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Santana Diabla Lopez is a major character on Glee, and is alumna of William McKinley High School as of Goodbye. She served as the co-captain of the Cheerios, as a member of the school's Glee Club, the New Directions and was previously a member of the all-girls second Glee Club, The Troubletones.
Santana was outed as a lesbian in season three. Before that, she had been struggling with accepting her sexuality.
In Season Four, she started school as a student at The University of Louisville where she had been given a full scholarship in cheerleading. However, in Diva, it is revealed that she dropped out prior because she didn't enjoy what she was doing there. In the same episode, she moves to New York and becomes roommates with Kurt Hummel, Rachel Berry, and Brody Weston, who is living there with Rachel and Kurt at the time. She gets kicked out in Feud, but moves back in at the end of Guilty Pleasures.
As of Lights Out, Santana attends a NYADA extension class for dance, something she says she has enjoyed doing ever since she was a child. She has many side jobs, such as being a waitress at the Spotlight Diner, and being an actress; starring in a commercial for Yeast I Stat which she does a second commercial for later on. In Frenemies, she is cast as Rachel's understudy in Funny Girl, starting a feud between them that gets both Rachel and Santana kicked out of Kurt's band, previously named Pamela Lansbury, now called One Three Hill. In New Directions, she resigned as the understudy of Rachel in Funny Girl .
In The Back-Up Plan, Mercedes tries to help get Santana in her recording deal. As of Old Dog, New Tricks, she becomes Rachel's publicist. She was on tour with Mercedes and Brittany. She proposed to Brittany in Jagged Little Tapestry. They got married in A Wedding. She was initially a major recurring character and the teen antagonist (along with Quinn) in Season One, but was promoted to a main character in Season Two until she got demoted again for Season Six, due to Naya's own request.
She is portrayed by the late Naya Rivera.
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Biography
Santana is introduced as an antagonist alongside Quinn. Together with Brittany, they are The Unholy Trinity, the three most popular cheerleaders at school. She is seen as a bitchy cheerleader who takes pride in her cruel attitude. Pilot She has a very minor appearance in this episode. She is seen with Quinn and several other Cheerios smirking and laughing at Rachel's On My Own video on MySpace.com leaving offensive comments about the song and her. She approaches Finn and Rachel in the hallway with Quinn and watches her asking Finn what he's doing talking to Rachel. Later she is seen, along with Sue and Quinn, watching the New Directions' performance of Don't Stop Believin'. Showmance
Santana and Puck
Santana is first seen in the episode with the rest of the New Directions in the choir room rehearsing. Then she is seen walking beside Rachel with Quinn trying to persuade Rachel to tell Will that his choreographing is terrible and that they need to hire someone else, but really they are trying to sabotage the Glee Club. While Mercedes is looking down because she doesn't have a boyfriend, Santana is seen making out with Puck and this reveales that the two are dating. She is then seen again in Sue's office along with Quinn telling Sue about their plan. After that Santana is seen confronting Puck over his bad credit score and says that she needs someone who can support her financially, breaking up with Puck in the process. This then leads to Puck being interested in older women because he thinks that "young girl's shoot you down and make you feel terrible." Santana along with Quinn and Brittany, encourages Mercedes to go out with Kurt in order to destroy the New Directions. The three spies then convince the Glee Club to hire professional choreographer Dakota Stanley. Santana goes to Carmel High School with the club to ask him to choreograph for New Directions.
She is seen at the glee rehearsals, sitting next to Brittany and Quinn. She is seen cheering on the football team.
Santana sings background vocals in Last Name, and Somebody to Love with the Glee Club members. She looks shocked when Puck reveals Quinn's pregnancy.
Santana is given pseudo-ephedrine by Terri and sings background vocals in the Halo/Walking on Sunshine mash-up with the New Directions Girls and at the end of the episode they are found out by Mr. Schue that they were cheating by taking pseudo-ephedrine.
Santana reports details on New Directions to Sue, along with Quinn and Brittany. When Sue becomes co-director of the club, she picks Santana for her "elite glee club." In her group, she performs background vocals in Hate on Me. She then sings Ride wit Me, and Keep Holding On with the entire Glee Club. Mr. Schuester notes that she is Latina near the end of the episode.
Santana gets jealous when Puck sings Sweet Caroline to Rachel. She, along with the other Glee Club members, waits to see if the boys would choose Glee or the Football Team and is happy when she sees Matt and Mike entering the music room. She is seen hugging Matt and saying 'I Love You'. She performs background vocals in Bust a Move with all the other members. She then slushies Mr. Schuester at the end of the episode with the other members because he said that he had never been slushied before when he went to school.
Santana picks Brittany as her ballad partner. She performs background vocals in Lean on Me. Santana and Brittany's duet is not shown in the episode.
Santana is seen watching the performance of Jane Addams Academy and learning "hairography" from Brittany. She confronts Quinn angrily, warning her to stay away from "her man," Puck. She tells her that they were sexting while he and Quinn were babysitting - and that nobody can erase her super hot sexts. She also remarks that asking someone to babysit is "so nineties." She performs background vocals in Hair/Crazy in Love, Imagine, and True Colors with the Glee Club.
Santana is briefly seen with Brittany, drawing on Rachel's picture in a school yearbook. She performs background vocals in Jump and Smile.
She is included in a five-party phone call in which Brittany reveals they have slept together. When she and Brittany are accused of giving Sue the set-list she defends herself, but Brittany admits she was the one to do it although her actions were unintentional. When Quinn reveals that Sue orders the Cheerios to spy on Glee Club, she admits that no one is forcing her to stay in the club - she likes Glee and it's "the best part of her day." However, she said if anyone in the club told anyone that she said that, she would deny it because she likes being popular and not being a Lima loser. She performs background vocals in You Can't Always Get What You Want and My Life Would Suck Without You, and is also seen listening in on the judges at sectionals' comments.
Sue assigns Santana and Brittany to go after Finn in order to humiliate Rachel and get her to quit Glee Club. They ask him on a date with both of them. He accepts, but their "date" proves to be horrible, as the two girls spend all the date abusing the waitress staff, bad mouthing their 'friends' (Finn included), and demanding that he pay for them, despite keeping him out of the conversation. However, they do offer to make out in front of him. She performs background vocals in Gives You Hell and Hello, Goodbye.
Britt and Santana
Santana is seen during Kurt's performance of A House Is Not a Home she is seen with her head on Brittany's shoulder while their pinkies are linked. She is then seen giving her opinion to Mercedes on Sue's vomit-inducing drink, saying that she would rather drink it than being kicked off the Cheerios. She performs background vocals in Beautiful and Home.
Santana instantly blames Puck for starting the Glist because Quinn is first. However, she isn't personally bothered because she is second. She performs background vocals in Ice Ice Baby as well as in Run Joey Run.
Santana becomes extremely jealous when Puck starts singing with Mercedes in Glee Club. When they start dating, she confronts Mercedes by singing her first solo in the duet, The Boy Is Mine. Santana sings background vocals in One.
Santana plays a minor role as she is seen during Glee Club meetings. She sings background vocals in Dream a Little Dream.
Santana in Lady Gaga costume
Santana sings main vocals with the girls' and Kurt's performance of Bad Romance. For the performance, Santana wears her rendition of a giant black bow hat and a black lacy body suit, similar to one worn by Lady Gaga. She is then seen watching the boys performance of Shout It out Loud and Beth. Santana goes with the rest of New Directions to protect Kurt and Finn from Azimo and Karofsky and is seen laughing at the end of the episode because Mercedes says they looks weird.
Santana and the rest of the Cheerios fall into a depression when cheerleading coach Sue refuses to get out of bed. She is seen crying with her hair down and loose and watches Finn, Puck, and Mercedes singing Good Vibrations. She is stunned when Jesse St. James transfers back to Vocal Adrenaline. Sue finally gets out of bed and they go on to win Nationals which restores the Cheerios to their normal selves. Sue takes her Nationals trophy to Will's house, with help from Santana and Brittany, to gloat about her victory. She performs backup vocals and the "Naya dance" in Give up the Funk. She joins New Directions in making Vocal Adrenaline jealous.
"I hated everyone in this club"
In Season Two, Naya Rivera, who plays Santana Lopez, was upgraded to a series regular. Audition It is revealed that over the summer holiday, Santana got breast implants in order to get more attention and increase her popularity. This shows that Santana isn't as confident as she appears to be. This proves to be extremely effective as nearly all the guys that come across Santana become immediately hypnotized by her increased breast size. Santana seems pleased with the attention, except when those who are unattractive and unpopular are ogling her. Santana is demoted from Head Cheerio to the "bottom of the pyramid" after Quinn informs Coach Sylvester that Santana got a boob job. Sue then promotes Quinn back to head cheerleader, as she intends to use Quinn's past pregnancy as a sympathy factor to get money out of various church groups. Furious at her demotion from head cheerleader to the bottom of the pyramid, Santana angrily attacks Quinn and accuses her of being a slut because of her past pregnancy. Britney/Brittany
Santana
Santana defends Brittany when she says she doesn't want to do a Britney Spears' number. Later at the dentist's office, she accompanies Brittany and says her dad is a real doctor so she can pay for the anaesthesia. She somehow enters the same dream fantasy as Brittany performing their duet of Me Against the Music. Next in the auditorium, she performs vocals during the club's performance of Toxic.
