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In the episode “One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes.”

BABETTE: “Rosa Parks!”

In the episode “Lorelai, Lorelai,” in reference to Fever.

MISS PATTY and BABETTE (singing): Never know how much I love you. Never know how much I care. When you put your arms around me. I get a fever that’s so hard to bear…

In the episode “Lorelai, Lorelai,” in reference to Ethel Merman.

MISS PATTY and BABETTE (singing): When other friendships have been forgot, ours will still be hot! Click to continue »

In the episode “Lorelai, Lorelai,” in reference to The Sound of Music.

LORELAI: Bye, Miss Patty! Bye, Babette!

MISS PATTY and BABETTE (singing): So long. Farewell. Auf wiedersehen. Goodbye. Goodbye!

In the episode “Lorelai, Lorelai,” in reference to Debbie Harry.

LUKE: Here you go, ladies. More hot water for you, Miss Patty. And for you, Babette, a bowl of shredded wheat.

BABETTE: It’s for my throat. Gives it a rougher quality, a husky sound, sort of like Debbie Harry meets Ethel Merman.

In the episode “Lorelai, Lorelai,” in reference to Weird Al Yankovic.

BABETTE (whispering): “My Funny Valentine,” it doesn’t work. It’s April already. What about “Down With Love”?

MISS PATTY (also whispering): To open? It’s too depressing.

BABETTE: It’s not depressing. It’s ironic.

MISS PATTY: People don’t listen to music for irony.

BABETTE: What about Wierd Al?

MISS PATTY: Weird Who? … (to Lorelai) So what do you think, Lorelai, to open the show? Streisand or Porter?

LORELAI: You can’t go wrong with either one.