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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
* ''[[Warehouse 13]]'''s Claudia Donovan.
** Artie as well, combining this with [[Badass Adorable]] and [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]].
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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]]''.
* [[
* [[Asian and Nerdy|Grant Imahara]] and Adam Savage of the [[
* Dr. Wilson from ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''... despite his track record.
* Samuel "Screech" Powers of [[Saved by the Bell]].
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** Rory Williams is very much Adorkable too—especially when he tried to fight off a vampire {{spoiler|okay, a fish-alien}} with a ''broomstick.''
** [[Matt Smith]] is especially Adorkable in real life; a lot of footage from ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' is him gushing about how cool the monsters are.
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** Ten's [[Adorkable]] reaches maximum levels when he's a human schoolmaster in ''Human Nature/Family of Blood''.
** 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.
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** ''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".
* Martin Freeman's [[The Watson|John Watson]], from ''[[Sherlock]]'': a [[Big Damn Hero]] in an oatmeal-coloured woolly jumper. Being [[One Head Taller|much shorter]] than the dramatic and intimidating Sherlock also helps.
** The dramatic and intimidating Sherlock himself actually has a moment of Adorkability himself, after {{spoiler|John proves his complete willingness to lay down his life for him}}. Probably the most [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|adorable]] thing Sherlock's ever done.
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* While Sportacus from ''[[LazyTown]]'' is conventionally attractive, well-muscled and very fitness-oriented, many fans still consider him adorkable due to his constant optimism, boyish over-excitement, hopeless naiveté and awkward English. His baby-blue eyes and cheesy grin only help the matter.
* [[John Simm]] in [[Sex Traffic]], with his cute glasses, klutziness, stutter, and darn ''niceness'', fits the bill perfectly.
* Merlin and Guinevere from ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''. Put them in a scene together and the cuteness levels are off the charts.
* Yousef from ''[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]]'' is tall, handsome, and muscular. However, he becomes adorkable due to his gentleness and good-natured willingness to please everyone.
* Spencer Reid from ''[[Criminal Minds]]''. [[Mr. Fanservice|Handsome.]] [[I'm Taking Him Home With Me|Invoking this type of response from fangirls.]] [[Badass Bookworm|Badass.]] [[The Woobie|Constant]] [[Break the Cutie|target]] [[
** 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
* 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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* Joel Robinson of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', a sweet-natured [[Genius Ditz]] with [[Cloudcuckoolander]] tendencies.
* Lilly Truscott in [[Hannah Montana]], especially in the earlier "skater girl" years.
* Olive Doyle in ''[[
* Freddie Benson from ''[[iCarly]]''.
* Gale from the third season of ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.
* Crime-fighting mathematician Charlie Eppes of ''[[Numb3rs]]'' - a springy-haired, mild-eyed [[Absent-Minded Professor]]; perceptive, savvy, and just naive enough to be a master of Adorkable.
* The alien, in the form of Paul Forrester, in ''[[Starman (TV series)|Starman]]''.
* The word "Adorkable" is used verbatim in [http://www.afterellen.com/tv/recaps/rizzoli-and-isles-subtext-recap-fourteen?page=0%2C1 this (scroll to the last paragraph)]{{Dead link}} ''[[Rizzoli and Isles|Rizzoli & Isles]]'' recap where the author is talking about Dr. Maura Isles. And she isn't exaggerating. Maura is socially awkward but highly intelligent and beautiful, in addition to coming with a geeky adorableness that Sasha Alexander absolutely perfects.
* Jess, [[Zooey Deschanel]]'s title character in ''[[New Girl]]''. She's even [http://twitpic.com/67y8zq branded as such] in promotional material for the show.
* Alan in ''[[Two and A Half Men]]''.
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* Sheriff Graham on "[[Once Upon a Time]]". Constant ties and vests? Check. Cute accent? Check. Complete inability to impress a girl with his jokes? Check.
* ''[[Hawking]]'' portrays the twenty-one year old Stephen Hawking this way. Benedict Cumberbatch makes a terribly endearing nerd.
* Shaun Murphy from ''The Good Doctor''. Heck, adorkability is the show's reason for existence.
* Enid from ''[[Wednesday]]'', a teenage werewolf and Wednesday's roommate; until the finale of season one [[Beware the Silly Ones|where she finally succeeds at "wolfing out"]], quickly changing from friendly to ferocious.
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