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* Neil Goldman in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', though the only girl he ever tried to get was [[HollywoodHomely Meg Griffin]], but it's still played straight. [[ButtMonkey Meg]] [[JerkAss Griffin]] [[{{Hypocrite}} treats him like dirt]].

* StephenColbert of ''Series/TheColbertReport'' is ''the'' God-King of this trope.

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!!Examples

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* ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'': Kon, and Keigo Asano. Sort of.

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* ''{{Literature/Twilight}}'' : Eric.
* [=McLovin=] in ''{{Superbad}}''. He starts out that way but by the end of the movie he has sex with a girl and stages himself getting arrested to appear like a Badass.
* Booger from ''RevengeOfTheNerds''. (Using a somewhat broader definition of "nerd" than you see in more recent media -- he's more of a slob -- but the non-nerd characters in the movie do consider him a nerd.) Has few (no) social graces, and is a total extravert who utterly fails to understand why people find him repulsive, unlike the more vanilla nerds of the rest of the cast.
* Farmer Ted in ''SixteenCandles.''
* The film ''{{Film/Superstar}}'' has a rare a female example, Mary Katherine Gallagher, a totally unselfconscious extravert and show-off who really has no clue that she's a total nerd.

* ''FamilyMatters'': Steve Urkel, the former TropeNamer. Steve actually does know he's a nerd, he's just usually [[ProudToBeAGeek proud of it]] or at least puts on a brave face when others pick on him. Only Laura is finally able to shame him into trying to change, which leads to his genetically altered clone. Later on in the series, when she does agree to date him he starts dressing ''slightly'' less nerdy, but is still just as proud to be one. [[spoiler:By the end of the series, Laura had finally accepted Steve for who he is and even fell in love with him.]]
* ''SavedByTheBell'': Samuel "Screech" Powers. Also pretty much anyone in the school classed as a "nerd," actively portrayed as if they are an entire race all to themselves [[AcceptableTargets to be derided by our heroes.]] The worst part was the the "heroes" were usually considered as being rather ''nice'' to the nerds.
* Carlton Banks from FreshPrinceOfBelAir mostly qualifies for this, but he does get his chances from time to time. His short stature does not really help much.
* Irwin "Skippy" Handelman in ''FamilyTies''. Unusual in that Skippy was even less intelligent than [[TheDitz Mallory Keaton]]. Alex P. Keaton, on the other hand, is portrayed as more that of the HollywoodNerd.

* Rare female example: Quinn in ''{{Zoey 101}}''.

* Rico from ''HannahMontana''.
* Lawrence "Larry" Tudgeman III (a.k.a. "Tudge") from ''LizzieMcGuire'',also a subversion, as he was apparently a nice, normal guy outside school.
* [[LoonyFan Penelope Taynt]] in ''TheAmandaShow'', [[VerbalTic please]]. Also a stalker, who [[LesYay may or may not]] have been a StalkerWithACrush.

* Robbie from ''{{Victorious}}''. Sikowitz even tells him [[NiceJobBreakingItHero "Way to go, Urkel!"]] in ''Locked Up''.

* Noel in {{Frasier}} appears to be so convinced that Roz wants him that in the finale, when she kisses him out of excitement of her new promotion and Gil asks him if it was worth the wait, Noel assumes Gil was talking to ''Roz''.
* Will from ''TheInbetweeners'' knows that he is unpopular and socially awkward by the standards of the normal society, but he hates these standards which results in that half the time, he tries to become one of the popular guys, and the other half, he insists/implies that his notion of social norms is much better than actual norms. Either way, this trait will often result in him being a quite good example of this trope.
* Milton in ''KickinIt'' reaches an interesting point in terms of the HollywoodDressCode. [[WordOfGod Dylan Riley Snyder]] specifically mentioned that Milton'll unbutton his top shirt button more often in season 3 just as OneDirection's made the buttoned-up look trendy.

* Flash in ''BoyMeetsBoy'' starts out as an incredibly nerdy ManChild. Then he decides he wants to date, and finds someone to teach him about women. And he picks... ''[[CasanovaWannabe Fox]]''. Results are predictable.
* ''OutAtHome'' has Eddie, the nerdy nine-year-old with a massive crush on seventeen-year-old Penny, who he has tried to seduce several times. The results are, well, [[http://www.out-at-home.com/archives/909 expected]].

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* Roger from ''TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee''.

* Upchuck in ''{{WesternAnimation/Daria}}'', though considering that the stars of the show are all fairly nerdy outcasts in someway, his appearance is less jarring.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland''

* Kevin French from ''MissionHill'' in his "Grubermeister" persona in the episode ''The Douchebag Aspect''.

[[caption-width-right:304:... The resemblance is...uncanny. [[hottip:-:Left is Steve Urkel in ''Series/FamilyMatters''; right is Tucker Foley from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:304:... The resemblance is...uncanny. [[hottip:-:Left is Steve Urkel in ''Series/FamilyMatters''; right is Tucker from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''.]]]]

-->-- '''Danny Fenton''' (imitating his friend), ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''

* Mike Wazowski from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' is a bookworm who's not afraid to flaunt his smarts over the JerkJocks.

* Jameson (or Jamison) Winger, in the World Wrestling Federation, who was originally a nerdy, socially-challenged Ed [=McMahon=]-style sidekick for the short-lived "Bobby Heenan Show" segment of "WWF Prime Time Wrestling". He later became a recurring character (in the same mold) on WWF television, and even served as a sidekick for the Bushwhackers tag team. Bears a striking resemblance to Andy Kindler (of "EverybodyLovesRaymond" fame), although Kindler swears it was not him, and has even gone as far as to claim it was 'another' Andy Kindler. Which is strange, because Jameson was portrayed by an actor named John [=DiGiacomo=].

* Jameson (or Jamison) Winger, in the World Wrestling Federation, who was originally a nerdy, socially-challenged Ed [=McMahon=]-style sidekick for the short-lived "Bobby Heenan Show" segment of "WWF Prime Time Wrestling". He later became a recurring character (in the same mold) on WWF television, and even served as a sidekick for the Bushwhackers tag team. Bears a striking resemblance to Andy Kindler (of "EverybodyLovesRaymond" fame), although Kindler swears it was not him, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial and has even gone as far as to claim it was _another_ Andy Kindler.]]
** Actually, Jameson was portrayed by an actor named John DiGiacomo. It was his very first acting gig.
* The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) had Zelda the Nerd.

[[caption-width-right:304:... The resemblance is...uncanny. [[hottip:-:Right is Steve Urkel in ''Series/FamilyMatters''; left is Tucker from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:304:... [[FamilyMatters Un]][[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom can]][[BlackAndNerdy ny.]]]]

* ''{{Recess}}'': Vince's older brother is pretty much a blatant reference to Urkel. In an interesting twist, though, ''he'' knows he's a geek--it's jockish Vince who's in the dark.

* Neil Goldman in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', though the only girl he ever tried to get was [[HollywoodHomely Meg Griffin]], but it's still played straight. Neil Goldman is HIDEOUS and a total nerd, but he's also a major show-off, and cannot understand why Meg doesn't fall for him.

* Milhouse Van Houten of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', with the Intelligence Optional setting.

The Extraverted Nerd is a young teenage nerd (almost AlwaysMale), who dresses and behaves very awkwardly. Unlike nerds in real life (or nerds who star in their shows) he is completely oblivious to his nerdly nature, and a CasanovaWannabe who goes after girls without any fear of rejection. In fact, he doesn't take "no" for an answer. Usually serves as the stooge to the main character.

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