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== Sue Sylvester ==
=== {{spoiler|Mrs.}} Sue Sylvester ===
[[File:
{{quote|You think this is hard? Try being waterboarded... That's hard!
The coach of the the school's championship cheerleading squad (the Cheerios); she continually attempts to bring down New Directions. Played by Jane Lynch.
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* [[Ambiguously Gay]] / [[Camp Straight|Butch Straight]]: Despite her many [[Butch Lesbian|butch]] attributes, Sue fell for three different men and was implied to have a fling with a fourth, but no women (so far). Though her marriage to herself - obviously a woman - does complicate things. She also outright admits in her monologue in "I Kissed a Girl" that she's straight, discussing how despite fitting various lesbian stereotypes, she's really only attracted to men.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Sue wants all the school's attention to be on ''her''. And apparently part of her hate-on for Will is that she hates men with curly hair. This is ''Sue'' though, so take that with a rather large grain of salt.
* [[The Artifact]]: One of the bigger complaints about Season 2
* [[The Beard]]: A variant - Sue is straight, but enough people mistake her for gay due to her butch mannerisms that she feels the need to get a boyfriend to deflect suspicion.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: Sue in a Zoot Suit, that is all.
* [[Big Damn Villains]]: In
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]
* [[Breakout Character]]: Arguably the most popular character in the series besides maybe [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|Kurt]]. She wasn't even in the original outline, and was only added when a network executive said there should probably be a villain. And even then, she wasn't planned to be a regular until another project of Jane Lynch's fell through.
*
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Her Cheerios routines are extremely awesome, all things considered.
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
** "Do you think this is hard? Try [[[Refuge in Audacity]]], That's hard!"
** "And that's how Sue C's it
** "HORROR!!!
** "Outstanding!"
** "Let me break it down for ya."
* [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action]] : In "
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Sue is the master at dealing them out at mere whims.▼
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]
▲* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Sue is the master at dealing them out at mere whims.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* {{spoiler|[[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Sue is gradually undergoing this throughout
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: Can vary from [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] to out and out [[Jerkass]], depending on what episode it is.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: As you might have guessed, Sue has obviously dabbled in this once or twice.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Female on Male)]]: {{spoiler|She slips Figgins a roofie and uses photos of their forced tryst as blackmail against him
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: After her [[Humiliation Conga]] (see below), she attempts to commit "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Sue-icide]]" ({{spoiler|Though this was actually a feint
* [[Drop What You Are Doing]]: Sue's overreaction to the Glee students using the photocopier.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]:
** In "Journey",
** In "Furt", Sue,
* [[Evil Laugh]]: [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|With confetti cannons, too.]]
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
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* [[For the Evulz]]: Fundamentally Sue's reason for functioning, breathing, and existing.
** In "The Substitute":
{{quote|Sue: My first order of business: ''destroy Glee
Will: I thought we were friends?
Sue: Yeah, that got boring.
*
** Subverted.
** Done straight again: {{spoiler|by the halfway point of
* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]:
* [[Hoist By Her Own Petard]]:
** This is what led to her temporary suspension in
** Her plan to win a Local Emmy by doing a scathing expose on Glee's production of ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' is derailed when she accidentally convinces Will to cancel the show.
** Her torturing of the club in the time leading up to Regionals inspires them to write the song
* [[Hollywood Atheist]]
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: The entire third act of "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle
* [[Hypocrite]]: She falls into this for many people since she preaches against bullying even though she's one of the most vicious ones herself.
* [[Ice Queen]]
* [[Instant Web Hit]]: Sue's "Physical" music video in Bad Reputation▼
* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Sue in "Sectionals".
▲* [[Instant Web Hit]]: Sue's "Physical" music video in "Bad Reputation".
* [[It's All About Me]]
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: At prom, when she tries to get Artie to tell her who put him up to spiking the punch. She never got around to ''actually'' pulling his teeth out, though, thanks to a fight Finn started in the gym.
* [[Jerkass]]: Sue is a real ass to everyone, {{spoiler|except people with disabilities
** In the back nine episodes of
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Especially proven in
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Even though she gets setback or occasionally taken down a peg, she's so far avoided any real consequences for her worst actions, which would have landed her in jail.
** Generally, it's an [[Acceptable Break From Reality]]. Without Sue, the show wouldn't be half as interesting.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Sue enjoys doing this so much that if it were a sport, she would be the gold medalist. In "Funeral",
* [[Kindly Housekeeper]]: Not her, but she keeps one named Imelda around.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Her track suits.
*
* {{spoiler|[[Love Redeems]]}}: [[Status Quo Is God|But only for an episode.]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: By many of the fans, due to the fact that she's played by Jane Lynch. In-universe, during Sue's campaign for Congresswoman, one of her opponents tries to make it seem like Sue is gay because she's unmarried and because
▲* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: By many of the fans, due to the fact that she's played by Jane Lynch. In-universe, during Sue's campaign for Congresswoman, one of her opponents tries to make it seem like Sue is gay because she's unmarried and because {{spoiler|she appointed a lesbian, Santana, as head cheerleader}}. However, as we've seen in her previous dalliances with men and as she confirms in the following episode, Sue is actually straight.
