History Main / JerkJock

* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} ComicBook/{{Superboy}} comics, Clark had to put up with Smallville High's resident top jock (and jerk) Bash Bashford. Somewhat ironically, post-crisis continuity has Clark as a star athlete throughout high school instead.

* The All Night Express, {{exp|y}}ies of the Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam corrupted by Wrestling/AustinAries in Wrestling/RingOfHonor, who eventually did get matched up against that very same tag team, who in turn were brought together amateur braggarts in the vein of Kurt Angle (and were for a time lead by him as "Team Angle")

* ''Webcomic/GrimTrigger'': Hunter is definitely one in the first books.

See that [[TheBigGuy tall]], hunky and vulgar blond guy in the [[CasualSportsJersey football letterman jacket]] [[TheBully picking on]] the {{nerd}} over there? What's his name, [[ADickInName Dick]]? Bill? Kyle? Tyler? One of those? That's him. One in every school.

* Virtually the entire team on ''Series/BlueMountainState'', but most especially Thad. Even Alex, the nominal good guy, can be rather sleazy at times. The trope is subverted in that the other sports teams at the college are no better, especially the rich, snooty lacrosse team. However, they all spend so much time being jerks to each other that the rest of the student body largely escapes unscathed, with the exception of the {{Nerd}}[=s=] that do the football team's classwork.

In shows focusing entirely on school life, he'll be a [[BigBad primary antagonist]]; however, if the school environment is merely a setting and not the key focus he's more likely to be just a recurring nuisance for the characters to deal with, or a VillainOfTheWeek. In shows dealing with the fantastic, he can often be found MuggingTheMonster, or portrayed as stupid enough to [[BullyingADragon bully someone even if he knows that they have powers that could reduce him to a smear on the wall]]. In a SlasherMovie, chances are ''very, very'' good that he is going to die, winding up an AssholeVictim.

* Wesley from [[http://wanderers-library.wikidot.com/i-dated-a-teenage-cyclops-part-one I Dated A Teenage Cyclops]], a story in ''Wiki/TheWanderersLibrary'', is a textbook example.

* Sam in ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'' establishes himself as a sports-loving bully by throwing an American football on your head. He enjoys bullying other students because [[JustJokingJustification he thinks they just can't take a joke.]]

Just as the Alpha Bitch has a GirlPosse, the Jerk Jock has the Cool Crowd, a crowd of hangers-on who bow to his every whim and help him victimize whomever he decides to pick on. And he inevitably decides that Our Heroes are his favorite targets.

%%* Ryan Edwards in ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks: The Squeakquel'' verbally threatens Alvin, gives Simon a swirly and subsequently drops him into the toilet, and pokes fun at Theodore's girth (which is naturally a BerserkButton for Alvin and Simon). His sidekick Xander would too, if he weren't ...well, the sidekick.

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Of course, most of that doesn’t matter to the student body. Often times, the Jerk Jock is the reigning king of the campus, with many people wanting to be his friend or his date, or at least be on his good side. His bullying ways don’t make him a pariah, but a prince, because as everyone in HighSchool knows, [[PopularIsEvil anyone who’s popular is a bully]].

Unfortunately, this trope tends to be somewhat a TruthInTelevision, and very much prevalent in team sports. The reason is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility diffusion of responsibility]]: team sports encourage tribal mentality, loyalty to one’s own tribe (team), hostility to other tribes (other teams), and complete indifference towards outsiders. The tribal mentality dilutes the responsibility of one's behavior and manners, and even at some instances encourages uppity and obnoxious behavior. Schools that have particular reputations for a specific sports program may even grant special privilages to star players (and sometimes even cover up bad behavior to prevent the team's reputation from suffering). ''Rarely'' do practitioners of ''individual'' sports fall into such a category, and are more often a BadassBookworm or GeniusBruiser type. Jerk Jock behavior is ''seriously'' discouraged in RealLife martial arts, on pain of outright expulsion from the sport, let alone the violator's [[PacifistDojo school]].

* In the ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' anime, Michael Grant's older brother Brian is a basketball genius who started out as a Jerk Jock with an horrible temper, a StalkerWithACrush-level love for Jinny Golding and a big competitive streak. When Yuu beats him at his game, though, he admits his defeat and becomes Yuu's friend.

** Played straight with the Toyotama High team, whose members are arrogant, rude and prone to commit fouls without getting caught by the referee. The most notable examples are Itakura, who spends the whole match mocking Miyagi for his height, and Minami, who's been nickamed "Ace Killer" [[spoiler:since he injured Fujima of Shoyo in the past tournament by elbowing him in the eye, which he did later to Rukawa]].

