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* AlternateSelf: According to the multiverse theory, is the Fastest Man Alive.

* CassandraTruth: No one in New Directions listens to his criticisms during Season 2, choosing to believe that their PowerOfFriendship approach will garner them the win. Surprise surprise, [[RealityEnsues National Show Choir Championships don't work like that, and they finish in twelfth place]].

* DerailingLoveInterests: He goes from "I'm starting to have feelings for Rachel and I don't want her to get hurt" to being utterly cruel for no fathomable reason. While the way he broke up with her could still make sense, the egg-assault in the parking lot and him acting like she somehow did something to deserve it does not make sense, especially since the last time we saw them they were perfectly happy together and she had done nothing to upset him, though the implication was that he saw Rachel still had some degree of feelings for Finn and decided to dump her. Subverted later on though -- he makes it clear that he regrets his actions and has clearly reformed by the end to the point of ''ending up with Rachel''.

* EasilyForgiven: Most probably by Rachel, at least. On the other hand, [[GreenEyedMonster Finn]] didn't look like he was about to forgive Jesse any time soon, and neither do Mercedes and Kurt.

** KickTheMoralityPet: His first act of betraying New Directions in Season 1 was luring Rachel to the parking lot and, along with the rest of Vocal Adrenaline, egging her in "Funk".

** He expects his ex-girlfriend to forgive him for the egging incident and get back together with him if he lavished enough singing praise on her. While Rachel is tempted, she has enough common sense to say "no".

* BillyElliotPlot: Averted. His father has no problem with gay people. It's the homophobia from the kids at school which causes him to hide in the closet. As many an LGBT kid with accepting parents but a hostile school environment can tell you, this is very much TruthInTelevision.
** However, when Kurt visits him in the hospital after his suicide attempt, we learn his mother believes he, "has a disease and maybe [he] can be cured.".

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's blond and portrayed as young and innocent and generally sweet.

* MyGreatestFailure
* TheNicknamer

* GoLookAtTheDistraction: "Is that a sniper in the rafters, Coach?"

* DistaffCounterpart: PlayedWith. Beiste's characterization, clothing style, and delivery is ''very'' similar to Ken's, to the point that one dating site pairs them up!

* BrawnHilda: PlayedWith. Beiste initially appears to be a mannish and aggressive woman, but later comes out as a trans man.
%%* CampStraight
* DistaffCounterpart: PlayedWith. Beiste's characterization, clothing style, and delivery is ''very'' similar to Ken's, to the point that one dating site pairs them up! (This was before he came out as a trans man.)

* MamaBear: Do ''NOT'' mess with the Glee kids, especially Puck.

%%* TeamMom: Increasingly, he's this to the glee club.

%%* WhenSheSmiles: Referenced in "Never Been Kissed."

[[folder:Terri Schuester]]
!!Terri Schuester (nee Del Monico)
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[[caption-width-right:226:Look, Will, I know that I made your life... challenging sometimes, but... it was only because I loved you so much.]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JessalynGilsig

Will's bratty ex-wife. She suffers a hysterical pregnancy but lies to Will and continues to pretend it's real.

* AbsenteeActor: Jessalyn Gilsig remained a series regular despite appearing in only 5 episodes after her and Will's divorce, and then only 4 episodes of Season 2.
* AdvertisedExtra: Jessalyn Gilsig is credited as a regular for the first 2 seasons but stops appearing regularly after the first 13 episodes only having a few scattered appearances afterwards. In Season 2 she only appeared in roughly 6 episodes.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: She was once a cheerleader.
* TheAtoner: In "Funeral".
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Emma's Betty and Will's Archie - an interesting case, as Terri is ''married'' to him.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Blonde of the trio.
* TheBusCameBack: For "Glee, Actually", though that was only a dream sequence.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: What she did was horrible, but the story seems to be far more forgiving to [[KarmaHoudini Sue]].
* CommutingOnABus: Her story arc was effectively dead by the end of the first half of Season 1, but the show had to bring her back every once in a while because Jessalyn Gilsig was still a series regular - usually to ShipTease with Will only to [[ShipSinking sink the ship again]] by the end of the episode. As of Season 3, Terri was on the bus for good. Returned for the final number of the series, and in a hilarious ContinuityNod, when she gives Will a hug, Emma is non too happy.
* DeusExMachina: In "Funeral," when Sue reveals she rerouted New Directions' flight to ''Libya'' and there's nothing she can do about it, Terri comes around and tells Will she managed to get the higher-ups of American Airlines to give New Directions first class flights to New York for free.
* DisposableFiance: Terri is a bit too blatantly set up to be this.
-->'''Will:''' I might be leaving Terri.
-->'''Sue:''' [[LampshadeHanging Didn't see that one coming.]]
* DrFeelgood: As the school nurse.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Terri and Will are a not-so-happy version of this.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: The same pillow that Terri used to lie about her pregnancy to Will being found by Will himself and used as an instrument to debunk the lie could count as this.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Seemingly as of "Funeral."
* KickTheDog: Telling Emma she would never have a chance with Will, despite the fact that she and Will were technically separated at the time.
* LawOfInverseFertility: She is absolutely desperate in regards to getting pregnant, but can't.
* LethalChef: "Oh, it's just Hamburger Helper." {{beat}} "Look out for bones."
* LoveMakesYouCrazy and LoveMakesYouDumb: Terri has the… honor of actually combining these two classifications at the same time.
* TheOneThatGotAway: For Bryan Ryan, apparently. [[{{Irony}} She was the one girl he always wanted and she married his apparent rival]].
* PutOnABus: In "Funeral," she tells Will she's moving to Miami to be a manager at Sheets 'n' Things. This one actually stuck, as Gilsig was also no longer a series regular after season 2.
* SchoolNurse: Temporarily in “Vitamin D”.
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[[folder:Principal Figgins]]
!!Principal Figgins
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[[caption-width-right:226:My hands are tied, Schue!]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Iqbal Theba

The principal of William [=McKinley=] High. Known to be quite the cheapskate.

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[[folder:Becky Jackson]]
!!Rebecca Faye Jackson
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[[caption-width-right:182:Got it, coach!]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Lauren Potter

A Handicapable Cheerio with Down's Syndrome, who showed up in "Wheels" and has never been too far away since. In Season 3 she becomes co-captain of the Cheerios (with Santana).

[[folder:Burt Hummel]]
!!Rep. Burt Hummel (I-OH)
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[[caption-width-right:226:He is my son. Out in the world, you do what you want; not under my roof.]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MikeOMalley

Kurt's dad, a flannel-wearing auto mechanic (who owns his own business) and single father who looks like the last sort of parent who'd accept having a gay son, let alone one as camp as Kurt. In his case, appearances are definitely deceiving.