* [[Mommy Issues]]: Explored in "Furt".
*
**
* [[Motive Decay]]: After Principal Figgins reveals in "Wheels" that the Cheerios boosters "write fat checks" to pay for most of their expenses, it becomes unclear why Sue needs to bring down New Directions in order to finance even her more lavish Cheerios demands. If her donors can finance plane tickets to Albuquerque, they can certainly afford a fog machine. So what is Sue's motive - [[For the Evulz|if she has one to begin with]]?
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Rarely calls the kids by their real names.
** In "Throwdown", she addresses the minority students as "Santana! Wheels! (Artie) Gay Kid! (Kurt) Asian! (Tina) Other Asian! (Mike) Aretha! (Mercedes) Shaft! (Matt)".
** In "Furt", when Kurt asks her to stop calling him 'Lady', she offers him a choice of three alternatives: Gelfling, Porcelain, and Tickle Me Doe-Face
** Again in "Extraordinary Merry Christmas", when she calls Artie, Kurt and Blaine into her office. Blaine seems upset when she at first calls him "Other Gay", but seems pleased when she
* [[Obviously Evil]]: By now, the Glee kids really should have stopped taking any advice she gives them.
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: "O Fortuna" is used to hilarious effect during the Sue vs. Will scenes in
* [[Pet the Dog]]:
** All of Sue's actions in Episode 9, really:
** In "Journey"
** In "Furt"
* [[Pretend Prejudice]]: [[Depending on the Writer|It varies]], but Sue spews an incredible volume of invective at just about every conceivable group, while at the same time not really treating those groups markedly different from anybody else (her chief cheerleader/minion is Latina and a lesbian, she recruited Kurt (gay) and Mercedes (black) onto the team without a problem). She basically just seems to be a misanthrope who will use any insult at her disposal. Occasionally, she's been shown to have a much better understanding of privilege than Will "We're ''all'' minorities!" Schuester.
** Sue is the living embodiment of the Competition Theory of racism: she doesn't feel any actual prejudice towards any group, but she will exploit ''whatever'' edge she can get, whether it be race, gender, sexuality, disability, anything. If dissing someone for being gay will give her an edge, she'll use it. If dissing someone for being ''prejudiced'' against gays will give her an edge, she'll use it. If an opening for dominance exists ''anywhere'', Sue will use it.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: During her short tenure as Principal. Also has shades of this trope throughout the series, but to a more subtle extent.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Sue tends to perform utterly epic ones whenever she can.▼
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Her standard ''modus operandi''.
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job|Rich Magnificent Bastard With A Day Job]]: She has a condo in ''Boca'', has her own segment on the news, is a internationally ranked cheerleading coach. From the look of her house she has enough money to finance her Cheerios herself and then some. One wonders why she wants to take down Glee at all.
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** It isn't. [[Completely Missing the Point|Ohio doesn't allow same-sex marriage]].
* [[Serious Business]]: [[Domestic Abuse]]. Sue is the first person to sling an offensive joke, but she will ''not'' tolerate students making light of spousal violence. Period.
* [[Ship Tease]]:
** In
** Their dance to "Sing, Sing, Sing" was kind of adorable, too.
* [[
* [[Smug Snake]]: A definite defining characteristic of Sue. The problem in her case is that she often ''has'' a reason to be smug, as she is indeed often in control of any situation she is in and does not only masterfully plays her part, but often comes in top in any confrontation she has. What’s worse, she seems to relish in the effect her smugness has on others.
* [[Stealth Insult]]: Sue, being Sue, manages to sneak one to Will in her rendition of Vogue on
* [[Strawman Political]]: Early on, she tended towards being a Straw Conservative. This has been toned down, particularly since the beginning of the "Back 9" of Season 1; she's subsequently acquired a couple of Straw Liberal traits, and a bunch of randomly crazy ones that don't really relate to any ideology.
** Maybe the writers realized the inherent contradictions of being comically self-centered ''and'' Strawman Conservative ''and'' a union public-sector worker.
* [[Team Mom]]: Gradually grows into (an albeit begrudging) one of these for New Directions.
▲* [[Ted Baxter]]: Subverted; though Sue has won national cheerleading competitions for X amounts of years in a row, gives interviews, and said to have written a book (in ''"Journey"''), Sue is still a teacher and (as Olivia Newton-John says) "lives in Ohio!"
▲* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Sue tends to perform utterly epic ones whenever she can.
* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]
* [[Deuteragonist|Tritagonist]] when she isn't [[The Antagonist]] ▼
* [[Torture Technician]]: She threatens to pull Artie's teeth out during "Prom".
