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We're pretty! We're cool! We dominate this school!
Who am I? Just guess! Guys wanna touch my chest!
Hate us 'cause we're beautiful but we don't like you either
We're cheerleaders! We! Are! Cheerleaders!
|'''The Rancho Carne cheerleading squad''', ''[[Bring It On]]''}}
In almost no movie or TV show from the USA will you find a male character who finds cheerleaders anything other than a turn-on. This, despite the fact that the cheerleaders are [[The Cheerleader|almost universally presented as shallow, bitchy]] and led by the [[Alpha Bitch]].
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* ''[[Luann]]'' has Tiffany, [[Alpha Bitch]] head cheerleader, be the object of Luann's crush Aaron's affections - Might be an aversion, but maybe not. Rumors circulate that the writers [[Word of Gay|originally meant to reveal that Aaron was gay]] and was not interested in any of the supposed love interests, but fears that the strip was not popular enough to survive this [[What Could Have Been|scrapped that plan]].
* One story in [[Phil Foglio]]'s ''[[XXXenophile]]'' included priestess Otaz revealing that the half-orc villain was also the daughter of the priestess's god, Orum.
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* In ''[[But I'm a Cheerleader]]'', Megan is a cheerleader and is dating a football player. When accused of being gay, she uses her being a cheerleader as proof of her heterosexuality. Subverted in that she actually is gay (although in denial about it) and seems to quite [[Male Gaze|enjoy being around the other cheerleaders herself.]]
* In ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'', Chris is a cheerleader, and while this doesn't seem to make a difference for [[Love At First Sight|Knox]], it probably has something to do with why she's with Chet, a football player.
* A [[squick]]y example from the 1957 movie ''[[A Face in the Crowd]]'': TV-show host "Lonesome" Rhodes divorces his wife in order to marry Betty Lou Fleckum, a 17-year-old drum majorette.
== Live-Action TV ==
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* A similar example is brewing in ''[[The Hard Times of RJ Berger]]'' - after spending the entire first season chasing Jenny (who is portrayed as having a good heart, but about whom we know little else beyond the fact than she's the head cheerleader), RJ is quickly realizing they don't have much to talk about.
* Subverted in ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'', where, in a desperate move, Earl has to seduce a cheerleader who had been mauled by a rabid badger. Since she's so flexible, no matter what position he takes, he's always looking at her horribly scarred face. [[Squick|Eww.]]
* In the ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|
{{quote|'''Radar:'''Oh, no sir, we didn't have cheerleaders.
'''Hawkeye:'''My condolences to your libido. }}
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* [[Played for Laughs]] in an episode of ''[[My Babysitter's a Vampire]]'': Ethan and Benny are more than happy that Sarah's the only one who can wear a cheerleader's uniform. The happiness fades, though, when the guys [[Wholesome Crossdresser|have to go along]] and '' [[How I Met Your Mother|'Suit up!']] '' just like Sarah - when [[It Got Worse|Rory shows up]], and [[Sweet on Polly Oliver|likes what he sees...]]
* In an episode of ''[[Numb3rs]]'', Megan and Colby are searching the dorm room of an impostor university student. Remarking on his suspiciously stereotypical college-boy belongings, Megan makes conversation by asking Colby what he was into in school. His response: "Cheerleaders".
* An episode of ''[[Happy Days]]'' revolves around Richie, Ralph and Potsie wanting to date cheerleaders "instead of the girls we usually date," and staging a beauty contest with fake prizes to get the shallow cheerleaders to participate. The contest winner ends up dating {{spoiler|The Fonz}}.
== Literature ==
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== Music ==
* The [[Cheer Up, Charlie Daniels|Cheer Up Charlie Daniels]] song "Pig Tails" is about one of these guys realizing that his girlfriend's [[The Cheerleader]]. (She's already a cheerleader, but as far as personality goes.) He notes that she 'used to be sweeter', indicating that she may have been nicer before. It's [[Tear Jerker|surprisingly sad]].
* In "You Belong with Me," Taylor Swift just knows that she can't compete with her crush's girlfriend, who is of course cheer captain. Although according the video she can because <s> She's [[Moe Moe|Taylor Swift]] and looks freaking ''gorgeous'' [[Meganekko|including with the glasses]]</s> it's [[Sliding Scale
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