Artie Abrams
General Information
Gender:	Male
Hair Color:	Brown
Eye Color:	Blue
Birthday:	1994
Height:	5'7"
Address:	Lima, Ohio, USA
Occupation(s):	Student, Football player, New Directions member
Aliases:	Wheels, Legs, Stumbles (Sue) Bluetooth, Stubbles McCripple Pants, The Four-Eyed Loser, A Stupid Boy, The Smoothest Criminal I Know (Santana) Andy (Cooter Menkins) The Kid in the Wheelchair (Mike Chang) Hottie (Becky) A Modern-day Tiny Tim,Teenage Disabled Kid (Don Barowski) Wheelchair Kid, Young Jedi in a Wheelchair, Professor X, Chief (Puck) Roller Boy (April Rhodes)
Family & Friends
Family:	Unnamed mother, Unnamed father
Relationships:	Sugar Motta (crusher, possibly ended) Becky Jackson (ended) Tina Cohen-Chang (ex-girlfriend) Brittany Pierce (ex-girlfriend)
Friends:	Quinn Fabray Noah Puckerman Mercedes Jones Kurt Hummel Finn Hudson Matt Rutherford Tina Cohen-Chang Mike Chang Sam Evans Rachel Berry Brittany Pierce New Directions Sugar Motta Santana Lopez Blaine Anderson Rory Flanagan Lauren Zizes Joe Hart
Enemies:	Hockey Team
Other Information
Interests:	Rap, popping wheelies
Clique:	New Directions, The Brainiacs
Education:	William McKinley High School
Strengths:	Singing, rapping, beat-boxing, def jam poetry, guitar
Weaknesses:	Occasional sexism
Awards:	2011 High School State football championship (shared with the rest of football team)
Series Information
First appearance:	Pilot
Portrayer:	Kevin McHale Naya Rivera (Tina's Dream)

Arthur "Artie" Abrams is a central character on Glee. He is a presently a junior at William McKinley High School, where he actively participates in the glee club and also the McKinley Titans football team. Artie is a strong and ambitious young man; even though he is in a wheelchair, he refuses to let anything get in his way. In Dream On, it is revealed that Artie dreams of being a dancer, and then-girlfriend Tina Cohen-Chang insists on helping him achieve this, even going so far as to research future medical possibilities. After speaking with guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury about these potential scientific advancements, he is distraught to realize that they are all far off being publicly available. Since then, Artie has come to aspire to be a director, discovering this passion after being recommended by Will Schuester to direct the school's production of West Side Story.

During season one he starts dating Tina, but she breaks up with him at the beginning of season 2 because Tina got attracted to Mike in Asian Camp. Artie joins the football team in hopes of winning Tina back with "abs". Later, Artie starts dating Brittany but they break up before the end of the season.

Artie Abrams is portrayed by actor Kevin McHale.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Season One 1.2 Season Two 1.3 Season Three 2 Personality 3 Relationships 3.1 Brittany Pierce 3.2 Tina Cohen-Chang 3.3 Becky Jackson 4 Quotations 5 Songs 5.1 Solos 5.2 Duets 5.3 Solos (In a Group Number) 5.4 Unreleased Solos 5.5 Back Up Vocals 6 Trivia 7 Gallery 8 Comments

BiographyEdit

Artie is an active member of the Glee Club. When he was eight years old, he was in a car crash with his mother, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, though he still has use of his penis, as stated in Wheels. His website bio states that he likes to play DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) with his hands.

Season OneEdit

In Pilot, Artie's friend Tina helps him sign up for New Directions, due to him not being able to reach the sign-up sheet. For unknown reasons, they did not show Artie's audition (if he had one, which he probably did).

Artie is given the solo in Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat with Mercedes, Rachel, Kurt, and Tina, which makes Rachel furious. During the number, Artie is unable to dance or move that much due to his wheelchair. When Rachel tells Will that Artie having the solo is ridiculous, Artie suggests Will is using irony to enhance the performance and Rachel states there is nothing ironic about show choir.

Rachel almost rolls Artie off the stage in You're the One That I Want, in which he performed background vocals. Artie appeared sad when Will announced he was resigning. Later the football team (including Puck) stuffs Artie in a Port-A-Potty stall, and plans to flip it. Artie is terrified and pleads mercy, but is eventually rescued by Finn, who rolls him back to the Auditorium. This annoys the football team. Artie performs background vocals (and guitar) in Don't Stop Believin'.

In Showmance, Artie is seen with Mercedes, Tina, and Mr. Schue practicing runs.

He performs background vocals in Le Freak, a disco song he and the rest of the Glee Club hate. He suggests modern music to Will, who rejects his idea. Artie performs background vocals in Gold Digger and is present in a Will-less Glee Club rehearsal in which the club plans to appeal to the school's interest in sex appeal. He performs background vocals and has a solo in Push It.

In Acafellas, Artie is present at a Glee rehearsal, in which Rachel tells Will his choreography is lame. He is also seen at rehearsal without Will. Artie and Tina clean cars at the Glee Club car wash fundraiser. Dakota Stanley kicks Artie out of the club due to his disability, leading to Tina to leave with him. Rachel stops them before they leave and fires Dakota.

In Preggers, Artie is seen in a glee rehearsal, in which Tina is given a solo. He is seen at another rehearsal at the end of the episode.

In The Rhodes Not Taken, Artie is seen practicing with the club for invitationals. Artie and the rest of New Directions are skeptical when April Rhodes joins the club. Artie is seen warming up with the Glee Club just before invitationals, and he performs background vocals in Last Name and Somebody to Love.

In Vitamin D, Artie finds out which schools will also be at sectionals. On discovering that the schools are 'barely any competition' he puts his hand up for a high five from Brittany, who is standing next to him, only to see she had turned around, he puts his hand down sadly. Will tells the club that they will compete in a glee-off between the girls and boys, in which each team must perform a mash-up. According to Artie, the boys planned to

beat the girls. The boys decide to perform a mash-up of It's My Life and Confessions. They perform their mash-up under the influence of Finn's decongestant,and Artie performs a short solo and background vocals. Artie watches the girls' mash-up.

In Throwdown, Coach Sue steps in as co-head of the Glee Club. She attempts to make Mr. Schue look insensitive to minorities by taking Artie and other minority students into her 'elite Glee Club'. Artie performs background vocals in Hate on Me and Ride Wit Me. Artie storms out of the auditorium with the rest of the Glee Club after Sue and Will argue, and performs background vocals in Keep Holding On.

In Mash-Up, Artie, Tina and Mercedes avoid Dave Karofsky in fear of being hit by a slushie. Will suggests a mash-up with Bust a Move to the glee club, and Artie performs background vocals (and bass) in the song when Will begins singing it. Artie is present at Puck's performance of Sweet Caroline and throws a slushie at Will with the rest of New Directions.

