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[[File:Glee-cast_6047.jpg|frame|''Don't Stop Believin''']]
{{quote|''"Being a part of something special makes you special!"''
|'''Rachel Berry'''|"Pilot"}}
What happens when you pump ''[[High School Musical]]'' full of antidepressants? You get ''Glee'', where every episode is the [[Musical Episode]]!
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The musical numbers are usually given an in-universe justification with the activities of the Glee club, instead of seemingly springing fully formed from the minds of characters in normal situations, as with most musicals. [[That Reminds Me of a Song]] is in full effect here. From time to time, an individual ''does'' just break into a full-on song and dance sequence with back-up dancers and props and so forth, and it cuts from location to location mid-stream (just like a music video); based on contextual clues, these moments appear to be taking place at least partially in the individual's thoughts.
Tons of character stereotypes show up (arguably on purpose) to the point of reviving a few [[Dead Horse Trope
Although the first half of Season 1 was well received and put all of its main cast in the spotlight, Glee became one of Fox's most divisive shows. This was helped by the fact that before the first season was finished it was renewed for both a second and third season, both with 22 episodes. A fourth 22-episode season was ordered for 2012. The show finished its fifth season, as part of another double renewal deal. It was later confirmed by Ryan Murphy that the sixth season would be the final season, and it ended on March 20, 2015 after six seasons and 121 episodes.
The series had a [[Fake Crossover]] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/archie-glee-crossover-sees-clash-between-riverdale-and-mckinley-1.1374719 with the Archie universe] in ''Archie Meets Glee''. It also spawned a British singing contest called ''Don't Stop Believing'' (yes, with the 'g') that [[British Brevity|lasted six episodes]] in summer 2010, was won by the only team who sang [[Barbra Streisand]], and has never been mentioned since.
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** While the Aesop in "Blame it on the Alcohol" was good, the kids most likely threw up onstage not because they were drunk but because what they drank contained [[Gargle Blaster|various remnants of Rachel's dads' liquor cabinet, kool-aid]], [[Squick|cough syrup, and crumbled up oreos]]. Many believe the episode to be a [[Spoof Aesop]] that's been [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|thinly disguised to appease the network.]]
** Another one in "Blame it on the Alcohol": Kurt says that bisexuality is a myth used by people who are afraid of being "totally gay," and Blaine calls him out on it. In the end, Blaine realizes that he isn't actually bi because he has no chemistry with Rachel. So bisexuality isn't a shield to hide your gayness, it's just brought on by drunkeness!
** Many of Quinn's storylines appear to be this—she creates the "Glist" to regain her popularity or something even though she knows exactly how it feels to be teased and ostracized, as she was when she was pregnant. And then in "Born This Way," it's revealed she {{spoiler|used to be overweight and "ugly" and was mocked for it, so [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful|she lost weight, got a nose job,]] [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|and changed her name]]}}. Instead of learning from this how it feels to be bullied, she instead bullies others for exactly those same shallow reasons. And when Lauren reveals the truth about her to the school to hurt her chances for prom queen, they [[Completely Missing the Point|completely miss the point]] and suddenly love her because she was once "one of them." Never mind the fact that she's now beautiful and a heinous bitch. And this is in the episode about embracing your imperfections.
** There seems to even be one in-story in "Born This Way". The word Will writes on the board is acceptance and then tells the kids to make t-shirts about things that make them different and special that they should embrace because they can't change, and most of the kids do that but Will tells Emma that her shirt should have been about her OCD, and while she does need to admit that she's OCD, it's not something that she should just accept because it can be changed and in Emma's case it really needs to change because her OCD is having severe effects on her ability to live her life.
