History Main / NerdsArePervs

A trait of many {{Stereotypical Nerd}}s and very prevalent in the teen SexComedy genre. HormoneAddledTeenager tends to overlap, but there are plenty of adults depicted in this way and often the more critical and negative portrayals are of adults. HornyScientist is very closely related and will often overlap. Male nerds are far more likely to be coded as perverted than female nerds as AManIsAlwaysEager and AllMenArePerverts. But when a female nerd is shown to be a perv, high chance she's a YaoiFangirl.

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* ''WebOriginal/{{Jotaider}}'': Despite his many good qualities, the story doesn't hide the fact that stereotypical nerd Tsubasa Sato has certain feelings going through his body when coming across some of the corrupted Jõtaijin. He usually channels his perverted thoughts into his writing.

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* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', the young, nerdy George [=McFly=] climbs a tree to spy on Lorraine changing in a window.

Less favorable depictions will be like the CasanovaWannabe, constantly trying and failing to sleep with people. These characters seem to be either unaware of or simply not concerned by their own nerdiness. Or they're more like the LovableSexManiac, whose behavior towards others toes the line between acceptable and predatory, but is treated InUniverse as ultimately harmless. This is becoming less common due to heightened social awareness regarding sexual harassment and sexual assault and that audiences are significantly less likely to view it as harmless or funny just because a socially awkward nerd character is doing it.

* An early ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' strip has [=PeeJee=] innocently wandering into a game store where the resident nerds immediately start picturing her naked. [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/reactions/ Cut to her washing and washing]], unable to get the feeling of creepiness off her skin.

Less favorable depictions will be like the CasanovaWannabe, constantly trying and failing to sleep with people. These characters are always {{Extraverted Nerd}}s, wholly unaware of or simply not concerned by their own nerdiness. Or they're more like the LovableSexManiac, whose behavior towards others toes the line between acceptable and predatory, but is treated InUniverse as ultimately harmless. This is becoming less common due to heightened social awareness regarding sexual harassment and sexual assault and that audiences are significantly less likely to view it as harmless or funny just because a socially awkward nerd character is doing it.

** Protagonist Jim is JewishAndNerdy, turns into an awkward, silent mess around girls he's interested in, boasts about his high SAT scores at a party, and opens the film (after the ColdOpen where he's [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown Caught With His Pants Down]]) discussing how hot [[PerverseSexualLust Ariel]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'' is. He also infamously "[[ExtremeOmnisexual has sex]]" with an apple pie after he asks his friends what third base feels like and one replies, "like warm apple pie."

* ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'': Tomoko is a CreepyLonerGirl, RomanceGame {{Otaku}} who decides she wants to become popular in her third year of high school. Problem is, she has NoSocialSkills and is both a self-centered {{Jerkass}} and a CovertPervert from playing so many [[HGame H-Games]]. Her reason for wanting to become popular? [[QuestForSex To lose her virginity]]. She's also [[AccidentalPervert constantly groping]] her friend Yuu out of misplaced jealousy over her larger bust. When she finally does make friends, though, they tolerate her perviness and treat her as a LovableSexManiac.

** Howard Wolowitz, pre-CharacterDevelopment, is a lecherous twerp who starts hitting on Penny the moment that he meets her. He has been known to have masturbatory fantasies involving Creator/KateeSackhoff, and was caught by his LoveInterest Bernadette having online sex with "Glucinda the Troll", causing a temporary break-up between the two.

Like with NerdsAreNaive, this seems to be related to the stereotype that NerdsAreVirgins; the typically NoSocialSkills-having nerdy characters aren't suave and can't flirt well enough to successfully attract suitors, leaving them with a lack of personal experience regarding sex that becomes a ''fixation''. Such nerds might think about sex constantly, [[PervertedDrooling drool and ogle]] over the bodies of their peers, playfully grope their friends, have a robust collection of [[PornStash porn]], {{Hentai}}, and/or [[HGame H-Games]] (depending on the flavor of nerd they are), try to [[ThePeepingTom peep at]] the [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders popular cheerleaders]] or the unsuspecting in the privacy of their own homes, [[PantyThief steal the underwear of classmates]], engage in a perpetual QuestForSex, etc.

But when a work isn't going for a sympathetic portrayal, nerdy characters will have an interest in sex bordering on the depraved. They'll masturbate to the worst horrors {{Rule 34}} has produced involving just about every {{fetish}} known to man, lecherously [[StalkerWithACrush stalk and predate]] on the [[AbhorrentAdmirer uninterested objects of their affection]], or have a PerverseSexualLust that crosses over into full-blown delusion. Many in this category are {{Extreme Omnisexual}}s or {{Depraved Bisexual}}s, having few limits as to who (or what) helps get them off and willing to do the unthinkable ''to'' get off. The BasementDweller and {{Otaku}} of [[OccidentalOtaku all stripes]] are the most susceptible to this portrayal. LonersAreFreaks and FetishesAreWeird go hand-in-hand with this version. Closely related and on a slightly more positive note is BrainsAndBondage, since many nerds are genuinely intelligent. However, this can veer very quickly into BondageIsBad and UnsexySadist.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Tedd Verres is a bespectacled AsianAndNerdy MadScientist who has a huge transformation kink (helped by his working TransformationRay) and proudly calls himself [[HornyScientist a pervert]]. But CharacterDevelopment through his love interest Grace eventually makes him only pervy towards her and no one else (which she is perfectly okay with).

* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'': The popular, athletic Nagatoro clearly has this trope in mind when she constantly harps on her shy, geeky Senpai for his love of fanservice manga and his painting skills, on top of offering to model nude for one of his pieces. Senpai himself is no more perverted than any other boy his age, but the [[WordOfGod author confirmed]] that the reason he doesn't push Nagatoro away is because he is a [[CovertPervert closet masochist]].

* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'': The popular, athletic Nagatoro clearly has this trope in mind when she constantly harps on her shy, geeky Senpai for his love of fanservice manga and his painting skills, on top of offering to model nude for one of his pieces. Outside of his love of fanservice heavy manga, Senpai himself is no more perverted than any other boy his age, but the [[WordOfGod author confirmed]] that the reason he doesn't push Nagatoro away is because he is a [[CovertPervert closet masochist]].

* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'': The popular, athletic Nagatoro clearly has this trope in mind when she constantly harps on her shy, geeky Senpai for his love of fanservice manga and his painting skills, on top of offering to model nude for one of his pieces. Outside of his love of fanservice heavy manga, Senpai himself is no more perverted than any other boy his age, but the author confirmed that the reason he doesn't push Nagatoro away is because he is a [[CovertPervert closet masochist]].

* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'': The popular, athletic Nagatoro clearly has this trope in mind when she constantly harps on her shy, geeky Senpai for his love of fanservice manga and his painting skills, on top of offering to model nude for one of his pieces. Senpai himself is no more perverted than any other boy his age, and the author confirmed that the reason he doesn't push Nagatoro away is because he is a closet masochist.

%%* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'': Nagatoro is constantly harping on Senpai for his lack of experience in sexual manners and his love of manga with fan service is a source for Nagatoro's teasing.

* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'': Nagatoro is constantly harping on Senpai for his lack of experience in sexual manners and his love of manga with fan service is a source for Nagatoro's teasing.