* AbortedArc: Season 4 revealed that he had cancer. However, it was never mentioned after said season, likely due to Finn's death.
* ActionDad
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The first mention of Kurt's dad in "Acafellas" states that he bought Kurt a car in exchange for a promise to stop dressing in such a stereotypically gay way. This seems extremely out of character for Burt, in retrospect. This trait comes back in "Prom Queen" when Burt is concerned that going to prom in a kilt will make Kurt too visible and therefore a target for homophobic violence. It seems to be an intermittent trait that surfaces in response to concerns about Kurt's safety more than anything else.
* GoodParents: He unconditionally loves and accepts Kurt in spite of their differences.
* GreaseMonkey: He runs his own car fixing business.
* HiddenDepths: Most of the audience would have pegged him as a homophobe when he first appears (and not to mention that in "Acafellas," it was mentioned he punishes Kurt for keeping flamboyant items, or rather bribe Kurt to not keep those items) but he surprises Kurt and everyone else.
** As of "Pot O'Gold", it looks like we can add political acumen to the list of Things We Did Not Know About Burt Hummel. He joins the House race to challenge Sue, and makes an extremely intelligent advertisement for himself.
* HollywoodHeartAttack: Averted, his heart attack in "Grilled Cheesus" is brought on by another medical condition altogether, and is depicted realistically, with Burt mistaking it for indigestion before collapsing.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Non-romantic, but still. His desire to protect Kurt does often blind him to his son's less savory actions (such as trying to seduce Finn even though Finn ''clearly'' didn't feel the same way).
** Firmly averted as of "Duets". It isn't easy trying to teach your proud, stubborn, deeply vulnerable sixteen-year-old-son to navigate the collision points between his survival strategies, the rough edges of his own personality, and other people's boundaries and limitations - especially while trying not to sound like the bullies who tell him every day that he's in the wrong just for existing, and ''especially'' not while you're still recovering from a heart attack and days-long coma. But Burt's doing the best he can.
* NiceHat: Always wears a baseball cap.
* NiceGuy: Especially when compared to some of the other Glee Club kids' parents.
* OpenMindedParent: He supports his son's interests and activities even without fully understanding them. So much so that when he catches his son making out with a girl, he recommends protection if things get to that point. Though given the flimsy attempt by Kurt to pretend to be straight, one can guess he's mostly just humouring his son's soul searching.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Kurt fixes him up with Finn's mom as part of one of his schemes, then sours on the idea, but by then it's too late, as Burt genuinely likes her.
* PapaWolf: One surefire way to get the rather intimidating Mr. Hummel breathing down your neck is to go after his son.
** Using the word "fag" around Burt is the fastest way to enrage him, even more if it's directed at his son. To the point that he turns on Finn, his girlfriend's son - aka the kid most guys sweat about impressing - and berates him and kicks him out of the house for using the word "faggy".
** Denying Kurt things isn't a good idea, either. He threatened to take a blow torch to the school when Will automatically gave a solo to Rachel despite Kurt expressing a desire for it, and he calmly but somewhat menacingly brought in some businessmen to donate when a play Kurt had a vested interest in seeing continue was threatened due to money constraints.
** In "Furt", he's ready to do something when Kurt admits that Karofsky has been taunting and shoving him. However, he's stopped by the realisation his son isn't telling him everything. As soon as Kurt tells him about the death threat, he's out of the room before either boy can blink, absolutely flipping out on Karofsky and pinning him to the wall, ''[[HandicappedBadass despite]]'' [[HandicappedBadass his heart condition]] and the fact Karofsky is a minor, which could have gotten Burt in serious trouble. The only thing that stops him is his son, scared for his father's health, pleading him to stop.
* SecondLove: With Finn's mom, Carole.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Burt gives a pretty big one to Finn in "Theatricality" and a smaller, but no less impressive one to him in "Furt".
** He gives a smaller one to Kurt in "Duets" but really isn't up to the challenge.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Averted, though he admits that Kurt wasn't the son he initially imagined having.

[[folder:Shelby Corcoran]]
!!Shelby Corcoran
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[[caption-width-right:310:I want you to look so talented, it's hurting you; I want a look so optimistic it could cure cancer.]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/IdinaMenzel

The initial director of Vocal Adrenaline, New Directions' biggest rivals, and Rachel's mother.

* AgeGapRomance: With Puck. InUniverse she's old enough to be his ''mother'' as she is the mother of one of his classmates.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Shelby's dignified demeanor has been mentioned quite a few times by the other characters.
* AscendedMeme: Despite [[WordOfGod initial claims to the contrary]], Shelby is Rachel's mother.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Emma's Betty and Will's Archie, at least for an episode.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Brunette of the trio.
* BrokenBird: She may be starting to move on now but failing to become an actress hurt her deeply.
* CelebrityParadox: Rachel sings "Let It Go" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' in the final season. Her actress plays one of the co-protagonists of the film, and is actually the one who sang said song.
* DrillSergeantNasty: A very mild case of this and a saint compared to her colleague, Dakota Stanley, but she has some level of this.
* HotTeacher: She's played by Idina Menzel, that's enough and needs no more explanation.
* LawOfInverseFertility: After giving Rachel up to her dads, she's been told she can no longer have children. In "Journey", she tells Rachel that she wants a second chance at a family (but not, apparently, with Rachel herself), and adopts Puck and Quinn's daughter.
* LoveInterest: Will's, for an episode, at least.
* LukeIAmYourFather
* OnlySaneMan: She is the one of the most level-headed characters the show has portrayed so far.
* PutOnABus: She quits her job after Regionals, instead moving to New York to take care of Beth. [[TheBusCameBack The bus comes back]] for the first half of season three, as well as a guest appearance near the end of season four.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She actually is quite the reasonable person though.
* SoProudOfYou: She tells Rachel this when Rachel asks her to sign her NYADA recommendation letter in "Mash-Off."
* TeacherStudentRomance: With Puck.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives one to Quinn in "Mash-Off", regarding how Quinn doesn't really care about Beth and only wants her to boost her own self-confidence.
** Quinn gives her one when she confronts her about Puck, pointing out that she shouldn't have brought Beth back to Lima, ambushed her, and tried to get them to be a part of the baby's life since both had been moving on.
* {{Workaholic}}: Shelby is so caught up in coaching Vocal Adrenaline (and probably teaching at some point) that she doesn't even own a house at her age. She realizes this is a problem.

[[folder:Coach Beiste]]
!!Sheldon Beiste
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[[caption-width-right:224:Do not get up in The Panther's business, lady. You're all coffee and no omelette.]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DotMarieJones

Ken Tanaka's intimidating but gentle replacement as football coach. Although he butts heads with Will and Sue in his first appearance, soon he becomes a staunch ally to the glee club and eventually even Sue warms up to him. Came out as trans (female to male, birth name of Shannon) in the final season.

