History Main / GayGuySeeksPopularJock

* {{WebComic/CheckPlease}} seems to avert this, as Bittle, a gay former figure skater and Hockey Player never seems to have interest in anyone through his whole freshman year. [[spoiler: Second year plays straight, as he falls for Jack, the team captain. By the end of Bitty's Sophmore year, they start to date.]]

* [[http://www.omocat-blog.com/post/67079004346/a-project-i-literally-did-overnight-gonna-make-it This]] adorable webcomic kind of inverts this trope; the ''jock'' starts to fall in love with a [[PrettyBoy pretty]] little gay {{Otaku}} (and YaoiFanboy as one panel reveals). [[spoiler:They eventually get married]].

1. The StarCrossedLovers trope is OlderThanDirt and used for so many love stories already, so it stands that it can be used for a same-sex tale of romance and woe.

2. RuleOfDrama: The geeky gay and jock not only come from different "classes" (so to speak) but also face different hurdles in a ComingOutStory: The geeky gay always is less conventionally masculine, so he doesn't have much to lose by being honest and open. The jock character, by contrast is a StraightGay, and by coming out may lose a lot more, especially dropping down the privilege ladder which can lead to tons of conflict and obstacles for the pair getting together.

3. Most of these writers are gay and this trope could be construed as a form of WishFulfillment: The shy, awkward boy landing a popular handsome athlete is a pretty common fantasy amongst gay men, so it stands that this convention would be pretty prominent.

* Appears in ''Theatre/ZannaDont'', though due to the gay AlternateUniverse of the musical, the LovableJock is actually closeted ''straight'', and Chess is cooler than Football in any case.

LGBT media and LGBT characters featured in media have grown in prominence the past few decades. As the visibility grew, a common romance trope was employed over and over again enough that so that it almost becomes cliche: A gay teenager (who is the AudienceSurrogate) ranging from CampGay to {{adorkable}} to ShrinkingViolet falls in love with/actively pursues/crushes on/is paired up with a popular, muscular and (usually) closeted jock.

* In an episode of Creator/{{MTV}}'s ''{{Undressed}}'', a former high school geek is hit on and makes out with the (closeted) former high school jock that tormented him. His FagHag teases him about it being the ultimate fantasy of bedding a jock, which he admits.

* On ''Series/TheHardTimesOfRJBerger'', Guillermo was having a secret relationship with JerkJock Max, who more publicly dated girls like Jenny and Robin.

* ''Literature/GeographyClub'' used this trope in ''1998''[[labelnote:*]]Written in 1998 but not published until 2003 after many revisions[[/note]] with the geeky Rusty falling in love with Kevin, a closeted baseball player. GenderFlipped with his best friend, the [[BiTheWay bisexual]] AsianAndNerdy Min secretly dating soccer player Terese, and in a later book in the series, falling in love with a cheerleader.

* ''Literature/GeographyClub'' used this trope in ''1998''[[labelnote:Written in 1998 but not published until 2003 after many revisions[[/note]] with the geeky Rusty falling in love with Kevin, a closeted baseball player. GenderFlipped with his best friend, the [[BiTheWay bisexual]] AsianAndNerdy Min secretly dating soccer player Terese, and in a later book in the series, falling in love with a cheerleader.

* ''Literature/GeographyClub'' used this trope in ''1998''[[note:Written in 1998 but not published until 2003 after many revisions[[/note]] with the geeky Rusty falling in love with Kevin, a closeted baseball player. GenderFlipped with his best friend, the [[BiTheWay bisexual]] AsianAndNerdy Min secretly dating soccer player Terese, and in a later book in the series, falling in love with a cheerleader.

* ''Literature/GeographyClub'' used this trope in ''1998'' with the geeky Rusty falling in love with Kevin, a closeted baseball player. GenderFlipped with his best friend, the [[BiTheWay bisexual]] AsianAndNerdy Min secretly dating soccer player Terese, and in a later book in the series, falling in love with a cheerleader.

* More a case of CampStraight Guy Seeks Popular Jock, but it fits. In 2003, Wrestling/{{Rico|Constantino}}, a GorgeousGeorge character, was, initially, much more enthusiastic about teaming with [[Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam Charlie Haas]] than Haas was.[[note]]RealitySubtext: Rico's valet, [[Characters/WWEDivas Miss Jackie (Gayda)]], was dating Haas in real life and they later married.[[/note]]

* Genderflipped in ShowMeLove, where the quiet and almost completely isolated Agnes falls in love with LovableAlphaBitch Elin. [[spoiler:They get together.]]

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.

See also SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and StarCrossedLovers. Frequently employs {{Gayngst}} and the ArmoredClosetGay trope. See also SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy for the heterosexual version of this trope.

* Appears in ''ZannaDont'', though due to the gay AlternateUniverse of the musical, the LovableJock is actually closeted ''straight'', and Chess is cooler than Football in any case.

* In an episode of {{MTV}}'s ''{{Undressed}}'', a former high school geek is hit on and makes out with the (closeted) former high school jock that tormented him. His FagHag teases him about it being the ultimate fantasy of bedding a jock, which he admits.

* ''WereTheWorldMine'' has Timothy, the only openly gay boy in his class, in love with LovableJock Jonathon, the captain of his school's rugby team.

* ''Literature/ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower'' (both the book and movie) has [[spoiler: Patrick, falling in love with Brad, the star athlete.]]

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' has Kurt crush on Finn, freaking the latter out. Later, they become friends and stepbrothers after Kurt's dad marries Finn's mom.

See also SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and StarCrossedLovers. Frequently employs {{Gayngst}} and the ArmoredClosetGay trope.

2. RuleOfDrama: The geeky gay and jock not only come from different "classes" (so to speak) but also face different hurdles in a ComingOutStory: The geeky gay always is less conventionally masculine, so he doesn't have much to lose by being honest and open. The jock character, by contrast is a StraightGuy, and by coming out may lose a lot more, especially dropping down the privilege ladder which can lead to tons of conflict and obstacles for the pair getting together.