** The Generation of Miracles are this to some degree. While they aren't bullies, they are ''very'' arrogant and often look down on their opponents, with Aomine being the one whose personality fits this trope the most. Kise is pretty much the exception, since he's the least jerkish towards people and he started to become a LovableJock earlier than the rest.

** Team Jabberwock are this trope taking to extreme. They are all racist American streetballers who tell everyone in Japan on live television to quit playing basketball because they are "monkeys". They are also prone to violence even off-court and they love to humiliate their opponents that goes beyond normal streetball taunting.
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' has minor character [[PunnyName Sharpner]] from the Buu saga. A classic muscular JerkJock from Gohan and Videl’s high school who bullies Gohan for his shy nerdiness calling him “brain boy” [[UnderestimatingBadassery blissfully unaware]] that Gohan [[BullyingADragon is a half alien powerhouse who can destroy the entire planet]]. Like the rest of his classmates, Sharpner is shocked when Gohan easily catches his home run by [[InASingleBound jumping 25 feet into the air to catch the ball]] and even more shocked when Gohan (who decides to play it “normal”) tanks Sharpner’s baseball getting thrown into his face at high speed so that he’ll be out. The anime makes Sharpner more jerky as he gets jealous of Videl’s relationship with Great Saiyaman and tries to unmask Gohan only to fail spectacularly. Subverted though as he cheers for Gohan when the latter forgets his disguise and is shown giving energy to [[FakeUltimateHero Mr Satan]] (actually Goku) to destroy Buu in the finale implying he’s a more likeable jock than it first seemed.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has the HotBlooded school prodigy Katsuki Bakugo who at the start viscously bullies the shyer, nerdier and initially [[{{Muggles}} quirkless]] protagonist Izuku Midoriya and in a [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness real]] [[KickTheDog douchebag]] [[NeverLiveItDown moment]] even tells Midoriya to kill himself. However due to Midoriya TakingALevelInBadass Bakugo soon becomes Midoriya's FriendlyRivalry and over time even BashBrothers with him even if Bakugo is still too jerky for his own good. Also unlike what you expect from this trope Bakugo is actually quite academic having the third best grades in his class, even if his [[LeeroyJenkins emotional immaturity]] has gotten the better of him frequently. [[spoiler: In chapter 322 Bakugo does ''finally'' apologise to Midoriya for his douchery, albeit long after the fact.]]

** Genzo Wakabayashi had become rather full of himself when he helped the Shutetsu win the nationals without without conceding a single goal. When Tsubasa scored a goal on him he almost had a breakdown, until his personal coach Mikami [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slapped him for abandoning his teammates when the match hadn't ended yet]]. The match ends in a tie, but he and Tsubasa quickly become friends (and later teammates) afterwards.

** Flash's evolution may have come with his military service after he graduated from high school. When he comes back to the U.S. after his tour of duty is over, he's a lot more circumspect and mature than the arrogant prick he was at the start of the series. This is partly represented by his sincere and heart-felt apology to Peter for all the crap that he put him through during high school.

* Theres a HighSchoolAU Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses fanfic that features a group of homophobic jocks who are all promptly [[spoiler:murdered]] by WebVideo/{{Phelous}} and WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob.
* The whole point of the ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic Fanfic/{{Redemption}} is deconstructing this trope and making the Jerk Jock team of CRDL more sympathetic and likeable.

%%* Subverted with Joaquin from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife''. Despite being a bit full of himself, he's usually quite nice. He does say some rude things to Manolo when they're competing for Maria's affections, but once he realize she loves Manolo he steps aside.

%%** Flash being a Jerk Jock was averted in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' -- but not because he was any nicer. The SettingUpdate meant that Peter now attends a specialized magnet school for science students; so in order to fill his role of school bully, Flash had to lose the jock traits and is now a science nerd as well.

%%* Ryan Edwards in ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks: The Squeakquel'' verbally threatens Alvin, gives Simon a swirly and subsequently drops him into the toilet, and pokes fun at Theodore's girth (which is naturally a BerserkButton for Alvin and Simon). His sidekick Xander would too, if he weren't ...well, the side-kick.

%%* Slightly subverted, ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' have an entire frat full of jerk jocks, but nerds eventually had their revenge. They got revenge again in second movie...