* [[Unsportsmanlike Gloating]]: Sue is a master at this and relishes in rubbing it in the face of her opponents
{{quote|"I am engorged with venom, and triumph."}}
* [[Victory Is Boring]]: At least part of the reason (and the main reason that she'll admit to) that she {{spoiler|helped the glee club in the season finale. What would she do without Will to push around
* [[Villain Song]]: Sue's version of "Vogue". Also "You're a Mean One, Sue the Grinch".
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]:
** Sue, of all people, calls Will out thrice: once on his treatment of his minority students, once on his treatment of disabled students, and once on relying on gimmicks rather than trusting in his kids. Amazingly enough, she's totally right.
** Two of those are rather debatable, particularly the disabled one - Will assumed that Sue had some sort of sadistic ulterior motive, which is completely justified given what he knows about her.
* [[Wild Card]]: While in Season 1 she was focused on hating and destroying Will and the club in Season 2, it's become almost impossible to predict what she'll do next, why or how.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: When she has problems in her love life (as evidenced by "Mash-Up"), she takes it out on ''everyone'' around her.
*
* [[Younger Than They Look]]:
** In "Vitamin D", Sue wrote in her diary that she's turning thirty soon, which means she's only twenty-nine, or in deep, hilarious denial.
** She also claims to have participated in Operation Just Cause in 1989, so it seems that denial would be more likely.
** Mercedes even caught her in a lie about her age when she realized the math just didn't add up.
** {{spoiler|In "Funeral", Sue states that Jean (her older sister) was over 50 at the time of her death, making it likely that Sue is quite a bit older than her stated age of 30
** So, in this case at least, Sue is an [[Unreliable Narrator]].
== Emma Pillsbury ==
=== Emma Pillsbury ===
[[File:
{{quote|Well you can't blame her Will; [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|if we were to rate crush worthy teachers in this school you'd be number one with a bullet]].}}
The school's obsessive-compuslive germophobic guidance counselor. Is in love with Will but got engaged to the football coach, Ken, because he was still married to Terri at the time. They began going out after he left her.
At the end of
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Her parents used to tie her thumbs together to stop her from cleaning everything. She chewed through the twine. [[Comedic Sociopathy|"It was so cute!"]]
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Betty to Terri’s Veronica.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]:
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: The Redhead of the trio.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: A lot of moments, but probably the worst was when {{spoiler|Terri tells Emma that she will ''never'' have a chance with Will and she may as accept her consolation prize and marry Ken
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Mostly averted, Emma often gives and takes on board bad advice, struggles to give anybody guidance with sex issues, though later episodes show that she can be a capable counselor when necessary, like when she was talking with Artie in "Dream On".
** Whenever she makes Will listen to reason, she generally shows herself to be thoughtful and extremely observant.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Only to Sue. The moments where Emma stops being a frightened little [[Woobie]] and delivers a perfect one-liner are some of the funniest moments in the show.
{{quote|(Sue walks in with dark eye makeup)
'''Emma:''' Sue! Did someone ''finally'' punch you? (flawless smile)
** Not only to Sue, though.
{{quote|'''Rachel:''' I guess I just don't have a gag reflex.
'''Emma:''' When you're older, that will turn out to be a gift.
* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: Emma to Will.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: [[Beware the Nice Ones|When she verbally smacks down Will in "Bad Reputation" and the screaming match with Figgins in "Journey"...]]
* [[Hazel Eyes]]▼
* [[Hates Being Touched]]: The reason she's a virgin.
▲* [[Hazel Eyes]]
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]
* [[Important Haircut]]: Not so much a haircut as a style-change. In "Special Education", her hair is not as perky as it is in the previous episodes. This reflects how Carl is making her less obsessive about her life.
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== Terri Schuester ==
=== Terri Schuester (nee Delmonico) ===
[[File:
{{quote|Look, Will, I know that I made your life... challenging sometimes, but... it was only because I loved you so much.}}
Will's bratty
* [[Absentee Actor]]: Jessalyn Gilsig remained a series regular despite appearing in only 5 episodes after
* [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders]]: She was once a cheerleader.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: She was implied to have been one in her high school days.
*
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Veronica to Emma's Betty and Will's Archie - an interesting case, as Terri is ''married'' to him.
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]▼
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: The Blonde of the trio.
▲* [[Blondes Are Evil]]
* [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]: What she did was horrible, but the story seems to be far more forgiving to [[Karma Houdini|Sue]].
* [[Commuting on a Bus]]: Her story arc was effectively dead by the end of the first half of Season 1, but the show had to bring her back every once in a while because Jessalyn Gilsig was still a series regular - usually to [[Ship Tease]] with Will only to [[Ship Sinking|sink the ship again]] by the end of the episode. As of Season 3, though, Gilsig is no longer listed as a regular and so Terri may be on the bus for good.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]:
* [[Disposable Fiance|Disposable Wife]]: Terri is a bit too blatantly set up to be this.
{{quote|'''Will:''' I might be leaving Terri.
'''Sue:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Didn't see that one coming.]]
* [[Dr. Feelgood]]: As the school nurse.
