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Examples of {{Adorkable}} in live-action films.
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%% * Jesse Eisenberg's character in ''Film/{{Adventureland}}''
* ''Film/{{Aloha}}'': Allison briefly seems to be tough and hard-edged at first, but she later proves herself to be extremely awkward, nerdy, and idealistic, with a belief in the spiritual and a fascination for everything related to space, a direct contrast to the more cynical and world-weary Brian. She also develops a rather adorable romantic relationship with him after they fall in love.
* ''Film/{{Amelie}}'': Amelie and Nino are [[ShrinkingViolet quiet]] [[CloudCuckooLander oddballs]] that are kind but have a hard time making friends.
%% * ''Film/AmericanPie'':
%% ** Michelle (Creator/AlysonHannigan)
%% ** Jim
%% * Austin Powers from ''Film/AustinPowers''.
%% * Norm from ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', George [=McFly=] is a scrawny, spineless nerd who takes notes on what to say to the girl he likes, and then gets the words wrong ("Lorraine, my density has popped me to you!" [[FlatWhat "... What?"]]).
* ''Film/BallOfFire'': Bertram is a socially awkward English professor who treats learning new slang as his life's calling and adorably fumbles about when he's around Sugarpuss. He deals with his attraction to her by washing his neck with cold water and is so flustered when she kisses him that he runs out of the room.
* ''Film/BeCool'': Elliot, the sweet, clumsy, sensitive GentleGiant gay-bodyguard (Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, SO PlayingAgainstType).
* ''Film/{{Bedazzled 2000}}'': Elliot is adorkable, at least at first. Although it's rather negative in that he has no friends and his co-workers actively avoid him because of it, this movie needs a diabetes warning.
* [[Creator/TommyLeeJones Major Hank Marshall]] in ''Blue Sky'': a nuclear physicist who wears glasses, can't dance, is extremely socially awkward, and plays the clarinet (canonically because he was a band geek at school). He's idealistic, supportive and affectionate, and at one point makes a pun ''and then announces that he made a pun''.
%% * ''Film/BlueVelvet'': Jeffrey Beaumont.
* ''Film/BringingUpBaby'': The hero is a young, handsome, yet nerdy and somewhat ditzy scientists -- an irresistible combination for the female lead.
* ''Film/{{Casper}}'': Bill Pullman as Dr. James Harvey. Seriously, the guy wears glasses, multiple nerdy sweaters and makes several attempts to be a stern father towards Kat - all of which fail.
* Creator/CharlieChaplin's DoggedNiceGuy [[TheTramp Tramp]] persona, known for his comical mugging, pratfalls and also [[TheWoobie woobie-ness]], is OlderThanTelevision and may well have been the UrExample: awkward yet charming to no end.
%% * ''Film/AChristmasStory'': Randy and Ralphie.
* ''Film/ClerksII'' has Elias, a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''-obsessed Jesus freak who's afraid to have sex with his (possibly imaginary) girlfriend because he thinks she has a [[VaginaDentata penis-eating troll that lives in her lady parts]].
%% * Creator/PaulBettany as the socially awkward UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin in ''Film/{{Creation}}''.
* [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Barnes Wallis]] (played by Creator/MichaelRedgrave) in British war film, ''Film/TheDamBusters'', is a {{Downplayed}} MadScientist whose nerdiness is offset by his earnest good nature and inability to hide how queasy he becomes in tense moments, albeit in a very StiffUpperLip way.
%% ** Darcy.
%% * ''Film/DinnerForSchmucks'': Barry.
* ''Film/DontThinkTwice'': Most of the characters, although deconstructed with Miles whose dorkiness combined with his age and habit of picking up younger women ''[[TeacherStudentRomance from the classes he teaches]]'' demonstrates an outright lack of maturity.
%% * ''Film/DueDate'': Ethan.
* In ''Film/TheDuff'', when he's not falling into his jock persona, Wes is this: his childlike enthusiasm for the dumbest things, his penchant for crude humour, and his surprising love of certain things nerdy (like Bianca's "monster voice") make him oddly endearing.
* ''Film/EddieTheEagle'': Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards. He's an enormous klutz, wears glasses, drinks milk, and ultimately manages to achieve his dream of becoming an Olympic athlete.
