWizardOfOz twice when she tells her clothes: "I missed you! I missed you all!" and "I had a dream about you! You were there, and you, and you."
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''Friends of Emily and Richard that Rory and Lorelai didn't visit while in Europe:''\\

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''Friends '''Friends of Emily and Richard Richard's that Rory and Lorelai didn't visit while in Europe:''\\Europe:'''\\



Maid of the week: Gerta.

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Maid '''Maid of the week: week:''' Gerta.

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Maid of the week: Gerta

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''Friends of Emily and Richard that Rory and Lorelai didn't visit while in Europe:''\\
The Gundersons in Zurich\\
The Egerholms in Denmark\\
The Rezoscos in Florence\\
The Talbots in London

Maid of the week: Gerta
Gerta.
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Maid of the week: Gerta
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** Rory has played [[Literature/BookOfEsther Esther]] at the Purim festival every year.
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* CallBack:
** Lorelai studied phrasebooks at Luke's in the season three finale. When she walks into Luke's in this episode, she demonstrates that she still knows how to ask Frenchmen if they can tie their shoelaces and jokes that there wasn't a single shoelace fatality on her watch.
** Luke has not forgotten Lorelai's usual order: coffee.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The girls detour to Ireland before going back to America, and are upset to discover that they have less time to hang out in Stars Hollow before Rory going to Yale.



* RealityEnsues: The girls detour to Ireland before going back to America, and are upset to discover that they have less time to hang out in Stars Hollow before Rory going to Yale.

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* BlatantLies: Lorelai forgot to buy Luke a gift on their trip, so she buys Stars Hollow jam and gives it to him claiming it's from France and is so exclusive the woman who makes it only makes three jars a year.
* BrickJoke: Taylor tells the crowd that he arranged for a skydiver to show up. Lorelai goes to the beauty shop run by Kirk and discovers that he has a parachute.

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* BlatantLies: BlatantLies:
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Lorelai forgot to buy Luke a gift on their trip, so she buys Stars Hollow jam and gives it to him claiming it's from France and is so exclusive the woman who makes it only makes three jars a year.
** Lorelai tries to convince Rory to skip Friday night dinner by telling her Emily will understand, but has to VerbalBackspace because it sounds like this even to her.
* BrickJoke: Two interwoven. Taylor tells the crowd that he arranged for a skydiver to show up. Lorelai goes to the beauty shop run by Kirk and discovers that he has a parachute. She has just promised to get Kirk some "fake jam" as a gift, but says that the best gift she could possibly give him is the advice not to go parachuting. Kirk is quiet for a moment, then [[LiteralMinded asks if he still gets the jam]]. Later that night, a shaken Kirk stalks past her and Luke, dragging his open parachute, muttering about strong wind.



* DoubleStandard: Lorelai gender-flips the one about women of a certain age who live alone being assumed to be lesbians.

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* DoubleStandard: Lorelai gender-flips the one about women of a certain age who live alone being assumed to be lesbians.lesbians, thus subverting this trope.



-->'''Lorelai:''' Hey, I always defended you. I always said, "hey, so what if he is?"



** Lorelai tells Rory she should walk past Taylor [[Franchise/StarTrek "Warp speed, Mr. Sulu"]] kind of fast.

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** Lorelai tells Rory she should walk past Taylor Taylor's grand opening [[Franchise/StarTrek "Warp speed, Mr. Sulu"]] kind of fast.


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* VerbalBackspace: Lorelai trying to convince herself and Rory that bailing on the first Yale money Friday night dinner is okay, has to correct herself.
-->'''Lorelai:''' We have to get all this stuff by tomorrow. We can't do that if we have to drive all the way to Hartford and back. Grandma will understand. ({{beat}}) Well, the first part was true.

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* TheFifties: Invoked. Jackson and Rory agree to be on the Ricky Ricardo and Dick van Dyke team of not knowing the gender of Sookie's baby until it's born, and pretend that Eisenhower is President and discuss the Soviet satellite Sputnik.



