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* ''Literature/OnTheRun'': Aiden Falconer may mostly be a serious ActionSurvivor and KidDetective, but he gets the occasional moment (his discomfort about riding a horse, his memorizing of his dad's cheesy HardBoiledDetective novels, a NoodleIncident about him needing to sort his Halloween candy alphabetically, etc.) that is simultaneously silly and adorable.
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** Laeka’Draeon has a few moments of adorkableness, due to his naivety and curiosity. Some of his interactions with his friends, particularly [[TheChick Ubi]] (early into their friendship) and [[TheLancer Shifra]] (the overall progression of their friendship) has him stumbling over his words or grinning/ behaving dorkily. [[spoiler: His adorkablness is amplified in his hemlan form]].
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** Laeka’Draeon has a few moments of adorkableness, due to his naivety and curiosity. Some of his interactions with his friends, particularly [[TheChick Ubi]] Ubi (early into their friendship) and [[TheLancer Shifra]] (the overall progression of their friendship) has him stumbling over his words or grinning/ behaving dorkily. [[spoiler: His adorkablness is amplified in his hemlan form]].
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* In ''Literature/NathanielKeene'', this applies to the main teenage cast. Makes sense, considering that they're all [[{{Nerd}} members of their high school's Quiz Bowl team]].
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* In ''Literature/NathanielKeene'', this applies to the main teenage cast. Makes sense, considering that they're all [[{{Nerd}} all members of their high school's Quiz Bowl team]].team.
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* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': Shannon Foraker is a [[NosocialSkills 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.)
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* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': Shannon ''Literature/HonorHarrington'':
**Shannon Foraker is a [[NosocialSkills 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.))
**To at least some degree (for this troper), Sonja Hemphill, as the lead Manticorian tech nerd, especially when she's working with Shannon Foraker.
**Shannon Foraker is a [[NosocialSkills 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.
**To at least some degree (for this troper), Sonja Hemphill, as the lead Manticorian tech nerd, especially when she's working with Shannon Foraker.
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* ''Literature/VampireAcademy'': Natalie Dashkov is a cute, dorky girl. Nice, plain, uninterested in social politics, with a somewhat endearing tendency to ramble on at length. Taken UpToEleven in [[Film/VampireAcademy the movie]] due to her portrayal by Sarah Hyland.
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* ''Literature/VampireAcademy'': Natalie Dashkov is a cute, dorky girl. Nice, plain, uninterested in social politics, with a somewhat endearing tendency to ramble on at length. Taken UpToEleven Continues in [[Film/VampireAcademy the movie]] due to her portrayal by Sarah Hyland.
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* Oh, so many Literature/Goosebumps protagonists. Basically, to wit:
** Literature/TheHauntedMask: Carly Beth is a timid, easily scarable girl, which usually leads her to be a victim of Chuck and Steve's cruel pranks. Her [[TheWoobie woobie]] status also helps.
** Literature/WhyImAfraidOfBees: Gary Lutz. Clumsy? Check. Insecure about himself? Check. Fear of bees? Check. Biggest [[ButtMonkey]] out there? ''Check''.
** Literature/TheHauntedMask: Carly Beth is a timid, easily scarable girl, which usually leads her to be a victim of Chuck and Steve's cruel pranks. Her [[TheWoobie woobie]] status also helps.
** Literature/WhyImAfraidOfBees: Gary Lutz. Clumsy? Check. Insecure about himself? Check. Fear of bees? Check. Biggest [[ButtMonkey]] out there? ''Check''.
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* Charlie Duskin from ''Chasing Charlie Duskin'' is one of the female cases. She's a huge music nerd, but so shy that she can't work up the nerve to make friends and only really comes alive when playing her guitar.
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** Charlie Duskin from ''Chasing Charlie Duskin'' is one of the female cases. She's a huge music nerd, but so shy that she can't work up the nerve to make friends and only really comes alive when playing her guitar.
* In N. R. Eccles-Smith's HighFantasy series, ''Literature/{{DragonCalling}}'':
* In N. R. Eccles-Smith's HighFantasy series, ''Literature/{{DragonCalling}}'':
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* Robin of ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' is incredibly trusting, bizzarely innocent[[note]]He's a professional killer[[/note]], and gets all flabbergasted when in company of scantily-clad women, blushing and losing his train of thoughts.
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* ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'': Robin of ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' is incredibly trusting, bizzarely innocent[[note]]He's a professional killer[[/note]], and gets all flabbergasted when in company of scantily-clad women, blushing and losing his train of thoughts.
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* Shannon Foraker from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series is a [[NosocialSkills 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.)
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* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': Shannon Foraker from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series is a [[NosocialSkills 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.)
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%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
%% * Bill Denbrough of ''Literature/{{IT}}''.
* Sarah Martin from ''Literature/KindaSuperGay''. She often babbles, especially when she's lying. A good example is when she tells Marquez that she's a time traveller who'd come from the future to save the child who would win the fight against robot overlords. Marquez isn't convinced.
%% * Bill Denbrough of ''Literature/{{IT}}''.
* Sarah Martin from ''Literature/KindaSuperGay''. She often babbles, especially when she's lying. A good example is when she tells Marquez that she's a time traveller who'd come from the future to save the child who would win the fight against robot overlords. Marquez isn't convinced.
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* 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. His behavior towards other people (including his grandfather) kind of reduces his "adorkable" qualities.
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* Marius from ''Literature/LesMiserables''.''Literature/LesMiserables'': Marius. 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. His behavior towards other people (including his grandfather) kind of reduces his "adorkable" qualities.
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* Elend Venture of ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' is a shy, gentle, and naive scholar who spends parties and balls reading, deliberately wears rumpled, too-large clothing to rebel against his tyrannical father, and attempts to avoid eligible young women - until superpowered heroine Vin meets him as part of an undercover operation and discovers that NerdsAreSexy.
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* ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'': Elend Venture of ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' is a shy, gentle, and naive scholar who spends parties and balls reading, deliberately wears rumpled, too-large clothing to rebel against his tyrannical father, and attempts to avoid eligible young women - until superpowered heroine Vin meets him as part of an undercover operation and discovers that NerdsAreSexy.
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* Richard Mayhew from ''Literature/{{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.
* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
* Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis from ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries''. Especially in the film adaptation where she's even more awkward and clumsy ''and'' wears glasses before getting contact lenses.
* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
* Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis from ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries''. Especially in the film adaptation where she's even more awkward and clumsy ''and'' wears glasses before getting contact lenses.
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* ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'': Richard Mayhew from ''Literature/{{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.
* ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'': The vampire Kostyain ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
* ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'': Amelia "Mia"Thermopolis from ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries''.Thermopolis. Especially in the film adaptation where she's even more awkward and clumsy ''and'' wears glasses before getting contact lenses.
* ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'': The vampire Kostya
* ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'': Amelia "Mia"
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%% * Melinda Sordino of ''Literature/{{Speak}}'', is a troubled loner variety of this. It also has a film adaptation.
* Kacey Caddell over in Serial 11 of ''Literature/SpectralShadows'' is extremely shy, usually to the point of being unable to actually converse with those she doesn't know. She also spends loads of time on the computer (at one point feeling the effects of eye strain) doing things like playing [[VideoGame/SecondLife Another Life]], writing fanfics (of a sort), and researching information about lucidly dreaming and being in control of dreams.
* Kacey Caddell over in Serial 11 of ''Literature/SpectralShadows'' is extremely shy, usually to the point of being unable to actually converse with those she doesn't know. She also spends loads of time on the computer (at one point feeling the effects of eye strain) doing things like playing [[VideoGame/SecondLife Another Life]], writing fanfics (of a sort), and researching information about lucidly dreaming and being in control of dreams.
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%% * ''Literature/{{Speak}}'': Melinda Sordino of ''Literature/{{Speak}}'', is a troubled loner variety of this. It also has a film adaptation.
* ''Literature/SpectralShadows'': Kacey Caddell over in Serial 11of ''Literature/SpectralShadows'' is extremely shy, usually to the point of being unable to actually converse with those she doesn't know. She also spends loads of time on the computer (at one point feeling the effects of eye strain) doing things like playing [[VideoGame/SecondLife Another Life]], writing fanfics (of a sort), and researching information about lucidly dreaming and being in control of dreams.
* ''Literature/SpectralShadows'': Kacey Caddell over in Serial 11
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* Tofu from ''Literature/SuperMinion''. He starts out completely socially clueless and only gradually picks up on human social norms. On several occasions he's said things that would come across as very rude, but his friends almost always brush it off because they know that he doesn't mean any harm by it.
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%% * ''Creator/StephenKing'':
%% ** Ed Hamner, Jr. from the short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
%% ** Bill Denbrough of ''Literature/{{IT}}''.
* ''Literature/SuperMinion'': Tofufrom ''Literature/SuperMinion''. He starts out completely socially clueless and only gradually picks up on human social norms. On several occasions he's said things that would come across as very rude, but his friends almost always brush it off because they know that he doesn't mean any harm by it.
%% ** Ed Hamner, Jr. from the short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
%% ** Bill Denbrough of ''Literature/{{IT}}''.
* ''Literature/SuperMinion'': Tofu
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* Natalie Dashkov from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' is a cute, dorky girl. Nice, plain, uninterested in social politics, with a somewhat endearing tendency to ramble on at length. Taken UpToEleven in [[Film/VampireAcademy the movie]] due to her portrayal by Sarah Hyland.
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* ''Literature/VampireAcademy'': Natalie Dashkov from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' is a cute, dorky girl. Nice, plain, uninterested in social politics, with a somewhat endearing tendency to ramble on at length. Taken UpToEleven in [[Film/VampireAcademy the movie]] due to her portrayal by Sarah Hyland.
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* In ''Literature/NathanielKeene'', this applies to the main teenage cast. Makes sense, considering that they're all [[{{Nerd}} members of their high school's Quiz Bowl team]].
* ''Literature/DorkDiaries'' has this as a central theme, as half of the cast are adorkable to some degree.
** The heroine is praised for being "dorky, funny, and friendly".
** Charlie Duskin from ''Chasing Charlie Duskin'' is one of the female cases. She's a huge music nerd, but so shy that she can't work up the nerve to make friends and only really comes alive when playing her guitar.
** The heroine is praised for being "dorky, funny, and friendly".
** Charlie Duskin from ''Chasing Charlie Duskin'' is one of the female cases. She's a huge music nerd, but so shy that she can't work up the nerve to make friends and only really comes alive when playing her guitar.
* Shannon Foraker from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series is a [[NosocialSkills 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.)
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
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%% * [[TheKlutz Klutzy]], gangly and sweet Glen O'Brian in ''ThePurpleWidow''.
* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
* In ''Literature/NathanielKeene'', this applies to the main teenage cast. Makes sense, considering that they're all [[{{Nerd}} members of their high school's Quiz Bowl team]].
* Richard Mayhew from ''Literature/{{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.
* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
* Richard Mayhew from ''Literature/{{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.
* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
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* Shannon Foraker from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series is a [[NosocialSkills 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.)
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
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%% * Shannon Foraker from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' [[TheKlutz Klutzy]], gangly and sweet Glen O'Brian in ''ThePurpleWidow''.
* The ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' seriesis a [[NosocialSkills socially-inept]] technonerd who early on has Rachel's dad, who's endearing in his attempts to be cool and likes flowers, animals, and other cute things. He's clumsy, too.
* ''Literature/RamaII'' has Richard and Nicole.
* [[TheWatson Doctor Watson]] in Literature/SherlockHolmes has ahard time keeping track of politics few moments: for example, in ''Literature/AStudyInScarlet'', when he is hurt when Holmes bashes Literature/CAugusteDupin, a fictional character he admires, and in ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'', when he is smitten with Mary Morstan and so nervous that would have literally ''endangered he can barely get his words out straight, and winds up telling her life'' if not for the captains who valued her wizardry with electronics. (And she still a story about how a shotgun stuck its head into his tent one night, and he shot a double-barreled tiger cub at it.
* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt has ahard time keeping track of her wristcomm.)
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need''few examples.
** Beatrice Löwenström in ''Överenskommelser'' has a nerdy side, but she's a BadAssBookworm.
** Ossian Bergman in ''De skandalösa'' isdescribed a nerdy scholar, who has a SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan dynamic with the more roguish male protagonist Gabriel.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** The squire Podrick Payne is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who never fails tobe this.
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.stumble over his own words.
** Self-confessed coward and {{Bookworm}} Sam is quite sweet, and is about as close as you're going to get to a medieval nerd.
