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Tina Cohen-Chang is a major character on Glee. Tina was a series regular up until Season Six, where she became a recurring character. She is an alumna of William McKinley High School, where she actively participated in the school's Glee Club and was one of the New Directions' original members. She currently attends Brown University, and is best friends with Blaine Anderson, Sam Evans, and Artie Abrams. At the beginning of Season One, she pretended to have a stutter, which she claims to have started when she was younger, to push people away due to her shyness. Now, she appears to get along with most of the other members in the Glee Club. Since Season Two onwards, her character seems to become more confident and outgoing. In Season Four, she develops a feisty, sassy personality, that continued in Season Five and Six. She is also the winner of 'Diva Week' in Diva. She won Prom Queen in Tina in the Sky with Diamonds.
Tina dated fellow glee club member, Artie Abrams, but she started seeing Mike Chang before breaking up with Artie (whom she later dumped in the lunch line at school), as they had fallen in love at Asian Camp during the summer. The relationship between Tina and Mike has been the longest-lasting relationship of any to appear on the show to date, lasting two entire seasons, without any break-ups. However, by the start of Season Four, Tina has broken up with Mike, choosing not to commit to a long-distance relationship. She also said that she is still in love with Mike and they remain close friends after the school's production of Grease after they agreed to talk. She develops a crush on Blaine Anderson later on in the season, which then develops into a close friendship.
She graduated in the 2013 McKinley High School Class in New Directions, along with Blaine, Sam, Brittany, Artie, Becky and the rest of the seniors. She was accepted to Brown University.
She returns in the last season of the series to help Rachel and Kurt recruit new members for the rebooted glee club. Later, she helps Becky (alongside Quinn) in her relationship with her boyfriend (Darrell), and then she returns for Brittany's, Santana's, Kurt's and Blaine's double wedding, while, at the same time, she proposes to Mike, who declines her offer, much to her dismay. In Dreams Come True, it is revealed that in 2020, she stars in Artie's film, which got into a film festival, also she and Artie are getting back together.
She is portrayed by actress, singer, and author Jenna Ushkowitz.
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Mercedes and Tina telling Will that April can stay.
April Rhodes,trying to win the trust of the club, teaches Tina and Mercedes how to shoplift, and the rest of the Glee club through a handful of methods. After April has Tina and Mercedes' trust, they tell Mr. Schue that she can stay. Tina worries that Quinn doesn't like them (referring to her sickness), but Puck instead reveals she is pregnant. Tina sings Last Name and Somebody to Love with the club.
Mr. Schuester proposes a mash-up competition, pitting the girls against the boys, and promises that the winning group will get to choose the opening number for the upcoming Sectionals competition. It is also shown that Mercedes is giving Tina a manicure and they are both laughing at a joke that Brittany told them. When time comes for the boys to perform their mash-up performance, the girls were all shocked at the amazing performance and will be a tough performance to beat. Terri gives Tina and the other New Directions girls a pseudoephedrine, enabling them to perform a hyper version of Halo/Walking on Sunshine, like what the boys did. In the end, Mr. Schuester finds out that Terri gave them all pills and is furious with both of the teams. As a result, there is no winner since both teams cheated.
Tina is chosen by Sue to be part of her "elite" Glee Club, the Sue's Kids, along with the other 'minority' students in the New Directions: Santana, Artie, Kurt, Mike, Mercedes and Matt. Sue refers to Tina as "Asian," but is somewhat confused with Mike because they're both Asian; however, Sue then calls over "Other Asian," ending any confusion. Tina is also present in the performance Hate on Me in which she belts in and she dances with the Glee Club members. Sue and Will have an argument and when the whole club heard Sue's insults about them, Tina leaves behind Mercedes. Finally, they all return to be a single group and perform Keep Holding On for Quinn.
At the beginning of the episode Tina along with Kurt, Mercedes, and Rachel are afraid to be slushied by Karofsky, but Finn is the one who ends up being slushied. Tina, Mercedes, and Artie wore raincoats to protect them from being slushied. Tina is one of the girls who defended Kurt from Finn along with Mercedes, Rachel, and Artie. She opens the door of the girl's bathroom when Kurt slushied himself. Tina later watches, happily, as Puck sings Sweet Caroline, and is later disappointed when Finn briefly quits the club.
Tina and the rest of the Glee club are given an assignment by Mr. Schue to ride in a wheelchair for at least 2 hours a day, to be in Artie's shoes after the seemed insensitive to his condition. Tina later takes an interest in Artie and his disability, and admits to Artie after rehearsal: "I really admire you, Artie. How did it happen?" Artie then confesses to Tina that he was caught up in a car accident
The students draw names out of a hat to pick partners for their ballad assignment. Tina is paired with Mike Chang. However, instead of singing their ballads, they end up singing Lean on Me with the rest of the club to Finn and Quinn. In this episode, Tina reveals that she has rosacea, which is currently "acting up" in this episode during all the "baby drama," as Tina puts it.
Tina singing True Colors.
Tina and the rest of the club watch the Jane Addams Academy girls perform. She receives lessons in "hairography" from Brittany, and then performs Hair/Crazy in Love with New Directions, and is partnered up with Mike Chang. Finally, she gets her first complete solo when she performs True Colors, with the rest of the club on back up vocals.
At the beginning of the episode Kurt is showing the whole club the Thunderclap (McKinley High's yearbook) and telling them that they better not to be in it due to all previous years' photos being defaced by the whole school, and it will also save them from hours of countless ridicule. Tina along with the rest of the club, (except for Rachel) is scared of the yearbook photo because photos of unpopular kids/groups always end up being defaced. In the end, she poses for the yearbook photos with the Glee Club, but is defaced by Karofsky. She, along with the whole club, also help with the mattress land advert, providing backup vocals and dancing with Brittany, Mike, Artie, Finn and Mercedes.
Tina and the club discover that that father of Quinn's baby father is really Puck. At Sectionals, she, along with the rest of the club, find out that the other teams have stolen their set-list. She can be seen in the background crying and Artie comforting her. Along with the rest of New Directions, she creates a new set list and performs You Can't Always Get What You Want (in which she gets a reasonably small solo) and wins the competition. Finally, the club dedicates My Life Would Suck Without You to Mr. Schue.
After winning Sectionals, Tina and the club set their sights on Regionals. When Rachel sings Gives You Hell, Tina sings with the club providing background vocals for Rachel. She later threatens Rachel alongside Kurt, Artie, and Mercedes for the risk she is taking dating Jesse St. James. Tina later sings in Hello, Goodbye.
Tina and Artie mend their relationship.
Tina and the other Glee girls discuss their boy problems, and she tells them about her troubles with Artie, in which Artie states he forgives Tina for faking her stutter, but wants her to wear tighter/seductive clothes if she wants him to be her boyfriend, which angers her. Later in a Glee rehearsal, when Will talks about the Glee Club boys not treating the girls nicely, she looks pointedly at Artie. She and other glee girls perform Express Yourself, and she attends the rehearsal in which Jesse joins the club. Artie's misogynistic attitude leads her to confront him angrily, but Artie later apologizes and the two mend their relationship after Artie admits he'd propose to her if he could and Tina then kisses him.
Tina and Artie, concerned for Mercedes' health after she begins to starve herself under pressure from Coach Sue to lose weight, express their unwanted concerns. In a hungry haze, Mercedes imagines Tina as a cupcake. When kicked out of the auditorium, Tina and the club practice at April Rhodes' new roller rink. She also watches and harmonizes during Mercedes' performance of Beautiful. Later, Tina and the rest of the club sing backup to April during the song Home.
Tina is mostly seen in the background throughout the entire episode. She also performs backup vocals in One.
Tina and Artie practice a dance number.
Bryan Ryan visits the club and tells them that their dreams will never come true, greatly upsetting Tina, who cries because performing is the career she wants to pursue. She is also present during the fantasty performance of Safety Dance that took place in the mall while Tina went to get ice-cream for Artie, although she does not provide vocals, she does back-up dance. She later confronts Artie on his dream to dance and attempts to make a dance routine with him. She tries to tap dance with him, and Artie feels more confident, leading him to try and walk using a pair of crutches. However, he stumbles and falls in front of Tina, causing him to shout tearfully "Go away!", which upsets Tina, but she leaves. The next day she apologizes, and tells him she's been doing research on cure's for broken spines. She says she believes one day their will a cure for his condition, saying "If you can dream it, it's real." She then kisses him again and goes with him to purchase tap shoes. After Artie realizes his dream won't come true for a long time, he asks Tina to dances lead with Mike during Dream a Little Dream of Me instead of him.