Santana supports Kurt, whose father just suffered a heart attack. At the end sings with New Directions, One of Us.
Santana gives Brittany a hickey in Duets.
She is seen lying on a bed with Brittany and nuzzling her neck. When Brittany proposes singing a duet together, Santana harshly rejects the idea by saying that she doesn't love her, and only needed someone to make out with while Puck was in juvie. She then proposes a duet with Mercedes, stating that she believes they are the two best singers in the club and in teaming up, they will be, "the undisputed top bitches at this school." She and Mercedes then sing River Deep, Mountain High. When she learns that Artie and Brittany are dating, Santana tells Artie she believes Brittany is only using him for his voice and that Brittany doesn't care about sex as much as he does, showing that she's jealous of Artie. When Sam and Quinn are singing their duet, she is disgusted at the sappiness, sarcastically saying to Mercedes, "So freakin' charming!." When she and Mercedes lose to Sam and Quinn, she is visibly upset and tries to attack them and attempts to take the free dinner coupons to Breadstix meant for the winners, but Mercedes grabs her and pulls her back.
Santana as Magenta
She portrays Magenta, alongside Quinn. She sings her first solo with the opening song, Science Fiction/Double Feature. Santana seems primarily interested in seeing Finn and Sam walking around in their underwear, and makes loud sexual comments regarding it, making Finn feel self-conscious. She spies on Mr. Schuester and Emma Pillsbury alongside Brittany when they sing Touch a Touch a Touch a Touch Me, where she has a solo. She and Brittany make fun of Emma for being a virgin.
Santana, along with the other girls in New Directions, participates in the boys vs. girls challenge. She and Brittany go on a double date with Puck and Artie. She sings in the mash-up Start Me Up/Livin' on a Prayer.
When Will is sick, he imagines Santana as a five year old in her Cheerios uniform where she compliments younger Puck. When Rachel tries to have all the focus in Glee Club on her, Santana attempts to attack her, but is held back by most of New Directions. As a joke, she introduces herself as Rachel Berry to Holly Holiday, Saying she's Finns loud, loud girlfriend. However, Holly knew they'd swapped names. She sings backup vocals during Singing in the Rain/Umbrella.
Santana becomes furious with Rachel, Quinn, Tina, and Brittany because they hold a girls' meeting about the fact that Kurt is being bullied by Dave Karofsky and she was not invited. Rachel dismisses her by stating that they have boyfriends on the football team who can help defend Kurt, while she is only having sex with Puck, and that Puck cannot help protect Kurt without risking being sent to juvie again. Angered by this, she seems intent on getting back at Rachel, and threatens Finn with the fact that she has taken his virginity. Despite this, she attends the wedding for Carole Hudson and Burt Hummel, as part of the wedding band/choir, where she sings backup vocals in Marry You along with the rest of New Directions. She sings backup vocals in Just the Way You Are along with the members of New Directions. She seems surprised back in the choir room when Kurt says he is leaving for Dalton Academy, she gives Rachel a disgusted look when she says that Kurt will be competing against them.
Santana sings "Valerie" while at Sectionals.
Rachel protests for not having her solo at Sectionals, resulting in the Santana and Finn hook up being revealed. During the competition, she sings backup vocals in (I've Had) The Time of My Life along with the members of New Directions, followed by her solo in Valerie while Mike and Brittany dance. Valerie is her first solo in a competition. She sings backup vocals again in Dog Days Are Over.
Santana can be seen practicing the routine with her fellow cheerleaders, and then she eventually talks and sticks up for Brittany when Sue wants to shoot Brittany out of her "Sueclear Weapon." Later, she chooses Cheerios over Glee, but then quits when Finn comes to talk them into staying, particularly Quinn. She joins the Glee Club and football team as they perform Thriller/Heads Will Roll, which she helps sing lead vocals on.
Santana Lopez in her Sexy Nurse's outfit.
Santana wears normal clothes since she isn't a cheerleader anymore. Rachel insults her, after the club begins to call her out, saying the only job she'll have "will be working on a pole" along with Lauren calling her a bitch. Santana gets offended and walks out of practice. Brittany comforts her as she vents about trying to be honest, but people suck. When Puck performs Fat Bottomed Girls, she is clearly annoyed that he's singing to Lauren, then she and Lauren have a fight in the hallway because she was talking about Lauren to Puck without knowing that she was behind her. Santana suspects that Quinn and Finn may be having an affair because of the looks they exchange and the "gassy infant look" on Finn's face. She decides to do what she does best, revenge. As revenge and to further prove her point, she gives them mono by kissing a sick boy then kissing Finn at his booth, effectively spreading the germs.
Santana attends The Rachel Berry House Party Train Wreck Extravaganza with the rest of the club, proceeding to get drunk with the rest of the members. She is seen making out with Sam a lot in Rachel's basement. Finn describes Santana as the "weepy hysterical drunk," as she is crying and yelling at Sam, accusing him of liking Quinn more. She gets jealous when Sam and Brittany kiss in Spin the Bottle. They all come to school hungover, and perform Blame It (On the Alcohol), where Santana has a solo. When New Directions performs Tik Tok at the WMHS alcohol awareness assembly, Santana and Brittany throw up in the middle of the performance and in the performance Santana vomits in her hand. After they recover from their hangover, Santana thanks Mr. Schuester for being there for them when they need him.
Landslide
Santana's relationship with Brittany-Santana Relationship is explored on a much deeper level. At the beginning of the episode she walks up to Brittany and asks her if she wants to come over to her house and watch Sweet Valley High and "get their cuddle on, hinting that Brittany has still been hooking up with Santana even though she's dating Artie. While at Santana's house, Brittany wants to talk about their feelings for each other because their relationship confuses her, but Santana refuses to talk or be given a label. However, she does decide to sit down with Brittany and Holly Holliday to discuss the nature of their relationship. Still unable to fully open up, Holly suggest them to sing a song and Santana has the perfect one already figured out. The trio sing Landslide and throughout the song Santana becomes extremely emotional and even cries.
Brittany and Santana hug after "Landslide"
After the song is over, she hugs Brittany and when she asks her is that how she feels, Santana replies "Yes." However, she snaps at Rachel's comment on their performance about expressing their feeling through the song stating "Just because I sang a song to Brittany, doesn't mean you can label me. Clear?" Later, Santana approaches Brittany at her locker and finally opens up. She says that the only reason she is a bitch is because she is angry that she can't show all the feelings she is holding in for Brittany. She is afraid of what will happen to her if she does, using Kurt as an example. She states that she only wants to be with Brittany and that she loves her and only her. Brittany tells her she loves her back, but also loves Artie and won't break up with him because it wouldn't be right and it would hurt him. Santana leaves, angry and heartbroken. Later in Celibacy Club, Santana appears even more cynical after the incident and stares sadly at Brittany sitting next to Artie. She finally discovers that she is a lesbian.
Santana getting slushied
Santana mentions that even though they won Regionals she still got slushied. She then refers to this slushie later on when she stands up to Karofsky for Kurt and Blaine right before the benefit concert, mentioning she keeps razor blades in her hair. After defending Kurt and Blaine, she receives word that Sunshine Corazon is not coming to the benefit and neither are her Twitter followers. After Mercedes comes back, she, along with the rest of the club, go and watch her sing Ain't No Way.
Santana tells everyone that they can't lie by saying there is nothing they would change about themselves. She says that "If you see something you don't like, you should change it," perhaps defending her own breast enhancements. Later she is seen in the corridor looking longingly at Brittany, musing that if she were to become Prom Queen, she might be able to trick Brittany into being with her by making it "law." She hatches a plot to win Prom Queen by having a "popular" guy on her arm, but as Sam walks down the hallway and does an impression of Sean Connery she explains in a voiceover that she doesn't consider Sam popular enough yet. She then notices Karofsky checking out Sam's butt and decides his partnership will win her the crown.
Santana and Dave
Later, at the coffee shop (she is once again staring at Brittany), Santana listens to Blaine and Kurt's conversation, mentioning Dave. Blaine says that he would be perfectly fine if Kurt were to come back to McKinley, just as long as he was safe. This is when she thinks up her plan then gets up and leaves saying "I gotta gay... GO! Go. I have to go." She decides that the key to winning Prom Queen would be to get Kurt back so she confronts Dave and tells him that she knows he's gay and that she plays on the same team. She decides that she and Dave will be "beards" (using each other as cover to appear heterosexual). She says that this will mean they will "Win Prom King and Queen and rule the school." When he asks "What if I say no?" she blackmails him, saying if he doesn't go along with it, she will tell everyone he's gay. Convinced, Dave tells the New Directions (obviously scripted by Santana) how sorry he is, saying that he's really ashamed of himself and that she made him see what consequences his bullying can have. Santana joins him in front of the rest of the New Directions telling them that she took it upon
Santana's "Lebanese" t-shirt
Brittany calls out Santana in her internet talk-show "Fondue for Two," stating that she plays for "the other team," indicating that she's a lesbian. The next day, "The Muckraker" writes about "a prom queen candidate who spends most of her time in the closet," whom everyone recognizes as Santana. She confronts Brittany, who says that what she meant is that she used to be on the Cheerios and that now she was in Glee Club, to which Santana retorts that she could of put it differently. Meanwhile, Artie begins to have doubts about the nature of Brittany's relationship with Santana and demands the truth from his girlfriend. After Brittany explains why it isn't cheating (since "she is a girl"), Artie tells her that Santana is manipulating her, which Brittany denies, resulting in him to tell her that she's stupid. This hurts Brittany, and she goes crying to Santana for comfort.
