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** A lot of people started [[Crack Pairing]] Lea Michele with Matthew Morrison (Rachel and Will) after it was revealed that the two had previously dated back when they were both on Broadway.

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: The show has a lot of this due to having a huge fanbase that can either over-identify with characters or completely hate them, and there's enough [[Draco in Leather Pants|leather pants for everyone]]. To be fair, the creators seem to purposely encourage the fans to have competing interpretations of the characters. It's just part of the fun of the show.

** Is Quinn a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]], or the [[Alpha Bitch]], or [[The Chessmaster]], or even a [[Smug Snake]] and [[Manipulative Bastard]]?

** For the relationship between Santana and Brittany, is the former an abusive partner in the making? She seems eager to emotionally sway Brittany to her side of an argument no matter what said conflict is, and makes her believe she can do no wrong and makes sure she still remains loyal to her.

** The [[Gay Aesop]]s of Season 2 also came under fire. There was either too many making them [[Anvilicious]] or it was perfectly justified since [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]].

** There's been a huge debate already on the scene in "Mash-Off" where Finn outs Santana in response to her incessant teasing. Some say that Santana backed Finn into a corner and so it was only human that he would lash out with the only thing that would make Santana stop. Others say that as awful as Santana was, outing her for that is [[Disproportionate Retribution]] and never, ever justifiable. Then there's the middle-ground, where they admit that what Finn did was completely wrong but he can't have anticipated where it would lead (to the political ad that uses her lesbianism to bash Sue). It gets ugly no matter which position you take.

** Marley's eating disorder plot is either not funny, or a spotlight on a common thing for teenagers.

** The cover of ''[[Friday (song)|Friday]]'' and ''Gangnam Style''. There's the camp that simply feel that they were bad covers, and another that feels ''Glee'' is doing everything to latch on whatever popular trend is happening at the time.

** Holly Holiday. It definitely feels this way for people who don't like Holly, since Ryan Murphy called the actress who plays her "''Glee'''s muse" and seems fond of the character by association.

** 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.

** 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.

** 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.