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Hollywood Nerd may refer to:

  • Adorkable: A dorky, unpopular character is considered cute/appealing by the audience.
  • Beautiful All Along: A plain character is revealed to be beautiful after they change up their style, take off their glasses, and/or under go a makeover.
  • Endearingly Dorky: When a dorky character is considered cute and appealing for their dorky qualities in-universe.
  • Hollywood Homely: A character said to be plain/unappealing in-universe, even though they are portrayed by a conventionally attractive actor.
  • Nerds Are Sexy: Nerdy characters are considered attractive in-universe specifically because of their nerdy qualities.
  • Stereotypical Nerd: An unattractive, socially inept, and socially unpopular stock character with geeky interests.
  • Unconvincingly Unpopular Character: A character is treated as an unpopular loser even though they have many qualities (physically attractive, has a "cool" hobby, is social and charismatic, etc.) that the audience believes should have made them popular.

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Alternative Title(s): Hollywood Geek

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