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11	A cute and brainy bibliophile, this trope embodies the [[{{Moe}} cute, shy, and vulnerable]] archetype as applied to a nerdy girl. She wanders around with her head in a book and is ready to spout out facts at the drop of a hat. There's a tendency for her to be [[ShrinkingViolet shy, young, quiet, and socially awkward]]. Occasionally this is highlighted by having her [[BespectacledCutie wear glasses]], or [[HidingBehindYourBangs have her bangs in her face to hide her eyes]]. She'll almost always be more conservatively dressed than most of the cast.
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13	This trope tends to be female, but there are male examples, though they tend to be younger males, especially {{Adorably Precocious Child}}ren, or [[OlderThanTheyLook at least look like it]]. With regards to occupation, they might be a scientist, [[HotLibrarian a librarian]], a [[{{Joshikousei}} schoolgirl]], a [[SquishyWizard wizard]], or something similar in nature.
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15	May overlap with BadassBookworm, BespectacledCutie, LovableNerd, IntelligenceEqualsIsolation, and EndearinglyDorky. Contrast HotLibrarian for an older, more authoritative version. Subtrope of {{Bookworm}}.
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19	!!Examples:
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23	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
24	* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'' has Shizuka, a pint-sized CuteMute ShrinkingViolet who spends most of her free time escaping into the world of books. Her favourite, 'Circlet Love Story', is so beloved that she has the text ''entirely memorised'' and uses it to communicate via a text-to-speech app. (Before Rentarou put together the app for her, she simply held up the book and pointed to whatever line she wanted to express.)
25	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Eighth squad lieutenant Nanao Ise wears glasses in her sleep, carries a book everywhere, scolds her BrilliantButLazy captain for slacking off, and in return, receives some "[[ChivalrousPervert compliments]]" from him. [[spoiler:Her ex-lieutenant and now member of the Visored, Risa Yadomaru, was a HotLibrarian when in their squad and used to read to young Nanao regularly. She's still a {{Meganekko}}, but is more often seen reading porn... er, {{josei}} manga now.]]
26	* ''Manga/DearBrother'': Nanako Misonoo is a quiet and sweet-looking YamatoNadeshiko in training, and has good enough grades to get into the ''very'' prestigious Seiran Academy. And then [[BreakTheCutie things get hard for her]]...
27	* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Levy, though she's more GenkiGirl than shy. Lucy's also a bit of a bookworm.
28	* ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'': Sheska/Sciezka. Memorized the whole library, wears glasses, and is cute as a button.
29	* Hanako of ''Manga/GoodbyeMyRoseGarden'' adores books and is often reduced to fits of delight when coming across any she hasn't read. Although she's often socially awkward and easily flustered, Hanako actually subverts the "shy" image of this trope, being more of a PluckyGirl.
30	* ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'': Yuki [[PunnyName Uchiki]], the school librarian. While at 24 years old she may be a bit old for this trope, she fits otherwise--she has social anxiety so severe that she has to [[EatingLunchAlone eat in her car]] and can't interview properly if the position has nothing to do with books.
31	* Iino from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is never actually shown with a book (since her obsession with the rules means that she'd never have something that could distract her while performing her student council or public moral committee duties), but the fact that her bedroom is nothing but full bookshelves, a table, and [[AnOddPlaceToSleep a giant teddy bear]] implies that she spends a lot of her free time reading. Later chapters also establish that she's a fan of things like ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', self-insert web novels, and poetry, the last of which being how she eventually forms a Senpai/Kohai relationship with Shirogane.
32	* ''Literature/{{Kampfer}}'': The library worker, Akane. Fits the trope in normal form, loses the glasses, and lets down her hair in alternate form (also goes a little gun-crazy).
33	* ''Manga/KokoroLibrary'': Iina, Aruto, and Kokoro: Why be satisfied with one librarian? These sisters make this trope triple. Just too bad that there usually goes days between the customers of the titular library...
