| Unique Adams | |
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| General Information | |
| Gender: | Male/Female (chosen gender) |
|---|---|
| Age: | 22-23 |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Eye Color: | Dark Brown |
| Occupations: | Student Former New Directions Member Former Vocal Adrenaline Member |
| Aliases: | Wade (birth name) Unique (chosen identity) |
| Family & Friends | |
| Family: | Rob Adams (father) Betty Adams (mother) Felicia (aunt) |
| Relationships: | Ryder Lynn (ex-crush) |
| Friends: | Marley Rose (best friend) Kitty Wilde (close friend) Kurt Hummel Mercedes Jones Blaine Anderson Finn Hudson Sugar Motta Joe Hart Tina Cohen-Chang Artie Abrams Sam Evans Brittany Pierce Mike Chang Ryder Lynn Jake Puckerman Will Schuester Sheldon Beiste Rachel Berry Sue Sylvester |
| Other Information | |
| Interests: | Singing |
| Clique: | New Directions (Former) Vocal Adrenaline (Former) |
| Education: | William McKinley High School (former) Carmel High School(former) |
| Talent: | Singing and Dancing |
| Vulnerabilities: | Desire to present self femininely |
| Strengths: | Self-confidence |
| Awards: | MVP of the 2012 National Show Choir Championship |
| Series Information | |
| First episode: | Saturday Night Glee-ver |
| Last episode: | Dreams Come True |
| Portrayer: | Alex Newell Ginny Gardner (online avatar) |
Unique Adams is a major character on Glee, who makes her debut appearance in Saturday Night Glee-ver, the sixteenth episode of Season Three. Unique is shown to be a bit shy, but confident when she is allowed to present in the way she feels most comfortable, she is the first openly transgender character on the show.
Unique was the lead vocalist of Vocal Adrenaline in Season Three, where she is afraid to perform in front of a crowd, but finds a way to do so, by presenting femininely. She transfers to William McKinley High School in the first episode of Season Four, The New Rachel. She joined the New Directions, but is now a former member due to the Glee Club being disbanded in New Directions. She prefers that people refer to her as "she" and "Unique," her true self. Unique is best friends with Marley Rose and good friends with Kitty Wilde. She has a crush on Ryder Lynn, but is too afraid to demonstrate it, so she creates a fake online profile, Katie, in order to get close to him. Ever since she transfered to McKinley, she appears to be more confident about who she is, although she is still struggling at times.
In Homecoming, it is revealed that Sue transferred her to another school after the disbandment of the glee club. She returned in Transitioning after being invited by Will to help him teach "tolerance" to the new Vocal Adrenaline kids and to help Coach Beiste feel accepted as his newly true self. She appeared one last time in Dreams Come True, the series finale.
She was a recurring character in Season Three and Four and was promoted to regular cast during Season Five before being demoted to recurring again in Season Six. She is portrayed by The Glee Project co-runner-up, Alex Newell.
Biography
Unique in Boogie Shoes
Unique is first introduced as boy named "Wade Adams," who comes to William McKinley High School to seek advice from Kurt Hummel and Mercedes Jones because he is struggling to fit in at his school. As a member of Vocal Adrenaline, Wade is also under a lot of pressure by the tyrannical Jesse St. James, who is revealed as Vocal Adrenaline's new coach. Wade then reveals he has a sassier and confident alter-ego named Unique, who turns out to be a female. Upon hearing this, Sue Sylvester orders Kurt and Mercedes to sabotage Wade by making him be "Unique" on stage. Kurt and Mercedes agree to the plan at first by giving her a pair of high heels and encouraging her to perform in drag, but have second thoughts and attempt to stop Wade. However, Wade has made up his mind and gives out a strong performance of Boogie Shoes at Regionals as Unique, which ends up being well received by the audience.
Sue pulls Kurt and Mercedes into her office and inform them about Unique's success, claiming they have created "a monster" and a very dangerous opponent for New Directions. Unique is later seen in Kurt's secretly recorded video, rehearsing elaborate choreography for Nationals.
Before Vocal Adrenaline's performance at Nationals, Unique is approached by Kurt and Mercedes, who have come to wish her luck. Unique misinterprets their visit as a way to psych her out, and reveals she will not be performing. She explains that the pressure has become too much and is unsure if she can handle being an "icon for every child's that's different." Kurt and Mercedes then comfort her, which makes her wonder why they are being nice, despite their rivalry. Before they leave, Unique comments that she might have to transfer to a different school next year, implying she'll transfer to McKinley. Next, Unique gives a rendition of Starships and Pinball Wizard, which the audience enjoys. Before the winner of Nationals gets announced, Unique wins the MVP-award. It is then announced that Vocal Adrenaline came in second behind the New Directions.
Relationships
Unique confronts Ryder in Feud over him kissing her best friend Marley, who is in a relationship with Jake at that time. This turns into its own feud when Ryder, not understanding Unique's transsexuality, refers to her as a boy. Ryder struggles throughout the episode to understand Unique, but with the encouragement of his new online acquaintance "Katie" he ultimatively gathers the greatness, and apologizes. Unbeknownst to Ryder, "Katie" is nobody else but Unique herself. Ryder ultimatively learns that his online acquaintance hadn't been who she claimed to be the whole time, and is furious. He learns, however, that "Katie" is in glee-club with him once he rings her number and hears a phone ringing in the choir room. Over a period of time, Ryder continues talking to "Katie," despite knowing she lied to him, but ultimatively reaches his limit in All or Nothing. Overwhelmed by her bad guilt, Unique tells him that she is "Katie." She had formed a crush on him, but thought it would be unlikely that Ryder would like her the way she was, and had thus created a catfish account. Ryder is extremely furious at her for this, but the bad feelings seem to vanish after their victory at Regionals. They appear to be friends again in Season Five. However, their storyline is never resolved, and Ryder begins showing romantic interest in Marley once more.
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