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* {{Adorkable}}: Finn mixes up well-known idioms and shows signs of being BookDumb, even being amazed that books could be rented out of a library. When he is confused or amazed about something mundane, he makes a wide-eyed confused expression like a deer caught in the headlights, and is also a clumsy dancer (he hits someone in the face once).

* {{Adorkable}}: Fits Artie to a T.

* ButtMonkey: She is an ambitious, driven, diligent and perfectionistic dork who attends Glee Club and her insufferable, snobbish and self-righteous teacher's pet personality makes her consistently the butt of everyone jokes, mainly Santana.

%%* PluckyGirl

%%* ThePrimaDonna

* AttentionWhore: She's a competitive, narcissistic and whiny brat that she actually sent a prospective club member with a really good voice to a ''crack house'' so that she wouldn't upstage her, then tried to pass it off as protecting the roles of the others.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Is seen this way by the other New Directions at first: They think she's obnoxious, self-righteous and rude, but they tolerate it because of her talent. Puck says it best in "The Rhodes Not Taken":

* ButtMonkey: She is an ambitious, driven, diligent and perfectionistic dork who attends Glee Club and her insufferable, snobbish and self-righteous teacher's pet personality makes her consistently the butt of everyone jokes, mainly Sanatana.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At Carole and Burt's wedding she moves forward, thinking it's ''her'' that Finn is pointing at; when she realises, she laughs, slinks backwards and pushes Kurt forward.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rachel can be stubborn, intensely dramatic, egotistical and ruthlessly competitive, she still tries to be sweet and caring.

--> '''Santana:''' Nobody tells you anything because A: you are a blabber mouth, and B: we all pretend to like you.

* ICantDance ''and'' SucksAtDancing: Finn will happily admit he is not the best dancer, laughs at the jokes about it, and even chooses his Born This Way shirt to be "Can't Dance". Still, though, he doesn't believe he's ''that'' bed, though from his friends' reactions they certainly have little faith.

* CharacterDevelopment: In season 1, he's catty and standoffish to all but a few, very insecure about his sexuality, and prone to manipulative scheming. Since he isn't actually ''good'' as scheming - it all comes back to bite him - he stops doing it, and in season 2 he's more comfortable with himself, rather less haughty, and better at stating his feelings honestly. Unfortunately, he's brutally harassed for the first half of season 2, so he's also short-tempered, irritable, and miserable. But, what with the whole Glee club rallying around him, and his romance with Blaine, he comes out happier overall. As of late season 2, he's firm friends with people who used to bully him, and smiles more often than not.

* [[PluckyGirl PluckyGuy]]: Not himself, for obvious reasons, but Sue invokes this trope in relation to him when demanding him to perform in drag at Nationals: "Meet the plucky transsexual Porcelina".

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In "Audition", Rachel discovers that the new exchange student is a better singer than she is. Rachel herself functions as this for everyone else in New Directions, though one who's heavily invested in having them all recognize and accept her superiority. However, she is increasingly shown not to be definitively better at anything than all the other members of the club since she has vocal equals in Mercedes and Kurt, and is relegated to the back row with the weakest dancers in several numbers while Tina and Kurt move to the front row alongside Brittany, Santana and Mike.

* ButtMonkey: She is an ambitious, driven, diligent and perfectionistic dork who attends Glee Club and her insufferable and self-righteous teacher's pet personality makes her consistently the butt of everyone jokes, mainly Sanatana.

%%* ButtMonkey

* CoolLoser: Emphasized right from the beginning. Rachel is involved in virtually every extracurricular club in school, yet has ''no'' friends. This is a side-effect of her insufferable overbearing personality, which makes her unpopular despite being very pretty, talented and outgoing.

* DynamicCharacter: Rachel's personality has changed considerably since the beginning of the series, as she has become less annoying and full of herself (although she is still an ambitious and stubborn opportunist), although the last few episodes of Season 5 suggested otherwise.