* [[High School Sweethearts]]: Terri and Will are a not-so-happy version of this.
* [[Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: YMMV, but the same pillow that Terri used to lie about her pregnancy to Will being found by Will himself and used as an instrument to debunk the lie could count as this.
*
* [[Kick the Dog]]:
* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: She is absolutely desperate in regards to getting pregnant, but can't.
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]] and [[Love Makes You Dumb]]: Terri has
* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]
* [[The One That Got Away]]: For Bryan Ryan, apparently. [[Irony|She was the one girl he always wanted and she married his apparent rival]].
* [[Popular Is Dumb]]
* [[Put on a Bus]]: In "Funeral
* [[School Nurse]]: Temporarily in
* [[Smug Snake]]
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== Principal Figgins ==
=== Principal Figgins ===
[[File:
{{quote|My hands are tied Schue!}}
The principal of William McKinley High. Known to be quite the cheapskate. Played by Iqbal Theba.
* [[Blackmail]]: How Sue pushes him around in Season 1.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: He thinks vampires are real. And in a DVD extra that William Shakespeare was an American president.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: "So-called Finchel".
* [[Instant Web Hit]]: Averted. It only got 2 hits.
* [[Kick the Dog]]:
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Most of the time.▼
* [[Only Sane Employee]]
▲* [[Only Sane Man]]: Most of the time.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Again, most of the time.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: The reason why Sue gets away with so much crap.
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== Jesse St. James ==
=== Jesse St. James ===
[[File:
{{quote|I like to give impromptu concerts for the homeless - it's so important to give back.}}
Member of Vocal Adrenaline, the Glee
He returns for the final three episodes of
{{spoiler|By
Played by Jonathan Groff.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
* [[Alliterative Name]]: If you omit the St. in his name, that is.
*
* [[Badass Boast]]: YMMV on this, but he and the rest of Vocal Adrenaline singing
* {{spoiler|[[The Bad Guy Wins]]: At least in the first season}}.
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: He admits to Shelby that he's starting to fall for Rachel.
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Veronica to Finn's Betty.
* [[Birds of a Feather]]: Seemingly with Rachel.
* [[Brainless Beauty]]: This seems to be the case come his return in "Prom Queen
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: His
* [[Camp Straight]]: To some degree.
** It's played with. Jonathan Groff doesn't portray him as "camp" in terms of mannerisms, but the character is written as a total musical
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: {{spoiler|No one in New Directions listens to his criticisms during Season 2, choosing to believe that their [[Power of Friendship]] approach will garner them the win. Surprise surprise, National Show Choir Championships don't work like that, and they finish in twelfth place}}.
* [[Casting Gag]]: Not the first time a member of ''[[Spring Awakening]]'' is on the show.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: It's pretty obvious that he's evil, since he wears black and dark gray all the time!
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: He's going to the University of California, Los Angeles. Perhaps you've heard of it? It's in Los Angeles.
* [[Derailing Love Interests]]: He goes from "I'm starting to have feelings for Rachel and I don't want her to get hurt" to being utterly cruel for no fathomable reason. While the way he broke up with her could still make sense, the
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: As the New Direction's consultant near the end of
** When he returns in
* [[Duet Bonding]]: How he wins Rachel over in "Hell-O" with Lionel Richie's
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Most probably by Rachel, at least. On the other hand, [[Green-Eyed Monster|Finn]] doesn't look like he's about to forgive Jesse any time soon, and neither do Mercedes and Kurt.
{{quote|'''Kurt''' [to Rachel]: Correction. You had feelings for him. He made ''breakfast'' on your head.}}
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: Quite possibly the biggest one in the series among the fans. An incredibly big part of his popularity among the fans is due to Jonathan Groff's good looks.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]
▲* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: Quite possibly the biggest one in the series among the fans. An incredibly big part of his popularity among the fans is due to Jonathan Groff's good looks.
* [[Foil]]: To Finn.
** [[Sarcasm Mode|We'll give you a moment to get over this shocking revelation.]]
** Of course when he finally does pull that "[[Face Heel Turn]]", his first action is to perform with the rest of Vocal Adrenaline just for the sole purpose of psyching out New Directions, dumping Rachel
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
▲* [[Heel Face Mole]]:
▲** [[Sarcasm Mode|We'll give you a moment to get over this shocking revelation.]] {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Subverted]], though; helping Shelby get back in contact with her biological daughter isn't quite the sinister motive that everyone expected.}}
▲** Of course when he finally does pull that "[[Face Heel Turn]]" his first action is to perform with the rest of Vocal Adrenaline just for the sole purpose of psyching out New Directions, dumping Rachel ... [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and TP-ing the choir room]].
* [[Hidden Depths]]: He seems to bring this out in Shelby, especially in "Dream On", and admits to actually starting to fall for Rachel.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]
* [[Jerkass]]: To nearly everyone - especially Finn, but [[Morality Pet|not so much Rachel]].