%% * Lenny von Dohlen played adorable dorks back in The80s, particularly as Miles in ''ElectricDreams''.
%% * Buddy the ''Film/{{Elf}}''.
%% * ''Film/{{ET|The Extraterrestrial}}'': Elliot.
%% * ''Film/EverAfter'': Gustave and Jacqueline.
%% * ''Fanboys'': Jay Baruchel.
* ''Film/TheFly1986'': Seth Brundle (played by Creator/JeffGoldblum, who has played characters of this stripe on several occasions) is one of the more nuanced and darker takes on this trope. He's a genius scientist, not so good at talking to women. As he enters a relationship with a beautiful reporter, it turns out that his sweet awkwardness is accompanied by severe insecurity; when he mistakenly believes she is still carrying on a relationship with an ex-lover, jealousy overtakes him. He gets drunk and in his compromised mental state decides to jump ahead to the finale of his experiments in teleportation and teleport himself. This turns out to be a TragicMistake -- there's a fly in the telepod with him, and he ends up genetically fused with it, resulting in a SlowTransformation into a [[BodyHorror gruesome mutant]] undergoing a SplitPersonalityTakeover. An early sign that something is wrong with him is that he loses his adorkable nature and becomes agressive and quick to anger; once he realizes what's actually happening his sweeter self returns, but only for a while.
%% * ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''
%% ** Creator/DanAykroyd as Dr. Ray Stantz
%% ** Creator/HaroldRamis as Dr. Egon Spengler
%% * ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'': Dr. Vivienne Graham definitely has her moments.
* ''{{Film/Griff The Invisible}}'' is probably the shyest, meekest, sweetest wannabe-superhero you will ever meet, and fulfils this trope to the point that you almost need a teddy bear while watching so you'll have something to huggle when he's sad. Also his love interest/self-appointed sidekick Melody, a klutzy but very sincere girl with no comprehension of social norms and a lot of strange psuedo-scientific theories. Watching them dash around playing superhero is cute to a possibly lethal degree.
%% * Hanna of ''Film/{{Hanna}}'' at times, especially when confronted with anything non-assassination related.
* Creator/HaroldLloyd's NerdGlasses-wearing characters:
** In ''Film/{{The Freshman|1925}}'', he plays a cluelessly uncool yet ultimately charming college newbie.
** In ''Film/GirlShy'', he visibly stutters in the presence of a pretty woman.
* ''Film/Hellboy2004'': Abe Sapien was always the smart one of the group, but it wasn't until the [[Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy sequel]] he became full-on adorkable. It might have something to do with gaining his first love interest (any time he interacts with her is stuffed full of awkward), but even before that he can be seen geeking out over some rare Victorian goggles. Fangirls are split somewhat between this portrayal and the more traditionally Badass character in the comics.
* ''Film/HighStakes'': Bo Baker is MrImagination, ThePollyanna and [[CuteClumsyGirl Cute Clumsy Boy]].
%% * In ''Film/{{Hitch}}'', rather than following Hitch's advice, Albert ended up wooing his love interest by being himself, which resulted in him being adorkable.
* ''Film/TheHobbit'': Martin Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins as this. He was also pretty adorkable in the original novel, what with his fondness for flowers, maps, and calligraphy and a CowardlyLion personality that manages to combine bumbling with GuileHero cleverness. In the film, he faints at Bofur's description of death by dragonfire, mutters nervously to himself a lot, is very nervous about (and mildly allergic to) horses, and he's a MotorMouth with a tendency to stutter and funny physical mannerisms.
* ''Film/TheImitationGame'': Some of Alan's scenes with Joan are geeky, slightly awkward and utterly endearing. For instance, they have lunch together outside in what appears to be a picnic date, but they are solving complex mathematical equations. Alan later steals encrypted messages from Bletchley Park, throws little rocks at Joan's window as if he were a would-be suitor, and then sneaks into her room past visiting hours to see if they can find a pattern that can help them break the Enigma code. When Clarke's parents pressure her to quit her job to get married, Turing proposes to Joan on the spot despite not being fully dressed (his shirt is untucked while his suspenders are loose) and there is still a little bit of shaving cream on his face; he then creates a makeshift engagement ring from a string that he finds in his pocket.
