Line #27 Adorkable/LiveActionTV


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15	Examples of {{Adorkable}} in live-action television.
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17	* ''Series/{{Atypical}}'':
18	** Sam has his moments, particularly when he awkwardly tries to hit on his therapist Julia.
19	** Paige. A super smart, highly motivated girl with a very excitable personality who does some of the darndest things to gain Sam's affections. Even ''dressing like a penguin'' at one point.
20	** Beth. A sweet-natured and physically/socially awkward girl who makes hammy foodie videos, bakes Casey a chocolate cake as a "Thank You" for sticking up for her when she's being bullied over her weight, etc.
21	* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'':
22	** Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons, the resident cute scientists. They're prone to geeking out about their areas of interest (tech in Fitz's case, biology in Simmons'), they're a couple of unabashedly nerdy non-action scientist surrounded by secret agents, and they have a very sweet friendship.
23	** [[TheHero Phil]] [[TheLeader Coulson]] is pretty darn adorkable, with his love for [[ICallItVera his car Lola]], all his old-timey collectibles and his general NiceGuy personality.
24	** Skye has a tendency to {{Squee}} over anything fantastic or superhero-related, though she does this less and less as she becomes more experienced as an agent.
25	* Gary Bell of ''Series/{{Alphas}}'', played by Ryan Cartwright. Sweet, cute smile, though not exactly nerdy, but he does have a [[TechnoWizard computer-related superpower]] and [[CharacterTic unusual mannerisms]] and is socially awkward. A lot of his behaviour is explained by being Autistic, though. Even the other characters consider him TheWoobie of the group, though he is starting to outgrow that role and become more independent. ([[RunningGag They still won't let him drive, though.]])
26	%%* ''Series/TheAmandaShow'':
27	%%** Penelope Taynt
28	%%** Penelope's little brother
29	%%* From ''Series/TheAmazingRace'':
30	%%** Dave & Lori (Season 9)
31	%%** Mark & Bill (Season 13).
32	* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
33	** While in ''Buffy'' he was more of a dark aloof badass, in his own spinoff, Angel is adorkable with much humour coming from not knowing how to deal with his friends and being socially awkward.
34	** Fred. She's sweet, cute, awkwardly rambles a lot, and is a massive science geek. She is practically the embodiment of this trope.
35	%% Weblinks are not examples.
36	* ''Series/ANTFarm'': Olive Doyle. Not entirely the stereotypical dork, but she has a large brain capacity, which she fills with very advanced subjects such as physics and calculus, she finds homework and extra credit assignments fun, is the youngest person ever inducted into Mensa and has long blonde hair, and a StalkerWithACrush although it's just Angus.
37	%%** Fletcher Quimby.
38	* Felicity in ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. She's a computer whiz and brilliant in general, but has a tendency to turn into a MotorMouth when she's nervous. And generally when around Oliver, she's prone to an awful lot of [[AccidentalInnuendo accidental innuendo]].
39	* Murdock from ''Series/TheATeam'' falls into this, mostly when he's trying out a new persona. For instance, in a Season 2 episode where the A-Team protects a cab company from being taken over by dangerous rivals, Murdock becomes a superhero called Captain Cab and even makes a cloth mask and cape for himself, all while talking to his sock puppet, Socky. Face is terribly embarrassed by his antics and B. A. wants to murder him (more so than usual), but the way Murdock goes about it is just so darn ''cute!''
40	* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'': Ally Dawson is a shy, neurotic CuteBookworm who suffers from stage fright so badly she'll wreck a television studio to get away from the camera. She has many adorkable moments particularly when she's dancing, or nervously chewing her hair. Or when she's doing her vocal warmups.
41	%%** Austin has his moments, especially around Ally.
42	%%* ''Series/BeingHumanUK'':
43	%%** George.
44	%%** There's Josh from the [[Series/BeingHumanUS US version]].
45	* Billy, from ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', whose attempts to talk to women all seem to involve bumbling attempts at compliments.
46	* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
47	** Sheldon Cooper, a man who can somehow make wearing a plaid suit almost sexy. There's something endearingly innocent in his total inability to behave like a normal human being. But there's the heart and soul of a hero under those geeky t-shirts. Later in the series, he's seen as cute and hot by his girlfriend Amy. One female student had a crush on him and thought that Penny had to be into him too.
48	** Leonard Hofstadter. He's too geeky for words, and not too great with social interaction, but he ''tries'', and it's adorable. He has a hard time to find a girlfriend, but there are some women seriously interested in him. Notably Dr Stephanie, Raj's sister Priya, a cute chick he met in a comic book store, and Sheldon's assistant. His big love Penny has moments when she definitely finds him irresistibly adorkable.
49	** Howard's girlfriend [[spoiler: and later wife]] Bernadette. She's a petite and cute woman, and her squeaky voice is adorably weird. We see on-screen her ex who is a dashing man, and Howard's friend develops a crush on her because she's always so nice to him. Just don't [[BewareTheNiceOnes make her mad]] or upset Howard in front of her.
50	%%* From ''Series/BigWolfOnCampus'' there's [[PerkyGoth Merton]] [[NonActionGuy J.]] [[TheSmartGuy Dingle]]
51	* ''Series/{{Bones}}'':
52	** InsufferableGenius Dr. "Bones" Brennan. Cute, geeky, and socially awkward.
53	** Doctor Sweets. He's a cute, young genius who goes "squee" at dead bodies.
54	** Intern Vincent Nigel-Murrey. His tendency to enthusiastically spout off interesting but useless bits of trivia is adorkable in the extreme.
55	%%** Zack fits completely.
56	%%* Gale from the third season of ''Series/BreakingBad''.