Tina pretending to be a vampire, to scare Figgins.
Principal Figgins orders Tina to lose her goth look or be suspended, as he believes her style of dress encourages vampires. Tina goes into a slump, not knowing how to dress. She comes into school the next day dressed plainly, which causes concern for Mr. Schuester, and for the rest of ND to stare at her. The Glee Club then suggest different styles for her to wear, none of which she approves of. She becomes inspired by Lady Gaga and, along with the other Glee girls and Kurt, sings Bad Romance, in which she gets a considerable solo to sing by herself. She is wearing Lady Gaga's bubble dress for the performance and for the rest of the day. She is also picked on by two bullies, but is defended by Kurt. Despite this, she still gets pushed up against the lockers, and it is heavily implied Karofsky and Azimio beat up her and Kurt. Sick of the Gaga look, Tina pretends to be a vampire and scares Figgins into letting her dress the way she wants. She claims that her father is a vampire, and that Asian vampires are the worst. She is then able to wear the clothes she likes again. She announces this in Glee Club, and the whole club cheers for her as she takes a bow. She also confronts Karofsky and Azimio with the rest of the Glee Club when they harass Kurt.
Tina then goes into yet another slump when Jesse leaves the club and returns to Vocal Adrenaline, but soon gets over it and performs Give up the Funk to scare her competitors. While performing she pauses and looks at Artie. She says that when Vocal Adrenaline toilet-papered the choir room that "It feels like someone invaded our home."
Tina in To Sir, with Love.
Tina and Mike at Asian Camp.
At the beginning of the episode, Jacob Ben Israel aggressively questions the Glee Club members about their summer activities. He asks Tina and Mike, "What can you say about the rumors that you two are dating?" and Tina replies, "Because we're both Asian? That's racist!" The camera catches them holding hands as they walk away, passing by Artie who is looking on in dismay. Artie wants to impress Tina by joining the football team, and goes to Finn for help. He tells Finn that Tina and Mike fell in love over the summer at Asian Camp, where they taught Asian kids about the arts. In a flashback, Tina sings Getting to Know You from The King and I while Mike dances, and they spontaneously begin kissing in the middle of the song. In another flashback scene, Tina breaks up with Artie, explaining that she was tired of his lack of attention as well as repeatedly watching the film Coming Home when they did spend time together. (In contrast, Tina and Mike share a mutual interest in Mike's abs.) Later, Tina and Mike discover through their connections in the Asian community that Rachel sent Sunshine to a crack house, and they alert Will. Disappointed, Will says that Rachel is better than such tactics, but Tina says, "No, she's an ambitious little freak who'll do anything to hold onto her power." At the end of the episode while Rachel sings What I Did For Love, Artie sadly watches Tina and Mike dance in the classroom happily. She also performs backup vocals in Empire State of Mind.
When Mr. Schuester tells the Glee Club that he wants them to do a song from Christopher Cross for an assembly, Tina says quietly to Mike, "Never heard of him, don't wanna hear about him," and Kurt instead proposes singing a Britney Spears song, which Tina looks excited about.
Tina and Mike kissing each other, after chewing the capsule.
When Mr. Schuester tells the Glee Club that Puck is in juvenile hall, Tina says, "It really was just a matter of time." Later, Tina and Mike have a loud argument in the library about the duets competition and their relationship. Mike doesn't want to sing in a duet and would prefer to dance only. Tina has been to Dim Sum too many times with Mike and his mom, and wants to go to Breadstix, where she can get a salad without chicken feet in it. Mike tells Tina that they should go to Asian Couples Therapy to deal with their frequent arguing, and Tina asks rhetorically, "Why does the couples therapy have to be Asian?" Because Mike is reluctant to sing, Tina approaches Artie to be her duet partner, but he is already paired with Brittany, which Tina looks unsettled about. Tina and Mike remain duet partners, and though Mike is scared to sing in front of the group for the first time, Tina reassures him, and they perform Sing!. When it is time to vote for the best duet, Mike votes for himself and Tina by writing "Tina" inside a heart. Unfortunately, Tina and Mike do not win the competition.
Tina as a transylvanian.
Mr. Schuester impulsively decides to have the Glee Club perform The Rocky Horror Show for the school musical in order to impress Ms. Pillsbury. When Mike says he wants to be Frank-N-Furter, Tina asks him if he is serious and he tells her that he is confident with his singing voice thanks to their duet, which makes Tina smile and hold his hand proudly. Tina and Brittany play Columbia. Tina and Mike dance together with the other couples during Carl's audition song, Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?. During the performance, Carl puts Mike's arm around Tina as he sings, "Your arm around your girl, you'll like to sing along!" In Sweet Transvestite, Tina plays one of the Transylvanians, wearing a tuxedo with a blue wig, a blue hat, and a blue vest. At the end of the episode, they all sing Time Warp. Tina and Brittany split Columbia's part, each having solo lines and a brief tap dance sequence.
Tina and Kurt are talking and walking down the hall together, when Karofsky shoves Kurt into the lockers, and Tina asks him if he is okay. When Mike and Tina are in the hallways alone, Mike tells Tina that one way to "cool off" while making out is by picturing Shannon Beiste. When Tina gets turned on during their subsequent makeout session, she imagines Beiste and says Beiste's name out loud. Mike is startled, and Tina runs out of the room. When Will tells the Glee Club that Coach Beiste quit after hearing about their cool-off technique and that they should be ashamed, Finn clarifies that it was only the boys (and as Mike points out, Tina) who did it. Tina is present during the "glee girls meeting" and performs Start Me Up/Livin' on a Prayer with the girls for the mash-up competition.
Jenna Ushkowitz and Mini Tina.
Will gets sick during school and hallucinates the entire Glee Club, including Tina, as small children. Before Glee Club starts, the students plan to play pranks on the substitute teacher; Tina, Artie and Mercedes decide to all swap their names. However their substitute, Holly Holliday, wins most of them over with her performance of Forget You, in which Tina is partnered up with Sam, who she playfully pushes away. She also provides backup vocals. When Will returns to his job after recovering from his illness (as well as being fired, then re-hired, by Sue), Tina tells him, "Don't get us wrong Mr. Schue, we always want you as our teacher. She was just kind of a nice break." Tina performs back up vocals in Singing In The Rain/Umbrella.
Rachel gathers the Glee girls with boyfriends on the football team (Tina, Quinn, and Brittany) to propose that they tell their boyfriends to defend Kurt from Karofsky's bullying. Tina asks Brittany if she and Artie are officially dating, and Brittany coolly replies, "Deal with it." Later in Glee the guys are recounting their fight with Karofsky in the locker room, and Tina explains to Mr. Schuester that all the guys present, except Finn, helped take on Karofsky. Tina is paired with Mike and performs in Marry You at Burt and Carole's wedding. During this performance, she gets a small dance and vocal duet with Mike. She even gets a line to sing by herself. At the reception, Tina and Mike sit together while Mr. Schue performs Sway, and she performs with the rest of New Directions in Just the Way You Are. When Kurt informs the club that he is transferring to Dalton Academy, they are shocked and upset; Tina tells him he can't leave, but Kurt has made up his mind.
Mr. Schuester tells the Glee Club that they are going to feature Mike and Brittany's dancing at Sectionals in order to stand out from their competition, and then announces that Rachel and Finn will not be singing
Tina on Santa's lap.
Tina in her Thriller costume.
Tina and Mike at Breadstix.
Finn sets up a kissing booth to help raise money for the Glee Club. Santana mocks Finn about it, but the others push back against her habit of insulting people; Tina says, "Last week, you said Mr. Schue belonged in a twelve step program." When Mr. Schuester assigns the club to sing love songs, Artie and Mike decide to sing PYT (Pretty Young Thing) to Brittany and Tina. Tina sings My Funny Valentine to Mike, but is overwhelmed by her love for him and cries through the entire song, eventually collapsing on the floor in tears as Mike runs to her side and the rest of the club watches awkwardly. At the end of the episode, Tina, Mike, Mercedes and Rachel sit together at Breadstix, watching Kurt and the Warblers sing Silly Love Songs.
