History YMMV / GLEE

** The show removed the new members of the Glee Club in the second half of the fifth season, because of the fans who ''hated'' the new characters and the direction old club members had taken. Instead, the show began to focus on what the old cast was doing out of the club.

** There is no one who still ships Marley and Ryder after what happened in her real life with their actors.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: Dwarfs. Santana has been known to pick on fellow glee club member Rachel for her diminutive stature ("Listen to Dwarf Diane Warren").
* AcceptableTargets: Bisexuals are either just really [[NoBisexuals deep in the closet]], or they're [[DepravedBisexual compulsive sluts]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/Camp2003''. Gets one itself in ''Series/Rise2018''.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Tenure in public schools does not work like it was portrayed on ''Glee''. Most teachers receive automatic tenure after 3 years working in the same school as insurance against wrongful firing and budget cuts; a tenured position doesn't open up just because a long-time teacher resigns. Likewise, teacher specialties--in this case, Spanish and History--are misrepresented: Teachers study from 4-6 years to be qualified to work in their schools, and even then only in their specialty. Scheuster would not have just wandered into the high school and asked for a Spanish position, nor could he have switched to the History department on such short notice; he needed qualifications.

* IdiotPlot:
** Quinn has to tell Finn that she got pregnant when he ejaculated in a hot-tub with her in it, which is complete crap, and the reality was she slept with Puck. Instead of lying about the hot-tub, she should have just had sex with Finn the moment she found out, and waited a week or two before revealing she was pregnant, and told Puck the baby wasn't his.
** Terri has a hysterical pregnancy, and at first tries to get pregnant for real, but it fails, so she starts wearing a fabric baby bump. Instead of faking a miscarriage, she continues the ruse for fear of losing Will, her husband. Eventually she hits upon the idea of adopting Quinn's baby, when it's likely that ''everyone'' in the Glee club would be around the birth, and it'd be damn near impossible to hide the fact she now has Quinn's baby. There's also the question of exactly how far along the two women are. If Quinn was even a month behind, it'd mean the baby would be massively overdue. An even smarter solution would be to fake a miscarriage with her doctor, then offer to adopt Quinn's baby properly. Also, the doctor is roped into going along with Terri's charade via a ridiculous threat from Terri's sister that she clearly has no real ability to follow through on. Of course, it all comes crashing down, spectacularly.
** Two of the conflicts in "Grilled Cheesus" - Kurt disliking the club singing religious songs because the religious right often demonizes gay men like him, and Sue trying to shut down said lesson being partly motivated by her own loss of faith after God never answered her prayers to protect her disabled sister - hinge on the idea that no one, not even the teachers, seems to have even ''considered'' that a person could live without religion. The entire episode has people proselytizing to Kurt (with one scene of Emma doing the same to Sue) and insisting that he needs religion in his life, and only doubling down when Kurt's growing discomfort should have made it clear that their attempts were doing more harm than good.

** In one episode, Puck (played by Mark Salling) says that he expects that in ten years he'll be "dead, or in jail, or both." Less than a decade later, Salling was dead -- having hung himself after being convicted of possession of child pornography and domestic abuse.

* DorkAge: It's generally agreed that Season 5 is the low point of the series, particularly the latter half where they dropped the Glee Club entirely. It also occurred right after Cory Monteith's death and Finn's absence was definitely felt.

* MoralEventHorizon: The guys at Karofsky's new school crossed this when they outed him as gay, drove him to attempt suicide, and mocked him on Facebook even after his suicide attempt.

** Kurt as a character is this for a number of gay male critics. Blaine has a fair few LGBT detractors too, especially as the show goes on.
** Sugar was deliberately designed to be offensive towards people with Asperger's, as she is just faking it.