In Wheels, when the group makes plans for sectionals, Will discovers that the school won't give him a bus capable for Artie's wheelchair. When he informs the group that they need to raise money, the other students are unconcerned, saying that Artie can just ride with his dad. This visibly hurts Artie's feelings. He later sings Dancing with Myself. Disappointed at the New Directions' behavior, Will forces the kids to raise the money with a bake sale, and to ride in wheelchairs for a week to see how difficult it is for Artie to spend his whole life in a wheelchair. Artie tells Tina that he was in a car crash when he was eight years old. While his mother who was driving the car was fine, Artie was left paralyzed from the waist down (although he still is capable of using his penis as he tell

s Tina). Artie falls for Tina because he feels connected to her because they both have disabilities (Artie's paraplegia and Tina’s stutter). They finally have a date together which ends in wheelchair drag races down the hall. After losing to Artie, Tina kisses him. Afterward, Tina confides in Artie her stutter is fake, something she created to not have to do an oral report in grade school. Artie, hurt by the lie and claiming that the connection he thought they have is a lie, breaks off the relationship, much to Tina's disappointment. He performs solos and background vocals in Proud Mary, a special wheelchair number in Artie's honor.

In Ballad, Artie is partnered with Quinn for the ballad assignment and watches Rachel and Mr. Schue's cover of Endless Love. Artie sings a solo and background vocals in Lean On Me, a ballad dedicated to Quinn and Finn.

In Hairography, Artie is present at a glee rehearsal. Brittany attempts to videotape and watches Jane Addams Academy perform Bootylicious. Artie is given a wig and the Glee Club learns hairography. He performs solos and background vocals in Hair/Crazy in Love, Imagine, and True Colors.

In Mattress, Kurt tells the Glee Club that having a glee yearbook photo would be embarrassing. Artie votes for Rachel as team captain, and refuses when Rachel asks him to be her co-captain. The club is cast in a Mattress Land commercial, in which they perform Jump. We see Artie out of his wheelchair for the first time during the performance. They are all sad when Will is disqualified. Artie is seen getting ready for the glee club yearbook photo, and taking the photo with the club. The picture is later defaced and vandalized by Dave Karofsky. Artie receives a solo in Smile.

In Sectionals, Artie goes on party line with Mercedes, Tina, Kurt, Brittany, and Santana after Rachel noticed that both Finn and Puck helped Quinn get up when she slipped and began to theorize that Finn might not actually be the father of Quinn's baby. The others already knew this was true, but had not told Rachel for fear of her telling Finn. As such they discuss their chances at sectionals, and their worry that Rachel may tell Finn that Quinn's not having his baby. Artie is seen at a Glee Club rehearsal where the club discusses their set list. Emma is appointed as the new Glee Club head and Mercedes performs And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going. Artie is seen watching Finn punch Puck, and later being loaded onto the special sectionals bus. The club is concerned when the Glee Club has the last performance slot. They watch Jane Addams Academy and Haverbrook copy their set list and are shocked and worried. Artie rams himself into a wall repeatedly in frustration and worry when the New Directions meet in the greenroom. Finn returns and the club figures out what to perform. Artie performs background vocals in You Can't Always Get What You Want, and is shown listening in on the judges during their verdict. Despite the behind-the-scenes conflict, McKinley High wins sectionals. They later perform My Life Would Suck Without You for Will, in which

Artie performs background vocals.

In Hell-O, Artie's response to answering the phone is "Who dis be?" and he performs background vocals during Gives You Hell and Hello, Goodbye.

In The Power of Madonna, Artie is very disrespectful towards Tina but forgives her for lying about her stutter and says the only way they can be together is if she changes her gothic appearance. This angers Tina who later angrily confronts him which surprises him. Later he apologizes to Tina who gets emotional thinking he hates her but they kiss and make up. He performs a solo and background vocals in What It Feels Like For A Girl and background vocals in Like a Prayer.

In Home, Artie performs background vocals in Home as well as joining in while Mercedes sings Beautiful.

In Bad Reputation, Artie (along with Kurt, Tina, Mercedes, and Brittany) is angry about not being on the glist (except Brittany who was angry because she was fourth) so they decide to cause havoc in the library by performing U Can't Touch This in which he performs lead vocals. They still don't get put on the glist after the performance. Artie then tells Kurt to admit it was them that put Coach Sue’s rendition of Physical on the internet. He is only one who doesn't dance in Ice Ice Baby because of his disability.

In Laryngitis, Artie is seen though the episode in the background. He also sings background vocals in One.

In Dream On, Bryan Ryan asks the Glee Club to write down their biggest dreams on a sheet of paper. He takes Artie's, crumples it, and throws it in the garbage as an example that their dreams will never happen. Tina admits that she looked at his paper and read that his biggest dream is to become a dancer. Tina really wants to help Artie fulfill his dream and wants to perform a dance number for an assignment. They practice a soft shoe number with taps on Artie's wheels. Artie tries to stand after 8 years in a wheelchair and after a few steps, falls. Embarrassed, Artie blames Tina for encouraging him. Later, Tina apologizes. She said she has done research to cure Artie's condition. She tells not to give up hope. While at the mall, Tina leaves to buy a snack. Artie imagines himself dancing in flash mob singing Safety Dance.

Artie asks Emma to help him cope during the processes for him to walk. Emma looks at the research papers and tells him that he won't be able to walk for a really long time. Emma can see how disappointed Artie is at the news. Later, Artie tells Tina that he is okay with the fact that he won't be able to walk again and that he'll work on a dream that he can actually make come true. Tina ends up dancing with Mike Chang. During the dance Artie sings Dream a Little Dream of Me.

In Theatricality, Rachel comes into the music room with news that Vocal Adrenaline is doing Lady Gaga. Along with Kurt, and female members of New Directions, Artie is worried. When Will announces that they will be doing Gaga too, Artie seems happy, but when Finn confronts Schue about the guys doing KISS, Artie's on board. Artie is seen watching the girls perform Bad Romance and, later, he sings Shout It Out Loud. He also defends Kurt from the football players.

In Funk, Artie is depressed after Jesse returned to Vocal Adrenaline. He is also seen watching Vocal Adrenaline sing Another One Bites the Dust, and sings background vocals in Give Up the Funk.

In Journey, Artie and the gang are depressed that Sue will be judging at Regionals. New Directions will be disbanded if they don't win. He is also seen at Mr. Schue's party celebrating New Directions' first birthday. Artie sings background vocals in the Journey Medley. When the judges announce that they lost, Artie says "We didn't even place," in a depressed tone of voice. Before singing To Sir, With Love, everyone including Artie reveals what they before Will and the Glee Club. Artie said that a year ago he ever even kissed a girl. When Will tells the club that Principal Figgins is letting the Glee Club run for one more year, Artie is seen cheering. He watches Will and Puck's performance of Over The Rainbow. He also holds hands with Tina and looks at her lovingly. This episode marks the last time where Artie and Tina are happy together as a couple.