* In ''Film/IrreconcilableDifferences'', Albert and Lucy are both this when they first meet. As time passes, Albert becomes increasingly cold and slick and Lucy turns into a self-absorbed diva, but by the end of the movie, some of their old personality traits appear to be returning.
* Kishore Kumar from 70's UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film ''Johnny Mera Naam'', at least when he's singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQfqq8dcds8&feature=fvst "this oddly stalkerish song"]].
%% * Chris Brander in ''Film/JustFriends'', especially during his fat phase.
* ''Film/{{Kickass}}'': Chris D'Amico/Red Mist could be a villainous example, given his love of comic books, his slight lisp and the fact that he and Dave have a silly bonding moment jamming in Chris's car while on the way to a crime scene. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his lovable dorkiness disappears pretty quickly afterwards.]]
%% ** LovableNerd Dave Lizewski, especially before he becomes the superhero.
%% * Alfalfa of ''Film/TheLittleRascals''.
%% * Seymour Krelborn from ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
* Samwise Gamgee from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', a sweet-natured gardener too shy to talk to the girl he likes (until the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing last film]].)
%% * The hobbits from Peter Jackson's [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Middle-earth]] [[Film/TheHobbit Universe]].
%% ** Éowyn, especially near Aragorn. Unless she's [[ActionGirl holding a sword]], that is.
%% ** Ori the Dwarf and Radagast the Brown also fit the bill.
* ''Film/MadameCurie'': Pierre Curie the genius physicist. He is socially awkward, and nearly flees in terror when he sees his professor's dinner invitation is actually an invitation to a large party. When he asks Marie (his future bride UsefulNotes/MarieCurie) out on a drive into the country, he stammers and twists the hat in his hands.
* ''Film/TheMartian'': Both Mark Watney and Mindy Park are this on steroids.

* In ''Film/TheMask'', Stanley Ipkiss was most definitely this before he [[TakingALevelInBadass took a level in badass]] near the end. Because even after he found the mask, he'd still be reduced to a shy, soft spoken sweetheart whenever he was around LoveInterest Tina. The Mask is also this as he can be very strong toward Tina and can be wild as well with him being somewhat sleazy towards Tina but he cares and loves her very much and he is very adorable when he's around her as he pops his eyes out and also puts his jaws down at the same time and turn his head into that of a cartoon wolf which he bangs his head with his hammer a few times to get his head back to normal and very sweet towards her even making a heart with an arrow through it which is made out of smoke.
%% * ''Film/MeanGirls'' has a few, like the unpopular girls as well as Cady and Karen.
* ''Film/TheMiracleWoman'': In true Creator/FrankCapra spirit, our leading man does ventriloquism and gets pretty nervous around his crush, Florence Fallon.
%% * Gracie of ''Film/MissCongeniality'' and it's sequel.
* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'':
** Sir Galahad the Pure/Chaste. Zoot and other ladies from Castle Antrax find him irresistible. Unfortunately, they scare him off by being too advancing (they even ask him to spank them). When he seems like he might get into the mood, he's "saved" by one of his friends.
** Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot. How else do you explain that his favourite minstrels and his group still followed him, even though when he ran away from the danger instead of fighting?
* Herman and Lily were already this in the original show, but the film takes it up to 10 in''Film/TheMunsters''. Lily fangirls over Herman's band, wheres his band shirt with her frilly undergarments, squees over a baby sewer monster, and enjoys dancing to electrop. More obvious with Herman (like in the series), where he's incredibly naive, shouts in joy over landing a date with Lily, performs vaudeville, and cries over getting a small arm tattoo like a child (in spite of his size and strength).
%% * The Mystery team from ''Film/MysteryTeam''.
* ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'':
** Napoleon himself has almost NoSocialSkills, [[CloudCuckoolander a sometimes strange misunderstanding of the world]] (ligers do what?), and a general appearance of inferiority, but we appreciate his well-meaning and occasionally successful efforts to help.
** Deb makes gawky door-to-door sales pitches and cries easily from it, which draws Napoleon's...well, some sort of interest.
** Pedro is a FishOutOfWater exchange student who tries to become popular mainly by being a NiceGuy
** Kip - Computer geek - hours of online chatting a day, socially awkward, stereotypically nerdy looks. Sings an ode to technology. Attractive to LaFawnDuh.