Sam sings Baby to Quinn in Glee Club, and Tina comments, "This is actually a really good song." The boys are mostly skeptical, but after seeing the girls' reactions, Mike, Artie and Puck want to join Sam's Justin Bieber cover band. Mike explains that all of their relationships are in a lull after Valentine's Day; in a flashback, Tina is more interested in playing "Angry Birds" than in kissing Mike or admiring his abs. Shortly after in Glee Club, Tina asks Finn why he's dressed like Justin Bieber. Like Finn, Tina also ends up imitating the fashions of her fellow Glee Club members; she, Quinn, and Santana dress in plaid skirts and carousel horse sweaters after Brittany popularizes Rachel's style. However, Tina and the others point out that Rachel's reindeer sweater is definitely not in fashion, and they are very disappointed in Rachel when she tries to take credit for the trend. Tina and Brittany sing and dance backup for Lauren's first solo, I Know What Boys Like. At the end of the song, Lauren gives Brittany and Tina choreographed shoves to the floor, but they are both quickly on their feet to be the first to congratulate Lauren on her performance.
Tina's goth-gear is back, as she no longer follows the "librarian chic" trend. Tina and the Glee members all attend Rachel's party, but they find it boring until Puck convinces Rachel that the party needs more alcohol. During the
Brittany thinks she's pregnant and reveals this to Santana, asking that it be kept secret, but Santana immediately turns around and tells Tina, who tells Puck, who tells Lauren, who tells Artie. During Holly Holliday's performance of Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah), Tina joins in the dancing with the rest of New Directions.
Tina playing the piano to Trouty Mouth.
Rachel proposes that the club write original songs for Regionals, so Tina and Santana write a song called Trouty Mouth, about Sam's mouth. Tina plays the piano while Santana sings the song, but Sam is offended by the song and Mr. Schuester feels it isn't epic enough. Mr. Schuester is also skeptical about Puck's song, Big Ass Heart, and Mercedes' song, Hell to the No (for which Tina and the other girls sing backup vocals). He prompts them to write about times when they felt hurt—specifically, times Sue had hurt them. Mercedes tells him that Sue literally throws sticks at her, Santana tells him that Sue filled Santana's and Brittany's lockers with dirt, and Tina says that Sue called the Ohio Secretary of State saying that she was Tina and that she wanted to change her name to "Tina Cohen-Loser." These events become the inspiration for the song Loser Like Me. Meanwhile, Rachel writes Get It Right, inspired by a discussion with Quinn. At Regionals, Tina and Brittany sing backup for Get It Right, and Tina and the rest of New Directions perform Loser Like Me. New Directions wins, and Tina and Brittany are prominently shown celebrating. Tina is part of the unanimous vote for Rachel for Regionals MVP.
Mr. Schuester tells the Glee Club that they need $5,000 to pay for their trip to Nationals, and will raise the money by selling saltwater taffy.
Tina singing I Follow Rivers, while being booed off stage.
Tina at the finals of the Academic Decathlon.
Tina and Mercedes are Brittany's first guests on her new internet talk show Fondue For Two, where she introduces them as "the school's biggest gossips." Tina asks Brittany, "Shouldn't it be 'Fondue for Three'"? Brittany begins the show with a rumor about the janitor drinking vodka from a teapot. Tina adds that the janitor is a "hot mess" and then changes the subject, saying, "the rumor about Asian men: not true." Tina and Mercedes are both shocked when Brittany says that she can confirm a rumor that Santana "plays for the other team," evidently thinking that Brittany has just outed Santana as a lesbian. However, they are distracted by the arrival of Lord Tubbington, and then react with disgust when Brittany allows him to eat directly from the fondue pot. Later, Tina is at The Lima Bean with several other Glee Club members discussing the rumors about Sam. Tina wonders about his background and speculates that Sam could very well be a serial killer given what they know of him, though Quinn insists he is not having any secret affairs. At the end of the episode she sings background vocals in Don't Stop.
Tina singing back up with Brittany in Prom Queen.
Tina attended Jean Sylvester's funeral with the entire Glee Club. During Jean's funeral, the Glee Club perform Pure Imagination. Tina begins the song with the spoken words from the film: "Hold your breath. Make a wish. Count to three." Tina also has a solo in the song, along with Finn, Kurt, and Artie.
Tina with Mike, Kurt, and Sam on the TKTS steps
The Purple Piano Project It is shown that Tina is no longer goth. In Jacob's interview, Tina explains that she and Artie are juniors. She also says Mike is a senior. When Tina starts to sing a song while playing the piano, Sue rips out the piano strings. Later, Tina performed with New Directions in We Got the Beat and at the end of the song a food fight occurs. In the end, Tina and the others receive Blaine Anderson's arrival at the club and everyone sings You Can't Stop the Beat, where Tina gets a solo. I Am Unicorn Tina encourages Artie to be a co-director of the play and he accepts. Asian F
Tina and Rory in I Can't Go For That/You Make My Dreams
When Will Schuester and Shelby Corcoran call both groups to inform them that they should compete with each other, while singing You and I/You and I. Finn had agreed to play dodgeball against The Troubletones, in which all of the members of New Directions compete and sing Hit Me with Your Best Shot/One Way or Another. New Directions presents a mash-up of I Can't Go For That/You Make My Dreams, in which Tina sings a duet with Rory. During the speech of candidates for class president, Tina is with Mike. When The Troubletones finish their presentation, all are surprised when Santana slaps Finn.
When Santana gets mocked by a guy in the hallway, Tina, along with Rachel, Mercedes, Quinn, Brittany, and Sugar all come and defended Santana. Later, they start to sing I Kissed a Girl and dance from the hallway to the choir room, in which she is partnered with Quinn. Later in the episode, she asked Quinn if she's alright.
Tina and the remaining members of New Directions discuss which band members they should recruit to fill the twelve members requirement. Sam comes back to McKinley and rejoins Glee Club, where Tina and the others happily greet him back, and the club then sing along with Sam in Red Solo Cup. Later, she encourages Mike to send application to dance school. Mike reveals that he plans to study pre-med and become a doctor to please his dad. Tina doesn't agree and tells Mike to follow his dream and not to be a coward. Then, she goes to Mr. Chang's office and gives him a bootleg of McKinley's performance of West Side Story. She tells him that Mike is doing something he hates just to please his dad. She also says she wants to be a performer, because that's what she was born to do, same as Mike. Mr. Chang rejects the bootleg,
Tina and Kurt in ABC
Tina is present at the glee rehearsal, where she reminds her fellow club members of the less-than-ideal Christmas the year prior. She attempts to say that this year's Christmas will be better, but is interrupted by Mr. Schuester as he announces that the Glee Club has been selected to star in the Christmas special for the local television station. She later stars in the Christmas special, acting as one of the three star dancers in Christmas Wrapping, alongside Brittany and Santana. Following the Christmas special, Tina and the other Glee Club members join Sue, Sam, and Quinn at the homeless shelter, where they join in Do They Know It's Christmas?
Tina is seen with several others pressuring Mercedes to tell them what has happened over her summer break. They then
Tina in The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
Tina is seen during Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' as back up vocal and back up dancer. She is next seen dancing during Bad. She is last seen with the rest of New Directions questioning if there is a some sort of Show Choir Council they can complain to due to the Warblers stealing their idea. She is not seen in Black or White for some unknown reason.
At the beginning of the episode Tina is watching the You Should Be Dancing performance sung by Blaine, Brittany and Mike. She sings and dances in Night Fever with New Directions in the Dance-off for the John Travolta white suit. Tina and the rest of the Glee Club later enjoys Mercedes, Brittany, and Santana's rendition of Disco Inferno and also Santana's solo of If I Can't Have You. She dances with Mike during More Than a Woman. Later Tina asks who won the John Travolta white suit replica, and then she performs Stayin' Alive with the rest of the Glee Club in the auditorium with the John Travolta white suit.