* The ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series
* ''Literature/RamaII'' has Richard and Nicole.
* [[TheWatson Doctor Watson]] in Literature/SherlockHolmes has a
* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt has a
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need''
** Beatrice Löwenström in ''Överenskommelser'' has a nerdy side, but she's a BadAssBookworm.
** Ossian Bergman in ''De skandalösa'' is
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** The squire Podrick Payne is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who never fails to
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
** Self-confessed coward and {{Bookworm}} Sam is quite sweet, and is about as close as you're going to get to a medieval nerd.
* Kacey Caddell over in Serial 11 of ''Literature/SpectralShadows'' is extremely shy, usually to the point of being unable to actually converse with those she doesn't know. She also spends loads of time on the computer (at one point feeling the effects of eye strain) doing things like playing [[VideoGame/SecondLife Another Life]], writing fanfics (of a sort), and researching information about lucidly dreaming and being in control of dreams.
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:
** 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 ''Literature/StarWarsAllegiance'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''Literature/ChoicesOfOne'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.
** Tash Arranda in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is adorably thrilled to meet Luke, becoming unusually shy in his presence.
* Tofu from ''Literature/SuperMinion''. He starts out completely socially clueless and only gradually picks up on human social norms. On several occasions he's said things that would come across as very rude, but his friends almost always brush it off because they know that he doesn't mean any harm by it.
* ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'': Kalak is awkward in personal relationships, self-depreciating and doesn't know how to talk to a girl.
* Natalie Dashkov from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' is a cute, dorky girl. Nice, plain, uninterested in social politics, with a somewhat endearing tendency to ramble on at length. Taken UpToEleven in [[Film/VampireAcademy the movie]] due to her portrayal by Sarah Hyland.
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' has a few.
** Brambleclaw is an obvious example especially as an apprentice being a ridiculously Keet NaiveNewcomer who's very energetic and eager to go on The Great Journey. This carries on to his days as [[spoiler: [=ThunderClan=]'s leader]] when he seems very energetic even though he's one of the oldest cats in the Clan.
** Bumblestripe and his father, Graystripe could count as well. Both being genuinely Nice Guys who are best friends (and in Bumblestripe's case dating) the protagonists of their specific series. Both enjoy food and are a bit goofy and clumsy.
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:
** 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 ''Literature/StarWarsAllegiance'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''Literature/ChoicesOfOne'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.
** Tash Arranda in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is adorably thrilled to meet Luke, becoming unusually shy in his presence.
* Tofu from ''Literature/SuperMinion''. He starts out completely socially clueless and only gradually picks up on human social norms. On several occasions he's said things that would come across as very rude, but his friends almost always brush it off because they know that he doesn't mean any harm by it.
* ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'': Kalak is awkward in personal relationships, self-depreciating and doesn't know how to talk to a girl.
* Natalie Dashkov from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' is a cute, dorky girl. Nice, plain, uninterested in social politics, with a somewhat endearing tendency to ramble on at length. Taken UpToEleven in [[Film/VampireAcademy the movie]] due to her portrayal by Sarah Hyland.
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' has a few.
** Brambleclaw is an obvious example especially as an apprentice being a ridiculously Keet NaiveNewcomer who's very energetic and eager to go on The Great Journey. This carries on to his days as [[spoiler: [=ThunderClan=]'s leader]] when he seems very energetic even though he's one of the oldest cats in the Clan.
** Bumblestripe and his father, Graystripe could count as well. Both being genuinely Nice Guys who are best friends (and in Bumblestripe's case dating) the protagonists of their specific series. Both enjoy food and are a bit goofy and clumsy.
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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' has a few.
** Brambleclaw is an obvious example especially as an apprentice being a ridiculously Keet NaiveNewcomer who's very energetic and eager to go on The Great Journey. This carries on to his days as [[spoiler: [=ThunderClan=]'s leader]] when he seems very energetic even though he's one of the oldest cats in the Clan.
** Bumblestripe and his father, Graystripe could count as well. Both being genuinely Nice Guys who are best friends (and in Bumblestripe's case dating) the protagonists of their specific series. Both enjoy food and are a bit goofy and clumsy.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** The squire Podrick Payne is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who never fails to stumble over his own words.
** Self-confessed coward and {{Bookworm}} Sam is quite sweet, and is about as close as you're going to get to a medieval nerd.
* Richard Mayhew from ''Literature/{{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.
* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:
** 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 ''Literature/StarWarsAllegiance'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''Literature/ChoicesOfOne'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.
** Tash Arranda in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is adorably thrilled to meet Luke, becoming unusually shy in his presence.
* ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'': Kalak is awkward in personal relationships, self-depreciating and doesn't know how to talk to a girl.
* [[TheWatson Doctor Watson]] in Literature/SherlockHolmes has a few moments: for example, in ''Literature/AStudyInScarlet'', when he is hurt when Holmes bashes Literature/CAugusteDupin, a fictional character he admires, and in ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'', when he is smitten with Mary Morstan and so nervous that he can barely get his words out straight, and winds up telling her a story about how a shotgun stuck its head into his tent one night, and he shot a double-barreled tiger cub at it.
* The ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series has Rachel's dad, who's endearing in his attempts to be cool and likes flowers, animals, and other cute things. He's clumsy, too.
* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt has a few examples.
** Beatrice Löwenström in ''Överenskommelser'' has a nerdy side, but she's a BadAssBookworm.
** Ossian Bergman in ''De skandalösa'' is a nerdy scholar, who has a SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan dynamic with the more roguish male protagonist Gabriel.
* ''Literature/DorkDiaries'' has this as a central theme, as half of the cast are adorkable to some degree.
** The heroine is praised for being "dorky, funny, and friendly".
** Charlie Duskin from ''Chasing Charlie Duskin'' is one of the female cases. She's a huge music nerd, but so shy that she can't work up the nerve to make friends and only really comes alive when playing her guitar.
* Kacey Caddell over in Serial 11 of ''Literature/SpectralShadows'' is extremely shy, usually to the point of being unable to actually converse with those she doesn't know. She also spends loads of time on the computer (at one point feeling the effects of eye strain) doing things like playing [[VideoGame/SecondLife Another Life]], writing fanfics (of a sort), and researching information about lucidly dreaming and being in control of dreams.
