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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|''OK, now you've crossed over into the realm of '''supernerds''', whereby even '''regular''' nerds steal your lunch money and throw rocks at you.''~~\|'''Ethan''', ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]''}}~~ \|'''Ethan''', ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]''}} Basically this is the notion that [[Nerd]] interests can be tiered, and that what's on the lower tiers can make other nerds glad they aren't that nerdy. Line 7 ⟶ 8: This can also stem from the idea that [[Nerds Are Virgins]] doesn't apply to moderate or light nerds. The more nerdy you are, the more [[You Need to Get Laid]]. In [[Real Life]], this can lead to [[Broken Base]]s accusing the other side of being more geeky, [[No Real Life Examples, Please\|but we don't need to note that here]]. Besides, articulation of such arguments tends to be, well, geekier than either side.▼ A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Everyone Has Standards]]. Compare with [[Acceptable Hobby Targets]], [[Hypocritical Fandom]]. ~~----~~ ▲~~In [[Real Life]],~~ {{noreallife\|this can lead to [[Broken Base]]s accusing the other side of being more geeky, [[NoRule ~~Real~~of ~~Life~~Cautious ~~Examples,~~Editing ~~Please~~Judgment\|but we don't need to note that here]]. Besides, articulation of such arguments tends to be, well, geekier than either side.}} {{examples\|References to Nerd Standards:}} == ~~Comics~~Comic Books == * In [[The Simpsons (Comic Book)\|comic ~~books~~book version of ''The Simpsons'']]: The school was once ruled by those with a high intelligence and strict attendance, which meant nerds were the bullies. Jimbo was targeted by them, before becoming the bully he’s known today. * Even the [[Legion of Super-Heroes (comics)\|Legion of Substitute Heroes]] wasn’t willing to include Arm-Fall-Off-Boy, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin\|as the name suggest]] his main power is [[Detachment Combat\|removing his arms to use as clubs]]. Line 26 ⟶ 28: == [[Literature]] == * ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'': When [[Douglas Adams]] revealed that the question which produced the Ultimate Answer ~~[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\|~~(42)]] was {{spoiler\|What is six times nine?}}, somebody pointed out that the math actually did add up... if you use base 13. Adams responded, "[[Self-Deprecation\|I may be a sad individual]], but I don't make jokes in base 13." * Stanley Howler from the [[Discworld]] book ''[[~~Discworld/~~Going Postal (Discworld)\|Going Postal]]'' is so obsessed with his pin collection, even the other pin collectors in Ankh-Morpork think he's "a bit weird about pins". Then Moist von Lipwig invents the postage stamp, and Stanley proceeds to obsess over ''those'', inventing stamp collecting (and becoming incredibly dismissive about people who are "still" collecting pins). == [[Live -Action TV]] == * ~~When~~ ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer~~\|Buffy~~]]'': When Buffy fails to get on the cheerleading squad early in Season 1, her mother suggests that she join the yearbook staff. Buffy responds, "Have you ''seen'' the people that work on the yearbook? ''Nerds'' pick on them." * Some of the Krelboyne kids in ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''. {{quote\|'''Dabney:''' I know you think I'm a mama's boy. Line 70 ⟶ 72: * [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oem60yvtUY Atari Sports] episode, the nerd calls out on sport fans. ** He also appeared never wanting to play {{spoiler\| ET: The Extraterrestrial – Atari Game}} as seen as the end of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9GM-a7lR0 Spielberg Games]. This was before a team of research [[Hilarious in Hindsight\|actually found the cartridges in a New Mexican Desert, just as plans for film about it was in production]]. * In the web video series called ''[[Doppelgänger]]'', Victor isn’t allowed to join a clique of nerds. == [[Western Animation]] == Line 79 ⟶ 81: And when Bart accidentally revealed that he has a ''stamp collection'', even Lisa laughed at him. {{quote\|'''[[Behind the Black\|Nelson]]:''' Stamp collection? Ha ha!}} Lisa also laughed at Bart when he accidentally joined the Junior Campers during a [[Drunk Onon ~~Malts~~Milk\|Squishy bender]] {{quote\|'''Lisa:''' The few. The proud. The geeky.}} On a Halloween episode tale, "Don't Have a Cow, Mankind", Lisa checks a book Homer was about to attack Bart with. When she sees it was "Arsenio" book, Lisa lets Homer go for it for a while to learn Bart is [[The Immune\| immune]] ~~one~~to the zombie outbreak. In ''"Diggs''", even Millhouse didn’t want Bart to sit next to him after eating a dead frog, ~~through~~though he’s already shared a comb with the boy who had thrown up on a boy who wet his pants at the winter carnival… in other words, he wouldn’t gave Bart 20 dollars for the stunt. * On ''[[Phineas and Ferb]],'' even [[Bollywood Nerd\|Baljeet]] considers [[Loony Fan\|Irving]] to be a nerd. ** Another episode has a sci-fi and fantasy convention, fresh off [[Fandom Rivalry\|a war between the two fandoms]], unite in mocking a teenage fan of the kiddie character [[Periphery Hatedom\|Ducky Momo]]. * In ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' younger Cosmo, who is apparently the biggest loser in his school, gets beat up by every clique group, even the nerds. * ''[[Family Guy]]'': Meg Griffin may as well be the black sleep of the family, but even she won’t date Neil Goldman, a classmate who’s a geeky outcast like her. * In the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers", the kids are playing like they are characters in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', but Cartman then makes fun of kids who are playing like they are in ''[[Harry Potter]]''. * In the end of the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' episode "Lucky in Love", the nerd calls Danny, Tucker, and Sam "losers". ** In the early season, Tucker himself hates being called a "nerd" and "Techno-Geek". In one episode, he has gotten sick of it, but by the end he started to [[Proud to Be a Geek\|like being a "Techno-Geek"]]. Line 96 ⟶ 98: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Comedy Tropes]] [[Category:Indexed and Nerdy]] [[Category:Truth in Television]] ~~[[Category:No Real Life Examples, Please]]~~ ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]