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* Simon from ''[[Firefly]]'' most definitely qualifies. The guy strikes out so many times you just wanna hug him.
* Abed and a female example in Annie, both from ''[[Community]]''.
* Benton Fraser from ''[[Due South]]'' gets much of his charm from this. While he is conventionally handsome and quite capable of going into [[Action Hero]] mode when required, his sheer earnestness, quirkiness, and lack of familiarity with the conventions of American big-city life are important defining features of his character.
* ''[[Lost]]'''s Daniel Faraday.
* Many of the male characters in ''[[Undeclared]]''. Most prominently Steven, probably because he's played by [[Tropic Thunder|Jay]] [[How to Train Your Dragon (animation)|Baruchel]], but also Marshall and Ron. On the opposite side of things, we also have [[Monica Keena|Rachel]].
* ''[[Dollhouse]]'':
** Topher, especially after he starts growing a conscience.
** Bennett goes ''beyond'' this. Way, ''way'' beyond this. She's played by [[Summer Glau]], though, so that shouldn't be a surprise.
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** More so Leonard Hofstadter. He's also too geeky for words, and not too great with social interaction, but he ''tries'', and it's adorable.
** Rajesh Koothrappali, who's so shy around girls, [[Cute Mute|he can't talk in their presence.]]
** For a female example, there is Howard's girlfriend Bernadette.
* Douglas Fargo of ''[[Eureka]]'' - when he's not pushing the hypothetical giant red button that says DO NOT PUSH, anyway.
** Emphasized by the introduction of Dr. Holly Marten (played by [[Felicia Day]], personification of this trope), who even out-tropes him.
* Cody Martin of ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'' qualified all the way up until the second season of ''[[The Suite Life On Deck]]'', wherein he [[Took a Level in Jerkass]].
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* JD from ''[[Scrubs]]''. Hell, any character played by Zach Braff. Zach Braff, himself.
* The titular Malcolm from ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''.
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* [[Asian and Nerdy|Grant Imahara]] and Adam Savage of the [[Myth Busters]]. [[The Klutz|Tory Belleci]] too, more for being clumsy and kind of doofy at times, rather than nerdy or awkward.
* Dr. Wilson from ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''... despite his track record.
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** The Eighth Doctor has elements of this. He's quite short, often childish, probably even more of a [[Keet]] than Ten, and somewhat lacking in social skills to begin with. As if that wasn't enough, it turns out he's interested in all kinds of geeky things ([[Transformers]], model trains, tractors, comic books, etc.), he occasionally has [[No Social Skills]] whatsoever (he asks one of his companions what makes something a date), and he's a bit of a [[Malaproper]] too, as seen here when he's rather adorably upset about his companions habitually sending him out of the TARDIS alone to make sure it's safe.
{{quote|''They send me out first to see what it’s like, like a sheep down a poisoned treacle well! Or whatever it is they send sheep into... ''}}
** ''And'' his companion Fitz, who's gawky, scruffy, clumsy, and surprisingly bookish. He often lives in his own little world, and despite all his attempts to seem mysterious and dangerous is really just a [[Nice Guy]].
* Tosh from ''[[Torchwood]]''.
* Willow, Giles, Xander and Tara of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
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** Dr. Brennan herself. Cute? Check. Geeky? Check. Socially awkward? ... ask Booth about this.
** Intern Vincent Nigel-Murrey. His tendency to enthusiastically spout off interesting but useless bits of trivia is adorkable in the extreme.
* George from ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' is made of this trope.
** There's also Josh from the US version.
* ''[[Frasier]]'''s little brother Niles completely qualifies.
* Ted and Marshall from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''.
** In fact, all Ted's friends refer to him as their resident "dorky dad".
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** The babbling. Dear God, the babbling. The insanely awkward babbling and the jokes that are only funny if you're a nerd like him. And the magic tricks. *swoon*
* Bret from ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]''.
* Going back quite a bit but [[The Dick Van Dyke Show|Rob Petrie]] is definitely one of these. All the clumsiness and flubbing is just so endearing because of his sweet nature that it's entirely plausible for someone like [[Mary Tyler Moore|Laura Petrie]] to fall for him.
* On the Russian [[Sitcom]] ''[[Daddy's Daughters]]'', Galina Sergeevna ([[Liza Arzamasova]]) is all too adorkable.
* Mike in ''[[The Monkees]]'' playing a folk song on a TV [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDgF-A_kGVg talent show competition].
** Peter is also equally (if not more so) “atorkable.”
* Zeke of ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''.
* Despite generally being rather reserved and stoic, not to mention a [[Badass Bookworm]], [[Horatio Hornblower]] has his moments in Series One. Particularly in "The Duchess and the Devil" when he attends a high-society dinner party and appears out of his social depth, or really any time he's around the Duchess and doesn't know how to take her flirting and attempts to teach him "conversation."
* Det. Kevin Ryan from ''[[Castle]]''.
* Dr. Sam Beckett from ''[[Quantum Leap]]''.
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