Line #13 Recap/GleeS5E12100


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"He forgave us for what we did, right?" "A long time ago. We saved him, Rachel was his soulmate"''.]]
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4	Welcome to a MilestoneCelebration of this gleeful noise.
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6	[=McKinley=] principal Sue Sylvester finally succeeds in disbanding New Directions at the school, and former members and friends of the glee club return to bid it and director Will Schuester farewell. He gives them a final assignment: reinvent their favorite past performances to celebrate the club.
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8	Next Time: The celebration continues, with a reconciliation, graduation, and the final performance of the song that defined Glee.
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10	!!Songs:
11	* ''"Raise Your Glass"'' by Music/{{Pink}}, performed by April, Will, and all New Directions. Originally performed by Blaine and the Warblers in ''[[Recap/GleeS2E16OriginalSong Original Song]]''.
12	* ''"Toxic"'' by Music/BritneySpears, performed by the Unholy Trinity. Originally performed by New Directions in ''[[Recap/GleeS2E2BritneyBrittany Britney/Brittany]]''.
13	* ''"Defying Gravity"'' from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', performed by Rachel, Kurt, and Mercedes. Originally performed by Kurt and Rachel in ''[[Recap/GleeS1E9Wheels Wheels]]''.
14	* ''"Valerie"'' by The Zutons (Music/AmyWinehouse version), performed by Santana and Brittany. Originally performed by Santana with Brittany and Mike in ''[[Recap/GleeS2E9SpecialEducation Special Education]]''.
15	* ''"Keep Holding On"'' by Music/AvrilLavigne, performed by Puck with all New Directions to Quinn. Originally performed by Rachel and Finn to Quinn in ''[[Recap/GleeS1E7Throwdown Throwdown]]''.
16	* ''"Happy"'' by Pharrell Williams, performed by Holly, April, Will, and all New Directions.
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18	!!Tropes include:
19	* OneHundredPercentCompletion: Creator/KevinMcHale has been in all 100 episodes up to and including this one. He, however, misses most of the rest of season 5 after the glee club at [=McKinley=] is shut down and before Artie moves to New York.
20	* ActorAllusion: Creator/KristinChenoweth's beaming smile during the shots of Rachel singing "Defying Gravity" with her in the background, followed by the comment that the "song should be on the Broadway", Cheno playing Glinda and watching Idina Menzel sing it in the original Broadway run.
21	* CallBack: With all the old songs.
22	* DisposableLoveInterest: Biff is a textbook example.
23	* EndOfAnAge
24	* {{Foreshadowing}}: April calling Blaine a "prep-school boy" then proceeding to grab his nose between her fingers as a joke foreshadows Quinn attacking her preppy boyfriend this way.
25	** Also, Quinn wearing a pilot's cap in the ImagineSpot parts of "Toxic" foreshadows her getting together with Airman Puckerman.
26	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: After April throws her glass away in "Raise Your Glass", Mike - who's led down and holding his own - manages to catch and spin it in the back.
27	* LongBusTrip: It should be easy to call Matt Rutherford up and arrange for him to come back - as it would have been for Finn's memorial - but it doesn't transpire until the [[Recap/GleeS6E122009 two]]-[[Recap/GleeS6E13DreamsComeTrue part]] GrandFinale.
28	* MeaningfulEcho
29	* MsFanservice: The Unholy Trinity never fail to deliver.
30	* PreppyName: Quinn's old-money Yale boyfriend ''Biff [=McIntosh=]''. a.k.a. "Preppy [=McDimplebutt=]"
31	* RaceForYourLove: A minor version, with Quinn chasing Puck through the hallways of [=McKinley=].
32	* RelationshipUpgrade: Quinn and Puck.
33	* ShotForShotRemake:
34	** Not the whole number, but the old New Directions dance to "Keep Holding On" in front of Quinn just like they did in season 1.
35	** Similarly, Blaine resurrects his dance moves from his original performance of "Raise Your Glass".
36	** Holly's entrance to the glee club, where she slides in on butter and says "[[GratuitousSpanish Hola, clase]]".
37	** Averted with "Valerie" - a lot of the moves are similar but have been reworked so that two girls can do them together and sing more easily.
38	* ShoutOut: When Santana interrupts Puck, she starts "I'mma let you finish, but...", just as Music/KanyeWest did when [[Memes/KanyeWest infamously]] interrupting Music/TaylorSwift at the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards.
39	* TechnoBabble: From Brittany about whatever [=MIT=] have her working on.
40	* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: Quinn in her Yaley persona, wearing pearls and refusing to talk about anything that happened in high school. No, seriously, her perfect [=WASPy=] boyfriend - [[PreppyName Biff McIntosh]] - doesn't know that she has a kid. When she tells him and he flips, she stops faking it and tries to break his nose.
41	* TheCameo:
42	** Creator/DiannaAgron as Quinn Fabray.
43	** Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones.
44	** Mark Salling as Airman First Class Noah Puckerman.
45	** Creator/HarryShumJr as Mike Chang.
46	** Creator/HeatherMorris as Brittany Pierce.
47	** Creator/KristinChenoweth as April Rhodes.
48	** Creator/GwynethPaltrow as Holly Holliday.

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