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* [[Underdogs Never Lose]]: Subverted.
* [[The Unfair Sex]]:
** In the first season, Finn's girlfriend Quinn Fabray tells him
** In the second season, {{spoiler|a kiss from Quinn}} re-ignites Finn's feelings for her - despite Quinn spending most of their past relationship [[Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?|repeatedly telling him he's stupid, attempting to control his hobbies and activities]], and [[The Baby Trap|tricking him into raising and paying for a child that isn't even his]]. This could easily come across as [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)|problematic]], especially because Quinn continues her need to be in control after she [[Your Cheating Heart|begins an affair with Finn]] [[History Repeats|despite dating Sam at the time]], because she thinks getting back with Finn will put her in a position of power. [[Subverted Trope|However]], Finn telling Quinn that her cheating hurt because it meant that she didn't love him once again paints ''him'' in a bad light as well [[Moral Myopia|because he has no problem hurting Sam in the exact same manner and nearly comes to blows with him over a newspaper blind item that pairs him and Quinn]]. Outside of Sam pointing out how Finn's [[Hypocrite|got a lot of nerve accusing him of cheating when he's the one who snuck in and stole his girl]], and a brief mention of this alleged coupling being karma, sabotaging Quinn's happy relationship later turns out to be all for naught since Finn eventually realizes how much he loves someone else during a funeral and decides to break up with Quinn [[Kick the Dog|''right after that funeral'']]. He is not held accountable for this either since it couldn't distract from the fact that Finn/Rachel had to become the [[Official Couple]] again. Quinn, on the other hand...
{{quote|'''Quinn:''' I've cheated twice in my life. The first time, I got pregnant. The second time, I got mono. [[Laser-Guided Karma|I think the universe is trying to tell me something.]]}}
** Even though Brittany cheated on Artie with Santana for months, the show presents their breakup as ''Artie's'' fault for calling her stupid because Santana had persuaded her that it wasn't cheating "if the plumbing is different". Additionally, Santana has called Brittany stupid plenty of times, and got away with it. Likewise his first relationship with Tina ended because he was a "bad boyfriend." Never mind that she cheated on him with Mike.
** The show also has an interesting variation of this trope with regards to sexuality; gay characters are forgiven, even lauded, for behavior that would be treated as villainous in others. Kurt, who seemed to seriously believe that he could change Finn's orientation despite being adamant that his homosexuality was an immutable part of who he was, hooks his father up with Finn's mother. When they prepare to move into the Hummel household, Kurt has already arranged for Finn to have to share his bedroom, which Kurt has decorated in a disturbingly date rape-y manner. Finn's frustrated and homophobic reaction is treated as worse than Kurt's clear intent to molest him. Likewise, Santana stalks Finn through the halls of the school and loudly humiliates him as part of a plan to crush his self-esteem and eliminate him as a musical rival. When he loses his temper and blurts out that she is in love with Brittany (note that he does ''not'' outright call her a lesbian), it is treated as the most horrible offence imaginable because he outed her. Santana's campaign to emotionally destroy him is completely forgotten and ''she'' is regarded as the victim.
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