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A trope common in [[Romantic Comedy|Romantic Comedies]] and Teen Comedies, in which a dorky ([[Nerds Are Sexy|not necessarily]] ''[[Nerds Are Sexy|ugly]]'', just... geeky) guy ends up with the totally hot babe. Generally, at the beginning of the story, the geek begins the story as an outcast whom the beautiful girl would never be attracted to. He may be a band geek, or a scientist with all the social graces of a tube worm, or a ''[[Dungeons
Often, the guy will be smitten with the girl the first time he sees her. She, on the other hand, won't be attracted at first, and will often fight the attraction later on in the story. Eventually, despite whatever ''[[Three's Company]]''-style misunderstanding crops up (and it will; you can count on it) she comes to realize that there is more to the geek than his pocket protector and love will bloom. It is ''never'' [[Love At First Sight]] for the babe, in any case.
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** ''[[School of Rock]]''.
* The 2008 ''[[Get Smart (film)|Get Smart]]'' movie has Maxwell Smart (played by professional nerd Steve Carell) and gorgeous bombshell Agent 99 (played by authentic hotness [[Anne Hathaway]]) hook up.
* 2009's ''[[I Love You, Beth Cooper]].'' High school valedictorian stalker nerd with enormous nose meets up with [[Hayden Panettiere]] as Beth Cooper. Nuff said!
* ''[[Sideways]]''. Lampshaded by Paul Giamatti's long monologue comparing different types of wines.
* Subverted in ''[[A Cinderella Story]]'' in that by the end, the [[Alpha Bitch]] is willing to give the geek a chance - but he chooses the weird, purple-haired announcer girl.
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* Occasionally played around with for Velma from [[Scooby Doo]] such as later on in Scooby Doo on Zombie Island.
* While the writers of the ''[[Rugrats]]'' ''[[All Grown Up!]]'' series tried to avoid flat out confirming certain pairings (most likely trying to avert a [[Broken Base]]) but [[Ship Tease]] did happen nevertheless. One example of a pairing that got [[Ship Tease]] that fits with this trope is Chuckie and Angelica. (In which of course has received even more attention from fans in fan work.)
* Dr. Walter Hartford of ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Galaxy Rangers]]'' fits a lot of the usual definitions for a geek; highly educated, computer hacker, fast mouth, and fond of pop culture references. Princess Maya didn't think much of him at first, and was more attracted to [[The Lancer|Gooseman]]. Then, Doc turned on the charm...made contact with an alien computer that was protecting the planet, [[Took a Level
* Notably played with and then averted in ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'' between Irma and Martin. Early on it seems to be setting up to invoke this trope, as Martin is smitten and Irma rebukes him at every turn. She eventually (and reluctantly, as it was neccesary for a [[It Makes Sense in Context|distraction]]) goes on one date with him and is miserable the whole way through. Later though she is visibly jealous when he is interested in someone else. By the end of the series, she's the only main character ''not'' in a relationship and her and Martin have settled into a mutual quasi love/hate friendship.
* Octus and Kimmy from ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]'', where the redheaded cheerleader falls for the nerd [[Robosexual|who is actually a robot]].
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