57	* Detective Amy Santiago from ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' is both an incredibly cute woman and an incredibly dorky one. Just witness her various attempts to impress, compliment or generally suck up to her superior officer, Captain Holt, all of which generally end with her blurting out complete nonsense, cracking jokes which completely fall flat, falling victim to ThatCameOutWrong, or just generally making herself look goofy. The rare occasions she ''does'' manage to impress Holt generally result in her punching the air or a doing very gleeful but also very physically uncoordinated happy dance, and her typical reaction to receiving a compliment is to giggle like a five-year-old. She furnishes her home in a way that makes people think she lives with her grandmother, has very dorky interests such as stationery and organising, and gets giddy whenever anyone refers to her as a TeachersPet. And the less said about [[ItMakesSenseInContext her impression of a vulture]], the better.
58	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
59	** Willow in the early seasons where she's shy and quietly pining after Xander.
60	** Spike, before he was turned. Human William was the sweetest poetry-writing, bespectacled Victorian mama's-boy this side of of the Industrial Revolution. His poem to Cecily... textbook adorkable. Even after he was turned, he remained a sweetie pie, which is one of many reasons which he is a fan favorite and part of why Creator/JamesMarsters cites him as a favorite role.
61	** Buffy herself falls into this trope. Sure she's a mega badass ActionGirl, but she can also be a socially awkward dork a lot of the time.
62	%% ** Angel in the comic books. C'mon, ''the reading glasses''.
63	%% ** Drusilla when happy or excited, which usually occurs when committing murder or torture.
64	%% ** Vi. It's Creator/FeliciaDay. How could she not be?
65	* Durkin, from ''Series/TheCallOfWarr''. He's a kind, sweet, and awkwardly dorky fellow, who doesn't really fit-in with the other soldiers. In-universe, this attitude certainly works on the girls, who take a quick liking to him, despite Mabel not even trusting soldiers as a general rule. It even works on Prince, who calls him "sweet", "funny", "handsome", etc.
66	* With her oversized glasses, genuine sweetness, and bright smiles, Sister Bernadette of ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' definitely fits.
67	%%* Det. Kevin Ryan from ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}''.
68	* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': Chuck embodies this trope. The guy is a member of the Nerd Herd for crying out loud. He's also adorable, and very shy.
69	* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
70	** Annie is a neurotic, compulsive over-achiever, but her innocence, cuteness and naivete make her adorable.
71	** Troy, once his jock traits start to be dropped over the course of the show, showing more his nerdy side along his endearing [[{{Pun}} childish]] and energetic behavior.
72	%%** Britta, who's been described by the actress by this very word.
73	%%* Roy Cropper from ''Series/CoronationStreet''.
74	* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': [[BadassAdorable Spencer Reid]] is a handsome BadassBookworm who is a constant [[BreakTheCutie target]] [[DistressedDude of [=UnSubs=].]] And the babbling. Dear God, the babbling. The insanely awkward babbling and the jokes that are only funny if you're a nerd like him. Plus he uses the magic tricks.
75	%%** Garcia.
76	%%* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': Gil Grissom.
77	* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'':
78	** Mac Taylor, handsome head of the Crime Lab, who's a Ronald Reagan FanBoy, has an odd collection of things in his apartment (everything from antique machinery to a Joe Namath-autographed football), has EncyclopaedicKnowledge of many subjects, seems serious most of the time but has a really nice smile when he chooses to share it with anyone. Over the course of the series had 2 serious girlfriends, but a number other women fell for him as well, including Inspector Shelby, a roller-derby chick named Polly, and StalkerWithACrush Ella [=McBride=].
79	** LabRat Adam Ross. Cute, messy-haired TechnoWizard who knows all the latest clubs and [[OrSoIveHeard fads.]] Flirts with girls even while at work.
80	** M.E. Sid Hammerback. Kinda cute in his own way, overshares about his exploits/tastes including three-somes. Twice divorced, flirted with Stella when he joined the show & with Jo when she came aboard.
81	%%* On the Russian SitCom ''Series/DaddysDaughters'', Galina Sergeevna (LizaArzamasova) is all too adorkable.
82	* Sage, Lance's girlfriend in ''Series/DarkOracle''. She's a little odd-looking, and a total weirdo, bordering at times on CloudCuckoolander. And she's just so cute doing it.
83	* ''Series/{{Degrassi\|TheNextGeneration}}'':
84	** Imogen, post LadyMacbeth plot, is an odd and eccentric thing, who is far too whimsical and energetic, things like 'For Realzies' and 'I must be dreaming, somebody pinch me!' in a completely earnest manner.
85	** Maya is a down to earth band geek who wants to be a rock star, giving her a punky-style of dorkery that does not mesh with her age. The end result of mixing 'band geek', 'cool rock star', upbeat songs, and awkward niner.
86	%% ** J.T.
87	%% ** Toby
88	%% ** Liberty as she put a lot more effort into things than she needed, and had all the look down.
89	%% ** Sav
90	%% ** Anya in Season 7, was in love with Sav and showed it by sharing stickerbooks.
91	%% ** Clare had some shades of being adorkable in Season 8, and picks them back up in Season 12 as she tries (and fails) at being mature.
92	%% ** Dave
93	%% ** Connor
94	** Wesley hit this note during Season 10 as ''The three Tennors''. Attempting to be cool but overall missing the mark by miles. Yet he tried so hard, and his trying earns him this trope.
95	* ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'': Rob Petrie is definitely one of these. All the clumsiness and flubbing is just so endearing because of his sweet nature that it's entirely plausible for someone like Laura Petrie (Creator/MaryTylerMoore) to fall for him.
96	%%* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'':
97	%%** Topher, especially after he starts growing a conscience.