%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* AttentionWhore: She's a selfish, narcissistic and whiny brat that she actually sent a prospective club member with a really good voice to a ''crack house'' so that she wouldn't upstage her, then tried to pass it off as protecting the roles of the others.

* AttentionWhore: She's a selfish and whiny brat that she actually sent a prospective club member with a really good voice to a ''crack house'' so that she wouldn't upstage her, then tried to pass it off as protecting the roles of the others.

* AttentionWhore: She sent a prospective club member with a really good voice to a ''crack house'' so that she wouldn't upstage her, then tried to pass it off as protecting the roles of the others.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Is seen this way by the other New Directions at first: They think she's obnoxious and rude, but they tolerate it because of her talent. Puck says it best in "The Rhodes Not Taken":

* DynamicCharacter: Rachel's personality has changed considerably since the beginning of the series, as she has become less annoying and full of herself (although she is a still stubborn opportunist), although the last few episodes of Season 5 suggested otherwise.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: She is an extremely self-absorbed member of the glee club who not only believed she was the only singer worthy of having solo numbers (which is only partially true, as she did have more technical training than the other members) and acted as if any attempt to give them to other members was a personal attack. While there are relatable aspects of her character, it's hard to feel sorry for the comedic bullying she suffers when she herself does things like tricking a rival singer into going to a crack house, and never really being apologetic about it.

%%* WomanScorned: In "Hell-O", and boy does she do it well. Her rendition of "Gives You Hell" by the All American Rejects was stunning.
%%** Her reaction in "Guilty Pleasures' could rival it.

%%* ControlFreak: Virtually defined the trope.
* CoolLoser: Emphasized right from the beginning. Rachel is involved in virtually every extracurricular club in school, yet has ''no'' friends. This is a side-effect of her overbearing personality, which makes her unpopular despite being very pretty, talented and outgoing.

* DynamicCharacter: Rachel's personality has changed considerably since the beginning of the series, as she has become less cruel and full of herself (although she is still abrasive), although the last few episodes of Season 5 suggested otherwise.

* AesopAmnesia: It's so bad in the season two premiere it's like the entire first season never happened.
** She gets better in the first two episodes of season three, though she backslides again in episode 3.
** After "Loser Like Me," this is finally averted due to her severe humbling; though she still retains the drive and passion, the overt ego is rightly deflated.

* AllGaysLoveTheater: Though Rachel herself is straight, it's heavily implied/outright stated that her strong interest in musical theater comes from her two dads.
* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Demonstrated when Rachel lectures Quinn about Tay-Sachs syndrome and how her cousin had to get checked for it. This is despite the fact Lea Michele is Sephardic. Although since it was her way of forcing Quinn to come clean about the paternity of her baby, it may be debatable.

* AlphaBitch: She shows some characteristics of this within the confines of the club.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Sunshine for Rachel; Rachel for the rest of the glee club. Then, Mercedes and Rachel for each other.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: An interesting inversion: Rachel proudly identifies as Jewish, but because she was sixteen when she met her mother for the first time, and her mother (although played by a Jewish actress, Idina Menzel), is named Shelby Corcoran, which is very much not a Jewish-sounding name, there is no particular reason to think that Rachel is Jewish according to Jewish law (although it should be noted that the Reform movement accepts patrilineal descent as a basis to define someone as Jewish).
** Also, it's possible that Shelby is Jewish from ''her own'' mother's side of the family ("Corcoran" is Shelby's father's last name; we have no idea what Shelby's mother's maiden name was). Thus, even if she isn't Reform, Rachel would still be considered Jewish thanks to her maternal grandmother.
** It might also be noted that Lea Michele, contrary to widespread misconception, is not Jewish, although she is of Jewish ancestry on her father's side.
* AscendedMeme: People referring to Rachel by her last name as "Berry", something that is epidemic in fanfic but only happened on the show in episode 2.15 (Santana, specifically).
* AttentionWhore: Swings in and out of this trope at varying intervals.

* ControlFreak: Virtually defined the trope.

* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: Her initial reaction to her and Jesse's first meeting. Her and Finn, to an extent.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Let's face it, her and Blaine's relationship was doomed from the start.

** The second season opener ''finally'' has a dress that matches the description, it looks like something made for a doll.
** However, to some, she looked like someone who just got kicked out of an Enid Blyton illustration for looking too twee.
* InformedJudaism: Rachel’s an interesting case, as we know that she is Jewish because of mere hints in the series. Ironically, we know less about Rachel's Judaism than Puck's.

* MakeOverMontage: Gets a [[BrokenAesop rather unnecessary]] one in the fourth season episode [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Makeover"]] after Kurt tells her [[TheGlassesGottaGo The Knee Socks Gotta Go]]. The end result is basically Rachel Berry in Creator/LeaMichele's clothes.
** Said knee socks made two more appearances; one in "The Quarterback", implying that Finn's death rattled Rachel to the point of "stripping" her down to her base elements, and the other in a dream sequence depicting her self-confidence issues.

* MissingMom: Initially. After season one, not so much.

** She's gotten considerably nicer to Kurt, exemplified in "Duets", when she sympathizes with him about how hard it must be to be such an outcast. Being raised by a gay couple seems to have made her a little more aware of certain issues Kurt faces than the others are.
** Than she metaphorically shits all over their friendship in "Asian F".

* OperationJealousy: In "Mash-Up", Rachel admits that she began to date Puck because she thought it would make Finn jealous. It sort of worked, if Finn's face is anything to go by when Puck sings "Sweet Caroline" to Rachel.
** It works even better in "Special Education" when Rachel confesses to making out with Puck to get back at Finn for sleeping with Santana. Unfortunately, it works too well - Finn breaks up with her because she ''cheated'' on him. They weren't together when he slept with Santana.

* PinkMeansFeminine : Both of her prom dresses invoke this, and PrincessesPreferPink
* PlatonicLifePartners: She becomes this with Kurt.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Rachel storms out of the glee club constantly. Artie lampshades it by saying the more she does it, the less impact it has. To the point where nobody really reacts when she walks back in, either.

* SoapboxSadie: Is she is supposed to be a [[WriterOnBoard mouthpiece for the writers]] or just a mouthpiece in general? Either way, her soapbox is the reason why she's an outcast.

* TurnTheOtherCheek: Does this quite a bit for Quinn.
* UnnecessaryMakeover: She had one in season one which gets Lampshaded in-universe by Finn.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Has her moments, depending on the tone of the episode, especially during the first season.
* WhatTheHellHero: Tricking Sunshine into going to a '''crackhouse''' to audition, because she didn't want to risk another talented singer upstaging her. ''Nobody'' believed her bald-faced lie that it was for the good of the group.
* WomanScorned: In "Hell-O", and boy does she do it well. Her rendition of "Gives You Hell" by the All American Rejects was stunning.
** Her reaction in "Guilty Pleasures' could rival it.

* BlackBestFriend: To Kurt.

* OddFriendship: With Coach Bieste.

** As of season 4, Finn begins to give a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Sue... And calls her baby "''retarded''" by the same occasion. He immediatly backpedals and apologizes, but the harm is done.

* TheQuarterback: Provides the image. Literally known as Finn "[[Recap/GleeS5E3TheQuarterback The Quarterback]]" Hudson. He is the well-respected QB, who has the loyalty of his team enough to get them to join the glee club, and with the help of Sam, Santana, and Bieste reforms them to not bully people. He was also decent enough in the beginning to not actually partake in the terrorizing of students that his teammates did, and lets them prepare for the standard bullying he approves of. Confident and truthful enough to dump his AlphaBitch cheerleader girlfriend for one of the school "losers", and after a couple of seasons manages to regain his status. Rallies the football team, the glee club, and the school.