Santana auditions for a solo at Nationals, singing Back to Black. Jesse comments that she did not have emotion in her singing and Santana replies by shouting back v erbal threats, she also said she will go all Lima Heights on him. She argues with Mercedes, Kurt, and Rachel about who will win the solo. She sings backup at Jean's memorial. When the results of the auditions are revealed, Santana does not win the solo, nor does anyone else – instead, Will decides to repeat their winning formula from Regionals and have the group sing original songs. She comments that she sings with a raspy voice because of her cigar smoking.
Santana travels to New York to Join New Directions for Nationals. Santana and the others sing I Love New York/New York, New York while traveling around New York Central Park and Towns Square where, in the song, she attempts to get the attention of a guard. Santana and Brittany stop Quinns plan to tell Mr. Schue about Kurt and Rachel sneaking out, and calm her down while offering her to get her a haircut. At Nationals, Santana and the rest of New Directions perform Light Up the World. New Directions don't make it to the second round because of Rachel and Finn kissing after performing Pretending.
Out of anger, Santana yells at Rachel in Spanish, while trying to physically attack her, but was held back by Quinn, Mike, and Sam. Back at their final days of school, Santana and Brittany talks about the future of New Directions. Before ending their conversation Brittany tells Santana that she loves her more than anyone in the world and Santana tells Brittany that she is her best friend. Upon finishing their conversation, Santana and Brittany pinky-link once again and go to the last Glee Club meeting of their junior year while hoping for next year to be the best.The Purple Piano Project In this episode, Santana rejoins the Cheerios and, much to her dismay, Sue appoints both her and Becky Jackson as co-captains. She is recruited by Sue in her quest to once again bring down New Directions; however, it is indicated that Santana only went along with this because she is afraid that Sue will tell people that she is a lesbian. She is later kicked out of New Directions by Mr. Schuester, who blames her for setting a purple piano on fire during Blaine's performance of It's Not Unusual (the Cheerios poured lighter fluid on it and it caught on fire when Quinn flicked her cigarette onto it; according to Santana it was an act of political protest) and criticizes her loyalties to the club, telling her to come back when she can be as loyal as the rest of the club. She responds by cooly walking out, saying that maybe she should "take a break." I Am Unicorn She is seen helping to hang up Kurt's campaign posters, which were designed by Brittany. When he complains about them, she says that originally, the unicorn was riding him. Kurt walks away and Brittany is sad, thinking she failed her 'unicorn' (a.k.a Kurt). Santana says that the campaign was brilliant and that if Kurt can't see that, then he doesn't deserve to have her as his campaign manager. She then says that there is no one like her, that she's a genius and that she is the unicorn. Santana walks away leaving both of them smiling. It is apparent that they both still have feelings for each other. Asian F She is back in New Directions after swearing her (private) allegiance. At booty camp she and Mercedes butt heads and she appears in Mercedes' Dreamgirls fantasy and has a solo in It's All Over. In It's All Over she calls Mercedes out for being a slacker and defends Brittany when Mercedes disses her. Later in the episode Santana, with Brittany, confront Kurt and Rachel in the hallway about Kurt running against Brittany. She watches on with Kurt as Brittany sings and dances to Run the World (Girls) and later joins in with vocals. During Fix You, it is seen that she got the part of Anita in McKinley's production of West Side Story. She is last seen smiling with Brittany about the win. Pot o' Gold She is seen standing at her locker when Mercedes defecting to Shelby's choir with the argument of her lack of solos. Santana however says she will not leave Brittany and will only go if she goes. Later on Santana and Brittany are seen at Breadstix. Confused about whether they are dating or not she brings it up to Brittany, who says she thought they already were dating. Then when Brittany expresses her beliefs in Rory being a leprechaun she says there is something she's wish for. She tells Brittany about wanting to leave New Directions to join Shelby's choir, but will only leave if she follows, Brittany says she'll think about it. Then she reveals another wish would be Brittany holding her hand, so she does. Santana hides it under a napkin. During Last Friday Night, Blaine starts dancing with Brittany and Santana pulls her away. When everybody else joins in she sits there frowning. After the performance she expresses how it's all about Rachel and Blaine.
Santana performing "Candyman" with Mercedes and Brittany.
She and Finn decide to compete in a game of dodgeball, which comes down to being one-on-one with Finn and Santana. The Troubletones win and all (except for Brittany and Mercedes) take cheap shots at Rory, causing his nose to bleed. Later, Santana apologizes for calling Finn names, but it ends up being backhanded.
Santana, Finn, Shelby and Will are in Principal Figgins' office as Figgins is prepared to suspend Santana for slapping Finn. Finn defends her, however, saying that it was just a "stage slap" and therefore Santana is not suspended. Santana is confused on why Finn is forcing her to embrace herself, in which Finn replies that Santana was his first, and she means a lot to him, stating that if something were to ever happened to her and he didn't do everything he could to prevent it, he could never live with himself. Finn, then sings a slow rendition of Girls Just Want to Have Fun. After the
After hearing that Sam has returned to McKinley, Santana walks into the choir room, revealing her book of insults, in which she has written down some insults for Sam. Later, at sectionals, she performs Survivor/I Will Survive along with The Troubletones, earning second place, New Directions earning first. After sectionals, Quinn tells Santana, Brittany and Mercedes that The Troubletones can compete in at least one competition if they come back, Santana and Brittany are holding hands while she is saying this. She later joins in for the New Direction's victory song, We Are Young.
Santana is seen dancing around while Blaine and Rachel sing Extraordinary Merry Christmas. She is also seen dancing around while Brittany sings Christmas Wrapping. Santana has a solo in New Directions performance of Do They Know It's Christmas?.
Santana is seen with the rest of the New Directions girls singing Summer Nights. She is later seen singing The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and remembers the first time she met Brittany. During Without You she and Brittany and seen holding hands and following the song she makes a remark about the assignment "Not being about Rachel Berry." Towards the end of the episode she is seen singing lead with Rachel in We Found Love.
Santana and Blaine during Bad.
Santana is with Brittany and Mercedes discussing how the only reason the New Directions won Sectionals is because Tickles The Clown was high. She is also seen in the performance of Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'. Later, at the Lima Bean, Santana, along with Blaine, Kurt, Rachel, and Artie are all discussing Michael Jackson memories when Sebastian turns up and informs them the Warblers are doing Michael at Regionals. Santana begins to get angry, but is quickly struck down by Sebastian. Later, she performs Bad with the New Direction and Warblers. Afterwards, Santana is walking past a classroom when she spots Kurt and enter that room. He tells her he agrees with Artie that he refuses to take torment from Sebastian. Santana decides to confront the Warblers and find out what Sebastian put in the slushie. This leads to the performance of Smooth Criminal. Sebastian tells her he put rock salt in the slushy, then he slushies her and she had everything recorded with a recorder attached to under her boob. She tells her friends the when she returns to Mckinely and they dismiss her evidence, which she complained about. However, she got over it and in the auditorium, she perform Black or White with the other for the Warblers.
Santana is with Brittany most of the episode. At the beginning you can see her hugging/dancing with Brittany in the choir room while Sugar tells them about her party. Later on, while standing at her locker she is surprised by Brittany, who is eager to give her her Valentine's Day present. At first Santana looks confused because she thinks her girlfriend is about to give her her laptop, but she then explains to her that she made her a playlist with all the songs she hears in her head when she's with her or thinking about her. Santana looks really happy and thanks her, and just when they're about to kiss, Principal Figgins calls them "teen lesbians" and makes them go to his office to tell them that they can't express PDA because someone complained for religious reasons. Santana leaves the room furious and is later seen again in the choir room with the rest on the ND members before listening to Artie sing Let Me Love You. She seemed to enjoy the song.
She appears along with Kurt, Blaine and Brittany when they confront Sebastian at the Lima Bean about his foul play. She also appears in the auditorium, the glee club are asked by Will about things that they look forward to in the future. Santana says she is looking forward to the day when her grandmother loves her again. Later, she has solos in the performances of Fly/I Believe I Can Fly which she raps for the first time and What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) at Regionals, she performs with Sugar, Mercedes, Brittany and the rest of the members of the former Glee Club, The Troubletones. This is their first number singing with the members of the Troubletones, but as the New Directions since Will and Rachel promised that the Troubletones could have one performance at every upcoming competition. In their performance, Santana opens with a solo and is given much applause from Sebastian and the Warblers, she then continues to sing with Mercedes and then dances with her girls, The Troubletones. She is last seen with Rachel and the rest of the bridesmaids as they wait for Quinn's arrival to the wedding, Santana tells Rachel to face the fact that Quinn isn't coming.
