History Adorkable / LiveActionFilms

** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':\\\
Charles Xavier was a cute geek in his childhood, as demonstrated by the framed pictures of his favourite scientists next to his bed. As an adult, he uses his nerdy knowledge to woo girls at bars.\\\
Hank [=McCoy=]. Soft spoken, stutters, asks Raven Darkholme out on the pretext of getting a blood sample and then ''apologizes for being forward''.\\\

* Peter Parker in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', very much so. Being played by Creator/AndrewGarfield helps. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQAykc1X_2U Just listen to him stutter.]]
%% ** Gwen Stacy has her moments too.
%% * Peter Parker from ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''.

** Pedro is a FishOutOfWater exchange student who tries to become popular mainly by being a NiceGuy.

* ''Film/TheImitationGame'': Some of Alan's scenes with Joan are geeky, slightly awkward and utterly endearing. For instance, they have lunch together outside in what appears to be a picnic date, but they are solving complex mathematical equations. Alan later steals encrypted messages from Bletchley Park, throws little rocks at Joan's window as if he were a would-be suitor, and then sneaks into her room past visiting hours to see if they can find a pattern that can help them break the Enigma code. When Clarke's parents pressure her to quit her job to get married, Turing proposes to Joan on the spot despite not being fully dressed (one of his suspenders is hanging loose) and there is still a little bit of shaving cream on his face, and he creates a makeshift engagement ring from a string that he finds in his pocket.

''Film/{{Amelie}}'': Amelie and Nino are [[ShrinkingViolet quiet]] [[CloudCuckooLander oddballs]] that are kind but have a hard time making friends.

* Kishore Kumar from 70's {{Bollywood}} film ''Johnny Mera Naam'', at least when he's singing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQfqq8dcds8&feature=fvst "this oddly stalkerish song"]].

* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', there are a few times when the turtles really do act like teenagers, treating their own exploits like kids would. A particularly funny moment has the group in an elevator right before the climax and they all start beatboxing and using their weapons as instruments in turn, including [[NotSoStoic Raph and Leo]]. Another funny moment had Donatello wonder if his telescoping staff had the punch to flip a humvee, and as it does so [[BulletTime in slow motion]] the camera lingers on his glee-filled face.

!!General examples:
* It's an open challenge to find any comedy protagonists under age 25 who ''don't'' fit this archetype in TheNewTens. Over 25, it's almost always "chunky guy who needs a shave," which fits into a much broader definition of Adorkable.

!!Concrete examples:

Hank [=McCoy=]. Soft spoken, stutters, asks Raven out on the pretext of getting a blood sample and then ''apologizes for being forward''.\\\

* Seth Brundle in ''Film/TheFly'', prior to [[BodyHorror the whole gene-splicing thing.]] Genius scientist, not so good at talking to women. Played by Creator/JeffGoldblum, who has been typecast as a dorky cute guy.

* BenWhishaw's Q from ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''. Glasses? Check. Sweater? Check. Computer whiz? Check. Nerdy? Check. Check. Check.

Charles was a cute geek in his childhood, as demonstrated by the framed pictures of his favourite scientists next to his bed. As an adult, he uses his nerdy knowledge to woo girls at bars.\\\

%% Charles, when he uses his nerdy knowledge to woo girls at bars and the latter when he's flustering over Raven.\\\

Hank [[=McCoy=]. Soft spoken, stutters, asks Raven out on the pretext of getting a blood sample and then ''apologizes for being forward''.\\\

%% * ''Film/XMen'':
* In ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', Nightcrawler loves to give (often interrupted) long-winded introduction speeches, playfully spies on secret meetings, and awkwardly flirts with Storm.
%% ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':\\\

%% Charles and Hank, the former when he uses his nerdy knowledge to woo girls at bars and the latter when he's flustering over Raven.\\\

%% * ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
%% ** Charles and Hank, the former when he uses his nerdy knowledge to woo girls at bars and the latter when he's flustering over Raven.
%% ** The Man in Black. His face lights up when he sees proof of mutant-kind.

%% * Charles and Hank in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the former when he uses his nerdy knowledge to woo girls at bars and the latter when he's flustering over Raven.

%% * ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
%% ** Hank [=McCoy=].
%% ** Charles Xavier.

* Martin Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins as this in [[Film/TheHobbit]]. He was also pretty adorkable in the original novel, what with his fondness for flowers, maps, and calligraphy and a CowardlyLion personality that manages to combine bumbling with GuileHero cleverness, but the films take it UpToEleven. He faints at Bofur's description of death by dragonfire, mutters nervously to himself a lot, is very nervous about (and mildly allergic to) horses, and he's a MotorMouth with a tendency to stutter and funny physical mannerisms.