There are too many Real Life examples that seem to either be just "educated successful Black men" (lawyers and politicians) or mainstream celebrities who may just come out and say "Oh, btw, I also love World of Warcraft and Spiderman." Bandwagon jumpers. I think we should also eliminate rappers and other performers who seem more like they're pandering to the demographic just to make it seem like "he's/she's one of us." There's much more to being a nerd.
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Plenty of the examples are just educated or cultured characters too.
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Dot Com and Grizz from Thirty Rock have been shown to be interested in theater, politics, etc, but that isn't necessarily "nerdy" nor does it completely qualify for this trope.
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Wizzard
How is the "Morning's Here" guy from Friends a nerd? We know exactly one thing about him, which is that he sings in the mornings. Is that a particularly nerdy trait? Joey likes singing with him, but I'm pretty sure he's not a nerd.
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Can this be more specific
, started by captainpat on Apr 25th 2011 at 7:55:56 PM
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