%%* ''Film/CantHardlyWait'', a teenage flick from late 90's has Mike Dexter. It makes sense considering the film is supposed to be a tribute to the 80s variety.

%%* Speaking of 80's movies starring John Cusack and Curtis Armstrong and directed by Savage Steve Holland, theres Ted Beckersted from Film/OneCrazySummer.

* ''Film/IAmNumberFour'': Mark James, the local JerkSue who gets away with assault, kidnapping, breaking into people's lockers and planting paint bombs in them, stalking his ex, has the NERVE to tell her that she's the problem, and gets away scott free from everything because the plot says so.

* In ''Film/TheBrassTeapot'' Arnie the Landlord is this, to an almost absurd degree. He’s an absolute asshole every second he’s on screen and he even fits to physical description of this trope to a t: tall, muscular, vulgar, blond and almost never seen without his football letterman jacket

* Rodney in ''Film/HotBot'', who seemingly spends all his time picking on nerds, ignoring his girlfriend, and hitting on women. He even carries business cards announcing that he has a 15 inch penis. He eventually gets pummeled into the ground by a {{Sexbot}}.

* In ''Film/{{Hunk}}'', one of Bradley's neighbors in Sea Spray is an former pro-footballer named Skeet Mecklenburger who still acts like a high school jock and immediately starts bullying the nerdy Bradley.

* ''Literature/VampireKisses'': Trevor Mitchell. He's bullied Raven ever since kindergarden though he flirts with her from time to time. It's hinted on various occasions that he has a crush on her and is incapable of expressing his feelings.

* Related to the Literature/HarryPotter example, British "school stories" tend toward having aristocratic bullies who are a proto-version of this tropes. Before being used in his own series, {{Literature/Flashman}} was one of these in ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'', and he fits the jock part too, being good at cricket and other sports.

* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' has Sophia Hess, who is mentioned to be one of the top students of Winslow High's PE course. She is an incredibly brutal version of this, a teen NinetiesAntiHero and SuperSupremacist that believes in a darwinistic "predator and prey" mindset and has made Taylor Hebert the primary target of her hatred for no good reason other than Taylor being a very quiet girl. Some {{Fanon}} stories outright express that is implied in the main story: that the reason why the other students at Winslow are such ApatheticCitizens is because they are ''very'' afraid of what Hess would do to ''them'' if they decided to try to stand in the way of her "fun".

* ''Literature/{{NERDS}}'': Jackson Jones starts out as a young version; a 5th grade star football player and tormentor of nerds. Until his BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill prevent him from wearing a helmet, killing his spot on the team and his popularity at the school. Since the first book is from his perspective, he just thought he was pulling harmless pranks on nerds and saw himself as a LovableJock, which he genuinely becomes after his JerkassRealization.

** This has been subverted again, much more interestingly, in the second season, with Puck moving further away from the Jerk Jock through his experiences in juvie and his relationship with Lauren, while Finn has moved much closer to being one (or shown his true colours more plainly) through his treatment of Rachel, Kurt (particularly early in the season) and Quinn, and the way his self-centred thoughtlessness destroyed the team's chances at Nationals.

* ''Series/NowhereBoys'': Jake at first. Trent Long, who replaces him as school athletic hero, through and through. Also arguably Sam, but he's more [[TheDitz air-headed]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-obsessed]] than actually malicious.

* Steve Harrington ''seems'' like one of these in the first season of ''Series/StrangerThings'', but really [[ProtagonistCentredMorality only because]] he's a thinly-drawn romantic rival to UnluckyChildhoodFriend Jonathan. He gets more focus in the second season and reveals a much more likeable side. Season two also introduces his EvilCounterpart Billy Hargrove who plays this ''much'' straighter to the point of borderline sociopathy (although even Billy gets minor sympathy points [[spoiler:as it's implied he's only as bad as he is due to being [[AbusiveParents verbally, emotionally and physically abused by his father.]]]])

** The series notably averts this in one episode where a girl cheats on her football playing boyfriend with an artist. The "star athlete" turns out to be genuinely decent and caring, the artist... not so much.

* Wrestling/CurtHennig in his "Mr. Perfect" persona, where he show off how to "perfectly" play several sports.

** Luther Biggs didn't help. His gimmick was supposedly that even though he didn't have a traditional jock build or attitude, he "had heart" and that was why Stern had chosen him as a protege. Before this gimmick, Biggs had played a flamboyant strutter kind of character, and he kept using the same mannerisms. Imagine if Wrestling/LarrySweeney or even Wrestling/RicFlair had worn an amateur singlet and a grey t-shirt but otherwise played the gimmicks they're known for - that's what Luther Biggs was.

