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SuperTrope to AcademicAthlete, which is this plus athleticism, AcademicAlphaBitch which is this plus CompetitionFreak attitude, BadassBookworm, which is this plus fighting abilities, DitzyGenius, which is this plus lack of common sense, GentlemanAndAScholar, which is this plus politeness, and TeenGenius, which is this played to the extreme. Often tends to overlap with {{Bookworm}} and GoGetterGirl. It can overlap with BrilliantButLazy if the character is not particularly studious but gets good grades without much effort.

SubTrope of TheSmartGuy. The inversion is BookDumb, the OverdosedTrope. Compare also StreetSmart.

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SuperTrope Compare to AcademicAthlete, which is this plus athleticism, AcademicAlphaBitch which is this plus CompetitionFreak attitude, BadassBookworm, which is this plus fighting abilities, DitzyGenius, which is this plus lack of common sense, GentlemanAndAScholar, which is this plus politeness, and TeenGenius, which is this played to the extreme. Often tends to overlap with {{Bookworm}} and GoGetterGirl. It can overlap with BrilliantButLazy if the character is not particularly studious but gets good grades without much effort.

SubTrope of Compare to TheSmartGuy. The inversion is BookDumb, the OverdosedTrope. Compare also StreetSmart.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' Dr. Jean Poule was a gifted student as a child, but she hated school, something she says confused people. Ironically, as an adult, she became a teacher. [[ApatheticTeacher She hates it.]]
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* ''Literature/TheScholomance'': Every single student that is going for Valedictorian has to be academically competent to an extraordinary level. Whereas everyone else tries to go for easy classes whenever possible and focus on whatever strategy they have going for graduation, Valedictorian candidates are not only taking the hardest classes possible but ''also'' getting perfect marks in them, in addition to completing as much extra credit as they can to one-up their competition.
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* In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'', Tang is always seen near the Engineering building in the overworld because she studies there a lot. Hanging out with her there is an easy way to boost your mental skills since her knowledge rubs off on you.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Kyle is shown to get the best grades out of all his friends. In “An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig”, it’s mentioned by Mr. Garrison that Kyle is a straight A student. It’s also mentioned in the song “You Gotta Do What You Wanna Do!” that Kyle likes to study.

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Kyle is shown to get the best grades out of all his friends. In “An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig”, it’s mentioned by Mr. Garrison that Kyle is a straight A student. It’s also mentioned in the song “You Gotta Do What You Wanna Do!” that Kyle likes to study.


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** Butters does well in school and is GoodWithNumbers, despite being naive and lacking in street smarts. Even Stan asked Butters for help with homework once.
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** His younger (adopted) brother Ike is a more blatant example, being insanely book smart even by ''real life'' standards: He's [[GradeSkipper entered kindergarten two years early]], reads up on complicated theology, composes sheet music and more, all [[ChildProdigy at the age of four]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Dipper, [[WordOfGod as detailed out-of-universe as academically striving]], has shown obscure knowledge of history ranging from American to Belgian Martinism, can process his own photos, is rather well-spoken for his age and is into the in-universe game ''Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons'', which is shown to be math-and-science heavy (to an [[ParodiedTrope outright ridiculous degree]], in fact). His great-uncle Ford, while mostly just heavy on {{Omnidisciplinary Scien|tist}}ce, was a straight-A student (except in Phys Ed, [[GeekPhysiques apparently]]) and surprises Dipper with his past DD&D ventures.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Kyle is shown to get the best grades out of all his friends. In “An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig”, it’s mentioned by Mr. Garrison that Kyle is a straight A student. It’s also mentioned in the song “You Gotta Do What You Wanna Do!” that Kyle likes to study.
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* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': The main cast has two examples, GoGetterGirl Jessie and ExtravertedNerd Screech. Even if Screech is even better at academics than Jessie, he's a DitzyGenius who lacks common sense outside of school.

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* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': The main cast has two examples, GoGetterGirl Jessie and ExtravertedNerd StereotypicalNerd Screech. Even if Screech is even better at academics than Jessie, he's a DitzyGenius who lacks common sense outside of school.
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* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': Josh Nichols is another good example. He is the smartest brother who often gets straight A's in school.

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* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': Josh Nichols is another good example. He is the smartest smarter brother who often gets straight A's in school.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Lisa is a hardworking bookworm who excels academically. Martin also qualifies as a TeachersPet. Averted with Milhouse who, despite being stereotypically nerdy, is not a particularly good student.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Lisa is a hardworking bookworm who excels academically. Martin also qualifies as a TeachersPet. Averted with Milhouse who, [[DumberThanTheyLook despite being stereotypically nerdy, is not a particularly good student.student]].
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* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': Chiyo is a ChildProdigy who was smart enough to [[GradeSkipper skip several grades]] and start the first year of high school at ten years old. She consistently scores the highest grades in her class, with only Yomi and Sakaki coming close to her.

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* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': Chiyo is a ChildProdigy who was smart enough to [[GradeSkipper skip several grades]] and start the her first year of high school at only ten years old. She consistently scores the highest grades in her class, with only Yomi and Sakaki coming close to her.
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* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': Josh Nichols is another good example. He is the smartest brother who often gets straight A's in school.

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