** [[Jerkass Has a Point]]:
* [[Morality Pet]]: Rachel, and only Rachel.
** [[Kick the Morality Pet]]: His first act of betraying New Directions in Season 1 was luring Rachel to the parking lot and, along with the rest of Vocal Adrenaline, egging her in "Funk".
** [[Pet the Dog]]: Telling Carmen Tibideaux that Rachel is a star, and would be an excellent addition to NYADA.
* [[New Transfer Student]]: From "The Power of Madonna
▲* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: See "Punny Name" below.
* [[Oh Crap]]: The look of Jesse’s face, along with the rest of Vocal Adrenaline after Will invited them to see New Directions rendition of
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Says that the fact that his parents favored him over his brother and sister drove them to be an addict and bulimic respectively.
* [[Punny Name]]: He's so bad his name is Jesse James, but it's in hiding with the St. Plus they pretty obviously gave him the name Jesse so they could get
* [[Put on a Bus]]: He left for UCLA after "Journey" and is only mentioned a couple of times in Season 2 until [[The Bus Came Back]]. This was probably the reason he was made a senior in the first place.
** [[The Bus Came Back]]: He returned in "Prom Queen", and stayed for the last three episodes of
* [[Reality Ensues]]: He flunked out of UCLA when he didn't realize he would actually have to study and make the grades.
* [[Reformed but Rejected]]: [[Justified Trope|Sort of]]. Will hires Jesse as a consultant for the New Directions in Season 2. The group is still hostile for his actions in the previous season, and Jesse is an unrepentant [[Jerkass]]. [[Jerkass Has a Point|That doesn't mean his criticisms weren't right.]]
* [[The Rival]]: For Finn.
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: We all know who's gonna win Rachel in the end.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: After "Total Eclipse of the Heart
* [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]
* [[Spear Counterpart]]: To Rachel, arguably. They're both arrogant
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The most common rendition is "Jesse" ([[Punny Name|as in]] [[Historical Domain Character|Jesse James]]) but there are still fans who use "Jessie" (as per "Jessie's Girl").
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: This is how Rachel sees her relationship with Jesse.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]:
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: In "Funk", although to some extent you can tell he regretted it. It goes [[Up to Eleven]] after
* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Appears that way.
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== Burt Hummel ==
=== {{spoiler|Rep.}} Burt Hummel {{spoiler|(I-OH)}} ===
[[File:
{{quote|He is my son. Out in the world, you do what you want; not under my roof.}}
Kurt's dad, a flannel-wearing auto mechanic (who owns his own business) and single father who looks like the last sort of parent who'd accept having a gay son, let alone one as camp as Kurt. In his case, appearances are definitely deceiving. Played by Mike O'Malley.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Using the word "fag" around Burt is the fastest way to enrage him, even more if it's directed at his son.
** Denying Kurt things isn't a good idea, either. He threatened to take a blow torch to the school when Will automatically gave a solo to Rachel despite Kurt expressing a desire for it, and he calmly but somewhat menacingly brought in some businessmen to donate when a play Kurt had a vested interest in seeing continue was threatened due money constraints.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: The first mention of Kurt's dad in "Acafellas" states that he bought Kurt a car in exchange for a promise to stop dressing in such a stereotypically gay way. This seems extremely out of character for Burt, in retrospect.
** Actually, there's potentially some [[Fridge Brilliance]] here - Burt tells Kurt he's known since Kurt was three and accepts his son just the way he is; maybe this was his way of trying to get Kurt to try to finally open up and tell him.
** This trait comes back in Season 2
* [[Grease Monkey]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Most of the audience would have pegged him as a homophobe when he first appears (and not to mention that in "Acafellas
** As of "Pot
* [[Hollywood Heart Attack]]: Averted, his heart attack in "Grilled Cheesus" is brought on by another medical condition altogether, and is depicted realistically, with Burt mistaking it for indigestion before collapsing.
* [[Love Makes You Dumb]]: Non-romantic, but still. His desire to protect Kurt is starting to blind him to his son's less savory actions (such as, y'know, trying to seduce Finn even though Finn ''clearly'' didn't feel the same way).
** Firmly averted as of Season 2
* [[Nice Hat|Nice Cap]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Open-Minded Parent]]: He supports his son's interests and activities even without fully understanding them. So much so that when he catches his son making out with a girl, he recommends protection if things get to that point. Though given the flimsy attempt by Kurt to pretend to be straight, one can guess he's mostly just
* [[Parent with New Paramour]]: Kurt fixes him up with Finn's mom as part of one of his schemes, but then sours on the idea, but it's too late.▼
* [[Papa Wolf]]: One surefire way to get the rather intimidating Mr. Hummel breathing down your neck is to go after his son. To the point that he turns on Finn, his girlfriend's son - aka the kid most guys sweat about impressing - and berates him and kicks him out of the house for using the word 'faggy'.