* Groose from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' fits this mold well enough being the bullying rival to Link throughout the early game, mainly due to his own unrequited crush on Zelda and jealousy of how close Link is to her. He does get more likeable later on when he helps Link save Zelda from Ghirahim and Demise.

* Dean a.k.a. Dingo and the luchadores from ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''. An unusual case in the former since he's the ''head cheerleader'' instead of the wrestling team (that role being Edgar, the patient of the level).

** Mike plays with and then ultimately subverts this trope. At first he has all the hallmarks of being a JerkJock as he’s “the big guy on campus” in addition to being the athletic Class President who partakes in a cruel prank that involves misleading Hannah (the girl who has crush on him) into undressing herself in front of him while everyone else is hiding and filming it. This not only humiliates Hannah but seemingly gets her and her sister Beth killed when Hannah runs out into a snowstorm and the latter follows her. However Mike [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone does immediately regret his role in the prank]] and for the rest of the game [[TookAlevelInKindness shows great bravery and care for his friends]]. Mike even gets along very well with the nerdier Chris which is rare for this trope.
** Played straighter with Matt, who was the one filming Hannah when she started stripping off for Mike, wears his [[CasualSportsJersey Letterman jacket]] throughout the game and dreams of being a Linebacker. Like what you’d expect he’s ill tempered, quite the meathead, somewhat cowardly and depending on the player’s actions is quite the CrazyJealousGuy over his AlphaBitch girlfriend Emily. It’s much easier [[RelationshipValues to make the whole cast despise Matt]] than Mike, if you decide to go down the jerk route while playing as him. That being said, Matt's default state seems to be LovableJock.

* ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': Typically the series doesn’t focus on sports, but in the fourth episode, “The Most Epically Inspirational Sports Movie Ever”, [[BigBad Ridiculously Epic]] takes on this role. It seems that he only started skateboarding to [[EvilIsPetty “antagonize random teenagers for no reason”]] at the skatepark, and to try to win a skateboarding competition to advance his evil plans with the prize money.

* This is usually subverted in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', but in v1 the baseball team was said to sometimes bully other students despite the fact that they were like brothers to each other, and in v3 a few members of the football team have shown tendencies to do such, with Gentle Giant / Scary Black Man Darnell Butler having had to fight some of them on occasion to stop them from particularly severe actions. Though that doesn't change that he used to be one himself. V3 character Adam Reeves practically epitomizes this trope, with a touch of fatalism and [[SocialDarwinist Social Darwinism]] thrown in. V4 character Phillip Ward, a member of the ice hockey team, is also known to a bully and once beat up Jimmy Brennan during a tryout. Not counting the occasional bullies who're otherwise good people, though, this trope almost never appears in SOTF, which is slightly surprising.

* Lampshaded in Website/{{Cracked}}'s [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18196_5-classic-movie-high-schools-that-would-suck-to-attend.html 5 Classic Movie High Schools That Would Suck To Attend]], where Soren Bowie states that since he was captain of a few sports teams back in high school, if he were in a sports movie he'd be obligated to kick the nerds' asses out of sheer peer pressure.

* Vince Chung in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', and the coach's son, whose jerkishness stems from being abused by his father, leading to an awkward scene of him crying in Steve's arms while threatening to beat him up the next day.
* Darren's American football playing older brother Will in ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'' is a BigBrotherBully and doesn't think kindly of middle schoolers. Darren himself originally disliked football but was pushed to join the team when he began high school. He TookALevelInJerkAss and even [[spoiler:cheated on Ginger, though at least he broke up with her quickly after the flirting began,]] however it's implied he toned down as an adult.

*** Emphasized to its fullest in "Lucky in Love" where Kwan exhibits HiddenDepths of painful loneliness. It indicates he only got popularity through bullying out of desperate desire for friends because he wanted to belong ''somewhere'' than nowhere. If anything, he has a lot in common with an earlier Danny who was also seeking his path in life (ya know, before he [[CharacterDevelopment found it]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': Wolfgang and his 5th grade cronies, whenever they're going up against Arnold and his friends at sports.