** Kurt's speech to Blaine who is questioning his sexuality in "Blame It On The Alcohol", where he states that [[NoBisexuals bisexuality doesn't exist and that men claiming to be bisexual are really just closeted gay people]]. While it could just be dismissed as Kurt holding the JerkassBall, and Blaine does call him out on his insensitivity, [[StrawmanHAsAPoint the fact that Blaine is invalidated at the end of the episode]] combined with Kurt's usual history of being seen as an AuthorAvatar regarding LGBT issues [[http://bitchmagazine.org/post/visibility-glee%E2%80%99s-problem-with-bisexual-men-television-feminism was seen by many viewers as a case of the show being biphobic]]. Not helping was [[WordOfGod Ryan Murphy]] stating that "it's very important to young kids that they know this character [Blaine] is one of them", as if bisexual kids don't matter. It's especially bad considering male bisexuality has even less representation in the media than female bisexuality and male homosexuality do.
** The controversy got reignited after "Tina In the Sky With Diamonds", where Santana spends half of her courtship with Dani panicking over having no "real" experience since she dated a bisexual woman, and the other half sighing in relief that she didn't have to worry about her girlfriend "straying for penis". Between implying that bisexuals aren't "real" members of the LG'''B'''T community (the "B" is there for a reason), claiming that they're [[AnythingThatMoves unfaithful and promiscuous by nature]], and wrongfully smearing [[EnsembleDarkhorse Brittany's]] character (Brittany didn't even ''end'' the relationship, Santana did), [[http://stillnotshakespeare.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/glee-biphobia/ viewers]] got ''very'' [[http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/82142857.html angry]].
** Kurt in general has been accused of being an unflattering stereotype of gay men. While Kurt is commended for his courage in not hiding his sexuality and standing up to adversity, he is also [[OffendingTheCreatorsOwn rather disliked by many gay viewers]] for being hard to identify with due to his extreme CampGay tendencies or [[http://www.remotepatrolled.com/2010/05/glees-gay-problem/ criticized]] for [[http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/mar/15/kurt-hummel-glee-gay doing more harm than good]] for representation of gay people in the media. On top of that is resentment over the above-mentioned issues and the way he's seen as a mouthpiece for controversial views expressed by some portions of the gay community that are not necessarily shared by the rest of its members.
*** In terms of reception after the show ended, Kurt's arc is generally seen as one of few bright spots. Additionally, the idea that CampGay characters are "negative stereotypes" has become ValuesDissonance in its own right - both because there really ''are'' camp gay men, and because every character being StraightGay can have its own UnfortunateImplications, including it being a form of ButNotTooGay that prioritizes what straight audiences find more "acceptable".

* UglyCute: When Karofsky isn't being a douche and all ugly with hate, he's actually not too bad looking and has a nice smile. This is pretty much because Max Adler is, in fact, both attractive and a complete sweetheart, and it helps that Karofsky himself gets better after season 2.

** The storyline about Quinn trying to get Beth back [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170718070156/http://popcrush.com/glee-petition-adoption/ was criticized by adoption advocates]] for giving a bad image of open adoptions, as well as just factual inaccuracy (i.e. once the birth parents sign away their parental rights they're gone for good, so if the adoptive parent is declared to be "unfit," the child is taken into foster care, not given to the birth parents). They petitioned the show to do a PSA dispelling myths about adoption; nothing came of it, but the controversial storyline wrapped up with everything back to StatusQuo.

* SeasonalRot: One of the big debates among fans is ''where'' exactly it sets in, but everyone was in agreement it was there by Season 4. Season 5 had many fans approaching BileFascination, and is widely considered the show's worst. Seasons 4 and 5 have new actors (almost universally considered not as good as the originals), BigLippedAlligatorMoment songs even by ''Glee'' standards, ridiculous plots ([[TheDitz Brittany]], with her 0.0 GPA, being a math genius and going to MIT), OOC moments for the veteran characters (Santana randomly dumping Brittany because she decided a long distance relationship wouldn't work), {{Flanderization}} galore (Tina, Becky, Unique, Blaine) and relies on old plot devices such as a love triangle between the female lead, the good-natured jock and the bad boy (Rachel/Finn/Puck and Marley/Ryder/Jake), Sue's [[TheDragon Dragon]] of an AlphaBitch Cheerio defecting to the New Directions (Quinn/Santana and Kitty), more weddings (Finn/Rachel and Will/Emma), and more tribute episodes (Music/BritneySpears and Madonna originally; in Season 5 alone, a [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] two-parter, [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim Finn Hudson]], Music/LadyGaga vs. Music/KatyPerry and Music/BillyJoel)