Santana is the first one to get up and hug Quinn when she gets back. Santana walks hand in hand with Brittany into the library for the senior ditch day meeting. She also takes notes thoroughly with Cooper's acting advice to which she seems to be intrigued with. At senior ditch day, she is seen holding hands and being close with Brittany throughout the whole journey.
Brittana talk in the Library.
Santana performs If I Can't Have You to Brittany. Will is pleased with the performance and thinks he is able to see where she is going, more than a love song to Brittany. He continues saying how she is wanting to support marriage equality and wants to go to law school. She turns that down, though she supports marriage equality and she will always love Britt, it was about how she also can't live without Fame. In the library, Brittany talks with Santana about how she is now trying to get her on to a reality show. Suggesting different TV shows, with different ways to do it. Santana and Brittany dance each other while Finn sings More Than a Woman Santana and Kurt sings backup. Santana and Brittany sit in Sue's office. Sue tells Santana how disappointed she is in her, not for the sex tape, revealing she her self made one with Oliver North, but because she doesn't care what it will take to be famous. She tells her that she agrees, and wants to go to college. Sue hands her an acceptance letter from the University of Louisville, and has a full scholarship in Cheerleading. She thanks the two of them, Sue revealing it was Brittany's idea. They tell each other that they love another and hug.
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Santana joins Mercedes, Rachel, and Kurt to open the episode with How Will I Know. Mr. Schuester says that their focus on Whitney is more about them dealing with their impending graduation, but Santana says it's only because Whitney was incredible and they love her. She accuses Mr. Schue of misplacing his own baggage on them. Santana looks on excitedly as Brittany begins singing I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me). After pulling several other members up to dance, Brittany pulls Santana up as she begins to sing more of the song. Brittany and Santana perform in a sequence with the Cheerios dancing. Later, Santana and Rachel sing a fun rendition of So Emotional.
Santana at prom
At Prom, Santana entertains the prom crowd by singing Selena Gomez's Love You Like a Love Song, with Brittany and Tina as backup. During What Makes You Beautiful performance Santana pulled Brittany by her hand to come dance with her. You can see her and Brittany dancing together and enjoying themselves during the performance. Later, Santana while she was walking towards the Spanish class room, with a box containing the prom court votes, she saw Quinn and Rachel talking. She called out and said "Fabray stop making out with Berry." In the Spanish room, as Santana and Quinn tally the prom court votes, Santana is surprised at how few votes Brittany scored for king, and Santana admits that she doesn't want to be queen if Brittany isn't king. Both Quinn and Santana didn't want to be prom queen anymore so they decided to make Rachel win. This was after they discussed that they've had dream runs in high school: Being popular, doing what they want and who they want, which Santana chuckled at. They now have a chance to make a difference for someone else and so they agreed to make Rachel win prom queen.
Santana as Artie
Santana is seen sitting beside Brittany while Tina was ranting about being neglected. After Tina hits her head, Santana is switched with Artie in her dream. After Tina's dream, Santana, Brittany, and Mercedes invade the teachers' lounge to confront Coach Beiste as she eats lunch. They've noticed that she still wears her wedding ring and have seen her around town with her husband, Cooter, after he struck her and she claimed to have left him. During Flashdance... What A Feeling, Santana gestures at Rachel and Tina to come on to the bus, through the bus window.
Santana is in the hotel room with Sue, Will and the rest of the girls excluding Rachel. She is taking care of a sick Mercedes. When the New Directions were fighting and saying that they're not going to win because Mercedes can't perform with them, Santana got angry and went off on them. She says if they don't give their all, she would go all Lima Heights on them, pointing at all of them, especially Artie. At Nationals before her performance, Santana had a small conversation with Quinn and Brittany about them starting together and ending together.She performed Edge of Glory with The Troubletones
Santana is in the choir room, seated next to Brittany and Quinn. She holds hand with Quinn and glances at Brittany several times during Will's Forever Young performance. While walking through the hallway, she bumps into a balloon and that's when she sees Mercedes and Sam celebrating. They told her that Mercedes got a recording contract as a backup singer in L.A. and she is going to move there. Santana seemed genuinely happy for her and congratulates Mercedes. Sam asks her if she heard about Mike, so she goes to him and Tina. They told her about Mike going to a Dance school in Chicago so she smiled and congratulated Mike, but then began to doubt herself, wondering to herself why she hasn't been offered a recording contract like Mercedes since she thinks she is just as talented as the other glee club members with bright futures. At Breadstix, she, Brittany, and her mom have dinner together. During the dinner, her mom jokes about her dressing up as Uncle Jesse from Full House, at Halloween when she was 8 years old and then the topic change to the future. She tells her mother she is not interest in College and only wants to be famous. Her mother was not pleased with the news and insisted that she must go to the University of Louisville, which she got a full scholarship to. At the same Brittany shocked both of them with the news that she wasn't graduating and Santana decides to stay in Lima for Brittany. Back in the choir room, She and rest of the seniors performed You Get What You Give to the underclassmen and Brittany. She went over to Brittany and hugged her. Later, Santana is seen doing weird dance moves while Kurt, Mercedes, and Mike watched and laughed, when Quinn was walking through the hallway. They all smiled and waved at Quinn.
At graduation, she came out to collect her diploma in Santana style, by shaking her boobs and smiling. She hugged Brittany and then went to collected her diploma from Emma with a bright smile on her face. After graduation, while she was cleaning out her locker, her mother approached her and gave her a present, a check, tells her she support whatever she wants to do and then they hug. During Rachel's departures for New York, at the train station, Santana waves goodbye to her.The New Rachel Santana does not appear in this episode, but Brittany mentions Santana while she is at the Lima Bean talking to Blaine. Brittany says that Santana is very busy with cheerleading, and that it's hard to make out on Skype or scissor over a webcam. Britney 2.0
Santana and Quinn visit Rachel
In this episode, Santana pays a surprise visit to Rachel in New York with Quinn, basically standing outside Rachel's apartment door with Quinn by her side. After the surprise reunion, she and the other two girls are seated down, Rachel asking why they're here. Santana explains to talk to her about her topless scene in the student film and shopping. Though Quinn added that they are also there for Santana to apologise to her for hitting her very hard in the face, which Santana replied to by saying "In theory. Let's wait to see if that happens." She and Quinn spent the rest of their time trying to persuade Rachel from doing the topless scene. She explain to Rachel that those stuff will follow you around like her sex tape with Brittany did, making Rachel realize that she will regret going topless later in life. Santana later says that she and Quinn cares about Rachel and are actually putting her in mind first. After Rachel decides not to do the topless scene, the three sing, Love Song, in one of the NYADA auditorium. They group hug afterwards and Rachel asks them to stay longer as she wants to buy them dinner. While they are leaving, Santana says she likes New York and may decide on staying. Later, she is seen when Blaine shows a video to Sam of all the McKinley people pointing out the good things of Sam. Santana says he helped her to be inspired to write an original song, and starts to sing a line of Trouty Mouth.
At the beginning of the episode, Santana is bitter because she is snow bound with a bunch of 'musical theater queens.' She asks Adam where he's from and he says he's from Essex in England. Santana says that she's never heard of Essex. Rachel then comes out of the bathroom and tells Santana that she's going to have to move out because the apartment is hers and Kurt's sanctuary, and she makes her feel uncomfortable. However, Kurt calms them both down and suggests they sit down and watch a movie together. Santana says that she's been through their DVD collection. All the DVDs are baby themed and Rachel says she doesn't want to watch any of them, so Kurt suggests that they watch Moulin Rouge, which Santana doesn't want to do.
Santana entered into the apartment in New York with and old furniture she has found and she says "With a little TLC and three clicks from Kurt's ruby slippers, this bad boy would be salvageable." Rachel interrupts her and then asks her to take a seat and talk to her. Rachel and Kurt explain to her that Bieng a Go-Go girl is beneath her. Santana says that she is just trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. Afterwards, Santana along with Rachel helps Kurt and Isabelle with the New York City Ballet Gala.
Love, Love, Love Santana is first seen in her uniform on a bus with Rachel on her way to Spotlight Diner where they both work. Her boss calls her out on being late, but she doesn't seem to care as she introduces him to Rachel. After hearing Rachel mope about her failed Funny Girl audition, she tells her that in order to be on Broadway, she needs to pay her dues. Once Rachel agrees, Santana hands her a stack of dirty dishes and calls them both 'working actresses'. She then leaves Rachel standing in the middle of the diner by herself.
