History Characters / GleeNewDirectionsOriginalMembers

* BigNo: Lets out one in "A Katy or a Gaga" after Will tells New Directions that they'll be up against Throat Explosion. It's big enough to trigger a little {{corpsing}} from Creator/KevinMcHale.

* HollywoodNerd: A more traditional example, though less noticeable in later seasons, particularly season 5, in which he seems to don less grandpa sweaters and white dress shirts and more polo shirts.

* 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, neurotic and stubborn opportunist), although the last few episodes of Season 5 suggested otherwise.

* ItsAllAboutMe: He may not be as...''vocal'' about it as Rachel, but Finn definitely has some of this going on. He gets stroppy when his sense of entitlement isn't indulged, rarely does anything for someone else unless it benefits him in some way too, and has serious trouble processing the fact that other people can have lives that don't revolve around him and agendas that don't put him first. Except with Santana, who spells it out in terms [[TheDitz even Finn can't miss]]:
--> '''Santana:''' For me. It's win-win ''for me''.

* TheRival: PlayedForLaughs, but just see the interaction between Sebastian and Artie in "Michael", especially in "Bad" and later in "Black or White". It reeks of two rival gang leaders trying to best each other. Unsurprisingly, due to the actors' real life friendship, quite a few fans saw this in a [[FoeYay different light]].

* HotTeacher: This is what happens when you are

* MulticoloredHair: She was often seen with (usually blue or purple) streaks in her hair during the first two seasons.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he TookALevelInJerkass, he's more of a selfish, stubborn, obsessive and pushy manchild.

* HotTeacher: This is what happens when you are a ChickMagnet, even if you can weird and dorky as Schuester.

--> '''Will:''' If you did, all I'm going to say is that we all want some piece of Finn to keep close to us.

* {{Megane}}

* ActorRoleConfusion: Creator/KevinMcHale has received not-so-friendly Twitter messages from Brittana shippers about staying away from Brittany, to which he responded that he "[[IAmNotSpock wasn't Artie]]."

* {{Wimpification}}: Interesting semi-in universe example. Several of [[http://i51.tinypic.com/jaxjyo.jpg the images in]] [[http://i55.tinypic.com/2ef7p0g.jpg this article]] from Entertainment Weekly portray Kurt as looking [[{{Uke}} rather demure]] towards and [[OneHeadTaller much shorter]] than [[{{Seme}} Blaine]]. However, [[DeadpanSnarker Kurt is much more acerbic]] on the actual show, and Chris Colfer is significantly taller than Darren Criss in real life.

* NotSoDifferent: It's surprising no one's pointed out that Rachel is ''exactly'' like the girls that bully her at school, especially after her treatment of Sunshine.

* NotSoDifferent: Blaine points out that Kurt's biphobia makes him similar to Karofsky in his bigotry.

** Also when he openly states his belief that there are ''no such thing'' as [[NoBisexuals Bisexuals]]. This promptly gets him called out by everyone for the fact that he often plays the "[[GetOutOfJailFreeCard Homophobia-Card]]", yet seems to think he is allowed to get away with biphobic comments. Blaine even compares him to ''[[NotSoDifferent Karofsky]]'' and his bigotry. However, this is one of many cases of Kurt's ItsAllAboutMe mentality overriding his alleged principles. At the time he was romantically interested in Blaine, and Blaine was the one questioning whether he himself might be bisexual (and attracted to Rachel). As was the case with Finn, Kurt wasn't inclined to let somebody else that he was interested in define their own sexuality in a way that might lessen his chances of getting with them.

* 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 awkward and overbearing personality, which makes her unpopular despite being very pretty, talented and outgoing.

Creator/CoryMonteith's [[AuthorExistenceFailure death]] lead to the [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim death of his character]] early in season five.

* AesopAmnesia: Almost every season has been spent teaching Rachel that it's not all about her and that success depends on others, since she just keeps forgetting this lesson. Only until the sixth season premier "Loser Like Me does it finally stick thanks to her severe humbling; though she still retains the drive and passion, the overt ego is rightly deflated.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: She is an extremely self-absorbed and manipulative 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.

* TeamPrimaDonna: lived and breathed this trope when she was in New Directions. Especially in the first season, where she had a tendency of treating the group like her backup singers. Letting other kids get the spotlight would become a frequent plot point. She did lighten up by the third season though.

** Her reaction in "Guilty Pleasures' could rival it.

* [[SweaterGirl Sweater Guy]]: In earlier seasons, Artie was almost always wears a sweater or a sweater vest.

** In fact, her whole history on the show was basically summarized during the beginning of season 3 episde 20 "Props", all of it ending it with, "Wasn't she the girl with the stutter?"

* PerkyGoth: Started out as one. Lampshaded in episode 20: "Even though I'm shy and obsessed with death I have a very effervescent personality!"

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Tina’s romance with Artie, the most easygoing and one of the most good natured member of the Glee Club, might have some foundations in this... Except their relationship ended up being pretty troubled (especially in "The Power of Madonna"), and she eventually dropped him for Mike at the start of season 2.

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: In "Dance with Somebody", Kurt begins texting a boy he met at the local music store quite often after their encounter, but does not tell him about Blaine. While Kurt does admit to Rachel that he wouldn't tell Blaine about it and gets defensive when Blaine finds out, his semi-embarrassment about the situation more comes from the fact that he knows Blaine is the kind of [[AttentionWhore touchy-feely person that needs his emotional needs to be met every second]] and would become really upset if Kurt met his emotional needs elsewhere. However, Kurt seems genuinely clueless as to how this could count as cheating after Blaine accuses him of it, and it's clear from his words and his tone when he reassures Blaine about not being alone once he goes to New York that Kurt had no intention of actually ruining their relationship. It's just that, to him, Blaine had become distant recently and the fact that he used to be the [[IJustWantToBeLoved only publicly gay student at school meant that he always had to fall back on a fantasy life to meet his emotional needs]]. Both Rachel and Blaine [[WhatTheHellHero tell him that he should have just talked to Blaine about the rut they were in]] instead of [[YourCheatingHeart letting some guy flirt with him behind Blaine's back]], and it takes Burt talking about how things have become so casual between them that they haven't really acknowledged Kurt's leaving for Kurt to finally understand that this is the reason Blaine has been distant.

* DeadpanSnarker
* DisabledSnarker

* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he TookALevelInJerkass, he's more of a selfish, stubborn and pushy manchild.

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

* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he TookALevelInJerkass, he's more of a selfish, stubborn and obsessive manchild.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His teaching methods can be seen as unorthodox and he has a childishly naive mindset.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he TookALevelInJerkass.

* {{Deuteragonist}}

* HotTeacher: This is what happens when you are a ChickMagnet.

* NiceGuy: When the writers feel like writing him as such, Will is an exceptionally kind and friendly person.