* Natalie Dashkov from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' is a cute, dorky girl. Nice, plain, uninterested in social politics, with a somewhat endearing tendency to ramble on at length. Taken UpToEleven in [[Film/VampireAcademy the movie]] due to her portrayal by Sarah Hyland.
* Tofu from ''Literature/SuperMinion''. He starts out completely socially clueless and only gradually picks up on human social norms. On several occasions he's said things that would come across as very rude, but his friends almost always brush it off because they know that he doesn't mean any harm by it.
* ''Literature/RamaII'' has Richard and Nicole.
** Brambleclaw is an obvious example especially as an apprentice being a ridiculously Keet NaiveNewcomer who's very energetic and eager to go on The Great Journey. This carries on to his days as [[spoiler: [=ThunderClan=]'s leader]] when he seems very energetic even though he's one of the oldest cats in the Clan.
** Bumblestripe and his father, Graystripe could count as well. Both being genuinely Nice Guys who are best friends (and in Bumblestripe's case dating) the protagonists of their specific series. Both enjoy food and are a bit goofy and clumsy.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** The squire Podrick Payne is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who never fails to stumble over his own words.
** Self-confessed coward and {{Bookworm}} Sam is quite sweet, and is about as close as you're going to get to a medieval nerd.
* Richard Mayhew from ''Literature/{{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.
* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:
** 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 ''Literature/StarWarsAllegiance'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''Literature/ChoicesOfOne'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.
** Tash Arranda in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is adorably thrilled to meet Luke, becoming unusually shy in his presence.
* ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'': Kalak is awkward in personal relationships, self-depreciating and doesn't know how to talk to a girl.
* [[TheWatson Doctor Watson]] in Literature/SherlockHolmes has a few moments: for example, in ''Literature/AStudyInScarlet'', when he is hurt when Holmes bashes Literature/CAugusteDupin, a fictional character he admires, and in ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'', when he is smitten with Mary Morstan and so nervous that he can barely get his words out straight, and winds up telling her a story about how a shotgun stuck its head into his tent one night, and he shot a double-barreled tiger cub at it.
* The ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series has Rachel's dad, who's endearing in his attempts to be cool and likes flowers, animals, and other cute things. He's clumsy, too.
* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt has a few examples.
** Beatrice Löwenström in ''Överenskommelser'' has a nerdy side, but she's a BadAssBookworm.
** Ossian Bergman in ''De skandalösa'' is a nerdy scholar, who has a SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan dynamic with the more roguish male protagonist Gabriel.
* ''Literature/DorkDiaries'' has this as a central theme, as half of the cast are adorkable to some degree.
** The heroine is praised for being "dorky, funny, and friendly".
** Charlie Duskin from ''Chasing Charlie Duskin'' is one of the female cases. She's a huge music nerd, but so shy that she can't work up the nerve to make friends and only really comes alive when playing her guitar.
* Kacey Caddell over in Serial 11 of ''Literature/SpectralShadows'' is extremely shy, usually to the point of being unable to actually converse with those she doesn't know. She also spends loads of time on the computer (at one point feeling the effects of eye strain) doing things like playing [[VideoGame/SecondLife Another Life]], writing fanfics (of a sort), and researching information about lucidly dreaming and being in control of dreams.
* Natalie Dashkov from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' is a cute, dorky girl. Nice, plain, uninterested in social politics, with a somewhat endearing tendency to ramble on at length. Taken UpToEleven in [[Film/VampireAcademy the movie]] due to her portrayal by Sarah Hyland.
* Tofu from ''Literature/SuperMinion''. He starts out completely socially clueless and only gradually picks up on human social norms. On several occasions he's said things that would come across as very rude, but his friends almost always brush it off because they know that he doesn't mean any harm by it.
* ''Literature/RamaII'' has Richard and Nicole.
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%% * Evan Tolliver from ''Literature/The39Clues''. It's been told that's his girlfriend's secret nickname for him.
* Elder from ''Across the Universe''. He's a sixteen-year-old guy who is trying to lead a ship full of people, has a tendency to fumble things up, and completely goes to pieces around FieryRedhead Amy, bringing her flowers when she first wakes up and getting nervous when he has to hold her as they ride in an air tube.
* Elder from ''Across the Universe''. He's a sixteen-year-old guy who is trying to lead a ship full of people, has a tendency to fumble things up, and completely goes to pieces around FieryRedhead Amy, bringing her flowers when she first wakes up and getting nervous when he has to hold her as they ride in an air tube.
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* In ''Literature/NathanielKeene'', this applies to the main teenage cast. Makes sense, considering that they're all [[{{Nerd}} members of their high school's Quiz Bowl team]].
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* In ''Literature/NathanielKeene'', this applies ''Literature/TheAnderssons'': Samuel Berglund is very shy and meak and had no friends before Rebecka arrived to the main teenage cast. Makes sense, considering that they're all [[{{Nerd}} members village. And he also gets a lot of their high school's Quiz Bowl team]]. sympathy points for having dyslexia long before the condition was understood.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' novels:
** Fitz from the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures''. He's every inch of the ActionSurvivor trope, especially the "uncommonly decent" part, TheKlutz, MrImagination, GenreSavvy, and spends most of his run as companion alongside [[WaifFu younger women who could kick]] [[NonActionGuy his ass]]. Top it all off with the fact that he is tall and skinny with unruly hair, a long nose, and wide eyes.
** Karl Sadeghi, from the EDA ''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.
** Fitz from the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures''. He's every inch of the ActionSurvivor trope, especially the "uncommonly decent" part, TheKlutz, MrImagination, GenreSavvy, and spends most of his run as companion alongside [[WaifFu younger women who could kick]] [[NonActionGuy his ass]]. Top it all off with the fact that he is tall and skinny with unruly hair, a long nose, and wide eyes.
** Karl Sadeghi, from the EDA ''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.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' novels:
** Fitz fromIn ''Literature/NathanielKeene'', this applies to the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures''. He's every inch of the ActionSurvivor trope, especially the "uncommonly decent" part, TheKlutz, MrImagination, GenreSavvy, and spends most of his run as companion alongside [[WaifFu younger women who could kick]] [[NonActionGuy his ass]]. Top it all off with the fact that he is tall and skinny with unruly hair, a long nose, and wide eyes.