In Season Six, Naya Rivera was demoted to recurring cast, by her request. Homecoming Santana first appears alongside Brittany and Mercedes with the rest of the alumni soon entering the auditorium. Later in the Choir Room she takes part in the recruitment performance of Take On Me. Later she performs Problem with Artie, Brittany, Quinn, and the cheerios as another recruitment attempt. After the performance when Kitty confronts Artie she tries to sway her back to the glee club by telling her she can be a star but she declines, when Kitty tells them that they're pathetically stuffed into their cheerios uniform again Santana appears to take offense but is interrupted by Madison and Mason who ask to try out together to which she tells them yes. In the choir room they again hear Roderick singing and Santana follows the rest of the group to find him in the library. Later at Roderick's audition of Mustang Sally in the auditorium she along with Brittany and Quinn join him on stage and sing backing vocals for him, after the performance she applauds and cheers for him with the rest of the alumni. When in the choir room introducing Jane and Roderick, Tina announces that two members isn't enough to which Santana enters the room telling her to shut up, along with her she brings Madison and Mason. After hearing the twins' speech about wanting to join she objects and says she thinks she's made a mistake. Finally when Home starts she joyfully joins in singing and dancing with Brittany and the others and cheering during Madison and Mason's audition. Jagged Little Tapestry In the choir room Santana makes a joke about Rachel's hair extentions when the assignment is revealed, she then looks uncomfortable as Rachel and Kurt being acting passive aggressive towards each other. After the two stop arguing she informs them that she and Brittany will perform first whilst Rachel and Kurt sort their issues out. Later she and Brittany are seen cuddling in Brittany's bedroom while talking about the song they're going to perform. Santana proposes the idea of Hand in My Pocket/I Feel the Earth Move whilst Brittany suggests You Oughta Know. Santana explains that a song from each album is required and a mash up is the best way to inspire the new glee club, they share a kiss and Santana shares the idea of the two moving to New York together and going back to college. They say "I love you" and lie on the bed together. Brittany tells Santana that she will love her "until infinity", to which Santana replies with the same words. The next day in the choir room the two perform their mash up. After the performance she asks Brittany to take a seat, Santana gushes about her feelings to Brittany and telling her that "she's her favourite person". She then gets down on one knee and proposes, to which Brittany says yes. Kurt objects but Santana ignores him and instead thanks Tina for her support. The scene ends with Santana staring at Kurt whilst the rest of the group rally around the happy couple. Later in the hallway she walks up to Kurt and Rachel and barrages Kurt with insults because of his reaction, she then walks away, proud of her victory. She then watches the performance of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow/Head Over Feet Love M sung by Jane and Mason in the auditorium. During So Far Away Becky runs out so Santana, Brittany, Quinn, and Tina give chase and follow her into a classroom. Santana tells them that a lie she told at a beginning of her relationships was that "she was straight", she then offers some helpful relationship advice to Becky, which she then follows up with another set of insults because Sue told her to treat Becky like a normal person. At the end of the week she participates in You Learn/You've Got a Friend with the rest of the New Directions and Alumni. The Hurt Locker, Part Two Santana is briefly mentioned, when Rachel talks to Kitty about how Santana was the top-bitch in the choir room, and she wants her to join. What the World Needs Now Whilst Brittany is talking to her parents about the engagement Santana is called "Yeasty" by Brittany's mother and her step-father asks who she is. She first appears in a performance of Baby It's You alongside Brittany, Mercedes, and Rachel, singing back up for Mercedes. She again is mentioned by Brittany when she refers to being with Santana "is like heaven". Later in Brittany's bedroom she and Brittany are talking about their wedding guests, Santana explains that she and her Abuela were very close and that they would always "play wedding", Santana then further explains that she's always wanted her in the front row crying but she can't. She then states that having her Abuela at her wedding means not marrying Brittany and that she chooses Brittany, Brittany says she chooses Santana and the two kiss. Santana is next seen the McKinley hallways as she watches Brittany sign autographs for people, she walks up to her confused and asks what she's doing, she then questions Brittany on being friends with her Abuela, acting hurt and angry but she soon changes her attitude once Brittany explains her motives. Before leaving Santana asks for Brittany's autograph and she tells her she loves her and kisses her again. Further on in the week Brittany brings Alma to the auditorium to watch Santana perform Alfie with the returning Alumni and New Directions, during the performance Santana smiles at Brittany as she joins her on stage. After the performance Brittany, Santana, and Alma meet on stage and Brittany explains that Santana is her fiancée. Santana tells her Abuela that when she was younger she told Santana to be bigger than the world and that she has done that. Alma tells Santana that she loves her but doesn't love her 'sin', to which Santana reacts upset to. Santana watches as Brittany tells Alma what she thinks of her, supporting her fiancée every step of the way and tells Alma to "take a look" at what real love looks like. Santana further explains that she'd rather have Brittany in her family than Alma and the latter walks away. Towards the end of the week Brittany and Santana meet in the hallway heading towards the auditorium, Santana tells Brittany that she isn't mad at Alma but that she just feels sad for her, she further tells Brittany how proud she is of her and that she wanted to believe her Abuela could change but she's happy with the amount of love in her life already. In the auditorium the New Directions are there to escort Brittany and Santana to their seats, the Alumni then appear on stage and tell Santana and Brittany how much they love them, they then begin performing What the World Needs Now, during the performance Mercedes brings them on stage and the scene cuts to Mr. Schuester's apartment, she enjoys the party going on and is shown cooing over Daniel with Mr. Schuester, the scene then cuts back to the auditorium as the song ends and Santana and Brittany are stood in the middle as the Alumni, New Directions, and Will embrace them. Transitioning Santana is seen in some pictures that Rachel has on the wall of her bedroom. A Wedding Brittany’s mother (Whitney) opens up a door of a barn, in Indiana. Artie, Santana, Brittany and Maribel (Santana’s mother) walk in, where Artie questions why they are there. Santana replies that since gay marriage is not fully legalised in Ohio, to which Artie states that he meant why they’re in a barn, Maribel nodding. Whitney declares that she wants Brittany and Santana to get married in the barn that Brittany was born in, where everyone looks surprised. Whitney retells how they were shopping for electric fires, before she had a horrible ingestion from having apple butter, telling Pierce (Brittany’s father) to pull the car over, and ran into the barn. She continues, demonstrating how Brittany was born, by squatting down. She states how lucky there was a cow at the time, to lick her clean, and took her back to the car, to which her father was surprised. Maribel comments on how insane that story was. Santana interrupts, saying that she’s happy that their moms and friends, holding Brittany’s hands, stating its the perfect place for them to get married, where Whitney smiles, pleased. Mariel tells them that she can work with it. Whitney replies that she must, to which Maribel looks annoyed by the response. Artie states, that as their wedding planner, he’ll make the wedding work, saying the barn has potential. In a wedding shop, Santana talks to Rachel, Tina and Mercedes about how she and Brittany will try out wedding dresses, for the wedding, Brittany stating that there should be no peaking at each other’s dresses. They walk out in different dresses, to which the 3 girls judge their dresses. Brittany walks out, where all of them agree that the dress she is wearing, is the right one. Santana walks from behind, talking to Brittany about how beautiful she looks, to which Brittany and the others react superstitiously about how she’s seeing her in her, dress, all of them ushering Santana to go back in change. The following day, in the choir room, Brittany walks in holding a chicken, to make the bad luck go away. Rachel exclaims that she won’t sacrifice it, Santana making Brittany take the chicken outside. Santana then tells her, that if she wants her to distract her minds, she should help with the seating plan. Brittany states they dewey decimal system, moving Kurt’s chair next to Rachel, because they’re both annoying. Mercedes comments on why Rachel is not next to Sam. Rachel states that Burt and Carole will be there, and that she hasn’t been talking with them recently, and doesn’t want to hurt them.. Mercedes reassure her that they’ll want her to move on, just like they did with their first spouses’ death. Rachel moves Sam’s chair next to hers. Santana see’s that Sue’s on the list, asking why she’s on the list. Brittany states how that she’s been a big part of their lives, putting them on the cheerios. Mercedes states that there’s an 80% chance that she will ruin it. Rachel then follows on, saying that if she’s not invited, there will be a 99% chance that she will ruin it. Santana storms out, saying that if she’s there, than she’ll not be. In Sue’s office, Sue polishes her trophies as Santana walks in, asking why she was called. Sue states that she’s hurt by not being invited to the wedding. Continuing, she says that they should but their differences aside for that day. Santana bluntly says she wants to be surrounded by people she loves, and who love her, stating that Sue can only love herself. Sue says that she nows nothing about her. Santana walks up to her, telling her how selfish and self-centred she is, restating the event when Sue dressed up in a wedding gown for Will and Emma’s wedding, and also married herself. She continues, saying that she is incapable of a selfless act, and if she shows up, she’ll be dragged out by the security guards. Santana walks out, as Sue looks disappointed. At the wedding day, Mercedes, Tina and Rachel are gathered with Brittany (Brittany in her dress, while the other three, in bridesmaids dresses. Brittany paces, saying to find things (lizards and spiders) for her good luck. They walk out. Santana comes from behind, saying that when she pictured her wedding, she taught she’d be the most beautiful bride, but states that Brittany is. Brittany tries to cover her dress, trying to push Santana away, complaining about how she’s trying to sabotage the wedding. Santana comes back in, saying that at first, it was adorable, but now it isn’t. She explains about how the superstition of not seeing the bride before the wedding came to light, stating that it had to do with arranged marriages, where they believed they would bail out, if they saw their faces. She continues that its not them, and tells her she’s sorry that she