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Anybody who has a major effect on the plot, but isn't in the Glee Clubclub (which isn't to say they get left out of the musical numbers!)

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{{quote| You think this is hard? Try being waterboarded... That's hard! }}

* [[The Artifact]]: One of the bigger complaints about Season 2, was the fact that it seemed like the writers were running out of ideas for Sue's character.

* [[Big Damn Villains]]: In “Journey”"Journey", Sue manages to secure another year for New Directions even after they didn’t place at Regionals.

* {{spoiler|[[Break the Haughty]]}}

** "And that's how Sue C's it"."

* [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action]] : In "RumorsRumours", she starts dressed as David Bowie, cut to a flashback and back, and she's now Ann Coulter. Immediately lampshaded by Terri.

* {{spoiler|[[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Sue is gradually undergoing this throughout seasonSeason 3.}}.

* [[Depending Onon the Writer]]: Can vary from [[Jerk Withwith 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 Onon Male)]]: {{spoiler|She slips Figgins a roofie and uses photos of their forced tryst as blackmail against him.}}. This is never treated as anything other than comedic.

* [[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.}}).

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]:

** In "Journey", {{spoiler|Sue was absolutely disgusted when the judges screwed over New Directions at Regionals simply because they lacked the ''flare'' (which in one case meant outright sucking up to the judges) of the other competitors.}}.

** In "Furt", Sue, {{spoiler|who is a bully herself as well as a victim of bullying (due to her disabled sister), takes Kurt seriously and resigns as principal in protest of Karofsky being able to return to school}}.

{{quote| Sue: My first order of business: ''destroy Glee Clubclub''.<br />

Will: I thought we were friends?<br />

Sue: Yeah, that got boring. }}

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: Possibly as of "Funeral.". She says she's going to stop going after the gleeGlee club and start making the world a better place for disabled people like Jean.}}.

** Subverted. {{spoiler|She tries to be nice, but by the start of the next season she is attacking not only New Directions but ''every'' show choir in America.}}.

** Done straight again: {{spoiler|by the halfway point of seasonSeason 3, Sue makes it her mission in life to get New Directions named national champions. She develops a very adorable [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]] and [[Vitriolic Best Friends]] routine with Will.}}.

* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: {{spoiler|Sue has a soft spot for the disabled.}}.

* [[Hoist By Her Own Petard]]:

** This is what led to her temporary suspension in “Sectionals”"Sectionals" after the leaked setlistsset-lists with her letterhead and handwriting were delivered to Figgins’s hands.

** 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 {{spoiler|that gives them the win.}}.

* [[Humiliation Conga]]: The entire third act of "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle.". {{spoiler|Quinn, Santana, and Brittany quit the Cheerios, Sue loses Nationals for the first time in seven years, is somehow voted Biggest Loser of the Year, and the rest of the Cheerios' budget for the year goes to New Directions.}}.

* [[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 seasonSeason oneOne, every time she's hit with [[Laser-Guided Karma]] she ultimately ends up benefiting from it.

* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Especially proven in “Wheels”"Wheels", “Journey”"Journey", "Grilled Cheesus", and "Furt".

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Sue enjoys doing this so much that if it were a sport, she would be the gold medalist. In "Funeral"," {{spoiler|she kicks Becky off the Cheerios because she reminded her of her own sister Jean, who'd died the day before.}}. She gets better.

* {{spoiler|[[Lonely Atat the Top]]: Flat-out stated in "Funk"}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Morality Pet]]: Her little sister and Becky.}}.

** {{spoiler|Also, Kurt to a degree.}}.

** 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. (Hehe goes with Porcelain).)

** 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 retifysrectifies this by calling him "Young [[Burt Reynolds]]".

* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: "O Fortuna" is used to hilarious effect during the Sue vs. Will scenes in episodeEpisode 7. And again during her rampage in the Superbowl episode.