** In "Furt", he's ready to do something when Kurt admits that Karofsky has been taunting and shoving him. However, he's stopped by the
▲* [[Parent with New Paramour]]: Kurt fixes him up with Finn's mom as part of one of his schemes, but then sours on the idea, but it's too late.
* [[Second Love]]: With Finn's mom, Carole.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Burt gives a pretty big one to Finn in "Theatricality" and a smaller, but no less impressive one to him in "Furt".
** He gives a smaller one to Kurt in "Duets", but really isn't up to the challenge
* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]: Averted, though he admits that Kurt wasn't the son he initially imagined having.
== Shelby Corcoran ==
=== Shelby Corcoran ===
[[File:
{{quote|I want you to look so talented, it's hurting you; I want a look so optimistic it could cure cancer.}}
The director of Vocal Adrenaline, New Directions' biggest rivals. Played by Idina Menzel.
* [[Ascended Meme]]: Despite [[Word of God|claims to the contrary]], Shelby
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Veronica to Emma's Betty and Will's Archie, at least for an episode.
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: The Brunette of the trio.
* [[Broken Bird]]: She may be starting to move on now but failing to become an actress hurt her deeply.
* [[Christmas Cake]]
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: A very mild case of this and a saint compared to her colleague, Dakota Stanley, but she has some level of this.
*
* [[Hot Teacher]]: She's played by Idina Menzel, that's enough and needs no more explanation.
*
* [[Love Interest]]: Will's, for an episode, at least.
*
* [[
* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Woman]]: She is the one of the most level-headed characters the show has portrayed so far.
* [[Put on a Bus]]:
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: She actually is quite the reasonable person though.
* [[So Proud of You]]: She tells Rachel this when Rachel asks her to sign her NYADA recommendation letter in "Mash-Off
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
*
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Gives one to Quinn in "Mash-Off", regarding how Quinn doesn't really care about Beth and only wants her to boost her own self-confidence.
** Quinn gives her one when she confronts her about Puck, pointing out that she shouldn't have brought Beth back to Lima, ambushed her, and tried to get them to be a part of the baby's life since both had been moving on.
* [[Workaholic]]: Shelby is so caught up in coaching Vocal Adrenaline (and probably teaching at some point) that she doesn't even own a house at her age. She realizes this is a problem.
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== Shannon Beiste ==
=== Shannon Beiste ===
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{{quote|Do not get up in The Panther's business, lady. You're all coffee and no omelette.
Ken Tanaka's replacement as football coach. Played by Dot Jones.
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* [[Big Eater]]: She eats a chicken for every meal. A whole chicken.
* [[Camp Straight|Butch Straight]]
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Her characterization, clothing style, and delivery is ''very'' similar to Ken's.
* {{spoiler|[[Domestic Abuse]]: As of "Choke", it's revealed that she's in one, and even after Sue offered to rescue her, Shannon still went back to her abuser. [[Tear Jerker|Oh Shannon...]]}}
**
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: But this is part of the [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] personality.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: She's built like a tank, but wouldn't hurt a fly.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Some of her Jerkass and [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] characteristics are an act to get results from her team and to hide her insecurities, but once she drops the act she's a genuinely decent and nice person. This is especially evident in her forgiving Will for his previous Jerkass behavior himself, something that she has no reason at all to do. She also allows Finn back on the football team after kicking him off and even gives Artie a chance to prove himself on the field.▼
* [[Jerkass Facade]]: She's initially set up as another villain, and as noted above, is a big [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]], but it's pretty clear by the end of her introductory episode that she's a nice lady. She'd just had to put up a tough front to cope with bullying and to do what is usually a "man's job", coaching a football team.
▲* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Some of her [[Jerkass]] and [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] characteristics are an act to get results from her team and to hide her insecurities, but once she drops the act she's a genuinely decent and nice person. This is especially evident in her forgiving Will for his previous [[Jerkass]] behavior himself, something that she has no reason at all to do. She also allows Finn back on the football team after kicking him off and even gives Artie a chance to prove himself on the field.
* [[Lame Comeback]]: In a weird variant, Beiste's comebacks to Sue are completely nonsensical, but this in itself completely throws Sue off her game.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Do ''NOT'' fuck with the Glee kids, especially Puck.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: "Beiste" is pronounced like "Beast
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Sue, of all people. Even though Sue still snipes at Beiste and has a rivalry with her, {{spoiler|when Sue discovered that Beiste's husband hit her}}, she immediately offered to let Shannon come live with her.
* [[Paedo Hunt]]: One of Sue's ploys to get Beiste fired is to get Brittany to claim that Beiste touched her boobs.▼
* [[Parental Substitute]]: To Puck.
{{quote|"You ''are'' loved, pumpkin. You are ''not'' alone."}}
▲* [[Paedo Hunt]]: One of Sue's ploys to get Beiste fired is to get Brittany to claim that Beiste touched her boobs.
* [[Team Mom]]: Increasingly, she's this to the glee club.