34	* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
35	** A male example with Yuuno Scrya. Head librarian of the Infinity Library but he grew up to be quite the [[{{Bishounen}} bishie]] after the TimeSkip.
36	** We also have Nanoha's daughter, Vivio, who was already a title librarian of the Infinity Library at the age of nine.
37	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Shiho works in Konoha's cryptology department which is filled with books. She seems to be very attractive under her messy hair and thick glasses and has a major crush on Naruto's resident boy genius [[BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru]].
38	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
39	** Nodoka Miyazaki is extremely bookish, painfully shy, [[HidingBehindYourBangs wears her hair over her face]] and works at Library Island at her school as a member of the "Library Exploration Club". ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' is in her top 10 books to have if she is ever stranded on a DesertedIsland. She becomes a BadassBookworm as the series progresses.
40	** Yue Ayase is every bit as bookish as Nodoka, also works in the "Library Exploration Club", and is revealed to be even shier than Nodoka. She too also becomes a BadassBookworm later in the series.
41	* ''Manga/OnePiece'' : Robin. Whenever the Straw Hats have a chance to just relax on their ship, one of her main hobbies is reading through history books. Of course, she also qualifies as a BadassBookworm.
42	* ''Manga/OukeNoMonshou'': Carol Reed, the cutest archeologist ever.
43	* ''Anime/ReadOrDie'': Yomiko Readman. Her outright giddiness over books qualifies her, and she spends thousands per week on books.
44	* ''Anime/RoninWarriors'': Mia Kouji/Nasuti Yagyuu isn't a 100% bookworm, but she ''is'' the granddaughter and heiress of a dead [[TheProfessor university professor]] and handles his research to held the warriors, so she counts anyway.
45	* Shin from ''AudioPlay/SaintBeast'' is a male example.
46	* ''Manga/SensualPhrase'': Aine Yukimura is a sweet-faced high school senior with a really cute smile. She's also a talented songwriter and works as such for her FetishizedAbuser's band Aucifer.
47	* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'': Kaneki Ken, at least at the beginning of the series, is a shy and reserved kid with a love of reading and a grand total of one friend.
48	* ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'': Shizuku Tsukushima. Possibly Seiji too, if he actually read all the books he checked out in hopes of getting Shizuku to notice him.
49	* ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'': Shiori Shiomiya is such a bookworm that Keima begins grading her according to the librarian girl archetype from his beloved dating sims.
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52	[[folder:Comic Books]]
53	* Mimi Masters of the ''ComicBook/NinjaHighSchool'' comic series, a studious and bespectacled teenage redheaded witch who is undeniably extremely attractive for all of her bookishness.
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57	* Enriqueta, from the Argentine comic strip ''ComicStrip/{{Macanudo}}'', is a young girl (around 6 or 7 years old) who loves reading. When she's with a book, nothing can drive her focus off the pages. Her pet cat Fellini always tries to interrupt her to play with him.
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61	* ''Fanfic/AnchorFoal'': Mentioned in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/342886/10/anchor-foal-a-romantic-cringe-comedy/just-be-glad-twilight-never-published-any-post-on-the-application-paper Chapter 10]] by self-aware genre novel Harem Fantasy as a common character type, and one who frequently wins the battle to be the last mare standing. Any resemblance to Twilight is probably coincidental.
62	* Male example in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': [[YamatoNadeshiko Japan]] is ''very'' smart. He also happens to be quite cute as pointed out by Italy.
63	* [[PurityPersonified Avalina]] in ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless''. Because she's a peasant girl, she doesn't have much time for her passion for books (she likes fairy tales in particular), until she's forced to stay for months in [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron the Horned King's]] castle. She's quite happy when [[LimaSyndrome the Horned King]] provides her a library.
64	* Chloe Cerise in ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' spends a week and a half in the Library of Flying Book Cars, and reads different types of books, and even writes her (macabre) stories. All while being a sweet ten-year-old girl who loves and invokes ''Alice in Wonderland''.
