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* Nobunaga Asakura in ''LightNovel/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 ''LightNovel/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.

* Nobunaga Asakura in ''Anime/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.

** Hiro also appears to refer to that sword as if it was [[{{LightNovel/Slayers}} Gourry's Sword of Light]] (aka something uniquely his and a part of him). This also doesn't come through in the English, at all.

* ''Anime/LuckyStar'':

Strictly speaking, the {{Geek}}, the {{Nerd}}, and the {{Otaku}} are characters who are sometimes, well, deemed "uncool". But a contrasting trend in modern fiction is to show one of these character types as being downright outspoken. Maybe they missed the memo informing us that geek culture isn't supposed to be uncool, or maybe they think that being geeky is the best way to express your individuality in the face of people. [[IAmWhatIAm But these are the people who are proud of their geekiness and won't hesitate to flaunt it.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

* Creator/BobWest, voice of [[BarneyAndFriends Barney the Dinosaur]], is a ''huge'' geek. He's a big fan of ''Star Wars'', ''Star Trek'', ''Dune'', ''Lord of the Rings'', ''Doctor Who'', ''Quantum Leap'' ... the list goes on.

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* ''Film/PiratesOfSiliconValley'' has some elements of this, especially with the relationship between HollywoodNerd Bill Gates and [[WackyFratboyHijinks drunken fratboy]] Steve Ballmer, and all the money Bill Gates scores when signing the MS-DOS licensing deal with IBM.

* Commander Peepers from ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' gives a speech to Emperor Awesome in "The Cool Guy" about how he's proud to be a "nerd" because nerds get things done in life by setting goals and then learning how to achieve said goals--[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech unlike Awesome, who wastes all his time trying to be cool]] [[FutureLoser and will one day realize that he has nothing to show for it]].

* Commander Peepers from ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' gives a speech to Emperor Awesome in "The Cool Guy" about how he's proud to be a "nerd" because nerds get things done in life by setting goals and then learning how to achieve said goals.

* Steve Rogers, AKA ''Captain America'', 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 ''Spider-Man'', 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 work in comics and didn't like talking about it, which understandably upset Peter that Cap would dismiss comic books like that, which were something that Peter held dear, and he thought that Steve should be proud of his artistic work. After a while Steve realized that Peter was right, and he 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.

* ''Literature/{{Nerds}}'': In Book 3, [[AsianAndNerdy Matilda/Wheezer]] says this as [[ShutUpHannibal a rebuttal]] to [[spoiler:Lily]]/Gerdie's NotSoDifferentRemark, since the latter got extreme plastic surgery and became a pretty cheerleader because she [[IJustWantToBeBeautiful wanted to stop being an awkward-looking geek]].

* ''Literature/{{Nerds}}'': In Book 3, [[AsianAndNerdy Matilda]] says this as [[ShutUpHannibal a rebuttal]] to [[spoiler:Lily]]/Gerdie's NotSoDifferentRemark, since the latter got extreme plastic surgery and became a pretty cheerleader because she [[IJustWantToBeBeautiful wanted to stop being an awkward-looking geek]].

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* This describes most of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''.
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* 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 [[HollywoodGeek Hollywood Geeks]] 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.

* In the commentary of the first Film/ResidentEvil movie both Michelle Rodriguez and Milla Jovovich talk about their love of video games, especially the Franchise/ResidentEvil games.

Strictly speaking, the {{Geek}}, the {{Nerd}}, and the {{Otaku}} are characters who are sometimes, well, deemed "uncool". But a rising trend in modern fiction is to show one of these character types as being downright outspoken. Maybe they missed the memo informing us that geek culture isn't supposed to be uncool, or maybe they think that being geeky is the best way to express your individuality in the face of people. [[IAmWhatIAm But these are the people who are proud of their geekiness and won't hesitate to flaunt it.]]

TruthInTelevision as most geeks are very proud of their status. As seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsbkNSI28kU&feature=feedf here,]] from Connecticon Cosplay Masquerade 2011

* Nobunaga Asakura in ''Manga/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 [[ClosetGeek closet fan]] due to... things in the past. She may be getting out of it as of late.

Strictly speaking, the {{Geek}}, the {{Nerd}}, and the {{Otaku}} are characters who are, well, deemed "uncool". But a rising trend in modern fiction is to show one of these character types as being downright outspoken. Maybe they missed the memo informing us that geek culture isn't supposed to be uncool, or maybe they think that being geeky is the best way to express your individuality in the face of people. [[IAmWhatIAm But these are the people who are proud of their geekiness and won't hesitate to flaunt it.]]

Strictly speaking, the {{Geek}}, the {{Nerd}}, and the {{Otaku}} are characters who are, well, deemed "uncool". But a rising trend in modern fiction is to show one of these character types as being downright outspoken. Maybe they missed the memo informing us that geek culture is supposed to be uncool, or maybe they think that being geeky is the best way to express your individuality in the face of people. [[IAmWhatIAm But these are the people who are proud of their geekiness and won't hesitate to flaunt it.]]

Strictly speaking, the {{Geek}}, the {{Nerd}}, and the {{Otaku}} are characters who are, well, uncool. But a rising trend in modern fiction is to show one of these character types as being downright outspoken. Maybe they missed the memo informing us that geek culture is supposed to be uncool, or maybe they think that popular culture sucks and being geeky is the best way to express your individuality in the face of a hopelessly conformist mainstream. [[IAmWhatIAm But these are the people who are proud of their geekiness and won't hesitate to flaunt it.]]

In fiction, expect the outpouring of this belief to manifest in the form of an IAmWhatIAm, WhoopiEpiphanySpeech, or at least sheer shamelessness. In [[TruthInTelevision real life]], look more to writers and actors being open and honest about the [[JustForFun/OneOfUs things they do]] which seem, well, almost inappropriate considering how awesome and cool they are.

** Konata certainly doesn't hold reservations about her hobbies. [[ComedicLolicon Her dad's]], on the other hand...

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': It takes a ''lot'' to get her to admit it, but deep down Chisame Hasegawa is proud of her geekiness. [[{{Otaku}} Haruna Saotome]] also qualifies in a big way. The former is actually so proud and comfortable with it that when [[spoiler: Negi's party were attacked by Poyo's LotusEaterMachine, she was not affected by it]]. And that is even taking into account that she has been complaining how crazy it has been for a normal girl like her to be thrown into such a crazy world. She wasn't exactly happy about the revelation, though.

* Actors Rob Benedict and AfdRichard Speight Jr. - the Kings of Con.