* [[When She Smiles]]: Referenced in "Never Been Kissed
== Carl Howell ==
=== Dr. Carl Howell ===
[[File:
{{quote|'''Santana''': Can I just say you are the hottest dentist I've ever seen?
'''Carl''': I get that all the time.
Emma's sexy dentist boyfriend.
* [[Always Someone Better]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Can accept the fact that Will still has feelings for Emma, but it's really a bad idea to act on them regardless.
*
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: In his first appearance at Glee, all the girls clearly find him attractive; Santana makes sexual invitations at every opportunity.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: It's rather unlikely he and Emma are going to work out in the long term. Which ticks off quite a few fans who think Carl is better for Emma than Will ever was.
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: See
* [[Unaccustomed as I Am to Public Speaking|Unaccustomed As I Am To Singing And Dancing]]: Despite his claim that he couldn't sing and dance like Will in
== Dave Karofsky ==
=== David "Dave" Karofsky ===
[[File:
{{quote|This is high school. People's memories for good stuff lasts about as long as their Facebook Status.
A meathead Hockey jock ("puckhead") who, with Azimio, took over as the school's chief bully once Puck stopped harassing the other members of New Directions. In "Never Been Kissed", he [[Forceful Kiss|forcefully kisses]] Kurt after Kurt confronts him over his bullying. He later threatened to kill him if he told anybody. The threat itself came to light, and he got (temporarily) expelled for it. Played by [[Max Adler]].
* [[Adorkable]]: Not usually, but there are times when he resembles a large puppy. The scene where he asks Sebastian about getting boys to like him is a good example. Making Sebastian's [[Kick the Dog|kicking the puppy response]] even more painful to watch.
* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: Dave Karofsky easily could be a Jewish name, although it could also easily not be. The actor who plays him is Jewish.
*
* [[Armored Closet Gay]]
* [[Ascended Extra]]: As of "Never Been Kissed".
*
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: On a specific note, his apology to ND. On a broader note, subtlety is not his strong suit; the only reason more people in-universe haven't figured out his secrets is because he isn't [[Camp Gay]].
* [[The Bear]]: He says the guys at the gay bar call him a "bear cub".
* [[The Beard]]: Mutually, with Santana.
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: When he and Santana start that anti-bullying initiative, at first it's just part of her scheme to win Prom Queen with him as her King (thus solidifying their believed heterosexuality). But as he starts getting into it, he begins to genuinely regret his actions, and gives a tearful, heartfelt apology to Kurt. By that point, Kurt didn't even feel the need to be protected, but let Dave keep doing so because it was helping him come to terms with himself.
** Seeing as how conflicted his feelings for Kurt are, he probably did feel guilt before.
* [[Billy Elliot Plot]]: Averted. His father has no problem with gay people. It's the homophobia from the kids at school which causes him to hide in the closet. As many an LGBT kid with accepting parents but a hostile school environment can tell you, this is very much [[Truth in Television]].
**
* [[The Bully]]
*
* [[Byronic Hero]]: Gets shades of this in late Season 2. But he does fit the trope.
* [[Character Development]]: The kiss scene in
* [[Character Tic]]: More of an actor tic; Max Adler's tongue has a habit of appearing at the oddest moments. There are times, especially in scenes with Kurt, it might be intentional, but it happens enough in [[Real Life]] that there's no way it's simply an acting choice on his part.
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Karofsky's behavior towards Kurt shows signs of this. Though his [[Freudian Excuse]] is that it's because he's in denial about being gay, different from most cases of the trope, as is the fact that his main target is another gay person.
*
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: According to him, picking on crippled people such as Artie is below him and Azimio even mentions his supposed moral code.
* [[Forceful Kiss]]: To Kurt in "Never Been Kissed
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Averted - according to [[Word of God]], Karofsky's dad isn't the reason for his [[Gayngst]].
* [[Gayngst]]: Oh yeah. And ''how''.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: In spite of his thuggish appearance and demeanor, is (or at least was) an excellent student.
** He mentions being in Calculus during "Prom Queen", despite being a junior.
* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]: He's taken it to violent levels on occasion.
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: In "The Sue Sylvester Bowl Shuffle". He hates Glee at the beginning, then he loves it when he finds out he's pretty good at it, then hates it again when he gets a slushie facial, then loves it again after joining them in the middle of "Thriller/Heads Will Roll", then hates it ''again'' by the end of the episode.
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: A fake one, at Santana's urging in "Born This Way". He's only pretending to be rehabilitated so he and Santana can be Prom King and Queen.
** YMMV he does seem to improve in that episode and his sincerity is debatable.
** [[Fridge Brilliance]] perhaps. His
** As revealed in a scene between him and Kurt in "Prom Queen", Karofsky's apology is genuine and he truly ''is'' sorry for what he did to Kurt. Additionally, he and Kurt
* [[Hollywood Pudgy]]: He's big and has a naturally stockier build, and he's most likely at an appropriate weight for that body type. This hasn't stopped people in-show and out from
** It seems this is being played straight, as he refers to himself as a "bear cub" in "The First Time", and says it's working for him.
