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These are intentionally unsympathetic aspects to the character


* TheScrappy: Mark gets a lot of hate from ''GLOW'' fans on Reddit and other forums. He cheated on Debbie and played a part in ruining her friendship with Ruth. He embodies a lot of negative traits associated with '80s yuppies. He's been described as selfish at worst and boring at best. He has a very low regard for wrestling. And it doesn't help that his actor (Rich Sommer) has often played unlikable characters in the past.
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** Gregory, the Russian manager of the motel the girls stay at. He has a number of hilarious one-liners and the scene where he brings Ruth to his nephew's bris is wall to wall hilarious.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Annabella Sciorra's performance as [[spoiler:Justine's mother]] in Season 2 marked the second consecutive week a Netflix series was released in which she plays a character named Rosalie, the first being Series/LukeCage2016.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Annabella Sciorra's performance as [[spoiler:Justine's mother]] in Season 2 marked the second consecutive week a Netflix series was released in which she plays a character named Rosalie, the first being Series/LukeCage2016.Rosalie Carbone in ''Series/{{LukeCage|2016}}''.
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** Real-life wrestler and GLOW trainer Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr playing "El Chico Guapo", tag-team partner and manager to Kurt Jackson. He manages to be hammy, serious, get a great costume, and show off his legendary ring skills (including his signature backflip and a very [[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Eddie-esque]] splash in an impromptu intergender match with Debbie.

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** Real-life wrestler and GLOW trainer Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr playing "El Chico Guapo", tag-team partner and manager to Kurt Jackson. He manages to be hammy, serious, get a great costume, and show off his legendary ring skills (including his signature backflip and a very [[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Eddie-esque]] splash splash) in an impromptu intergender match with Debbie.

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* OneSceneWonder: Steel Horse (played by real-life wrestler Kevin "Alex Riley" Kiley), who rocks Debbie's world and gives her some much-needed advice about how every face needs a great heel, and how wrestlers don't have to like each other to be great ring partners.

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Steel Horse (played by real-life wrestler Kevin "Alex Riley" Kiley), who rocks Debbie's world and gives her some much-needed advice about how every face needs a great heel, and how wrestlers don't have to like each other to be great ring partners.partners.
** Real-life wrestler and GLOW trainer Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr playing "El Chico Guapo", tag-team partner and manager to Kurt Jackson. He manages to be hammy, serious, get a great costume, and show off his legendary ring skills (including his signature backflip and a very [[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Eddie-esque]] splash in an impromptu intergender match with Debbie.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Annabella Sciorra's performance as [[spoiler:Justine's mother]] in Season 2 marked the second consecutive week a Netflix series was released in which she plays a character named Rosalie, the first being Series/LukeCage2016.
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** Sam trying to kiss his own daughter - although he didn't know at the time that she was his daughter, he did suspect she was underage and didn't seem to have much problem with that, so it was [[Squick gross on multiple levels]]

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** Sam trying to kiss his own daughter - although he didn't know at the time that she was his daughter, he did suspect she was underage and didn't seem to have much problem with that, so it was [[Squick gross on multiple levels]]levels.
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** Sam trying to kiss his own daughter - although he didn't know at the time that she was his daughter, he did suspect she was underage and didn't seem to have much problem with that, so it was [[Squick gross on multiple levels]]
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** "Makeover" from the same episode is a very mindless, very catchy pop song.
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* EarWorm: "Don't Kidnap," as sung by the ''GLOW'' Girls in episode 8 of Season 2. Deliberately bad and/or hammy vocalizations, and some of the silliest, most awkward lyrics ever written, in this AffectionateParody of "We Are the World" and other similar songs.
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* TheScrappy: Mark gets a lot of hate from ''GLOW'' fans on Reddit and other forums. He cheated on Debbie and played a part in ruining her friendship with Ruth. He embodies a lot of negative traits associated with '80s yuppies. He's been described as selfish at worst and boring at best. He has a very low regard for wrestling. And it doesn't help that his actor (Rich Sommer) has often played unlikable characters in the past.

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* NeverLiveItDown: Ruth sleeping with Mark, for good reason.

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Ruth sleeping with Mark, for good reason.reason.
** Debbie more or less telling Ruth she should have let the network head rape her to keep the show going.
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* OneSceneWonder: Steel Horse (played by real-life wrestler Kevin "Alex Riley" Kiley), who rocks Debbie's world and gives her some much-needed advice about how every face needs a great heel, and how wrestlers don't have to like each other to be great ring partners.

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* OneSceneWonder: Steel Horse (played by real-life wrestler Kevin "Alex Riley" Kiley), who rocks Debbie's world and gives her some much-needed advice about how every face needs a great heel, and how wrestlers don't have to like each other to be great ring partners.partners.
* {{Squick}}: We get a quite nauseating close-up shot of [[spoiler:Ruth's broken ankle]] in Season 2.
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** The way Sam tries pitching the show may be the most funny-terrible line of the first season.
-->'''Sam:''' Porn you can watch with your kids — finally!
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The trope is not about diversity of body type but about how it's treated in-universe (ie, an actor/actress is mildly chubby but treated as fat). As is, it's a Zero Context Example (especially with regards to the "Defied" part, as a mere aversion doesn't count).