98	%%** Bennett goes way, ''way'' beyond Adorkable, when she's not being AxCrazy. She's played by Creator/SummerGlau, so that shouldn't be a surprise.
99	%%** [[spoiler:Topher and Bennett both reach new heights of Adorkableness in a cute, funny romantic scene just about ten seconds before Bennett gets.]]
100	* ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'': Misao Mondo is awkward, always apologizes and has three settings: {{Keet}}, normal and CornerOfWoe. He swings between them rapidly. When in somewhat balanced state, he is actually competent, sweet guy.
101	* William and Daisy from ''Series/DowntonAbbey'':
102	** William is very sweet and innocent (and [[TheWoobie constantly being picked on]]). [[spoiler: Part of why it's so sad when William dies.]]
103	** Daisy is cute and pure, and her slight lisp is terribly endearing.
104	%%* Josh on ''Series/DrakeAndJosh''. Also, Craig and Eric.
105	* Benton Fraser from ''Series/DueSouth'' gets much of his charm from this. While he is conventionally handsome and quite capable of going into ActionHero mode when required, his sheer earnestness, quirkiness, and lack of familiarity with the conventions of American big-city life are important defining features of his character.
106	%%* Series/ElleryQueen
107	%%* Douglas Fargo of ''Series/{{Eureka}}'': When he's not pushing the hypothetical giant red button that says DO NOT PUSH, anyway.
108	%%** Emphasized by the introduction of Dr. Holly Marten (played by Creator/FeliciaDay, personification of this trope), who even out-tropes him.
109	* [[StereotypicalNerd Steve]] [[BlackAndNerdy Urkel]] from ''Series/FamilyMatters'' is the ultimate nerd with his glasses, suspenders, laugh and high-pitched voice. He's extremely awkward and clumsy, and quite annoying, but you can't help but sympathize with him because of his good heart, determination and undying love for Laura.
110	* ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'': Spike is always cheerful and smiling. Loves cracking jokes. Calls his anti-bomb robot "Babycakes" and treats it like a girlfriend. Check. Check. Check.
111	%%** Parker. Especially if his son, who he reunited with, is around.
112	%%* Bret from ''Series/FlightOfTheConchords''.
113	%%* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Frasier's little brother Niles completely qualifies.
114	%%* The Geeks (Sam, Neal, and Bill) from ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' all qualify.
115	%%* Twist from ''The Fresh Beat Band.''
116	* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': Carlton, Will's preppy cousin. An annoying yet lovable geeky goofball, often wearing polo shirts and sweaters, and always the butt of Will's jokes because of his short stature and naivete. And he invented the hilariously dorky Carlton Dance.
117	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
118	** Ross is a major dinosaur and science geek and swoops in with dazzling lines like "would you rather burn or freeze to death?" Sometimes it works and ladies like it, but at times he strikes out.
119	** Chandler often wears vests and suits. He makes awkward jokes and is very insecure. He makes up for a fight with Monica by expressing his feelings for her through a dictionary definition. When she asks him how he got so cute, he says his grandfather was Swedish and his other grandfather was a tiny little bunny, which gives him bonus points in cuteness.
120	** Monica has her moments when it comes to having eleven groups for sorting towels, ironing wrapping paper and vacuuming the vacuum cleaner. Though she's very attractive in a non-geeky, non-dorky way and is a classic beauty.
121	** David the science guy who Phoebe dated and was crazy about. She couldn't stand Ross's obsession with science, but she loved David's lab and thought he was extremely clever and extremely cute.
122	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
123	** Sam is a timid bookworm, and just about the nicest guy in the Night's Watch.
124	** Pod is nervous, bumbling, shy, and nearly impossible to dislike.
125	* GameShow host Creator/BillCullen fits the "just so darn lovable" mold perfectly, especially in his early shows such as his first seasons as a ''Series/IveGotASecret'' panelist.
126	* ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'': Riley is awkward and really friggin' cute.
127	* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': This series is absolutely full of these, in part to do with its main subject matter, which is showtunes and high school.
128	** Brittany. Her naivety over the simplest of things, believing in Santa Claus and getting excitable when he shows up in [[MallSanta shopping malls]], donating a dollhouse for all the "homeless dolls", and apparently crying over broccoli because she thought that was a tiny tree where jellybabies lived qualify for this, as well as moments where she lacks social skills around strangers. You just wanna give her a hug whenever she's crying or upset. [[ClosetGeek And she also has an online talk show]], and is praised for her [[HiddenDepths dancing by the other glee club members]].
129	--->'''Santana:''' ''[about Brittany]'' She's sweet, she's innocent... she's everything good in this miserable, stinking world.
130	** Sam loves to do impressions of characters and actors from movies, and tries to win the affections of Quinn by speaking Na'vi language from ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
131	** Finn mixes up well-known idioms and shows signs of being BookDumb, even being amazed that books could be rented out of a library. When he is confused or amazed about something mundane, he makes a wide-eyed confused expression like a deer caught in the headlights, and is also a clumsy dancer (he hits someone in the face once).
132	** Santana starts being adorkable in the later seasons, once everyone realises that her IceQueen act was more than just a facade to hide her lesbianism. Admitting to Brittany that she used to count the times that Brittany gazed over to her, becoming flustered when she spots an attractive girl ("getting panic-sweat under [her] boobs") and how angry she gets when Rachel convinces her to go and talk to her, as well as becoming really shy whenever Brittany caresses her in public.
133	%%** Artie.
134	%%** Mr. Shue deserves special mention for his love of sweater vests.
135	* ''Series/GoodGirlsRevolt'': Cindy, who’s sweet, wears glasses, and often fumbles and stutters awkwardly.
