History Main / ProudToBeAGeek

-->"I'm sure you're wondering why I, Buford, have taken a leadership role in such a geek-centered enterprise. Well, take a look around. This place is crawling with nerds! I'm like a kid in a candy store! Plus, [[OneOfUs I relate to the character of Odar Underhump and his complex emotional inner journey]]."

->Be wary of those that you call "nerds", you'll be calling them "boss" in 20 years.

** Also Patricia, who works at the same cosplay cafe as Konata.

The perhaps inevitable outcropping of BeYourself. Considerably overlaps with {{Nerdcore}}.

* The title characters of ''PhineasAndFerb'' and most of their friends, if you think about it; at the very least nobody ever objects to having the title bestowed on them. In "Nerds of a Feather" the only characters who seem embarrassed at their geekiness are Candace (who fears being outed for her love of a childish toy) and Buford, who uses his "[[PunchClockVillain bully]]" label as an excuse for attending the comic book convention:

* Seth Green has a huge collection of action figures and has written a few comic books.

* MeganFox. No ''seriously'' she is a major anime fan. And its confirmed in COSMO of all places.
* GeneSimmons of {{KISS}} and GeneSimmonsFamilyJewels is a proud comic book geek. He has even based his costume off of Black Bolt, Godzilla, and various stuff.

* Nobunaga Asakura in ''NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu'' 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 closet fan due to... things in the past. She may be getting out of it as of late.

** What do you mean, "[[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/07/01/welcome-back/ except Jade]]?"

* ''{{Chuck}}''. [[XJustX Just Chuck.]]
** To explain: Chuck Bartowski's geekiness is almost always the key to saving the day in any given episode. He once saved the day [[spoiler:playing Missile Command]] for crying out loud.

* Obnoxiously turned inside out on fourth season episode of ''{{The West Wing}}'', where a woman wearing a ''{{StarTrek}}'' pin in the office tells Josh that she wears it because the Starfleet symbol is, to her, a symbol of honor and civic duty, and Josh should commend her for such pride in her job-- Josh quickly grinds what would be a nice little speech into the ground by basically saying "it's okay to like Star Trek, but do it in the privacy of your own home". [[WarpedAesop By explicitly comparing her display of a pin to a fetish]]. Way to go, Sorkin.

* A less sympathetic example is [[TheOffice Dwight Schrute]] who is obsessed with archaic weapons, StarWars, and BattlestarGalactica. Recently, he created Recyclops as a mascot for recycling, but his geekish tendencies have given Recyclops a bizarre and tragic narrative to the point that Recyclops now seeks vengeance upon the environment.