Lovable Jock: Difference between revisions

* Turk from ''[[Scrubs]]'' is said to have been this in high school.

* Harvey from ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''. His friends on the football team also seem nice enough.

* Several examples from ''[[Glee]]'' including Finn, Mike, Sam, Artie ([[MST3K Mantra|who is in a wheelchair]]), and Puck (after some [[Character Development]]).

* Booth from ''[[Bones]]'' is an former jock version.

** Taken further by Matt explicitly being stated as more of an art kid than a quarterback, he just happens to have the brains to back himself up on the field.

* Todd from ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'', despite dating shallow and vapid Cindy Sanders and being Sam's unaware rival, is a super nice guy who thinks Sam is cool and doesn't try to battle Him for Cindy.

* ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' has Shun Daimonji, the school's star quarterback. He starts off as a [[Jerk Jock]] taken to such an extreme that he even interferes with Fourze defeating the [[Monster of the Week]] because of a grudge with the titular Kamen Rider. Later, though, he owns up to his [[Freudian Excuse]] (a controlling, perfectionist father) and works toward becoming a better person. He even joins the Kamen Rider Club, and assists Fourze in battle by piloting the [[Mini-Mecha|Power Dizer]].

* [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Jason Lee Scott]] is into martial arts rather than playing for the Angel Grove High sports teams, but he otherwise fits this trope. His outgoing, athletic nature makes him a natural leader of the Power Rangers, and he functions as a [[Big Brother Mentor]] to geeky Billy Cranston, building Billy's self-confidence by teaching him martial arts.

* Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb from ''[[Chuck]]''.

 

== Video Games ==

 

* Daisuke and Kou from ''[[Persona 4]]''. They're dubbed the "Fellow Athletes", and they're outgoing, friendly people.

* Roy from ''[[Harvest Moon]]: Animal Parade''. Roy is a fun, outgoing jockey (i.e., the literal sort of jock as in he likes riding animals) and is fun-loving.

== Western Animation ==

 

* Kevin from ''[[Daria]]'' fills the "too dumb to be spiteful" role.

* Vince from ''[[Recess]]''

* Brick from ''[[Kim Possible]].''

* DJ and Tyler from ''[[Total Drama]].''

* Kwan from ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', though this was more of a case of [[Characterization Marches On]] since in his first few appearances, he was a bit of a [[Jerkass]], albeit one pushed into being one by his peers.

 

==== Female examples: ====

== Anime and Manga ==

* Natsuki Hayami from [[Amakusa 1637]] was this, the [[Kendo Team Captain]] ''and'' the [[Student Council President]] before the [[Time Travel]] action took place.

* The cheerleaders from [[Mahou Sensei Negima]]: Misa Kakizaki, Sakurako Shiina and Madoka Kugimiya.

 

== Film ==

 

* The jock girls in ''[[Mean Girls]]''. {{spoiler|Regina joins them}} at the end.

* A few of the cheerleaders in ''[[Bring It On]]''.

* The leads (and other teammates) from ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]''.

 

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Buffy herself might count, as she was a cheerleader in her last school and she attempts to join them again. Back in her old school she just appeared to be a bit ditzy as opposed to actually mean.

* In ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' Valerie joins the second string cheerleader squad.

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

== Video Games ==

 

* Lucy from ''[[Harvest Moon]]: Animal Parade'' loves a number of sports, including running and dance, and she's also very friendly. Bonus points: Both her and Roy are small children; about six years old. [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome|Sort of]].

 

 

* ''[[Kim Possible]]'': Kim herself is a cheerleader.

 

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