128 Facts About Cooper Anderson

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Cooper Anderson auditioned with the song "Let It Be" and tested alongside Colfer and Ushkowitz.

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Cooper Anderson briefly goes out with his best friend Puck, and later dates Jesse St James, the lead singer of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, who ultimately betrays her in favor of his club.

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Cooper Anderson gets back together with Jesse, whom she later marries.

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Cooper Anderson ultimately decides against it, though briefly works after hours at the school as a janitor to earn extra money.

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5.

Cooper Anderson has her own spot on the local news, which she uses to editorialize on issues such as support for caning and littering.

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6.

Cooper Anderson is later reinstated after blackmailing Figgins, and wins her sixth consecutive national cheerleading title.

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7.

Cooper Anderson begins a run for a vacant Congressional seat, which she loses to Burt Hummel.

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8.

Cooper Anderson later finds out that she'll be having a baby girl, but it has birth defects.

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9.

Cooper Anderson is later re-hired as principal when Becky confesses.

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10.

Cooper Anderson is dating cheerleader Quinn, but is conflicted by his growing feelings for Rachel.

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11.

Cooper Anderson reappears unexpectedly that fall during the show's fourth season, while Rachel is attending NYADA, after he has been given an early discharge from the army.

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12.

Cooper Anderson feels that he doesn't belong in her world in New York, returns to Lima without telling her.

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13.

Cooper Anderson later goes to New York after being told by Santana that Rachel's live-in boyfriend Brody is an escort, and physically attacks Brody, warning him to "stay away from my future wife".

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14.

Cooper Anderson has a high vocal range, and is identified by Fox as a soprano singer.

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Cooper Anderson joins the football team as a kicker, with Finn's help, and the cheerleading squad as a singer, though he ultimately quits both.

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16.

Cooper Anderson later tries to get into NYADA and Carmen Tibideaux asks him to perform a song on the spot to get into NYADA.

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17.

Cooper Anderson sings "Being Alive" and gets applauded for his performance and gets into NYADA.

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18.

Cooper Anderson meets Adam, a British student and crushes on him briefly.

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19.

Cooper Anderson goes to Lima for his father's tests and gets relieved on learning that Burt is out of danger.

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20.

Cooper Anderson goes back to New York and starts his own band "Pamela-Lansbury".

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21.

Cooper Anderson becomes popular in NYADA and that causes insecurity in Blaine.

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22.

Cooper Anderson later assures Blaine of his love and they both decide to go on a healthy diet from then.

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23.

Cooper Anderson becomes friends with Quinn when the pregnant ex-cheerleader gives her advice during her stint on the Cheerios, and when Quinn is unhappy having to stay at Puck's house, invites Quinn to move in with her family.

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24.

Cooper Anderson still has feelings for him, and eventually breaks up with Shane, though she refuses to date Sam while she is unsure of her true feelings.

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25.

Cooper Anderson directs Grease along with Finn Hudson during his senior year.

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26.

Cooper Anderson later starts dating Kitty, who encourages him to keep their affair secret.

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27.

Cooper Anderson goes to New York after his graduation and joins Film School.

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28.

Cooper Anderson goes on a date with Artie, and confesses to him that she has been faking a speech impediment since the sixth grade, explaining that she wanted to drive people away, but now that she's a part of the glee club, she no longer wants that.

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29.

Cooper Anderson develops a brief obsessive crush on Blaine, but it is later diminished and turns into a close friendship.

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30.

Cooper Anderson was described by Agron as Rachel's enemy, and "terrible, the meanest girl".

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31.

Cooper Anderson reveals to Finn that she is pregnant and tells him that the baby is his, although the real father is Finn's best friend Puck.

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32.

Cooper Anderson begins a relationship with Sam Evans in "Duets" but is later unfaithful to him, rekindling her romance with Finn.

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33.

Cooper Anderson is eventually able to walk again, and even to dance in performance with the glee club.

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34.

Cooper Anderson makes brief appearances during seasons four, five and six.

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35.

Cooper Anderson starts dating Brittany, which is initially kept a secret.

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36.

Cooper Anderson was originally hired as a choreographer to teach cast members Colfer and Ushkowitz the "Single Ladies" dance.

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37.

Cooper Anderson is used by the series' writers to say things no other character would, to the point that Morris considers some of her lines nonsensical.

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38.

Cooper Anderson later discovers that he is the father of Quinn's baby.