136	* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': Chidi is a socially awkward professor whose desire to be as ethical as possible causes him crippling anxiety, and Michael's enthusiasm for humanity and his accomplishments can also push him into this - just look at his glee over his first solo project in the first episode. [[spoiler:This appears to be Michael's real personality even with TheReveal that he was EvilAllAlong; he remains nerdy in the second season, when his demonic nature is known, he's outright charmed when he's given a bunch of tat with which to enact human experiences like losing his car keys.]]
137	* ''Series/TheGoodWife'': Elsbeth Tascioni is charming in her quirky scatterbrained awesomeness.
138	* ''Series/TheGoodies'':
139	** The scatter-brained gadgeteer Graeme embodies this trope with his fascination with technology, aside from wearing NerdGlasses and sporting bushy muttonchops.
140	** Billy's child-like demeanor and tendency to panic when things go weird (almost OnceAnEpisode... to say the least) also qualify.
141	* ''Series/{{Gotham}}:''
142	** Young Ed Nygma. Nerdy glasses? NoSocialSkills? Squeaky voice and talks way too fast? Interest and profession in science? Check, check, check, and check. His "swearing" consists of "oh dear," "oh crud," and other such antiquated phrases. Even after his FaceHeelTurn, he keeps his dorky and eccentric personality in a CreepyCute kind of way.
143	** Heck, even young Bruce Wayne, with his overly polite, formal way of speaking, his eclectic knowledge, his wide vocabulary, and his love of turtleneck sweaters. Even Selina seems to find him EndearinglyDorky. He mostly grows out of it when he hits puberty and gets some street smarts, but he's positively squee-inducing in the first season.
144	* Monroe of ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' qualifies, especially when dealing with his attraction to Rosalee. Sure, he's also a BadassBookworm, but that doesn't make him any less Adorkable.
145	%%* Lilly Truscott in ''Series/HannahMontana'', especially in the earlier "skater girl" years.
146	* ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'': The show ''tried'' to do this to Joe Hardy in 1st season and a bit of 2nd season, when they made him wear a nerdy plaid sweater, be heavily into forensics and fingerprints and likely to start expounding on fingerprints at the drop of a hat, and he was portrayed as a socially awkward younger brother. But then the writers realized they were up against Creator/ShaunCassidy and gave it up as a lost cause.
147	* Max Bergman from ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' is normally pretty stiff, but will geek out over ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and is one part awkward, one part incredibly sweet when interacting with [[LoveInterest Sabrina]]. When the team dresses up in formal wear, his suits are always a little kitsch; tie-die bowties or extremely ruffled cravats are apparently in style somewhere in his head. He's played by Creator/MasiOka.
148	* ''Film/{{Hawking}}'' (BBC TV drama) portrays the twenty-one year old Stephen Hawking this way. Picture a young Creator/BenedictCumberbatch wearing NerdGlasses and flirting by means of science trivia.
149	* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': Hiro Nakamura. His childlike enthusiasm about his powers and anything superhero related makes him so endearing.
150	%%** Gabriel Gray, pre becoming Sylar.
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152	* Despite generally being rather reserved and stoic, not to mention a BadassBookworm, Series/HoratioHornblower. has his moments in Series One. Particularly in "The Duchess and the Devil" when he attends a high-society dinner party and appears out of his social depth, or really any time he's around the Duchess and doesn't know how to take her flirting and attempts to teach him "conversation".
153	%%* ''Series/{{House}}'': Kutner.
154	* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'':
155	** Fabian who is nerdy, shy and loved by plenty of girls both in and out of universe.
156	** There's Mara, the smartest person in the House... who is rather pretty, and gets pretty adorable when she's happy about something.
157	** Mr. Sweet in the first two seasons. He's a BumblingDad who quotes random Latin phrases and loves classical music, and the students call him "Sweetie".
158	* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'':
159	** Ted. All Ted's friends refer to him as their resident "dorky dad". He sometimes plans to charm women with his cool architecture tools.
160	** Marshall has quite a few geeky interests like watching ''Star Wars'' or singing songs about what he's doing. He's charming, but very few women can manifest that because he and Lily are quite a steady couple.
161	%%* Freddie Benson from ''Series/{{iCarly}}''.
162	* Ravi from ''Series/IZombie'' is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99B36f4ulKc positively gleeful]] to discover that he's working with a zombie, and spends most of his time between fanboying over Liv's abilities, making completely inappropriate and goofy remarks at crime scenes, playing video games, and searching for a cure to zombie-ism. All while being British, snarky, and wearing lots of knit sweaters.
163	%%** Liv is pretty adorkable, with additional adorability layered on occasionally depending on the brain of the week.
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167	%%* ''Series/{{JAG}}'':
168	%%** Married couple Bud & Harriet.
169	%%** Chegwidden's yeoman Petty Officer Jason Tiner qualifies.
170	* While Sportacus from ''Series/LazyTown'' is conventionally attractive, well-muscled and very fitness-oriented, many fans still consider him adorkable due to his constant optimism, boyish over-excitement, hopeless naiveté and awkward English. His baby-blue eyes and cheesy grin only help the matter.
171	%% * ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'': Bertie Wooster may be an UpperClassTwit but he's completely sweet-natured. Being played by Hugh Laurie doesn't hurt.
172	* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'': Ryotarou Nogami is softspoken, easily frightened and often the butt of [[CosmicPlaything cosmic]] jokes. This crosses into BadassAdorable as he is about as hard headed as primary riders usually are and it just takes more to get him there.
173	%% * ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'': Alain is an ArrogantKungFuGuy who is hilariously unprepared for encounters with human culture. His first reaction to takoyaki is the prime example as not only is eating an alien concept to him, eating something that vaguely looks like an [[TransformationTrinket Eyecon]] is unthinkable.
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175	%% How does this make him a cute dork? ZCE -- please provide more context.