65	* [[ShrinkingViolet Vale Whitaker]], the heroine of the ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger Games]]'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/SomeSemblanceOfMeaning'', not only loves books (and can be quite dorkily cute), but she even wants to [[MostWritersAreWriters write stories of her own]] someday.
66	* ''Fanfic/TheSurprisingAdventuresOfAGlaceonInUnova'': Sofia of ''The Glaceon and the Shadow'' is very fond of science and loves to show off her knowledge, yet is somewhat shy and awkward about it, and tends to suddenly interrupt herself and worry the person she's talking to is bored by her.
67	* Katherine from ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy''. A shy girl who spent most of her life as a {{Hikikomori}}, she loves to read more than anything else, and often makes allusions to classic literature.
68	* Arcanus from the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Whispers}}'': Cute in the eyes of his (female) peers and bookworm by virtue of it being ''his special talent''.
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72	* Ellie in ''Film/TheHalfOfIt'' certainly qualifies. She's tiny, introverted, and wears huge glasses. But given that she runs a profitable cheating scheme in which she writes essays for her classmates, she's more savvy than she looks.
73	* Laurie Strode in ''Film/Halloween1978''. She lacks the glasses but is otherwise presented as a very bookish, studious, modestly-dressed teenage girl and a contrast to her more free-spirited best friends Lynda and Annie, one who's still a virgin not out of moral purity but because her intelligence scares boys away. Given that Laurie was the TropeCodifier for the FinalGirl, one could make the case that one of the most enduring horror movie character archetypes is simply the Cute Bookworm dropped into an ActionSurvivor role. It's largely toned down in the sequels, though.
74	* Evey starts out this way in ''Film/{{The Mummy\|1999}}'', before she [[TookALevelInBadass levels up]] to BadassBookworm.
75	* Phoebe from ''Film/OnceIWasABeehive'' proves that she knows a lot of random facts, math, and Bible trivia.
76	* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Dr. Hank [=McCoy=] is shy and geeky, and Raven Darkholme finds him endearing.
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80	* ''Literature/AirAwakens'': Vhalla, at least at the beginning. Shy, innocent, basically brought up in a library (as a librarian's apprentice), and very well-read (if she slacks on her duties, it's only to hide in a corner and read).
81	* ''Literature/AscendanceOfABookworm'': The titular bookworm is a ''very'' well-read young woman from modern-day Japan who considers herself a wallflower who finds herself stuck in the body of a sickly five-year-old peasant girl after dying in a book-avalanche. On top of this, the "sickly" part results in her body being subject to OlderThanSheLooks.
82	* ''Literature/BetsyTacy'': The initial attraction between Betsy Ray and Joe Willard hinges on them both being bookworms. Until they're almost engaged, almost all of their interactions involve books in some way.
83	* Literature/HarryPotter and Ron Weasley learn the hard way in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire The Goblet of Fire]]'' that Hermione Granger [[SheCleansUpNicely looks rather cute]] underneath the bushy hair, know-it-all attitude, social awkwardness, and book fetish -- she just finds it to be too much trouble.
84	* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Yuki Nagato seems built to be a perfect example of this as the only member of the now-defunct [[ClubStub Literature Club]] and her head constantly in a book. Key words being "seems built" as [[EmotionlessGirl her personality doesn't match]] her appearance and behavior. [[spoiler:Except in ''Disappearance'', where she's a normal, [[ShrinkingViolet shy]] human girl.]]
85	* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': In the words of Tasio, Annala is a "cute and sweet nerd".
86	* Creator/RoaldDahl's ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'': Matilda is a quiet, polite little girl who loves books more than anything else, much to the horror of her horrible parents. To the extent that [[ChildProdigy she taught herself to read in toddlerhood and made significant progress in the Western Canon by age five or six.]]