* ReligiousStereotype: Mercedes' church, shown in "Grilled Cheezus", is as stereotypically black and full of ladies in hats and fans as you can get. Mercedes herself spends most of the episode pressuring Kurt to attend church with her and help her pray for his father.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At Carol and Burt's wedding she moves forward, thinking it's ''her'' that Finn is pointing at; when she realises, she laughs, slinks backwards and pushes Kurt forward.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: For most of the series, Rachel has gotten away with a lot, but her actions finally catch up to her in season 6. She no longer has a career in Broadway and there is little to no doubt that no one will hire her again after she acted so unprofessionally. She is out of NYADA and has no chance to get in again after the way she quit, and her show was so terribad it was immediately canceled and demolished her reputation. All of these events led her to have a breakdown, and she went into hiding for months. She is then forced to leave New York and go live with her dads again... only to discover they are getting divorced and that her house is for sale. While she is pushed by Mercedes to audition for another show and is offered the leading role, and Carmen Tibideaux also grants her permission to return to NYADA despite her warning that she would not be allowed back when she left (granted, she does this ''after'' kicking Rachel out of her office when Rachel goes to beg her for another shot at NYADA), later in the season, Rachel has at least learned from her mistakes and chooses NYADA over immediate Broadway stardom this time around, which culminates in her winning a Tony Award.

* BerserkButton: Will has admittedly put up with a lot of crap from other people, including his wife. But when he finds out that his wife was faking her pregnancy, he just fucking blows up...

* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe, people still occasionally made jabs about Tina putting vapo-rub on Blaine's chest while he was passed out.

* AnyoneCanDie: "The Quarterback" reveals that he died by an unknown cause. Justified, since his actor, [[Creator/CoryMonteith Cory Monteith]], [[TheCharacterDiedAlongWithHim had died three months before the episode aired]].

* AnyoneCanDie: "The Quarterback" reveals that he died by an unknown cause. Justified, since [[TheCharacterDiedAlongWithHim his actor, [[Creator/CoryMonteith Cory Monteith]] had died three months before the episode aired]].

* CampGay: He doesn't want to be thrown in a dumpster because he's wearing the Marc Jacobs fall collection, he chooses "Mister Cellophane" for his audition song, [[ImpracticallyFancyOutfit he creates a costume inspired by Lady Gaga]] before performing "Bad Romance" in "Theatricality" that even includes plato heels, [[{{Flanderization}} his conversation with Blaine during dinner in "The Substitute" is dominated by gay issues and icons]]... he fits the stereotype so well that Burt, Kurt's father, [[LampshadeHanging pointed out once that]] "[he's] not like [[StraightGay Rock Hudson]] gay, [he's] really gay. [He] sing[s] like Diana Ross, and [he] dress[es] like [he] own[s] [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory a magic chocolate factory]]". [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]], however, when Kurt becomes jealous enough of the time Burt is spending with Finn in "Laryngitis" that he attempts to emulate Burt's much more masculine personality, because he's afraid that Burt's slipping away and it might be due to him being gay. Kurt's obviously stereotypical girly traits thus make him the most frequent target of bullying as well, which takes enough of a toll on him that he's eventually forced to transfer schools when the bullying from one person goes UpToEleven. In "Tested", Kurt actually [[ShirtlessScene removes his layers in a couple of scenes]] that show off [[MrFanservice his newfound muscular, chiseled physique]], noting that he has become much more comfortable in his own skin after all these trails he had to go through as a scared, anxious teenager and especially after being brutally assaulted in the prior episode "Bash". Blaine even notes that Kurt has since become leading man material, [[CharacterDevelopment when it was his difficulty giving masculine performances in "I Am Unicorn" that led to Kurt's image problem]] [[BeYourself and the recommendation from Burt that he has a unique character and should embrace that uniqueness]] [[LampshadeHanging mentioned earlier]], and Kurt later admits that he is not going to apologize "for not being some delicate flower that needs his boyfriend to protect him". The kid has sure come a long way...

