junienmomo January 13, 2019 Share January 13, 2019 10,24 Both are Emily being callous, but they don’t rise to her usual standard of backstabbing or otherwise trying to control her adult child’s life. 1 Link to comment
Taryn74 January 13, 2019 Share January 13, 2019 24 and I'm helping vote 9 out. Both moments were IMO Emily reacting/lashing out from a place of hurt, not so much a "parenting" moment. Let's just vote out one at a time now. Worst Parenting Moments 2. Straub and Francine act as though Christopher has no responsibilities toward a pregnant Lorelai. "They are in this together." "I don’t see why. Why should Christopher sacrifice everything we’ve planned for him just because --" "Choose your words extremely carefully, Straub." 3. Chris and Lorelai escape to the balcony for sex and leave Rory to face the aftermath of the horrid FND with the Haydens and Gilmores alone. "That was a memorable evening." 10. Emily yells at Lorelai when Rory accidentally stays out all night after her dance. "She's doing the same thing you did." "No she's not." "She's going to get pregnant." "No she's not." "She's gonna ruin everything just like you did." "No she's not, no she's not, no she's not!" 17. Chris promises Rory that he's committed to being there for the girls this time. Moments later, he finds out Sherry is pregnant and leaves Sookie's wedding after only talking to Lorelai. "You'll tell Rory?" "I will." 21. After agreeing to help Lorelai get Rory back to Yale, Richard and Emily go behind her back and let Rory drop out and move in with them. "Rory will be taking some time off from Yale. She will be moving into the pool house here with us. We will find her some sort of suitable job through one of our friends, and then after a suitable amount of time has passed, we will revisit the subject of her returning to school." 22. Lorelai refuses to listen to Rory at all when she wants to take some time off from Yale and completely shuts her down. "So what’s the great master plan, then, huh? You’re going to move back home, live in your room, work part-time at the bookstore? Forget it. Not an option." Link to comment
Taryn74 January 14, 2019 Share January 14, 2019 22 out. We're getting close to the worst of the worst! Worst Parenting Moments 2. Straub and Francine act as though Christopher has no responsibilities toward a pregnant Lorelai. "They are in this together." "I don’t see why. Why should Christopher sacrifice everything we’ve planned for him just because --" "Choose your words extremely carefully, Straub." 3. Chris and Lorelai escape to the balcony for sex and leave Rory to face the aftermath of the horrid FND with the Haydens and Gilmores alone. "That was a memorable evening." 10. Emily yells at Lorelai when Rory accidentally stays out all night after her dance. "She's doing the same thing you did." "No she's not." "She's going to get pregnant." "No she's not." "She's gonna ruin everything just like you did." "No she's not, no she's not, no she's not!" 17. Chris promises Rory that he's committed to being there for the girls this time. Moments later, he finds out Sherry is pregnant and leaves Sookie's wedding after only talking to Lorelai. "You'll tell Rory?" "I will." 21. After agreeing to help Lorelai get Rory back to Yale, Richard and Emily go behind her back and let Rory drop out and move in with them. "Rory will be taking some time off from Yale. She will be moving into the pool house here with us. We will find her some sort of suitable job through one of our friends, and then after a suitable amount of time has passed, we will revisit the subject of her returning to school." Link to comment
junienmomo January 15, 2019 Share January 15, 2019 3 and only because Rory was in a safe place at her grandparents’ house. Chris and Lorelai jumped into rebellious teenager mode when they were together. That made it easier for Lorelai to slip up on the mothering job for an hour. Or less, given that it was Chris. (Heehee! Dirty!) Not to mention alcohol. Was Lorelai ever not misbehaving when she was drunk? One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. 1 Link to comment