* [[I Call It Vera]]: He named his fist "the Fury".
* [[Jerkass Facade]]
* [[Jerk Jock]]: Speculated. Apparently, he even targets other jocks.
* [[Joker Immunity]]: There's apparently nothing anyone can do about him. He assaults students in the middle of the halls, in one instance with a teacher watching, and suffers no consequences. Even after Sue finds out about the death threat he gave Kurt and had him expelled,
** Perhaps a version of [[Ultimate Job Security]]?
** Sadly, this willful ignorance in bullying is [[Truth in Television]] for many a school.
*
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: The only people who ever call him Dave are the adults and Kurt.
* [[Manly Gay]]: Especially now that he's considered a "bear cub
* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|After his [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] to Kurt in "Heart" he runs into someone who is presumably a classmate...who saw the whole thing
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: He starts the series as an extreme homophobe, but gets better starting around "Born This Way
▲* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|After his [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] to Kurt in "Heart" he runs into someone who is presumably a classmate...who saw the whole thing.}}
▲* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: He starts the series as an extreme homophobe, but gets better starting around "Born This Way."
* [[Spear Counterpart]]: He shares many characteristics with Santana, most obviously the [[Gayngst]], but also the fact that they were both bullies and most of the glee club hated for most of the first two seasons (and some still do).
▲* [[Straight Gay]]: Although he doesn't seem to have any concept of this.
* [[Straw Hypocrite]]
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: With Azimio.
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: After [[The Reveal]].
*
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]: According to his father.▼
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Mike, Sam, and Artie confront him on his bullying of Kurt. It results in all three of them getting knocked down.
▲* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]: According to his father.
* [[Villainous Crush]]: Much to Kurt's dismay.
** It's debatable if he actually had a crush on Kurt or was just kissing the only out-gay kid he knew to explore his own confused feelings.
**
* [[When He Smiles]]: "Thriller/Heads Will Roll" is the first time we see him with a genuine smile on his face, not some douchey smirk. The way his face lights up when he runs in to join the performance is absolutely adorable.
** His smile in
* [[Yandere]]: His post-NBK interactions with Kurt have strong elements of this.
* [[You Are What You Hate]]: Oh, Karofsky...
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== Sebastian Smythe ==
=== Sebastian Smythe ===
[[File:
The new captain of the Dalton Academy Warblers, who is openly gay, freely promiscuous, and sets his sights on Blaine the moment the two meet. Played by Grant Gustin.
* [[Actor
* [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]]
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Applies to his actor, too!
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Veronica to Kurt's Betty.
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Switches from insulting New Directions and Kurt to smiling and talking about going out drinking the second Blaine returns from getting coffee.
* [[Captain Obvious]]: ''It's all fun and games. Until it's not
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Although unusual in that his target is also gay, otherwise a much straighter-playing of the trope than Karofsky.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Sebastian might be a dick, but even he's not going to {{spoiler|laugh off a suicide attempt, specially one he feels partially responsible for}}. Very much
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: He tells Kurt that he's going to steal Blaine away from him right to his face, and later injures Blaine in the eye after he stays loyal to Kurt. Sebastian does all this with a smirk on his face.
*
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: So far we have seen him ''twice'' out of the uniform, at the gay bar. He goes to performances at another school wearing it. He visits the Lima Bean wearing it. And apparently he is wearing it while he drinks wine (unless that was only an excuse to call Blaine).
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Possibly totally unintentional, but Saint Sebastian is considered to be a gay icon and even the patron saint of homosexuals.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: He rejects Karofsky's advances with [[Sarcasm Mode|every bit of sympathy and tact]] [[Jerkass|we've come to expect from him]] (that is, [[Kick the Dog|none at all and making fun of his appearance]] at that).
* [[Obviously Evil]]: His first conversation with Blaine is
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: If his comments towards Santana are any indication, he's racist and sexist on top of being a douche. It's also implied that he's a [[Smug Snake]] towards anyone who isn't wealthy.
** He also has issues with Kurt's effeminacy, though it's hard to tell if any of these are genuine prejudices or just low blows to people he doesn't like.
* [[Really Gets Around]]
* [[The Rival]]: [[Played for Laughs]], but just see the interaction between Sebastian and Artie in
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: In his early appearances, he was set up as a possible romantic interest for Blaine in competition with Kurt.
* [[Sesquipedalian Smith]]
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* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: To Blaine. Seemed less desperate than the normal application of this trope, until {{spoiler|he throws a rock-salt-laced slushie in Blaine's face, lacerating his eye and forcing him to have surgery. Sebastian openly admits the slushie was [[Murder the Hypotenuse|intended for Kurt]]}}.
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: At first, his villainy was limited to trying to get in Blaine's pants despite the latter's attachment to Kurt, until the episode "Michael" upgraded him to full-blown antagonist.
* [[Villain Song]]: "Smooth Criminal".
* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: "A Boy Like That".
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