Tina is there when Brittany announces the theme. She later walks in to prom with Mike, excited. Tina performs
Tina performs Because You Loved Me as Rachel.
After this, she seems to have fully committed to Rachel's personality, as when she approaches Rachel as Tina in the Hallway, complimenting her on her backing performances and telling her that next year is all her. Rachel as Tina says she is sorry about her NYADA audition not going well and tells her to not give up on convincing Carmen Tibideaux to give her another chance. After this she wakes back into the normal world, from when she falls into the fountain. She is relieved to see Kurt and Blaine in their normal bodies as they help her up. With Tina back to normal, she visits Rachel in the auditorium as she is doing vocal runs and tells her about her own 'body-swapping' dream and what she said to herself in it. She tells Rachel that Tibideaux is teaching a master-class and that she will drive her there to confront Tibideaux. Rachel apologizes for not making her feel important to the group, but Tina has abandoned her earlier feelings and embraced that everyone has their part to play and that this is hers before they share a hug. In the car, Tina asks Rachel how the wedding plans are going and if she believes they are going to win Nationals. Tina agrees that they must win for Will and reassures her that Tibideaux will not say no to her request. Rachel says she is really glad they are doing this together and Tina requests that they sing together before they leave for Nationals. When they finally meet Tibideaux, upon seeing Rachel's dreams continue to crumble, Tina tells Tibideaux that she knows how she feels about Rachel's irritating personality, but she gets what she wants because she is 'exceptional'. She continues to stick up for Rachel and leaves with her. Tina, Sugar, Joe and Rory are later sewing the club's National outfits, and
Flashdance... What a Feeling
Tina sings with Quinn at Nationals, during Edge of Glory
Tina comforts and helps Mercedes when she is ill with food poisoning. Will decides to put her into the Troubletones for Nationals, along with Quinn to replace Mercedes. Later, she is seen on the sidelines as the majority of the group fight and argue with each other. When Will tells the group to take a half-hour break, Tina asks if they can continue to rehearse as they have the 'death slot' and need to be amazing if they want to stand a chance at winning, something Will accepts. Tina is delighted when Mercedes reveals herself to be well enough to perform at Nationals, expressing her joy by saying 'You're Alive!" excitedly. She remains in the Troubletones to perform Edge of Glory, singing a short solo with Quinn, due to Mercedes' insistence. She supports Quinn when she got out the wheelchair and dances for the first time. She also sings backup with several members in Rachel's solo of It's All Coming Back to Me Now and with the rest of the club during Paradise by the Dashboard Light. She celebrates ecstatically with the rest of the group upon learning of their Nationals win. Upon returning to McKinley, Tina shares a loving kiss with Mike, as they are cheered on down the hallway by the rest of the school. Later, when the group are celebrating with sparkling cider, Mike sprays Tina with the liquid, as she laughs with him and they hug. Tina looks on happily with the rest of the club as they place their Nationals trophy into the cabinet. At the Teacher of the Year ceremony, Tina performs We Are the Champions with the club and hugs Will as everyone else as the episode closed.
Tina and Jake
Tina is visibly excited by the prospect of a second 'Britney' week in glee club, and is seen dancing along to and enjoying Artie and Blaine's performance of Boys/Boyfriend. Later, she is seen chatting and flirting with Jake but after he promptly leaves her to flirt with a different girl, she angrily joins Unique and Marley in their rendition of Womanizer directed to him. She shakes her head when Marley eagerly agrees to meet with him immediately after the performance.
Tina is next seen in the choir room, leading a performance of 3 with Joe and Sam. She looks confused when Brittany goes to the side of the room, in order to plug in a razor and shave her head as they finish their performance, but Will stops her. She then watches with Blaine and Artie, visibly disturbed as Brittany beats Jacob up in the hallway, commenting that 'he deserves it' when Blaine asks if they should do something, referring to all the times he has harassed the glee club over the years. She is present in the glee club meeting, where they offer to make Brittany the lead vocalist at their pep assembly to help her get back on her feet, though she insists on the glee club lip-syncing. Tina attempts to give Brittany a 'baby-wipe' just before their performance of Gimme More, due to her 'Cheeto hands and mouth'. Brittany refuses, while a frustrated Tina sighs heavily. Tina helps pull down the curtain in order to stop the performance as it become apparent that Brittany is lip-syncing. When Will gives the group a stern scold, Tina is clearly upset about what happened and gives Brittany a reassuring look. She later welcomes Jake into the glee club, before watching Marley's performance of Everytime.
In glee club, Tina responds to Will announcing they will be hosting the 'Annual Show Choir Rules Committee' meeting, asking him to ask what the '1/3 vintage' meant last year, referring to the Nationals theme from the year before. She is in the audience for the Election Debate and at Blaine and Sam's celebration party, near Sugar and wearing a pink-black dress.
Like Sam, Brittany and Artie, Tina hugs Finn with happiness upon arrival in the choir room, saying she thought he'd joined the army. She then requests the school musical to be Pacific Overtures, Miss Saigon or Flower Drum Song, when they begin to suggest ideas for the show. Though, she claps with the rest, when Finn suggests Grease as the musical.
The Role You Were Born to Play
Tina's reaction to Finn taking over Glee club
At a Glee Club meeting, Will announces he is leaving the school at the end of the week to join the 'Blue Ribbon Panel' to fight for the Arts all over the country, prompting a shocked reaction from Tina, who is then horrified when he says he'll be back 'after' Sectionals. Her anger reaches a breaking point, when he announces Finn will be filling in his position for the time-being. She questions his decision ruthlessly, saying that Finn does not know what he is doing at all, exaggerating when expressing how she'll be 'dead' by Sectionals and how he can't direct the school musical, firing the club into an argument. At a costume fitting for the musical, it is revealed Tina is the costume designer for the show, as she attempts to help Marley fit into her 'Sandy' costume which suddenly doesn't fit (thanks to scheming by Kitty), suggesting that she is 'stress bloating'. Sugar and Brittany arrive, expressing their happiness at their costumes for the musical to Tina. Kitty invites Tina and the girls to a sleepover at her house, in order to make some 'real' friends. Kitty eventually lets Unique attend, to the delight of Tina, Marley and the others. While Kurt is helping Rachel rehearse for her audition, he receives a 'Grease' update from Tina via text, informing him of Marley's sudden weight gain. Tina and the others arrive at Kitty's sleepover that evening, loaded with junk food, excited for the night. She performs energetic backing vocals and dancing in character as 'Jan' while Kitty makes fun of Marley singing Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee. She and the other girls move off guiltily as Marley reenters the room.
"You have got to be kidding me!"
Tina as "Asian Persuasion"
In the first scene, Tina is shown to be a member of The Secret Society of Superheroes Club, and introduces her superhero persona as 'Asian Persuasion' and her superpower as being 'The mistress of manipulation'. She sends Blaine a text in character asking if 'he's talked to Kurt yet', showing her concern for their relationship, only for Blaine to refuse to answer. When Dottie arrives telling them to come to the choir room, she along with the rest of the glee club run there, to discover their Nationals trophy has been stolen, by none other than the Warblers.
Later, still as her superhero, Tina tries to break up the fight between Jake and Ryder with the help of Becky, persuading them to stop fighting immediately. In the next glee club meeting, Tina questions Finn allowing Ryder and Kitty into the club, without as much as a vote. He explains that they were needed in order to complete the twelve member lineup to compete at Sectionals, prompting Tina to sarcastically snap back, telling him to call Santana back from Kentucky again, because shes apparently 'better than anyone actually enrolled here', referring to Finn calling Santana to play Rizzo in the musical, when Wade dropped out.The next day, Tina comments with Artie that Finn's theme from the day before for Sectionals was worse than 'Funk' or 'Night of Neglect' (referring to two previous themes in the show). Finn's new idea of 'uniting together against evil', is deemed better by Artie, though Tina still believes it could be 'horrible'. Later, she watches Jake and Ryder perform Superman and stands back nervously with Sugar and Brittany when they start fighting. She is shown to enjoy Kitty and Marley's take on Holding Out for a Hero, clapping enthusiastically once it has ended. When Finn begins to say Blaine has been having a rough time, Tina is clearly tired of Blaine's mood. However, when Finn finally reveals Blaine is transferring back to Dalton, she is visibly shocked and worried.