Taryn74 January 15, 2019 Share January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, junienmomo said: only because Rory was in a safe place at her grandparents’ house. I agree. In fact, I never even considered that both of Rory's parents were essentially leaving her "alone" after all that until it was brought up here. She was in a good enough relationship with her grandparents at that point that I just assumed she would be taken care of. And she was. Worst Parenting Moments 2. Straub and Francine act as though Christopher has no responsibilities toward a pregnant Lorelai. "They are in this together." "I don’t see why. Why should Christopher sacrifice everything we’ve planned for him just because --" "Choose your words extremely carefully, Straub." 10. Emily yells at Lorelai when Rory accidentally stays out all night after her dance. "She's doing the same thing you did." "No she's not." "She's going to get pregnant." "No she's not." "She's gonna ruin everything just like you did." "No she's not, no she's not, no she's not!" 17. Chris promises Rory that he's committed to being there for the girls this time. Moments later, he finds out Sherry is pregnant and leaves Sookie's wedding after only talking to Lorelai. "You'll tell Rory?" "I will." 21. After agreeing to help Lorelai get Rory back to Yale, Richard and Emily go behind her back and let Rory drop out and move in with them. "Rory will be taking some time off from Yale. She will be moving into the pool house here with us. We will find her some sort of suitable job through one of our friends, and then after a suitable amount of time has passed, we will revisit the subject of her returning to school." Link to comment
ghoulina January 15, 2019 Share January 15, 2019 21 - only because I do think Richard, at least, meant well. It would be hard to say no to doe-eyed, sobbing Rory. Link to comment
Kohola3 January 15, 2019 Share January 15, 2019 Wow, and I was going 3 for a win (lose?). They didn't know that either Emily or Richard would step up to help. Heck, her parents often said how Lorelai had ruined her life with the pregnancy. For all they know Rory was sitting sobbing in the car. But Christopher and Lorelai completely ignored the trauma their kid was experiencing to head for the balcony for a quickie. Appalling, in my opinion. So, honestly, I got nothin'. Carry on! 2 Link to comment
Bumblebee Tights January 16, 2019 Share January 16, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Kohola3 said: Wow, and I was going 3 for a win (lose?). They didn't know that either Emily or Richard would step up to help. Heck, her parents often said how Lorelai had ruined her life with the pregnancy. For all they know Rory was sitting sobbing in the car. But Christopher and Lorelai completely ignored the trauma their kid was experiencing to head for the balcony for a quickie. Appalling, in my opinion. So, honestly, I got nothin'. Carry on! I had this to win too, or at least top 2-3 for the same reasons...I actually love the Emily/Rory moment that happens as a result, but Emily shouldn't have been the only one thinking about Rory here. I gotta go with 10. I can't with 17 or 21. I agree that Richard meant well when it came to Rory, and I also kind of love the scene where Rory runs into Richard's arms and he immediately goes into soothing/protector mode. For me, though, this is just such a monumental betrayal of Lorelai, especially considering that she came to them for help with this in the first place, and what that said about where her relationship was with them at the time. She made herself vulnerable and placed her trust in them, which is not something she has an easy time with. 17..well I think that speaks for itself. Edited January 16, 2019 by Bumblebee Tights 1 Link to comment
Guest January 16, 2019 Share January 16, 2019 10 I also expected 3 to be the “winner.” She wasn’t in physical danger but emotionally, she was very vulnerable. Lorelai knew that Rory was nervous about seeing them and then it went so poorly? And alcohol is no excuse for poor parenting. Link to comment
Taryn74 January 16, 2019 Share January 16, 2019 Worst Parenting Moments 2. Straub and Francine act as though Christopher has no responsibilities toward a pregnant Lorelai. "They are in this together." "I don’t see why. Why should Christopher sacrifice everything we’ve planned for him just because --" "Choose your words extremely carefully, Straub." 17. Chris promises Rory that he's committed to being there for the girls this time. Moments later, he finds out Sherry is pregnant and leaves Sookie's wedding after only talking to Lorelai. "You'll tell Rory?" "I will." 21. After agreeing to help Lorelai get Rory back to Yale, Richard and Emily go behind her back and let Rory drop out and move in with them. "Rory will be taking some time off from Yale. She will be moving into the pool house here with us. We will find her some sort of suitable job through one of our friends, and then after a suitable amount of time has passed, we will revisit the subject of her returning to school." Link to comment
junienmomo January 16, 2019 Share January 16, 2019 #2 should go because the worst things Christopher or Lorelai did are de facto worse than the worst thing Straub did because they are key players in the GG universe. Also influenced by the sheer depth of the things that the elder Gilmores did over time. 1 Link to comment
