General Information Gender: Male Age: 20 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Birthday: 1994 Height: 6'0" Address: Lima, Ohio Chicago, Illinois Occupations: Student at Joffrey Ballet Academy of Dance Aliases: Fleet-Footed-Dance Ninja, Mikey (Tina) Changster, The Dancing Asian, Asian Number Two (Sue) Other Asian (Sue, Tina) The Quiet Skinny Asian Guy The Mike Chang Dance Dance Revolution (himself) Boy Chang (Santana) Family & Friends Family: Mike Chang Sr. (father) Julia Chang (mother) Unnamed Paternal Grandmother Unnamed Maternal Grandfather Relationships: Brittany Pierce (ex- girlfriend) Tina Cohen-Chang (ex- girlfriend) Friends: Tina Cohen-Chang Mercedes Jones Brittany Pierce Noah Puckerman Finn Hudson Artie Abrams Quinn Fabray Kurt Hummel Santana Lopez Sam Evans Rachel Berry Lauren Zizes Matt Rutherford Blaine Anderson Rory Flanagan Sugar Motta Joe Hart Ryder Lynn Jake Puckerman Marley Rose Unique Adams Kitty Wilde Other Information Clique: Football Team (formerly) New Directions (formerly) Education: William McKinley High School (graduated) Joffrey Ballet Academy of Dance Talent: Dancing, Singing, Performing Strengths: Dancing, Choreography Awards: '011 Show Choir Sectionals, first place '12 Show Choir Nationals, first place 2011 Highschool State football championship (shared with the rest of the football team) Series Information First episode: Preggers Last episode: Dreams Come True Portrayer: Harry Sham Jr. Evan Kishiyama (Toddler Mike) Samuel Larsen (Tina's Dream) Michael Robert "Mike" Chang Jr. is a major character on Glee. Mike is an alumnus of William McKinley High School. He is also a former member of New Directions and the McKinley Titans. Mike, along with his friends Matt Rutherford and Noah Puckerman, joins Glee Club in Preggers after winning their first football game with the club's help.
Also known as the "Other Asian," he is usually referred to by his full name of Mike Chang and is considered to be the New Directions' best male dancer. In Season Two, Mike also gained more confidence about his singing after doing a duet with Tina Cohen-Chang (whom he began dating in Audition), during the episode Duets. He and Tina were the couple that had lasted the longest, only having a few arguments occasionally and problems about their futures. They stayed together for two seasons. Their streak ended in The New Rachel of Season Four, where it is revealed that they broke up when Mike moved to Chicago to attend college.
Mike was a recurring character in Season One and Season Two, but was made a regular for Season Three to Season Four. He became a recurring character again in Season Five and Season Six. Mike is currently attending the Joffrey Ballet Academy of Dance in Chicago, but returns to McKinley at times to be the dance coach for the New Directions.
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Mike is first shown as a member of the McKinley Titans. Mike appears shocked when Kurt Hummel joins the football team after showcasing himself as an excellent kicker, thanks to his years of dance training. Coach Tanaka decides to use Kurt's unusual training methods to help the team by learning Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), and to everyone's surprise, the dance-training works spectacularly, with Mike and the rest of the team becoming more fluid in their movements. Mike performs the number with the rest of his team at their next game, causing them to win their first game of the season.
After the football game, Mike finds that he enjoys dancing and performing, and decides to join New Directions along with Puck and Matt, despite it being "social suicide" for them.
Mike meets April Rhodes when she replaces Rachel as the "star" of New Directions. April appears to be very flirtatious with Mike, Puck, and Matt. At Invitationals, Mike performs Last Name with April and the rest of the Glee Club. Rachel returns later to replace April when it is discovered April has been drinking and they sing Somebody to Love.
Mike reveals himself in this episode as an amazing dancer who is able to perform complicated "pop 'n' lock" dance steps. Mike performs background vocals and has his own small dance solo in It's My Life/Confessions Part II. Mike also watches with interest as the girls perform their mash-up of Halo/Walking on Sunshine.
When Sue steps up as co-director of New Directions, she recruits Mike, whom she calls 'Other Asian' a nickname, which he clearly didn't approve of and the other "minority students" into an "elite" Glee club called Sue's Kids. Mike is seen enjoying his time with his fellow glee clubbers during Ride wit Me, whilst he also leads a dance break when Sue's Kids perform Hate on Me.
