All Guys Want Cheerleaders: Difference between revisions

* On ''[[Friends]]'', Rachel claimed that she had never failed to score when wearing her cheerleader uniform, leading to her donning it at a party in a desperate attempt to win the attention of one particular guy.

* Subverted in ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' When {{spoiler|Sam}} learns that cheerleader {{spoiler|Cindy}} and him really have nothing in common and {{spoiler|break up. Played Straight by his friends, who think he's nuts for doing so.}}

* 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.]]

{{quote| '''Radar:'''Oh, no sir, we didn't have cheerleaders.<br />

'''Hawkeye:'''My condolences to your libido. }}

* Referenced in ''[[Frasier]]'' when Niles is given the opportunity to meet a cheerleader for a basketball team. Roz says in annoyance that not all guys want cheerleaders, while Niles' response is "Is it the ''head' cheerleader?"

* Subverted in ''[[The Office]]'', where Jim is sort of embarrassed by Katy's past as a cheerleader.

* Prominently featured in the first season of ''[[Smallville]]'', when a bug-boy "meteor freak", Tina Greer, and Clark "Afraid of Heights" Kent all pine for Lana Lang.

* Subverted on ''[[Glee]]''. Finn the star quarterback is dating 'Cheerio' Quinn, however not only is he attracted to [[Genki Girl]] Rachel but he is also sexually frustrated due to Quinn also being president of the celibacy club. It should also be noted that all the female celibacy club members are cheerios and all the male members are guys just trying to get into their pants. Furthermore, the point of the celibacy club seemed to be more about teasing the guys, rather than staying celibate for religious or moral reasons

* Inverted in ''[[That 70s Show]]'', where Hyde, among other reasons, doesn't want to date Jackie because she's a cheerleader, thus a "square", opposed to him. However, after they get together, she once does a dance for him in her uniform.

* On ''[[Boston Legal]]'', senior partner (and senior citizen) Shirley Schmidt admits during a heart-to-heart with Denny Crane that when she's depressed, she tries on her old cheerleading uniform to cheer herself up. Denny find this to be quite exciting, as does his friend and fellow Shirley-admirer Alan Shore when Denny shares this information with him. In a later episode, the two men find the uniform in a box (presumably left there by Shirley herself to cheer them up), and they dance with it while making alternatingly affectionate and lewd comments about it. To be fair, both Alan and Denny were sexually attracted to Shirley long before they knew about her cheerleading tendencies.

* Played for laughs in the ''[[Victorious]]'' episode "Wi-Fi in the Sky" where Beck is taking care of a puppy for his neighbor. When his girlfriend Jade discovers that his neighbor is a cheerleader, she storms over to his house and stays there until the neighbor returns from cheer practice to pick up the dog. An hour later the neighbor arrives-- {{spoiler|she is about 9 or 10}}. Cue mortified scowling by Jade.

* 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.

 

== Music ==

* 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 Long Name|idealistic.]]

 

 

== Videogames ==

** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] with self-proclaimed, preteen cheerleaders Clem and Crystal, who everybody openly admits to hating because of how annoyingly peppy they are. Which may make them all feel guilty when it comes out that {{spoiler|they're suicidal [[Stepford Smiler|Stepford Smilers]]}}.

 

 

* In [[Survival of the Fittest]] v4's pre-game, this is part of the reason why Rizzo Vitoria sleeps with a drunken Janet Claymont (who is, as you might have guessed, a cheerleader). When she wakes up the next morning, she isn't happy ''at all'' for obvious reasons, especially since she is dating another character.

* Gregg Easterbook, a writer for [[ESPN]].com, takes time out of his football column every week to draw attention to some NFL cheerleader that he finds interesting (contrary to the stereotype, many of them are very well-educated), which he jokingly rationalizes as [[Fan Service|an excuse to run their picture in the column]]. Taking it further, he repeatedly complains that ultrathin fashion models are terrible standards of beauty and holds up athletic cheerleaders as a better one.

 

 

* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', Danny Fenton is smitten with Paulina, much to Sam's annoyance. Every minor, two-second appearance she is treated with displays her in an extremely negative light, ignoring any and all chances of [[Pet the Dog|redemption]], until it culminates in revealing that she is also the school's head cheerleader. Paulina is also a [[Rich Bitch]] and [[Alpha Bitch]] who (as usual) [[Loves My Alter Ego|only has eyes for the mysterious superhero]], Danny Phantom. Much like ''[[Kim Possible]]'', it's all about getting dates and making out. All a result of Butch Hartman's less-than-pleasant high school experiences.

** Danny averts this later on by moving beyond her because of [[Character Development]] (and [[First Girl Wins]]).

** Though at his age, one can assume he knows he's "supposed" to like cheerleaders, but doesn't actually understand the reason why.

* Parodied on ''[[Clone High]]'', with Cleopatra.

* Played straight in [[Robotboy]]: Despite of Lola being good-looking, rich, smart, stylish and ever reliable, Tommy only have eyes for Bambi, a blonde, prepubescent [[Alpha Bitch|bitch in training]] with a cheerleader uniform.

 

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