* [[Pet the Dog]]:

** All of Sue's actions in Episode 9, really: {{spoiler|reading ''Little Red Riding Hood'' to her sister, accepting Becky into the Cheerios despite her disability, treating her no differently than the other members of the squad, donating money to build three new wheelchair ramps in the school...}}

** In "Journey" , {{spoiler|Sheshe manipulates Principal Figgins into giving Will and New Directions another year because she respects the relationships he has with his students. Besides, what would she do without an enemy?}}?

** In "Furt" , {{spoiler|Sheshe promises to keep an eye on Karofsky in case he harasses Kurt again, and has him expelled as soon as the death threat comes to light. She also resigns as principal partly due to the school board overruling her expulsion of Karofsky.}}.

* [[Pretend Prejudice]]: [[Depending Onon 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.

* [[Ship Tease]]:

** In “Funk”"Funk", they really tease the hell out of the Sue and Will ship.

* [[Stealth Insult]]: Sue, being Sue, manages to sneak one to Will in her rendition of Vogue on “The"The Power Of Madonna".”

{{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?]]:

* [[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.

* {{spoiler|[[Worthy Opponent]]: Eventually sees Will as this.}}.

* [[Younger Than They Look]]:

** {{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.}}.

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{{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]].}}

At the end of seasonSeason oneOne, she begins dating her dentist Carl, who actually begins to help her with her OCD. Eventually, {{spoiler|they get married, until her continued crush on Will leads to them getting an annulment.}}. Played by [[Jayma Mays]].

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: {{spoiler|After learning from Sue about Will's escapades throughout the second half of seasonSeason 1, she's beyond furious.}} . {{spoiler|She's even more furious after New Directions loses Regionals (supposedly due to Sue's machinations) and Principal Figgins wastes no time in canceling the club in "Journey".}}.

* [[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.}}.

{{quote| (Sue walks in with dark eye makeup)<br />

'''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.<br />

'''Emma:''' When you're older, that will turn out to be a gift. }}

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{{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 {{spoiler|now-ex}} wife. She suffers a hysterical pregnancy but lies to Will and continues to pretend it's real. Played by Jessalyn Gilsig.

* [[Absentee Actor]]: Jessalyn Gilsig remained a series regular despite appearing in only 5 episodes after {{spoiler|her and Will's divorce}}, and then only 4 episodes of seasonSeason 2.

* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]: In "Funeral"}}.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Veronica to Emma's Betty and Will's Archie - an interesting case, as Terri is ''married'' to him.

* [[Can't Get Away Withwith Nuthin']]: What she did was horrible, but the story seems to be far more forgiving to [[Karma Houdini|Sue]].

* [[Commuting Onon 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]]: {{spoiler|In "Funeral"," when Sue reveals she rerouted New Directions' flight to ''Libya'' and there's nothing she can do about it, Terri comes around and tells Will she managed to get the higher-ups of American Airlines to give New Directions first class flights to New York for free.}}.

{{quote| '''Will:''' I might be leaving Terri.<br />

'''Sue:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Didn't see that one coming.]] }}

* [[High School Sweethearts]]: Terri and Will are a not-so-happy version of this.

* {{spoiler|[[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Seemingly as of "Funeral."}}.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Telling Emma she would never have a chance with Will, despite the fact that she and Will were technically separated at the time.}}.

* [[Love Makes You Crazy]] and [[Love Makes You Dumb]]: Terri has the…the... honor of actually combining these two classifications at the same time.

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: In "Funeral,", she tells Will {{spoiler|she's moving to Miami to be a manager at Sheets 'n' Things.}}. And now that Jessalyn Gilsig is no longer a series regular, it might actually stick.

* [[School Nurse]]: Temporarily in “Vitamin"Vitamin D”D".

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{{quote| My hands are tied Schue!}}

The principal of William McKinley High. Known to be quite the cheapskate. Played by Iqbal Theba.

* [[Instant Web Hit]]: Averted. It only got 2 hits.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: {{spoiler|cuttingCutting the Glee club even though it only lost to the national champions, a choir that found out who the judges were, and despite the fact ''Sue Sylvester was one those judges.''}} .

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: {{spoiler|After finding out about all of Sue's shenanigans he FINALLY asserts his authority in suspending her pending an investigation.}}. The look on his face afterwards suggests he knows about the can of worms he's opened.

