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[[File:alg 17-efron.jpg|link=17 Again|thumb|300px|Yeah, you work that swag, Zac.]]
Guys want to be him, [[Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy|gals want to be with him]].
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The '''Big Man on Campus''' is [[Always Male]]. For a "popular but good-hearted" [[High School]] [[Distaff Counterpart|female equivalent]], [[Spoiled Sweet]] is the trope of choice. Compare [[School Idol]].
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== Comics ==▼
* Parodied in ''[[Peanuts]]'' with Snoopy's "Joe Cool" persona. (There was also a one-off strip in which his persona was actually called "Big Man on the Campus").▼
== Films ==
* Zach Siler from ''[[She's All That]]''.
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* Marcia repeatedly refers to her love interest Doug by this title in ''A Very Brady Movie''.
* Aaron Samuels from ''[[Mean Girls]]''.
* Mike Dexter from ''[[Can't Hardly Wait]]''.
* Ferris Bueller from ''[[Ferris Bueller's
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* Subverted in the Stephen King novel ''Rage'', where the local BMOC proves to be almost as messed up as the guy {{spoiler|who just shot two teachers and is holding the rest of the class hostage.}}
* Cedric Diggory from ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' is this at Hogwarts. Viktor Krum is implied to be this at Durmstrang.
** Harry himself develops into one in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (novel)|Half-Blood Prince]]'', albeit rather reluctantly. He becomes the captain of his Quidditch team and develops a gang of groupies to go along with it.
* Eino Fflliikkiinnenn in ''Barefoot Boy With Cheek''.
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* Finn prior to joining glee club on, well, ''[[Glee]]''. He is even dating the [[Defrosting Ice Queen|defrosting]] [[Alpha Bitch]] Quinn, best friends with [[Jerk Jock]] Puck (being oblivious to them falling for each other behind his back) and is attracted to loser diva Rachel.
** Blaine seems like this, but it's revealed to be an act to hide his insecurities.
* Dude! ''[[Saturday Night Live
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]''s Nate Archibald in seasons one and two.
* Jeff's introduction in the [[Community/Recap/S1/E02 Spanish 101|second episode]] of ''[[Community]]'' definitely plays on this trope.
* Jake on ''[[Awkward (TV series)|Awkward]]''. Matty would also count if he wasn't so self-conscious.
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* Parodied in ''[[Peanuts]]'' with Snoopy's "Joe Cool" persona. (There was also a one-off strip in which his persona was actually called "Big Man on the Campus").
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