On Gilmore Girls, Babette Dell was once in a cult and had a pet cat named Cinnamon. Babette, played by Sally Struthers, is Lorelai Gilmore’s eccentric neighbor in Stars Hollow.
Babette is known for her loud voice, musical enthusiasm, gossip, garden gnomes, and close friendship with Miss Patty. Her unusual past is mentioned briefly rather than explored in a full storyline: she casually reveals that she once joined a cult, adding another strange detail to her colorful life history.
Cinnamon is introduced as Babette and Morey Dell’s beloved cat. When Cinnamon dies, the town gathers for an unusually elaborate wake in the season-one episode “Cinnamon’s Wake.” Morey plays music in the cat’s memory, and the event becomes a comic example of how Stars Hollow treats even small personal tragedies as major community occasions. Babette and Morey later adopt another cat named Apricot, so Cinnamon is not the only feline associated with the Dells.