Taryn74 January 16, 2019 Share January 16, 2019 You guys be sure to see the All Episodes Talk thread for something interesting I just realized about 21! Link to comment
Taryn74 January 17, 2019 Share January 17, 2019 We're down to it now! I know which one I think is going to "win" but you guys have surprised me before. ;) Worst Parenting Moments 17. Chris promises Rory that he's committed to being there for the girls this time. Moments later, he finds out Sherry is pregnant and leaves Sookie's wedding after only talking to Lorelai. "You'll tell Rory?" "I will." 21. After agreeing to help Lorelai get Rory back to Yale, Richard and Emily go behind her back and let Rory drop out and move in with them. "Rory will be taking some time off from Yale. She will be moving into the pool house here with us. We will find her some sort of suitable job through one of our friends, and then after a suitable amount of time has passed, we will revisit the subject of her returning to school." Link to comment
Bumblebee Tights January 17, 2019 Share January 17, 2019 (edited) I'm going 17 to win, but it's a tough choice. Edited January 17, 2019 by Bumblebee Tights Link to comment
junienmomo January 17, 2019 Share January 17, 2019 21 for the win because Emily and Richard had the most refined structure of controlling the girls’ lives. They worked often in sync and were committed to having these adult, intelligent women become what the elder Gilmores had tried to thrust on them for decades. Christopher is a ghost in comparison. 17 definitely deserves second place, though, because, well Christopher. 1 Link to comment
ghoulina January 17, 2019 Share January 17, 2019 17 to win. He couldn't even tell his own daughter. Scumbag. I still don't super hate 21. I think Richard, especially, meant well. His granddaughter, who he adores, came sobbing to him for help. I was also really annoyed at Lorelai during that entire situation for being so reactive toward Rory saying she wanted to drop out. I think if she'd been more understand and supportive, Rory may have gone back a lot sooner. 1 Link to comment
Guest January 18, 2019 Share January 18, 2019 21 for the win. On some level, I think Rory preferred hearing it from Lorelai. Link to comment
Taryn74 January 18, 2019 Share January 18, 2019 OMG ya'll left me with a tie, for real? >.< And I don't even super hate either one of these moments, either. 17 because I agree with deaja that Rory would rather have heard it from Lorelai and had time to process it away from Chris anyway, and 21 because I feel Lorelai was just as wrong for the way she handled that whole situation as E/R were for going back on what they said they would do (and Richard didn't even say he would go along with anything in the first place, as I recently discovered when I was reading over the script again). Ugh. But if I have to -- Worst Parenting Moment is Chris promises Rory that he's committed to being there for the girls this time. Moments later, he finds out Sherry is pregnant and leaves Sookie's wedding after only talking to Lorelai. "You'll tell Rory?" "I will." 2 Link to comment
Taryn74 January 18, 2019 Share January 18, 2019 (edited) Okay I think we need a fun topic to cleanse our palates after that last one, how about we do favorite pop culture references next? I'll list a couple of random ones to start us out - Favorite Pop Culture References 1. Lorelai teases Rory about her and Lane's 'Macarena' phase. "You and Lane for hours and hours, for weeks on end." "Hey, we were mocking. You can't mock the mocking." (Like Mother, Like Daughter) 2. Mia comes to town and Lorelai finds out Luke was a Trekkie. "Geez! Don't sneak up on me like that." "Yeah, boy, I was lucky you had your phasers on stun, huh?" (The Ins and Outs of Inns) Edited January 18, 2019 by Taryn74 Link to comment
Taryn74 January 18, 2019 Share January 18, 2019 Heh. Favorite Pop Culture References 1. Lorelai teases Rory about her and Lane's 'Macarena' phase. "You and Lane for hours and hours, for weeks on end." "Hey, we were mocking. You can't mock the mocking." (Like Mother, Like Daughter) 2. Mia comes to town and Lorelai finds out Luke was a Trekkie. "Geez! Don't sneak up on me like that." "Yeah, boy, I was lucky you had your phasers on stun, huh?" (The Ins and Outs of Inns) 3. Luke picks Lorelai up for their first officially-back-together date. She finds a Reggae Fever CD in his truck. " ‘Ja Glory’ by Toots Bambada. ‘Lively up Yourself’ by the Family Zigzag, ‘Let your Ya be Ya’ by Ranking Roy. What else am I going to find in here? Ganja and a yellow, green and red knit cap?" (Pulp Friction) 