Season 1, Episode 21:  Funk

Ownership of Glee:  FOX, Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk

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Kurt, Violet, Mercedes, Artie and Tina were walking down the hallway.

"So, the blogs are saying that Vocal Adrenaline is at their lowest." Artie states as he examines his phone.

"So, wait. We actually have a chance?" Mercedes asks.

Violet bites on her lip. Something about this doesn't feel right.

"Of course!" Kurt says happily. "We have their most valuable teammate playing on our side now."

"Guys!" Rachel calls as she walks up to them. "We have an emergency in the auditorium."

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Violet stands in the auditorium in disbelief. Jesse had transferred back to Carmel High. He smirks at the New Directions.

"That's right. I've transferred back to Carmel High." He taunts.

"Why? Were we not good enough for you?" Violet asks, heartbroken over the betrayal of Jesse.

Jesse gives Violet a hurt look. "Violet they never listened to my clearly superior ideas. They went with their odd and peculiar ideas. Plus, they were horrible to me. Remember when I got slusheed last week?"

Puck and Finn scoff. "It was a joke!"

Jesse sneers. "It was a stupid and messy joke. The blogospheres say that Vocal Adrenaline has no chance at Regionals. Let's see if they're right." He says.

Vocal Adrenaline begins performing 'Another One Bites the Dust' on the New Directions' stage.

[Another One Bites the Dust by Vocal Adrenaline]

The New Directions just watch the performance with sad eyes. No one can speak — they're all too pissed or too depressed to say anything.

"Thanks for letting us use your auditorium guys. It's quaint." The female lead of Vocal Adrenaline claims as they walk offstage, laughing.

Violet feels tears pool in her eyes. "I thought he was my friend."

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"Those guys were good." Artie says depressed as he wheels himself down the hallway.

"Relax guys, it'll take more than that to put us in a funk." Kurt states.

Then they all walk into the choir room. It's been TP'd.

"I feel violated." Violet says, and Kurt pulls her to his side for comfort.

The New Directions start cleaning up their choir room.

"Look guys. It was just a harmless prank. It means they're scared." Will says.

"They're not scared, Mr. Shue. This is Vocal Adrenaline's way of getting under the skin of their competition. They psych them out with a killer performance and then they trash their competition's choir room." Violet informs.

Sue walks in with two Cheerios. "So my trophies are going to go there." She states, pointing at the trophy case.

"Sue, what are you doing?" Will asks.

"I can't help you now, Will. I'm re-decorating this room for all my trophies." Sue says.

"Sue, get the hell out of my choir room." Will growls.

Sue looks at the glee club. "Glee kids, in a few weeks, you will lose at Regionals and your dreams will be crushed."

Tina begins crying.

Will looks at a trophy that Sue is holding. "Let me see that." He says. He takes it and chucks it across the room, breaking it.

He looks at Sue. "I said get the hell out of my choir room."

Sue chuckles softly and leaves without a single word.

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For glee rehearsal the next day, Will writes the word 'Funk' on the white board. "So, Funk. Use it in a sentence." He says. He's met with silence. "Rachel?" Will calls.

"This cheese smells funky." Rachel states.

"That's because it's Artisan." Puck teases.

Rachel sends him a glare. "Shut it Puckerman."

"Violet?" Will calls next.

"This is one of the biggest funks I've ever been in." Violet replies sadly. She still can't process the fact that Jesse turned on them and rejoined Vocal Adrenaline.

Will nods. "I was thinking more along the lines of 'Boy, Vocal Adrenaline has put us in a funk.'" He says. "So what do we do? We get even."

Puck and Finn smirk at one another. Their friendship was on the rocks, but they love pulling pranks on people.

Violet sees their smirks. "If you two are thinking about whatever it is I think you're thinking about, I will murder you both."

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The next day, all the boys were huddled together in the choir room. They were in such a funk!

"I'm in such a funk that my brother gave me a wedgie. And he's twelve." Matt complains.

Artie raises an eyebrow. "You think that's bad? I got in my wheelchair, still wearing my boxers, and considered going to school pantsless."

Mike sighs. "Violet and I were practicing our dance moves yesterday for Regionals, and I couldn't even find it in myself to pop and lock."