can’t spend an hour without her, because she would then miss her, to which Brittany smiles. Santana states that rules don’t apply to them, and tells her that its good luck to kiss, before the wedding. They kiss passionately. Brittany then tells her if that means she can take off the blue underwear that she got from Tina, to which they both look disgusted. As they talk, Sue walks in, to which Santana asks why she’s there. Santana then says that Brittany might be right about them having bad luck. Sue tells her that she has a gift, Santana saying that she can’t give a gift that she wants. Sue, unfazed, tells her that she’ll change her tune, and brings out Santana’s abuela, Alma. Sue explains how she stopped by her house the night before, as they both were not attending the wedding, intending for reverse phycology It cuts to a flashback of Sue knocking on Alma’s door, asking her if she wants to help her ruin the day, referring to things that people do to homosexuals. Back in the barn, Alma states that she may not agree with what Santana’s doing, but she was wrong, that family is the most important thing in the world. She states that she doesn’t want to be the person that causes her pain, and doesn’t want to miss the important days. Santana says that she doesn’t believe in things that abuela says either, but has missed her. Alma says she’s missed her too. They hug, Brittany joining in as Santana says thank you to Sue. Sue walks out. In the main part of the barn, Sue walks up to Kurt and Blaine and states there is an emergency, involving Brittany and Santana, using their ship name, Brittana. They follow her to the room where Brittany and Santana were. Blaine opens the door, and they walk in, seeing wedding suits, with their faces stuck to it. Kurt asks what’s going on. Brittany states that when she was planning for the wedding, she couldn’t stop thinking of them, saying she looked up to them in high school, saying that when they broke up, it broke her heart, and know wants her dream back. Kurt realises that she wants them to get married with her. Sue tells Blaine that she wants them to get married. Brittany asks what they think. Kurt tells her that they think she’s crazy, as they just got back together, and that Santana would never let them crash the wedding. Santana comes out, saying that she’s already agreed with them. Blaine tells them that they don’t have rings. Sue states that she already has rings, referring to the ones that she wore, when she married herself. Kurt tells them that its romantic, but they can’t, to which he tries to get Blaine agree with him. Blaine says that he doesn’t know what to make of it. He continues, saying what Burt and Carole were saying earlier, and loves him, saying its crazy, and he doesn’t know, saying “but”. Kurt surprised, asks “but what?”. At the wedding, Artie and Mercedes sing At Last, everyone looking happy, as Sue comes to sit with them. Kurt and Brittany come out first, going through the aisle to the stage. Blaine and Santana come next, to which everyone then realises happily, that there is going to be a double wedding. After the Song, Burt walks up and addresses the audience, saying that he’s been lucky enough to marry the loves of his life, and now is even luckier to officiate the wedding for the both of them. Burt thanks the four of them, saying that they’re brave to stand up and get married, as Maribel and Alma glance at each other, looking happy. He continues, saying that love and marriage is a ride, wanting to do it together. Burt then asks for the vows, Whitney once again commenting on how Pierce is still not back. Kurt, Brittany, Santana and Blaine then do the vows with each other, saying how it seemed they wouldn’t be themselves, but since they met each other, they’ve become better. They all say that they’re a work in progress, and say I Do to each other, putting the rings on each other’s fingers. Burt then says that they are now married, and that God supports them, as everyone claps when they kiss, doves flying out behind them. After Pierce´ speech at the reception, Santana stands up, saying they have a gift for them. She tells them that “OTP” stands for “One True Pairing", stating that she was lucky to find her’s, along with Kurt and Blaine, wanting them to join them on the dance floor, to get the party started. Artie then goes on the dance floor, singing Hey Ya!, with Madison and Jane as back-up, where everyone is dancing. Later the mothers of the 4 newly weds says they have something special for them, introducing the reunion of The Troubletones, to which they all sing I'm So Excited. Afterwards, Blaine, Brittany, Kurt and Santana talk to the audience, thanking them about how real love is waiting for them and sing together Our Day Will Come, to which everyone dance. In the auditorium, Blaine, Kurt, Brittany and Santana are gathered, knowing that Sue brought them there. Sue walks out, on stage, combining their last names together. Blaine states they appreciate what she did for them. Santana asks what they’re doing there. Sue states that she wanted to give them one more gift and realises that they see her as a driven, bi-polar role model, but states they can’t help, but sees them as her kids. She tells them that she’s cancelled their honeymoons, and arranged one for them. Blaine reads out that they have a weekend trip to Provincestown. Santana and Brittany open theirs, reading out that they’re going on a expense paid, month long trip to Paradise Island in the Bahamas. They exclaim and hug Sue. Brittany and Santana say she’s the best and afteer Sue left, the two couples walk together, saying how they can’t believe that what they did. Brittany states how they now have the same anniversary date. The three others look shocked, as Brittany states how they’re in this together, and celebrate their anniversaries together. Kurt suggests they should celebrate it every 5 years. They keep planning, as they walk out of the auditorium. The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester Santana is mentioned by Sue Sylvester when she says that Quinn, Brittany, and Santana Lopez are one of her most successful Cheerios during an interview with Geraldo Rivera. "I wished your interviewed some of my more successful Cheerios. Like Quinn Fabray, currently enrolled at Yale, Brittany S. Pierce, math prodigy M.I.T., Santana Lopez was a broadway understudy and now could have a very promising career as a high class prostitute". Geraldo then tells her that they did reach out to all three of them and they declined to comment, leaving Sue seemingly speechless. We Built This Glee Club Santana is seen via flashback during the delivery of differents championships trophies. 2009 She is seen during Don't Stop Believin' watching the performance with Sue and Quinn. Dreams Come True Santana comes to the auditorium with Brittany at the end of the episode, they perform backing vocals for I Lived with the rest of the Glee Cast.
Personality
Santana, like Quinn, has been primarily shown to be something of a cheerleading stereotype. Quick to pass judgment, and insult and even bully other people. She views her bitchy behavior as honesty and sees nothing wrong with it. She is proud of being the top bitch. Santana seems to find no issue flaunting her spot on the social ladder that is High School l or to be promiscuous to remain on top. At the beginning of series, she acts more like a sidekick to Quinn, following her orders and usually letting her do all the talking. This changes when Quinn is kicked off the Cheerios by Sue due to being pregnant, thus making Santana the head cheerleader.
Santana also demonstrates occasional signs of kindness, usually with the Glee Club after a good performance or in her interactions with Brittany. Deep down Santana is less concieted than she appears to be. She has admitted that she loves being in Glee Club, and that it is the best part of her day. She follows up this confession with instructions that if anyone asks, they are to say that she hates it, showing that she cares a lot about her image. Santana has grown to be a better person through Glee, she actively admits to hating the people in the club before joining, but now views them as her equals, closest friends, and even considers them her family (whom she is highly protective of). Now she is more caring and compassionate toward others, for instance, comforting Rachel, her former enemy when Rachel had her pregnancy scare. Still, she can be seen as an antagonist because of her mean streak which is mainly displayed in the show.
She is extremely emotional at certain times for ridiculous reasons (losing tanning privileges or missing out on the Breadstix passes), and is often comforted by Brittany. Santana gets jealous quite easily, especially when it concerns her sexual partners. She has displayed hostility towards Rachel, Quinn, Mercedes, Lauren, Artie, Rory and Sam when they are seen to be in a relationship with Puck or Brittany. It is very possible that she does this because she is simply lonely, which is why she wants to show off her image and reputation.
Santana is also known to be manipulative and persuasive. For example, when Brittany chose Artie over her she lied to Brittany about cheating so she and Brittany could continue to intimate. Santana tries to get what she wants through scheming, always making plans that would have results in her favor, but most times it backfires. For example, In Born This Way, she made a plan to get more votes for Prom Queen that includes: Using Karofsky's sexually to blackmail him to being her 'Beard' and to stop being a bully so she could get Kurt to enroll be in McKinley. However, Kurt ended up winning the crown.
Santana can be considered the most perceptive character on the show. she is always finding out others secrets just by observing. For instance, when she found out Quinn was cheating on Sam with Finn just by noticing the changes, small changes in Quinn and Finn's behavior. She uses this ability to her advantage. When it comes to friendships and romantic relationships she takes them very seriously. Whenever someone tries to hurt those she cares for she becomes very defensive, examples including confronting Sebastian and the Warblers, alone, when he slushied Blaine resulting in Blaine having eye surgery.
Santana acts confident, but it has been proven on few occasions she's actually insecure, like when she got a boob job over the summer so people would notice her more. She gets incredibly hostile when her weaknesses are exposed, examples including attacking Quinn in the hall for telling Sue about her "summer surgery" and having Santana knocked down to the bottom of the pyramid. It's also been shown that while she has no problem insulting and putting down others, she can "dish it out, but can't take it," and gets upset when the glee club members turn on her, showing she cares a lot about what people think of her.
Sexuality
Santana describes herself as a "closeted lesbian" in Born This Way. She is seen to be something of a nymphet in the first two seasons. She has dated and slept with many guys although she didn't have any deep feeling for them; most of the time she was involved with them only in exchange for popularity/status, and has also had sex with Brittany on what is implied to have been multiple occasions, as shown in the episode Duets: she mentioned to Brittany that making out was a "nice break from all that scissoring." It seems, however, that she is either afraid or embarrassed by her same-sex attractions, when she tells Brittany that she isn't making out with her because she is in love with her, even though Brittany said nothing of the sort. It would make sense in the context, though, because Brittany had proposed a duet by famous out singer Melissa Etheridge.