87	* ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'':
88	** In Catarina's past life, her best friend Atsuko was initially like this: [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], [[NoSocialSkills socially awkward]], and treats reading as the only thing she enjoyed. However, she turned into a [[ProudToBeAGeek Proud Otaku]] post-CharacterDevelopment.
89	** Sophia is a big fan of romance novels ([[EncyclopaedicKnowledge among others]]), and bonds with Catarina over their shared interest in them. It's probably a carryover from [[spoiler:her past life as the Atsuko]], although in-universe it is explained by the fact that she has been a {{hikikomori}} and spent most of her time reading romance literature for {{escapism}}.
90	* In ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', this is the ideal for Vorin women. They are forbidden from fighting and just about any other form of outdoorsy rough-housing, but science and scholarship are considered very feminine and respectable vocations for a lady. The men, by contrast, are allowed to fight but are forbidden to even learn how to read.
91	* ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' has several examples:
92	** The original example is Starflight from Arc 1. He's a nerdy CowardlyLion who gets very enthusiastic about scrolls (and, conversely, inordinately dismayed about their absence).
93	** In Arc 2, there is Moonwatcher. In book 10, Qibli finds her happily flitting around in the library [[spoiler:of the Lost City of Night]] and just stays there gazing at her for a while, because she's so cute and he's so relieved she's okay.
94	** Sora is a darker example, her shyness being crippling [[spoiler:and partially caused by [=PTSD=] from the war]]. It's only in hindsight that the protagonist realizes the scroll Sora was always reading was about [[spoiler:deadly plants]].
95	** And in Arc 3, we have Cricket: a ConstantlyCurious young dragon with a scientific mindset, she's always eager to learn, whether from a book or by bombarding others with questions.
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99	%%* Ally Dawson on ''Series/AustinAndAlly''.
100	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Willow spends much of her time in the library with Giles or on a computer. When Willow first appears, Cordelia mocks her clothes, joking about having seen the softer side of Sears. She tends to start saying something, then trail off as she realizes that whatever she is saying is weird.
101	* Annie Edison on ''Series/{{Community}}'', especially in the first season. She's a very pretty girl obsessed with school and doing well. She's overachieving, but she's very cute with all her books, copybooks, and notes. Over time her character becomes less focused on school and doing well but still remains extremely cute.
102	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Shireen Baratheon is an adorable little princess who loves reading and always has a book with her. She has a disfigured face from greyscale, but it only makes her more vulnerable and even cuter. When Ser Davos refuses the book she brought him, she's completely lost and confused: how can anyone refuse a book? Books are awesome! When it turns out Ser Davos can't read, she decides to teach him. Shireen says in Season 5 that she learned to read when she was three years old. Even bookworm Samwell Tarly was surprised at this. She explains that given her Ill Girl status, confined indoors all the time, reading was the main activity she could do.
103	* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'':
104	** Rory seems like an adorable bookworm in-universe to Dean starting with the first episode. He thought she was cute reading a book under a tree oblivious to anything else.
105	** April Nardini, who appears in later seasons as Luke's teenage daughter. She is a science-oriented geek who loves books, reading, and school.
106	** Also, in Season 3's BackdoorPilot episode, "Here Comes The Sun", Jess's stepsister, Lily, is a precocious 10-year-old who hides in closets reading constantly.
107	* Amelia from ''Series/TheMinistryOfTime''. She proudly says that she learned from books everything she knows, which includes her vast knowledge of History and Literature up to her origin year of 1880. In an episode, Pacino tells her that she's "like the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enciclopedia_universal_ilustrada_europeo-americana Enciclopedia Espasa]]'', but in pretty."
108	* Daniel Jackson on ''Series/StargateSG1'' starts out as one of these before he TookALevelInBadass. He's awkward, nerdy, has peek-a-bangs, wears glasses, and stutters when he's nervous. He's also a huge linguistics nerd which leads to him spending a lot of time reading, be it books, or the walls of ancient tombs.
109	* ''Series/TheWilds'': Nora loves to read, and is often seen with a book when she has free time. She's also a pretty young woman who's shy and socially awkward to the point of having implied autism.