Tina singing in Some Nights
In the montage during Sam and Blaine's performance of Heroes, Tina is present with the rest of the glee club, as they paint over a graffiti filled wall (presumably within McKinley's grounds) and partakes joyfully in the paint fight that occurred, happily throwing it over everyone and being painted on herself. When Blaine and Sam take back the Nationals trophy, she smiles happily at Blaine's apology, and applauds Finn as their 'new leader', getting over her past grudges with him. She gives him the present of a 'Superhero Utility Belt' (disguised as a 'fanny pack') on behalf of the rest of the club, full of goodies. After partaking in their group huddle, Tina performs solo lines in Some Nights as the episode draws to a close.
Tina leading Gangnam Style
Tina is seen in the choir room when Finn introduces the alumni to the new kids as legends and cheers them when he introduces them. Later she is seen with the girls when Quinn is giving them advice for Sectionals. She is clearly excited and cheers for the prospects of an Unholy Trinity number, and is seen enjoying their performance of Come See About Me. Later she is seen backstage with the rest of the group and says that it's a tradition to do the group circle before every competition. Before the New Directions perform, she is visibly excited to go onstage sharing joyful smiles with Finn, Marley and Sugar. She performs lead on their opening number of Gangnam Style, sung in Korean to a wildly enthusiastic crowd, though as the performance ends, Marley faints leaving the episode on a cliffhanger.
The episode picks up from the last cliffhanger, as Tina and the other members of New Directions panic-struck by Marley's fainting, hastily try to help her (Tina saying she has leftover Halloween candy for her to eat) so they can continue with their performance. They are too late though, and Sue announces they have been disqualified. The next day, in the now empty choir room, Finn and Will announce that glee club is over until the next school year. Tina brings up what everyone is thinking - that it is Marley's fault the club is finished. She tells her that she refuses to believe she is the 'New Rachel', comparing her to the real Rachel. She then admits it's hard to get motivated in the club without a competition to prepare for, and is clearly upset her dream senior year has been ruined.
Cheerio Tina with Blaine
Tina during Artie's fantasy
In Artie's 'Wonderful Life' dream, Tina is the first person who he interacts. She is shown to still be pretending to stutter and wearing her season one goth clothes, showing without the glee club and Artie as a friend she never had the confidence to be honest about herself. This leaves Artie confused until his 'guardian angel' (in the form of Rory) explains the dream to him. Tina is one of the people present in the choir room (The 'craft room' in this universe) where Artie calls all of the members of the club to get them together and make things right. He attempts to dance with her when he performs Feliz Navidad, but she is too shy to join in, again like her season one persona. Back in the normal universe, when Brittany gives her an expensive car for Christmas, Tina questions what she is doing and is clearly dumbfounded by her belief of the Mayan Apocalypse happening.
Tina and Finn during Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Tina singing I Don't Know How to Love Him
At the beginning of the episode, Tina is shown to be the secretary of the student council, and proposes a Sadie Hawkins dance as opposed to a normal prom as suggested at a meeting of the 'Too Young to be Bitter' club. The idea is supported by the majority of the council enthusiastically to her delight. Later Finn has the New Directions gather in a science classroom for a glee club meeting. Both Blaine and Tina laugh at Sam's unintentional statement about sitting under "Uranus." Tina sends Blaine a look of smiling adoration that he doesn't notice. Finn then suggests that the girls sings to the guys as a way to ask them out, to which Tina serenades I Don't Know How to Love Him to Blaine, though he is completely clueless. The rest of the club are dumbfounded as she asks him to the dance. He rejects the offer, leaving her humiliated and heartbroken. After, she performs Tell Him with the rest of the girls in New Directions, and looks sad as Marley and Brittany ask Jake and Sam to the dance. Later on, she apologizes to him at his locker for not taking into account what happened to him at a Sadie Hawkins dance at his old school (which prompted him to transfer to Dalton Academy), but admits that she thinks he owes her one too after he humiliated her after the performance. He thanks her for her apology but tells her its not the reason he didn't want to go with her, and it is because he has a crush on a straight guy. Tina manages to convince him to tell her who it is, and learns his crush is Sam. She relates to him, knowing how it feels to crush on someone who will never love you back and tells him that he just misses Kurt and needs somewhere to put his love. Finally, she tells him they will go to the dance together as 'best friends' to have the best night ever, to which he agrees.
Tina at the dance with Blaine
Tina during the Shoot
At the first glee club meeting back in the choir room since Sectionals, Tina is seen cheering and clapping Sam and Blaine for getting them another shot at competing. When Finn informs them they will have to raise money for Regionals, she dismisses the other bizarre ideas, and suggests a 'Men of McKinley' calendar featuring the male members of the glee club. It is implied that it may be for ulterior motives though, as she asks Blaine to be December so he can dress as a 'Sexy Santa' excitedly. Later in the hallway, she asks Blaine to go to the mall with her after school, to shop for clothes. When Sam walks in half-naked despite it being January, she seems to be confused as to why he is dressed that way. When he implies that Blaine is jealous of his body, Tina defends him passionately, saying that he has 'an awesome body and a perky and delicious behind that looks like it got baked to perfection by some sort of master chef' to bemused reactions from the two boys. She is next seen in the choir room, enjoying the boys racy performance of Centerfold/Hot in Herre. While Jake and Ryder are competing to see who has the 'best shoulders' in the locker rooms, Tina arrives with Kitty to talk about the concepts of their Calendar shoots, suggesting 'heart boxers' for February and 'sexy Uncle Sam' for July, for Ryder's pictures. They depart after to tell Artie about his concept. Later in the choir room, Tina is present when Jake performs Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself) to Marley, seemingly touched by his performance. At the calendar shoot, Tina is shown to be passionately getting involved, gazing at Blaine and shouting poses for Ryder to do. She asks Artie if he's sure he doesn't want to pose and suggests Blaine comes into the August shoot. She is shown to get frustrated at Sam's 'diva' attitude during the shoot. However, she is one of the people who recorded a message of his accomplishments to put in his University essay, saying about him saving Sectionals for the last two years. In the choir room, her calendar is shown to be a triumphant success as she collects money off girls trying to buy one. Finally, she performs back-up with the New Directions in This Is the New Year at the end of the episode.
Tina during Diva
When Santana arrives to show the club how to be a 'Diva' by performing Nutbush City Limits, Tina is shown to be disgruntled by her sudden appearance. It is revealed that she informed Santana that Brittany and Sam were dating, which prompted her to return to McKinley. Later, in her voice-over, we see she was annoyed by Santana returning to steal her spotlight once again (referring to the incident in Glease) and is continuing to fall in love with Blaine. She decides to continue to pursue him since 'Diva's always get what they want'. She approaches Blaine to offer some 'VapoRub' to help him with his cold after he admits he was feeling worse. He calls her 'sweet' to her dismay, admitting she wants to be the girl 'who kicks open a door, makes demands and gets what she wants' and that no-one considers her to be a diva. He lists various 'Asian-divas' to her before inviting her over to his house to bring out her inner-diva, to Tina's delight.
Tina arguing with Kurt about Blaine
Tina is seen at the beginning of the episode, when Will says that some of the members aren't there because they had the "Asian Bird Flu," which some members looked at her, which she replies it wasn't her. She is later seen at Will's wedding. She watches the performance of Blaine and Kurt, when they're singing Just Can't Get Enough, with an angry face. She confronts Kurt saying how much she cared about Blaine, and the fact that Kurt is living in NY, and not in Ohio, as she's the only who worried about Blaine. She reveals that she applied the vapo-rub to his chest when he was sick, with Kurt looking surprised, because he didn't know that as Blaine fell asleep, so he didn't know it either. After this, she doesn't say anything and leaves Kurt confused and angry at her. Tina finally comes to her senses when Kurt visits McKinley and apologizes to Kurt for attacking him and apologizes to Blaine for throwing herself at him, but Blaine explains that they've all. Kurt offers to let Tina accompanying them for a double-feature at the Revival House and Tina laments that she'll be a hag forever, but Blaine says that he's going to help her get a boyfriend.
