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A [[Sickly Neurotic Geek]] is also likely to use an inhaler. Compare [[Geek Physiques]].
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== Film ==
* Mikey in ''[[
** On the other hand, the novelization notes (in what is almost certainly material cut from the original screenplay) that next to the skeleton of the fearsome pirate One-Eyed Willy is a primitive inhaler, suggesting one can both have asthma ''and'' be badass.
* Averted by Wheezy Joe in ''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]'', [[Handicapped Badass|a killer for hire with athsma]] whose [[Vader Breath]] is heard whenever he's onscreen. {{spoiler|He dies when he accidentally puts his gun insead of his inhaler in his mouth during the confused fight between him and the attorneys and pulls the trigger.}}
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* Piggy from ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'', whose asthma is one of many signs that he's the smart, nerdy one of the survivors.
* Played with in [[The Republic Of Trees]]. Louis has asthma. Although he certainly doesn't look like a nerd, he is the idealist responsible for the group's "revolution" and, at least initially, the brain of the operation {{spoiler|it is also a symbol of his poor grip on reality - he wants to create a perfect society but he has no way of getting new inhaler in the forest. As the result, his health gradually deteriorates, finally causing him to go badly sick and be declared "unfit to rule" at the worst possible moment }}
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* Eddie in [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[IT]]'' uses an inhaler.
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* Leonard in ''[[
* ''[[
* Subverted in ''[[
* On ''[[Burn Notice]]'', Michael will occasionally get people to let their guards down by pretending to be a nerdy wimp, and he uses an inhaler to really sell the illusion.
* Sammy in ''[[Dance Academy]]''.
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== Music ==
* In Joe Iconis' song "Nerd Love", one of the things that gets the singer (who has a fetish for nerdy girls) hot is when the girl uses her inhaler.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Averted with Scott Shelby from ''[[
* Averted with Ninten from ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Millhouse from ''[[The Simpsons (
** In one episode, when Bart is given a load of medical treatments that make him look like a geek, the inhaler actually gives him a [[Jerry Lewis]] [[Oh God,
* In the ''[[
* Carl [[Meaningful Name|Wheezer]] from '[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
* Snot on ''[[
* Samson from ''[[Camp Lazlo]].'' He even calls it his "Asthma Buddy."
* Gordon from ''[[
* One episode of ''[[Arthur (
* In an episode of ''[[El Tigre]]'', a group of three nerds each use an inhaler after seeing Manny transform into a superhero.
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