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39.

Cooper Anderson rejects him when he offers to support her and the baby, calling him a "Lima loser".

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40.

Cooper Anderson falls in love with Lauren, and they run unsuccessfully for junior prom king and queen together, but she breaks up with him at the beginning of their senior year in season three.

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41.

Cooper Anderson sleeps with him once, though she tells him afterward she has made a mistake, to his disgust, and subsequently resigns from McKinley.

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42.

Cooper Anderson is introduced as an openly gay student at Dalton Academy and a member of The Warblers, a Sectionals and Regionals rival of New Directions.

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43.

Cooper Anderson becomes best friends with Sam, developing a minor crush on him that he later overcomes.

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44.

Cooper Anderson is subsequently selected to perform a dance routine with Brittany for Sectionals in "Special Education".

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45.

Cooper Anderson reveals to Will that she is a virgin, but does not go through with her plan to lose her virginity to him.

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46.

Cooper Anderson admits that she still has feelings for Will, and she and Carl separate; he later requests an annulment of their marriage.

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47.

Cooper Anderson begins to get treatment for her OCD in "Born This Way".

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48.

Cooper Anderson discovers she has actually experienced a hysterical pregnancy, but hides this from Will, afraid he will leave her.

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49.

Cooper Anderson briefly becomes the school nurse, but is asked to step down after giving the glee club pseudoephedrine tablets.

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50.

Cooper Anderson explained that Will and Terri's communication is weak and that Terri is "missing a lot of the skills for the marriage", commenting that Terri feels threatened by Will's commitment to the glee club, worried that it will pull him away from her.

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51.

Cooper Anderson feels left out when Burt and Finn bond, but Burt reassures him that he will always come first.

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52.

Cooper Anderson sends Kurt to New York in the fall, and when he visits at Christmas, reveals that he has recently been treated for prostate cancer, and that it appears to have been caught in time.

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53.

Cooper Anderson's doctor tells him that he is cancer free a few months later.

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54.

Cooper Anderson comes to William McKinley High with an enviable record of coaching successful football teams, and Principal Figgins boosts the football program budget for him by reducing the cheerleading and glee club budgets, which alarms coach Sue Sylvester and director Will Schuester, respectively, and drives them into a temporary alliance against him.

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55.

Cooper Anderson contemplates resigning as coach upon learning that several students have been fantasizing about him in order to curb their arousal while making out.

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56.

Cooper Anderson was one of three actresses from the show to be nominated in that category in 2011; the victor was another Glee nominee, Gwyneth Paltrow.

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57.

Cooper Anderson was part of the Glee cast ensemble that was nominated in December 2011 for the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series award at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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58.

Cooper Anderson develops a crush on Ryder, but is too afraid to demonstrate it, so she makes a fake account to get close to him.

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59.

Cooper Anderson begins presenting as a girl in that episode during school hours, despite the pressure she experiences from classmates to appear in male attire.

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60.

Cooper Anderson is later transferred to another school by Sue Sylvester as she wants to remove all the remaining members of Glee Club in the school.

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61.

Cooper Anderson makes his first appearance in the fifth episode of season four.

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62.

Cooper Anderson is a sophomore student at McKinley High School and plays football.

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63.

Cooper Anderson helps her with her self-esteem issues and kisses her as Jake Puckerman looks on.

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64.

Cooper Anderson is directed to a professional and begins treatment to improve his studying.

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65.

Cooper Anderson later finds out that "Katie" is someone in the glee club when he calls the number while being in the choir room and the phone goes off.

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66.

Cooper Anderson is a younger half-brother of Puck, whom he has never met.

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67.

Cooper Anderson is not admitted to the glee club, but when director Will Schuester discovers that Jake is related to Puck, he personally invites Jake to join New Directions, telling Jake that he is talented, and he thinks joining will help him as it did Puck, but Jake declines.

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68.

Cooper Anderson later appears in the final episode with everyone singing "I Lived".

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69.

Cooper Anderson comes from a low-income family, her mother, Millie Rose, works at the school's cafeteria and is morbidly obese.

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70.

Cooper Anderson's goal is to become a singer on the radio, rather than aiming for Broadway.

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71.

Cooper Anderson is attracted to Jake Puckerman, who is new at McKinley, but although the attraction seems mutual, she is upset to discover he is dating Kitty, a cheerleader and popular girl.

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72.

