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* An episode of ''TwoOfAKind'' has Ashley wanting to join the cheerleading squad because "Being a cheerleader would make me really ''really'' popular" ([[AllGuysWantCheerleaders check]]). They're rather disgusted at her sister Mary-Kate hanging out with a {{Goth}}, so they make her spray paint said {{Goth}}'s backpack ([[TheLibby check]]). [[spoiler:She does the deed, but feeling sorry for how {{Goth}} feels about her treatment, tells TheLibby: "I wanted to be a cheerleader, but not this bad" before offering to buy {{Goth}} a new backpack. In black, of course.]]
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* An episode of ''TwoOfAKind'' ''SoLittleTime'' has Ashley wanting to join the cheerleading squad because "Being a cheerleader would make me really ''really'' popular" ([[AllGuysWantCheerleaders check]]). They're rather disgusted at her sister Mary-Kate hanging out with a {{Goth}}, so they make her spray paint said {{Goth}}'s backpack ([[TheLibby check]]). [[spoiler:She does the deed, but feeling sorry for how {{Goth}} feels about her treatment, tells TheLibby: "I wanted to be a cheerleader, but not this bad" before offering to buy {{Goth}} a new backpack. In black, of course.]]
* [[TheLibby Kate]] from ''LizzieMcGuire'' was the captain of the cheerleading squad and led a group of nasty bitches, including her GirlPosse of stupid girls, her friend Claire being a dunce in particular. She victimized Lizzie as much as possible, singing a "U-G-L-Y, You ain't got no alibi, you ugly" cheer to her in front of the whole school.
* [[TheLibby Kate]] from ''LizzieMcGuire'' was the captain of the cheerleading squad and led a group of nasty bitches, including her GirlPosse of stupid girls, her friend Claire being a dunce in particular. She victimized Lizzie as much as possible, singing a "U-G-L-Y, You ain't got no alibi, you ugly" cheer to her in front of the whole school.
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* ''You Again'' gives two examples, spanning two generations. Joanna (Odette Yustman's character) was Head Cheerleader and a particularly cruel and arrogant version of TheLibby. Gail (Jamie Lee Curtis's character), also a former Head Cheerleader wasn't nearly as bad but was apparently pretty insesitive towards her less popular friends. Interestingly both characters matured into genuinely kind hearted, pleasant people after school.
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* ''You Again'' gives two examples, spanning two generations. Joanna (Odette Yustman's character) was Head Cheerleader and a particularly cruel and arrogant version of TheLibby. Gail (Jamie Lee Curtis's (JamieLeeCurtis's character), also a former Head Cheerleader wasn't nearly as bad but was apparently pretty insesitive towards her less popular friends. Interestingly both characters matured into genuinely kind hearted, pleasant people after school.
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* ''NinjaCheerleaders'' gives us April and Courtney, both of whom get quite nasty, but it's only in the line of duty (or whenever Courtney decides to insult the Y chromosome). Monica, the third girl, is the ditzy one, but none of them are actively shallow.
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* Brittany in ''{{Daria}}'' is the head cheer leader. And though she is portrayed as particularly empty headed, she is SpoiledSweet.
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* As does Brittany in ''{{Daria}}''.
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* In ''{{Sym-Bionic Titan}}'', the HighSchool that the heroes attend includes a troupe of mean cheerleaders.
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* In ''{{Sym-Bionic Titan}}'', the high school that the heroes attend includes a troupe of mean cheerleaders
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* Brittany in {{Daria}} is the head cheer leader. And though she is portrayed as particularly empty headed, she is SpoiledSweet.
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* Brittany in {{Daria}} ''{{Daria}}'' is the head cheer leader. And though she is portrayed as particularly empty headed, she is SpoiledSweet.
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->'''Sabrina:''' Oh! I'm glad you guys are home, I'm really worried about Valerie. She's fallen in with a bad crowd.
->'''Zelda:''' [[AcceptableTargets Trekkies?]]
->'''Sabrina:''' No worse, she's trying to become a cheerleader.
->-''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', "The Pom-Pom Incident"
->'''Zelda:''' [[AcceptableTargets Trekkies?]]
->'''Sabrina:''' No worse, she's trying to become a cheerleader.