** Karl Sadeghi, from the EDA ''The Year Of Intelligent Tigers'': he's shy, bespectacled, has a stutter, and is basically the biggest music geek ever. Andmain teenage cast. Makes sense, considering how [[HoYay touchy-feely he and the Doctor get with each other]], it seems that the Doctor sees the appeal.they're all [[{{Nerd}} members of their high school's Quiz Bowl team]].
%% * ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'': Carrie White.
** Fitz from
** Karl Sadeghi, from the EDA ''The Year Of Intelligent Tigers'': he's shy, bespectacled, has a stutter, and is basically the biggest music geek ever. And
%% * ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'': Carrie White.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' novels:
** Fitz from the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures''. He's every inch of the ActionSurvivor trope, especially the "uncommonly decent" part, TheKlutz, MrImagination, GenreSavvy, and spends most of his run as companion alongside [[WaifFu younger women who could kick]] [[NonActionGuy his ass]]. Top it all off with the fact that he is tall and skinny with unruly hair, a long nose, and wide eyes.
** Karl Sadeghi, from the EDA ''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.
** Fitz from the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures''. He's every inch of the ActionSurvivor trope, especially the "uncommonly decent" part, TheKlutz, MrImagination, GenreSavvy, and spends most of his run as companion alongside [[WaifFu younger women who could kick]] [[NonActionGuy his ass]]. Top it all off with the fact that he is tall and skinny with unruly hair, a long nose, and wide eyes.
** Karl Sadeghi, from the EDA ''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.
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%% * [[TheKlutz Klutzy]], gangly and sweet Glen O'Brian in ''ThePurpleWidow''.
%% * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
%% ** This accounts for a lot of Sam's popularity.
%% ** Pippin definitely counts as well.
* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Harry Potter. 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.
** Bushy-haired {{Bookworm}} Hermione, who stutters approximately a third of everything she says.
** 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]] in the films doesn't hurt.
** Neville. In the beginning books, He's awkward, clumsy, and can't do anything right. Then, in ''Literature/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.]]
** Ron Weasley. Red hair, awkwardly tall and oblivious to love. He fangirls over famous Quidditch players (unless they’re interested in Hermione), and is Harry's loyal companion and sidekick.
* ''Literature/HungryAsAWolf'', the sequel to the WeirdWestern novella ''Literature/SheepsClothing'', reveals that Wolf Cowrie, the grizzled, stoic hunter of the strange un the American frontier, turns into a stuttering mess in the presence of Susannah Twohill.
* Sarah Martin from ''Literature/KindaSuperGay''. She often babbles, especially when she's lying. A good example is when she tells Marquez that she's a time traveller who'd come from the future to save the child who would win the fight against robot overlords. Marquez isn't convinced.
* 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. His behavior towards other people (including his grandfather) kind of reduces his "adorkable" qualities.
%% * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
%% ** This accounts for a lot of Sam's popularity.
%% ** Pippin definitely counts as well.
* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Harry Potter. 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.
** Bushy-haired {{Bookworm}} Hermione, who stutters approximately a third of everything she says.
** 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]] in the films doesn't hurt.
** Neville. In the beginning books, He's awkward, clumsy, and can't do anything right. Then, in ''Literature/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.]]
** Ron Weasley. Red hair, awkwardly tall and oblivious to love. He fangirls over famous Quidditch players (unless they’re interested in Hermione), and is Harry's loyal companion and sidekick.
* ''Literature/HungryAsAWolf'', the sequel to the WeirdWestern novella ''Literature/SheepsClothing'', reveals that Wolf Cowrie, the grizzled, stoic hunter of the strange un the American frontier, turns into a stuttering mess in the presence of Susannah Twohill.
* Sarah Martin from ''Literature/KindaSuperGay''. She often babbles, especially when she's lying. A good example is when she tells Marquez that she's a time traveller who'd come from the future to save the child who would win the fight against robot overlords. Marquez isn't convinced.
* 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. His behavior towards other people (including his grandfather) kind of reduces his "adorkable" qualities.
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* ''Literature/MichaelVey'' has the eponymous hero especially in the first book, which his [[OfficialCouple girlfriend Taylor]] finds especially attractive, though as the books go on he becomes more hardened and grows into his leadership role. However, there are still moments where he becomes a BadassAdorable.
* In ''Literature/TheMigaxCycle'', several people could be classified as this:
** Summer wears fluffy sweaters, is socially awkward, overly enthusiastic, and fangirls over complicated technology.
** Moonwafer uses overly complex vocabulary, and his expositional monologues place him in the socially awkward territory.
** Reema comes across as a dork due to her awkwardness when teaching the class and her nerdy passion over what she's teaching.
* Elend Venture of ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' is a shy, gentle, and naive scholar who spends parties and balls reading, deliberately wears rumpled, too-large clothing to rebel against his tyrannical father, and attempts to avoid eligible young women - until superpowered heroine Vin meets him as part of an undercover operation and discovers that NerdsAreSexy.
* In ''Literature/TheMigaxCycle'', several people could be classified as this:
** Summer wears fluffy sweaters, is socially awkward, overly enthusiastic, and fangirls over complicated technology.
** Moonwafer uses overly complex vocabulary, and his expositional monologues place him in the socially awkward territory.
** Reema comes across as a dork due to her awkwardness when teaching the class and her nerdy passion over what she's teaching.
* Elend Venture of ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' is a shy, gentle, and naive scholar who spends parties and balls reading, deliberately wears rumpled, too-large clothing to rebel against his tyrannical father, and attempts to avoid eligible young women - until superpowered heroine Vin meets him as part of an undercover operation and discovers that NerdsAreSexy.
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* ''Literature/MichaelVey'' ''Literature/EvidenceOfThingsNotSeen'' has the eponymous hero especially in the first book, which his [[OfficialCouple girlfriend Taylor]] finds especially attractive, though as the books go on he becomes more hardened and grows into his leadership role. However, there are still moments where he becomes a BadassAdorable.
an in-universe example. When Mary Louise calls spacey, socially oblivious physics nerd Tommy cute, Leann references this trope by name.
* In''Literature/TheMigaxCycle'', several people ''Literature/FairyOak'' Acanti Bugle could be classified as this:
** Summer wears fluffy sweaters,the poster child for this. He is socially awkward, overly enthusiastic, very skinny, has bad eyesight, a lisp and fangirls over complicated technology.