Mike, Puck, Matt, and Finn are forced to choose between football and Glee by Coach Tanaka. Much to the Glee club's surprise, Matt, Mike, and Puck decide to rejoin the Glee club and sacrifice their spots on the football team. Coach Tanaka reconsiders the separation and allows the boys to return after Finn convinces Kenthat they shouldn't be forced to choose between Glee club and football.
Mike uses a wheelchair with the rest of Glee club in order to understand what it feels like for Artie. Mike also votes for who would be better to sing Defying Gravity, Rachel or Kurt, but it is unknown who he, or the rest of the club vote for. Finally, he performs Proud Mary in a wheelchair with New Directions.
Mike is told he will be teaming up with Tina to perform a duet. At the end of the episode, he performs Lean on Me with the rest of the club to show their support for Quinn and Finn.
Mike performs a series of dance-like acrobatics during Jump on an over-stuffed mattress when the Glee club is hired to do a mattress commercial for Mattress Land. He then, along with the rest of New Directions have their pictures taken for the Thunderclap, the McKinley yearbook.
When the Glee club reaches Sectionals, they are horrified to realize that Sue has given the opposing schools their set-list. Mike is seen buying popcorn before the performance, and silently admonishing Jacob Ben Israelfor bobbing his head to the Jane Addams Academy girls' rendition of And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going and Proud Mary.
With Finn taking over command of the Glee club in Will's absence, Finn has Mike, Brittany, Santana, and Matt come up with an impromptu dance routine, as they are considered the four best dancers in the group. He goes on to choreograph the routine, despite admitting that it was "going to be choppy." He performs background vocals in You Can't Always Get What You Want and My Life Would Suck Without You.
Mike is shown rehearsing with the Glee club, and is then called up by Rachel during Gives You Hell in which she dances with him in an attempt to show Finn that she doesn't need him. Later he sings background vocals in Hello Goodbye.
Mike watches Express Yourself with the rest of the male members and seems uncomfortable or bored. He, along with Mercedes, Kurt, and Brittany are present in Sue's Vogue music video directed by Kurt and Mercedes. He then joins the rest of the boys in What It Feels Like For a Girl. At the end of the episode he joins New Directions for Like a Prayer.
Mike and the rest of the Glee club go to Rinky Dinks because the auditorium is unavailable, and he is shown to be bad on skates--he is the only one that appears to fall. He joins Mercedes in singing Beautiful and sings background vocals in Home.
When the "Glist,” a list of hot students based on sexual promiscuity, gets put up around school, Mike gets placed seventh with a "+11." Later, Mike joins with dancing to Ice Ice Baby.
Mike performs background vocals and dances in Artie's dream sequence of Safety Dance. Artie and Tina were going to perform a tap dance routine together, but Artie persuades Tina to choose another male member of the Glee club to do his part. Tina calls Mike by first name for the first time as she chooses him to be her dance partner, and the two tap dance together to Dream a Little Dream, while Artie sings the lead.
Mike enthusiastically watches the rendition of Bad Romance performed by the New Directions girls and Kurt. He then sings background in Shout It out Loudand Beth. He defends Kurt with the rest of New Directions from Azimio and Karofsky at the end of the episode.
After finding out that Sue Sylvester is going to be a judge for Regionals, the Glee club fears that they may end up getting last place. At Regionals, Mike performs Faithfully, Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin', and Don't Stop Believin' with his fellow New Directions members. When Quinn goes into labour, he rushes her to the hospital with his friends, but later returns to the competition only to find that they've been given last place and thus the club will be disbanded.
As a way of showing their gratitude to Mr. Schuester, the New Directions members talk about how Show Choir has affected them. Mike confesses that he was afraid to dance outside of his room prior to joining Glee Club. He then joins the rest of the group in singing To Sir, with Love to Mr. Schuester. After it is revealed that Glee club has one more year, Mike celebrates with the rest of New Directions by listening to Mr. Schue and Puck perform Over the Rainbow.
Personality
Despite being a member of the football team in Season One, Mike appears to be much, much less cruel and much more sensitive than the rest of his teammates, having not shown to bully anyone on camera. After joining the Glee Club, Mike seemed to bond quickly with the rest of the group, often praising fellow members and those less popular than he is. He is shown to be good-natured and generally tolerant of being mocked or wronged. On the rare occasions where he is actually angry with someone (usually in regards to one of his friends being hurt), he will not hesitate to step up and confront others. Mike also seems to favor Glee over football, as seen when the coach ordered the players to choose between the two, he chose Glee. Mike comes to love the club so much, that he becomes visibly emotional at the prospect of the club being disbanded at the end of Season One.
