** Almost anything Sue does or says; tripping the elderly school nurse down a flight of stairs and putting her into a coma is among the worst/best. Comedy-wise, the glee kids performing a ridiculously raunchy version of \\\"Push It\\\".
** 2.02 \\\"Britney/Brittany\\\" tries for this with Jacob and far too many masturbation jokes but fails so that it just comes off as gross. One case where it would have worked as one or two jokes instead of overdoing to the point where his orgasming seems to have more screentime than the performers during the \\\"Toxic\\\" number.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** Kendra, Terri\\\'s evil sister, proclaims that she thinks vaccinations caused her three hellion sons to be born stupid and tells Terri to discourage Quinn from getting her baby vaccinated as well. A total TakeThat at the anti-vaccination camp!
** The celibacy club scene, as well as the fact that their president, Quinn, ends up pregnant after she breaks her vow. Both very obvious [[TakeThat Take Thats]] at the abstinence-until-marriage movement.
** One episode treating people with disabilities differently because of it, from [[spoiler: Sue]] Of all people.
** Sue\\\'s campaign to divide the Glee club by winning over the minority students fails, but ultimately makes Will realize the UnfortunateImplications of his casting thus far, until three minutes later when Finn and Rachel are the leads in the episode\\\'s closing number. \\\"Wheels,\\\" \\\"Ballads,\\\" and \\\"Hairography\\\" have all featured Artie, Mercedes, and Tina heavily in the club\\\'s chorale numbers though, so this lesson may actually have been learned.
** Will chewing out the rest of the club for how insensitive they can be toward Artie:
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\\\'\\\'\\\'Artie\\\'\\\'\\\': Preach!
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** Suzie Pepper\\\'s speech to Rachel in the bathroom, and Will\\\'s speech to her later after she apologizes for her crush on him and how she acted about it, were probably partially intended for the real-life Rachels in the audience.
** [[NeilPatrickHarris Bryan Ryan]] and Sue\\\'s argument over which should get more school funding has some Truth in Television. Both the arts and athletics can teach kids confidence and build skills in academics, and the athletics helps with physical fitness.
** Using a LadyGaga themed episode to teach tolerance of gays? You betcha.
** The motivation for Principal Figgins\\\'s ban on goth clothing was either a clear TakeThat at the \\\'\\\'{{Twilight}}\\\'\\\' phenomenon or a shot at strict dress code policies. YourMileageMayVary on how necessary it was that the anti-\\\'\\\'Twilight\\\'\\\' one be dropped, given the series\\\' already quite rabid {{Hatedom}}.
* TearJerker:
** \\\"Keep Holding On\\\" during the finale of Throwdown. Quinn makes the whole thing shine, and we feel absolute pity for the girl we despised at the beginning of the season. Especially moving in that several of the characters themselves are moved to tears.
** When Finn comes to Will after he learns Quinn is pregnant.
** Will starting to cry when he sees his baby girl, especially since we in the audience know there isn\\\'t a baby since Terri is lying.
** Happy tears when Kurt comes out to his dad and he says he\\\'s okay with it.
** When Kurt decides to throw his audition for the solo in \\\"Defying Gravity\\\" to spare his father harassment for having a flamboyant gay son. Watch his face during his audition: Rachel merely looks determined, but Kurt looks \\\'\\\'heartbroken\\\'\\\'. He knows what he\\\'s putting his dad through, and he just can\\\'t do it. \\\"I\\\'m just saying that I love you more than I love being a star.\\\"
** Sue reading \\\'\\\'LittleRedRidingHood\\\'\\\' to her mentally disabled sister.
** Rachel crying when Will informs her that there\\\'s someone out there who will love her for who she is and for her faults.
** [[spoiler: Quinn\\\'s parents find out about the pregnancy, and proceed to throw her out.]]
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--->\\\'\\\'\\\'Quinn:\\\'\\\'\\\' I needed my mom.
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** ChrisColfer\\\'s (aka Kurt\\\'s) \\\"heartbroken\\\" face is almost guaranteed to evoke this.
** The glee kids finally getting enough confidence to pose for their yearbook photo... only for the jocks to completely deface it. In the same episode, a decidedly different type of TearJerker when [[spoiler: Will discovers that Terri\\\'s been lying to him. Think about all the dramatic irony witnessed when Will is excited over becoming a father]].
** Everything involving Emma after sectionals in the fall finale. [[spoiler: Ken dumped Emma at the altar because he was tired of watching her choose Will over him. Emma confesses her feelings to Will and admits that she was just settling for Ken. Emma declares that she\\\'s going to resign as the guidance counselor because it\\\'s too heartbreaking for her to see Will every day and she\\\'s ashamed of what she did to Ken. Emma starts crying. Then, later in the episode, to the backdrop of \\\"My Life Would Suck Without You,\\\" Will runs after Emma and kisses her.]]
** 01x16, \\\"Home.\\\" Also known as, \\\"How many times can the writers bring the viewers to tears in a single hour?\\\"
** \\\"Total Eclipse of the Heart\\\" in 01x17, particularly the end when the entire glee club walks out on Rachel.
** Kurt singing \\\"Rose\\\'s Turn,\\\" edited for his own purposes.
** Artie\\\'s big [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome moment]] in \\\"Dream On\\\". Later on, when he sings the last number, \\\"Dream a Little Dream,\\\" wishing he could dance with Tina and knowing he never will. If you listen to the song he sounds kind of happy. One look at his face assures us he is not.
** [[spoiler: Shelby]] telling [[spoiler: Jesse]] about how she became Rachel\\\'s birth mother, followed by her singing \\\'I Dreamed a Dream\\\' alone in the car.
** Perhaps more tear jerker-ish is Shelby and Rachel singing it together onstage in an ImagineSpot.
** Puck singing to Quinn and asking to be there for the baby\\\'s birth, as well as naming her.
** Burt Hummel\\\'s devotion to his son is heartwarmingly tear-inducing every single time it comes up, but particularly in 01x20 - his \\\'I thought you were different\\\' line in the middle of that verbal spanking he gives Finn smacks of self-reproach. It\\\'s pretty clear that even if he was never a bigoted bully, he used to throw around thoughtless slurs himself and now that he knows better the guilt just KILLS him.
** The entirety of \\\"Journey\\\". Finn loves Rachel. New Directions loses Regionals to Vocal Adrenaline. Sue shows some heart and gives them another year, despite the fact Figgins tries to kick them out. Sue VOTED for New Directions. Will loves Emma. Quinn has her baby, who gets adopted by Shelby. Not to mention every single piece of music that New Directions performs in the episode makes you want to cry.
** The bit right before they sing \\\"To Sir With Love\\\" when Finn says he didn\\\'t have a father before glee club, and whether you want to say he\\\'s talking about Mr. Schue or about Mr. Hummel, it doesn\\\'t matter: neither would have happened without Glee.
** The juxaposition of the birth of Beth with Vocal Adrenaline\\\'s performance of \\\"Bohemian Rhapsody\\\" (a song whose lyrics are told from the perspective of a person who\\\'s about to die) as the contrast of their lives and experiences.
** The promotion alone for Glee\\\'s Season 2 Episode 3 \\\"Grilled Cheesus\\\" induced tears for some fans.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTpBYUOVYS8 I Want To Hold Your Hand]]. Good \\\'\\\'God\\\'\\\'.