Season TwoEdit

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In Audition, Tina breaks up with him because she fell in love with Mike Chang and because he hasn't been an attentive boyfriend. Artie is desperate, and asks Finn to help him to get on the football team, in hopes that Tina will like him again if he'd be more like Mike. Finn is unsure at first, but he finds Artie's idea of him being like a human battering ram great and agrees to help him. However, upon seeing Artie, Beiste accuses Finn of trying to make her seem like a monster when she has to reject a disabled student and kicks him out of the team. He is also seen sadly watching Tina and Mike dance, and rapping in Billionaire {C

In Britney/Brittany, Artie agrees with Kurt on the idea of doing Britney Spears that week. When Emma's boyfriend, Dr. Carl Howell, comes to teach the kids proper dental hygiene, Artie learns he doesn't take care of his teeth. He states that he could possibly take care of them better if he could see himself in the mirror. At his checkup, he has a anesthesia-induced "Britney" dream of Britney Spears herself telling Tina that she's stupid for dumping Artie for Mike. She begs him to come back, but Artie says he's stronger without her. Following this, Artie performs Stronger with the football team. After the visit, we see Artie is more confident. Later, Beiste allows Artie to join the football team, fulfilling his dream.

In Grilled Cheesus, Artie scores a touch down at their schools football game after Finn wishes that they would win the football game for Artie. Artie is seen watching Mercedes's performance of I Look to You, Finn's version of Losing My Religion, and Puck singing Only the Good Die Young. He also sings background vocals in One of Us. Also he is seen a few times rolling his eyes at Finn's revelation and he looks sympathetic towards Kurt.

In Duets, Artie is still trying to get over Tina. Brittany admits having feelings for him, and they start going out. Tina says that she wants to sing a duet with Artie because Mike refuses to, but Artie tells her that he is going out with Brittany. When Artie is at Brittany's house, Artie tells Brittany that he can't continue the relationship as he is not over Tina. Brittany has sex with him in hopes that it helps him get over Tina, thus losing his virginity. When he finds that the sex meant almost nothing to Brittany, he becomes upset. He tells her that he feels that she was using him for his voice to gain an edge in the competition. Brittany is astounded by what Artie said and tries to save the relationship by saying that she specifically wanted to go to Breadstix with Artie and reenact the scene from The Lady and the Tramp and she has been practicing nudging meatballs with her nose. He then says that since he lost the use of his legs, no one was sure if he would be able to have sex. When they found he could, he felt it was like a miracle and Brittany's nonchalant attitude towards it ruined that feeling for him. Brittany apologizes saying she had no idea how much it meant to him, but he ended the relationship anyway and pulls them both out of the duets competition. We see Brittany really liked Artie because she is seen sadly watching as he passes by in hallway with Finn. She is also seen alone at Breadstix moving a meatball with her nose. Artie still voted for himself to go to Breadstix.&nbsp {C

In The Rocky Horror Glee Show, Will told the kids that will perform a play of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Artie played Dr. Scott and a partygoer/Transylvanian. Artie is also present at Dr. Howell's audition of Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?. Artie also sings background vocals and gets two solos in The Time Warp. Artie and Brittany seem fine after their break-up because they showed no sign of anger towards the other. In Never Been Kissed, Puck tells Artie that he is his community service. Puck helps Artie to become cooler,

first, by telling him to sing for profit. They sing One Love (People Get Ready) together. Later, Puck teaches him how to get Brittany back by acting mean to her. The boys double date with Santana and Brittany. While at Breadstix, Artie pretends that the waitress is into him, even though she is way older than him. While at dinner, Brittany hits on him. After the meal, Puck and the girls plan to ditch the bill. Artie does not follow through, and pays anyway. Puck becomes angry because he taught Artie his secrets and he still doesn't do it. After Puck has a fit in Principal Figgins's office, Artie comforts him and says that since Puck taught him some new tricks and that he will tutor him in geometry. The two have solos in Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind. In The Substitute, Artie enjoys Holly Holliday's care-free, modern teachings, but helps the others in getting

Mr. Schue's job back. While Will hallucinates, we see Artie as a child, still sitting in the wheelchair. He is present at Rachel's and Holly performance of Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag. He sings background vocals and has solos in Forget You and Singing in the Rain/Umbrella.

In Furt, while at Rachel's "Girlfriends of Football Players Intervention" meeting, Brittany tells Tina that she is indeed dating Artie. Artie and Mike stand up to Karofsky in a two-man intervention. Karofsky loses it, causing Artie to flip over and Mike helping him. Artie is present at Burt and Carole's wedding. He has a solo in Marry You.

In Special Education, Artie and Tina believe that Brittany and Mike are cheating on them with each other.

When Brittany believes she'll fail at sectionals, Artie gives her a magic comb to help, even though it was just a old comb he found before meeting her. When Artie tells Brittany that she is guilty of "adultery" (a puzzling use of the word later revealed to be a setup for a blonde joke) runs off. Rachel, Artie, and Tina refuse to go on because of their relationship problems. Later, Brittany tells Artie that she thought he meant "a-dolt-ery", meaning she is stupid for losing the comb. They forgive and kiss.

In A Very Glee Christmas, Artie and New Directions try to reinforce Brittany's belief in Santa Claus. Her wish to Santa is that Artie can walk. Artie freaks out because Brittany will be sad if Artie can't walk on Christmas morning. The two are seen happily singing in The Most Wonderful Day of the Year. Later in the episode, Brittany becomes depressed when, the night before, "Santa" told her that Artie will not walk this Christmas and she needs to have patience. When Artie takes Brittany home because she isn't feeling well, they find a gift. When Tina and the gang comes back from caroling, they find Artie walking. This is accomplished after he received an expensive piece of technology, the ReWalk, from an anonymous "Santa". Brittany's Christmas wish—and Artie's dream—came true.

In The Sue Sylvester Shuffle, Artie was present during the football game and witnessed the fight between Finn and Karofsky. Later, the entire football (minus the ones in Glee Club) cornered him with red and orange slushies. Artie isn't supportive of Mr. Schue and Coach Beiste's decision to let the football team be in Glee club. He watches Puck and Rachel sing Need You Now. He practices "Zombie 101" with New Directions and the football team and sings background vocals in She's Not There. Later, when most of the hockey team shows up with slushies, he cowers behind Finn, but gets slushied anyway. Later in the episode, when most of the team quit, he plays football with Mercedes, Rachel, Tina, Lauren, and the rest of the guys. During half-time, he has a huge solo in Thriller/Heads Will Roll. When Karofsky and the rest of the players come back, he sits out during the second half. He celebrates when the Titans win the big game.

In Silly Love Songs, he attends Glee Club and receives the assignment to sing their favorite song. Artie sings P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) with Mike to Brittany. Artie sings background vocals in Fat Bottomed Girls and can be seen at Breadstix (with Brittany) during the Warblers' performance of Silly Love Songs.