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177	* ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'': Sougo Tokiwa is a cheerful CloudcuckooLander with (seemingly) silly GoalInLife - to become a king. He is also unfailingly polite NiceGuy, who tries to befriend even the people who he should rather keep away from.
178	* ''{{Series/Legion\|2017}}'': When David Haller sees Sydney Barrett for the first time, his instinct is to grab Lenny's Twizzlers so that he can offer Syd one as an excuse to speak to her, much like a schoolboy who gives candy to a girl he has a crush on. As David waits for Syd to finish taking her pills, he looks somewhat shy and nervous. As a kid, he was an astronomy geek, and his bedroom is full of toys, books and posters related to the subject.
179	* ''Series/LifeOfRiley'': Ted is a stereotypical nerd, complete with well-groomed features and spectacles. He is a frequent bully magnet and is certainly in touch with his feminine side. Any mother would love to have a little boy like him, especially one who keeps saying the weirdest things.
180	* Yousef from ''Series/LittleMosqueOnThePrairie'' is tall, handsome, and muscular. However, he becomes adorkable due to his gentleness and good-natured willingness to please everyone.
181	%%* ''Series/{{Lost}}'''s Daniel Faraday.
182	%%* Malcolm from ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.
183	%% * ''{{Series/MASH}}'':
184	%% ** Radar uses BuffySpeak, knows things before they'll happen, and is the only one in camp who understands the paperwork.
185	%%** Henry Blake.
186	* ''Series/{{Matlock}}''
187	** Cassie Phillips, whose first appearance saw her fumbling her way into Matlock's employ on a misunderstanding that he was going to offer her a job. She's very sweet and sympathetic and you just want to hug her because she's trying to do the right thing in spite of inexperience and though she messes up, she's a very fast learner.
188	** Cliff Lewis, Matlock's associate in the last three seasons. He's hired by Matlock because his father, Billy, ''guilts'' Matlock into. Though a lawyer, he spends a lot of time as Matlock's investigator. Cliff also gets wrongfully accused of murder ''twice''.
189	%%* Neal from the TBS show ''Series/MenAtWork'', which is not surprising as he's played by Adam Busch.
190	* Merlin and Guinevere from ''{{Series/Merlin\|2008}}''. Put them in a scene together and the cuteness levels are off the charts. Merlin is humorous, light hearted, quirky and intelligent. Not to mention that he is also very clumsy, which also adds to his adorkable factor. That, and he has adorably large ears and blue eyes.
191	* Doctor Lieberman on ''Series/MondayMornings'' is an attractive doctor, though not a total HospitalHottie as most of them. When Dr. Sydney Napur "makes" him invite her for a date, she and her friend Dr. Tina Ridgeway discuss whether he's dorky or not.
192	-->'''Sydney:''' He's not too dorky, is he?
193	-->'''Tina:''' Nah. He's dorky enough.
194	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * Mike in ''Series/TheMonkees'' playing a folk song on a TV [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDgF-A_kGVg talent show competition]].
195	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample ** Peter is adorkable.
196	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''{{Series/Mortified}}'': Hector.
197	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''Series/MrYoung'':
198	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample ** Adam Young
199	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample ** Sometimes Echo
200	* Every member of ''Series/TheMunsters'' to some degree, as they're all hopelessly naive about how scary they are (or in Marilyn's case, how scary her family can be), but they're incredibly friendly and eager to make friends with their neighbors. This is especially true for patriarch Herman, who enjoys cartoons, befriends children, and accidentally breaks things all the time but has a very sweet nature.
201	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * Kermit the Frog and Scooter of ''Series/TheMuppets2015''. Also, [[ButtMonkey Beaker]].
202	%%* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': Jessica Fletcher is often considered to be too naive to be a detective (she can't even drive), cracks jokes, yet she single-handedly manages to solve crimes a whole group of professionals cannot do.
203	* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'':
204	** Detective William Murdoch is an extremely-educated ScienceHero who often sports steam-punk-ish devices as his attire. He can be endearingly awkward, which is probably a major reason why the likes of very attractive Dr. Julia Ogden and Enid Jones fall for him.
205	** Constable George Crabtree can be very weird but he's always cute. His theories on the paranormal are extremely far-fetched but he takes them super-seriously. However, he's also surprisingly sensitive and open-minded, and he's not just a copper, but a moderately successful mystery writer, too. He's a funny {{Malaproper}} who cares for animals such as dogs, horses or cats which is very sweet. If a lady doesn't like his boss, she's almost sure to flirt with George.
206	%%* Ethan and Rory from ''Series/MyBabysittersAVampire''.
207	* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'':
208	** Joel Robinson, a [[MinnesotaNice sweet-natured]], GeniusDitz with CloudCuckoolander tendencies.
209	** Mike is a big, lovable doofus, even if he does [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds blow up a planet]] every now and then...
210	** Bot Tom Servo has his tiny arms that don't work and his love of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFN7WmmBc8k turtles and singing]] is particularly cute.
211	%% * [[AsianAndNerdy Grant Imahara]] and Adam Savage of the ''Series/MythBusters''. [[TheKlutz Tory Belleci]] too, more for being clumsy and kind of doofy at times, rather than nerdy or awkward.
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215	* Simon "Cookie" Cooke from ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' is the graphic description of "BlackAndNerdy": Socially awkward, clumsy and easygoing.
216	* Katie Andrews from ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily''. She's 30-year-old virgin and brilliant lab assistant who is socially awkward and overly yet adorably knowledgeable about superheroes.
217	* Jess, Creator/ZooeyDeschanel's title character in ''Series/NewGirl''. She's even [[http://twitpic.com/67y8zq branded as such]] in promotional material for the show. She's clumsy, keeps singing and humming, dances chicken dance and she wears funny fake teeth. She's a NiceGirl and a teacher.