4. Lorelai mentions that her entire morning has been a little Twilight Zone-y. Luke goes on a rant about how no one ever references Outer Limits. "Great show, just as eerie, same era, but no one ever references it." "Oh, I'm sorry, I don't speak geek." "Yep, stepped right in it." (It Should've Been Lorelai) 5. Lorelai is tired of Rory bugging her about wedding plans when she hasn't even decided if she's going to say 'Yes' to Max's proposal yet. "You know how on All in the Family when Edith would be yapping about something and Archie would pretend to make a noose and hang himself or shoot himself in the head?" "Yeah?" "I don't know. Something about this moment just made me think of that." (Sadie, Sadie) 6. Lorelai isn't sure if she's dating Luke. "But maybe he didn't mean it as a date thing. Maybe he just needed to get out of the house, and since I'm currently one of the women sitting home, thinking, 'If I could only find a man like Aragorn,' he picked me." (Raincoats & Recipes) Link to comment
chitowngirl January 18, 2019 Share January 18, 2019 Rory and Lane listening to Claudine Longet (“the one who shot the skier? Sure”) Grey Gardens-Rory And Lorelai realizing they could be The Edies. Watching The Brady Bunch Variety Hour as Rory receives her Harvard application. Rory buying Lorelai a signed Go-Gos album for her graduation. Link to comment
Kohola3 January 18, 2019 Share January 18, 2019 I'm afraid I am not much help with this one. I was too old the first time around to get most of them (well, I did know Claudine Longet and some of the really old ones) so I sure don't remember them now! Link to comment
Taryn74 January 18, 2019 Share January 18, 2019 Favorite Pop Culture References 1. Lorelai teases Rory about her and Lane's 'Macarena' phase. "You and Lane for hours and hours, for weeks on end." "Hey, we were mocking. You can't mock the mocking." (Like Mother, Like Daughter) 2. Mia comes to town and Lorelai finds out Luke was a Trekkie. "Geez! Don't sneak up on me like that." "Yeah, boy, I was lucky you had your phasers on stun, huh?" (The Ins and Outs of Inns) 3. Luke picks Lorelai up for their first officially-back-together date. She finds a Reggae Fever CD in his truck. " ‘Ja Glory’ by Toots Bambada. ‘Lively up Yourself’ by the Family Zigzag, ‘Let your Ya be Ya’ by Ranking Roy. What else am I going to find in here? Ganja and a yellow, green and red knit cap?" (Pulp Friction) 4. Lorelai mentions that her entire morning has been a little Twilight Zone-y. Luke goes on a rant about how no one ever references Outer Limits. "Great show, just as eerie, same era, but no one ever references it." "Oh, I'm sorry, I don't speak geek." "Yep, stepped right in it." (It Should've Been Lorelai) 5. Lorelai is tired of Rory bugging her about wedding plans when she hasn't even decided if she's going to say 'Yes' to Max's proposal yet. "You know how on All in the Family when Edith would be yapping about something and Archie would pretend to make a noose and hang himself or shoot himself in the head?" "Yeah?" "I don't know. Something about this moment just made me think of that." (Sadie, Sadie) 6. Lorelai isn't sure if she's dating Luke. "But maybe he didn't mean it as a date thing. Maybe he just needed to get out of the house, and since I'm currently one of the women sitting home, thinking, 'If I could only find a man like Aragorn,' he picked me." (Raincoats & Recipes) 7. Rory and Lane listen to Claudine Longet as they discuss Dean's friend Todd and Lorelai tries to ignore her homework. "The chick who shot the skier?" "Uh, sure, why not." "Wow - Renaissance woman." (Double Date) 8. Lorelai and Rory watch Grey Gardens. "I like these women." "I love these women." They realize they just need a few years and they could be the Edies. (A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving) 9. Rory and Lorelai watch The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. "Who knew that they all had such musical talent?" "And such far out booty shaking abilities, as well." Unfortunately, Rory's Harvard application arrives in the mail while they're watching. "You don’t lose points for that, do you?" (Application Anxiety) 10. Rory finds a record for Lorelai while she's in NYC to see Jess. "Go-go's. You must have that one." "No, for my mom. This was her favorite group when she was my age, and it's signed by Belinda. This would be the perfect graduation present. I've been looking for something all week long, and I couldn't find anything and now I have Belinda." (Lorelai's Graduation Day) 11. Lorelai admits it's been a while since she had her gutters cleaned. "Yeah, I found an ‘I like Ike’ bumper sticker up there." (Lost & Found) Link to comment