Tina is first seen when Mr. Schue is announcing their competition for Regionals, she mades a snide remark that the name of the The Hoosierdaddies is very clever, as it is a pun on "Who's your daddy?." When Brittany announces her discovery of a deadly asteroid heading straight for Lima she along with the Glee Club dismiss her idea and asks Brittany if she and Sam indeed got married in Christmas but Brittany shut's her up pretty quickly.
Tina is first seen when Mr. Schuester discussed about Frida and the assignment for the week. When Rachel, Kurt and Santana were talking about Santana's future, there is a flashback of Tina telling Rachel and Kurt about Santana working as a bouncer and a go-go girl. She is then seen watching the performances for the assignment given in Glee Club. While Ryder is performing his solo, Tina is seen getting slushied in a flashback. Tina and the rest of the girls defend Ryder when Sam and Artie show facetious manner towards Ryder's personal secret. Meanwhile, Tina is seen performing We Will Rock You with New Directions and Longest Time at the end of the episode, sharing many moments with Ryder and Blaine.
Tina get's carrie'd, after winning Prom Queen
Tina shows up to prom while New Directions perform Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and she takes a few prom photos. She goes up on stage with Kitty, Blaine, Artie, and the other nominees for prom court as they announce the winners. Once Sue announces that Tina won, alongside Stoner Brett, everyone is cheering for her, and she is delighted as a crown is placed on her head. However, Dottie goes forward with Bree's plan, releasing a bucket of red slushie over Tina (in a reference to Carrie). She is angered and upset as she watches everyone laugh at her, before going off stage to the choir room in tears.
Tina sings her solo in Seasons of Love
The episode begins with New Directions, old and new, singing Seasons of Love to pay tribute to Finn's death. In the choir room, Will has gathered everyone for an assignment in Finn's memory: they will sing for and about Finn to express their feelings and remember him together. She later sings back-up vocals for Mercedes when she is singing her dedication song for Finn, I'll Stand by You. Tina also sings in the background during the Artie and Sam duet for Hudson, Fire and Rain. Tina visits Emma to talk about her grief, but remains reductive by commenting that she hates wearing the color black as it reminds her of her goth years. Emma, not realizing Tina's denial of her grief, gives her pamphlets about her callousness and Tina leaves the room. She later watches when Santana breaks down while performing If I Die Young and during the solo of Puck, No Surrender. Once Puck is done singing, she goes to hug him with everyone else before Santana storms in asking him where Finn's jacket is. Along with some of his glee club friends, she places some red drumsticks at Finn's locker memorial in his honour where they are visited by Rachel. During Rachel's emotional Make You Feel My Love, Tina is seen finally coming to terms with her grief and begins to sob with her exes Mike and Artie comforting her.
Tina, Unique and Kitty get really into the assignment, but Jake remains uninterested. After the over-the-top performance of Applause from Team Katy, Team Gaga struggles to find a performance that can really top them, but Tina comes up with the idea to strip down the song into an acoustic number. When Team Gaga sings Wide Awake in front of the audience, it ends up being a successful hit. Later, Tina, dressed up in Katy Perry garb, runs into the choir room with news that Throat Explosion plans to do Applause for their opening number in a way to mock New Directions. After inspiring words from Will, Sue comes in with news that the New Directions have been suspended for their provocative clothing. Despite this, New Directions sing Roar to show that they are not backing down.
Tina with Will performing You May Be Right with ND.
Tina only plays a minor role in this episode and is first seen in the choir room when Mr. Schuester comes in to give the weeks lesson. Tina then enjoys herself when Sam and Blaine start the week off by singing Movin' Out. She is seen watching Jake perform My Life and also, when Ryder came into the choir room to begin singing An Innocent Man, she is seen to be looking confused with Kitty. At the end of the episode when Sue is telling Will about how none of the New Directions will be big stars, she is the first to charge up to Sue and telling her off, saying that everyone in glee club will grow up to be successful performers. When Blaine and Sam comes back from New York, Tina is the first to notice them and shouts "Blam! They're back." smiling and greeting them both. When Becky calls all of the glee club crazy and Will says "You may be right, We may be crazy." Tina and the New Directions break out into the performance of You May Be Right although she doesn't actually have any solo lines, she is seen singing back up, and dancing with everyone.
Tina's Puppet performing with Blaine You're My Best Friend
Tina is goofing off with the rest of the New Directions in the choir room when Blaine enters the room with ideas for Nationals. New Directions, including Tina, are not pleased with Blaine wanting to feature himself heavily at Nationals. Tina accuses him of being a dictator, even going as far as calling him "Blaine Jong-il." When Blaine hallucinates from the gas leak, he imagines Tina as a puppet, along with the rest of New Directions, and begins to sing You're My Best Friend with all of them. After the hallucination, the real Tina wakes him up from his dream and New Directions begin belittling him for not participating in glee club. Near the end of the episode, Tina catches Blaine talking and flirting with a puppet version of herself, and is mildly creeped out. She informs him that New Directions is sorry for being so harsh on him and agree to let him take a lead role in one of the Nationals performance. As an apology, Blaine gives Tina the Tina puppet and everyone in New Directions a puppet and sing The Fox.
Tina and Sam give Becky the Trophy
In the hope that they can get Kitty to be the Virgin Mary, Unique headlines Love Child with Tina and Marley in a sacrilegious and tacky performance. The performance works and everyone gathers around to hug Kitty after she says that she will play Mary. At the end of the episode, the New Directions sing Away in a Manger as everyone watches them as the living nativity.
Tina and Artie singing Whenever I Call You Friend
We first see Tina and Artie having lunch in the auditorium, which is revealed to be their Tuesday tradition since they dated. They're both proud they managed to keep that tradition after their breakup and sad that their tradition is coming to an end. Tina tells Artie she's worried about not being accepted in Brown University as there's little possibility for her to get in, so Artie starts singing Whenever I Call You Friend to her, and Tina joins him. When the performance comes to an end, Becky enters and tells Artie and Tina that Sue wants them in her office. Sue informs them that they are tied for Senior Valedictorian, and both are shocked. Sue then tells them that they will have to settle it, and that they will both present their speeches infront of a panel, who will choose the winner. Later Tina and Artie fight in the hallway since Tina wants Artie to let her be valedictorian so she can get into Brown University, but he refuses and they viciously trash talk each other, Artie saying Tina is McKinley's biggest bitch since sometime between Junior and Senior year, and Tina saying Kitty is using Artie and he is using her to become popular. This leads them to start a rivalry.
Tina and Artie singing My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
Tina, Sam and Blaine singing Jumpin' Jumpin'
The episode opens with Tina, Sam and Blaine performing Jumpin' Jumpin' in the halls of McKinley High. They eventually end up in the choir room. There they explain to their fellow glee-club members that they're performing this song in order to strengthen the bond between them. Will praises that they are trying to make the most of their senior year which is almost over, the thought of which makes Tina cry. Blaine and Sam thus pull her into group-hugging. Tina then finds Sam and Blaine trying on their graduation robes, which reminds her of being separated from them in a couple of weeks, and makes her break into tears, again. In order to cheer her up, Blaine suggests that they and Sam spend the night locked inside school with all the seniors. They propose this idea to Sue, but she announces that she's not giving them permission to do so. Tina breaks into crying once more, and expresses her worries of never seeing them again soon to Blaine and Sam. Sam and Blaine then present Tina a plan to have their own lock-in, to which Tina agrees to.
Tina along with Sam and Blaine singing Don’t You (Forget About Me)
Tina performing Hold On
Sam and Tina approach Blaine the following day, in order to make an effort to apologize. Blaine turns down their apology, and reproaches them for making a night the was meant to be about the three of them about just the two of them. Tina and Sam assure him that it was a mere fling, but Blaine doesn't want to hear about it. He tells them that he turned down a night of bumper bowling with Artie and Kitty in favour of them, since he would feel like a third wheel alone with a couple, but that they made him end up feeling like a third wheel anyway. He leaves them in fury. Later Blaine approaches Tina and Sam in the choir room to apologize to them, and that he'll make sure they stay in touch after graduation. At the end of the episode, in the auditorium, she sings, along with the seniors, Hold On.