** Further averted in the episode "Peggy Makes the Big Leagues", in which Peggy meets a talented football player named David who is allowed to stay on the team in spite of his poor grades. When Peggy flunks him, therefore suspending him from the team because of the school's "no pass, no play" policy, it's the teachers and booster club who come after her and practically ostracize her, not David. In fact, throughout the episode, David was never seen as anything other than somewhat oblivious and entitled yet ultimately good natured. When the booster club made a plan to make him look like he had a learning disability, he was furious and embarrassed to realize how easy it was for them to portray him this way because of how lazy he's been with academics. He comes to Peggy for help, admitting that he knows he's not that smart and hates feeling stupid, so he usually doesn't even bother trying with schoolwork since the other teachers will ''let'' him. When he shows he's willing to work hard to learn, Peggy ultimately decided to let him play.

** Lightning Dust from "Wonderbolt Academy" is a straight example however. Her sole motivation is to be #1, contrasting to Rainbow Dash's, whose motivations consist of juggling protecting her friends and hometown with training to join the Wonderbolts. Unlike Rainbow Dash, Lightning Dust is [[LackofEmpathy uncaring]], [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]], and mercenary, which establish her as a reckless, unpleasant {{Jerkass}}.

* Boscha from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' is a rare female example. In many ways she’s a stereotypical rich high school mean girl but she’s also the captain of Hexside’s [[FictionalSport grudgby]] team and she’s just as willing to bully people physically or humiliate them in athletic contests as she is to insult and harass them.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''. Just like in the original comics, Flash Thompson is a star high school football player and a typical jock and bully who mercilessly bullies his nerdy classmate Peter Parker but greatly admires the costumed superhero Spider-Man, an irony in which the superhero takes some gratification. This version of Flash continues to bully Peter, even when Peter has already been bitten by the radioactive spider and Flash is always trying to outsmart Parker but usually fails. In the series, he dates Liz Allan until they break up, seemingly due to Liz developing a crush on Peter. The series also says that Flash and Peter used to be close friends years ago, but it wasn't able to explain what led to their falling out before it was cancelled.
** However, Flash isn't completely irredeemable. In the episode which Peter's aunt has had a heart attack, some of the kids at school express their sympathies to Peter (who at the time is being manipulated by the black suit). Peter tells them that their sympathy won't pay the medical bills and that they can go to hell. Flash later calls him out on this, on the grounds that while he doesn't like Peter, he ''does'' like Aunt May. Still, even though beating Flash up would be somewhat justified (grief over his aunt, plus long history of being bullied should be enough to make anyone snap), this comment allows Peter to realize that the JerkassHasAPoint, wise up, and get rid of the black suit. He later goes to thank Flash who in return, is quite polite (well, for Flash anyway).
** Flash in this series all round is a little more three dimensional. A notable example is when the class receives their test results. Liz, his girlfriend, receives a D and he can see she is visibly upset by it. He then sees the teacher praising Peter on getting yet another A and decides to get even by throwing a football at him. Not exactly justified, but you can actually see it from his point of view.
** Another example is in the second season when Harry returns from his rehab and lets it slip that the reason he left was to recover from his addiction and not a vacation. Flash is, not surprisingly, pissed that Harry was juiced during his time on the team, because that would mean they'd lose the football championship he busted his leg for. Later in the episode the trophy is taken away and the coach informs them they have to wait for the investigation. Everyone assumes Harry was the one who came clean, only for Flash to step up and admit he was the one who told the coach, saying there was no point in having it if they didn't win it fair.

* There a few of these in ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', including Brandon Chase, Baron and a few unnamed high school students. Averted with Edwin "Meat" Kapinski, however.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has the HotBlooded school prodigy Katsuki Bakugo who at the start viscously bullies the shyer, nerdier and initially [[{{Muggles}} quirkless]] protagonist Izuku Midoriya and in a [[KickTheDog real douchebag]] [[NeverLiveItDown moment]] even tells Midoriya to kill himself. However due to Midoriya TakingALevelInBadass Bakugo soon becomes Midoriya's FriendlyRivalry and over time even BashBrothers with him even if Bakugo is still too jerky for his own good. Also unlike what you expect from this trope Bakugo is actually quite academic having the third best grades in his class, even if his [[LeeroyJenkins emotional immaturity]] has gotten the better of him frequently. [[spoiler: In chapter 322 Bakugo does ''finally'' apologise to Midoriya for his douchery, albeit long after the fact.]]

The SpearCounterpart to the AlphaBitch (and sometimes TheCheerleader), the Jerk Jock is [[TheBully the Chief Bully]] who dominates the school/college environment through physical violence and threats of brutal retaliation. A [[{{Jerkass}} boorish, obnoxious, spiteful asshole]] with an [[EntitledBastard out-of-control sense of entitlement]], he spends his time beating people up, getting drunk and destroying property; and in darker works, he may also be an incorrigible [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapist]].