** Jackson claims that Creator/DickVanDyke didn't know the gender of ''his'' baby before it was born either.

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** Jackson claims that [[Series/ILoveLucy Ricky Ricardo]] and Creator/DickVanDyke didn't know the gender of ''his'' baby ''their'' babies before it was they were born either.


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** Lorelai tells Rory she should walk past Taylor [[Franchise/StarTrek "Warp speed, Mr. Sulu"]] kind of fast.


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* {{Spoiler}}: In-universe, Jackson treats everything Sookie says about the baby as this.
-->'''Jackson:''' You said it was little, and now I know it's gonna be little!
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* ContinuityNod: Lorelai's sense of humor [[Recap/GilmoreGirlsS03E07 still takes a dive when she is too tired]].
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* BrickJoke: Taylor tells the crowd that he arranged for a skydiver to show up. Lorelai goes to the beauty shop run by Kirk and discovers that he has a parachute.


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* RealityEnsues: The girls detour to Ireland before going back to America, and are upset to discover that they have less time to hang out in Stars Hollow before Rory going to Yale.
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* BilingualBonus: Subverted. Lorelai has learned the French phrases "Pouvez-vous attacher vos chassures" and "vos odeurs de chat". The first one she accurately translates as "can you tie your shoes?", but the second she translates as [[{{Malaproper}} "your cat smells"]]. "Odeurs de chat" does mean "cat smells", but as in "the smell of cat" not as a verb.
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!!Ballrooms and Biscotti


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** Rory quotes Film/TheWizardOfOz when she tells her clothes: "I had a dream about you! You were there, and you, and you."
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* DoubleStandard: Lorelai gender-flips the one about women of a certain age who live alone being assumed to be lesbians.


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** The girls went to a Music/JimMorrison concert.
** Lorelai references Film/PattyHearst's incarceration.
** A ballroom dancer is either Comicbook/{{Superman}} or Comicbook/WonderWoman as far as jetlagged Lorelai is concerned.

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** Kirk is mad that Lorelai and Rory didn't get him a present. Lorelai explains that they forgot others, too, and had to give Luke "fake jam", i.e. jam from Sookie's that they claimed was from France, which onlyupsets Kirk more. He ''loves'' fake jam.
** Kirk's one-lesson parachute instructor told him he was a natural at falling.

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** Taylor also thinks it's unfair that Luke calls his diner a diner and Taylor's shop a "stupid store".
** When Lorelai asks about the baby Jackson starts making "buh buh" noises to stop Sookie saying anything so he hears it. Lorelai understands it as the baby's gender being buh, which she has never heard about before.
** Kirk is mad that Lorelai and Rory didn't get him a present. Lorelai explains that they forgot others, too, and had to give Luke "fake jam", i.e. jam from Sookie's that they claimed was from France, which onlyupsets only upsets Kirk more. He ''loves'' fake jam.
** Kirk's one-lesson parachute instructor told him he was a natural at falling.falling, and he takes it as a compliment.
* CompanionCube: Rory tells her clothes how much she missed them. She calls her socks "boys".


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** Luke does not have good childhood memories about Film/MaryPoppins.
** Everything you can buy in Stars Hollow has a Franchise/HelloKitty stamp on the bottom according to Rory.
** Jackson claims that Creator/DickVanDyke didn't know the gender of ''his'' baby before it was born either.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Lorelai argues with Emily until she learns that Richard went to bed hours ago.
* BabiesEverAfter: Subverted. Lorelai guesses that the third piece of news is this, but it's that Luke's getting divorced.
* BlatantLies: Lorelai forgot to buy Luke a gift on their trip, so she buys Stars Hollow jam and gives it to him claiming it's from France.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Lorelai argues with Emily about keeping Rory up late to watch ballroom dancing tapes the night before she goes to Yale until she learns that Richard went to bed hours ago.
ago, then she cracks up.
* BabiesEverAfter: Subverted. Lorelai guesses that the Luke's third piece of news is this, but it's that Luke's getting divorced.
* BlatantLies: Lorelai forgot to buy Luke a gift on their trip, so she buys Stars Hollow jam and gives it to him claiming it's from France.France and is so exclusive the woman who makes it only makes three jars a year.