** Moonwafer uses overly complex vocabulary,is accident-prone. He is also very polite and has shown his expositional monologues place him bravery and loyalty in the socially awkward territory.
various occasions.
* ''Literature/{{Fallocaust}}'':
**Reema comes across as Reaver may be a dork due SociopathicHero, but he has his moments. He's completely amazed to her awkwardness see flowers and among his collection of relics is a ''Coca-Cola'' sign.
** Perish is a MadScientist who specializes in MixAndMatchCritters. Fittingly, he's obsessed with ''Literature/JurassicPark'' and has a stuffed velociraptor he absolutely adores.
* Robin of ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' is incredibly trusting, bizzarely innocent[[note]]He's a professional killer[[/note]], and gets all flabbergasted whenteaching the class in company of scantily-clad women, blushing and her nerdy passion over what she's teaching.
* Elend Venture of ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' is a shy, gentle, and naive scholar who spends parties and balls reading, deliberately wears rumpled, too-large clothing to rebel againstlosing his tyrannical father, and attempts to avoid eligible young women - until superpowered heroine Vin meets him as part train of an undercover operation and discovers that NerdsAreSexy.thoughts.
* In
** Summer wears fluffy sweaters,
** Moonwafer uses overly complex vocabulary,
* ''Literature/{{Fallocaust}}'':
**
** Perish is a MadScientist who specializes in MixAndMatchCritters. Fittingly, he's obsessed with ''Literature/JurassicPark'' and has a stuffed velociraptor he absolutely adores.
* Robin of ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' is incredibly trusting, bizzarely innocent[[note]]He's a professional killer[[/note]], and gets all flabbergasted when
* Elend Venture of ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' is a shy, gentle, and naive scholar who spends parties and balls reading, deliberately wears rumpled, too-large clothing to rebel against
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* Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis from ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries''. Especially in the film adaptation where she's even more awkward and clumsy ''and'' wears glasses before getting contact lenses.
%% * Evan Tolliver from ''Literature/The39Clues''. It's been told that's his girlfriend's secret nickname for him.
* Shannon Foraker from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series is a [[NosocialSkills 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.)
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
%% * Melinda Sordino of ''Literature/{{Speak}}'', is a troubled loner variety of this. It also has a film adaptation.
%% * Evan Tolliver from ''Literature/The39Clues''. It's been told that's his girlfriend's secret nickname for him.
* Shannon Foraker from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series is a [[NosocialSkills 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.)
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
%% * Melinda Sordino of ''Literature/{{Speak}}'', is a troubled loner variety of this. It also has a film adaptation.
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* Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis from ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries''. Especially in the film adaptation where she's even more awkward ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Harry Potter. He's a scrawny boy with perpetually messy hair andclumsy ''and'' wears glasses before getting contact lenses.
%% * Evan Tolliver from ''Literature/The39Clues''. It's been told that's his girlfriend's secret nicknamewho, for him.
* Shannon Foraker frommost of the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series series, can't talk to girls romantically without making an idiot of himself.
** Bushy-haired {{Bookworm}} Hermione, who stutters approximately a third of everything she says.
** Luna Lovegood. Her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} nature is a[[NosocialSkills socially-inept]] technonerd who early on has a hard big part of it, but it was cemented by her all too brief time keeping track of politics that would have literally ''endangered her life'' if not as a Quidditch announcer. Being played by [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41286000/jpg/_41286732_luna_evanna_big.jpg Evanna Lynch]] in the films doesn't hurt.
** Neville. In the beginning books, He's awkward, clumsy, and can't do anything right. Then, in ''Literature/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 thecaptains who valued her wizardry with electronics. (And she still has a hard time keeping track dorks in all of her wristcomm.)
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need''us, he [[CallToAgriculture loves plants.]]
** Ron Weasley. Red hair, awkwardly tall and oblivious to love. He fangirls over famous Quidditch players (unless they’re interested in Hermione), and isdescribed Harry's loyal companion and sidekick.
* ''Literature/HungryAsAWolf'', the sequel tobe this.
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
%% * Melinda Sordinothe WeirdWestern novella ''Literature/SheepsClothing'', reveals that Wolf Cowrie, the grizzled, stoic hunter of ''Literature/{{Speak}}'', is the strange un the American frontier, turns into a troubled loner variety stuttering mess in the presence of this. It also has a film adaptation.Susannah Twohill.
** Harry Potter. He's a scrawny boy with perpetually messy hair and
%% * Evan Tolliver from ''Literature/The39Clues''. It's been told that's his girlfriend's secret nickname
* Shannon Foraker from
** Bushy-haired {{Bookworm}} Hermione, who stutters approximately a third of everything she says.
** Luna Lovegood. Her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} nature is a
** Neville. In the beginning books, He's awkward, clumsy, and can't do anything right. Then, in ''Literature/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
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need''
** Ron Weasley. Red hair, awkwardly tall and oblivious to love. He fangirls over famous Quidditch players (unless they’re interested in Hermione), and is
* ''Literature/HungryAsAWolf'', the sequel to
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
%% * Melinda Sordino
* Sarah Martin from ''Literature/KindaSuperGay''. She often babbles, especially when she's lying. A good example is when she tells Marquez that she's a time traveller who'd come from the future to save the child who would win the fight against robot overlords. Marquez isn't convinced.
* 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. His behavior towards other people (including his grandfather) kind of reduces his "adorkable" qualities.
%% * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
%% ** This accounts for a lot of Sam's popularity.
%% ** Pippin definitely counts as well.
%% * [[TheKlutz Klutzy]], gangly and sweet Glen O'Brian in ''ThePurpleWidow''.
* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
* ''Literature/MichaelVey'' has the eponymous hero especially in the first book, which his [[OfficialCouple girlfriend Taylor]] finds especially attractive, though as the books go on he becomes more hardened and grows into his leadership role. However, there are still moments where he becomes a BadassAdorable.
* In ''Literature/TheMigaxCycle'', several people could be classified as this:
** Summer wears fluffy sweaters, is socially awkward, overly enthusiastic, and fangirls over complicated technology.
** Moonwafer uses overly complex vocabulary, and his expositional monologues place him in the socially awkward territory.
** Reema comes across as a dork due to her awkwardness when teaching the class and her nerdy passion over what she's teaching.
