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** [[Neil Patrick Harris|Bryan Ryan]]'s vocal exercises as he enters the theater sound [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|horribly]] familiar.

** In Episode 21 "Funk", it is revealed that Rachel is a vegan after the members of Vocal Adrenaline egg her in the parking lot. Lea Michele is a vegan in real life who has appeared in ads for PETA.

*** Not to mention her [[Lampshaded]] "Cheno Notes" in her rendition of "Maybe This Time".

** Kurt singing "Defying Gravity" is a reference to Chris Colfer's having been denied the opportunity to perform it earlier in life.

*** Burt telling Kurt that, if he can't find any good roles for a kid like him, to "write them yourself". [[Chris Colfer]] just wrapped ''Struck By Lightning'', which he also wrote.

*** The choreography for "I'm the Greatest Star" has Kurt climbing all over scaffolding, hanging from it upside down, and spinning ninjitsu knives. All of which Chris is well known for liking and doing in real life.

** "Asian F" has an interaction between Mike Chang's father and Principal Figgins that indicates that Mike Chang is Mike Chang Jr. Harry Shum in real life is also a Jr.

** Sam went to [[Boarding School]] in Tennessee. Chord Overstreet (Sam Evans) is from Nashville.

** Fanfic writers routinely have Santana using Spanish words and phrases in casual conversation, but the character never showed any sign of familiarity with the language until "The Substitute", when she started yelling in Spanish while angry.

*** Although, her Spanish is quite flawed, confusing "orgullo" (pride) with "orgurro," and having a slightly Americanized accent. But it's understandable if she was born and raised in Ohio.

* [[Cast the Expert]]: Heather Morris was only brought in to teach the Single Ladies dance (she was a back-up dancer for Beyonce on tour) but when the producers needed a third cheerleader, Heather Morris was cast to play Brittany.

* [[Channel Hop]]: Moving from Channel 4 to Sky (in the UK).

* [[Contractual Purity]]: There is a strange tendency by [[Moral Guardians|some people]] to flip out every time Lea Michele or Dianna Agron appears on a magazine looking sexy. Yes, they are adult women in their mid-20s, not teenagers, yet somehow the fact that they play minors on TV means that they are "sending girls the wrong message" every time they so much as wear low-cut shirts. ''Glee'' is an unusual case, though, since it is not a kids' show and it engages in sexual and other adult themes ''on the show'', so this expectation is solely due to [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|viewer misconceptions]].

* [[Dawson Casting]]: All of the kids' actors are well in their 20's, with Cory Monteith (Finn), Mark Salling (puck), and Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike) being the oldest and only a couple years younger than their teacher. The closest exceptions are Chris Colfer (Kurt), Charice (Sunshine), and Damian McGinty (Rory), who were all in their late teens when their characters debuted.

** Inverted in the case of Matthew Morrison, who was 31 when the series premiered (born 1978). Will's Nationals performance happened in 1993, when he was (presumably) 18, which would have made him born in 1975, and the character three years older than the actor.

*** During the first season, there was a lot of kerfuffle regarding some—ahem!—pictures of the cast appearing in a gentlemen's mag. The reason: despite the cast pictured being above the age of majority and hence able to appear in the magazine in fairly provocative poses, they were portraying high school students in the series, resulting in some mixed messages occurring.

* [[Directed by Cast Member]]: Matthew Morrison directed "Extraordinary Merry Christmas".

* [[Enforced Method Acting]]:

** Dianna Agron (Quinn) and Cory Monteith (Finn) were not allowed to see the other actors performing "Lean On Me" in "Ballad" before the scene was shot so their reaction would be real.

** In "Safety Dance", apart from the dancers, all of the extras were actual shoppers at the mall where it was shot.

** "Candles", the duet between Kurt and Blaine at Regionals, is considered by many to be the weakest Warbler song due to way in which Kurt and Blaine's registers clash. Normally the songs are overseen by music producer Adam Anders, but writer Ryan Murphy intervened for this song and specifically requested that it be sung in those registers.

** In the original draft for "Pilot", Rachel uses [[YouTube]] to upload her songs (as a normal person in the year 2009 would do) but in the actual show version she uses Myspace. Why the change? The fact that the same company that owns Myspace also owns Fox, the network that airs ''Glee'' in the US, probably has something to do with it.

* [[Fake American]]: Harry Shum Jr. (Mike Chang Jr.) is Costa Rican, born to Chinese immigrants.

* [[Fake Nationality]]: Both Mike Sr. and Julia make references to their parents in China, but Mike Sr. is played by a Korean and Julia is played by a Japanese-American. [[All Asians Are Alike|Go figure.]]