** Kirk is mad that they didn't get him a present. He ''loves'' fake jam.

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** Kirk is mad that they Lorelai and Rory didn't get him a present.present. Lorelai explains that they forgot others, too, and had to give Luke "fake jam", i.e. jam from Sookie's that they claimed was from France, which onlyupsets Kirk more. He ''loves'' fake jam.



** Rory bought Richard's present in an Literature/AliceInWonderland-themes store.

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** Rory bought Richard's present in an Literature/AliceInWonderland-themes store.store.
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* MarriedAtSea: Luke and Nicole.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Lorelai argues with Emily until she learns that Richard went to bed hours ago.


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* RunningGag: Lorelai and Rory find Sofia repeatedly dying in Film/TheGodfather movies to be this. Lorelai thinks it would be cool if Sofia could die during a foxtrot.

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Lorelai and Rory come home after their interrail in Europe. Luke returns from his cruise with Nicole, married. Itineraries are plot relevant.

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Lorelai and Rory come home after their interrail in Europe. Luke returns from his cruise with Nicole, married. Itineraries are plot relevant.
Rory thought she was starting Yale a week later than she is. Taylor's soda shop opens. Rory's first solo-obligation Friday night dinner gets dragged out because Emily is still offended that Lorelai doesn't want to come.



* BabiesEverAfter: Subverted. Lorelai guesses that the third piece of news is this, but it's that Luke's getting divorced.



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Taylor cannot for the life of him understand why Luke would have a problem with the window that suddenly got installed in their shared wall.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint:
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Taylor cannot for the life of him understand why Luke would have a problem with the window that suddenly got installed in their shared wall.wall.
** Kirk is mad that they didn't get him a present. He ''loves'' fake jam.
** Kirk's one-lesson parachute instructor told him he was a natural at falling.
* HiddenDepths: We learn that Emily has been taping ballroom dancing contests since 1979.
* HostageSituation: Rory compares her situation to the one in 1979 and calls Lorelai UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter.



* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Taylor assumes Rory would be cool with being made ice-cream queen without asking her, but apparently she's no longer their little Rory now that she is Ivy League.
* RuleOfThree: First there's a misunderstanding with Babette getting their return date wrong and reporting them missing in several European countries. Then Lorelai lies to Emily

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* PassiveAggressiveKombat: MistakenForGay: Lorelai thinks Luke's getting married to Nicole will silence all those rumors.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat:
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Taylor assumes assumed Rory would be cool with being made ice-cream queen without asking her, being asked, but apparently she's no longer their little Rory now that she is Ivy League.
** Emily cannot pretend to be okay with Lorelai not coming to dinner without this trope.
* RuleOfThree: First there's a misunderstanding with Babette Luke's cruise news: he proposed, he got married, he's getting their return date wrong and reporting them missing in several European countries. Then divorced.
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Lorelai lies wanted to Emilygo to Ireland to see [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]].
** Lorelai and Rory were supposed to watch all three [[Film/TheGodfather Godfather]] films.
** Lorelai had a major [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marilyn]] moment and took a third sleeping pill.
** Rory bought Richard's present in an Literature/AliceInWonderland-themes store.
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Lorelai and Rory come home after their interrail in Europe. Luke returns from his cruise with Nicole, married. Itineraries are plot relevant.

!!Tropes:
* BlatantLies: Lorelai forgot to buy Luke a gift on their trip, so she buys Stars Hollow jam and gives it to him claiming it's from France.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Sookie has bought a lot of blue baby stuff, so she only has to show it to Lorelai to let her know it's a boy.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Taylor cannot for the life of him understand why Luke would have a problem with the window that suddenly got installed in their shared wall.
* IHaveToGoIronMyDog: Luke's "I have to go check on your food" wouldn't have been this if Lorelai had ordered anything.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Taylor assumes Rory would be cool with being made ice-cream queen without asking her, but apparently she's no longer their little Rory now that she is Ivy League.
* RuleOfThree: First there's a misunderstanding with Babette getting their return date wrong and reporting them missing in several European countries. Then Lorelai lies to Emily

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