City of Angels Tina is first seen in the choir room at the last Glee Club meeting before they go to Los Angeles, with encouraging words from Burt and Carole, Tina along with the New Directions travel to Los Angeles, California for Nationals, singing I Love LA while sightseeing.
Tina is briefly mentioned in this episode by Mercedes when referring to Sam's past trysts.
Tina briefly appears in the episode recap, along with Brittany and Kitty - the ex-girlfriends of Artie.
She is first seen in Rachel's nightmare dressed as she was in Season One and stuttering. She gives Rachel her "costume," but actually there is nothing on the hanger. She then watches her performance and dances to it.
In Season Six, Jenna Ushkowitz was demoted to recurring cast. Homecoming
Appearance and Fashion
An example of Tina's look of Season One
She has long black hair with purple, blue, light brown or shocking pink streaks, and brown eyes (except for the episode, Born This Way where she wore blue contacts). Her style is a mixture of punk, emo, goth and Lolita styles. She prefers colors such as black, blue, gray, and occasionally red, lurid yellow or purple. She is frequently clothed in chains, skulls, locks, cameos, studs, and other things with gothic nature. In Theatricality, Principal Figgins bans her from wearing goth clothing, as a result of his fear of vampires. However, she gets back at him by convincing him that her father is a vampire and will hurt him if the principal bans her fashion anymore. She occasionally wears hats and she sometimes uses vibrant eyeshadow such as a lime green or an orange. It is mostly steam punk.
Whilst through the first two seasons, her style is generally considered "emo" or "goth," her style alters slightly throughout the seasons.
In Season One, her style is considered "punk rocker." This would be better described as a rebellious and dark twist on tom-boy style. It mainly consists of studs, arm warmers, black, fish nets, beanies, converse, spiked shoes, rips/tears and more vibrant/neon colors in her hair (Like neon pink, red and purple). It is a quite aggressive form of goth, sometimes compared to an emo-"skater chick" look. Tina has also been shown in one episode sporting an altered silver cross on her necklace.
Tina's look of Season Two
In Season Two however, her style dramatically changes as Tina goes from casual-emo to a more feminine "Victorian goth" style. This is a lot more elegant and "lady like" look, although it is still genuinely considered part of goth fashion. This style usually involves veils, fish-nets, dresses, frills black, and more discreet colors in her hair (namely dark blue). It is not similar to real Victorian fashion, only slightly more bohemian and dark. It is also a little more modern. There are two episodes in Season Two where the above does not apply. In Comeback, Tina briefly takes a break from her typical outfits, and replaces them with "librarian chic" clothes, to follow Brittany's trend. This short style Tina used is basically a more tight and seductive version of Rachel's clothes. In the next episode, her goth-wear is reinstated without a mention of what happened to the trend she was following.
In Blame It on the Alcohol, Tina wore shorts and sleeveless tops during the song Tik Tok and in the song Blame It (On the Alcohol) were all members are wearing leather and it is her usual style but she wore shorts and sleeveless which is not her usual clothing.
Tina's look of Season Three
In Season Three, Tina appears to have abandoned the goth look in favor of retro '60s fashion, wearing bright colors and polka dots. She has also used many surprisingly optimistic accessories (e.g. ties and jumpers). She appears to have replaced her hair-highlights with curls. In Props, while Tina is dreaming, she visualizes Rachel as herself, though she is wearing her "Victorian Goth" style, similar to what she wore in Season Two. Tina keeps this look and style during Season Four; however, after the events of Shooting Star, she decides to try a new style, called "Steampunk." This style tends to synthesize modern styles influenced by the Victorian era, like vests, top hats, and so. After the events of Sweet Dreams, it seems like she has returned to her '60s fashion, style that keeps wearing during Season Five and Season Six.
Personality
In Season One, Tina is very much the awkward outsider; shy, soft spoken, and meek. Tina has spent most of her life doing her best to stay under the radar of everyone else around her, whether it be social or academic. Her fears of being noticed were so great that when she was still in elementary school, she devised a fake stutter to aid her in getting out of doing an oral presentation. Seeing how effective the stutter was on that specific occasion, Tina began to use it in order to protect herself from having to interact with anyone who she didn't feel comfortable with. As a result Tina's only friend for a long time was Artie, who felt they shared a connection through their mutual disabilities. The only time that Tina seems to allow herself to come out of her shell is when she sings. When on stage, she is bold, brash and without fear, even going so far as to sing I Kissed a Girl in a surprisingly
aggressive manner at Glee auditions. Upon joining Glee, Tina has slowly started to relax her defenses, to the point where she has formed other friendships with Kurt, Mercedes, Brittany and a few other members of the Glee Club. She has even 'lost' her stutter, which was her greatest social defense. Her brief romantic relationship with Artie was the final step in over-coming her anxiety, as she admitted to him for the first time that her stutter was fake. Unfortunately, this admission resulted in an abrupt end to the relationship, which could have possible sent her back into her shell. According to Tina's Facebook profile, she enjoys listening to emo-core and speed metal music, cutting the hair off her dolls, and spending time with her speech therapist, by the name of Judy (due to the fact she admitted to Artie her stutter is a lie, this could very well be a lie as well).
In Season Two, Tina has become much more bold and open about her feelings. However, she is not without her personal insecurities, as seen when she suspects Mike of cheating on her with Brittany during Special Education. Tina feels that she is not good enough to be with Mike, a popular football player, which causes her to go so far as to dress like a cheerleader for him. Tina has always been open about being Asian and is proud of it but on many occasions she has also shown annoyance at being stereotyped as one. Her insecurities have gotten the best of her on several other occasions as well, most notably during her performance of My Funny Valentine for Mike and her performance of I Follow Rivers when she was heckled by the audience.
In the start of Season Three, we can see how Tina is completely committed to her relationship with Mike, helping him to get into a Dance School and trying to convince Mr. Chang, who didn't want Mike to go there, without telling to her boyfriend. Also, she is slowly growing up and standing up for herself, like she did in the events of Props, where is revealed she wanted more attention that what she was receiving. However, it isn't until the Season Four premiere that Tina seems to finally have opened completely about her feelings and thoughts. She is not afraid to say what she thinks, developing a much more sarcastic, sassy and Santana-ish personality, to the point that she is now considered one of the main Divas of the Glee Club, earning the "First Annual William McKinley High School Diva Award." During her senior year, she develops a crush on Blaine, which later leads into a very close friendship; he's the person who still can see the most of her emotional side. She also seems to be in great terms with Sam and Kitty. Her popularity also seems to be growing, as she is nominated for Prom Queen, award that she ends winning, not without being Carrie'd by Bree, Dottie, and The Cheerios
Relationships
- Main article: Mike-Tina Relationship (Tike)
Tina and Mike kiss at the Asian Children's summer camp.
Tina and Mike in Season One.
- Main article: Artie-Tina Relationship (Tartie)
Tina and Artie's first kiss.
- Main article: Kurt-Tina Relationship (Kurtina)
Tina and Kurt as Rachel and Finn.