* DefrostingIceQueen: He starts out as a haughty DeadpanSnarker, but it's a front - he just has to ''really'' trust you (or be taken off-guard) before he'll drop it.
** [[WordOfGod Chris Colfer]] has actually said that Kurt's "I'm better than you" persona is really a cover for his insecurity.
* DitzyGenius: He ''is'' very intelligent and a fluent French speaker, but prone to moments of ditziness, such as his belief boxes have four sides or his plan to feed the doves at Burt and Carole's wedding glitter.
** "I'm not a box. There are more than four sides to me" was more of an angry, spontaneous retort to Mr. Schuester, than an actual belief (like feeding doves glitter).
* DressedInLayers: His NYADA audition in "Choke", in which he starts out in a cape, tux and mask for 'Music of the Night' and then, on confirming that his auditor will be bored brainless by hearing that song for the millionth time, launches into 'Not the Boy Next Door' from ''The Boy From Oz'' instead...and on the line 'Underneath there is somebody new' rips away the tux to reveal a black blouse and skintight gold jeans.
** Lampshaded by Blaine in "The First Time", who says it would be theoretically very difficult to rip off Kurt's clothes because of all the layers he wears on a daily basis.

** More than a few straight male viewers were wondering who that cute blonde girl in "Hairography" was, only to [[UnsettlinggenderReveal realize afterwards]] it was just [[{{DudeLooksLikeALady}} Kurt in a wig]].

* EasilyForgiven: Screwing with Rachel to get her to blow her chance with Finn because he's in love with him too. Finn apologizes to Kurt for using homophobic language. Kurt has yet to make apologies for sexual harassment, or for contributing to Finn's BSOD. Burt most likely forgave Finn off-screen, as he was acting on impulse when he overheard their argument.
** Giving up his duet with Sam in 2x04 can be read as a tacit apology - for the things Finn actually merited an apology for, at least, not the overblown, offensive and actively harmful garbage Finn spewed at him in that episode.

* FailedAuditionPlot: Having been unaccountably rejected by NYADA at the end of Season 3 and spent the summer depressed and losing hope, Kurt packs up and moves to New York City at the start of Season 4, planning to re-audition for the Spring semester.
** And in "Swan Song", he resoundingly succeeded at his second chance, winning not only a place at NYADA but a standing ovation for his surprise (even to him) audition at its ridiculously high-profile Winter Showcase.

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Throughout the whole of Season 3 Kurt metaphorically breaks his back trying to put together an exceptional application and audition for NYADA, culminating in an audition for which he prepares two fully-staged, difficult showtune routines, both of which were transposed from the original keys to suit his voice better, and both of which involved costumes, dance routines and either acting partners or backup singers. He then switches from the obvious choice ('Music of the Night') to the one that's 'a little more out there, but much more me' ('Not the Boy Next Door') on the spot after realising that Dean Carmen Tibideaux would be bored stiff by yet another round of Andrew Lloyd Webber, ''kills'' the routine and is roundly praised for both the risk-taking and the quality of his performance...''but doesn't get into NYADA''. Contrast this with Rachel, who put more work into stalking the Dean and snivelling over not being given a second chance than she did into preparing her Season One success 'Don't Rain on My Parade' for the audition (and therefore choking on it on the day), but still gets in, and you can see why many viewers think that ''Glee'' is set in a CrapsackWorld par excellence.
** Carmen explains to Kurt that she thought he was talented but devoid of complexity and depth. Kurt's number was surface but no soul.

* HiddenDepths: Fashionable queeny soprano ... who enjoyed playing football, has read Sun Tzu, knows his way around the inside of a car, and is seriously smart.

* {{Hypocrite}}: A problem with his character in the earlier seasons. Despite being adamant that his homosexuality was an immutable part of who he was, he seemed to seriously believe that he could change [[IncompatibleOrientation Finn's]] by causing him to question his relationship with Rachel and literally getting him moved into Kurt's own bedroom. He made a slightly less aggressive attempt on Sam. Kurt also tended to express open disdain for others (and their fashion choices) even as he felt that it was unfair that he himself was picked on. Plus he was disdainful of the idea of bisexuality. He also tends to dismiss the idea that there is, or should be, any difference between "male" or "female" performance roles, but invariably favors female ones and becomes angry if forced to perform with the guys instead of the girls. Eventually he matures out of most of this.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: The explanation for his schemes, basically comes out and says it in "Duets". See also LoveMakesYouCrazy.