->-''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', "The Pom-Pom Incident"
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* Gregg Easterbook of {{ESPN}}.com takes time out of his football column every week to debunk this stereotype, by highlighting some NFL cheerleader who is well educated (most of them are) or has a day job helping others.
* Gregg Easterbook of {{ESPN}}.com takes time out of his football column every week to debunk this stereotype, by highlighting some NFL cheerleader who is well educated (most of them are) or has a day job helping others.
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* Sandy in ''{{Maniac Mansion}}'' seems to fall under the "dumb and pretty" version of the trope -- her major purpose in the game is to be the helpless victim kidnapped by the mad scientist and his family, thus motivating her cool boyfriend and his highly-varied friends to ride to the rescue.
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* ...As apparently did Buffy in the television version of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' who after trying it for one episode never mentioned it again (the same episode which had an ex-cheerleader turned witch as the ''villain'' it has to be said).
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* ...As apparently did Buffy in the television version of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' who after trying it for one episode never mentioned it again (the until helping out Cordilia with cheerleading in the XBOX game, set before the season 3 episode ''Lovers Walk.''
** ''Witches'' was the same episode which had an ex-cheerleader turned witch as the ''villain'' it has to be said).
** ''Witches'' was the same episode which had an ex-cheerleader turned witch as the ''villain'' it has to be said).
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* ''You Again'' gives two examples, spanning two generations. Joanna (Odette Yustman's character) was Head Cheerleader and a particularly cruel and arrogant version of TheLibby. Gail (Jamie Lee Curtis's character), also a former Head Cheerleader wasn't nearly as bad but was apparently pretty insesitive towards her less popular friends. Interestingly both characters matured into genuinely kind hearted, pleasant people after school.
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* In ACinderellaStory, Shelby likes ruining the life of Sam, the nerd. She's portrayed as self-absorbed, bitchy, and spiteful, but its unclear how stupid she may be.
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Of course this isn't always TruthInTelevision. Most cheer leaders are in the squad because they like singing and dancing, and are general people persons, bitchiness doesn't exactly mesh well with winning the crowd.
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** And even so Bonnie's personality is shown to be the product of having to deal at a young age with [[JerkAss her older sisters]].
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* The titular heroine in ''KimPossible''. Most of the other cheerleaders we get to know are okay too, Bonnie is the only one who is shown to be mean-spirited and Tara was the only one implied to be TheBrainlessBeauty.
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* The titular heroine in ''KimPossible''. Most of the other cheerleaders we get to know are okay too, Bonnie is the only one who is shown to be mean-spirited [[TheLibby mean-spirited]] and Tara was the only one implied to be TheBrainlessBeauty.
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* Flores Quintera in {{Spellsinger}} turns out to be a very intelligent ActionGirl suffering from a glass ceiling. She wanted to be an astronaut, but she's [[SoBeautifulItsACurse too pretty to be taken seriously]] and living in the 1970s, so she ended up taking a communications course at university to get in on the public relations end of the space program, and only joined the cheerleading squad because women at her university aren't allowed to join the actual football team.
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* Non-school example: The Gambee pilots in ''SoukouNoSTRAIN'' treat newbie Sara about as badly as the cheerleaders in standard high school fare do the CoolLoser heroine. It escalates as time goes on (and as the STRAIN pilots attempt to befriend Sara), to the point where [[spoiler:after the "queen bee" of the group dies in combat, her friend lures Sara to a disused portion of the ship and she and several other girls start pushing her around. After a little while, however, the lead girl starts outright beating Sara, screaming "It's your fault she's dead!" and starts to go for a nearby lead pipe, at which point the other girls get horrified and start trying to talk her down. Thankfully, the STRAIN pilots intervene before things get worse.]]
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* An episode of ''TwoOfAKind'' has Ashley wanting to join the cheerleading squad because "Being a cheerleader would make me really ''really'' popular" ([[AllGuysWantCheerleaders check]]). They're rather disgusted at her sister Mary-Kate hanging out with a {{Goth}}, so they make her spray paint said {{Goth}}'s backpack ([[TheLibby check]]). [[spoiler:She does the deed, but feeling sorry for how {{Goth}} feels about her treatment, tells TheLibby: "I wanted to be a cheerleader, but not this bad" before offering to buy {{Goth}} a new backpack. In black, of course.]]