In Comeback, after he sees how the girls react to Sam singing Baby,,Artie along with Puck and Mike want to join Sam's one-man-band, The Justin Bieber Experience.

Artie has lead vocals in Somebody to Love. During Lauren's first solo performance of I Know What Boys Like, she imagines Artie in his boxers and traps his face in her breasts.

At the end of the episode, Artie sings background in SING.

In Blame It on the Alcohol, Artie, Brittany, Mike, and Tina wanted to leave Rachel's lame party before they all started to drink, saying that they had made dinner reservations. Through the entire episode, Artie seems to be one of the drunkest and thoroughly enjoys the party, throwing money at a stripping Brittany, saying "Makin' it rain! Yeah, that's my girlfriend! I love you baby!" At one point, Artie was wearing Brittany's pink sweater and hat while she was wearing his glasses. The next day, Artie recommends some Bloody Marys to the group for their hangover and sings Blame It (on the Alcohol). Later, Artie has a small solo in TiK ToK. At the end of the episode, Artie is present during Mr. Schue's rant about them drinking.

In Sexy, Brittany tells Santana that she is pregnant. Santana tells Tina, who tells Puck, who tells Lauren who finally tells Artie "Congratulations ! Oh, you don't know ? Your girlfriend's preggo ! You're gonna be a baby daddy !" In the choir room, we see that Artie is truly shaken by the news and admits he's not ready for a child and questions on how to support it. Mr. Schue asks Brittany if she really is pregnant and if she had it confirmed witha doctor. She tells him that she doesn't have to be sure; there was a stork building a nest on her property. Luckily, she actually isn't pregnant. Artie can be seen singing along, and slightly enjoying/ flirting, to Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) with Holly. After Landslide, Sam tells Artie that he wishes that he was as close to Artie as his girlfriend (Santana) is to Artie's.

While present during Afternoon Delight, Artie looks very confused. Later in the episode, Artie can be seen with Brittany at Rachel's celibacy club.

In Original Song, Artie at first rejects the idea of doing original songs for Regionals, but when Quinn sides with Rachel, he and everyone else agree. He is present during Santana's Trouty Mouth, Puck's Big Ass Heart, and is seen singing along to Mercedes' Hell to the No. He sings background vocals in Loser Like Me. He is excited when New Directions wins. He also votes for Rachel as the very first Glee Club MVP.

In A Night of Neglect, it is revealed that Artie, (along with Tina, Brittany, and Mike) are members of McKinley High's Academic Decathlon Team, which is preparing for finals although they cannot afford the trip. Will sympathizes with them and promises to help raise money to support the team. Holly gives him the idea to perform a concert as a fundraiser for the "neglected" Decathlon Team. After Tina is heckled off stage, Artie proposes cancelling the concert, but Will refuses to. When Mercedes performs Ain't No Way, Artie is seen happily watching her. Later, the Academic Decathlon Team is shown competing and the score is tied. The final questions' category is "Hermaphrodite Nazi Sympathizers". Artie and Brittany smile at each other, implying they are going to know the answer. They win the Decathlon.

In Born This Way, Artie can be seen throughout the episode. He seems very surprised at Rachel's wanting to have a nose job. He asked where Santana was, but showed no real concern. He sang background vocals in Born This Way with New Directions. He also wore a shirt that says "FOUR EYES".

In Rumours, Artie seems upset during April's rendition of Dreams. He later confronts Brittany on whether or not she is cheating on him with Santana. She says that since Santana's a girl, it doesn't count (according to what Santana told her). Artie becomes frustrated and exclaims: "God, Brittany! Why are you so stupid?" Brittany walks away crying and hurt, revealing that he was the only person in school who hadn't called her that. Feeling bad, Artie sings Never Going Back Again with Puck, Sam, and Finn on guitars. Throughout the rest of the episode, Artie is quiet, looking up at Brittany sadly. He is present during Rachel's Go Your Own Way, Finn and Quinn's I Don't Want to Know, and sings background vocals in Don't Stop.

In Prom Queen, Artie wore a red tux and is seen hopeful when Brittany states that she doesn't have a date to the prom. Artie

declines Puck's offer to spike the punch bowl; but, after his failed attempt to win Brittany back by singing Isn't She Lovely in her Home Ec. class, he agrees. After performing Friday, Puck tells Artie to pour gin into Sue's beloved punch bowl now. While Artie was spiking the punch, he is caught by Sue. After Sue interrogates him, and threatens to pull out his molars, saying: "No, I'm just going to attempt to give you a simple cleaning", Artie admits that all he wants to do is to dance with Brittany once and that he didn't actually spike the punch with alcohol, but with lemonade. Sue releases him because he was "no fun to interrogate" and didn't rat Puck out. Later that night, Artie can be seen dancing with Brittany to Dancing Queen and taking pictures with her.

In Funeral, Artie is seen during the ceremony and sings alongside New Directions when they are singing Pure Imagination for Sue's sister Jean.

In New York, Artie arrives in New York with New Directions. He is seen buying three hot dogs while performing I Love New York/New York, New York and later performs My Cup with Brittany. Artie is present at the competition and sings a solo on Light Up the World.

Season ThreeEdit

In The Purple Piano Project, Artie is present when Mr. Schuester tells the kids about The Purple Piano Project.

Later, he is seen at the cafeteria with the rest of New Directions and sings background vocals in We Got the Beat. He is a target during the food fight, and returns to the Choir Room afterwards with the club, very depressed and dirty. At the end of the episode, Artie is seen singing in the background of You Can't Stop the Beat, although he gets a duet with Kurt that is not shown on television.

In I Am Unicorn, Artie is present when Will tells the Glee Club that he will not be directing the school musical. When Mr. Schuester asks Artie, after Coach Beiste and Emma show up, if he would like to direct William McKinley's adaption of West Side Story, he is hesitant but eventually says yes. Artie can be seen judging through Kurt's audition of I Am the Greatest, Rachel's version of Somewhere, and Blaine's Something's Coming.

In Asian F, Artie is present at Mercedes' audition for the role of Maria when she sings Spotlight. He is also seen during Mike's audition song Cool. Artie is also seen during Rachel's and Mercedes' Ultimate Maria-Off, where the girls sing Out Here On My Own; when he, Coach Beiste, and Ms. Pillsbury tell Berry and Jones that they will both play Maria; when Mercedes quits; and when he is posting the list of students who will be West Side Story. He sings background vocals in Fix You at the end of the episode.

At the beginning of the episode Pot o' Gold, Tina asks Artie why he didn't just give the role of Maria to Mercedes. Although Artie misses her, he says could not give the entire role because it would undermine his artistic credibility. Artie can be seen in the background throughout the entire episode, especially when Blaine sings Last Friday Night. Later on, Artie is seen during Rory Flanagan's (the new kid at McKinley) rendition of Take Care Of Yourself. He is later seen with Mike and Tina when they attempt to say hello to the former members of New Directions, Mercedes, Santana, and Brittany.