* AllThereInTheManual: After the events of the GrandFinale, Sheldon became a coach for the Cleaveland Browns.
* BigEater: He eats a chicken for every meal. A whole chicken.
* BrawnHilda: PlayedWith. Beiste initially appears to be a mannish and aggressive woman, but later comes out as a trans man.
%%* CampStraight
* DistaffCounterpart: PlayedWith. Beiste's characterization, clothing style, and delivery is ''very'' similar to Ken's, to the point that one dating site pairs them up! (This was before he came out as a trans man.)
* DomesticAbuse: "Choke" revealed that Beiste is in an abusive relationship, and even after Sue offered to rescue him, he still went back to his abuser. The marriage ends in "Props", though.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Harsh and strict towards the football team, but this is part of the JerkWithAHeartOfGold personality.
* GentleGiant: He's built like a tank, but wouldn't hurt a fly.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Some of his Jerkass and DrillSergeantNasty characteristics are an act to get results from his team and to hide his insecurities, but once he drops the act he's a genuinely decent and nice person. This is especially evident in his forgiving Will for his previous Jerkass behavior himself, something that he has no reason at all to do. He also allows Finn back on the football team after kicking him off and even gives Artie a chance to prove himself on the field.
* LameComeback: In a weird variant, Beiste's comebacks to Sue are completely nonsensical, but this in itself completely throws Sue off her game.
* MamaBear: Do ''NOT'' mess with the Glee kids, especially Puck.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Beiste" is pronounced like "Beast." Subverted, though, since he's actually a giant pussy cat.
* OddFriendship: With Sue, of all people. Even though Sue still snipes at Beiste and has a rivalry with him, when Sue discovered that Beiste's husband hit him, she immediately offered to let Beiste come live with her.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Puck.
-->"You ''are'' loved, pumpkin. You are ''not'' alone."
* PaedoHunt: One of Sue's ploys to get Beiste fired is to get Brittany to claim that Beiste touched her boobs.
%%* TeamMom: Increasingly, he's this to the glee club.
* {{Transgender}}: He comes out as a trans man to Sam and Sue in "Jagged Little Tapestry", and tells them that he'll need time off in order to undergo his transition.
* VerbalTic: Tends to call everyone close to him "Pumpkin."
%%* WhenSheSmiles: Referenced in "Never Been Kissed."

[[folder:Carl Howell]]
!!Dr. Carl Howell, [=DDS=].
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' John Stamos

Emma's sexy dentist boyfriend and RomanticFalseLead for Will. He marries her in "Special Education" but as of "Born This Way" they are divorced].

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Can accept the fact that Will still has feelings for Emma, but it's really a bad idea to act on them regardless.
* DisposableFiance: Like Terri, Carl seemed a little too well-set-up to be this.
* ForegoneConclusion: We all knew he and Emma weren't going to work out in the long term. Which ticked off quite a few fans who think Carl is better for Emma than Will ever was.
* MrFanservice: In his first appearance at Glee, all the girls clearly find him attractive; Santana makes sexual invitations at every opportunity, obviously trying too hard.
* NiceGuy
* UnaccustomedAsIAmToPublicSpeaking: Despite his claim that he couldn't sing and dance like Will in ''Britney/Brittany'', he is in fact pretty awesome at both, and rocks out to "Whatever Happened To Saturday Night" during the ''Rocky Horror'' episode.

[[folder:Dave Karofsky]]
!!David "Dave" Karofsky
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[[caption-width-right:246:This is high school. People's memories for good stuff lasts about as long as their Facebook Status.]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MaxAdler