In addition to her relationship with Brittany, Santana's sexuality is addressed in the fifteenth episode of season Two, Sexy, after Holly Holliday returns to McKinley as a Sex Ed teacher. She says she "doesn't know" when she is asked if she thinks she might be a lesbian, but admits having been attracted to both men and women in the past. Santana, after asking Holly Holliday help to express her feelings through a song (Landslide), finally admits to being in love with Brittany, and though Brittany admits to loving her back, she can't bring herself to break up with Artie - who she also loves - to be with Santana. After the song, and deeply considering her feelings for Brittany, she explicitly compared her situation with Kurt's, tells Brittany "I don't want to be with Sam, or Finn, or any of those other guys; I just want you!," refers to Artie as "just a stupid boy," and makes a disparaging remark about Brittany's evident sexual fluidity, leading some fans and commentators to believe she is a lesbian which was later confirmed at Paley Fest 2011.
S5 Santana
Brad Falchuk was quoted as saying in upcoming episodes regarding Brittana, they want "Santana to come to grips with being a lesbian and how she deals with it." They will "explore Brittana as individuals, but it will definitely come back to Brittana." Falchuk added. "We want to make sure everybody is included. Santana is a lesbian. She might not be ready to come out yet, but she is." In Born This Way during a voiceover Santana admits that she is a closeted lesbian, and later tells Dave Karofsky that they "play on the same team". When Brittany gave her a shirt she made her for the Born This Way number that said "Lebanese"(supposed to say lesbian), Santana tells Brittany that she can't tell anyone about it and doesn't perform in the number. But, she is later seen in the audience wearing the "Lebanese" shirt. The "lesbian" storyline continues into the third season, and leads to Santana being pushed out of the closet by Finn. She fully admits to it and later tells her parents that she is a lesbian.
Relationships
- Main article: Brittany-Santana Relationship (Brittana, Santittany)
Brittany and Santana after performing Landslide to the Glee Club.
In Sexy, Santana admits to Brittany that she loves her and wants to be with her. Brittany says that she loves her too, but has feelings for Artie too. Santana leaves, angry and upset. In Original Song, Brittany approches Santana outside her locker asking if she did anything wrong. Santana still upset from being rejected by her, is hostile and says 'I don't know. Did you? All I know is that you blew me off, to be Stubbles McCripple Pants. Its fines, Its your loss cause now I get the chance to write an awesome heterosexual song about Sam that we're gonna sing at regionals.' In Born This Way, Santana hatches a plan to win Brittany back which involves getting Kurt to come back to McKinely. Brittany also tries to help Santana come to term with her being a lesbian and makes her a mispelt shirt saying 'Lebanese' instead of leasbian for their Glee Club task. Brittany storms off saying that ' I do love you, clearly you don't love you as much as I do or you'd put the shirt on and dance with me.' Santana doesn't join in the dance, but is seen sitting in the auditorium seats wearing her Lebanese shirt. In Rumours, Brittany, on her internet talkshow, says that Santana plays for another team meaning that she now plays for New Direction and not the Cheerios. Mad, Santana approaches Brittany arguing that she could've phrased it differently. After Brittany breaks up with Artie, Santana brings Brittany to the choir room and sings Songbird to her to cheer her up. Brittany wants her to come on Fondue for Two, so she can tell Santana how she feels, and then ask her to prom. Santana agrees. However, Santana doesn't show for the Fondue for Two episode. Afterwards, Jacob grills Santana about her relationship with David Karofsky, while Brittany sadly watches. Santana assures him their relationship is going strong.
In Season Three, they officially start dating in Pot o' Gold over dinner at Breadstix. Santana asks if they can 'talk about the thing that they never talk about'. Asking whether they are dating or not, Brittany says that she thought they were on a date, just like last week when they were sharing a bath together. She also stated that last year she said 'If I'm single and you're single, we'd mingle'. In Mash Off Santana finally makes her relationship with Brittany public after being outed by Finn, and reveals to her family that she is a lesbian. Their relationship continues for the rest of the season.
In Season Four, Santana ends their relationship in The Break-Up, stating that their long distance relationship isn't working and that she'll always love her the most. By that time Santana is attending the University of Louisville and Brittany is repeating her senior year. In Diva, she makes an attempt to win Brittany back after hearing about Brittany dating Sam, but eventually gives up.
In Season Five, They share a kiss in 100, but Santana backs away saying that it isn't a good idea. In New Directions they get back together, planning to take a holiday to Lesbos Island so they can spend time with each other, and then move in together. Finding out that Lesbos Island wasn't full of lesbians, Santana buys them plane tickets to New York and asks Brittany to come with her to NY, to which she agrees.
In Season Six episode Jagged Little Tapestry Santana asks Brittany to marry her and she says yes making them engaged. In A Wedding they got married.
- Main article: Puck-Santana Relationship (Pucktana)
- Main article: Finn-Santana Relationship (Finntana)
Santana and Finn in bed
- Main article: Sam-Santana Relationship (Samtana)
Comeback
- Main article: Santana-Dave Relationship (Santofsky)
- Main article: Quinn-Santana Relationship (Quinntana)
- Main article: Dani-Santana Relationship (Dantana)
Songs
Total - 110
- Duets
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| Express Yourself | The Power of Madonna | Mercedes, Quinn, Rachel and Tina |
| Like a Virgin | Emma, Finn, Jesse, Rachel and Will | |
| Bad Romance | Theatricality | Kurt, Mercedes, Quinn and Tina |
| Don't Stop Believin' | Journey | Artie, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Puck and Rachel |
| To Sir, with Love | Artie, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Rachel and Tina | |
- Solos
- Duets
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season Two | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| Empire State of Mind | Audition | Artie, Finn, Mercedes, Puck and Rachel |
| Toxic | Britney/Brittany | Brittany, Rachel, Tina and Will |
| Time Warp | Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show | Artie, Brittany, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Quinn and Tina |
| Start Me Up/Livin' on a Prayer | Never Been Kissed | Brittany, Mercedes, Rachel and Tina |
| Forget You | The Substitute | Artie, Holly and Mercedes |
| Deck the Rooftop | Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album | Artie, Finn, Mercedes, Rachel and Tina |
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | Mercedes, Quinn, Rachel and Tina | |
| Thriller/Heads Will Roll | The Sue Sylvester Shuffle | Artie, Finn and Rachel |
| Blame It (On the Alcohol) | Blame It on the Alcohol | Artie, Mercedes and Puck |
| Loser Like Me | Original Song | Brittany, Finn, Mercedes and Rachel |
| I Love New York/New York, New York | New York | Artie, Brittany, Finn, Mercedes and Rachel |
| Light up the World | Artie, Brittany, Finn, Rachel and Tina | |
- Back-up singing
| Season Two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Sung by | Back-up with |
| Touch a Touch a Touch a Touch Me | The Rocky Horror Glee Show | Emma | Brittany, Carl, Finn, Kurt and Will |
| (I've Had) The Time of My Life | Special Education | Quinn and Sam | Mercedes |
| Landslide | Sexy | Holly | Brittany |
- Solos
- Duets
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season Three | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| We Got the Beat | The Purple Piano Project | Brittany and Rachel |
| It's All Over | Asian F | Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Mike, Puck and Will |
| Candyman | Pot o' Gold | Brittany, Mercedes and Sugar |
| America | The First Time | Mike, Puck, Rory and Tina |
| Rumour Has It/Someone Like You | Mash Off | Brittany and Mercedes |
| Constant Craving | I Kissed a Girl | Kurt and Shelby |
| Survivor/I Will Survive | Hold on to Sixteen | Brittany, Mercedes, and Sugar |
| We Are Young | Finn, Mercedes, Quinn, Rachel and Sam | |
| Do They Know It's Christmas? | Extraordinary Merry Christmas | Artie, Blaine, Brittany, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Puck, Rachel and Tina |
| Summer Nights | Yes/No | Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Puck, Rory, Sam, Sugar and Tina |
| The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Mercedes, Rachel and Tina | |
| Bad | Michael | Artie, Blaine, and Sebastian |
| Black or White | Artie, Kurt, Mercedes and Rachel | |
| Fly/I Believe I Can Fly | On My Way | Artie, Blaine, Finn, Mercedes and Rachel |
| What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) | Brittany and Mercedes | |