In The First Time, the episode begins with Artie's voice-over as he talks about his position as a director of

McKinley's production of West Side Story. He muses over how much power it gives him, even over stuff he knows nothing about. We see Rachel trying to find the 'right' dress for Maria and Artie being difficult. Later Artie rolls up to Coach Beiste, who is welding a part of the set for the musical. Artie jumps right to the point and asks why Coach Beiste was so uncomfortable while he was confronting Blaine and Rachel. She admits to being a virgin, even though she has her sights set on Cooter. She says that it doesn't matter if she has interest in anyone, as she believes they could never like her back. Next time we see Artie, he is seeking out Cooter. They go to the set of West Side Story and Artie demands to know whether he likes Coach Beiste - he says that he does, and that he had asked her out, but she refused every time. Artie tells him to ask her out again but this time, be obvious. We next see him at the opening night of West Side Story Artie rolls by and talks to them briefly but quickly leaves as his own nerves kick in. He tells Miss Pillsbury that he doesn't know what he's doing and he did everything in the play wrong. It is just then that the cast confronts him - he is scared, but they actually thank him - they say the entire show is thanks to his hard work and that they couldn't have done it without them. He gives them a small pep talk before the scene changes to Finn throwing his fists into the shower walls while he is still fully clothed, crying as the water runs over him.

In Mash Off, Artie is not a heavily featured character, with the episode focusing mainly on Santana and Finn. He is seen taking part in the New Directions mash up of I Can't Go For That/You Make My Dreams and in the dodgeball match. He is also seen looking shocked after Santana slapped Finn at the end of Rumour Has It/Someone Like You.

In I Kissed A Girl, Artie is again not heavily featured and the episode focuses mainly on Santana again. Artie backs up Finn in the song Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, he is also seen during the other numbers in the Choir room.

In Hold On To Sixteen, Artie is seen having fun during Red Solo Cup and seems to be exited to have Sam back at McKinley. He is also seen in the Choir room when Sam and Blaine start fighting over dance moves and whether they want to use 'Sex' in their dance numbers. Artie is also seen in the choir room, prior to sectionals. Artie sings solo's in the New Directions performance, giving his vocals in Control and Man In The Mirror. Artie cheers with the New Directions as they take first place at Sectionals. He is taking part in the song We Are Young and lets Sugar jump onto his chair to bring her into the group.

In Extraordinary Merry Christmas, Artie is seen taking part in All I Want For Christmas Is You. Artie is next seen In Sue's Office, Artie, Kurt and Blaine are in Sue's office as she asks them to help volunteer at a homeless shelter on Friday night. The boys are confused about why she wants to help homeless people, having said she doesn't believe in them and called them 'urban campers'. She reveals to them that she doesn't want to spend Christmas by herself as it is the first Christmas after her sister died, wanting to keep occupied. Kurt tells her that they are happy to help, and she then kicks them out of her office. Artie is later asked to direct the glee club's Christmas Special, he is talking with the Manager, him stating how proud he is to have a disabled boy directing the special, accidentally comparing him to 'Tiny Tim' to which Artie replies with saying he will ignore that in the spirit of Christmas. He tells the manager that he has two demands, the first one coming from a dream with Chewbacca saying it's not Christmas with out him, linking to a Star Wars special in 1978, and the entire show is going to be in black and white linking it to 'Judy Garland Holiday Special'. He agrees to as long as he can produce it without going over $800.In the April Rhodes Civic Pavilion, Rachel begins to sing River in what seems to be an audition to be in Artie's holiday special. When she finishes Artie calls her over and tells her that it was too depressing and didn't relate to his vision of the holiday special which is full of cheerful songs, with Rory dressing as Itchy the Elf and reciting a happier version of 'Frosty the Snowman.' Sam finds this not true to what else makes Christmas special which is remembering what's really important and tells him he doesn't want any part in it and asks Rory to come with him as he leaves to which Rory replies, "I should memorize my part, Sam'. Blaine and Rachel perform Extraordinary Merry Christmas, wanting to impress Artie so she gets a big part in the show. He is seen enjoying the performance, and agrees to put it in the show. Artie's Christmas Spectacular goes extremely well. The holiday spectacular begins in 'Star Wars' style, showing each and every one of the members of the club, excluding Sam and Quinn. Blaine sits at a window watching as the snow comes down and he and Kurt begin to sing Let It Snow. When they finish they notice 'guests' and welcome them into their home and begin to act cheesy. Rachel and Mercedes then enter with gifts. Mercedes gives Kurt a necklace which he was bidding for during the show. Rachel gives Blaine a bow tie with Christmas trees and candy cane striped pants. They then begin to sing My Favorite Things. After Blaine points out that if the snow continues that Santa Claus won't be able to deliver their presents. They hear jingle bells and they open the door to reveal Puck and Finn in Star Wars outfits, making sure that they aren't purposefully dressed as Star Wars characters. They begin to sing Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. When they finish the doorbell rings and Brittany, with Tina, Mike, Santana and other Cheerios, sings Christmas Wrapping. They hear another bell when Brittany finishes, Rory enters dressed as Itchy and tells then that instead of reading Frosty he reads verses from the Bible, reminding the club what Christmas really is. Artie later comes in to the homeless shelter and performs Do They Know It's Christmas? with the rest of the New Directions.

In Yes/No, he's eager to prepares a number for the assignment Will gave to the Glee Club (help him come up with a proposal number for Emma). He asks Sugar if she'd like to work with him, but she declines, so Artie prepares the number by himself. He suggests a song, Moves Like Jagger/Jumpin' Jack Flash, for the proposal, but Will thinks that moving so much and thus getting sweaty during that song would turn Emma off, and so he decides against it. He later demands from Will to make a decision on which song he wants to sing instead. When the glee-club finally settles on We Found Love for the proposal, he is involved in the number. Whilst the fellow glee club boys jump into the pool from the pool edge, Artie rolls into it including his wheelchair. He then gets lifted onto an inflatable chair where he spends the rest of the performance.
Meanwhile he gets asked out on a date by Becky Jackson, who feels connected to him since they are both