- Main article: Blaine-Tina Relationship (Blina)
Songs
Total = 80
- Solos
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| Push It | Showmance | Artie, Finn, Mercedes, and Rachel |
| Proud Mary | Wheels | Artie and Mercedes |
| My Life Would Suck Without You | Sectionals | Finn and Rachel |
| Express Yourself | The Power of Madonna | Mercedes, Quinn, Rachel, and Santana |
| Bad Romance | Theatricality | Kurt, Mercedes, Quinn, and Santana |
| Give up the Funk | Funk | Artie, Finn, Kurt, and Mercedes |
| To Sir, with Love | Journey | Artie, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Rachel, and Santana |
- Back-up singing
| Season One | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Sung by | Back-up with |
| Take a Bow | Showmance | Rachel | Mercedes |
| Hate on Me | Throwdown | Mercedes | N/A |
| Lean on Me | Ballad | Artie and Mercedes | N/A |
- Unreleased songs
- I Kissed A Girl by Katy Perry (Pilot)
- Tonight from West Side Story (Preggers)
- Solos
- Duets
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season Two | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| Toxic | Britney/Brittany | Brittany, Rachel, Santana, and Will |
| One of Us | Grilled Cheesus | Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Quinn, and Rachel |
| Time Warp | The Rocky Horror Glee Show | Artie, Brittany, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Quinn, and Santana (album) |
| Start Me Up/Livin' on a Prayer | Never Been Kissed | Brittany, Mercedes, Rachel, and Santana |
| Marry You | Furt | Artie, Brittany, Finn, Mike, Quinn, Rachel, and Sam |
| The Most Wonderful Day of the Year | A Very Glee Christmas | Artie, Brittany, Kurt (album), Quinn (episode), and Sam |
| We Need a Little Christmas | Kurt and Mercedes | |
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album | Mercedes, Quinn, Rachel, and Santana |
| Deck the Rooftop | Artie, Finn, Mercedes, Rachel, and Santana | |
| Born This Way | Born This Way | Kurt and Mercedes |
| Pure Imagination | Funeral | Artie, Finn, and Kurt |
| Light up the World | New York | Artie, Finn, Brittany, Rachel, and Santana |
- Unreleased songs
- Getting to Know You from The King & I (Audition)
- My Funny Valentine from Babes In Arms (Silly Love Songs)
- Solos
- Duets
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season Three | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| You Can't Stop the Beat | The Purple Piano Project | Artie, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, and Rachel |
| America | The First Time | Mike, Puck, Rory, and Santana |
| I Can't Go for That/You Make My Dreams | Mash Off | Finn, Quinn, and Rory |
| Red Solo Cup | Hold on to Sixteen | Finn, Mike, Puck, Quinn, and Sam |
| ABC | Kurt, Mike, and Quinn | |
| Do They Know It's Christmas? | Extraordinary Merry Christmas | Artie, Blaine, Brittany, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Puck, Rachel, and Santana |
| Summer Nights | Yes/No | Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Puck, Rory, Sam, Santana, and Sugar |
| The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Mercedes, Rachel, and Santana | |
| Cell Block Tango | Choke | Brittany, Mercedes, Santana, and Sugar |
| Shake It Out | Mercedes and Santana | |
| Edge of Glory | Nationals | Mercedes, Quinn, and Santana |
- Solos
- Duets
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season Four | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| Call Me Maybe | The New Rachel | Blaine, Brittany, and Unique |
| 3 | Britney 2.0 | Joe and Sam |
| Some Nights | Dynamic Duets | Blaine, Jake, Joe, Kitty, Marley, Ryder, and Sam |
| Don't Dream It's Over | Swan Song | Blaine, Brittany, Finn, Marley, and Sam |
| This Is the New Year | Naked | Artie, Blaine, Brittany, Jake, Marley, Ryder, Sam, and Unique |
| Diva | Diva | Blaine, Brittany, and Unique |
| Wannabe | Guilty Pleasures | Brittany, Kitty, Marley, and Unqiue |
| I Love It | All or Nothing | Brittany, Kitty, and Unique |
- Duets
- Solos (In a Group Number)
| Season Five | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Solos with |
| Hey Jude | Tina in the Sky with Diamonds | Blaine, Kitty, and Sam |
| Let It Be | Artie, Kitty, Kurt, Rachel, and Santana | |
| Seasons of Love | The Quarterback | Kurt, Mercedes, Mike, Puck, and Santana |
| Wide Awake | A Katy or A Gaga | Jake, Kitty, and Unique |
| Roar | Dani, Elliott, Kitty, Rachel, Sam, Santana and Unique | |
| On Our Way | The End of Twerk | Artie, Blaine, Jake, Kitty, Marley, Ryder, Sam, and Unique |
| The Fox | Puppet Master | Artie, Blaine, Elliot, Jake, Kitty, Rachel, and Santana |
| Mary's Little Boy Child | Previously Unaired Christmas | Marley and Unique |
| Breakaway | Frenemies | Artie and Blaine |
| Jumpin' Jumpin' | Trio | Blaine and Sam |
| Don't You (Forget About Me) | ||
| Hold On | Artie, Blaine, Dani, Elliott, Kurt, Rachel, Sam, and Santana | |
| I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | City of Angels | Artie, Blaine, and Sam |
| Loser Like Me | New Directions | |
| Don't Stop Believin' | Artie, Blaine, Kurt, Rachel, and Will | |
- Back-up singing
| Season Five | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Episode | Sung by | Back-up with |
| Love Child | Previously Unaired Christmas | Unique | Marley |
| Lovefool | Opening Night | Rachel | Santana |
- Unreleased songs
- Revolution by The Beatles (Tina in the Sky with Diamonds)
- 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 Santana |
| Home | Artie, Brittany, Jane, Kurt, Madison, Mason, Puck, Quinn, Rachel, Roderick, Santana, and Spencer | |
| You Learn/You've Got a Friend | Jagged Little Tapestry | Brittany, Kurt, Quinn, Rachel, and Santana |
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" Credit Only |
"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" Appears |
"Britney 2.0" Appears |
"Makeover" Appears |
"The Break-Up" Appears |
"The Role You Were Born to Play" Appears |
"Glease" Appears |
"Dynamic Duets" Appears |
"Thanksgiving" Appears |
"Swan Song" Appears |
"Glee, Actually" Appears |
"Sadie Hawkins" Appears | |
| "Naked" Appears |
"Diva" Appears |
"I Do" Appears |
"Girls (and Boys) on Film" Appears |
"Feud" Appears |
"Guilty Pleasures" Appears |
"Shooting Star" Appears |
"Sweet Dreams" Appears |
"Lights Out" Appears |
"Wonder-ful" Appears |
"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" Appears |
"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" Credit Only |
"Old Dog, New Tricks" Credit Only |
"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" Absent | ||||||
| "Transitioning" Absent |
"A Wedding" Appears |
"Child Star" Absent |
"The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester" Absent |
"We Built This Glee Club" Absent |
"2009" Appears |
"Dreams Come True" Appears | |||||
Trivia
- Jenna revealed in a podcast that Ryan originally wrote Tina to have Tourette's syndrome but this was scrapped for unknown reasons.
- I Kissed a Girl marks Tina's first and last solo of the series.
- However, the first time she performed it the song was unreleased.
- In the novel Glee: The Beginning, it is revealed that Tina has an older sister.
- Tina is of Korean origin, as stated by Marley (Previously Unaired Christmas).
- She and Artie were in glee club the longest, they joined in their first year and left when they graduated.
- Rachel and Tina are the only members of New Directions who have each sang a solo, a duet and in group performances in Competitions.
- In New Directions, it is revealed that Tina was adopted.
- Tina was the second character to hit 100 episodes. The first being Artie.
- Tina is the only one of the original six, who sang less than 100 songs.
- Alongside Mercedes, Will, Rachel, and Artie, she is one of the only characters to have at least one solo per season, however, unlike the others, her Season Five solo, Revolution, was never released.
- Season Four is the only season where she has more than one solo released; (Gangnam Style, I Don't Know How to Love Him and Hung Up)
- Season 4 is the only season where Tina doesn't kiss anyone.
- Jane Lynch stated that Tina was her favorite character.
- She is the only female member of the original New Directions to have never kissed or been romantically involved with Puck.
- She is the only female member of the original New Directions to have never left the club.
Gallery
Quotes
- Main article: Tina's Quotations
| New Directions | ||
| Directors | Emma Pillsbury • Finn Hudson • Holly Holliday • Kurt Hummel • Rachel Berry • Sam Evans • Will Schuester | |
| Members | Alistair • Jane Hayward • Madison McCarthy • Mason McCarthy • Myron Muskovitz • Spencer Porter | |
| Alumni | Artie Abrams • Blaine Anderson • Brittany Pierce • Quinn Fabray • Finn Hudson • Kitty Wilde • Kurt Hummel • Mercedes Jones • Mike Chang • Noah Puckerman • Rachel Berry • Roderick Meeks • Sam Evans • Santana Lopez • Skylar • Tina Cohen-Chang • Unique Adams | |
| Former Members | April Rhodes • Joe Hart • Jesse St. James • Lauren Zizes • Matt Rutherford • Rory Flanagan • Sugar Motta • Sunshine Corazon • Marley Rose • Jake Puckerman • Ryder Lynn | |
| Related | New Directions Boys • New Directions Girls • Dalton Academy Warblers • Sue Sylvester • Dakota Stanley • Bassist • Drummer | |
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