A meathead Hockey jock ("puckhead") who, with Azimio, took over as the school's chief bully once Puck stopped harassing the other members of New Directions. In "Never Been Kissed", he reveals himself as an ArmoredClosetGay by [[ForcefulKiss forcefully kissing]] Kurt after Kurt confronts him over his bullying, later threatening to kill him if he told anybody. The threat itself came to light, and he got (temporarily) expelled for it.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Dave Karofsky easily could be a Jewish name, although it could also easily not be. The actor who plays him is Jewish.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: To Kurt during episode "Heart".
* ArmoredClosetGay
* AscendedExtra: As of "Never Been Kissed".
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Subverted. He gets crowned Prom King, but then Kurt gets crowned Prom Queen. Neither of them think it's very awesome.
* BadBadActing: On a specific note, his apology to ND. On a broader note, subtlety is not his strong suit; the only reason more people in-universe haven't figured out his secrets is because he isn't CampGay.
* TheBear: He says the guys at the gay bar call him a "bear cub".
* TheBeard: Mutually, with Santana.
* BecomingTheMask: When Santana blackmails him into starting the anti-bullying initiative with her, at first it's just part of her scheme to win Prom Queen with him as her King (thus being each other's [[TheBeard beard]] in the process). But as he starts getting into it, he begins to genuinely regret his actions, and gives a tearful, heartfelt apology to Kurt. By that point Kurt didn't even feel the need to be protected, but let Dave keep doing so because it was helping him come to terms with himself. Seeing how conflicted his feelings for Kurt were, he probably did feel guilt before.
* BillyElliotPlot: Averted. His father has no problem with gay people. It's the homophobia from the kids at school which causes him to hide in the closet. As many an LGBT kid with accepting parents but a hostile school environment can tell you, this is very much TruthInTelevision.
** However, when Kurt visits him in the hospital after his suicide attempt, we learn his mother believes he, "has a disease and maybe [he] can be cured.".
* TheBully
* BungledSuicide
* ByronicHero: Gets shades of this in late Season 2. But he does fit the trope.
* CharacterDevelopment: The kiss scene in 'Never Been Kissed' took Karofsky from a one-dimensional stock character to a tortured individual.
* CharacterTic: More of an actor tic; Max Adler's tongue has a habit of appearing at the oddest moments. There are times, especially in scenes with Kurt, it might be intentional, but it happens enough in RealLife that there's no way it's simply an acting choice on his part.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After his cameo appearance and two-episode arc in Season 3, culminating in his BungledSuicide in "On My Way", the character, despite the episode highlighting that Kurt wishes to help him get through it, is neither seen nor heard from until the first part of Season 6, as Blaine's new boyfriend and DisposableLoveInterest.
* DepravedHomosexual: Karofsky's behavior towards Kurt shows signs of this. Though his FreudianExcuse is that it's because he's in denial about being gay, different from most cases of the trope, as is the fact that his main target is another gay person.
* DressingToDie: Karofsky, who is only ever seen in his letterman jacket, takes out a suit and lays it on his bed, changes into it, tests his belt around his fists and then steps up on a chair to hang himself.
* DrivenToSuicide: After he's outed at his new school. But his attempt fails.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: According to him, picking on crippled people such as Artie is below him and Azimio even mentions his supposed moral code.
* ForcefulKiss: To Kurt in "Never Been Kissed."
* FreudianExcuse: Averted - according to WordOfGod, Karofsky's dad isn't the reason for his {{Gayngst}}. Although, as we learn in "On My Way," his mother is a different story. The homophobes at school are.
* {{Gayngst}}: Oh yeah. And ''how''.
* GeniusBruiser: In spite of his thuggish appearance and demeanor, is (or at least was) an excellent student.
** He mentions being in Calculus during "Prom Queen", despite being a junior.
* HasAType: In the sixth season it's revealed that he's dated [[ReallyGetsAround a small legion]] of 'bears' (some of them visibly older than him). Which seems a little odd considering that among the named characters he's been attracted to [[PrettyBoy Kurt, Sebastian and Blaine]].
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: He's taken it to violent levels on occasion.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle". He hates Glee at the beginning, then he loves it when he finds out he's pretty good at it, then hates it again when he gets a slushie facial, then loves it again after joining them in the middle of "Thriller/Heads Will Roll", then hates it ''again'' by the end of the episode, though that was because it would've made him a slushie-target even faster than his coming out would.
* HeelFaceTurn: A fake one, at Santana's urging in "Born This Way". He's only pretending to be rehabilitated so he and Santana can be Prom King and Queen. However, as revealed in a scene between him and Kurt in "Prom Queen", Karofsky's apology is genuine and he truly ''is'' sorry for what he did to Kurt. Additionally, he and Kurt have a heart-to-heart in a gay bar in "The First Time", so he really ''did'' do a HeelFaceTurn.
* ICallItVera: He named his fist "the Fury".
* JerkJock: Speculated. Apparently, he even targets other jocks.
* JokerImmunity: There's apparently nothing anyone can do about him. He assaults students in the middle of the halls, in one instance with a teacher watching, and suffers no consequences. Even after Sue finds out about the death threat he gave Kurt and had him expelled, the school board just gave him a verbal warning and sent him back. Sadly, this willful ignorance in bullying is TruthInTelevision for many a school.
* LastNameBasis: The only people who ever call him Dave are the adults and Kurt.
* LovingBully: To Kurt. He even gives him a ForcefulKiss in the episode "Never Been Kissed".
* ManlyGay: Especially now that he's considered a "bear cub."
* OhCrap: After his AnguishedDeclarationOfLove to Kurt in "Heart" he runs into someone who is presumably a classmate...who saw the whole thing.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He starts the series as an extreme homophobe, but gets better starting around "Born This Way."
* PromWrecker: Is a victim of this when the vote is rigged so that he and Kurt get voted Prom King and Queen respectively. Given that Karofsky had been [[TheAtoner trying to make up for what he did to Kurt]] by protecting him from bullies, this was likely deliberately done to humiliate him along with Kurt.
* RecurringExtra: Until his ascension in "Never Been Kissed".
* SpearCounterpart: He shares many characteristics with Santana, most obviously the {{Gayngst}}, but also the fact that they were both bullies and most of the glee club hated for most of the first two seasons (and some still do).
* StraightGay: Although he doesn't seem to have any concept of this.
* StrawHypocrite
* SurpriseIncest: Supposedly with Blaine in the early sixth season, though it was revealed to be a Sue trick.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Azimio.
* TookALevelInKindness: As of "On My Way".
* UsedToBeASweetKid: According to his father.
* UnstoppableRage: Mike, Sam, and Artie confront him on his bullying of Kurt. It results in all three of them getting knocked down.
* VillainousCrush: Much to Kurt's dismay, though it was debatable if he actually had a crush on Kurt or was just kissing the only out-gay kid he knew to explore his own confused feelings. Confirmed in "Heart" though it's less villainous nowadays.
* WhenHeSmiles: "Thriller/Heads Will Roll" is the first time we see him with a genuine smile on his face, not some douchey smirk. The way his face lights up when he runs in to join the performance is absolutely adorable.
** His smile in "Heart" right after TheReveal is really cute.
* {{Yandere}}: His post-NBK interactions with Kurt have strong elements of this.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Oh, Karofsky...

[[folder:Sebastian Smythe]]
!! Sebastian Smythe
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[[caption-width-right:250:Let's get a few things straight. Blaine is too good for you, New Directions is a joke, and one of us has a hard-luck case of the gay face, and it ain't me.]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GrantGustin

The new captain of the Dalton Academy Warblers, who is openly gay, freely promiscuous, and sets his sights on Blaine the moment the two meet.