handicapped. Artie thus takes her to the April Rhodes Civic Pavilion to watch him how he performs Moves Like Jagger/Jumpin' Jack Flash. He says that he doesn't want to go out with her after that, because he had only promised her one date and considers taking her to watch his performance that one date, but Becky manages to persuade him to go eating with her at Breadstix.
On one of the following days he gets confronted by his fellow Glee-Club, who say that they aren’t okay with him dating Becky since she is Sue’s protégé. Artie thus accuses them of not being accepting and defends the girl, stating that he likes her, that he had a nice time with her, and that he admires her for having a positive view of life despite being born with a disability.
Becky hunts Artie down the following day and asks him to come to her house the following Friday, since she wants to take their relationship to the next base. She adds, that, as a foretaste, she sent him certain stuff. After the girl leaves him, he checks his mobile phone, only to find obnoxious stuff on it. Disenchanted by this, Artie goes to see Sue Sylvester for advice. The cheerleading coach tells him, that if he doesn't want to be with Becky anymore, he should tell her the truth, since the girls won't be able to move on unless he does so. Following that piece of advice, Artie talks to Becky and tells her that he doesn't want to be with her and can only imagine being friends with her at the most, hence leaving Becky very sad. In Michael, he is revealed to be a vivid "Michael Jackson" fan. He recounts how he spoke his first words while watching Michael Jackson do the "moon walk" and swears his admiration to the king of pop again the following day in the choir room. When New Directions have a Diva-Off against the Warblers, he sings lead vocals to Bad. He is among the people who are most offended when Sebastian pours a Slushie into Blaine's vision. He explains that he is having these outbursts because he is sick of them being treated in such a fashion. He wants to take revenge on Sebastian so badly, he even considers using violence. He doesn't even let himself be calmed down by Will, who tries to convince his pupils that violence is not a solution. This is followed by a dream-sequence in

which Artie wants to know from his mates who shares his opinion. Mike stands up for that matter, and so does Artie out of his wheelchair. Together they perform Scream. He is later revealed to have worked together with Santana. While the latter had visited the Dalton Academy to confront Sebastian, Artie had a recorder prepared in her bra, which enabled them to tape the confession which Sebastian made about preparing the Slushie for Blaine with rock-salt. He hopes to get Sebastian expelled from his school that way, though this doesn't happen, because New Directions agree on beating him fair.

He does however confront Sebastian with the others later. They explain to the Warblers, that they aren't going to do Michael Jackson songs for Regionals. When Sebastian laughs at them, he explains that there is more to "doing" Michael Jackson than just singing his songs and that he can't to it. In an attempt to show how it really works, he sings Black or White.

In The Spanish Teacher, he can be seen performing as a torero in the beginning during class. He next thing is present when Sue aks the New Directions Boys who'd like to father her child, though she immediately counts Artie out because he's in a wheelchair. Thereupon he angrily explains that he wasn't born with the handicap. He later engages in the choreography to Bamboleo/Hero.

In Heart, his crush on Sugar is further explored. As soon as she announces that she is having a party at Breadstix where she only wants people to attend with a date, he immediately plans to make Sugar his date. When Rory announces that he has the same purpose, Artie tries to make him back off, declaring that he wants the girl for himself. Over the next couple of days he makes several attempts to make Sugar his date. First thing, he presents her with a candy heart, but Rory outmatches that gift. At his second attempt, he outbids Rory by making heart-shaped confetti rain on top of the girl when she opens her locker. At last he tries to win her by presenting her with a toy-puppy, but Rory does better once more when he gives her a real puppy.

Since things look rather bad for him now, he tries to win Sugar over with a song, and performs Let Me Love You with the New Directions Boys backup for her. Impressed by the song, Sugar shows him his affection by hoping on his lap and asking him to roll her to class, indicating that for now she wants Artie to be her date. Artie, however, looses to Rory in the end, when the latter manages to gain her pity by singing Home and whining in front of the entire glee club, leaving Artie without Sugar or a date.

He can be seen staring heartbroken at Sugar and Rory during the "Sugar Shack".

In On My Way, he can be seen with the New Directions while they are discussing Sebastian's blackmailing, whilst they are performing at Regionals and waiting for the wedding ceremony at the end. He's there when the group discusses David Karofsky's suicide attempt. When Will asks the New Directions what they are looking forward to in their lives, he says, that it's his dream to see his children take their first steps.

In Big Brother, he helps Quinn come to terms with her new situation, which is being stuck in a wheelchair. When Finn and Rachel reunite with Quinn for the first time after her accident, Artie is by her side and seems to have become friends with her. After talking to them, Quinn prompts him to roll to the choir room with her, where they perform I'm Still Standing. After the song, Quinn remarks how her dance moves in a wheelchair aren't as smooth as Artie's yet whereupon he encourages her that they will be at some stage. Later on, he practices using the wheelchair ramp with her. Quinn thinks at first that she is unable to drive up the slope, but with Artie's encouragement, she does manage it. Afterwards, he invites Quinn to spend senior ditch day with him instead of the other seniors, saying that going to an amusement park when you're sitting in a wheelchair can be frustrating, which Quinn accepts. She even prefers doing things with Artie, although Finn wouldn't have minded taking her along with him and the others. So together they go to a skate park, which is, as Artie explains, the place where wheelchair bound kids spend senior-ditch day. Together they perform Up Up Up at the rink, while they drive around making stunts. When Artie remarks that Quinn has spent time with people in the same situation as she is in, Quinn denies it saying that she is only temporarily paralyzed. Thereupon Artie tells her that she should stop denying that she might be debilitated for the rest of her life, causing an argument. Quinn announces that she isn't him, that she isn't changing her plans for the future, and that she's going to walk again one day. She leaves Artie's last question ("And what if you don't? When are you going to stop resenting that this isn't really happening to you?") unanswered.

In Saturday Night Glee-ver, he participates in the dancing competition, whose winner is rewarded with a suit similar to that John Travolta wore in 'Saturday Night Fever'. When the sex tape of Santana and Brittany appears on the internet, Artie says to Santana's face how much he enjoyed watching it.

In Dance With Somebody, Artie seems to be profoundly enjoying the performances of I Wanna Dance With Somebody and So Emotional. Towards the end of the show, he is seen first with Mercedes performing My Love Is Your Love and is later joined with the rest of the New Directions.

In Choke, he is part of the group that wants to try and bring back Puck to McKinley to help him pass his test and graduate. When Finn explains his plan to the others, Artie's role was meant to be "The bait". He was meant to roll into a pool with his wheelchair to distract Puck, but since the latter walked through the door that very second, it never happened. Artie then agrees to help Puck study for the test he needs to pass in order to graduate.

He can be seen later on studying with the others in the middle of the night, and tells the others not to give up because they still have 9 hours to study. He burst into the performance of The Rain in Spain together with his friends and pulls their attention back to the subject material after the song is over. He is also there to confront Puck after he takes his test and is one person to receive thanks from him.

He attends the prom in Prom-asaurus, but doesn't play a major part in it. His only time in the spotlight is when he performs What Makes You Beautiful with Sam, Rory, Mike and Joe. He gets lifted out of his wheelchair by Sam when the group receives applause from the attendees. He presumably hangs out with Rory and Joe throughout the prom, since he can be seen dancing and taking a picture with them.

When Puck announces that he is going to attend Rachel's anti-prom, he wonders what happened to his plan to spike the punch with alcohol, for which he almost lost his teeth the year before.

