History Adorkable / Literature

** As a young man, Luke Skywalker is often endearingly new to the bigger galaxy, naive and completely unused to deception. It's pretty clear in ''StarWars/{{Allegiance}}'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''StarWars/ChoicesOfOne'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.

* Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis from ''ThePrincessDiaries''. Especially in the film adaptation where she's even more awkward and clumsy ''and'' wears glasses before getting contact lenses.

* Fitz, from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures. He's every inch of the ActionSurvivor trope, especially the "uncommonly decent" part, TheKlutz, MrImagination, GenreSavvy, spends most of his run as companion alongside [[WaifFu younger women who could kick]] [[NonActionGuy his ass]]. Top it all of with the fact that he is tall and skinny with unruly hair, a long nose, and wide eyes.
** Also, Karl Sadeghi, from ''The Year Of Intelligent Tigers'': he's shy, bespectacled, has a stutter, and is basically the biggest music geek ever. And considering how [[HoYay touchy-feely he and the Doctor get with each other]], it seems that the Doctor sees the appeal.
* Mister Nutt of ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' is what you get when the {{Adorkable}} gets a few levels in BadassBookworm.
** Mightily Oats in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum''.
** Carrot Ironfoundersson actually manages to make ''LawfulGood'' sexy, largely due to this trope.
* [[TheKlutz Klutzy]], gangly and sweet Glen O'Brian in ''ThePurpleWidow''.
* This accounts for a lot of Sam's popularity in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''.
** Pippin definitely counts as well.

* Literature/HarryPotter. He's a scrawny boy with perpetually messy hair and glasses who, for most of the series, can't talk to girls romantically without making an idiot of himself.

** Luna Lovegood. Her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} nature is a big part of it, but it was cemented by her all too brief time as a Quidditch announcer. Being played by [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41286000/jpg/_41286732_luna_evanna_big.jpg Evanna Lynch]] doesn't hurt.
** Neville does qualify. In the beginning books, He's awkward, clumsy, and can't do anything right. Then, in HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix, you find out [[spoiler:Neville's parents were tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange]] and you can't help but love the guy. Finally, for the dorks in all of us, he [[CallToAgriculture loves plants.]]
* Marius from ''Literature/LesMiserables''. He's so completely shy that when he sees a pretty girl, he tries to go up and speak to her but runs out of nerve on the way.
** Of course, his behavior towards other people (including his grandfather) kind of reduces his "adorkable" qualities.
* Butters from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. ''"Polka will never die!"'' No, Butters. It won't.
** Harry himself before [[LetsGetDangerous all the bullets start flying]], according to Murphy.

* Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis from ''ThePrincessDiaries''. Especially in the film adaption where she's even more awkward and clumsy ''and'' wears glasses before getting contact lenses.
* Evan Tolliver from ''The39Clues''. It's been told that's his girlfriend's secret nickname for him.

* Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
* The titular ''{{Stargirl}}''.
* Melinda Sordino of ''{{Speak}}'', is a troubled loner variety of this. It also has a film adaption.
* Bill Denbrough of ''{{IT}}''. It also has a film adaption.
* Michael from the ''KnightAndRogueSeries''
* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'', Piglet, and Rabbit.

* ''{{Carrie}}'' White. Especially in the movies.
* As a young man, [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Luke Skywalker]] is often endearingly new to the bigger galaxy, naive and completely unused to deception. It's pretty clear in ''StarWars/{{Allegiance}}'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''StarWars/ChoicesOfOne'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.

* ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'': [[spoiler: Kalak]] believe it or not is this; awkward in personal relationships, self-depricating and doesn't know how to talk to a girl.

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** Ivy; half eight-year-old, half ancient repository of all human knowledge.

* Ella of ''EllaEnchanted'' is very clumsy and awkward, especially in the film adaption where she's played by AnneHathaway.

* ''WinnieThePooh'', Piglet, and Rabbit.
* ''ASongOfIceAndFire'': The squire Podrick Payne is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who never fails to stumble over his own words. Self-confessed coward [[{{Bookworm}} Sam]] is also quite sweet, and is about as close as you're going to get to a medieval nerd.

* Orr from ''{{Catch-22}}'', whose curious, giggle-prone and careless nature makes even the snarky, apathic protagonist Yossarian want to hug him. It helps that his constant and comical habit of crashing his planes into the ocean [[spoiler: wound up being all part of his plan to escape the military]].