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{{quote| I like to give impromptu concerts for the homeless - it's so important to give back.}}

Member of Vocal Adrenaline, the Glee Clubclub's biggest competition going in to Regionals. Was in a relationship with Rachel in the back nine of Season 1. {{spoiler|It ended in "Funk", when Jesse goes back to Carmel High, and he and the rest of Vocal Adrenaline egg Rachel. As of the Season One finale, he's firmly back on the "heel" side of the "heel" / "face" divide.}}.

He returns for the final three episodes of season twoSeason Two {{spoiler|in order to make amends with Rachel after he was [[Too Dumb to Live|kicked out of UCLA for only going to his theatretheater classes]]. Mr. Schuester later hires him as a consultant for New Directions, to the dismay of everyone save Rachel.}}.

{{spoiler|By seasonSeason threeThree, he has become the coach for Vocal Adrenaline.}}.

Played by Jonathan Groff.

* {{spoiler|[[TheAll BadLove GuyIs WinsUnrequited]]: At least in the first season.}}

* [[Badass Boast]]: YMMV on this, but he and the rest of Vocal Adrenaline singing “Another"Another One Bites The Dust”Dust" personally to the members of New Directions just oozes “you’re"you’re screwed”screwed". By the reactions of most of the members of New Directions, they seem to achieve the purpose a Badass Boast usually does.

* [[Brainless Beauty]]: This seems to be the case come his return in "Prom Queen.".

* [[Brutal Honesty]]: His {{spoiler|absolutely ''ripping'' Santana's, Mercedes's, and Kurt's performances apart in "Funeral"}} could count as this.

** 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 theatretheater nerd, so there's some overlap. The first thing the boy DOES is tell Rachel she lacks Barbra Streisand's emotional depth. He's also a straight Stephen Sondheim fanboy, which is a pretty good example of the way the show subverts stereotypes.

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: It's pretty obvious that he's evil, since he wears black and dark gray all the time! {{spoiler|Possibly subverted in seasonSeason twoTwo: he keeps the dark colors and is still a major jerkass, but he's shown himself to be on New Directions' side.}}.

* [[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 {{spoiler|egg-assault in the parking lot and him acting like she somehow did something to deserve it}} does not make sense, especially since the last time we saw them they were perfectly happy together and she had done nothing to upset him. {{spoiler|Possibly subverted, though, as when he comes back in "Prom Queen", he obviously regretted "trading love for his future."}}

* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: As the New Direction's consultant near the end of seasonSeason 2. He provides some rather harsh critiques. [[Jerkass Has a Point|He wasn't entirely wrong.]]

** When he returns in seasonSeason 3 as the coach for Vocal Adrenaline, we see he's kept the persona, but lost the point.

* [[Duet Bonding]]: How he wins Rachel over in "Hell-O" with Lionel Richie's ''"Hello''". {{spoiler|And how he leads up to his apology to Rachel in "Prom Queen" with Adele's ''"Rolling in the Deep.''"}}.

{{quote| '''Kurt''' [to Rachel]: Correction. You had feelings for him. He made ''breakfast'' on your head.}}

** [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: {{spoiler|A lot of his criticisms of New Directions ended up being spot-on however.}}.

* [[New Transfer Student]]: From "The Power of Madonna.". He transfers back, though.

* [[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 “Give"Give Up the Funk”Funk" and as they are seeing the rendition is priceless; they speak volumes about how unsure they are that New Directions would be a easy win.

* [[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 ''"Jessie's Girl''" on at some point (which occurs in "Laryngitis").

* [[Put Onon 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 seasonSeason twoTwo. He returns again in the [[Back Nine|back eight]] of seasonSeason 3 as Vocal Adrenaline's coach.

* [[Romantic False Lead]]: We all know who's gonna win Rachel in the end. {{spoiler|Played ''horribly'' straight in "Funk,", where he humiliates Rachel for no reason, although in "Prom Queen" and "Funeral" one can tell he regretted it.}}.

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: After "Total Eclipse of the Heart.".