| Stayin' Alive | Saturday Night Glee-ver | Finn and Mercedes |
| How Will I Know | Dance with Somebody | Kurt, Mercedes and Rachel |
| Cell Block Tango | Choke | Brittany, Mercedes, Sugar and Tina |
| Shake It Out | Mercedes and Tina | |
| Edge of Glory | Nationals | Mercedes, Quinn and Tina |
| Paradise by the Dashboard Light | Blaine, Brittany, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Mike, Puck and Rachel | |
| Tongue Tied | Artie, Finn and Rachel | |
| We Are the Champions | Finn, Kurt, Puck, Quinn and Rachel | |
- Back-up singing
| Season Three | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Sung by | Back-up with |
| Run the World (Girls) | Asian F | Brittany | N/A |
| Disco Inferno | Saturday Night Glee-ver | Mercedes | Brittany |
| More Than a Woman | Finn | Kurt | |
- Unreleased songs
- Seasons of Love by Rent. With New Directions(unknown episode)
- Solos
- Duets
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season Four | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| The Scientist | The Break-Up | Blaine, Brittany, Emma, Finn, Kurt, Rachel, and Will |
| There Are Worse Things I Could Do | Glease | Cassandra and Unique |
| You're the One That I Want | Blaine, Brittany, Finn, Kurt, Marley, Rachel and Ryder | |
| Homeward Bound/Home | Thanksgiving | Finn, Mercedes, Mike, Puck and Quinn |
| Love Song | Naked | Quinn and Rachel |
| We've Got Tonite | I Do | Artie, Betty, Blaine, Finn, Jake, Kurt, Marley, Quinn and Rachel |
| Mamma Mia | Guilty Pleasures | Blaine, Kitty, Kurt, Marley, Rachel, Sam and Unique |
| At the Ballet | Lights Out | Isabelle, Kurt and Rachel |
- Back-up singing
| Season Four | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Sung by | Back-up with |
| Come See About Me | Thanksgiving | Quinn | Brittany |
- Unreleased songs
- Trouty Mouth by Glee. (Naked)
- Solos
- Duets
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season Five | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| Let It Be | Tina in the Sky with Diamonds | Artie, Kitty, Kurt, Rachel and Tina |
| Seasons of Love | The Quarterback | Kurt, Mercedes, Mike, Puck and Tina |
| Roar | A Katy or A Gaga | Dani, Elliott, Kitty, Rachel, Sam, Tina and Unique |
| Just the Way You Are | Movin' Out | Blaine, Kurt, Rachel and Sam |
| The Fox | Puppet Master | Artie, Blaine, Elliott, Jake, Kitty, Rachel, and Tina |
| Here Comes Santa Claus | Previously Unaired Christmas | Kurt and Rachel |
| The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) | Cody, Kurt and Rachel | |
| Away in a Manger | Kitty, Kurt, and Rachel | |
| Gloria | Trio | Elliott and Rachel |
| Hold On | Artie, Blaine, Dani, Elliott, Kurt, Rachel, Sam and Tina | |
| Toxic | 100 | Brittany and Quinn |
| Take Me Home Tonight | Old Dog, New Tricks | Artie, Blaine, Kurt, Maggie, Mercedes, Rachel and Sam |
- Back-up singing
| Season Five | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Sung by | Back-up with |
| Lovefool | Opening Night | Rachel | Tina |
| Pumpin Blood | Rachel | Blaine, Kurt and Mercedes | |
- Solos
- Duets
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season Six | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| Take On Me | Homecoming | Artie, Brittany, Kurt, Mercedes, Puck, Quinn, Rachel, Sam and Tina |
| Problem | Artie, Brittany, and Quinn | |
| Home | Artie, Brittany, Jane, Kurt, Madison, Mason, Puck, Quinn, Rachel, Roderick, Spencer and Tina | |
| You Learn/You've Got a Friend | Jagged Little Tapestry | Brittany, Kurt, Quinn, Rachel and Tina |
| I'm So Excited | A Wedding | Maribel, Whitney Pierce, Brittany and Mercedes |
| Our Day Will Come | Blaine, Brittany and Kurt | |
Appearances
| Glee: Season 1 | |||||||||||
| "Pilot" Appears |
"Showmance" Appears |
"Acafellas" Appears |
"Preggers" Appears |
"The Rhodes Not Taken" Appears |
"Vitamin D" Appears |
"Throwdown" Appears |
"Mash-Up" Appears |
"Wheels" Appears |
"Ballad" Appears |
"Hairography" Appears | |
| "Mattress" Appears |
"Sectionals" Appears |
"Hell-O" Appears |
"The Power of Madonna" Appears |
"Home" Appears |
"Bad Reputation" Appears |
"Laryngitis" Appears |
"Dream On" Appears |
"Theatricality" Appears |
"Funk" Appears |
"Journey" Appears | |
| Glee: Season 2 | |||||||||||
| "Audition" Appears |
"Britney/Brittany" Appears |
"Grilled Cheesus" Appears |
"Duets" Appears |
"The Rocky Horror Glee Show" Appears |
"Never Been Kissed" Appears |
"The Substitute" Appears |
"Furt" Appears |
"Special Education" Appears |
"A Very Glee Christmas" Appears |
"The Sue Sylvester Shuffle" Appears | |
| "Silly Love Songs" Appears |
"Comeback" Appears |
"Blame It on the Alcohol" Appears |
"Sexy" Appears |
"Original Song" Appears |
"A Night of Neglect" Appears |
"Born This Way" Appears |
"Rumours" Appears |
"Prom Queen" Appears |
"Funeral" Appears |
"New York" Appears | |
| Glee: Season 3 | |||||||||||
| "The Purple Piano Project" Appears |
"I Am Unicorn" Appears |
"Asian F" Appears |
"Pot o' Gold" Appears |
"The First Time" Appears |
"Mash Off" Appears |
"I Kissed a Girl" Appears |
"Hold on to Sixteen" Appears |
"Extraordinary Merry Christmas" Appears |
"Yes/No" Appears |
"Michael" Appears | |
| "The Spanish Teacher" Appears |
"Heart" Appears |
"On My Way" Appears |
"Big Brother" Appears |
"Saturday Night Glee-ver" Appears |
"Dance With Somebody" Appears |
"Choke" Appears |
"Prom-asaurus" Appears |
"Props" Appears |
"Nationals" Appears |
"Goodbye" Appears | |
| Glee: Season 4 | |||||||||||
| "The New Rachel" Credit Only |
"Britney 2.0" Appears |
"Makeover" Credit Only |
"The Break-Up" Appears |
"The Role You Were Born to Play" Credit Only |
"Glease" Appears |
"Dynamic Duets" Credit Only |
"Thanksgiving" Appears |
"Swan Song" Appears |
"Glee, Actually" Credit Only |
"Sadie Hawkins" Credit Only | |
| "Naked" Appears |
"Diva" Appears |
"I Do" Appears |
"Girls (and Boys) on Film" Appears |
"Feud" Appears |
"Guilty Pleasures" Appears |
"Shooting Star" Credit Only |
"Sweet Dreams" Credit Only |
"Lights Out" Appears |
"Wonder-ful" Credit Only |
"All or Nothing" Appears | |
| Glee: Season 5 | |||||||||||
| "Love, Love, Love" Appears |
"Tina in the Sky with Diamonds" Appears |
"The Quarterback" Appears |
"A Katy or A Gaga" Appears |
"The End of Twerk" Credit Only |
"Movin' Out" Appears |
"Puppet Master" Appears |
"Previously Unaired Christmas" Appears |
"Frenemies" Appears |
"Trio" Appears | ||
| "City of Angels" Appears |
"100" Appears |
"New Directions" Appears |
"New New York" Credit Only |
"Bash" Credit Only |
"Tested" Credit Only |
"Opening Night" Appears |
"The Back-Up Plan" Appears |
"Old Dog, New Tricks" Appears |
"The Untitled Rachel Berry Project" Credit Only | ||
| Glee: Season 6 | |||||||||||
| "Loser Like Me" Absent |
"Homecoming" Appears |
"Jagged Little Tapestry" Appears |
"The Hurt Locker, Part One" Absent |
"The Hurt Locker, Part Two" Absent |
"What the World Needs Now" Appears | ||||||
| "Transitioning" Absent |
"A Wedding" Appears |
"Child Star" Absent |
"The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester" Absent |
"We Built This Glee Club" Absent |
"2009" Archive |
"Dreams Come True" Appears | |||||
Trivia
- Santana is the first openly lesbian character on the show.
- Santana is the only latin main character on the show.
- Her middle name is "Diabla" as refered by Ryan on a tweet. Source
- She, along with Blaine, Kurt, Rachel, Finn, Will, Sue, Mike, Quinn, Becky and Brittany, are the only characters to have their middle name revealed.
- In I Kissed a Girl, Santana mentions she has an alter-ego named "Snixx." This is a reference to one of Naya Rivera's nicknames.
- She, Rachel and Tina, are the only characters to ever have a solo in a competition.
- Her favorite song is You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette.
- She is left handed.
- She, Blaine and Marley are the only characters to sing more songs than Rachel in a season, singing two more than her in Season Three.
- In every setlist that Will picks out she was included while she was present in New Directions.
- She doesn't like the color pink.
- Though she was named Rachel's publicist in Old Dog, New Tricks, it is seen that before Loser Like Me, she either resigned or couldn't keep the job as she went on tour with Mercedes and Brittany.
- Starting from Season Two she has had at least one solo per season.
- She's sung at least one duet every season.
- She, along with Mercedes, Rachel, Finn, Kurt, Artie and Blaine are the only characters who sang more than 100 songs.
- She and Blaine are the only students who aren't one of the original six to achieve this.
- She has cried on screen more times than any other character, her total being sixteen times.
- She has been slapped the most on the show.
- While only being credited for 99 episodes, Santana has appeared in 100 episodes if one were to count her Pilot footage in 2009.
- She, along with Artie, Carole, Emma, Figgins, Kurt, Mercedes, Puck, Quinn, Rachel, Sue, Terri, Tina and Will are the only characters to appear in the first and last episode.
- She is the third student to be featured in every song of a New Directions setlist (2010 Sectionals) after Rachel Berry (2009 Sectionals, 2010 Regionals, 2011 Regionals and 2011 Nationals), Finn Hudson (2010 Regionals and 2011 Nationals) and followed by Kitty Wilde (2015 Sectionals).
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