* Averted with Harvey in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''. He's a genuinely sweet, if a little [[TheDitz ditzy]] guy. TheCheerleader AlphaBitch Libby wants to be [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders his girlfriend]], but he doesn't show much interest in her.

** Jerk jocks are a type of low-level enemy in the game, though they aren't called that.

See SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp and KidsAreCruel. Compare to, and sometimes [[BigJerkOnCampus may even overlap with]], BigManOnCampus, who usually matches the Jerk Jock in popularity, but is less of an antagonistic force. Also compare DumbJock. Little relation to ViolentGlaswegian.

* ''Film/JackTheReaper'': Steven, who wears a football jersey and spends his time tossing a football, picks on the albino Brian and the fat kid Harold; wants to bang every girl but refuses to commit to any of them; and-—on being told that Maya is deaf—-describes it as 'hot'.

* Eugene "Flash" Thompson, one of ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'''s foils. He bullies Peter Parker constantly, [[HatesClarkKentLovesSuperman but is a big fan of Spider-Man, not knowing they're the same person]]. In a subversion, the comics have him and Peter actually becoming friends after they graduate from high school. How's that possible? He isn't without his bad sides; When he was framed for being the Hobgoblin, everybody believed it immediately.

* ''Literature/TotallyHigh'':
** Gregory "Grey" Valentine is one of the most cocky football player, not only that he's is a JerkJock, he's a BigJerkOnCampus. He treats the nerds and all the unpopular kids like shit especially the AV Club and picks on them. He plans to humiliate Derek and his friends from the AV Club. Greg picks on Ian the most, since they used to be friends since they were ten years old. It's until Greg got the fame and popularity all over his head at freshmen year, so he decided to distant Nerdy Ian since hanging out with him would hurt his reputation. Greg has a girlfriend who is a Libby the AlphaBitch, currently dating with her.
** Vincent Soto is like this at first because he shooed the av kids at his best friend's pool party, Subverted. In the few more chapters, He slowly became a LovableJock and TookALevelInKindness.

* In ''Film/TwoThirtySeven'', Luke is a star soccer player who thinks that school is useless because he is going to be a professional footballer. He talks through class, brags about his sexually conquests, and is one of the primary bullies who picks on Steven and harassers Sean for being openly gay. He is also [[spoiler:secretly gay and has had some sort of relationship with Sean]].

See SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp and KidsAreCruel. Compare to, and sometimes may even overlap with, BigManOnCampus, who usually matches the Jerk Jock in popularity, but is less of an antagonistic force. Also compare DumbJock. Little relation to ViolentGlaswegian.

* Eugene "Flash" Thompson, one of ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'''s foils. He bullies Peter Parker constantly, but is a big fan of Spider-Man, not knowing they're the same person. In a subversion, the comics have him and Peter actually becoming friends after they graduate from high school. How's that possible? He isn't without his bad sides; When he was framed for being the Hobgoblin, everybody believed it immediately.

** Hawk becomes this after becoming one of Cobra Kai's top students, being the leader of his own gang of bullies and constantly harassing the Miyagi-Dos (i.e. Sam, Demetri, Chris, Nathaniel). Later suberverted when he finally makes a HeelFaceTurn during the climax of the =LaRusso= house fight (though he was already losing his place in Cobra Kai as Kreese's favorite to Tory and Robby).
** In Kreese's flashback, we have David—a varsity football player who bullies Kreese for just being a "freak" (as well as Betsy for simpling LOOKING at him). Nobody felt sorry for the bastard when Kreese gave a much-deserved beating him and his henchman.

%%* Sam from ''Kidulthood'' is a perfect example.

* In ''Film{Angel1984'', Ric is the quarterback on the school football team, and is attempting to bang all of the hot chicks in school. Molly turns him down, and later humiliates him, so he attempts to avenge himself by trashing her reputation.

** Played straighter with Matt, who was the one filming Hannah when she started stripping off for Mike, wears his [[CasualSportsJersey Letterman jacket]] throughout the game and dreams of being a Linebacker. Like what you’d expect he’s ill tempered, quite the meathead, somewhat cowardly and depending on the player’s actions is quite the CrazyJealousGuy over his AlphaBitch girlfriend Emily. It’s much easier [[RelationshipValues to make the whole cast despise Matt]] than Mike, if you decide to go down the jerk route while playing as him.

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