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: In "Unicorn", Kurt is feeling insecure about his masculinity, after learning he may not be a shoo-in for the lead in ''[[West Side Story]]'' as he previously though, and goes to his dad for advice. Burt, on the other hand, tells his son he's probably one of the most least masculine boys ever, but manages to turn this speech into a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
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** The previous episode where she was outed carried the Aesop of "Don't out people against their will," but this too was lacking. First, Santana was an [[Alpha Bitch]] who had spent the entire episode bullying Finn, so she was hardly the most sympathetic victim. Second, the outing happened after she was once again making fun of him, at which point he responded, "So when are you going to come out? Everybody knows you have feelings for Brittany..." Finn didn't make a scene nor was he spreading this fact to everybody; he had angrily said the one thing he knew would unnerve her after he grew tired of her insults. Though he did say it loudly in a crowded hallway, it was technically ''someone else'', an unnamed girl looking over her shoulder, who overheard the conversation and told her uncle, who was running for state representative against cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester. He ran a smear ad claiming that Sue was "harboring an open lesbian" on the cheerleading team, and ''that'' was the moment Santana was outed. As you can see, the situation was a little more complicated than "Finn outed Santana," and yet that formed the basis of the next episode. And at no point in ''the entire series'' did Santana ever apologize to anyone for being such a bitch.
** Another example would be "Shooting Star", where they had a school shooting... but the gun going off was entirely accidental and didn't hurt anyone, and a teacher covered for the student at fault. So there were no actual consequences for the student who brought a gun to school and caused gunshots and terrified the entire student body and faculty. Many reviews of the episode claimed the message was lost by the end, or it was a failure, or it could've been much better, etc.
** There's also ''Glee'''s harmful portrayal of eating disorders in season 4. [http://proud2bme.org/node/510 As Catherine Weingarten says], "Marley was convinced to become bulimic to avoid becoming like her [morbidly obese] mother. The mean girl Kitty easily convinces Marley that in order to play the part of “Sandy” in ''Grease'' she has to look a certain way. Marley does not even seem to understand that Kitty is getting her to experiment with dangerous eating disorder behavior. So Marley becomes fully bulimic and later even passes out during sectionals, which prompts everyone in Glee club to hate her. There is so much misinformation here about how one gets an eating disorder and the seriousness of eating disorders. It is common for people to not fully understand what an eating disorder is and only know about them through sensationalist tabloids or TV shows. Now ''Glee'' is adding itself to the list of shows spreading harmful and untrue information about eating disorders. ''Glee'' makes eating disorders seem campy and not very serious. We are supposed to be annoyed by Marley and not even care when she passes out at sectionals." There is also Liana Rosenman who wrote, "It is really dangerous [for ''Glee''] not to include a public service announcement of the dangers of eating disorders." and "Marley has an eating disorder for two days and then magically recovers. That is far from the truth. I struggled with anorexia for five years." [https://web.archive.org/web/20100209065204/http://http/://haveuheard.net/2012/11/glees-eating-disorders-sucks/ Other people have published similar sentiments]: "One topic ''Glee'' has failed horribly at covering is eating disorders. Eating disorders are often life threatening and last night's episode of ''Glee'' made it nothing short of a joke."
** Coach Beiste coming out as female-to-male transgender and beginning the transition process was supposed to carry the message that you're never too old to come out and live openly and happily. The show was trying to cash in on growing transgender visibility in the media, but Beiste was ''already'' popular with transgender/genderqueer viewers for being a masculine, cisgender, straight woman who is upfront about her feelings and insecurities, since she proved that gender expression isn't always cut-and-dry. Making her trans actually made her ''less'' interesting a character, since it carried the implication that ''all'' tomboyish women secretly want to be men.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]:
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* [[Once a Season]]: The sixth episode of every season is a mash-off competition. In the first two seasons, it was boys vs. girls ("Vitamin D" and "Never Been Kissed"), and in the third, it was New Directions vs. The Troubletones ("Mash Off").
* [[One-Gender School]]: Dalton Academy and its sister school, Crawford Country Day.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Many fans are already clamoring for the return of Bryan Ryan, a one-episode character played by [[Neil Patrick Harris]]. Does this really surprise anyone? [[Neil Patrick Harris]] + [[Joss Whedon]] = [[
** More like a One Episode Wonder, but The Papas Berry, as played by [[Jeff Goldblum]] and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Pure gold from start to finish and by ''God'' they cast those roles well!
* [[One Steve Limit]]:
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