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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* The less nerdy nerd in ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]'' finds a compatible girlfriend, a quietly pretty girl-next-door who shares his love of computers. However, the Chief Nerd will not rest until he has had the Chief Jock's Cheerleader, who also happens to be the [[Alpha Bitch]] of the story. Breaking not only the trope but also a few laws of the universe; ''he actually wins her over in the end''.
* Inverted in ''[[Juno]]'': the titular character observes that guys are secretly more attracted to the edgy oddball girls than the generic cheerleaders. This is perhaps [[Unreliable Narrator|wishful thinking]] from Juno, who is an oddball girl herself.
** Although it's pretty understated, Steve the cool kid is seen staring at her a couple of times during the movie.
* Played straight and subverted in ''[[American Beauty]].'' Kevin Spacey's character becomes infatuated with his daughter's cheerleader friend to the point of having weird fantasies about her in the middle of her routine. However, one of her classmates pointedly ignores her in favor of depressed, introverted Jane. Jane, ironically, is also a cheerleader, but so far from the stereotype that she doesn't really count.
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* ''[[Fired Up]]!'' plays this for comedy. Two of the most popular guys in school ditch football camp to go to cheer camp, originally for no other reason than to score with all the female cheerleaders. In the end, they end up ''enjoying'' being male cheerleaders, and for one of them, lust is replaced by love.
* In Maggie Furey's [[Shadowleague]] trilogy, this seems to be the driving force behind Zavahl's willingness to sleep with Ailie, though nobody really cared why he did it at that point. [[You Need to Get Laid|It made him a better person]].
* 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.
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* 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.
* Completely turned on its head in ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', where [[Alpha Bitch|Libby Chesler]], head cheerleader, is constantly drooling over jock (barely, he mostly warms the bench at games) Harvey Kinkle, who is dating Sabrina the entire time.
* 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.
* [[Played With]] for ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''' Claire, who is a cheerleader and undeniably attractive, but so withdrawn because of her issues with her powers that she only ever winds up dating loners like West.
* 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.
* Kelly from ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' was ''the'' wanted girl in school, thanks to being a cheerleader - her counterpart on ''[[Hang Time]]'' as well.
* In ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'', Lizzie wanted to try out for the cheerleading squad so Ethan Craft would notice her, and naturally [[Deadpan Snarker|Gordo]] expresses his disgust at her invoking the trope.
* 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.
* [[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.
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** Although it seems the one cheerleader everyone wants is Kendra. When Lucy {{spoiler|dates Brett, he just seems to want to have Kendra back as his girlfriend.}}
*** This could be because Lucy is a [[Clingy Jealous Girl|jealous]] [[Mood Swinger]] while they're dating.
* Sandy in ''[[Grease]]'' has a brief stint as a cheerleader. Subverted, though, in that she's horrible at it and it doesn't make her any more attractive to Danny.
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== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', Garfield the cat and his owner, Jon, once quarreled about which TV show to watch. Garfield favored "Wonder Cat", while dateless nerd Jon wanted "Cheerleader High".
** In the comics, Jon mentions that in high school, he had a mad crush on the head cheerleader, which didn't end well: "Ever had a pom-pom shoved up your nose?"
** Jon did manage to get a professional cheerleader named Tami to fall for him when they met at a pizza parlor. Later, when Tami called to give Jon her phone number, Garfield destroyed the answering machine, saying, "I can't ''believe'' he had pizza without me!"
* While the eponymous star of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' is her school's head cheerleader, and by all standards (especially Ron's) a [[Magical Girlfriend]], she's also an [[Action Girl]] and [[Part-Time Hero|part-time]] [[Teen Superspy|super-spy]], and points out to her friends that [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]. Thus she spends three seasons dating just one guy, actually even less than her supposed-sidekick, [[Adorkable|Ron Stoppable]], did.
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* Parodied on ''[[Clone High]]'', with Cleopatra.
* In ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', the geeky Peter Parker asks out cheerleader/AlphaBitch Sally Avril and is very bluntly rejected. Later, another cheerleader, Liz Allan, shows interest in him, and they begin dating.
* 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.
* In ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'', the title character has a crush on a cheerleader named Penny. However, neither of them can spit it out to the other.
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