Kurt scoffs. "You all think that's bad? I'm wearing my pink bikini briefs and they won't even put a smile on my face."

The boys shut up. Kurt won.

"Hey does Violet know you wear those?" Matt asks.

"What my girlfriend doesn't know won't hurt her."

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That afternoon, New Directions were gathered in the choir room. The kids were trying to find funky songs. It was Quinn's turn.

"Okay, Quinn. It's your day to show us your funky side. So, take it away." Will says.

"For some of us... just simply getting to class takes a little bit longer. When you're pregnant, you're responsible for two lives." She says and makes her way to the middle of the room. "And you're walking down the hall, oppressed by the man. Hearing people call you fat."

For some reason, a bunch of pregnant women came into the choir room.

"Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes you have to stop and hold that precious life and say no." Quinn finishes.

"This is offensive. Who are these girls?" Artie asks.

"We're the Unwed Mothership Connection. And that's what we're here to sing about." Quinn says.

Quinn starts singing 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World' and Violet couldn't help but feel even worse for Quinn, who's had it rough the last 8 months.

[It's A Man's Man's Man's World by Quinn]

After her performance, the New Directions got up and gave Quinn a group hug. Was the group in a funk? Yes.

But Quinn's been in one for 8 months.

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The next day, Rachel gathered everyone in the choir room. She'd been egged by Jesse and Vocal Adrenaline in the parking lot. Violet's heart broke; she knew Jesse liked getting even, but this was cruel. Even for him.

"Oh, this is bull! Finn, Mike, Matt, come with me!" Puck says, obviously pissed. The boys jump out of their seats, ready to sucker punch an entire show choir.

Will comes in and sees the boys look angry. "What's going on?" He asks.

"We're about to go all Braveheart on Vocal Adrenaline." Finn says pointedly.

Will frowns. "Guys violence is never the answer."

Puck scoffs. "Oh it is when the question is 'What's the best way to mess up that Jesse kid's face?'" Puck spits.

"Rachel is our teammate! No one gets to humiliate her but us!" Kurt says. He's enraged, but he would've gone overboard had it been Violet instead.

"Get back here and sit down!" Will shouts. Kurt immediately goes back to his spot next to Violet. The other boys are reluctant but they go to sit down. "Look, I know from personal experience that making someone else suffer doesn't make your pain go away. You're all amazing, no matter what Vocal Adrenaline says or does. We just need a way to remind ourselves of that."

"We can't just let Vocal Adrenaline get away with turning Rachel into an omelet!" Finn says.

Will smiles cockily. "We're not! Violet, you said you had something to present?" He asks the youngest Cheerio.

Violet smiles and stands up. "I think I've found our funk number, Mr. Shue. We can totally use this on Vocal Adrenaline and put them in their place." She says.

Will smiles. "Excellent. This is great. This is fantastic. Good job Violet," he praises after reading over her selected song. He then looks at her ex-sister. "Rachel, dial Jesse's number on your phone." He instructs.

"You haven't deleted his number yet?" Santana asks in disgust.

Will takes the phone from Rachel. He invites Vocal Adrenaline to come to the auditorium on Friday. He hangs up and smiles at the group.

"It's time to get our funk on."

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Vocal Adrenaline actually showed up, which surprised Violet to say the least. Rachel talked for a few minutes, telling the opposing team that New Directions was going to show them the one thing they knew that Vocal Adrenaline could never do.

The opening to 'Give Up the Funk' plays.

[Give Up the Funk by New Directions]

Towards the end of the song, it sped up. Everyone took turns dancing. Violet went after Mike, performing a quadruple pirouette, which was a feat that not many people could ever pull off.

Once the song ends, everyone cheers and walks offstage.

"See you punks at Regionals." Puck says.

Violet giggles as she and Kurt walk offstage.

They were totally out of their funk now!

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A small funk was brought back when Will finds out that Sue is going to be a judge at Regionals.

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Songs Mentioned/Performed
1. Another One Bites the Dust - Vocal Adrenaline
2. It's A Man's Man's Man's World - Quinn
3. Give Up the Funk - New Directions

Woohoo! You guys, the next chapter is Journey to Regionals. We've made it to the season finale.

I will be adding a second OC to season 2, but he's not getting as big of a bio as Violet got.