* [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]

* [[Spear Counterpart]]: To Rachel, arguably. They're both arrogant , confident in their talents, and ambitious.

* [[Spell My Name Withwith 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").

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: {{spoiler|Got kicked out of the University of Los Angeles ([[Overly Long Gag|in Los Angeles]]) because he only went to his theatretheater classes.}}.

* [[Took a Level Inin Jerkass]]: In "Funk", although to some extent you can tell he regretted it. It goes [[Up to Eleven]] after {{spoiler|he begins advising the club in "Funeral",}}, and is a dick to pretty much everybody except for Rachel.

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{{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.

** 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.

** 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. Episode 20 "Prom Queen" when Burt is concerned that going to prom in a kilt will make Kurt too visible and therefore a target for homophobic violence. It seems to be an intermittent trait that surfaces in response to concerns about Kurt's safety more than anything else.

* [[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,", it was mentioned he punishes Kurt for keeping flamboyant items, or rather bribe Kurt to not keep those items) but he surprises Kurt and everyone else.

** As of "Pot Oo' Gold", it looks like we can add political acumen to the list of Things We Did Not Know About Burt Hummel. He joins the House race to challenge Sue, and makes an extremely intelligent advertisement for himself.

** Firmly averted as of Season 2.04 'Episode 4 "Duets'". It isn't easy trying to teach your proud, stubborn, deeply vulnerable sixteen-year-old-son to navigate the collision points between his survival strategies, the rough edges of his own personality, and other people's boundaries and limitations - especially while trying not to sound like the bullies who tell him every day that he's in the wrong just for existing, and ''especially'' not while you're still recovering from a heart attack and days-long coma. But Burt's doing the best he can.

* [[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 humouringhumoring his son's soul searching.

** 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 realisationrealization his son isn't telling him everything. As soon as Kurt tells him about the death threat, he's out of the room before either boy can blink, absolutely flipping out on Karofsky and pinning him to the wall, ''[[Handicapped Badass|despite]]'' [[Handicapped Badass|his heart condition]] and the fact Karofsky is a minor, which could have gotten Burt in serious trouble. The only thing that stops him is his son, scared for his father's health, pleading him to stop.

** He gives a smaller one to Kurt in "Duets", but really isn't up to the challenge

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{{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 {{spoiler|is Rachel's birth mother.}}.

* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: The Brunette of the trio.

* [[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.

* {{spoiler|[[Hot Mom]]: To Rachel, and in the seasonSeason 1 finale, to Quinn and Puck's baby.}}.

* [[Hot Teacher]]: She's played by Idina Menzel, that's enough and needs no more explanation.

* {{spoiler|[[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: After giving up Rachel for adoption, she's been told she can no longer have children. In "Journey", she tells Rachel that she wants a second chance at a family (but not, apparently, with Rachel herself), and adopts Puck and Quinn's daughter.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|Rachel I Am Your Mother]]}}

* [[May-DecemberMay–December Romance]]: With {{spoiler|Puck}}.

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: {{spoiler|She quits her job after Regionals, instead moving to New York to take care of Beth.}}. [[The Bus Came Back|The bus comes back]] in the second episode of seasonSeason threeThree.

* [[So Proud of You]]: She tells Rachel this when Rachel asks her to sign her NYADA recommendation letter in "Mash-Off." .

* {{spoiler|[[Teacher-Student Romance]]: With Puck.}}.

** 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.

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{{quote| Do not get up in The Panther's business, lady. You're all coffee and no omelette. }}

* [[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...]]}}

** {{spoiler|But as of "Props", she has now left her abusive husband. Some things just take more than one episode to resolve.}}.

* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: But this is part of the [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]] personality.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: "Beiste" is pronounced like "Beast.". Subverted, though, since she's actually a giant pussy cat.

* [[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.

* [[When She Smiles]]: Referenced in "Never Been Kissed.".

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{{quote| '''Santana''': Can I just say you are the hottest dentist I've ever seen?<br />

'''Carl''': I get that all the time. }}

Emma's sexy dentist boyfriend. {{spoiler|He marries her in "Special Education", but as of "Born This Way", it seems they are divorced}}. Played by John Stamos.