* AbortedArc: Save for a couple of [[EyeScream rather dangerous]] pranks, Sebastian arguably doesn't get that much more threatening than when he first appears. The build-up to full-blown antagonist is slow and steady through the first half of Season 3, but his development and story arc is somehow [[HandWave brought to a complete stop and instantly resolved]] in "On My Way," in which Karofsky's suicide attempt pushes him to become 'good,' effectively ending the threat he poses to the others. While this can be considered a 'complete' character development arc, the nature in which he is built up makes it seem like the writers were planning bigger things for him, but very suddenly decided against it. He then gets [[DemotedtoDragon demoted]] to a rather harmless background character in the fourth season in favor of new Warbler Captain Hunter Clarington]].
** There's also absolutely nothing to say for his sudden lack of interest in Blaine for the rest of his appearances since 'Michael' - anyone remember how he [[StalkerWithACrush used to text and talk to Blaine]] as often as Kurt did and then tried to ''[[EyeScream blind]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse Kurt]]?'' Well, forget that - the writers seem to have forgotten it.
*** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] and justified in that despite the fact that Sebastian can be seen giving Blaine adoring looks and praising his performance in ''Dynamic Duets'', he also stated that he'd turned over a new leaf, presumably meaning he's not going to actively chase Blaine any more.
* ActorRoleConfusion: Poor Grant Gustin actually got death threats from [[FanDumb Klainers]] because his character was trying to break up [[OfficialCouple Kurt and Blaine]] so he could have Blaine to himself.
* AffablyEvil: Sebastian definitely acted this way, particularly when he told Kurt right to his face that he was going to try to seduce Blaine away from him.
* AllGaysArePromiscuous
* AlliterativeName: Applies to his actor, too!
* AmbitionIsEvil
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Kurt's Betty.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Switches from insulting New Directions and Kurt to smiling and talking about going out drinking the second Blaine returns from getting coffee.
* BeingGoodSucks: He clearly states so in "Dynamic Duets".
-->'''Blaine''': ...Sebastian, of course it was you [that stole the Nationals' Trophy].
-->'''Sebastian''': No it wasn't. I swear. I turned over a new leaf, remember? No more bullying, blackmail, or salt this year.
-->'''Blaine''': That must be boring for you.
-->'''Sebastian''': (beat) Yeah, it is. Being nice sucks.
* CaptainObvious: ''It's all fun and games. Until it's not.'' Makes perfect sense in context, though.
* DemotedToDragon: After his HeelFaceTurn, he loses his position as vocal coach of the Warblers to new BigBad Hunter Clarington.
* DepravedHomosexual: Although unusual in that his target is also gay, otherwise a much straighter-playing of the trope than Karofsky.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sebastian might be a dick, but even he's not going to laugh off a suicide attempt, specially one he feels partially responsible for. Very much truth-in-television, as parts of the gay community that vocally disagree with each other will come together on that particular issue.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He tells Kurt that he's going to steal Blaine away from him right to his face, is eager to use information Blaine accidentally discloses to the Warblers' advantage, openly states he's tired of playing nice against the New Directions, and attempts to blind Kurt with a rock salt laced slushie, though Blaine [[TakingtheBullet took the bullet]] for him. Sebastian does all of this with a smirk on his face.
* HeelRealization: As he admitted, it's all fun and games until someone tries to commit suicide.
* LimitedWardrobe: So far we have seen him ''once'' out of the uniform, at the gay bar. He goes to performances at another school wearing it. He visits the Lima Bean wearing it. And apparently he is wearing it while he drinks wine (unless that was only an excuse to call Blaine).
* MeaningfulName: Possibly totally unintentional, but Saint Sebastian is considered to be a gay icon and even the patron saint of homosexuals.
** Given that the creator, Creator/RyanMurphy is gay and was raised Catholic, this is equally likely to be completely intentional.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He rejects Dave's advances with [[JerkAss every bit of sympathy and tact]] we've come to expect from him (that is, [[KickTheDog none at all and making fun of Dave's weight and appearance]] at that). After Dave attempts suicide, Sebastian is horrified at the part he played, calls off an unrelated blackmail scheme against New Directions, and does a complete HeelFaceTurn.
* TheNicknamer: Fond of this. He attaches nicknames to the various New Directions members with varying levels of spite depending on how much he knows about them.
** He calls Rachel 'a young Barbra Streisand' and Kurt 'an old Betty White.'
** He calls Blaine 'Gay Cyclops' after the slushie incident.
** He calls Tina 'Tina Blowin-Wang' despite never having a conversation with her.
** In a deleted scene, he calls Santana Sha-Queer-a after she's outed.
** On the other hand, Santana and Kurt are shown to have more than a few nicknames for him too.
* NotMeThisTime: See BeingGoodSucks above.
* ObviouslyEvil: His first conversation with Blaine is intercut with Santana--as Anita in ''Theatre/WestSideStory''--singing "A Boy Like That."
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: If his comments towards Santana are any indication, he's racist and sexist on top of being a douche. It's also implied that he's a SmugSnake towards anyone who isn't wealthy.
** He also has issues with Kurt's effeminacy, though it's hard to tell if any of these are genuine prejudices or just low blows to people he doesn't like.
** He tends to take a trait that he knows about a person and just attach a nickname to him/her, regardless of whether the nickname is good or bad. He calls Rachel 'a young Barbra Streisand' and Blaine 'Gay Cyclops' in 'On My Way.' See TheNicknamer above.
* ReallyGetsAround
* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/TheFlash2014 Sebastian Smythe is one of Barry Allen's alternate universe doppelgangers]].
* TheRival: PlayedForLaughs, but just see the interaction between Sebastian and Artie in “Michael”, especially in Bad and later in Black And White. It reeks of two rival gang leaders trying to best each other.
* RomanticFalseLead: In his early appearances, he was set up as a possible romantic interest for Blaine in competition with Kurt.
* SesquipedalianSmith: A mild case.
* SmugSmiler
* SmugSnake: "Smirky little meerkat face" and "obnoxious CW hair" aside, Sebastian seems confident about how it's only a matter of time before Blaine succumbs to his "charms".
* SpearCounterpart: Has been described as a male version of Santana. There are even people who ship them together because of this, despite the mutual case of IncompatibleOrientation.
** Some may consider him Santana's EvilCounterpart.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: During his early appearances, his surname was alternately spelled as "Smyth" or "Smythe".
* StalkerWithACrush: To Blaine. Seemed less desperate than the normal application of this trope, until he throws a rock-salt-laced slushie in Blaine's face, lacerating his eye and forcing him to have surgery. Sebastian openly admits the slushie was [[MurderTheHypotenuse intended for Kurt]].
* StraightGay
* TookALevelInJerkass: At first his villainy was limited to trying to get in Blaine's pants despite the latter's attachment to Kurt, until the episode "Michael" upgraded him to full-blown antagonist.
** TookALevelInKindness: Has since become much nicer.
* VillainousCrush: On Blaine.
* VillainSong: "Smooth Criminal".
* TheVillainSucksSong: "A Boy Like That".

[[folder:Cassandra July]]
!! Cassandra "Cassie" July
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[[caption-width-right:350:We are the best of the best.]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KateHudson

Rachel's dance instructor at NYADA, and a huge bitch, though she really does care about her students. Has a bit of a drinking problem.

[[folder:Hunter Clarington]]
!! Hunter Clarington
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[[caption-width-right:350:I'm not even remotely bi-curious.]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Nolan Gerard Funk

The new Captain of the Dalton Academy Warblers in Season 4, who is determined to dethrone the New Directions as National Champions.

* AffablyEvil
* AmbitionIsEvil: Oh yes. Hunter is so determined to win that he forces the Warblers to use steroids, which leads to their initial win (later revoked).
* BerserkButton: Splenda. Apparently, it tastes like pencils.
** Oh, and don't suggest that he looks too old for high school. It will not end well.
* CampStraight: Claims to be this, perhaps in an attempt to keep Blaine (and the fans) from thinking he's anything like his predecessors.
** Interestingly enough, he didn't explicitly say he was straight, only that he's [[ExactWords "not even remotely bi-curious"]]. This could imply that he's either entirely straight or entirely gay. Was never found out either way.
* {{Expy}}: Of Sebastian, though he's "not even remotely bi-curious."
* EvilIsHammy: Though this may have been a result of being introduced in "Dynamic Duets", he really does act particularly hammy while explaining his strategy to win Nationals to Blaine. It even sounds like a monologue that a villain would say after finally getting what he wants.
* MeaningfulName: Someone called [[AmbitionIsEvil Hunter]] surely can't be good.
* MilitaryBrat: Implied to be this, having led his military academy choir to a Regionals victory with Presidential Honors, which is what led Dalton to offer him a scholarship to transfer and lead the Warblers to victory.
* ObviouslyEvil: Our introduction to him involves swinging around in a swivel chair and stroking a cat! So guess who serves as the figurative 'Dark Side' in ''Dynamic Duets''?
* RightHandCat: [[WordOfGod Named Mr. Puss.]]
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* TheBadGuyWins: Because Marley blacks out mid-performance during Sectionals, the Warblers are unanimously voted the winners of Sectionals - just like Hunter predicted.
** Subverted, as they won because of abusing steroids. When this is discovered, their win is revoked and New Directions moves on to Regionals instead.
* WeCanRuleTogether: His reasoning as to why Blaine should transfer back and rejoin the Warblers comes off this way, implying that with Hunter's leadership and Blaine acting as the central vocal force that a Nationals win is guaranteed.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears after "Naked" and has not even been mentioned in season 5, despite the Warblers reappearing in "Love, Love, Love" (with Sebastian seemingly leading again, along with the Warbler Council). It has been presumed that he was summarily expelled after the steroids scandal.