Guest January 19, 2019 Share January 19, 2019 Logan sends Rory a rocket linked to The Twilight Zone. Luke watches The Philadelphia Story in the hospital while April recovers. Link to comment
Taryn74 January 19, 2019 Share January 19, 2019 Favorite Pop Culture References 1. Lorelai teases Rory about her and Lane's 'Macarena' phase. "You and Lane for hours and hours, for weeks on end." "Hey, we were mocking. You can't mock the mocking." (Like Mother, Like Daughter) 2. Mia comes to town and Lorelai finds out Luke was a Trekkie. "Geez! Don't sneak up on me like that." "Yeah, boy, I was lucky you had your phasers on stun, huh?" (The Ins and Outs of Inns) 3. Luke picks Lorelai up for their first officially-back-together date. She finds a Reggae Fever CD in his truck. " ‘Ja Glory’ by Toots Bambada. ‘Lively up Yourself’ by the Family Zigzag, ‘Let your Ya be Ya’ by Ranking Roy. What else am I going to find in here? Ganja and a yellow, green and red knit cap?" (Pulp Friction) 4. Lorelai mentions that her entire morning has been a little Twilight Zone-y. Luke goes on a rant about how no one ever references Outer Limits. "Great show, just as eerie, same era, but no one ever references it." "Oh, I'm sorry, I don't speak geek." "Yep, stepped right in it." (It Should've Been Lorelai) 5. Lorelai is tired of Rory bugging her about wedding plans when she hasn't even decided if she's going to say 'Yes' to Max's proposal yet. "You know how on All in the Family when Edith would be yapping about something and Archie would pretend to make a noose and hang himself or shoot himself in the head?" "Yeah?" "I don't know. Something about this moment just made me think of that." (Sadie, Sadie) 6. Lorelai isn't sure if she's dating Luke. "But maybe he didn't mean it as a date thing. Maybe he just needed to get out of the house, and since I'm currently one of the women sitting home, thinking, 'If I could only find a man like Aragorn,' he picked me." (Raincoats & Recipes) 7. Rory and Lane listen to Claudine Longet as they discuss Dean's friend Todd and Lorelai tries to ignore her homework. "The chick who shot the skier?" "Uh, sure, why not." "Wow - Renaissance woman." (Double Date) 8. Lorelai and Rory watch Grey Gardens. "I like these women." "I love these women." They realize they just need a few years and they could be the Edies. (A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving) 9. Rory and Lorelai watch The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. "Who knew that they all had such musical talent?" "And such far out booty shaking abilities, as well." Unfortunately, Rory's Harvard application arrives in the mail while they're watching. "You don’t lose points for that, do you?" (Application Anxiety) 10. Rory finds a record for Lorelai while she's in NYC to see Jess. "Go-go's. You must have that one." "No, for my mom. This was her favorite group when she was my age, and it's signed by Belinda. This would be the perfect graduation present. I've been looking for something all week long, and I couldn't find anything and now I have Belinda." (Lorelai's Graduation Day) 11. Lorelai admits it's been a while since she had her gutters cleaned. "Yeah, I found an ‘I like Ike’ bumper sticker up there." (Lost & Found) 12. Logan gives Rory a love rocket. (Dirty!) She searches around for the meaning for a while before finally realizing it's tied to an episode of The Twilight Zone. "He spent 40 years alone in space just waiting to see her, and he was willing to come back as an 80-year-old man, giving up almost his entire life just to spend those last few years with her." (The Long Morrow) 13. Luke sits in the hospital room with April and watches The Philadelphia Story on TV. "...two years ago, I did you out of a wedding in this house by eloping to Maryland." (Introducing Lorelai Planetarium) 14. Emily watches The Pursuit of Happyness with Lorelai and Rory. "Mom has a thing for Will Smith." "I think that he's very charming." (Gilmore Girls Only) 15. Emily has to borrow Lorelai's tennis shoes to walk around Stars Hollow with Rory. "What's up, Working Girl?" (Emily in Wonderland) 16. Emily and Rory find Richard's sparkly vest while snooping around the pool house to find liquor. "Our 'days' never included Richard dressing up like that gay fellow whose tiger tried to eat him." (Pippi Virgin) Link to comment
lulu1960 January 19, 2019 Share January 19, 2019 Rory did well on her PSATs. Lorelai suggests to Luke that they go to Rocky Horror Picture Show. He can wear the fishnets Lorelai goes into Mailboxes Etc and bond over Bewitched with Kirk Paris teases Rory that she had a Joannie loves Chachi moment with a fellow spring breaker Link to comment