* ItsAllAboutMe: He has some of this going for him, though he's [[CharacterDevelopment getting better]] - see "Asian F", where he brings Blaine flowers to congratulate him on getting the part Kurt had desperately wanted. It reasserts itself however, when Santana opts to propose to Brittany in front of all their closest friends (i.e. the New Directions), and Kurt rudely interrupts to declare that ''none'' of them should even consider getting married at their age, externalizing his bitterness over his aborted engagement with Blaine, which ''he'' was actually the one to call off.

* LikeParentLikeSpouse: It's not a ''nice'' thought, but Finn does have noticeable similarities in personality and interests to Kurt's father, as evidenced by how well they get along at the end of "Home".

* ManipulativeBastard: He's not exactly [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]] in terms of effectiveness and subtlety, but see Magical Queer above and Stalker With A Crush below for some of the head games he's pulled.

* WhatTheHellHero: In the second season, Kurt gets called out by his father for his inappropriate behavior towards Finn.

** After "Loser Like Me," this is finally averted due to her severe humbling; though she still retains the drive and passion, the overt ego is rightly deflated..

* CampGay: Can't be thrown into a dumpster because he's wearing the Marc Jacobs fall collection. He came out of the TransparentCloset in Episode 3. It's interesting that his audition piece is "Mister Cellophane". Lampshaded in season three by his father during a conversation about his audition for West Side Story: "Dude, you're gay... and you're not like [[StraightGay Rock Hudson]] gay, you're really gay. You sing like Diana Ross and you dress like you own a [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory magic chocolate factory]]."

* TheConfidant: Becomes this for Sam in 2x19 'Rumours' after learning by accident that Sam's family has lost their house and is living out of a motel room and a car. He helps Sam out by giving him some spare clothes and keeps the secret even under considerable duress when the WHMS rumor mill starts churning.

* DressedInLayers: His NYADA audition in 3x18, in which he starts out in a cape, tux and mask for 'Music of the Night' and then, on confirming that his auditor will be bored brainless by hearing that song for the millionth time, launches into 'Not the Boy Next Door' from ''The Boy From Oz'' instead...and on the line 'Underneath there is somebody new' rips away the tux to reveal a black blouse and skintight gold jeans.
** Lampshaded by Blaine in 3x05, who says it would be theoretically very difficult to rip off Kurt's clothes because of all the layers he wears on a daily basis.

** And in 4x09, he resoundingly succeeded at his second chance, winning not only a place at NYADA but a standing ovation for his surprise (even to him) audition at its ridiculously high-profile Winter Showcase.

* FlyingUnderTheGaydar: Twice, once in 01x04 (trying to explain to his father why he was dancing to Beyoncé) and again in 01x18 (trying to win his dad back from Finn by being the son he thinks his father always wanted). Subverted on both occasions as his dad knows ''exactly'' what's going on.

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Insists (accurately, as of 2x10) that Blaine is not his boyfriend, though he is willing to admit to Mr Schue that he is attracted to Blaine. In 2x16 they get together for real.

* ItsAllAboutMe: He has some of this going for him, though he's [[CharacterDevelopment getting better]] - see 3x03, where he brings Blaine flowers to congratulate him on getting the part Kurt had desperately wanted. It reasserts itself however, when Santana opts to propose to Brittany in front of all their closest friends (i.e. the New Directions), and Kurt rudely interrupts to declare that ''none'' of them should even consider getting married at their age, externalizing his bitterness over his aborted engagement with Blaine, which ''he'' was actually the one to call off.
* IWantSong: Kurt’s rendition of "Rose’s Turn" in 1x18 fits under this.

* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream Boy]]: To Blaine, most notably in the skits of the Glee Live tour. Between the bouncing and the posing and the {{squee}}ing, he comes off as a cross between this and [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical Draco Malfoy]].

* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Discussed in 2x15. Kurt pretty much doesn't ''want'' to know about sex, preferring to romanticize it completely. This is [[FridgeBrilliance rather justified]] by the fact that he's always been discouraged from acting on his feelings for other boys, but [[ObliviousToLove Blaine]] worries that with this attitude, Kurt's first time will end up being the exact "lecherous predator seduces helpless naif" scenario that is a staple of this trope. Still, it's worth it for Kurt's thoughts on gay porn:

* KarmaHoudini:
** She quits and is allowed back in time and time again due to her talent. After the first few times she storms out, everyone just stops caring since they know she'll come back. Some of the Glee members (notably Kurt) still resent her for it, though.
** The "Push It" performance was her doing and she stays in the Club.
** Subverted in "Bad Reputation" after she manipulates Jesse, Finn, and Puck to make herself look better and it backfires on her.
** In "Auditions", she goes and sends Sunshine to a crack house because she's jealous of her talent and worried about being supplanted as the best singer in Glee. Luckily, [[WhatTheHellHero the rest of the kids are just as disgusted as they should be by her behavior]].
** It seems that this is getting more and more subverted the later into the series, considering her CharacterDevelopment.
** Once again, all of that character development seems to have vanished, considering that she's ''rewarded'' for choking on her NYADA audition twice, then stalking Carmen Thibideaux to give her another chance to sing with Carmen coming to Regionals and then accepting her to NYADA.
** In Season 5, she finally gets the role of her dreams as Fanny Brice in ''Funny Girl'' and, after doing an admittedly awesome job on opening night, ''fakes sick'' during the second showing so she can go do an audition for a TV show. She tanks the audition in truly spectacular fashion, due to not having read the script beforehand, and when her understudy is injured, she is unable to get back to New York in time to perform, leaving the play's producer up the proverbial creek until Santana takes Rachel's place. While she does receive a ''very'' well-deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from the producer for her antics, the end result is that she is still part of the Funny Girl cast ''and'' the network for whom she auditioned decides to write a show around her because they apparently found her so riveting. It has truly never been more obvious that Rachel has the Glee writers looking out for her.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Rachel's actions finally caught up to her in season 6. Rachel lost everything: she has no longer a career in Broadway (and after acting so unprofessional, there is little to no doubt that no one will hire her again), she is out of NYADA and has no chance to get in again after the way she quit, and her show was so terribad it was immediately canceled and demolished her reputation. All of these events led her to have a breakdown, and she went into hiding for months. She is then forced to leave New York and go live with her dads again... only to discover they are getting divorced and that her house is for sale.
** At least part of this is subverted as later in the season she is pushed by Mercedes to audition for another show and is offered the leading role. Carmen Tibideaux also grants her permission to return to NYADA despite her warning that she would not be allowed back when she left, granted she did this after a very well deserved I Warned You moment. At least she learned from her mistakes and chose NYADA over immediate Broadway stardom this time around, which culminated in her winning a Tony Award.

* PrettyBoy: Fulfills pretty much every criterion on that page to a T, down to the female-sounding voice, gender norm-busting, and adolescent appearance.
** For a more specific rundown of the list: Ambiguously feminine physical traits? [[DudeLooksLikeALady Check]]. Tall(ish), lightly-muscled but slender build without facial hair? [[PermaShave Check]]. Big eyes often brimming with anguish? [[WhatBeautifulEyes Check]]. Youthful appearance and crossing of sexuality and gender boundaries? [[CampGay Check]]. Feminine voice? [[VocalDissonance Check]]. Adolescently attractive? [[OlderThanTheyLook Check]].

* RealMenWearPink: Reversed. he's the CampGay who plays football and fixes cars.

* SpoiledSweet: Sure, he has his dad wrapped around his little finger... but said dad otherwise works hard to keep him down-to-earth, and despite Kurt's immense capacity for cattiness, he's never approached the kind of casual cruelty that characters like Quinn, Santana or Puck find normal.