* HollywoodPudgy: Delightfully defied and averted. The show features lots of actors of different shapes and sizes, including the main cast, especially with the women baring cellulite, muscles, stretch marks, tummy fat.
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** [[https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/britney-young-glow-interview?utm_term=.mbRv80084#.rtyb3OO38 Carmen]], due to being a non-stereotypical plus size woman who is neither just the [[SatelliteCharacter "best]] [[FatBestFriend friend]], [[FatBitch a gro]][[AbhorrentAdmirer tes]][[{{Gonk}} que]], a one-dimensional [[FatGirl fat joke]], or [[FatIdiot stupid]].

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** [[https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/britney-young-glow-interview?utm_term=.mbRv80084#.rtyb3OO38 Carmen]], Carmen, due to being a non-stereotypical plus size woman who is neither just the [[SatelliteCharacter "best]] best]] [[FatBestFriend friend]], [[FatBitch a gro]][[AbhorrentAdmirer tes]][[{{Gonk}} que]], a one-dimensional [[FatGirl fat joke]], or [[FatIdiot stupid]].

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: The tag-team match from "Live Studio Audience", with Dawn and Stacey in KKK outfits.

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The tag-team match from "Live Studio Audience", with Dawn and Stacey in KKK outfits.



* EnsembleDarkhorse: Sam is very popular, thanks to being a great DeadpanSnarker and JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

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* AwesomeMusic: Just like fellow '80s-set Netflix series ''Series/StrangerThings'', the show is jam-packed with great songs from the era with standouts like [[Music/{{Journey}} "Separate Ways"]], [[Music/TearsForFears "Head Over Heels"]], [[Music/StanBush "Dare"]], and [[Music/PatBenatar "Invincible"]].

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* AwesomeMusic: Just like fellow '80s-set Netflix series ''Series/StrangerThings'', the show is jam-packed with great songs from the era with standouts like [[Music/{{Journey}} "Separate Ways"]], [[Music/TearsForFears "Head Over Heels"]], [[Music/StanBush [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie "Dare"]], and [[Music/PatBenatar "Invincible"]].
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* AwesomeMusic: Just like fellow '80s-set Netflix series ''Series/StrangerThings'', the show is jam-packed with great songs from the era with standouts like [[Music/{{Journey}} "Separate Ways"]], [[Music/TearsForFears "Head Over Heels"]], [[Music/StanBush "Dare"]], and [[Music/PatBenatar "Invincible"]].
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* HollywoodPudgy: Delightfully defied and averted. The show features lots of actors of different shapes and sizes, including the main cast, especially with the women baring cellulite, muscles, stretch marks, tummy fat.
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** [[https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/britney-young-glow-interview?utm_term=.mbRv80084#.rtyb3OO38 Carmen]], due to being a non-stereotypical plus size woman who is neither just the [[SatelliteCharacter "best]] [[FatBestFriend friend]], [[FatBitch a gro]][[AbhorrentAdmirer tes]][[{{Gonk}} que]], a one-dimensional [[FatGirl fat joke]], or [[FatIdiot stupid]].
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** Sam snorting coke off a framed portrait of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
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* OneSceneWonder: Steel Horse (played by real-life wrestler Kevin "Alex Riley" Kiley), who rocks Debbie's world and gives her some much-needed advice about how every face needs a great heel, and how wrestlers don't have to like each other to be great ring partners.
* TearJerker: The audience throwing things and yelling slurs at Arthie during the pilot taping.

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* OneSceneWonder: Steel Horse (played by real-life wrestler Kevin "Alex Riley" Kiley), who rocks Debbie's world and gives her some much-needed advice about how every face needs a great heel, and how wrestlers don't have to like each other to be great ring partners.
* TearJerker: The audience throwing things and yelling slurs at Arthie during the pilot taping.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Sam's dating video. Specifically when he says that his "cock works great".
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* OneSceneWonder: Steel Horse (played by real-life wrestler Kevin "Alex Riley" Kiley), who rocks Debbie's world and gives her some much-needed advice about how every face needs a great heel, and how wrestlers don't have to like each other to be great ring partners.

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: The tag-team match from "Live Studio Audience".

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: The tag-team match from "Live Studio Audience".Audience", with Dawn and Stacey in KKK outfits.


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* NeverLiveItDown: Ruth sleeping with Mark, for good reason.
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* Tearjerker: The audience throwing things and yelling slurs at Arthie during the pilot taping.

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* Tearjerker: TearJerker: The audience throwing things and yelling slurs at Arthie during the pilot taping.
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*CrossesTheLineTwice: The tag-team match from "Live Studio Audience".
*CrowningMomentOfFunny: Sam's dating video. Specifically when he says that his "cock works great".
*EnsembleDarkhorse: Sam is very popular, thanks to being a great DeadpanSnarker and JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
*Tearjerker: The audience throwing things and yelling slurs at Arthie during the pilot taping.

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