218	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
219	** Abby's the resident PerkyGoth LabRat. She loves hugs, is fueled by Caf-Pow, gives names to her lab equipment and owns a stuffed hippo that farts. And very, ''very'' cute.
220	** Tim [=McGee=] a geeky tech nerd turned federal agent. In the beginning he was a lovable socially awkward rookie though [[CharacterizationMarchesOn he's become more confident as of late]] and passed that role on to...
221	** Jimmy Palmer. Ducky's assistant medical examiner who is a big goofball that always stick his foot in his mouth.
222	** Ellie's husband Jake, played by the very good-looking Creator/JamieBamber, thanks to his glasses and his schoolgirl-like admiration of the rest of the team, especially Gibbs.
223	* In ''Series/NightAndDay'', Tom Brake, for the most part. Introduced to viewers by his cousin Jane with the line: "Still a virgin, Tom?", he's a sweet, sensitive boy who fits many of the traditional geeky stereotypes - social awkwardness, academic brightness, braces, and a camcorder perpetually glued to his palm. Subverted in later in the series once he loses his virginity, and turns into a bit of a player.
224	* Crime-fighting mathematician Charlie Eppes of ''{{Series/Numb3rs}}'' who is a springy-haired, mild-eyed AbsentMindedProfessor; perceptive, savvy, and just naive enough to be a master of Adorkable.
225	* Felix Unger in ''Series/TheOddCouple1970'' is usually seen as a lunatic (especially by Oscar) because of his {{Neat Freak}}ness and [[NoIndoorVoice constant]] [[LargeHam hamminess]], however his good heart and child-like enthusiasm win over any annoyance he causes.
226	%% ** Myrna might also count as one, with her laugh and her disposition to be a good secretary to Oscar.
227	%%* Jim, Pam, Andy, Erin and Holly from ''Series/TheOfficeUS''.
228	* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Killian. In his days in the navy, though he has his moments when he doesn't understand modern references or technology. His dorky reaction to learning secondhand that Emma refers to him and her as "together". It's even more profound in [[spoiler: "Operation Mongoose", where he's essentially his pre-pirate self, awkward nervousness and all]].
229	%% ** Sheriff Graham, between his constant ties and vests and inability to impress Emma with his jokes.
230	%%** Young Regina. [[StartOfDarkness It]] [[CorruptTheCutie didn't]] [[DespairEventHorizon last]].
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232	* ''Series/TheOutpost'': Janzo is a cute, clumsy uber nerd who's highly intelligent and very knowledgeable of science, though he has {{no social skills}} (at first anyway). He attracts the attention of two different beautiful woman (the first was [[spoiler:his sister, unfortunately, though neither knew at the time]], but Janzo gets with Wren later in Season 3).
233	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks''
234	** Miss Brooks' LoveInterest, ObliviousToLove Mr. Boynton. Mr. Boynton takes Miss Brooks on dates to the zoo, has an avid interest in frogs, is painfully shy when it comes to romance. [[spoiler: Mr. Boynton and Miss Brooks finally marry at the end of TheMovie GrandFinale]]
235	** Squeaky-voiced teenager Walter Denton, who drives Miss Brooks to school.
236	* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'':
237	** Plaid-shirt-wearing, skinny-tie-donning, sci-fi-loving former boy mayor/state auditor/current assistant city manager Ben Wyatt.
238	** The main character herself, Leslie Knope, who keeps binders for her types of binders and is obsessed with waffles, news, work, and caring for her friends. [[spoiler: One of the many reasons fans think that Ben and Leslie have such great chemistry as married BirdsOfAFeather]]
239	%%* ''Series/PeepShow'':
240	%%** Dobby, Mark's love interest, is a female example.
241	%%** Mark.
242	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' is FULL of them. Notable examples are:
243	** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': Billy, bespectacled science geek and the only member of the team without any prior fighting skills.
244	** ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'': Andros, stoic badass who'll crash a party of all the known forces of evil, endearingly [[FishOutOfWater naive and clueless about Earth]] and adorably hopeless [[CannotSpitItOut trying to ask out the girl he likes]].
245	** ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'': Kendrix, bespectacled scientist and TheHeart balancing out the at-times overprotective and mean Kai.
246	** ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'': Trip and his encounters with human culture in either year 2001 or 3000.
247	** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'': Cam is unfazed DeadpanSnarker and secretly a fan of Power Rangers. He also really wants to be a ninja even through his father's disapproval.
248	** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'': Bridge, resident Cloudcuckoolander with odd leaps of logic and physical inability to saying butter without wiggling his fingers.
249	** ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'': Chip, super hero geek with BizarreTasteInFood. His first reaction to finding out his hometown is close to dimensional border? Pretty much squee in delight.
250	** ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'': Fran, sweet bookworm who goes off on weird monologues about pizza and can get so excited she forgets to breath half way through. She crossed into BadassAdorable at one point of time when she succesfully gave a DeathGlare to half of the team.
251	** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'': Dr. K wears fluffy bunny slippers, plays violin and is just completely clueless when it comes to social interactions. She hid a cannon in fridge and controls the ventilation systems of Ranger's base with said violin.
252	** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'': Tyler is loud, easily excitable, makes puns at monsters and nicknamed his zord ''Rexy''. He also deflected laser blasts with a ''shovel''.
253	* Lindsay Dole from ''Series/ThePractice'', particularly in the early seasons. She's cute, incredibly smart and eager to tackle the world of law.
254	%%* Conner Temple from ''Series/{{Primeval}}''.
255	%%* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Both Shawn and Gus frequently exhibit this trait.