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* Mariko of ''RanmaOneHalf'' is mean (using [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Martial Arts Cheerleading]] to sabotage the opposing team--and even her own if they're up against the boy she likes. "Dumb" is arguable, she may just have poor taste in men.
* Mariko of ''RanmaOneHalf'' is mean (using [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Martial Arts Cheerleading]] to sabotage the opposing team--and even her own if they're up against the boy she likes. "Dumb" is arguable, she may just have poor taste in men.
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* LegallyBlonde TheMusical ''loves'' this trope and plays with it in a really confusing way: Serena is a cheerleader and a sorority member, but sorority girls are supposed to be the good ones here. Yet she's slutty, but not the sluttiest Delta-Nu. And she knows how to use her sex-appeal, but is also willing to teach other non-cheerleader women to gain confidance by doing the same.
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* The Cheerios in ''{{Glee}}'' manage to hit nearly every stereotype on the list. However none of them hit the trifecta of mean, ReallyGetsAround, and dumb. Quinn is originally TheLibby but also smart and though she gets pregnant it's from having sex once (whilst cheating on her boyfriend, but she still doesn't [[ReallyGetsAround Really Get Around]]). She eventually turns into a FallenPrincess and [[spoiler: after gaining sympathy, rejects cheerleading.]]. Santana is bitchy and ReallyGetsAround, but doesn't seem to be dumb. Brittany is the traditional DumbBlonde (to RalphWiggum levels), but she isn't mean-spirited at all. Terri is an adult former cheerleader and while dumb and bitchy, also was not a slut (marrying her HighSchoolSweethearts). Sue Sylvester, the coach, is an UNBELIEVABLE Bitch but is far from dumb.
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* The Cheerios in ''{{Glee}}'' manage to hit nearly every stereotype on the list. However none of them hit the trifecta of mean, ReallyGetsAround, and dumb. Quinn is originally TheLibby but also smart and though she gets pregnant it's from having sex once (whilst cheating on her boyfriend, but she still doesn't [[ReallyGetsAround Really Get Around]]). She eventually turns into a FallenPrincess and [[spoiler: after gaining sympathy, rejects cheerleading.]]. Santana is bitchy and ReallyGetsAround, but doesn't seem to be dumb. Brittany is the traditional DumbBlonde (to RalphWiggum levels), but she isn't mean-spirited at all. Terri is an adult former cheerleader and while dumb and bitchy, also was not a slut (marrying her HighSchoolSweethearts). Sue Sylvester, the coach, is an UNBELIEVABLE Bitch but is far from dumb. It's also implied that all the other Cheerios aren't too bright.
** Interestingly enough, despite the portrayal of cheerleaders in the show, cheerleading itself is still portrayed as a serious, legitimate sport, complete with competitions. To say Sue's collection of trophies is vast is an understatement, and it's even mentioned that several of the Cheerios were getting cheerleading scholarships.
** Interestingly enough, despite the portrayal of cheerleaders in the show, cheerleading itself is still portrayed as a serious, legitimate sport, complete with competitions. To say Sue's collection of trophies is vast is an understatement, and it's even mentioned that several of the Cheerios were getting cheerleading scholarships.
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*** The fact that she's supposed to be one of the few girls in the class that already has a boyfriend, for one. Then again, he may not actually exist, as we haven't ever actually seen the guy. SoYeah.
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* Cheerleader in [[HomestarRunner Teen Girl Squad]]. Though, she's not always an actual cheerleader- one toon has her claim when questioned about why she's not cheerleading that "I'm only a cheerleader in the way I dress, and the way I treat other girls".
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* Cheerleader in [[HomestarRunner Teen Girl Squad]]. Though, she's not always an actual cheerleader- one toon has her claim cheerleader -- when questioned about why she's not cheerleading leading cheers during a football game, she claims that "I'm only a cheerleader [[GenreSavvy in the way I dress, and the way I treat other girls".girls]]".
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* [[VickiFox]]. Ceri worries at first that she will turn out to be this type, but she's not.
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* [[VickiFox]]. ''VickiFox''. Her new roommate Ceri worries at first that she will turn out to be this type, but she's not.