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113	* Lu Xiao from ''Manhua/InfinityGame'', who is the library assistant and has apparently read every book in the library.
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117	* In ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', [[KidDetective Angus]] is a textbook example, much to the boys' annoyance.
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121	* Spencer Jacobs in ''Roleplay/TheGunganCouncil'', the Keeper of Jedi Lore, yet ''sooo'' cute.
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124	[[folder:Video Games]]
125	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
126	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'':
127	*** Sumia is a very cute and dorky Pegasus Knight who loves to read novels. Somewhat subverted in that her reading is seen as [[{{Escapism}} her way to escape from both the harsh reality around her and her friends]] ''and'' [[HeroicSelfDeprecation her SERIOUS self-esteem problems]], and both of the Avatars will be worried for her sake.
128	*** If you customize your Avatar of either gender to look really cute, they will count as well ''and'' double as BadassBookworm.
129	** Both Ophelia and Midori from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''. Ophelia is a MsFanservice whose personal skill grants her a slight critical hit boost when she's carrying three or more tomes (it's even ''called'' "Bibliophile"), and she's introduced looking through a trading town for rare tomes. Meanwhile, Midori is a very adorable child who's described as being a model student.
130	* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'':
131	** [[Characters/GenshinImpactAkademiya Layla]] is [[{{Sleepyhead}} sleep-deprived]] and has a penchant for {{Sleepwalking}} on top of being adorable, if in a more {{unkempt\|Beauty}} sense. She's also a genius-level astrologer studying as hard as she can within the Rtawahist Darshan of Sumeru's Akademiya, which doesn't help with her lack of sleep.
132	** [[Characters/GenshinImpactKnightsOfFavonius Sucrose]] is a master of biological alchemy who always has a book in her hands or phials of alchemical or chemical materials to use in whatever experiment she's thought of most recently, as well as an [[ShrinkingViolet endearingly shy]] and [[NiceGirl sweet]] personality that endears her to everyone she meets; she's also the only playable character in the game [[BespectacledCutie who wears glasses.]]
133	* Dizzy from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' loves to learn and there is a ton of official artwork of her reading or in a library. Makes sense given that [[spoiler:her biological parents were both scientists.]]
134	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
135	** Shad in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' is usually this, though when circumstances call for it he's willing to at least ''try'' to be a BadassBookworm.
136	** Purah in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' is a short, glasses- and goggles-wearing nerd who [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld looks 6 but is actually more than 120]] due to a FountainOfYouth experiment that went wrong and who is an expert on the Sheikah Slate and other ancient {{Magitek}}. In a deviation from the stereotype, however, she has an energetic and flashy personality.
137	* ''VideoGame/LovePlus'': Played with Rinko Kobayakawa, one of the three possible LoveInterests for the protagonist. She is considered cute, likes reading books, and is part of the school's library comiteé, but is more voluntarily reclusive than actually shy. [[DefrostingIceQueen She does open up later on, though]].
138	* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': Elite Four member Shauntal is a textbook example in that she has big, round glasses emphasizing her equally big eyes and is an author/writer.
139	* Anne of ''VideoGame/{{Roommates}}'' is [[ShrinkingViolet shy, quiet,]] and loves reading. She brought at least fifty of her favorite books to college to read just for fun and is often eager to study instead of partying.
140	* Kiel in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' is a male example.
141	* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'':
142	** Penny is a shy red-headed girl who can be found reading alone in the town's library when she's not out teaching the town's two children. Her room in her mother's trailer is littered with half-read books.
143	** [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Elliot]] offers a male version of this trope. He lives down by the beach in a small shack, dreaming of writing a magnificent novel, and is a sentimental romantic prone to going off on flowery, poetic tangents.
144	* Maria/Mary in various ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' games is a cute, shy, {{Meganekko}}, but still she is a librarian.
