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** Finn suffered a lot of backlash from people who saw him as this, to the point of there being a "Hypocritical Finn" meme. His most infamous moment was when he outed Santana, and suffered no consequences other than her slapping him. Even his gay stepbrother, and raised-by-gay-dads girlfriend, don't say anything, and in the following episode it seems that everyone is convinced that Finn did the ''right thing''. This is made even worse when Season 4 came around, where ''after calling Sue's baby a retard'', Will decides to put him in charge of New Directions while Will is in Washington DC.
** Finn suffered a lot of backlash from people who saw him as this, to the point of there being a "Hypocritical Finn" meme. His most infamous moment was when he outed Santana, and suffered no consequences other than her slapping him. Even his gay stepbrother, and raised-by-gay-dads girlfriend, don't say anything, and in the following episode it seems that everyone is convinced that Finn did the ''right thing''. This is made even worse when Season 4 came around, where ''after calling Sue's baby a retard'', Will decides to put him in charge of New Directions while Will is in Washington DC.
** Blaine Anderson. It didn't help that even right after being introduced, he was already getting more and more air time and way more solos than most of the original cast members, which ended up being shoehorned in once or twice (TSSBS, Prom Queen). And his characterization made him out to be a [[Canon Sue]] for a lot of people. It has reached the point where even his own actor Darren Criss thought Blaine had a little too much focus on him. This reaction only intensified when Blaine was upgraded to a main member of the cast from season 3 onward, but split along the lines of the increased screentime either fixing him by giving him more legitimacy as a character or at least downgrading him to a more tolerable [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|Spotlight Stealing]] [[Shallow Love Interest]]. On the other hand, some fans feel that this only turns him into even more of a Canon Sue.
** Blaine Anderson. It didn't help that even right after being introduced, he was already getting more and more air time and way more solos than most of the original cast members, which ended up being shoehorned in once or twice (TSSBS, Prom Queen). And his characterization made him out to be a [[Canon Sue]] for a lot of people. It has reached the point where even his own actor Darren Criss thought Blaine had a little too much focus on him. This reaction only intensified when Blaine was upgraded to a main member of the cast from season 3 onward, but split along the lines of the increased screentime either fixing him by giving him more legitimacy as a character or at least downgrading him to a more tolerable [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|Spotlight Stealing]] [[Shallow Love Interest]]. On the other hand, some fans feel that this only turns him into even more of a Canon Sue.
** Rachel Berry. Co-creator Ian Brennan defended the criticism of splitting the narrative of Season 4 between the New Directions at McKinley High, and Rachel and Kurt at NYADA, by basically telling everyone that whether the fans hate the character or not, [http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/glee/news/a405712/glee-exec-defends-new-york-plot-rachel-is-core-of-the-show/ Rachel is the star of the show]. God forbid you dislike this character's singing voice or think she's incredibly overused, because in ''Glee'' reality, her talents are limitless and her dreams are the most important, so you ''are'' going to see and hear more of her than of anyone else. Other characters line up to [[Character Shilling|talk, sometimes to thin air, about how wonderful and important she is]], even if her success comes at their expense (and it frequently does). As the link above indicates, it doesn't matter how huge and incredibly talented the ensemble is: [[Word of God]] is that Rachel is the star of the show, so if you don't like her then you'll just have to cross your fingers that your actual favorite will get so much as a line this episode.
** Rachel Berry's detractors see her as one of these. Co-creator Ian Brennan defended the criticism of splitting the narrative of Season 4 between the New Directions at McKinley High, and Rachel and Kurt at NYADA, by basically telling everyone that whether the fans hate the character or not, [http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/glee/news/a405712/glee-exec-defends-new-york-plot-rachel-is-core-of-the-show/ Rachel is the star of the show]. While she is exceptionally talented, [[Informed Ability|you'd think Lea Michele was the only talented member of the cast]] the way other characters line up to [[Character Shilling|talk, sometimes to thin air, about how wonderful and important Rachel is]], even if her success comes at their expense. The episode that showed this best was "Props", where Tina, [[Demoted to Extra|a character many fans feel has been getting pushed to the sidelines]], becomes frustrated that Rachel is once again singing lead while she remains stuck in the background. But after experiencing a vision in which all of the glee club members have switched roles, she explains to Rachel both the dream and her subconscious telling her that her part... is to help Rachel get whatever she wants, because by helping her, she helps the glee club. By the end of the season, Rachel is admitted into NYADA despite failing her audition and leaving Carmen Tibideaux annoyed enough by her repeated messages to say she does not deserve any special treatment, becoming a [[Karma Houdini]] in the process.
** Unique, who was made into a main character in Season 4 because of Ryan Murphy's adoration for Alex Newell from ''[[The Glee Project]]''. Compare the screentime and focus Joe gets (despite actually winning the show). It went even further with Newell being promoted to main cast in Season 5, although his character's [[Transgender]] storyline went towards mitigating this somewhat.
** Unique, who was made into a main character in Season 4 because of Ryan Murphy's adoration for Alex Newell from ''[[The Glee Project]]''. Compare the screentime and focus Joe gets (despite actually winning the show). It went even further with Newell being promoted to main cast in Season 5, although his character's [[Transgender]] storyline went towards mitigating this somewhat.
* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: Almost anything Sue does or says, though she certainly outdid herself in season 5 when she managed to take Figgins's place as principal by planting false evidence in his office, including gambling bills, porn magazines, ''gay'' porn magazines, gay porn ''foot fetish'' magazines, and '''''an autographed copy of Mein Kampf'''''.
* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: Almost anything Sue does or says, though she certainly outdid herself in season 5 when she managed to take Figgins's place as principal by planting false evidence in his office, including gambling bills, porn magazines, ''gay'' porn magazines, gay porn ''foot fetish'' magazines, and '''''an autographed copy of Mein Kampf'''''.
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