History Main / ProudToBeAGeek

* In [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an earlier version]] of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Tyler would have called Mei "such a nerd" to which she would have responded "heck yeah I am".

The perhaps inevitable outcropping of BeYourself. Considerably overlaps with {{Nerdcore}}. The polar opposite is ClosetGeek.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Both Castle and Becket have flown their geek flags proudly; Castle is big on ''Franchise/StarWars'' and comic conventions, while Beckett has demonstrated a more-than-passing familiarity with Creator/FrankMiller's work and was amazed that Castle had never seen ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. To say nothing of her passion for ''[[ShowWithinAShow Nebula 9]]'':

-->-- '''Creator/JohnGreen''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy1M5VHF3no in a Brotherhood 2.0 video]]

* The entire staff of ''Webcomic/PvP''. Francis cosplayed as Chun Li to a convention without any insecurity whatsoever. Brent will fight you, but not before saying "It's Amok Time!", etc. [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/07/01/welcome-back/ Not even Jade]] [[http://www.pvponline.com/2009/01/13/time-and-relative-dimension-in-office-space/ is an exception.]]

** Lisa usually follows this trope, though many episodes involve her giving in to peer pressure and trying to act "cool" or otherwise reinventing her social persona. They always end with an {{Aesop}} about being yourself, and with Lisa regaining her geek pride. Played with in "Lard of the Dance," where Lisa is pressured to both give up being nerdy and to act like an adult. She ends up making a speech about how she's not ashamed of her geekiness, and that she wants to enjoy being a kid while she still can.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "When It Rains", Peridot says that while she was not involved with the artificial fusion experiments, she seems really proud of the fact that she took the time to read ''hundreds'' of years worth of reports on it.

* Toby Radloff in ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'' was quite empowered by ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' and feels much the same way. Indeed, he has a brief but memorable FifteenMinutesOfFame based on his popularity in the comics for his forthrightness. Ironically, all of this comes up largely because Harvey Pekar, writer of ''American Splendor'', felt very strongly the opposite way about this trope. He dismissed the nerds in the movie as being fakes and saw the whole thing as insulting to "genuine" nerds like Radloff, who didn't go to college but had built his own computer over one summer through true grit.

* Steve Rogers, AKA ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'', was at one time a comic book artist (in fact, he actually worked as the penciler for the Captain America comic book published by the in-universe version of Marvel Comics!) Peter Parker, AKA The Amazing ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', being a proud comic book-loving nerd, thought that it was unbelievably awesome that his hero Cap was not only a genuine superhero, but also a comic book artist who got to draw his own comic book about himself, making Steve doubly heroic to Peter. Steve, on the other hand, had become embarrassed about his former career, considering it something of an ''OldShame'', and he didn't want talk about it when Peter was eager to discuss Steve's work in comics. This understandably upset Peter that Cap would dismiss comic books so easily, which were something that Peter held dear, and Peter believed that Steve should be proud of his artistic work that inspired so many kids to heroic ideals. But, after thinking about it for a while and seeing how much value Peter saw in his old work, Steve realized that Peter was right, started taking pride in his old comic book work again, and was then willing to talk about it with Peter, who was thrilled to be able to discuss comic books with his hero and friend.

* Donald Faison's (of ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' and ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' fame) admitted to seeing ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' over 300 times, and has apparently been working on his Dr. Evazan impression. He was mentioned in the Creator/VH1 special "undateable" by one of his girlfriends as to partake in long, multihour ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' sessions
* Vin Diesel once related a story about how, during the filming of ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', he and Karl Urban (both D&D fanatics) were discussing games, when out of the blue Judi Dench came along and started a conversation about the campaign she regularly [=GMs=] for her grandchildren. Turns out the [[CoolOldLady old broad]] was as much a D&D geek as the two guys were. And let's face it: A campaign narrated by '''[[IncrediblyLamePun D]]'''[[IncrediblyLamePun a]]'''[[IncrediblyLamePun m]]'''[[IncrediblyLamePun e]] Judi Dench would be ''awesome''.

** Konata certainly doesn't hold reservations about her hobbies. Her father Soujirou doesn't either, but even Konata worries about his ComedicLolicon tendencies at times.
** Also Patricia, who works at the same CosplayCafe as Konata. In the Comptiq continuity she downright ''broadcasts'' her geekery, to the level Hiyori commented, "Her communication issue is not language per se, but industrial terminology."

* Nobunaga Asakura in ''Literature/HarukaNogizakasSecret'' is openly {{Otaku}}; he doesn't mind showing off anime figures and magazines, and speaks about them with enthusiasm. As opposed to Haruka herself, who had to be a [[ClosetGeek closet fan]] due to... things in the past. She may be getting out of it as of late.
* Eitaro, Professor Stein and Agaliarept in ''Literature/MagiciansAcademy'' are three of the most powerful men in the show. They're also huge geeks and demand that the world bow down to their fetishism or else. This combination of power and fanboy madness is a major driving force of the show.

* In ''Animation/HappyHeroes: The Movie'', Doctor H., who is already a GadgeteerGenius with a CelebCrush on news reporter Miss Peach, outright admits he's a "total geek". His doppelganger, who has assimilated his personality and knowledge, mentions being nominated to be the Geek Association's president.