Cooper Anderson's bulimia gets worse, and she passes out on stage during Sectionals competition during New Directions' first number; when the glee club leaves the stage to get her first aid, the Dalton Academy Warblers are declared the winners, but they are later disqualified and New Directions gets to go on.

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73.

Cooper Anderson tells Jake, which temporarily strains their relationship, and nearly ends Jake's friendship with Ryder.

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74.

Cooper Anderson was ostracized by her friends, and eventually switched schools.

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75.

Cooper Anderson has been compared in the media to Perez Hilton and Gossip Girl.

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76.

Cooper Anderson briefly joins New Directions in order to fill the membership quota for sectionals, as a temporary replacement for Finn.

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77.

Cooper Anderson does appear in a fantasy dream sequence during that season's Christmas episode, "Glee, Actually", as Artie's guardian angel.

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78.

Cooper Anderson's audition is a stunningly horrendous rendition of "Big Spender", and she becomes the first person who fails to get into New Directions after auditioning.

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79.

Cooper Anderson said that it was difficult to sing poorly on purpose, especially with piano accompaniment.

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80.

Cooper Anderson is a Christian, wears his hair in dreadlocks, and has been home schooled until that point; he joins the "God Squad" club, whose other members include three who are members of the glee club: Mercedes, Sam, and Quinn.

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Cooper Anderson continues at McKinley and in New Directions in the show's fourth season, and performs in both Sectionals and Regionals competitions, but has not appeared in the fifth season; Larsen cut his trademark dreadlocks after fourth-season filming ended.

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82.

Cooper Anderson was therefore surprised—and thrilled—when his religious beliefs seemed to interest and inspire Glee's Ryan Murphy during an episode of The Glee Project.

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83.

Cooper Anderson assists Sue with her Congressional campaign, though Sue loses the race.

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84.

Cooper Anderson asks him out on a date, and while they do have a good time, he balks at a more serious relationship, to her great disappointment.

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85.

Cooper Anderson is a member of the hockey team who slushies Finn, but by "Theatricality" he's on the football team with his friend and fellow bully Azimio ; they regularly target members of New Directions.

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86.

Cooper Anderson later warns Kurt not to tell anyone about it, threatening to kill him if he does.

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87.

Cooper Anderson is expelled for his death threat, but allowed to return by the school board as no physical violence was witnessed—and Kurt had not revealed the kiss.

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88.

Cooper Anderson next appears in the third-season episode "The First Time".

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89.

Cooper Anderson has transferred to another high school from McKinley for his senior year; he sees Kurt in a gay bar, and tells Kurt he has become a regular there and feels accepted.

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90.

Cooper Anderson is later outed at his new school and bullied so mercilessly that he attempts to commit suicide but is saved by his father; Kurt visits him in the hospital and they agree to become friends.

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91.

Cooper Anderson is first introduced in "Homecoming" alongside her twin brother Mason.

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92.

Cooper Anderson is first introduced in "Homecoming" alongside his twin sister Madison.

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93.

Cooper Anderson makes his first appearance in "Loser Like Me" and offends Rachel when he calls a fellow football player a "whiny homo" until Sam reveals that Spencer is actually gay.

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94.

Cooper Anderson is approached by Kurt Hummel during "Homecoming" about the possibility of joining the New Directions, but he declines, saying he shouldn't have to join a stupid glee club just because he is openly gay.

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95.

Cooper Anderson is introduced in the season 6 episode "Homecoming", when Rachel Berry hears the voice of someone singing and attempts to recruit them to the New Directions, but is unsure of where the sound is coming from.

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96.

Cooper Anderson remains in New Directions through the season's final episode, and they win the National Show Choir Championship.

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97.

Cooper Anderson's surname is never mentioned during the course of the show; however, Guthrie stated that the character's surname was "Meeks" in a post on his Twitter account.

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98.

Cooper Anderson is overweight and has a love of candy, specifically Cadbury Creme Eggs.

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99.

Cooper Anderson is seen in the episode "The Substitute", in which she is taken advantage of by Sue Sylvester to spread a disease, which Sue calls "loud bisexual primate flu", to a number of students and faculty, namely Will Schuester and Principal Figgins.

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100.

Cooper Anderson joins New Directions in the episode "Special Education", enabling the club to meet the member quota for sectionals.

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101.

Cooper Anderson was the director of glee club when Will Schuester was a member.

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102.

