History Main / JerkJock

* Steve Lombard, in the ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' comics, is sort of a grown-up one of these. A former pro-athlete himself, he's the sports writer for the Daily Planet, and enjoys picking on clumsy, bespectacled reporter Clark Kent.
** Though Steve has had his fair share of PetTheDog moments, like in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' where [[spoiler: after Clark collapses, handing in his final story before his death, Steve is the first to call for medics and check for a pulse.]]
* Reggie Mantle from ComicBook/ArchieComics, the eponymous character's greatest foil and rival. He is arguably Riverdale High's top all-around athlete and an egomaniacal JerkAss who amuses himself by playing practical jokes on enemies and frenemies alike.

* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} ComicBook/{{Superboy}} comics, Clark had to put up with Smallville High's resident top jock (and jerk) Bash Bashford. Somewhat ironically, post-crisis continuity has Clark as a star athlete throughout high school instead, while in other stories he would be picked on by Kenny Braverman, who grows up to be the supervillain Conduit.

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

* Film/{{Consent}} is set in an elite private school where misogynist Rugby players rule the school. They show no respect to women and bully anyone they please. One of them, Archie (who sits on the bench), feels left out of his gang because he’s the only virgin. His friends never let him forget it. The leader of the gang, Raffy, uploads a sext from his girlfriend onto a pornography website for extra cash. Archie’s embarrassment towards his virginity leads him to raping his girlfriend while she is unconscious at a party. And he’s not sorry for it either.

%%* Trent comes off as a Jerk Jock in his brief appearance in ''Film/{{Transformers}}''.

See SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp and KidsAreCruel. Compare to, and sometimes [[BigJerkOnCampus may even overlap with]], BigManOnCampus, who usually matches the Jerk Jock in popularity, but is less of an antagonistic force. Also compare DumbJock. Little relation to ViolentGlaswegian. In some settings, an OpposingSportsTeam is a team of Jerk Jocks usually who are antagonistic to their rival teams.

* In ''Literature/TheBridgeOfClay'' juvenile boxer Jimmy Hartnell, who decides to bully CharacterNarrator Matthew Dunbar because of his piano lessons (to his mind, a boy who plays the piano, even forced by his mother, must be gay).

* ''ComicBook/Dynamo5'' [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. While Gage shows signs of this in the first issue, he's actually a nice enough guy, and is the first of the five siblings to start bonding with another, namely Hector, the geeky one in the group. In issue 2, they talk about girls while doing surveillance, and later Gage is very supportive of Hector's performance in the fight against Whiptail.

* Averted with Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcombe from ''Series/{{Chuck}}''. Devon is a jock and main character Chuck is a nerd, creating the perfect conditions for this trope to appear. However, Devon is a good friend to Chuck, a good boyfriend[=/=]husband to Chuck's sister Ellie, and an excellent doctor.

* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Mike from "[[Recap/CommunityS1E12ComparativeReligion Comparative Religion]]." In a variant, it's noted that he used to be an overweight geek, which is why he's so cruel now--he's got a ''lot'' to prove.
** That said, Troy exists to avert this trope. Sure, he might be a little insensitive sometimes, but he's probably the sweetest person on the show, and is TheHeart of the group. Case in point? He's more turned on by girls in pajamas than lingerie because he just wants to know they're comfortable.

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

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'':
** Logan in his early appearances before CharacterDevelopment kicked in: ostracizing Veronica, wrecking her car with a baseball bat, organizing bum fights...
** The series notably averts this in one episode where a girl cheats on her football-playing boyfriend with an artist. The "star athlete" turns out to be genuinely decent and caring, the artist... not so much.
** Also averted by Wallace, the star basketball player who is, with the possible exception of Meg (AlphaBitch aversion cheerleader popular girl who is the nicest person around), the best person in the entire series.

* {{Averted|Trope}} with Lee of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingSpiez''. He's great at sports and quite popular around school, but he's friendly to everyone and a great big brother to his three siblings. He occasionally has a moment of arrogance or chauvinism, but he's set straight pretty quickly and usually learns his lesson.

* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible;'' Brick Flagg might be the boyfriend to [[AlphaBitch Bonnie Rockwaller]], but he's actually pretty decent [[DumbJock (if a bit dim)]] judging from what few appearances he gets. He later [[PutOnABus goes off to college]] in the fourth season and dumps Bonnie.

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

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

** {{Averted|Trope}} with Tyler who looks like a jock and is obsessed with sports (though [[SmallNameBigEgo not actually very good at them]]) yet is generally decent to everyone and DJ who is a star quarterback but is considered the nicest contestant on the island.

* Film/Consent is set in an elite private school where misogynist Rugby players rule the school. They show no respect to women and bully anyone they please. One of them, Archie (who sits on the bench), feels left out of his gang because he’s the only virgin. His friends never let him forget it. The leader of the gang, Raffy, uploads a sext from his girlfriend onto a pornography website for extra cash. Archie’s embarrassment towards his virginity leads him to raping his girlfriend while she is unconscious at a party. And he’s not sorry for it either.