145	* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'': Estelle is absolutely in love with reading. Rita also qualifies in her calmer moments.
146	* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': [[CuteWitch Patchouli Knowledge]] always has a book in her hand and peek-a-bangs to boot. However, instead of being shy and awkward, she's a LittleMissSnarker.
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150	* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': Kotomi Ichinose is very socially awkward, shy, and ridiculously intelligent.
151	* All four girls in ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'', but especially the dark-haired, intelligent ShrinkingViolet Yuri. Even her ideal date is you and her reading a book together over tea and chocolate.
152	* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'': Hanako, though the social isolation is actually due to a complex over her burn scars. The HidingBehindYourBangs part of the trope are also for the same reason. Still a shy, quiet bookworm that covers her face, though.
153	* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': Mio is almost always found on her own, reading books quietly. Underneath that, she's less passive than most examples, having a rather [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], [[CovertPervert perverted]], [[BewareTheQuietOnes ruthless]] side to her, but underneath ''that'' she's a wonderfully kind girl with a terrible guilt complex and a tendency to worry too much. [[spoiler:And her younger self, who was very shy and used books and make-believe to escape into other worlds, was this trope even more so.]]
154	* Becca from ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' is a pretty and cultured girl who reads her share of books, especially romance novels, and has an interest in psychology.
155	* ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial 1'': Mio Kisaragi, a cute and [[ShrinkingViolet shy]] {{Meganekko}} who ''loves'' reading books (to the point of reading four of them per day), thus she spends a lot of her time at libraries, and she often helps at Kirameki High's one. It's also her who finds the Soccer Manual that'll help the protagonist improve his striker skills, during the storyline of the side game ''Nijiiro no Seishun''.
156	* ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'': Remi Himekawa (the very booksmart [[StudentCouncilPresident vice-president of the student council]]) and Miyuki Tanaka (the local high school artist).
157	* ''Yume Miru Kusuri'': Hiroko [[spoiler:which is immensely different from the 'normal' face she presents as Nekoko because her normal life pains her.]]
158	* ''VisualNovel/YuminaTheEthereal'': Maino, who is, of course, the school's librarian.
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162	* Sniffles from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' is a brainy anteater who loves to read, do long division and [[Main/GadgeteerGenius create inventions out of ordinary items.]]
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166	* Vector from ''Webcomic/{{Castoff}}'' has been brought up in a bookstore, which he [[TheShutIn rarely left]] and only really interacted with his adoptive mom prior to getting swept away on an andventure. He's both shy and well-read (and inventive), and when he gets lost in an [[spoiler: abandoned magic school building]], it's because he found the library and had a "wow, so many books!" so intense he just forgot about the team.
167	* Odette from ''Webcomic/CityOfSomnus'' has been brought up in a library (a disorganized library of TheFairFolk, but still) and she reads anything she can get her hands on. This shows: she speaks four languages fluently and some more conversationally, has theoretical knowledge of mechanical engineering (she was never allowed to do it in practice), astronomy, majestanian culture and other subjects. She also likes comic books and tried her hand at writing, but [[CausticCritic Douglas]] shot that down. She is considerably older (twenty-eight) and [[GentleGiant taller]] than most examples of this trope, but definitely a shy, socially awkward person who gets panic attacks in crowded rooms and ApologisesALot for being a bother or not helpful enough.
168	* Ashley from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is obsessively one, apparently.
169	-->'''Liz:''' Just ''stay away'' from the book store.\
170	'''Ashley:''' Why would I need to stay away from the book store, books are great they're full of paper and have words in them. ''[Liz gives her a silent DeathGlare -- over the phone]'' Okay yes'm I'll avoid the bookstore.
171	* Suko, the demonic princess from ''Webcomic/HeartCore'', has a very obvious fixation for reading to the point where it has become an obsession. Some of her powers are even based around books!
172	* Nagisa from ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'' absolutely loves reading and is quite adorable, especially when she shows her more laidback and vulnerable side.