An indignantMike scolding the Glee Club
In Season Two, it is further shown that Mike cares a lot for his friends in Glee Club and will go to great lengths to help them out. In Furt, he and Artie (who despite briefly competing for Tina seem to be friends) confront Karofsky about his treatment of Kurt. Mike and Artie both appear to be very upset and angry about the bullying. In The Sue Sylvester Shuffle, he joins the other Glee Club boys in confronting the rest of the football team for slushing Artie. Aside from being a somewhat talented football player, Mike loves to dance, his style being pop-and-lock. While his capacity in singing seems to be sub-par from his performance in Sing! (which was exaggerated), he more than makes up for it in his spectacular dancing performances. His skill is so good, he is asked to choreograph the final number in Sectionals along with Matt, Santana, and Brittany. He also even appeared in a sickness induced dream that Will had, during which they together performed the song Make 'Em Laugh, where they both performed amazing dancing feats, flips and physical comedy. During Special Education, Mike and Brittany collaborated to create yet another piece of stunning choreography for their second time at Sectionals, this time relying heavily on acrobatic flips and aerial spins. He performs several of Michael Jackson's most iconic dance moves during a rendition of P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing) Mike is also shown to be a good student and rather knowledgeable in trivia, shown through his participation in the school's academic decathlon club. He exhibits pride in being a Brainiac and is indignant when the rest of the Glee Club complains about having to work hard against adversity yet fails to support his team's endeavors at a recent competition. This is one of the few times where his emotions have actually moved him to voice out loud his anger and frustration (other notable moments being the confrontation with Karofsky in Furt and reprimanding Rachel in Audition).
Mike as a Brainiac
It is revealed in Journey that prior to joining Glee, Mike never allowed himself to dance outside of his bedroom for fear of being made fun of, revealing he was afraid of not fitting in. Mike also appears to have a low self-confidence about his singing voice, as shown in Duets, not knowing if he could sing or not and thinking he was only good at one thing: dance. After his duet project, Mike says that he is more confident in his singing voice and his social skills, thus volunteering for the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Glee Show. This growth seems to be evident when he can be heard singing a song properly in Furt. The musical number performed, Marry You, had him harmonizing with Tina during the first few lines in the chorus, proving that he is indeed capable of singing. In Asian Fit is revealed that Mike is pressured by his father to get all A's so that he can get into Harvard University, and that his father doesn't know that Mike loves to dance. It is shown that Mike is conflicted between appeasing his father and following his dreams of becoming a dancer.
Relationships
In Season Two, Tina breaks up with Artie and starts to go out with Mike. They developed feelings for one another over the summer, when they were both counselors at Asian Camp in charge of teaching tech-savvy Asian kids about the arts. During one flashback, they kiss in front of a group of kids, and one of them snaps a picture. Tina is shown to have become enamored by Mike's amazing abs during his dance routines in Asian Camp. After shrugging off Jacob Ben Israel's notions about their romantic relationship as "racist," they are seen holding hands.
Mike and Tina make out for the first time
In Season Three, their relationship is still going strong, Tina admits losing her virginity to Mike, but it isn't clear if he lost his virginity to her, although Mike has never previously appeared to be in a relationship on the show. This season there is more conflict between Mike and Tina, for instance their small argument in Asian F where Mike comments on Tina's stutter. However they have made up by he end and lovingly embrace after we learn Mike got he part of 'Riff' from West Side Story. Also, in Hold on to Sixteen there is an argument where Tina calls Mike a 'coward' and as it appears Mike resented being called a coward, and Mike walks away leaving an obviously upset Tina as he says, "Maybe my dad was right and we shouldn't be together." This clearly gets to Tina as she reacts by confronting Mike's father Mike Chang Sr. This leads to yet another minor argument, but the couple sort it out when Mike Chang Sr. arrives at the sectionals performance during ABCand then later urges Mike to fulfill his dream and become a professional dancer. Mike Sr. made his decision mainly because of Tina's confrontation. This leaves Mike delighted, but the sudden realization of him being too late to fill dance school applications saddens him. Tina then admits she filled one in for him and this leaves Mike slightly tearful, and then he declares his love for Tina in front of his father, and Mike Chang Sr.gives what looks like his final approval of the couple.
In Season Four, Tina and Mike broke up their relationship over the summer break, but they still agreed to remain friends. However when Mike returned to help with the musical in The Role You Were Born to Play, Tina found it extremely awkward and difficult to be around him. After the musical in Glease, the two thought that perhaps calling off their relationship was too early to call, and that perhaps they should talk about their future.
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