Bumblebee Tights January 19, 2019 Share January 19, 2019 -Lorelai and Chris argue about the merits of The Offspring vs. Metallica -Korn rents Gran's house and plants some tulips -Richard and Emily discuss which of The Beatles is still alive "Paul and Keith are dead, John and Bingo are still kicking" -Lorelai and Rory reference The Godfather when discussing where to sit "we could sit in the corner - you know, the Mafia table so that no one can come up behind you and whack you with a cannoli." 'Whack you with a cannoli? Oh, because he left the gun and took the cannoli" " You’re so my daughter." -Zach refers to himself and the other band members as characters from The Wizard of Oz when talking about going on tour "Well, geez, Dorothy, if Tinman and Lion are going to go, I guess I have to go too." I like this idea! I am having trouble drawing the line between "pop culture references" and "literary references"...maybe favorite literary references could be another game. Link to comment
Taryn74 January 19, 2019 Share January 19, 2019 (edited) Favorite Pop Culture References 1. Lorelai teases Rory about her and Lane's 'Macarena' phase. "You and Lane for hours and hours, for weeks on end." "Hey, we were mocking. You can't mock the mocking." (Like Mother, Like Daughter) 2. Mia comes to town and Lorelai finds out Luke was a Trekkie. "Geez! Don't sneak up on me like that." "Yeah, boy, I was lucky you had your phasers on stun, huh?" (The Ins and Outs of Inns) 3. Luke picks Lorelai up for their first officially-back-together date. She finds a Reggae Fever CD in his truck. " ‘Ja Glory’ by Toots Bambada. ‘Lively up Yourself’ by the Family Zigzag, ‘Let your Ya be Ya’ by Ranking Roy. What else am I going to find in here? Ganja and a yellow, green and red knit cap?" (Pulp Friction) 4. Lorelai mentions that her entire morning has been a little Twilight Zone-y. Luke goes on a rant about how no one ever references Outer Limits. "Great show, just as eerie, same era, but no one ever references it." "Oh, I'm sorry, I don't speak geek." "Yep, stepped right in it." (It Should've Been Lorelai) 5. Lorelai is tired of Rory bugging her about wedding plans when she hasn't even decided if she's going to say 'Yes' to Max's proposal yet. "You know how on All in the Family when Edith would be yapping about something and Archie would pretend to make a noose and hang himself or shoot himself in the head?" "Yeah?" "I don't know. Something about this moment just made me think of that." (Sadie, Sadie) 6. Lorelai isn't sure if she's dating Luke. "But maybe he didn't mean it as a date thing. Maybe he just needed to get out of the house, and since I'm currently one of the women sitting home, thinking, 'If I could only find a man like Aragorn,' he picked me." (Raincoats & Recipes) 7. Rory and Lane listen to Claudine Longet as they discuss Dean's friend Todd and Lorelai tries to ignore her homework. "The chick who shot the skier?" "Uh, sure, why not." "Wow - Renaissance woman." (Double Date) 8. Lorelai and Rory watch Grey Gardens. "I like these women." "I love these women." They realize they just need a few years and they could be the Edies. (A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving) 9. Rory and Lorelai watch The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. "Who knew that they all had such musical talent?" "And such far out booty shaking abilities, as well." Unfortunately, Rory's Harvard application arrives in the mail while they're watching. "You don’t lose points for that, do you?" (Application Anxiety) 10. Rory finds a record for Lorelai while she's in NYC to see Jess. "Go-go's. You must have that one." "No, for my mom. This was her favorite group when she was my age, and it's signed by Belinda. This would be the perfect graduation present. I've been looking for something all week long, and I couldn't find anything and now I have Belinda." (Lorelai's Graduation Day) 11. Lorelai admits it's been a while since she had her gutters cleaned. "Yeah, I found an ‘I like Ike’ bumper sticker up there." (Lost & Found) 12. Logan gives Rory a love rocket. (Dirty!) She searches around for the meaning for a while before finally realizing it's tied to an episode of The Twilight Zone. "He spent 40 years alone in space just waiting to see her, and he was willing to come back as an 80-year-old man, giving up almost his entire life just to spend those last few years with her." (The Long Morrow) 13. Luke sits in the hospital room with April and watches The Philadelphia Story on TV. "...two years ago, I did you out of a wedding in this house by eloping to Maryland." (Introducing Lorelai Planetarium) 14. Emily watches The Pursuit of Happyness with Lorelai and Rory. "Mom has a thing for Will Smith." "I think that he's very