* ''Film/ANewLeaf'': Creator/ElaineMay's character. Not only is she socially awkward, but she also forgets to take price tags off her clothes; spills multiple cups of tea in one sitting; has to be vacuumed after she eats; doesn't know how to put on a nightgown ("You've got your head in the arm hole") ... ''and'' she's a botanist.
* ''Film/NowYouSeeMe'': Detective Alma Dray, when it comes to magic. She looks delighted after pulling off a card trick and claps enthusiastically during the Horsemen's show.
* ''Film/OnceIWasABeehive'': Phoebe. This girl is obviously sweet and cute, but have too much of fears of everything and she's very shy and socially awkward sometimes. She's so afraid of go to camp that when her 'leader' want talk about this, she's almost cried until Lane agree to go with her. After that, she immediately go packing.
%% * ''Film/PacificRim'': Dr. Newton "Newt" Geiszler.
%% * In ''Film/PaperHeart'', Charlyne Yi gives Creator/MichaelCera a run for his money as the most adorkable person ever.
%% * ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop'': Paul Blart.
%% * ''The Perfect Man'': Adam Ink.
* Music/RingoStarr in various films of Music/TheBeatles -- particularly ''Film/AHardDaysNight'', in which he gallantly lets a lady walk over his coat and [[OhCrap right into a sinkhole]].
* Stig-Helmer Olsson from the Swedish ''{{Sällskapsresan}}'' movie series is this almost to the point of parody. Gangly and awkward, with thick and unfashionable glasses, neat hair and a thin moustache; retreating, softspoken and shy, and topped off with a genuine nice-guy personality that has people asking "Is this guy for real?". Also wears outdated fashion, drives a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200 Messerschmitt]], has an overbearing mother, and loves trains (models and real ones). Nonetheless, each movie has one girl falling for him, presumably due to this exact trope.
%%* Randy from ''{{Film/Scream}}''.
%% * The reason the hot blond bombshell falls for the guy in ''She's Out Of My League'' falls for him.
* ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'': Creator/BenWhishaw's Q. Glasses? Check. Sweater? Check. Computer whiz? Check. Nerdy? Triple check.
%% * Thomas Build-A-Fire from ''Film/SmokeSignals''. He even wears a suit and thick rimmed glasses. %%% NOTE TO EDITORS: More context is needed that his clothes.
%% * In ''Film/ASongIsBorn'', Honey finds most of the professors to be adorkable, but mostly Frisbee.
%% * David Stutler from ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice''.
* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny in ''Film/SpaceJam''. Whenever he's around WesternAnimation/LolaBunny, he gets all goofy and tongue-tied.
* Peter Parker in both ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' & ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', very much so. Being played by both Creator/TobeyMaguire & Creator/AndrewGarfield helps. In particular, Tobey's portrayal of Peter has become the subject of MemeticMutation, particularly as "Bully Maguire", due to [[NarmCharm his awkward attempts to act tough]], especially in the third movie.
** Creator/TomHolland dials it up in the MCU [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8-BFx3xFJ4]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP3AlVZJANU]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u4Z9DPaEog]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i2k4BI2l3s]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkldXV8Pgi8]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUhX4_9rDeU]] and the actor himself manifests the trope in interviews and behind the scenes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa7gQSl6ZWc]].
* Many, many characters played by Creator/LeslieHoward qualify, but honorable mention goes to Atterbury Dodd in the 1937 [[ScrewballComedy screwball comedy]] ''Film/StandIn''. The glasses, the pristine suit, the obsession with mathematics, the awkward fumbling around his love interest Miss Plum....
* ''Film/{{Stargate}}'': James Spader as Dr. Daniel Jackson. He looks cute and vulnerable, and he's a geeky and quirky linguist, specializing in ancient languages. And he wears round glasses and looks like John Lennon.
%% * The alien in ''Film/{{Starman}}''.
* ''Film/StarTrek2009'':
** Chekov, the ship's seventeen-year-old Russian whiz-kid who speaks with a funny accent, gets over-excited and runs in the most adorkable way possible. In the sequel, he gains super adorkable goggles.
