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* ''Webcomic/{{Heartstopper}}'': out gay high school student Charlie crushes on apparently straight rugby jock Nick, who is surprised to find himself reciprocating. Charlie is into classic literature, science, and philosophy it turns out that it's Nick who is a bit of a comic book and Marvel movie geek however.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Heartstopper}}'': out Out gay high school student Charlie crushes on apparently straight rugby jock Nick, who is surprised to find himself reciprocating. Charlie is into classic literature, science, and philosophy it philosophy. It turns out that it's Nick who is a bit of a comic book and Marvel movie geek geek, however.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': In the 2023 reboot, CampGay Bowie falls for the jock Raj. He [[ComingOutStory comes out]] to Wayne and he and Bowie becoming a couple.
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->''"Does jerking off to your straight black Superman-type roommate make you gay?"''
-->-- '''Lionel Higgins'''' search question, ''Series/DearWhitePeople''
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* ''Webcomic/{{Heartstopper}}'': out gay high school student Charlie crushes on apparently straight rugby jock Nick, who is surprised to find himself reciprocating.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Heartstopper}}'': out gay high school student Charlie crushes on apparently straight rugby jock Nick, who is surprised to find himself reciprocating. Charlie is into classic literature, science, and philosophy it turns out that it's Nick who is a bit of a comic book and Marvel movie geek however.
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* ''VisualNovel/ComingOutOnTop'': Brad, the star quarterback for his college's top football team, is a romance interest for Mark, if you play your cards right.

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* ''VisualNovel/ComingOutOnTop'': Brad, the star quarterback for his college's top football team, is a romance romantic interest for Mark, if you play your cards right.
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* The music video for ''Shura'''s "What's It Gonna Be?" is modeled on '80s teen movies, with the twist that the nerd ends up with the LovableJock while, in a gender flip of this trope, the [[CoolLoser dorkish girl]] ends up with the [[LovableAlphaBitch popular girl]].

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* The music video for ''Shura'''s "What's It Gonna Be?" is modeled on '80s teen movies, with the twist that the nerd ends up with the LovableJock while, in a gender flip of this trope, the [[CoolLoser dorkish girl]] girl ends up with the [[LovableAlphaBitch popular girl]].
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* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' first had the CampGay Marco and his relationship with star hockey player Dylan, and then later flipped the trope with popular ArmoredClosetGay football player Riley and his feelings for the artistic, and very much out of the closet, Zane.

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* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'' first had the CampGay Marco and his relationship with star hockey player Dylan, and then later flipped the trope with popular ArmoredClosetGay football player Riley and his feelings for the artistic, and very much out of the closet, Zane.
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* ''Series/{{Heartstopper}}'' Charlie (nerd) and Nick (jock), though the infatuation is mutual.
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* Parodied (like a lot of things) In ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines''. Vexen, Lexaeus, and Xaldin our roaming around a world dedicated to roasting the HighSchoolAU and all associated tropes, and an entire subplot is devoted to how Riku [[Anime/{{Gintama}} Ginpachikun]] (a TransparentCloset case to the nth degree) has it ''bad'' for the local idiot and captain of the school football team Sora [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Wanahakaruugi]], tries desperately to keep up appearances, but continually [[FreudianSlip slips up]]. For example, he dares Sora to make resident nerd Kairi into the Prom Queen. If Sora fails, Riku says he will give him a kiss.
-->'''Sora''': ''*double-take*'' What?\\
'''Riku''': I mean... a ''kick''. In the ass. I'll kick your ass if you don't. Because I'm not gay or anything.
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So many gay stories use this trope for several reasons, [[http://brenthartinger.com/2013/05/01/why-are-so-many-gay-teen-stories-about-a-geek-in-love-with-a-closeted-jock/ best written by Brent Hartinger]], author of ''Literature/GeographyClub''.

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So many gay stories use this trope for several reasons, [[http://brenthartinger.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20180415113853/http://brenthartinger.com/2013/05/01/why-are-so-many-gay-teen-stories-about-a-geek-in-love-with-a-closeted-jock/ best written by Brent Hartinger]], author of ''Literature/GeographyClub''.
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* "[[http://s2b2.livejournal.com/66670.html This Year's Prom King]]" depicts this kind of relationship, with the twist that the ''jock'' is the main character doing most of the pursuing as the gay geek is a sarcastic loner who thinks that [[JerkJock all jocks are jerks]] and hates that he's attracted to one.

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* "[[http://s2b2.livejournal.com/66670.html "[[https://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/this-years-prom-king/ This Year's Prom King]]" depicts this kind of relationship, with the twist that the ''jock'' is the main character doing most of the pursuing as the gay geek is a sarcastic loner who thinks that [[JerkJock all jocks are jerks]] and hates that he's attracted to one.
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* ''Film/{{Trevor|1994}}'' is a 1994 short film about the ComingOutStory of a boy in his early teens. Trevor falls in love with Pinky, his buddy who is a star on the school baseball team. Sadly for Trevor, Pinky does not reciprocate.
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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9fmM_hb6p8 the music video]] for Chance Calloway and AJ Rafael's cover of "I Know Him So Well" from ''Music/Chess1984'', one of the protagonists is an EmoTeen while the other is a LovableJock.
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* ''Fanfic/ADanceOnTheMats

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* ''Fanfic/ADanceOnTheMats''Fanfic/ADanceOnTheMats'': The [[CampGay effeminate and scrawny]] Caramel has a crush on the muscular and athletic Anon. Anon [[ObliviousToLove is oblivious to Caramel's feelings]], at least until the end of the story.
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* ''Fanfic/ADanceOnTheMats
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* In ''Literature/{{Kiss}}'' by Creator/JacquelineWilson, Sylvie has an IncompatibleOrientation crush on childhood friend Carl, who is secretly gay and has a crush on Paul, a popular lad on the football team.

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* In ''Literature/{{Kiss}}'' ''Literature/Kiss2007'' by Creator/JacquelineWilson, Sylvie has an IncompatibleOrientation crush on childhood friend Carl, who is secretly gay and has a crush on Paul, a popular lad on the football team.

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