** There's a sizeable group of Mercedes/Amber Riley fans called the "Mercedes Mafia".

** Many of the ships have their own names. Klaine has Klainers, Niff has Nifflers, Brittana has "Gay Sharks" (after Brittany's meme-spawning quip), Kurtofsky has 'Pirates' (because fans have decided that it's a 'pirate' ship), Blainofsky has 'BatKids' and Sory has Sponsors (after Sam was Rory's Christmas sponsor, and agreed to be his Valentine's Day sponsor as well).

* [[Fandom Nod]]:

** Finn's mom and Kurt's dad getting together.

** Blaine is 'Hobbit' in many fanfic, especially the Kurtofsky ones.

** Over at [[Television Without Pity]], Brad the Pianist's almost exclusively referred to as "Tinkles".

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:

** The deaf choir director is the Operative's first on-screen victim in ''[[Serenity]]''.

*** Or just as Roxanne from ''[[American Dreams]]''.

** What's [[Wizards of Waverly Place|Hugh Normus]] doing in a mortal high school?

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The Japanese dub has LOTS of voice actors who are famous for being good singers in many anime series:

** Will Schuester [[Toshiyuki Morikawa|is]] [[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Kyosuke Nanbu]] and ''[[Tekkaman Blade]]''.

** Finn Hudson [[Daisuke Ono|is]] [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Itsuki Koizumi.]]

** Rachel Berry [[Maaya Sakamoto|is]] [[Vision of Escaflowne|Hitomi Kanzaki.]]

** Sam Evans [[Miyu Irino|is]] [[Kingdom Hearts|Sora]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Saji Crossroad]], [[Fate/Zero|young Kiritsugu]], and [[Ano Hana|Jinta]].

** Terri Schuester [[Tomo Sakurai|is]] [[Macross 7|Mylene Jenius.]]

** Shelby Corcoran [[Yuko Kaida|is]] [[Toradora!|Sumire Kanou]], [[Queen's Blade|Risty]] and [[Gundam Unicorn|Marida Cruz.]]

** Bryan Ryan [[Keiji Fujiwara|is]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Ali Al-Saachez]] and [[Crayon Shin-chan|Hiroshi Nohara.]]

** The Principal Figgins [[Chafurin|is]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|Bernand Monsha]].

** And in a non-Japanese instance, Becky's [[Inner Monologue]] is voiced by Dame [[Helen Mirren]].

** Similarly, Dianna Agron is Jewish, yet Quinn prominently sports a cross.

* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Well, in the United Kingdom anyway, because people believe the DVD sets are [[Edited for Syndication]] versions.

* [[Lying Creator]]:

** After {{spoiler|Idina Menzel}} was cast, Ryan Murphy insisted she would not turn out to be Rachel's mother. Pretty much no one bought it.

** As of "Original Songs", {{spoiler|Kurt and Blaine are together}}.

*** Although as of "The Breakup", they are not.

** Quinn started off as a very mean character whereas interviews show Dianna Agron being nice to the others, and she lives with Lea Michele (Rachel, who's bullied by Quinn).

** Mark Salling, who plays Puck, is very nice and polite (even shy!) in his interviews. He even made a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQAKfSbjf6s music video homage] for the entire cast and crew. And he loves to pose in pictures with a baby!

** Perhaps the greatest example of this is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-jtecBg8lw perfectly nice and friendly Jane Lynch] who plays the gleefully evil Sue. Hell, according to the cast, Jane Lynch is pretty much the [[Team Mom]]. When the Glee cast went to New York to see a play she was starring in she greeted them with "Where are my babies?"

** There is no way that Jessalyn Gilsig can be anything like Terri.

* [[Name's the Same]]: It's probably not the same McKinley as the one in the ''[[Final Destination]]'' series... though [[Cory Monteith]] did have a bit part in ''Final Destination 3''.

** Brittany's name can be read as [[Britney Spears|Brittany S. Pierce]].

* [[One of Us]]: Brittana shippers always know they have a friend in Naya Rivera.

* [[Promoted Fanboy]]:

* [[Scully Box]]: Inverted for Kurt. Chris Colfer had a growth spurt during the first season and is rather tall as a result, but camera tricks are frequently employed so that Kurt doesn't look taller than Blaine or Karofsky (notice how he rarely stands side-by-side with another guy).

* [[Shrug of God]]: The show is pointedly vague about how Finn died following Cory Monteith's death, emphasizing that the focus should be on life, not death.

** For Lea Michele.

**''Glee'' catapulted the completely unknown Chris Colfer into the national spotlight, giving him a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor within eighteen months of his professional acting debut. Not bad.

** Samuel Larsen of ''[[The Glee Project]]'' (and {{spoiler|eventual winner}}) auditioned for Sam.

** Naya Rivera (Santana) had originally auditioned for the part of Mercedes

 

* Rachel and Quinn used to be real-life roommates.

** The list turns out to be even longer. Lea Michele has lived with Dianna Agron, Jonathon Groff, Naya Rivera, Heather Morris, Chris Colfer and Jenna Ushkowitz.