Cooper Anderson's plaque was viewed during the course of the series by Will and other glee club members as a further source of inspiration.

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103.

Cooper Anderson makes out with Will shortly after meeting him, but she resists sleeping with him when he says his divorce is not yet final and that he has just broken up with his new girlfriend, Emma.

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104.

Cooper Anderson had signed a contract that stated that she could not seek out her daughter until she was eighteen.

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105.

Cooper Anderson is blackmailed by Sue for most of the first season: she uncovers internet footage of him appearing in a support stocking commercial for Mumbai Air, and she later drugs his drink and takes a compromising photograph of them in bed together.

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106.

Cooper Anderson finds Figgins a challenging character to play, as it entails finding "the right mix of someone who is an authority figure but who is very insecure about his own strengths as a person".

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107.

Cooper Anderson's behavior is often eccentric, including doll collecting, writing fan fiction about Desperate Housewives, and attempting to create a role for himself as Cleopatra in the school production of Cabaret.

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108.

Cooper Anderson did not return for the second season; the new football coach, coach Beiste, is played by Dot-Marie Jones.

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Cooper Anderson is briefly seen in the season four episode "Shooting Star" as a potential match for Coach Beiste on an online dating site.

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110.

Cooper Anderson is first introduced in the episode "Audition", escorting his new recruit Sunshine Corazon out of William McKinley High School and taking her away from its glee club, having been tipped off about her by Sue Sylvester, and employed the underhanded tactics of offering to sponsor Sunshine's visa and arranging an apartment for her and her family as payment for her joining Vocal Adrenaline despite her being enrolled at McKinley High.

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111.

Cooper Anderson has been working in show business since before birth—an ultrasound of her was featured in an episode of Murder, Cooper Anderson Wrote, and she later appeared in commercials for Gerber baby food.

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112.

Cooper Anderson returned in "Hold On to Sixteen", leading her glee club, the Unitards, to a third-place finish at Sectionals, after which she tells Kurt that she's a sophomore.

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113.

Cooper Anderson is persuaded by Sue to use songs from New Directions' set list at Sectionals to give her group an edge in the competition.

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114.

Cooper Anderson is introduced as a new Dalton Academy Warbler in the fifth episode, "The First Time".

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115.

When Blaine Cooper Anderson comes to Dalton to invite his Warbler friends to see a musical he's starring in at McKinley, Sebastian is attracted to him and propositions him.

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116.

Cooper Anderson is a part of the effort to persuade Blaine to rejoin the Warblers.

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117.

Cooper Anderson had been playing the role of Baby John in the touring company of Broadway revival of West Side Story since it opened on September 30,2010, and left the show after performing on September 23,2011 to return for his first day with Glee.

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118.

Cooper Anderson admits to Shelby that he agreed to "seduce" Rachel because he thought it would be a good acting exercise, but he started to develop real feelings for her.

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119.

Cooper Anderson joins Rachel, Sam and Mercedes, who have teamed up to go do "prom on a budget", at the McKinley junior prom; however, after getting into a fight with a jealous Finn, he's kicked out of prom.

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120.

Cooper Anderson's resumed relationship with Rachel ultimately fails when Finn suddenly kisses her in the middle of a Nationals performance and Rachel chooses to get back together with him.

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121.

Cooper Anderson encourages him on his first Nationals as a coach and jibes that the New Directions are going to beat him, to which he tells her he likes her cocky side.

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122.

Cooper Anderson had auditioned for NYADA a few years prior but was rejected; Carmen tells him at Nationals that despite the rejection, he has remarkable vocal range and passion.

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123.

Cooper Anderson is made fun of by students and the glee club members initially for her weight, but when they discover she is Marley's mom they stand up for her.

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124.

Cooper Anderson makes all of Marley's clothes and is particularly fond of Marley's boyfriend Jake Puckerman and the rest of New Directions.

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125.

Cooper Anderson is a factor in Sue's decision to admit Becky Jackson—who has Down syndrome—to the Cheerios.

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126.

Cooper Anderson briefly rejoins the glee club as an adult, during a period in which Rachel had left the club and it was in need of a female lead.

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127.

Cooper Anderson appeared again, including at the Nationals competition in Chicago, and returns in the fourth and fifth seasons for scenes set at NYADA.

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128.

Cooper Anderson was introduced in the fourth-season premiere for a six-episode arc Cassandra only appears in five episodes: four in 2012 and one in 2013.

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