[[folder:Dani]]
!!Danielle
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[[caption-width-right:217:I think you need a 100% Sapphic goddess.]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Music/DemiLovato

Santana's girlfriend, an aspiring artist who works alongside her, Rachel and Kurt at the Spotlight Diner.

* CelebrityParadox: Rachel and Brody previously covered "Give Your Heart A Break", Demi Lovato's biggest hit. [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/tina-in-the-sky-with-diamonds,103590/ One review]] jokingly speculated that Dani actually "is Demi Lovato in one of those [[{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}} Princess Jasmine]] scenarios where she’s trying to find someone who loves her for her." Other songs of hers would later be covered.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde
* {{Gayngst}}: Her parents didn't take well to her being gay, though at this point she seems fairly well-adjusted about it.
* GenderBlenderName: Santana lampshades it, trying to crack a joke about her parents knowing she'd be a lesbian and giving her a boyish name.
* LipstickLesbian
* NoLastNameGiven
* SatelliteCharacter: Dani only purpose was to be in Pamela Lansbury (Kurt's cover band) and also be Santana's girlfriend.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After her parents started freaking out about her sexuality she packed up her things and left.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Seeing as Brittany and Santana got back together AND married, Dani was not long for the Glee world. Truth be told, a bulk of the Gleeks (Britanna fans and otherwise) figured it out when she was announced.

[[folder:Elliot "Starchild" Gilbert]]
!! Elliot "Starchild" Gilbert
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[[caption-width-right:260:It's an homage. To [[Music/DavidBowie Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars]].]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Music/AdamLambert

A boy who goes to NYU and joins Kurt's band. A theatre kid who is very flamboyant and outgoing, and not afraid to hide his talent. "Starchild" is his stage name, but he goes by Elliot in casual situations.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Kurt initially feels seriously threatened by him.
* CampGay: So camp that his sexuality isn't even a question, Kurt just off-handedly refers to him as a gay as if it were obvious.
* OnlySaneMan: He seems to be the only one in the group who can use the art of communication to resolve conflicts and misunderstandings.
* PetHomosexual: [[DefiedTrope Defied]], he tells Rachel he doesn't appreciate being called her 'best gay', because it sounds like he's her pet.
* TheRival: Temporarily for Kurt, though it's more of Kurt being his UnknownRival because of being scared he won't be able to out-shine Elliot.
* SpecialGuest
* {{Steampunk}}: His first outfit seen has elements of this, such as the top hat and goggles.
[[/folder]]

* AmbiguouslyBi: Despite her many [[ButchLesbian butch]] attributes, Sue fell for three different men and was implied to have a fling with a fourth, but no women. Though her marriage to herself - obviously a woman - does complicate things. She also outright admits in her monologue in "I Kissed a Girl" that she's straight, discussing how despite fitting various lesbian stereotypes, she's really only attracted to men.
--> '''Sue''': Why would someone assume I'm a friend of [[Creator/EllenDeGeneres Ellen]]? Just because I'm mannish, and highly aggressive, and have short hair, and I only wear tracksuits, and I coach a girls' sport, and I married myself... It just doesn't make sense!

* BrawnHilda: PlayedWith. Beiste is introduced as mannish and aggressive, but later comes out as a trans man.

* AllThereInTheManual: After the events of the GrandFinale, Sheldon became a coach for the Cleavland Browns.

* BrawnHilda: An example of DeconstructedTrope.
* CampStraight
* DistaffCounterpart: Her characterization, clothing style, and delivery is ''very'' similar to Ken's, to the point that one dating site pairs them up!
* DomesticAbuse: "Choke" revealed that she's in an abusive relationship, and even after Sue offered to rescue her, Shannon still went back to her abuser. Oh Beiste... As of "Props", left her abusive husband. Some things just take more than one episode to resolve.
* DrillSergeantNasty: But this is part of the JerkWithAHeartOfGold personality.

* OddFriendship: With Sue, of all people. Even though Sue still snipes at Beiste and has a rivalry with her, when Sue discovered that Beiste's husband hit her, she immediately offered to let Beiste come live with her.

* TeamMom: Increasingly, she's this to the glee club.

* WhenSheSmiles: Referenced in "Never Been Kissed."

* AmbiguouslyGay: Despite her many [[ButchLesbian butch]] attributes, Sue fell for three different men and was implied to have a fling with a fourth, but no women. Though her marriage to herself - obviously a woman - does complicate things. She also outright admits in her monologue in "I Kissed a Girl" that she's straight, discussing how despite fitting various lesbian stereotypes, she's really only attracted to men.

* DistaffCounterpart: His characterization, clothing style, and delivery is ''very'' similar to Ken's, to the point that one dating site pairs them up!
* DomesticAbuse: "Choke" revealed that he's in an abusive relationship, and even after Sue offered to rescue him, Shannon still went back to her abuser. Oh Beiste... As of "Props", left his abusive husband. Some things just take more than one episode to resolve.

* OddFriendship: With Sue, of all people. Even though Sue still snipes at Beiste and has a rivalry with him, when Sue discovered that Beiste's husband hit him, she immediately offered to let Beiste come live with him.

* TeamMom: Increasingly, he's this to the glee club.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle". He hates Glee at the beginning, then he loves it when he finds out he's pretty good at it, then hates it again when he gets a slushie facial, then loves it again after joining them in the middle of "Thriller/Heads Will Roll", then hates it ''again'' by the end of the episode, though that was because it would've made him a slushee-target even faster than his coming out would.

* DistaffCounterpart: Her characterization, clothing style, and delivery is ''very'' similar to Ken's, to the point that one dating site pairs them up!
* DomesticAbuse: "Choke" revealed that she's in an abusive relationship, and even after Sue offered to rescue her, Shannon still went back to her abuser. Oh Beiste... As of "Props", left her abusive husband. Some things just take more than one episode to resolve.

