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[[File:oah nerds 2933.jpg|link=Out at Home|frame|[[Big No|NOOOO]][[Star Wars|OOOO!]] [[Shout-Out|NOOO]][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbOjS0Ah7_o#t=0m17s OOOOOOO!] ]]
{{quote|''"What Montgomery said next was unimportant. She could have called him a '' "[[Star Trek|tin-plated dictator with delusions of godhood!]]" '' She could have gone with the classic '' "[[Star Wars|scruffy-looking nerf-herder!]]" '' She might have chosen, appropriate to the situation, ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|"gods-cursed TOASTER frakker!"]] ''
''But in the end it was unimportant what ''exactly'' she said.
''Because the entire population of Springfield High heard Montgomery use an insult so geeky, so extreme, that there was no doubt in any other stealth geek's mind what she was.
'''''One of them'''."''|''Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd'', "One of Us"}}
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* Sana in ''[[Myself Yourself]]''. He has an entire box of full of anime stuff (including an [[AIR]] artbook) which he hides from his friends. He also plays visual novels on his laptop in his spare time.
* Yua in ''[[Chaos;Head]]''. Whilst appearing to be a normal honor student, she keeps up with the latest anime and starts to buy the collectible figures, whilst maintaining her flawless image. {{spoiler|However, her geek side may be a ploy to earn Takumi's trust.}}
* Kiryuu-sensei in ''[[
* And most recently, Kirino Kosaka from ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!|Oreimo]]''. She's the person you would expect the least to have anime - and much less, eroge.
* Izumi Wakase, one of the more recent characters from ''[[Lucky Star]]''.
* [[Sergeant Rock|Ben Clouseau]] of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' is a secret anime nerd, as we find out in the OVA. He tries to keep his DVD stash a secret, but [[The Gadfly|Kurtz]] finds them and sows havoc (read: extensively taunting him then corrupting the videos).
* In [[
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== Western Animation ==
* Sierra, the [[Alpha Bitch]] on ''[[The Replacements]]'', has a secret love of a [[Star Trek]] expy.
* In ''[[
* On ''[[Phineas and Ferb]],'' Candace attends a sci-fi/fantasy convention to get merchandise from her favorite childhood cartoon, but is terrified of having anybody know about it.
** Whatever [[Punch Clock Villain|so-called bully]] Buford says about being there to beat up nerds, the fact is he was at that same convention. ''In [[Cosplay]] gear.''
* Trixie Tang from ''[[The Fairly
* John Stewart's ''[[Justice League]]'' cartoon incarnation. As an adult, he's a no-nonsense ex-marine, but as a kid he was an avid comic book reader. When a dimension-hop allows him to meet his childhood heroes, he admits to a bemused Flash that if he hadn't had those stories as a kid he might not have ended up wearing the [[Green Lantern Ring]].
* [[Daria|Football jock Kevin Thompson]] is revealed to be a big fan of both ''[[The X-Files]]'' and ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''.
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