History Main / GiveGeeksAChance

Related to UglyGuyHotWife, and subject to the same DoubleStandard, since gender inversions are practically non-existent; there may be more to the male geek than his pocket protector, but for women, looks are all that matters. If a HollywoodHomely geek girl (or HollywoodHomely non-geek girl, for that matter) sets her sights on a hot guy, she might be able to [[SheCleansUpNicely make a]] [[BeautifulAllAlong few slight]] [[TheGlassesGottaGo alterations]], (although [[MegaNekko the glasses might not have to go]]) but it's more likely she'll just be the AbhorrentAdmirer who makes him run away in terror. Also extremely rare is the male geek that actually considers a similarly geeky girl. (Though they might not expect to encounter a geeky girl anyway, and geeky girls aren't expected to have the same difficulty dating as geeky guys.) This holds even for works aimed at a female audience, since [[SarcasmMode all women want to be beautiful above all else]], and therefore any nerdy girl ''will'' eventually be revealed to be BeautifulAllAlong.

** His cause is helped by the fact that most artists post-Steve Ditko have given him a significant amount of [[FailPolish male polish]].

In short, we just want pussy.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Could it be, that suddenly...I'm falling for you.]]]]

** [[spoiler: [[ButtMonkey Johnny]] [[FlatWhat Sasaki]] and Meryl got married at the end.]]

** [[spoiler: Johnny Sasaki and Meryl got married at the end.]]

* Cruelly, cruelly subverted in ''WetHotAmericanSummer'' with Katie and Coop. Though she seems to warm up to him and even [[spoiler: confesses her love for him]], at the very end of the movie she [[spoiler: rejects him for the hot JerkAss Andy, telling Coop that she really likes him, but she just wants to have sex with a hot guy who treats her like crap.]]

* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] as portrayed by David Tennant, and Rose Tyler, as portrayed by BilliePiper. Mind you, this is DavidTennant...

*** [[IncrediblyLamePun Too bad he didn't go an extra mile now and again]], [[completelymissingthepoint 'cuz then he wouldn't have any weight issues! Har-de-har-har!]]

*** [[IncrediblyLamePun Too bad he didn't go an extra mile now and again, 'cuz then he wouldn't have any weight issues! Har-de-har-har!]]

A trope common in [[RomanticComedy Romantic Comedies]] and Teen Comedies, in which a dorky ([[NerdsAreSexy not necessarily]] ''[[NerdsAreSexy ugly]]'', just... geeky) guy ends up with the totally hot babe. Generally, at the beginning of the story, the geek begins the story as an outcast whom the beautiful girl would never be attracted to. He may be a band geek, or a scientist with all the social graces of a tube worm, or a ''D&D'' player who still lives in his mom's basement. And through the course of the story, she begins to see through his spaz-like exterior to the [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan decent, love-worthy man within.]]

Compare SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl and NerdNanny. See NerdsAreSexy and GeekyTurnOn for when the attraction isn't despite nerdiness, but ''because'' of it. Contrasts with AllGirlsWantBadBoys.

** The latter bit about a male geek never persuing a female geek is subverted in the later book, The Cardinal of the Kremlin. Major Gregory, a huge geek and the head of the book's US SDI program is in a relationship with another, female geek, who specializes in mirrors, which Major Gregory uses in his laser defense system. A match made in Heaven. If the universe, a certain jealous lesbian, and the Russians didn't conspire against them, that is. It all turns out fine in the end, though.

* in ''OneTreeHill'' the character of Mouth who used to be geeky comic relief involved into a full-fledged character. Mouth throughout the years has not not only became one of the more popular kids but is also given plenty of hot girlfriends, one being an office affair with his boss.The writer admits that he feels a lot of sympathy towards kids like Mouth and even claimed the character resembles himself in some ways.
** And now Mouth is in a relationship with Millicent(who's somewhat geeky herself)

* Hot bimbo Leeta and total dork/technical genius Rom in StarTrekDeepSpaceNine. Even other characters don´t understand.

* Neurotic, geeky Columbus and hot "bad girl"-type Wichita in ''{{Zombieland}}'' are a pretty textbook example, although it probably helps that he may be the only guy her age left after the zombie apocalypse.

* in ''OneTreeHill'' the character of Mouth who used to be geeky comic relief involved into a full fletched character. Mouh throughout the years has not not only became one of the more popular kids but is also given plenty of hot girlfriends, one being an office affair with his boss.The writer admits that he feels a lot of sympathy towards kids like Mouth and even claimed the character resembles himself in some ways.

* Must be a post-highschool thing...

* The RealityShow ''BeautyAndTheGeek'' reinforced why this could be TruthInTelevision. By the end of the show first season, many of the Beauties were gushing about how their Geek was one of the best guys they'd ever met, when only one or two of said Geeks were conventionally good looking (though, admittedly, none of them were particularly gruesome either).

* In BackToTheFuture sci-fi writing and socially inept George [=McFly=] gets the girl, though with a bit of help from his time travelling son.

* In BackToTheFuture sci-fi writing and socially inept George McFly gets the girl, though with a bit of help from his time travelling son.

->''"I have no idea how I get such beautiful women to sleep with me. I mean, look at me. Thank God I'm funny and rich."''
-->-- '''Drew Carey'''

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