PersonalityEdit

Artie is at first glance, a sweet and quiet boy, who simply is trying to get by like everyone else. However, Artie can also be a surprisingly defensive individual when either provoked or when around people who he finds himself comfortable with. It seems that due to his handicap, Artie has, at times, let that define him as a person, feeling that it makes him an outsider amongst others and that the only people who could truly understand him are other with their own forms of handicaps, such as when he thought that Tina really had a stutter. Artie, for the most part however, tries to not let his handicap keep him down emotionally, but he finds it hard when his friends look down at him because of it. When hurt, Artie will often react harshly, such as ending a budding relationship with Tina upon learning of she had no real stutter. He also feels deeply about things concerning his disability, such as sleeping with Brittany and then her not really caring. Artie tries not to let anything get in his way however and always gives everything his best.

Relationships Edit

Brittany PierceEdit

Main article: Artie-Brittany Relationship

In Duets, Brittany tells Artie that she has feelings for him, thus making her his girlfriend and duet partner. While practicing in Brittany's room, Artie tells her that he still has feelings for Tina. As an attempt to make Artie get over Tina and still have a duet partner, Brittany takes Artie out of his chair, places him on her bed, and has sex with him. After Santana told him that the sex meant almost nothing to Brittany, Artie ends their relationship. Brittany is sad as Artie passes with Finn and is later seen alone at Breadstix, where she miserably nudges a meatball across the table with her nose.

In Never Been Kissed, Artie and Brittany double date with Puck and Santana. Artie and Brittany get back together in Furt. In Special Education, Artie accuses Brittany of cheating on him with Mike Chang. Artie confronts her, saying she is guilty of "adultery"; Brittany becomes very upset. Later, Brittany says that she thought adultery meant he was calling her, "a dolt" because she lost the magic comb he gave her earlier. They make-up.

In A Very Glee Christmas, Artie and the gang try to reinforce Brittany's belief in Santa. Later, Artie takes her home, for she isn't feeling well because "Santa" (a.k.a. Beiste) tells her he can't make Artie walk, and finds a ReWalk for him and both of them are happy.

In The Sue Sylvester Shuffle, when Artie gets slushied, Brittany can be seen cleaning him off.

In Silly Love Songs, Artie sings P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) to Brittany and the two can be seen at Breadstix later in the episode.

In Comeback, Artie joins Sam's band to woo Brittany. Brittany can be seen fanning herself during the boy's

performance of Somebody to Love.

In Sexy, Brittany tells Santana that she's pregnant. The rumor spreads until Artie hears it. He is shocked and worried about how he will take of a baby. Luckily, Brittany wasn't pregnant, and only saw a stork building a nest on her garage. Unknown to Artie, Santana reveals to Brittany that she has feelings for her in the same episode. Brittany, however, turns her down, saying that she's in love with Artie and doesn't want to hurt him. During the Hallway scene of Brittany and Santana you could see in Brittany's locker "I Love Artie 4eva" written in two connected post it notes. Brittany also says that when she's with Artie they talk about their feelings.

In Original Song, the two can be seen briefly together during the episode. Brittany and Artie's relationship can be seen as the sweet, loving, mushy-gushy type. They are seen to be playful and loving in various episodes in the background, and the two seem to be genuinely in love. It has been confirmed that Brittany and Artie will stay happy together by Kevin McHale, and he said that Artie was the first person to draw any type of emotion out of Brittany, which was big. Source.

In Rumours, Brittany breaks up with Artie because he called her "stupid."

During Prom Queen, Brittany is still mad at Artie for calling her stupid, and refuses to go to the prom with him - even after he sang Isn't She Lovely. Later in the episode, the two can be seen dancing and having their picture taken.

In New York, Artie and Brittany sing some parts of Light Up the World and My Cup together.

Tina Cohen-Chang Edit

Main article: Tina-Artie Relationship

Tina and Artie were friends long before joining Glee. Upon seeing the notice board, it was Tina who helped Artie sign up, due to his being unable to reach the sign-up sheet in his chair. After joining, Artie and Tina began to show a mutual attraction to one another, with Tina having immense respect for Artie being handicapped and yet not letting it stop him from living his life. Artie, meanwhile, feels a kinship with Tina, because of her stutter. When the Glee is forced by Mr. Schuester to use wheelchairs, Tina's respect grows, and at last the two go on a date, which ends with a kiss. After the kiss, Tina admits that her stutter is fake, which disappoints and upsets Artie, who breaks off the relationship. Afterwards, it appears the two of them have remained friends, as there has been no obvious ill-will between the pair.

Later, Artie decides to rekindle his relationship with Tina, feeling he can move past her lies, assuming that she changes everything. He demands that she change her entire wardrobe, but she stands up for herself and yells at him, in response, he apologizes.

This pairing is often referred to as 'Tartie' or 'Artina' by fans.

In Season 2, she breaks up with him claiming he was a bad boyfriend over the summer and only wanted to play Halo and watch Coming Home. The actual reason was because Tina began seeing Mike Chang over the summer and technically cheated on Artie. At first, Artie tried to win her back by joining the football team. However, Brittany begins showing interest in Artie and Artie goes out with Brittany instead.

Becky JacksonEdit

Main article: Artie-Becky Relationship

In the Season 3 episode,Yes/No, Becky asks out Artie for a date to which Artie accepts. He ends up having fun with her and she can understand what it's like to live with a disability. But then when Becky wants be in a relationship, Artie lets her know that he wants to just stay friends.

QuotationsEdit

Main article: Artie's Quotations

SongsEdit

SolosEdit

Season One:

Season Two:

Season Three:

DuetsEdit

Season One:

Season Two:

Season Three:

Solos (In a Group Number)Edit

Season 1
Song	Episode	Solos with
Gold Digger	Showmance	Will and Mercedes
Push It		Rachel & Finn
Somebody to Love	The Rhodes Not Taken	Rachel, Finn and Mercedes
It's My Life/Confessions Part II	Vitamin D	Puck and Finn
Proud Mary	Wheels	Mercedes and Tina
Imagine	Hairography	Mercedes, Finn and Rachel
Jump	Mattress
Smile (Charlie Chaplin)
You Can't Always Get What You Want	Sectionals
What It Feels Like For a Girl	The Power of Madonna	Puck, Kurt & Finn
Shout It Out Loud	Theatricality	Puck & Finn
Give Up the Funk	Funk	Kurt, Finn & Mercedes
Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version)	Journey	Rachel, Puck, Santana, Finn, Kurt & Mercedes
To Sir, With Love		Rachel, Santana, Mercedes, Finn, Kurt and Tina
Season 2
Song	Episode	Solos with
Empire State of Mind	Audition	Finn, Puck, Rachel, Santana & Mercedes
Billionaire		Sam and Puck
The Time Warp	The Rocky Horror Glee Show	Kurt, Quinn, Brittany, Santana and Finn
Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind	Never Been Kissed	Puck, Finn & Sam
Forget You	The Substitute	Holly Holiday and Mercedes
Singin' In the Rain/Umbrella		Will and Holly
Marry You	Furt	Rachel, Finn, Quinn, Sam, Brittany, Tina and Mike
The Most Wonderful Day of the Year	A Very Glee Christmas	Sam, Quinn, Brittany and Tina
Welcome Christmas		Rachel and Mercedes
Jingle Bells		Finn and Puck
Thriller/Heads Will Roll	The Sue Sylvester Shuffle	Finn, Santana and Rachel
Blame It (On The Alcohol)	Blame It on the Alcohol	Puck, Mercedes and Santana
Friday	The Prom Queen	Puck & Sam
Pure Imagination	Funeral	Tina, Kurt and Finn
I Love New York/New York, New York	New York	Santana, Artie, Mercedes, Brittany and Rachel
Bella Notte		Puck, Sam, and Mike
Light Up The World		Santana, Artie, Brittany, Tina and Rachel
Season 3
Song	Episode	Solos with
You Can't Stop the Beat	The Purple Piano Project	Rachel, Kurt, Finn, Mercedes, Tina
Control	Hold on to Sixteen	Quinn & Blaine
Man In The Mirror		Puck, Finn, Blaine, Sam and Mike
Bad	Michael	Sebastian, Blaine, Santana
Black or White		Kurt, Rachel, Mercedes and Santana
Fly/I Believe I Can Fly	On My Way	Rachel, Mercedes, Finn, Santana and Blaine
My Love Is Your Love	Dance with Somebody	Mercedes, Blaine, Kurt
What Makes You Beautiful	Prom-asaurus	Mike, Rory, Joe and Sam
Tongue Tied	Nationals	Finn, Rachel, Tina, Quinn & Santana with New Directions

Unreleased SolosEdit

Season One:

• Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat (Pilot)

Back Up VocalsEdit

Season 2
Song	Episode	Sang by	Back Up with
She's Not There	The Sue Sylvester Shuffle	Finn	Sam
Season 3
Song	Episode	Sang by	Back Up with
Fix You	Asian F	Will	None
Girls Just Want to Have Fun	I Kissed a Girl	Finn	Rory

TriviaEdit

• Tina was the first member of Glee Club he told about his car accident.
• Out of all the people who sign their name on the Glee Club audition list in Pilot Artie is the only one whose audition isn't shown
• He is the third member of the club. (This is assumed, because when Tina signed his name, she put his name before hers. So it is likely he auditioned before her as well).
• Out of the original five members of New Directions (him, Kurt Hummel, Mercedes Jones, Tina Cohen-Chang, and Rachel Berry), his audition was the only one not seen. We can only guess it was rap/hip-hop because those are the kind of songs he performs the most and seems to be his favorite genre of music.
• In Pilot, Tina writes Artie's name down on the sign-up sheet for him because it's out of his reach. Although spelled "Artie", Tina spelled it "Arty". This could have been a mistake made in filming, or she could have misspelled his name.
• Artie's style of dressing is very retro, complete with bow ties, sweaters, sweater vests, suspenders, etc.
• Artie was the first member of New Directions to get a solo in Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat (Pilot).
• Artie is considered the stereotypical nerd.
• His first girlfriend was Tina Cohen-Chang.
• Tina was his first kiss.
• His second girlfriend is Brittany Pierce.
• Lost his virginity to Brittany (Duets).
• Artie was in a car crash with his mom at 8 years old, resulting in his being confined to a wheelchair (Wheels).
• Can play guitar, and frequently accompanies New Directions.
• Loves the movie Coming Home and the game Halo (Audition).
• In Duets, he and Brittany were the only couple not to do a duet, however they got one in New York, My Cup.
• Artie is in the A/V club (The Power of Madonna).
• He "has pull" with the jazz band.
• Artie's religious beliefs are unknown. Like Kurt, he may be an atheist, seeing that when Mr. Schuester mentioned the subject of religion, he rolled his eyes. He then also nods in agreement with Mr. Schuester when he says Kurt had every right to complain about the Glee Clubs song selections for the week (Grilled Cheesus).
• His first complete solo was Dancing with Myself (Wheels).
• When he is sick, Artie feels better with gin (alcohol) and juice (The Substitute).
• He received a ReWalk in A Very Glee Christmas from Coach Beiste; although we did see the ReWalk, we have never seen Artie with his ReWalk since the episode. It was explained in Extraordinary Merry Christmas that his ReWalk broke the day after he got it.
• Usually is seen wearing fingerless gloves (to protect his hands when he wheels his wheelchair).
• Artie uses his height problems (since he's in a wheelchair, he is normally too short to do average things) to get out of situations. In Bad Reputation, he says he couldn't have posted the 'Glist' because it was too high and out of his reach. In Mattress, he uses his height as an excuse to not be in the Glee yearbook photo with Rachel, saying that if she leans over to meet his level, it will look like she has stomach rolls. In Britney/Brittany, he says he would be better at brushing his teeth if he could see himself in the mirror.
• Every time a Jay-Z song is featured, he gets the solo.
• Until Hold on to Sixteen, Artie received the solos on every Michael Jackson song (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle - Thriller/Heads Will Roll, Silly Love Songs - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)).
• He has also received solos in all the Justin Bieber songs. (Baby and Somebody to Love).
• Joined The Justin Bieber Experience.
• When sad or upset, Artie would turn around pout for a while as seen in Duets when he was in Brittany's room talking about his breakup with Tina.
• Artie writes def poetry jams.
• Puck used to toss him down stairs.
• Is addicted to Angry Birds.
• Is the only person who had not called Brittany stupid until Rumours.
• His first Glee Club enemy is Mike Chang, who due to Mike's relationship with his ex-girlfriend Tina sparks jealousy. However, after Artie starts dating Brittany, Mike and Artie become friends, as shown in Silly Love Songs.
• Has a complex (about being in a wheelchair, as seen in Rumours).
• Sometimes when Artie starts a song in the hallway, Puck walks behind him.
• His mom cuts his hair (Rumours).
• Has a fear of being slushied.
• Him, Puck, Tina, Mike, Blaine, Rory and Joe are the only members to have never quit or left the New Directions
• He was the main cast member of season one to appear last in Pilot.
• His two girlfriends Tina and Brittany had danced with Mike (Dream a Little Dream of Me and Valerie).
• In A Night Of Neglect it is shown that Artie has extensive knowledge on white rappers.
• Told Tina he still had a use of his penis even if he is in a wheelchair.
• He had a crush on Sugar
• His first words were "Hot damn." (Michael)
• Have performed songs dedicating it for girls (Stronger for Tina, P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) for Brittany, Moves Like Jagger / Jumpin' Jack Flash for Becky and Let Me Love You for Sugar).
• He waits for the day to see his children's first steps.

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