History Main / CuteBookWorm

* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'' Nodoka fills this role. She's extremely bookish, wears her hair over her face and works at the school [[TheLibraryOfBabel Library Of Babel]]. LordOfTheRings is in her top 10 books to have if she is ever stranded on a DesertedIsland.

* Eighth squad lieutenant Nanao Ise from ''{{Bleach}}'' wears glasses in her sleep, carries a book everywhere, scolds her BrilliantButLazy captain for slacking off and in return, receives some "[[ChivalrousPervert compliments]]" from him. [[spoiler: Her ex-liutenant and now membress of the Visored, Risa Yadomaru, was a HotLibrarian when in their squad and used to read to young Nanao regularly. She's still a {{Meganekko}}, but is more often seen reading [[strike: porn]] jousei manga now.]]
* Shiho from ''{{Naruto}}'' works in Konoha's cryptology department which is filled with books. She seems to be very attractive under her messy hair and thick glasses. She has a major crush on Naruto's resident boy genius [[BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru]].

A cute and brainy bibliophile, this trope embodies the [[{{Moe}} cute, shy, and vulnerable]] archetype as applied to a nerdy girl. She wanders around with her head in a book, and is ready to spout out facts at the drop of a hat. There's a tendency for her to be [[ShrinkingViolet shy, young, quiet and socially awkward]]. Occasionally this is highlighted by having her [[{{Meganekko}} wear glasses]], or have her bangs in her face to hide her eyes. She'll almost always be more conservatively dressed than most of the cast.

This trope tends to be female, but there are male examples, though they tend to be younger males, or [[Really700YearsOld at least look it]]. Occupation wise they might be a scientist, a librarian, a [[{{Joshikousei}} schoolgirl]], a SquishyWizard, or something similar in nature.

May overlap with BadassBookworm, LovableNerd, and {{Adorkable}}. Contrast HotLibrarian for an older more authoritative version. Subtrope of {{Bookworm}}.

* Belle in Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''. While she isn't exactly shy, she has no friends and feels isolated from the village.

* The titular ''{{Matilda}}'' is a sweet shy girl whose amazing intellect isolates her from others.

* Iina, Aruto and Kokoro from ''KokoroLibrary'': Why be satisfied with one librarian? These sisters make this trope triple. Just too bad that there usually goes days between the costumers of the titular library...

* Phoebe Heyerdahl from ''HeyArnold'' represents many stereotypical "smart girl" tropes (AsianAndNerdy, diminutive size, soft spoken and [[ShrinkingViolet painfully shy]] with [[{{Meganekko}} oval eyeglasses]] and is almost always found reading in the library, holding a computer magazine, and excels in creative writing. Arguably the most intelligent character on the show and has once been offered to skip two grade levels. (She turned it down).

* Twilight Sparkle from ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' she even lives in a Library.

* Kotomi Ichinose from {{Clannad}}, who's frequently seen sitting barefoot in the school library.

* Twilight Sparkle from "MyLittlePony:FriendshipIsMagic" she even lives in a Library.

A cute and brainy bibliophile, this trope embodies the [[{{Moe}} cute, shy, and vulnerable]] archetype as applied to a nerdy girl. She wanders around with her head in a book, and is ready to spout out facts at the drop of a hat. There's a tendency for her to be [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], young, quiet and socially awkward. Occasionally this is highlighted by having her [[{{Meganekko}} wear glasses]], or have her bangs in her face to hide her eyes. She'll almost always be more conservatively dressed than most of the cast.

* Sheska/Sczieska ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS or however you spell it]]) from ''FullMetalAlchemist'' is a librarian, and cute as a button to boot.

** And he dig his way [[YouHellWorth in Hell]](separate with the Earth with more or less 30 feet of dirt), fight against a demonic sentient fork and a succubus (he lose the second, though), only for being with Fuchsia who has a bad day, proving himself as a [[{{Badass}}]]. [[LikeABadassOutOfHell And later he escape to the Devil]], with the demonic fork.

** And he dig his way [[YouHellWorth in Hell]](separate with the Earth with more or less 30 feet of dirt), fight against a demonic sentient fork and a succubus (he lose the second, though), only for being with Fuchsia who has a bad day, proving himself as a [[Badass]]. [[LikeABadassOutOfHell And later he escape to the Devil]], with the demonic fork.

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* Daniel Jackson on ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' starts out as one of these before he TookALevelInBadass. He's awkward, nerdy, has peek-a-bangs wears glasses, and stutters when he's nervous. He's also a huge linguistics nerd which leads to him spending a lot of time reading be it books, or the walls of ancient tombs.

* ''TokimekiMemorial 1'' has Mio Kisaragi, a cute and [[ShrinkingViolet shy]] {{Meganekko}} who ''loves'' reading books (to the point of reading ''[[BeyondTheImpossible four]]'' [[BeyondTheImpossible of them]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible per day]]''), thus she spends a lot of her time at libraries, and she often helps at Kirameki High's one. It's also her who finds the Soccer Manual that'll help the protagonist improve his striker skills, during the storyline of the side game ''Nijiiro no Seishun''.

* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'' Nodoka fills this role.. She extremely bookish, wears her hair over her face and works at the school TheLibraryOfBabel. LordOfTheRings is in her top 10 books to have if she is ever stranded on a DesertedIsland.

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* Phoebe Heyerdahl from ''HeyArnold'' is perhaps the TropeCodifier for WesternAnimation audiences. Representing many stereotypical "smart girl" tropes (AsianAndNerdy, diminutive size, soft spoken and [[ShrinkingViolet painfully shy]] with {{Meganekko}} oval eyeglasses) and is almost always found reading in the library, holding a computer magazine, and excels in creative writing.. Arguably the most intelligent character on the show and has once been to skip two grade levels (she turned it down).

* Phoebe Heyerdahl from HeyArnold is perhaps the TropeCodifier for WesternAnimation audiences. Representing a lot of the stereotypical "smart girl" tropes she's AsianAndNerdy, small in size, soft spoken with a timid squeaky voice and [[ShrinkingViolet painfully shy]] and wears large [[{{Meganekko}} oval eyeglasses]] and is frequently found in the library or reading a computer magazine at hoome. Arguably the most intelligent character on the show and has once been to skip two grade levels (she turned it down).

May overlap with BadassBookworm, NerdsAreSexy, and {{Adorkable}}. Contrast HotLibrarian for an older more authoritative version. Subtrope of {{Bookworm}}.