173	* Criminy from ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' is a good male example, from inside his fort of books. His large eyes, intellect, and a sweet demeanour are what [[SuccubiAndIncubi Fuchsia]] falls in love with.
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177	* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic has a ton of books scattered around his giant house and is considered in-universe and out a PrettyBoy.
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181	%%* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': Jeanette.
182	%%* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': Honker Muddlefoot.
183	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Double D. He's the cutest character on the show and has an exaggerated enthusiasm for reading and gaining knowledge.
184	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': Phoebe Heyerdahl represents many stereotypical "smart girl" tropes (AsianAndNerdy, diminutive size, soft-spoken and [[ShrinkingViolet painfully shy]] with [[BespectacledCutie oval eyeglasses]]) and is almost always found reading in the library. Arguably the most intelligent character on the show and was once offered the chance to skip two grade levels. (She gave it a try, but turned it down because she had trouble making new friends.)
185	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
186	** Jinora, one of Aang's three grandchildren, combines this with LittleMissSnarker. She makes reference to reading about her Gran-Gran's [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender adventures]] and reads at the dinner table.
187	** Opal Beifong, Toph's [[spoiler:airbender]] granddaughter [[spoiler:and Bolin's eventual love interest]], is this in Book 3. (In Book 4, she [[BadassBookworm takes]] [[BadassAdorable a level]] [[TookALevelInBadass in badass]].)
188	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
189	** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]] -- she even lives in a library. Not so much shy as she is insecure about how much more powerful she is than everyone else. Her knowledge of facts even made her the default character to provide exposition as needed. And when she [[spoiler:became a princess]], her first reaction was to ask Princess Celestia if there was a book about it.
190	** Her old schoolmate Moondancer might be even more so.
191	** Starlight Glimmer's friend Sunburst provides a RareMaleExample.
192	** Ocellus the changeling loves studying. So much so, that Gallus even snarks about it before they leave school for Winter break.
193	--->'''Gallus:''' Two whole weeks without classes, how will Ocellus survive?
194	* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Sean. He loves reading big textbooks to gather scientific information and is rather dorky and awkward. His freckles and baby-blue eyes help out.
195	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'':
196	** Library Kid subverts this. She appears to be cute and shy, and is always in the library... but when outside, she's an insane GenkiGirl.
197	** Gretchen could fall under this trope, though she's not as shy.
198	* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': Velma, most notably on ''A Pup Named Scooby Doo''. As a teen, she's classified as "{{Hollywood Homely}}" (she's not gorgeous but she's not ugly, either) and quite studious. In ''Pup'', Velma is sweet and quiet-spoken as well as smart. This is lampshaded in a flashback scene of a ''What's New, Scooby Doo?'' episode where a birthday clown destroys her prized gift of encyclopedias and she runs off crying.
199	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Slightly subverted with [[Characters/TheSimpsonsLisaSimpson Lisa Simpson]]; She is young, cute, and very bookish, but she's neither very shy (except on some occasions) nor vulnerable.
200	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[Characters/StevenUniverseConnieMaheswaran Connie Maheswaran]]. She's adorable, shy, self-doubting, and commonly seen in the company of a book. Somewhat subverted, however, in regards to her friendship with Steven; she's comfortable enough around him to let a much more excitable side show. In later seasons, she becomes Steven's partner and best friend, an ActionGirl who learns sword skills from Pearl.
201	* ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy'': Whyatt/Super Why. He is the leader of the Super Readers and the smartest out of them. He is a young boy who loves books so much and he is just so cute! Although he's not really that socially awkward or vulnerable, he is incredibly endearing and sweet. He is also quite an introvert, though somewhat subtly. Not helping the fact that his InnocentBlueEyes accentuate his cuteness even more.
202	* ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'': Chloe Park is an AsianAndNerdy ChildProdigy who becomes friends with the bears in one episode. The episode "My Clique" revolves around the difficulty she has in making friends with the much older students at her college.
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