* OddFriendship: With Sue, of all people. Even though Sue still snipes at Beiste and has a rivalry with her, when Sue discovered that Beiste's husband hit her, she immediately offered to let Beiste come live with her.

* TeamMom: Increasingly, she's this to the glee club.

* {{Adorkable}}

* {{Adorkable}}: Not usually, but there are times when he resembles a large puppy. The scene where he asks Sebastian about getting boys to like him is a good example. Making Sebastian's [[KickTheDog kicking the puppy response]] even more painful to watch.

* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: In "Rumors" she starts dressed as David Bowie, cut to a flashback and back, and she's now Ann Coulter. Immediately lampshaded by Terri

** Delivers probably her most ''spectacular'' one yet to Will in season 6, pointing out just how a self-centered, hypocrite and creepy guy he has been in many occasions, denouncing his blatant favoritism of some kids over the others, the fact that he never thanked the band who has always been there to help him and the Glee club (truth is, he doesn't even know the names of the musicians), and the fact that he was a mediocre langage teacher (who accepted not one but ''two'' "teacher of the year" award despite not speaking a single word of spanish!).
* TookALevelInKindness: She mellowed out of her evilness in some seasons, becoming a ''bona fide'' ally of Will and the kids. However, drama dictates that she must become an antagonist again when the times comes, every time someone does something she perceives as an insult. And she really just loves to do this ForTheEvulz.
* TortureTechnician: She threatens to pull Artie's teeth out during "Prom".

** Denying Kurt things isn't a good idea, either. He threatened to take a blow torch to the school when Will automatically gave a solo to Rachel despite Kurt expressing a desire for it, and he calmly but somewhat menacingly brought in some businessmen to donate when a play Kurt had a vested interest in seeing continue was threatened due money constraints.

* LawOfInverseFertility: After giving up Rachel for adoption, she's been told she can no longer have children. In "Journey", she tells Rachel that she wants a second chance at a family (but not, apparently, with Rachel herself), and adopts Puck and Quinn's daughter.

* DistaffCounterpart: His characterization, clothing style, and delivery is ''very'' similar to Ken's, to the point that one dating site pairs them up!
* DomesticAbuse: "Choke" revealed that he's in an abusive relationship, and even after Sue offered to rescue him, Sheldon still went back to his abuser. Oh Beiste... As of "Props", left his abusive boyfriend. Some things just take more than one episode to resolve.

* OddFriendship: With Sue, of all people. Even though Sue still snipes at Beiste and has a rivalry with him, when Sue discovered that Beiste's boyfriend hit him, she immediately offered to let him come live with her.

* TeamMom: Increasingly, he's this to the glee club.

** Rachel was a tad careless with her words at the start of Glease. But Cassandra luring Rachel into leaving for Ohio so Cassandra could sleep with Brody, and then rubbing it in Rachel's face afterward was just plain low.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Starts giving one to Rachel in Glease over the phone. Rachel [[ShutUpHannibal hangs up.]]

* SternTeacher/SadistTeacher: "Welcome to Dance 101. If you don't have body dysmorphic disorder in a month, you aren't trying hard enough."

* EvilIsHammy: Though this may have been a result of being introduced in Dynamic Duets, he really does act particularly hammy while explaining his strategy to win Nationals to Blaine. It even sounds like a monologue that a villain would say after finally getting what he wants.

* ObviouslyEvil: Our introduction to him involves swinging around in a swivel chair and stroking a cat! So guess who serves as the figurative 'Dark Side' in Dynamic Duets?

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: What she did was horrible, but the story seems to be far more forgiving to [[KarmaHoudini Sue]]

* SpearCounterpart: To Rachel, arguably. They're both arrogant , confident in their talents, and ambitious.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In "The Sue Sylvester Bowl Shuffle". He hates Glee at the beginning, then he loves it when he finds out he's pretty good at it, then hates it again when he gets a slushie facial, then loves it again after joining them in the middle of "Thriller/Heads Will Roll", then hates it ''again'' by the end of the episode, though that was because it would've made him a slushee-target even faster than his coming out would.

** His smile in Heart right after TheReveal is really cute.

* BeingGoodSucks: He clearly states so in Dynamic Duets.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The first mention of Kurt's dad in "Acafellas" states that he bought Kurt a car in exchange for a promise to stop dressing in such a stereotypically gay way. This seems extremely out of character for Burt, in retrospect. This trait comes back in 2.20 "Prom Queen" when Burt is concerned that going to prom in a kilt will make Kurt too visible and therefore a target for homophobic violence. It seems to be an intermittent trait that surfaces in response to concerns about Kurt's safety more than anything else.
* GoodParents
* GreaseMonkey

* LoveMakesYouDumb: Non-romantic, but still. His desire to protect Kurt is starting to blind him to his son's less savory actions (such as, y'know, trying to seduce Finn even though Finn ''clearly'' didn't feel the same way).
** Firmly averted as of 2.04 'Duets'. It isn't easy trying to teach your proud, stubborn, deeply vulnerable sixteen-year-old-son to navigate the collision points between his survival strategies, the rough edges of his own personality, and other people's boundaries and limitations - especially while trying not to sound like the bullies who tell him every day that he's in the wrong just for existing, and ''especially'' not while you're still recovering from a heart attack and days-long coma. But Burt's doing the best he can.
* NiceHat
* NiceGuy

* ParentWithNewParamour: Kurt fixes him up with Finn's mom as part of one of his schemes, then sours on the idea, but too late.

* EnemyMine: Happens occasionaly. She has an absolute hatred towards bullying (since her disabled sister was the target of it, and ironically she became quite a bully herself), which led her to team up with Will on some occasions, including season 6, when she is in on Will's plan to teach Vocal Adrenaline a lesson (and get back at them after what they did to Sheldon), and unleash her (real) hounds on them after having slashed the tires of their bus.

* CelebrityParadox: Rachel sings "Let It Go" from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' in the final season. His actor plays one of the main characters there.

* CelebrityParadox: Rachel sings "Let It Go" from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' in the final season. Her actress plays one of the co-protagonists of the film, and is actually the one who sang said song.

* CelebrityParadox: Rachel and Brody previously covered "Give Your Heart A Break", Demi Lovato's biggest hit. [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/tina-in-the-sky-with-diamonds,103590/ One review]] jokingly speculated that Dani actually "is Demi Lovato in one of those [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} Princess Jasmine]] scenarios where she’s trying to find someone who loves her for her." Other songs of hers would later be covered.