256	%%* ''Series/PushingDaisies'':
257	%%** Ned who is possibly the most bashful, nervous hero ever seen on television.
258	%%** Randy Mann.
259	%%* Dr. Sam Beckett from ''Series/QuantumLeap''.
260	* The word "Adorkable" is used verbatim in [[http://www.afterellen.com/tv/recaps/rizzoli-and-isles-subtext-recap-fourteen?page=0%2C1 this (scroll to the last paragraph)]] ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' recap where the author is talking about Dr. Maura Isles. And she isn't exaggerating. Maura is socially awkward but highly intelligent and beautiful, in addition to coming with a geeky adorableness that Creator/SashaAlexander absolutely perfects.
261	* ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'': Luke Smith, a genetically grown child who is "younger than he looks" can wire a cell phone into a spaceship computer, and is so adorably dorky that he's the first one to be kissed within the first series. In the books based on the series, Maria even calls him adorkable.
262	* From ''Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram'', Laura Silverman's portrayal of herself. Nice to the point of being a little awkward, infinitely patient with her near-psychopathic sister, seems to live to help others (mostly her sister, but she's also an RN).
263	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Quite a few cast-members over the years. From the current cast there's Creator/MelissaVillasenor, who often comes off as weird and awkward, best lampshaded by the series of sketches with her roleplaying in bed. Her [[VocalDissonance unusually deep voice]] definitely helps.
264	* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': Samuel "Screech" Powers is a quirky, eccentric, goofy genius. He usually wears extremely loud and mismatched clothes, loves science and is a member of the chess team.
265	* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
266	** JD is an incredibly friendly and nerdy guy who has fantasies in his head and narrates all the time in his head. It's one of the reasons his patients and friends like him so much because he's so approachable.
267	** Like JD, Elliot is a pretty good combination of this in her early years. She was very shy, short in stature, and had a tendency to cry under pressure; but her determination to become a doctor kept her going. In the later seasons, she shows shades of this, but it's overshadowed by her confidence and neurosis.
268	* Both main characters of ''Series/{{Selfie}}'':
269	** Eliza is an understated example, as she's usually fairly sexually forward and very attractive. However, in the episode "Un-Tag my Heart", the nervous way she tries to feel out her casual sex partner to see if he wants a deeper relationship, is very cute. "Would you ever want to, like, go outsiiide, with me?" She's not nearly as confident as she seems, and her insecurity just makes her more endearing.
270	** Henry, on the other hand, is a more traditional example, he's nerdy-cute, dresses sort of like a dandy, isn't on Facebook (but is on [=LinkedIn=]), and is very into his PR job.
271	* [=JohnSimm=] in ''Series/SexTraffic'', with his cute glasses, klutziness, stutter, and darn ''niceness'', fits the bill perfectly.
272	* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'':
273	** Creator/MartinFreeman's [[TheWatson John]] [[CombatMedic Watson,]] a BigDamnHero in an oatmeal-coloured woolly jumper. Being much shorter than the dramatic and intimidating Sherlock also helps. He spends a lot of time being the most caring friend, and types with one finger from each hand.
274	** The dramatic and intimidating [[InsufferableGenius Sherlock]] has a moment of adorkability, after [[spoiler: [[BadassAdorable John]]]] proves his complete willingness to lay down his life for him. Very unusual, and VERY sweet, and at the same time awkward since he didn't expect ANYONE to do it for him. Which definitely proves that, despite the fact that Sherlock IS rude, he's probably one of the only guys who understands John. In Series 3, Sherlock awkwardly admits admiration for his friend, in an adorable way during his best man's speech.
275	--->'''Sherlock:''' [[BuffySpeak That, uh... thing you... that you did, that you, uh... offered to do... That was, um... good]].
276	** [[BigBad Jim Moriarty]] seems to deliberately invoke this trope; being diminutive in stature, large-eyed, and Irish (with the sing-song accent to match) definitely helps. He makes ridiculous expressions and speaks in a very soft voice... only to charmingly follow it up with a creative, chilling threat. [[UndyingLoyalty Luckily Sherlock doesn't let Moriarty kill his friends.]] And in the episode "The Sign Of Three" Sherlock admits ''how much'' John means to him, in his best man's speech with those bloody-awful social skills.
277	** Molly; she's quiet, sweet, has a crush on Sherlock, and he hardly notices it. She even looks adorable [[DidYouThinkICantFeel while calling him out on his rude behavior]], and while slapping him in the face 3 times and calling him out on his stupidity for doing drugs.
278	* Ichabod from ''Series/SleepyHollow''. He's ridiculously educated and impossibly courteous and formal, even to Yolanda from [[BrandX Northstar]] customer support, to the point that he feels obligated to thank her for her assistance by entertaining her with a story that makes her cry.
279	%%* Ed from ''Series/SLiDE'' is a classic example.
280	%%* ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' has both Mallory brothers.
281	* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': Fans of the show have been credited before with coining this term for Rodney [=McKay=] and the actor who plays him, David Hewlett. And he's not the first in the ''Stargate'' 'verse.
282	* ''Series/StargateSG1'': The term easily applies to Daniel Jackson, resident civilian [[TheWoobie Woobie]], MrFanservice, CunningLinguist and ancient culture expert. He becomes more physically competent and appears far less geeky as the series goes on, however.
283	%%* The alien, in the form of Paul Forrester, in ''{{Series/Starman}}''.
284	* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'': Ensign Sylvia Tilly. Even when she geeks out and talks too much, it comes across as endearing rather than annoying.
285	* Malcolm Reed of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. He's quiet, reserved, socially awkward and a huge weapon geek. This particularly comes to the fore when he interacts with Trip Tucker, especially in later seasons when they have developed a proper friendship.