charming." (Gilmore Girls Only) 15. Emily has to borrow Lorelai's tennis shoes to walk around Stars Hollow with Rory. "What's up, Working Girl?" (Emily in Wonderland) 16. Emily and Rory find Richard's sparkly vest while snooping around the pool house to find liquor. "Our 'days' never included Richard dressing up like that gay fellow whose tiger tried to eat him." (Pippi Virgin) 17. Lorelai and Rory are going to the Rocky Horror Picture Show to celebrate Rory's PSAT scores. Luke is welcome to come, and to wear fishnet stockings, a leather teddy, and platform boots. "Oh hey, if by some chance you knock on the door but no one answers even though all the lights are on, I'll just meet you there." (Secrets & Loans) 18. Kirk is manning the desk at Mailboxes, Etc. He shows Lorelai the new Bewitched stamps. "Did you practice the twitch?" "Oh, who didn't practice the twitch?!" Luke reminds them he's trying to get divorced here. (Afterboom) 19. A cute guy says 'hi' to Rory while she and Paris are in Florida for spring break. Paris bugs her about their 'Joanie loves Chachi moment' until Rory threatens to go make her bed. "Don't you dare!" (GIB, BDTT) 20. Lorelai and Chris argue over Metallica vs. The Offspring. "The Offspring have like one chord compression. They use it over and over. They just popped on new words and called it a single and I don’t want to talk about this anymore!" (Christopher Returns) 21. Gran has been renting out her house in Hartford. "A rock and roll group of some sort. I believe they call themselves Korn....They were fine tenants. Took wonderful care of the place. They planted some lovely tulips in the front yard." (That'll Do, Pig) 22. Rory is getting over a cold and forgets to tell Lorelai, who has to go to dinner with her parents alone. "I'm mad and needy, and I ended up going out to dinner alone with my parents, who bickered the whole time about which Beatle is alive and which is dead." "So, where'd they land?" "John and Keith are dead. Paul and Bingo are still kicking." (Scene in a Mall) 23. Luke's is empty. The girls try to figure out the best place to sit. "Or we could sit in the corner - you know, the Mafia table so that no one can come up behind you and whack you with a cannoli." "Whack you with a cannoli? Oh, because he left the gun and took the cannoli." "You’re so my daughter." (It Should've Been Lorelai) 24. The band decides to go on the tour Mrs. Kim has arranged for them. "Well, geez, Dorothy, if Tinman and Lion are going to go, I guess I have to go too." (A House is Not a Home) 25. Luke flirts with Lorelai, finally. "Do it some more." "Your shoes work well with that...shirt." "Gee, Carson, thanks." (Written in the Stars) 26. Jackson shamelessly caters to his demographic while his family is in town for Thanksgiving. "Wow, it's like Thunderdome in here." (A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving) 27. Michel tries to pretend that he isn't desperate to come back to work for Lorelai and Sookie. "You called me! You kept me on the phone for over an hour. I missed the beginning of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and by the time I got back, they were all gay." (Chicken or Beef) 28. Michel refuses to eat the blueberry pancakes unless there are only twelve blueberries. "Swear. Raise your right hand and say, 'May Destiny's Child break up if I count these blueberries.' " "Pick another group." "Nope." "I hate you! Hate you!" (Run Away, Little Boy) 29. Emily stands her ground against Gran at dinner and refuses to let them move on to the next course even though it has been twelve minutes. "That'll do Pig, that'll do." (That'll Do, Pig) 30. Morey is upset that he and Babette are the first ones to arrive at the Bracebridge Dinner. "Morey hates being the first anywhere. He thinks it hurts his street credibility." "Charlie Parker was late to everything." "Charlie Parker had more drugs in him than a Rite-Aid. Forget Charlie Parker." 17 hours ago, Bumblebee Tights said: I am having trouble drawing the line between "pop culture references" and "literary references"...maybe favorite literary references could be another game. Added it to my list! Edited January 20, 2019 by Taryn74 Link to comment
Taryn74 January 20, 2019 Share January 20, 2019 Okay I added more above so we'd have enough to start voting. Start out voting against three! I think this is gonna be a fun one. :) Link to comment
coffeecoffeecoffee January 20, 2019 Share January 20, 2019 6, 7 and 15, but these are all amazing! Link to comment
ghoulina January 20, 2019 Share January 20, 2019 7, 13, 19 This is already so hard! (And if 22 doesn't win, I may have to pull a #5!!) 1 Link to comment
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