[[folder: Sue Sylvester]]

[[folder: Emma Pillsbury]]

[[folder: Terri Schuester]]

[[folder: Burt Hummel]]

[[folder: Coach Beiste]]

[[folder: Carl Howell]]

[[folder: Dave Karofsky]]

[[folder: Sebastian Smythe]]

[[folder: Cassandra July]]

[[folder: Brody Weston]]

[[folder: Hunter Clarington]]

[[folder: Dani]]

[[folder: Elliot "Starchild" Gilbert]]

%% * SadistTeacher: To the point where it gets ''physical''.

* StrawmanPolitical: Early on, she tended towards being a Straw Conservative. This has been toned down, particularly since the beginning of the "Back 9" of Season 1; she's subsequently acquired a couple of Straw Liberal traits, and a bunch of randomly crazy ones that don't really relate to any ideology.
** Maybe the writers realized the inherent contradictions of being comically self-centered ''and'' Strawman Conservative ''and'' a union public-sector worker.
** StrawFeminist: Not usually, but from time to time Sue will react with something like "Nobody would oppose this if I were a man!" when someone opposes to one of her (objectively insane and in no way gender-related) ideas.

* TeamMom: Gradually grows into (an albeit begrudging) one of these for New Directions.

* CharacterDevelopment: Season one he's dedicated more to his music career and life at Vocal Adrenaline to the point that he eggs his ex-girlfriend after luring her to a parking lot. Rachel may have forgiven him except New Directions reeled her back in because he hadn't really changed or shown he was sorry. Several years later, he is still pining after her but gives her space and works on improving himself as a person. [[spoiler:Once he's proven that he has truly changed, Rachel gives him another chance and marries him]].

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: It seems in season one that he got away with betraying New Direction and breaking Rachel's heart. Come season two, he got kicked out of college, and when he tries to get back together with Rachel, he fails because Rachel, despite her temptation, isn't so brainless as to get back together with a guy that egged her. Not even Finn has done anything as terrible as that. Jesse truly regrets what he did but doesn't get the memo that he's a terrible person. [[spoiler:She only gets back together with him ''years'' later after he's matured a bit and has shown he has changed]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:He only gets to be with Rachel for real when he's proven that he's no longer an egotistic, selfish {{Jerkass}}]].

* MrFanservice: Quite possibly the biggest one in the series among the fans. An incredibly big part of his popularity among the fans is due to Jonathan Groff's good looks.

* OhCrap: The look of Jesse’s face, along with the rest of Vocal Adrenaline after Will invited them to see New Directions rendition of “Give Up the Funk” and as they are seeing the rendition is priceless; they speak volumes about how unsure they are that New Directions would be a easy win.

* RealityEnsues: He flunked out of UCLA when he didn't realize he would actually have to study and make the grades.

* BerserkButton: As Finn [[OhCrap demonstrated]] in 4.05, it's a very, very bad idea to call her Down's syndrome affected baby retarded. Only do it if you wish to be frozen alive by [[DeathGlare her gaze]].

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience:
** Emma is often shown in yellow clothing. This can be both symbolic of her general positivity, hopefulness, and intelligence. It can also reflect her timid and somewhat cowardly tendencies.

* TheAtoner: In "Funeral"

* AlliterativeName: If you omit the St. in his name, that is.

* BerserkButton: Using the word "fag" around Burt is the fastest way to enrage him, even more if it's directed at his son.
** Denying Kurt things isn't a good idea, either. He threatened to take a blow torch to the school when Will automatically gave a solo to Rachel despite Kurt expressing a desire for it, and he calmly but somewhat menacingly brought in some businessmen to donate when a play Kurt had a vested interest in seeing continue was threatened due money constraints.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The first mention of Kurt's dad in "Acafellas" states that he bought Kurt a car in exchange for a promise to stop dressing in such a stereotypically gay way. This seems extremely out of character for Burt, in retrospect.
** This trait comes back in 2.20 "Prom Queen" when Burt is concerned that going to prom in a kilt will make Kurt too visible and therefore a target for homophobic violence. It seems to be an intermittent trait that surfaces in response to concerns about Kurt's safety more than anything else.

* PapaWolf: One surefire way to get the rather intimidating Mr. Hummel breathing down your neck is to go after his son. To the point that he turns on Finn, his girlfriend's son - aka the kid most guys sweat about impressing - and berates him and kicks him out of the house for using the word 'faggy'.

* WhatTheHellHero: Burt gives a pretty big one to Finn in "Theatricality" and a smaller, but no less impressive one to him in "Furt".

The intial director of Vocal Adrenaline, New Directions' biggest rivals, and Rachel's mother.

* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: Referenced in "Never Been Kissed."

** HiddenDepths: In the end of "I Do" it's pretty strongly implied (and confirmed two episodes later) that he works as a prostitute.

* BigDamnVillains: In "Journey", Sue manages to secure another year for New Directions even after they didn’t place at Regionals.

* DrillSergeantNasty

* HollywoodAtheist

* IceQueen
* InstantWebHit: Sue's "Physical" music video in Bad Reputation.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Sue in "Sectionals".
* ItsAllAboutMe

* {{Jerkass}}:
** Sue is a real ass to everyone, except people with disabilities.
** During season one, every time she is hit with LaserGuidedKarma she ultimately ends up benefiting from it.
** She has no qualms about doing unforgivable and illegal things as long as it serves her interests.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In trying to sack Will while Principal. Will is clueless enough to think that singing songs about date-rape and twerking on stage with underage minors is a good thing. Or having the entire Glee club spend a week walking around in Lady Gaga costumes just the week before. No real-life teacher would get away with such antics... and that is just within the first five weeks of her reign!
** And a week later, when Will asks for $600 for Nationals costumes. Sue says no unless Will can explain how he can afford all of the costumes for their mid-episode dances, such as Artie's $1,000+ "Lady Gaga airbag" from three episodes ago, and yet not afford money for the Nationals costumes. Will doesn't give us an explanation...

* KarmaHoudini: Even though she gets setback or occasionally taken down a peg, she's so far avoided any real consequences for her worst actions, which would have landed her in jail.
** Generally, it's an AcceptableBreakFromReality. Without Sue, the show wouldn't be half as interesting.

* LonelyAtTheTop: Flat-out stated in "Funk"
* LoveRedeems: StatusQuoIsGod But only for an episode.

* MistakenForGay: By many of the fans, due to the fact that she's played by Jane Lynch. In-universe, during Sue's campaign for Congresswoman, one of her opponents tries to make it seem like Sue is gay because she's unmarried and because she appointed a lesbian, Santana, as head cheerleader. However, as we've seen in her previous dalliances with men and as she confirms in the following episode, Sue is actually straight.
** As mentioned above (see TheBeard), this apparently happens to her often.
* MommyIssues: Explored in "Furt".
* MoralityPet: Her little sister and Becky.
** Also, Kurt to a degree.

* SadistTeacher: To the point where it gets ''physical''.