* Shannon Foraker from the HonorHarrington series. Socially-inept technonerd who early on has a hard time keeping track of politics that would have literally ''endangered her life'' if not for the captains who valued her wizardry with electronics. (And she still has a hard time keeping track of her wristcomm.)

** Ivy; half eight-year-old, half ancient repository of all human knowledge. It's a moderately [[YourMileageMayVary creepier]] example that most, by all accounts.

* Orr from ''{{Catch-22}}'', whose short, giggle-prone and careless nature makes even the snarky, apathic protagonist Yossarian want to hug him. It helps that his constant and comical habit of crashing his planes into the ocean [[spoiler: wound up being all part of his plan to escape the military]].

* Orr from ''Literature/Catch-22'', whose short, giggle-prone and careless nature makes even the snarky, apathic protagonist Yossarian want to hug him. It helps that his constant and comical habit of crashing his planes into the ocean [[spoiler: wound up being all part of his plan to escape the military]].

* [[TheKlutz Klutzy]], gangly and sweet Glen O'Brian in ThePurpleWidow.

* The vampire Kostya in ''NightWatch'' is a pretty sensitive, nice guy, and there's a scene in ''Twilight Watch'' where Anton at first thinks he did a CharmPerson on a woman to make her very helpful, but then realizes it was his natural dorky charm.

* Evan Tolliver from The39Clues. It's been told that's his girlfriend's secret nickname for him.

* Literature/TrappedOnDraconica: [[spoiler: Kalak]] believe it or not is this; awkward in personal relationships, self-depricating and doesn't know how to talk to a girl.

* Fitz, from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' EighthDoctorAdventures. He's every inch of the ActionSurvivor trope, especially the "uncommonly decent" part, TheKlutz, MrImagination, GenreSavvy, spends most of his run as companion alongside [[WaifFu younger women who could kick]] [[NonActionGuy his ass]]. Top it all of with the fact that he is tall and skinny with unruly hair, a long nose, and wide eyes.

* As a young man, [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Luke Skywalker]] is often endearingly new to the bigger galaxy, naive and completely unused to deception. It's pretty clear in ''StarWars/{{Allegiance}}'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''StarWars/ChoicesOfOne'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.

** Neville does qualify. In the beginning books, He's awkward, clumsy, and can't do anything right. Then, in HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix, you find out [[spoiler:Neville's parents were tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange]] and you can't help but love the guy. Finally, for the dorks in all of us, he[[CallToAgriculture loves plants.]]

** Neville does qualify. In the beginning books, He's awkward, clumsy, and can't do anything right. Then, in {{Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}, you find out [[spoiler:Neville's parents were tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange]] and you can't help but love the guy. Finally, for the dorks in all of us, he[[CallToAgriculture loves plants.]]

* Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis from ''ThePrincessDiaries''. Especially in the film adaption where she's even more awkward and clumsy ''and'' wears glasses before getting contact lenses.

* Ed Hamner, Jr. from StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.

* As a young man, [[{{Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse}} Luke Skywalker]] is often endearingly new to the bigger galaxy, naive and completely unused to deception. It's pretty clear in ''{{StarWars/Allegiance}}'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''{{StarWars/Choices Of One}}'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''{{Splinter Of The Minds Eye}}'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.

* As a young man, [[{{Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse}} Luke Skywalker]] is often endearingly new to the bigger galaxy, naive and completely unused to deception. It's pretty clear in ''{{StarWars/Allegiance}}'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''{{StarWars/Choices Of One}}'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''{{Literature/Splinter Of The Minds Eye}}'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.

* ''{{Carrie}}'' White. Especially in the movies.

* [[TheKlutz Klutzy]], gangly and sweet Glen O'Brian in [[ThePurpleWidow]].

* Richard Mayhew from ''{{Neverwhere}}'' has this going on, with his initial propensity to get pushed around, his collection of trolls (that got started ''by accident''), and his tendency to look like he's only just woken up. The latter is Lampshaded as making him more attractive to the opposite sex than he'll ever understand or believe.

* ''ASongOfIceAndFire'': The squire Podrick Payne is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who never fails to stumble over his own words. Self-confessed coward [[{{Bookworm}} Sam]] is also quite sweet, and is about as close as you're going to get to a medieval nerd.

* ''WinnieThePooh'', Piglet, and Rabbit.