* {{spoiler|[[Disposable Fiance|Disposable Husband]]}}: Like Terri, Carl seems a little too well-set-up to be this.

* [[Romantic False Lead]]: See "[[Foregone Conclusion]] above."

* [[Unaccustomed Asas 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 ''"Britney/Brittany''", he is in fact pretty awesome at both, and rocks out to "Whatever Happened To Saturday Night" during the ''"Rocky Horror''" episode.

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{{quote| This is high school. People's memories for good stuff lasts about as long as their Facebook Status. }}

* [[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.

* {{spoiler|[[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: To Kurt during episode "Heart".}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: Subverted. He gets crowned Prom King, but then Kurt gets crowned Prom Queen. Neither of them think it's very awesome.}}.

* [[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]].

* [[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.

** {{spoiler|However, when Kurt visits him in the hospital after his suicide attempt, we learn his mother believes he, "has a disease and maybe [he] can be cured.".}}

* {{spoiler|[[Bungled Suicide]]}}

* [[Character Development]]: The kiss scene in '"Never Been Kissed'" took Karofsky from a one-dimensional stock character to a tortured individual, and from what it's been declared in interviews, it's just the beginning.

* [[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.

* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]: After he's outed at his new school. But his attempt fails.}}.

* [[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]]. {{spoiler|Although, as we learn in "On My Way,", his mother is a different story.}}. The homophobes at school are.

** He mentions being in Calculus during "Prom Queen", despite being a junior.

** [[Fridge Brilliance]] perhaps. His pre-plannedpreplanned speech and what not (you can see Santana whispering his speech) allows him to say out loud all the stress, all the angst, all this stuff that's been eating him up inside in, at least for him, basically a safe and open way... but that also allows him to keep fooling himself that he still 'doesn't really' mean it all and keep his excuses.

** 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 {{spoiler|have a heart-to-heart in a gay bar}} in "The First Time", so he really ''did'' do a [[Heel Face Turn]].

* [[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 criticisingcriticizing him, not that it'd be right even if he were actually fat. Of course, the characters have a little bit more of an excuse due to them doing so in a form of self-defense against his often-times physical terrorisingterrorizing.

* [[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, {{spoiler|the school board just gave him a verbal warning and sent him back}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death|Karmic Near-Death]]: He attempts suicide after being subjected to the same bullying he put Kurt through.}}.

* [[Manly Gay]]: Especially now that he's considered a "bear cub.".

* [[Took a Level Inin Jerkass]]: After [[The Reveal]].

* {{spoiler|[[Took a Level In Kindness]]: As of "On My Way".}}.

** {{spoiler|Confirmed in episode "Heart", though it's less villainous nowadays.}}.

** His smile in {{spoiler|"Heart" right after [[The Reveal]]}} is really cute.

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* [[Actor -Role Confusion]]: Poor Grant Gustin actually got death threats from [[Fan Dumb|Klainers]] because his character was trying to break up [[Official Couple|Kurt and Blaine]] so he could have Blaine to himself.

* [[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.''. Makes perfect sense in context, though.

* [[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 truth-[[Truth in-television Television]], as parts of the gay community that vocally disagree with each other will come together on that particular issue.

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]: As he admitted, it's all fun and games until someone tries to commit suicide.}}.

* [[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).

* [[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). {{spoiler|After Karofsky attempts suicide, Sebastian is horrified at the part he played, calls off an unrelated blackmail scheme against New Directions, and does a complete [[Heel Face Turn]].}}.

* [[Obviously Evil]]: His first conversation with Blaine is intercutinter-cut with Santana--asSantana—as Anita in ''[[West Side Story]]''--singing—singing "A Boy Like That.".

* [[The Rival]]: [[Played for Laughs]], but just see the interaction between Sebastian and Artie in “Michael”"Michael", especially in Bad and later in Black And White. It reeks of two rival gang leaders trying to best each other

* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]

* [[Stalker Withwith 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 Inin 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.

* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: "A Boy Like That".