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* [[Underdogs Never Lose]]: Subverted.
* [[The Unfair Sex]]:
** [[Subverted]] inIn the first season., Finn and Quinn are dating, but she cheats on him with Puck and gets pregnant. [[The Baby Trap|She tellspretty massively affects Finn's life by telling him that it's his child and thereby letting him raise and pay for it]], andshe rejects Puck as a father on the basis of him being "a Lima loser";, the[[Double factStandard thatAbuse Puck(Female receiveson fullMale)|is blameconstantly fromverbally Mercedesabusive whentowards sheFinn, repeatedly tells him he has "no business messing up that girl's life any more than [he] already [has]"stupid, and the fact that Quinn chooseattempts to putcontrol thehis childhobbies upand foractivities]]. adoptionThis oncetrope the lie gets out even though Puck previously expressed a strong desireappears to be a[[subverted]] father due to not wanting to be a deadbeat like his own dad, initially seems to play the trope straight. However, Quinn does get a lot of crap from Finn once he finds out that the kid isn't his and dumps her, andsince it's clear that we're supposed to see him as in the right and her as a bitch sinceonce shehe hasfinds beenout consistentlythat framedthe askid aisn't [[Romantichis Falseand Lead]]dumps standing in the way of himher, and Rachel getting together.that Finn kissing Rachel and having an emotional affair with her ''while he was still dating Quinn'' is never even addressed in this situation, making him come across as a [[Hypocrite|hypocritical]] [[Sympathetic Adulterer]]. -[[Double itSubversion|However]], alsonone doesn'tof helpthose thatthings thementioned secondbefore seasonstops seesFinn himfrom resuming his past relationship with Quinn in the second season and beingPuck complicitreceives infull herblame cheatingfrom onMercedes Sam,when she tells him he has "no business messing up that girl's life any more than [he] already [Hypocrite|''after''has]", tellingnot Rachelto mention that heQuinn wouldchooses neverto forgiveput herthe child up for cheatingadoption ononce himthe withlie gets out even though Puck andpreviously makingexpressed hera feelstrong horribledesire aboutto it]]be a father due to not wanting to be a deadbeat like his own dad. This meansis thatbecause Quinn beingjudged constantlyPuck's verballyfitness abusiveas towardsa Finn,potential repeatedlyfather tellingsolely himon he'sthe stupidbasis of his fitness as a romantic partner for her, attemptinggoing as far as to controlre-commit histo hobbieshaving andthe activities,baby andadopted prettyafter massivelydiscovering affectingthat FinnPuck spent an evening that was meant to be spent babysitting sexting Santana (note that he still tells her that he's lifegoing byto lettingbe hima raisegood anddad paydespite forinsisting that [[I'm a childMan, thatI isnCan't evenHelp hisIt]]), and this too ''is treated as justified considering that Mercedes also tells him it was Quinn''s supposedright to bechoose seenwho would act as wrongthe -child's father... despite Mercedes'the shoddyfact advicethat suggestingthe otherwiseguy whose sperm actually made her pregnant most definitely has rights to the child.
** 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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