* Elend Venture of ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' is a shy, gentle, and naive scholar who spends parties and balls reading, deliberately wears rumpled, too-large clothing to rebel against his tyrannical father, and attempts to avoid eligible young women - until superpowered heroine Vin meets him as part of an undercover operation and discovers that NerdsAreSexy.
* Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis from ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries''. Especially in the film adaptation where she's even more awkward and clumsy ''and'' wears glasses before getting contact lenses.
* Shannon Foraker from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series is a [[NosocialSkills 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.)
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
%% * Melinda Sordino of ''Literature/{{Speak}}'', is a troubled loner variety of this. It also has a film adaptation.
%% * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
%% ** This accounts for a lot of Sam's popularity.
%% ** Pippin definitely counts as well.
%% * [[TheKlutz Klutzy]], gangly and sweet Glen O'Brian in ''ThePurpleWidow''.
* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
* ''Literature/MichaelVey'' has the eponymous hero especially in the first book, which his [[OfficialCouple girlfriend Taylor]] finds especially attractive, though as the books go on he becomes more hardened and grows into his leadership role. However, there are still moments where he becomes a BadassAdorable.
* In ''Literature/TheMigaxCycle'', several people could be classified as this:
** Summer wears fluffy sweaters, is socially awkward, overly enthusiastic, and fangirls over complicated technology.
** Moonwafer uses overly complex vocabulary, and his expositional monologues place him in the socially awkward territory.
** Reema comes across as a dork due to her awkwardness when teaching the class and her nerdy passion over what she's teaching.
* Elend Venture of ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' is a shy, gentle, and naive scholar who spends parties and balls reading, deliberately wears rumpled, too-large clothing to rebel against his tyrannical father, and attempts to avoid eligible young women - until superpowered heroine Vin meets him as part of an undercover operation and discovers that NerdsAreSexy.
* Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis from ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries''. Especially in the film adaptation where she's even more awkward and clumsy ''and'' wears glasses before getting contact lenses.
* Shannon Foraker from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series is a [[NosocialSkills 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.)
%% * Ed Hamner, Jr. from Creator/StephenKing's short story ''I Know What You Need'' is described to be this.
%% * Stargirl from ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}''.
%% * Melinda Sordino of ''Literature/{{Speak}}'', is a troubled loner variety of this. It also has a film adaptation.
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* Elder from ''Across the Universe''. He's a sixteen-year-old guy who is trying to lead a ship full of people, has a tendency to fumble things up, and completely goes to pieces around FieryRedhead Amy, bringing her flowers when she first wakes up and getting nervous when he has to hold her as they ride in an air tube.
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* Robin of ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' is incredibly trusting, bizzarely innocent[[note]]He's a professional killer[[/note]], and gets all flabbergasted when in company of scantily-clad women, blushing and losing his train of thoughts.
* ''Literature/{{Fallocaust}}'':
** Reaver may be a SociopathicHero, but he has his moments. He's completely amazed to see flowers and among his collection of relics is a ''Coca-Cola'' sign.
** Perish is a MadScientist who specializes in MixAndMatchCritters. Fittingly, he's obsessed with ''Literature/JurassicPark'' and has a stuffed velociraptor he absolutely adores.
* ''Literature/{{Fallocaust}}'':
** Reaver may be a SociopathicHero, but he has his moments. He's completely amazed to see flowers and among his collection of relics is a ''Coca-Cola'' sign.
** Perish is a MadScientist who specializes in MixAndMatchCritters. Fittingly, he's obsessed with ''Literature/JurassicPark'' and has a stuffed velociraptor he absolutely adores.
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* In ''Literature/FairyOak'' Acanti Bugle could be the poster child for this. He is very skinny, has bad eyesight, a lisp and is accident-prone. He is also very polite and has shown his bravery and loyalty in various occasions.
* ''Literature/TheAnderssons'': Samuel Berglund is very shy and meak and had no friends before Rebecka arrived to the village. And he also gets a lot of sympathy points for having dyslexia long before the condition was understood.
* ''Literature/EvidenceOfThingsNotSeen'' has an in-universe example. When Mary Louise calls spacey, socially oblivious physics nerd Tommy cute, Leann references this trope by name.
* ''Literature/TheAnderssons'': Samuel Berglund is very shy and meak and had no friends before Rebecka arrived to the village. And he also gets a lot of sympathy points for having dyslexia long before the condition was understood.
* ''Literature/EvidenceOfThingsNotSeen'' has an in-universe example. When Mary Louise calls spacey, socially oblivious physics nerd Tommy cute, Leann references this trope by name.
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* In N. R. Eccles-Smith's HighFantasy series, ''Literature/{{DragonCalling}}'':
** Laeka’Draeon has a few moments of adorkableness, due to his naivety and curiosity. Some of his interactions with his friends, particularly [[TheChick Ubi]] (early into their friendship) and [[TheLancer Shifra]] (the overall progression of their friendship) has him stumbling over his words or grinning/ behaving dorkily. [[spoiler: His adorkablness is amplified in his hemlan form]].
** Taijorn has this in spades. He’s a wescat with mismatched coloured eyes; is curious and friendly with dorky and not-quite-sharp disposition. He’s also [[FriendToBugs obsessed with bugs]] and is a skilled herbologist (a lover of plants and bugs … very adorkable).
** Ghinzel oozes adorkableness, and is even a bit of a {{Moe}} at times. He’s young, chipper, goofy, and artless in all the best ways a child can be.
** Tappala is an expert in her field (archaeology and ancient history); she’s also an expert of [[MotorMouth prattling on and on and on]]--a veritable leaking tap of words, which is more adorkable than annoying, due to her sheer excitement when discussing topics she is passionate about. She is quite a literal thinker and so is clueless when it comes to sarcasm and irony ([[PluckyComicRelief Norf’s]] snide remarks fly right over her head).
** Laeka’Draeon has a few moments of adorkableness, due to his naivety and curiosity. Some of his interactions with his friends, particularly [[TheChick Ubi]] (early into their friendship) and [[TheLancer Shifra]] (the overall progression of their friendship) has him stumbling over his words or grinning/ behaving dorkily. [[spoiler: His adorkablness is amplified in his hemlan form]].
** Taijorn has this in spades. He’s a wescat with mismatched coloured eyes; is curious and friendly with dorky and not-quite-sharp disposition. He’s also [[FriendToBugs obsessed with bugs]] and is a skilled herbologist (a lover of plants and bugs … very adorkable).
