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* [[So Bad It's Good]]: Trouty Mouth.
** And while we're on the subject some consider the show this
* [[Strangled by the Red String]]:
* [[Strangled by the Red String]] / [[Last-Minute Hookup]]: How more cynical viewers saw it when Kurt and Blaine got together in "Original Song", feeling the scene was sappy and inconsistent with Blaine's previous characterization. Others saw it as something the show had been building to for quite a while, although within them is a subgroup who feels that while their pairing up was to be expected from a [[Watsonian Versus Doylist|Doylist]] perspective, it happened in a way that was premature for their characterization from a [[Watsonian Versus Doylist|Watsonian]] perspective, resulting in an early [[Shipping Bed Death]]. [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement|And that's all that needs to be said about that]].▼
** Tina and Mike Chang, who never interacted in S1 (Mike only spoke one line), and were basically put together for Asian jokes. Since then they have at least gotten some relationship development, although much of it was offscreen.
** Kurt and Blaine's storyline in the last season. After breaking up off-screen because they apparently couldn't stand each other when living together, they get dragged back together by what can be seen as in-universe fan-ex machina. First by Sue Sylvester, who turns out to be a psychotic Klaine fan and her shipper tactics include kidnapping and rape threats. Then they get convinced to get married alongside Santana and Brittany. And what is done about their so serious relationship problems that caused the break-up in the first place? That's right, nothing. To drive the point that Kurt and Blaine belong to each other home, Brittany includes - in her own wedding vows, no less - thanks to them for their inspiring path of pursuing his love and living with his sexuality that helped her, Brittany to come to terms with hers. (Never mind, that Brittany might be the only queer character in the series who never displayed any angst over her sexuality and her interest in Kurt's only appeared briefly in the first season when she was his beard.) ▼
** Mercedes and Sam. Enforced as [[Real Life Writes the Plot|Sam's actor temporarily left the series due to contract disputes]] right after Mercedes and Sam got together. When he returned, the writers treated their relationship like some tragic love story. Because it had next to no development, it was hard for most viewers to buy into that and get invested in the relationship.
** Brittany and Artie started off this way, and earned the show lots of [[Internet Backdraft]] from angry Brittany/Santana fans. It became clearer over time that Artie was intended as a [[Romantic False Lead]], and the whole relationship was designed to [[Green-Eyed Epiphany|force Santana to realize her feelings for Brittany]].
** One that carries some [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Sam was originally created to be a love interest for Kurt, but was changed to be straight when Ryan Murphy apparently noticed chemistry between him and Quinn so strong that it just couldn't be denied (and which many fans have been quick to point out doesn't seem to come across onscreen). To his credit, he did also create another character as a love interest for Kurt afterwards.
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▲*** Kurt and Blaine's storyline in the last season also counts. After breaking up off-screen because they apparently couldn't stand each other when living together, they get dragged back together by what can be seen as in-universe fan-ex machina. First by Sue Sylvester, who turns out to be a psychotic Klaine fan and her shipper tactics include kidnapping and rape threats. Then they get convinced to get married alongside Santana and Brittany. And what is done about their so serious relationship problems that caused the break-up in the first place? That's right, nothing. To drive the point that Kurt and Blaine belong to each other home, Brittany includes - in her own wedding vows, no less - thanks to them for their inspiring path of pursuing his love and living with his sexuality that helped her, Brittany to come to terms with hers. (Never mind, that Brittany might be the only queer character in the series who never displayed any angst over her sexuality and her interest in Kurt's only appeared briefly in the first season when she was his beard.)
** More broadly, the show has been criticized for turning to these repeatedly to create tension between Finn/Rachel, Kurt/Blaine, and Brittany/Santana. They'd split up, often by cheating on or to hook up with a [[Romantic False Lead]] out of the blue, and spend half a season needing to re-realize their true feelings for each other.
* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]:
** Even if Sue's techniques are not the most correct, she is almost always proven right.
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