*** In terms of the later reception of the show after it ended though, Kurt's arc is generally seen as one of the show's few bright spots. Additionally, the idea that CampGay characters are "negative stereotypes" has become ValuesDissonance in its own right, both because there really ''are'' gay men like that who deserve representation on media too and every character being StraightGay can have its own UnfortunateImplications, including it being a form of ButNotTooGay that prioritizes what straight audiences find more "acceptable."
** Artie has received criticism from disabled viewers for being a very stereotypical portrayal of wheelchair-users, with a key factor being that he's portrayed by a non-disabled actor. Particularly ([[https://medium.com/@MsJayTeeRattray/thats-not-how-this-works-the-portrayal-of-artie-abrams-3dac3ec3fd87 as described here]]), he never stops wishing to be able to walk (with the ImagineSpot scene where he stands up and dances in a mall being very controversial), he accepts behavior from abled characters that would be considered patronizing or even creepy in real life, never mentions wheelchair dancing exists, and makes having a wheelchair (aka. the disability itself, instead of the lack of accessibility) the problem that stops him from doing similar activities as his abled friends, plus various factual errors.

* SeasonalRot: Season 4 is where it set in, and Season 5 has many fans approaching BileFascination, due to many factors. Seasons 4 and 5 have new actors (almost universally considered not as good as the originals), BigLippedAlligatorMoment songs even by ''Glee'' standards, ridiculous plots ([[TheDitz Brittany]], with her 0.0 GPA, being a math genius and going to MIT), OOC moments for the veteran characters (Santana randomly dumping Brittany because she decided a long distance relationship wouldn't work), {{Flanderization}} galore (Tina, Becky, Unique, Blaine) and relies on old plot devices such as a love triangle between the female lead, the good-natured jock and the bad boy (Rachel/Finn/Puck and Marley/Ryder/Jake), Sue's [[TheDragon Dragon]] of an AlphaBitch Cheerio defecting to the New Directions (Quinn/Santana and Kitty), more weddings (Finn/Rachel and Will/Emma), and more tribute episodes (Music/BritneySpears and Madonna originally; in Season 5 alone, a [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] two-parter, [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim Finn Hudson]], Music/LadyGaga vs. Music/KatyPerry and Music/BillyJoel)

** The Crisscolfer (Darren Criss and Chris Colfer) shipping, since Kurt and Blain had been canon.

* UglyCute: When Karofsky isn't being a douche and all ugly with hate, he's actually not too bad looking and has a nice smile. (This is pretty much because Max Adler is, in fact, hot, at least to those who go for the muscly types. And unlike his character, Adler himself is a complete sweetheart. Although, in Season 3 and Season 6, this applies to Dave too.)

* UglyCute: When Karofsky isn't being a douche and all ugly with hate, he's actually not too bad looking and has a nice smile. (This is pretty much because Max Adler is, in fact, hot, at least to those who go for the muscly types. And unlike his character, Adler himself is a complete sweetheart.)

** People who don't like [[MarySue Blaine]] call him 'Bland' or 'Plain Blanderson'. And Klaine is renamed 'Kland'.

* WhatAnIdiot: It's a wonder Dave didn't just blurt out "I didn't kiss Kurt in the locker room!" There's actually a very plausible denial he could have given for checking out Sam's bottom. Namely, Sam was getting a drink out of a water fountain. Dave was thirsty and looked to see who was at the fountain. He saw, and then, continued walking until he found another one. If Santana thought that his eyes were specifically on the bottom, that's probably because that's where hers were.

** The show falls under this quite a bit, largely thanks to the popularity of ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'', a movie with a very similar premise that actually was for kids. Except ''Glee'' isn't as kid-friendly as ''High School Musical'', as it has the following: jokes about oral sex, dancingg which borders on dry adults, sex between teenagers and older, married adults, the president of the celibacy club getting pregnant, boys complaining about "erupting early" and an adult former student corrupting kids by giving them pornography, alcohol, and lessons in stealing, and that's all within the first five episodes. The characters have freely sworn, used drugs, cheated on each other, got pregnant at 16, lost their virginity, deal with homophobia, etc. A later episode had two teen girls becoming the first to reference in dialogue a certain sex act by name on US network TV. It doesn't help that ''Glee'' covers were often played on Radio Disney, or that much of its marketing was made to appeal to the tween crowd.