** Ghinzel oozes adorkableness, and is even a bit of a {{Moe}} at times. He’s young, chipper, goofy, and artless in all the best ways a child can be.
** Tappala is an expert in her field (archaeology and ancient history); she’s also an expert of [[MotorMouth prattling on and on and on]]--a veritable leaking tap of words, which is more adorkable than annoying, due to her sheer excitement when discussing topics she is passionate about. She is quite a literal thinker and so is clueless when it comes to sarcasm and irony ([[PluckyComicRelief Norf’s]] snide remarks fly right over her head).
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* ''Literature/EvidenceOfThingsNotSeen'' has an in-universe example. When Mary Louise calls spacey, socially oblivious physics nerd Tommy cute, Leann references this trope by name.
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* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/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.
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* The vampire Kostya in ''Literature/NightWatch'' ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'' 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.
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* Orr from ''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo'', whose curious, giggle-prone and careless nature makes even the snarky, apathetic 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]].
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* Simon from ''Literature/SimonVsTheHomoSapiensAgenda'' by far. He's a huge fan of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', incredibly awkward, and manages to catch the eye of a few guys over the course of the story because of it.
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* In ''Literature/QueensOfGeek'', Alyssa thinks Charlie's hyperactivity and enthusiasm in her video game reviews is adorable.
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* Tofu from ''Literature/SuperMinion''. He starts out completely socially clueless and only gradually picks up on human social norms. On several occasions he's said things that would come across as very rude, but his friends almost always brush it off because they know that he doesn't mean any harm by it.
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** Ron Weasley. Red hair, awkwardly tall and oblivious to love. He fangirls over famous Quidditch players, and is Harry's loyal companion and sidekick.
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** Ron Weasley. Red hair, awkwardly tall and oblivious to love. He fangirls over famous Quidditch players, players (unless they’re interested in Hermione), and is Harry's loyal companion and sidekick.
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** Mister Nutt of ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' is what you get when the {{Adorkable}} gets a few levels in BadassBookworm. Glenda, at least, thinks is adorable, even though [[spoiler:he's an orc]].
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** Mister Nutt of ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' is what you get when the {{Adorkable}} gets a few levels in BadassBookworm. Glenda, at least, thinks is adorable, even though [[spoiler:he's an orc]].
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* ''Literature/TheAnderssons'': Samuel Berglund is very shy and meak and had no friends before Rebecka arrived to the village. And he also gets a lot of sympathy points for having dyslexia long before the condition was understood.
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* ``Literature/HandsHeldInTheSnow: Despite all appearances, Beatrice is NOT the adorkable one; her girlfriend Emi takes that crown with her social missteps and constant blushing.
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* ``Literature/HandsHeldInTheSnow: Literature/HandsHeldInTheSnow: Despite all appearances, Beatrice is NOT the adorkable one; her girlfriend Emi takes that crown with her social missteps and constant blushing.
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* ''Literature/FairyOak'':
** Acanti Bugle could be the poster child for this. He is very skinny, has bad eyesight, a lisp and is accident-prone. He is also very polite and has shown his bravery and loyalty in various occasions.
** Acanti Bugle could be the poster child for this. He is very skinny, has bad eyesight, a lisp and is accident-prone. He is also very polite and has shown his bravery and loyalty in various occasions.
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* ''Literature/FairyOak'':
**In ''Literature/FairyOak'' Acanti Bugle could be the poster child for this. He is very skinny, has bad eyesight, a lisp and is accident-prone. He is also very polite and has shown his bravery and loyalty in various occasions.
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** Acanti Bugle could be the poster child for this. He is very skinny, has bad eyesight, a lisp and is accident-prone. He is also very polite and has shown his bravery and loyalty in various occasions.
** Acanti Bugle could be the poster child for this. He is very skinny, has bad eyesight, a lisp and is accident-prone. He is also very polite and has shown his bravery and loyalty in various occasions.
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* ''Literature/RamaII'' has Richard and Nicole.
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* In ''Literature/TheMigaxCycle'', Summer is socially awkward, overly enthusiastic, and fangirls over technology.
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* In ''Literature/TheMigaxCycle'', several people could be classified as this:
** Summer wears fluffy sweaters, is socially awkward, overly enthusiastic, and fangirls over complicated technology.
** Moonwafer uses overly complex vocabulary, and his expositional monologues place him in the socially awkward territory.
** Reema comes across as a dork due to her awkwardness when teaching the class and her nerdy passion over what she's teaching.
** Summer wears fluffy sweaters, is socially awkward, overly enthusiastic, and fangirls over complicated technology.
** Moonwafer uses overly complex vocabulary, and his expositional monologues place him in the socially awkward territory.
** Reema comes across as a dork due to her awkwardness when teaching the class and her nerdy passion over what she's teaching.
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* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'':
** 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 ''Literature/{{Allegiance}}'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''Literature/ChoicesOfOne'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.
** 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 ''Literature/{{Allegiance}}'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''Literature/ChoicesOfOne'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.
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** 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''Literature/{{Allegiance}}'' ''Literature/StarWarsAllegiance'' that he barely knows how to conceal something; in ''Literature/ChoicesOfOne'' that [[BleedEmAndWeep he hates killing]]; in ''Rebel Force'' he's unpracticed and clumsy with sarcasm; and in ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' he's a pure foil to Leia's cynical outlook.
** 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
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' novelizations:
** Fitz from ''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.
** 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.
** Fitz from ''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.
** 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.
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** Fitz from the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures''. He's every inch of the ActionSurvivor trope, especially the "uncommonly decent" part, TheKlutz, MrImagination, GenreSavvy, and spends most of his run as companion alongside [[WaifFu younger women who could kick]] [[NonActionGuy his ass]]. Top it allof off with the fact that he is tall and skinny with unruly hair, a long nose, and wide eyes.
** Karl Sadeghi, from the EDA ''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.
** Fitz from the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures''. He's every inch of the ActionSurvivor trope, especially the "uncommonly decent" part, TheKlutz, MrImagination, GenreSavvy, and spends most of his run as companion alongside [[WaifFu younger women who could kick]] [[NonActionGuy his ass]]. Top it all
** Karl Sadeghi, from the EDA ''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.