--->"I ken do zat!"
** Spock definitely has his moments, especially when he's around his girlfriend, Uhura. Helps that he doesn't seem to comprehend human sense of humour.
--->'''Uhura:''' Are you sure you don't want me to go instead?\\
'''Spock:''' That would be highly illogical as I am already outfitted-\\
'''Uhura''' Spock, I was kidding.\\
'''Spock:''' Uh... ''[looks adorkably confused as Uhura kisses his helmet]''
* In Creator/ChristopherReeve ''Film/{{Superman|FilmSeries}}'' movies, he plays Clark Kent [[NerdGlasses as an]] adorkable [[TheKlutz bumbling]] [[DoggedNiceGuy dork]] (although it's just an 'act' and only involves adult Clark).
%% * Film/SupermanTheMovie:
%% ** Clark Kent as played by Creator/ChristopherReeve
%% ** Clark Kent as played by Creator/BrandonRouth.
%% * ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'': Harold, played by [[AsianAndNerdy John Cho]].
%% * [[http://www.haroldlloyd.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117:why-harold-lloyd-is-important&catid=44:articles&Itemid=174 Harold Lloyd]] [[TropeCodifier codified]] the look in modern American society.
%% * Ishaan from ''Film/TaareZameenPar''. His disability and exquisite imagination make him so.
* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', there are a few times when the turtles really do act like teenagers, treating their own exploits like kids would. A particularly funny moment has the group in an elevator right before the climax and they all start beatboxing and using their weapons as instruments in turn, including [[NotSoStoic Raph and Leo]]. Another funny moment had Donatello wonder if his telescoping staff had the punch to flip a humvee, and as it does so [[BulletTime in slow motion]] the camera lingers on his glee-filled face.
* ''Film/TotallyKiller'':
** Doug is a hall monitor who is into video games and karate, enjoys reciting LittleKnownFacts, tries to sneak into the popular party, and is said to have once locked braces with his girlfriend while they were kissing.
** Pam may be a GirlPosse mean girl in 1987, but even before she begins [[TookALevelInKindness taking a level in kindness]], she has some adorable moments of giddily crushing over Blake and being a ClosetGeek who is worried about whether robots will take over the world one day like in the movies.
%% * Dale from ''Film/TuckerAndDaleVsEvil''. Sadly, his nervous attempt at conversation only convinces the college kids he and Tucker are dangerous.
* ''Film/WarmBodies'': R. He has a bit of trouble communicating with his love interest, being a shambling corpse and all.
* ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'': Viago, despite being a decidedly non-vegetarian vampire, utterly fails at being a seductively menacing creature of the night. His fussiness, FangInducedLisp, and [[TeamMom quasi-maternal]] care for his vampire flatmates are quite endearing.
* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Etta has an almost fangirl-like fondness for Wonder Woman starting with her first impression.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Nightcrawler loves to give (often interrupted) long-winded introduction speeches, playfully spies on secret meetings, and awkwardly flirts with Storm.
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
*** Charles Xavier was a cute geek during his childhood, as demonstrated by the framed pictures of his favourite scientists next to his bed. As an adult, he uses his nerdy knowledge to woo girls at bars.
*** Hank [=McCoy=]. Soft spoken, stutters, asks Raven Darkholme out on the pretext of getting a blood sample and then ''apologizes for being forward''.
** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Colossus' first couple scenes have him eating cereal out of a bowl at least three sizes too small for him and lecturing his ward on the importance of eating breakfast in the morning. Near the end of the film, he catches a ride with Deadpool in Dopinder's cab--he's squished in the backseat next to Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and he's casually sipping a drink from a cup that's probably normal-sized, but comically small in his giant hands.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'':
*** This is Creator/KodiSmitMcPhee's assessment of Nightcrawler from the May 2016 issue of ''Empire''.
---->"Kurt's an affectionate, cute character. He's almost a cute animal to me. [...] He's awkward and weird and amazing in a different way."
*** When Charles meets Moira at her office, he acts like a nervous and love-struck teenager, and the frequent fumbling of his words embarrasses Alex.
*** Hank stammers when he unexpectedly sees Raven again for the first time in a decade.
%% * Columbus (Creator/JesseEisenberg) in ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''.
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