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{{quote|''"Don't let her complete and total hotness fool you! She would much rather be reading than go to some party!"''|'''[[The Agony Booth]]''': ''[http://agonybooth.com/recaps/High_School_Musical_2006.aspx High School Musical]''}}

* [[Emma Watson]] playing Hermione Granger in the ''[[Harry Potter]] (film)|''Harry [[Film ofPotter'' the Bookfilms]]?! To be fair, Hermione was never really portrayed in the books as unattractive, just not all that concerned with her imageappearance, at least not to the extent that the other girls were. In fact, when Hermione actually tries to be pretty, such as during the Yule Ball in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Goblet of Fire]]'', both Ron and Harry wonder who this beautiful girl is and what she has done with Hermione. Still, she started out as buck-toothed, with bushy hair. Her teeth were fixed after a mis-aimed spell, and her hair is too much trouble to deal with except for special occasions. Emma Watson was cast at the age of nine, at which point she was cute for a little girl. It's not really the film's fault that nobody was able to predict that puberty would turn her into a stunningly attractive young woman.

** The part of Severus Snape, played by [[Alan Rickman]], also suffers. In the books, Snape is supposed to be a greasy, unpleasant, hook-nosed recluse who spends most of his time in a lightless dungeon. He is often compared (unfavorably) to a bat, and it is revealed that in his childhood he was beaten up and picked on near constantly for his unwashed hair and ugliness. Alan Rickman can't help being a gorgeous man. This is only slightly helped by the fact that Snape is supposed to be in his late thirties and Alan Rickman was well over 60 at the time. [[J. K. Rowling|JKR]] herself chose Alan Rickman for the role of Snape. Also this was after first choice [[Tim Roth]] turned it down.

* Phillip from ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' is effectively a walking computer with very poor interpersonal and social skills, since he spent most of his youth in a lab. Most of his "nerdiness" seems to come from the unusual and somewhat effeminate clothing he wears, though that could be seen as an endearing quirk by some, and it certainly doesn't stop one of his partner's high school-age informants from developing a huge crush on him. He's also played by newcomer actor Masaki Suda, who looks like [https://web.archive.org/web/20131102210022/http://ameblo.jp/suda-masaki/ this].

* The title character in ''[[DoctorDr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog]]'' is a nerdy [[Mad Scientist|mad]] - well, he's just a little miffed, really - [[Mad Scientist|scientist]] played by [[Neil Patrick Harris]]. Arguably a subversion—like every other trope in the thing—since it's implied that Billy actually is considered attractive and likable in-universe (at least to Penny); it's instead his extreme shyness and insecurity that's the real problem.