286	* Cousin Greg on ''Series/{{Succession}}'' is goofy and good-natured, and often wins people over due to his naiveté and odd demeanor.
287	* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'':
288	** Cody Martin is endearingly dorky and awkward, as well as incredibly sweet and sensitive, so he naturally qualifies...until the second season of the sequel series, wherein he TookALevelInJerkass.
289	** Bailey Pickett from ''The Suite Life On Deck'' sequel series. Her naivete from her CountryMouse background combined with her enthusiasm, cheerfulness, and unabashed nerdiness make her adorably dorky.
290	* ''Series/{{Supergirl\|2015}}'': Kara is acknowledged to be adorkable in universe by Cat Grant. She giggles and adjusts her glasses every time she gets nervous, and gets excited about things as simple as takeout and TV with her sister.
291	** When Nia Nal is first introduced, she's acknowledged in-universe as being very much like Kara, MotorMouth, {{klutz}}y nature, and all. Later, she turns out to be a PopCulturedBadass as well, and makes puns about her powers with a totally straight face.
292	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Dean pretends to be all macho but the way he gets so completely overexcited about movies and [=LARPing=] and even mini golf places him firmly in this category -- he's a cute dork.
293	%%** Castiel. "The voice says I'm almost out of minutes." Awww. The big baby blues don't exactly hurt.
294	%%** Sam Winchester whenever he gets excited about something, especially in the first two seasons. "I lost my shoe."
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298	%%* John Burns, a nerdy college student who appeared in the first season of ''Series/{{Taxi}}''.
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301	* ''Series/TeenWolf'': In a sea of stoic, badass supernatural creatures [[{{MuggleBestFriend}} Stiles Stilinski]] is an nerdy, hyperactive blabbermouth, geeks out about werewolf mythology, is hopelessly awkward with girls and has a tendency to fall over his own limbs at the slightest provocation. There's also a RunningGag of his frustration at everyone else's lack of Star Wars knowledge and he's declared himself both [[{{TheHero}} Scott's]] [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] and ComicBook/{{Robin}}.
302	* Creator/PeterCapaldi, a.k.a. Malcolm Tucker of ''Series/TheThickOfIt''. Listen to the commentaries, realize he's a huge geek with knobby knees, and your head asplode. It asplode even more when you learn that Malcolm Tucker's GirlyRun [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/peter-capaldi,30792/ isn't an act]].
303	%% * Joey Luthman has, since childhood, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yihrsj5FVNI made a successful career out of playing this trope]].
304	* ''Series/{{Today}}'' has Willard Scott, whose [[{{Keet}} sunny]] [[NiceGuy disposition]] and slight ManChild tendencies have kept him on the show for almost 35 years. The fact that he's tall and a little fat, has a gap between his front teeth, and did [[http://kidshow.dcmemories.com/willard.html local kids' TV]] (including [[HeAlsoDid originating the character of Ronald McDonald]] for a local UsefulNotes/McDonalds chain) before becoming a weatherman certainly helps.
305	* Hannah from ''Series/ToddAndTheBookOfPureEvil'' is actually quite cute despite being socially awkward and a huge science nerd. Plus, she's a redhead.
306	%%* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'':
307	%%** Tosh.
308	%%** Very briefly, a thoroughly brainwashed Owen who was forced to have Tosh' personality for a few days.
309	* Alan in ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', specially in earlier seasons: While still "mourning" over his divorce, he often gets pretty much excited if something interesting happens.
310	* ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'': [[spoiler: Stinger]] is usually stoic badass bordering on ComicallySerious. End of Space 21 has him apologize for his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, which is an immensely awkward scene as he fumbles through it in stark contrast to his usual confident behavior. Also, it reveals he created plushies of the team to cheer up a friend he acknowledged only [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold recently]]. Others even note that he has a [[UsedToBeASweetChild cute side]].
311	%%* Henry from ''Series/UglyBetty''.
312	* ''Series/UltramanMebius'': Mirai Hibino. He's extremely, ''extremely'' gentle, kindhearted, and sincere towards people (''especially'' his friends), but also very naive to hilarious levels. The fact that he's literally Ultraman Mebius in a human form makes him even more endearing.
313	%%* Many of the male characters in ''Series/{{Undeclared}}''. Most prominently Steven, probably because he's played by Creator/JayBaruchel, but also Marshall and Ron. On the opposite side of things, we also have Creator/MonicaKeena's Rachel.
314	%%* Rita in ''Series/{{Velvet}}''.
315	* Queen Victoria in ''Series/{{Victoria}}''. On numerous occasions she acts basically like a 19th century equivalent of a nerd. She's unable to grasp euphemisms for a woman still being a virgin, much to the amusement of those around her. Then there are her repeated attempts at visiting people incognito which fool no one (and is repeated enough to qualify as a running joke). She seeks out advice on contraception, only to be given an old wive's tale involving jumping up and down ten times. The visual of her doing so became one of the show's major promotional images.
316	%%* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'':
317	%%** Claudia Donovan.
318	%%** Artie, combining this with BadassAdorable and JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
319	* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'':
320	** Justin is a studious, intelligent nerd, has nerdy hobbies and likes comics and action figures. He desperately tries to look cool in front of girls, but what make them like him are usually his nerdy traits.
321	** Justin's friend Zeke. He's nerdy, easygoing, kind of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and passionate about robots. He is also part of an "alien language" club and he and Justin often speak "alien" to each other.
322	** Zeke's girlfriend Harper Finkle. She's cheerful, dorky, kind, a bit naive and known for her outrageous (and often ridiculous) fashion sense.
323	* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' has Neil: Unlike his roomies, he ''does'' want to study and he's totally gentle.
324	%%* Chase's defining attraction point in ''Series/{{Zoey 101}}''.
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