** Santana. In "Mash Off", we're meant to cheer for her when she slaps Finn in the face after finding out that Reggie Salazar released an attack ad criticizing Sue for choosing a lesbian as head cheerleader, as his niece overheard Finn [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling Santana a coward for constantly tearing others down while not accepting herself and her relationship with Brittany]]. However, Santana was ''already'' ForcedOutOfTheCloset in "Rumors", when the school paper talked about a prom queen candidate "spending a lot of time in the closet" after [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality Brittany casually confirmed a rumor about Santana "playing for the other team"]][[note]]While [[TheDitz Brittany]] claimed [[BaitAndSwitch she was referring to the fact that Santana used to be on the Cheerios and now is in New Directions]], the fact that her guests, fellow New Directions members Mercedes and Tina, already ''knew'' this and had nothing to gain from spreading that gossip around the school makes this BlatantLies[[/note]], so it just makes Santana blaming ''Finn'' for outing her to the world even more of a {{Jerkass}} move. Additionally, Santana and the rest of her dodgeball team pummeled Rory and laughed as he bled on the floor, she remained unfazed even when Kurt called her out on using the sport to bully and telling her [[NotSoDifferentRemark she is no different than the people who make fun of and harass their glee clubs]], and she ultimately turned out to be placating the Troubletones when she agreed to stop flinging horrible insults at Finn since her so-called apology consisted of a series of insults. Yet we are supposed to feel bad for ''her'' when Finn, after having to endure her stalking him through the halls of the school and all her bullying, humiliation and psychological warfare, gives her a taste of her own medicine, especially considering that [[StrawmanHasAPoint his claim about the whole school already knowing she's gay is true to a certain degree?]][[note]]While some douchey sophomore does try to seduce Santana to "make her normal" after seeing the ad, he is clearly the kind of man who'd just dismiss simple gossip (i.e. blind items in a school newspaper) that seriously acknowledges a same-sex relationship because [[CureYourGays being gay is a silly fantasy to be corrected and doesn't actually exist in his mind]]. Aside from him, students already treated Santana differently enough for her to be "asked to join the golf team" when Brittany outed her on her internet talk show; thus, Finn still has a valid argument.[[/note]]

* FoeYay:
** Bryan Ryan (Neil Patrick Harris) and Sue, who have angry sex even after Bryan cuts the Cheerios budget in half. HilariousInHindsight when you realize that both Neil Patrick Harris and Jane Lynch are gay.
** Rachel and Quinn. One of the most popular {{Fan Preferred Couple|}}s, and the bulk of the Gleeks have said if Finn and Puck weren't in the picture, they would've wound up together.
** Puck's bullying of Kurt and Kurt's growing confidence in standing up to him led to this interpretation for a lot of people. Funnily enough, this was never applied to Kurt and Karofsky during the first season even though it turned out that the fandom idea of Puck's feelings towards Kurt was essentially the canon version of Karofsky's.
%%** Kurt wants to lock Rachel in his basement. Until one remembers that his basement is also his bedroom. That doesn't have sexual undertones due to him being gay, but one does have to wonder why he'd want to lock someone he has so many issues with in the place where he sleeps.
** The "Smooth Criminal" cover ''oozes'' this due to the sheer charisma of Naya and Grant - which is honestly funny considering Santana and Sebastian have a fully IncompatibleOrientation. Despite this, some viewers joked that there was more chemistry in these numbers than some between actual couples.
** Kurt and Sebastian. Between their sniping at each other and shared interest in Blaine, certain interpretations can be read into their interactions. Klaine may be king in terms of popularity, but Kurtbastian has significant following as well.
** Sue sometimes gets this with Will Schuester, due to her intense focus on him and her threats towards him usually involving the two getting into each other's personal space. "Funk" seemed like an early lampshade of this. It's also one of the Foe Yay interpretations that doesn't tend towards the enemies-to-lovers route; if Sue and Will are together, they're having angry sex.

** How [[http://jezebel.com/5553837/glee-awkwardly-sexual some viewers]] reacted to the Will/Sue relationship in "Funk." Basically, if your reaction wasn't FoeYay it was probably this.

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** Kurt and Sebastian. Between thier sniping at each other and shared interest in Blaine, certain interpretations can be read into their interactions. Klaine may be king in terms of popularity, but Kurtbastian has significant following as well.