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Welcome, viewers, to ''Nerd Hunter''.
[[Geek|Geeks]] and [[Nerds]] are odd creatures; their eyes always reflect the pale glow of computer monitors, and their [[Even Nerds Have Standards|social hierarchy and organizations]] have puzzled anthropologists for decades.
Today we will examine one particular peculiar oddity; when choosing a mate, the wild Nerd and Geek are not as impressed with physical features, but with spectacular displays of [[The Smart Guy|intelligence]] and [[Nerds Are Sexy|geeky knowledge]] in potential mates. Unlike in the wild, when Hollywood casts non-geeks in the role of potential mates, said potential mates will be at worst [[Hollywood Homely]]; in written fiction they are likely [[Suetiful All Along]].
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* The Witches Five in ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'':
** Sousuke tends to get ''very'' happy and enthusiastic whenever he engages in conversation with anyone who's as enthusiastic about [[Humongous Mecha]] and battle tactics as he is. The fastest way to gain friendship with him is to be able to speak on equal terms as him.
** On the other hand, Nami is ''definitely'' shown to be this way with him. When he first surprises her and starts talking Arm Slave jargon, her overwhelmed reaction pretty much equates to "What a man."
* The first ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' Drama CD shows that, back in high school, Kotetsu Kaburagi and Tomoe Amamiya (the future Mrs. Kaburagi) were rather antagonistic towards each other... until she saw him trying to come up with a superhero name for himself.
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'''Peter''': Well, I'm sure it won't be the last time. }}
** The Ultimate version of Mary-Jane Watson. Which, considering her mainstream counterpart is a cheery, party-girl/glamour model, is a bit of a surprise. And of course, [[Heroes Want Redheads|she's a redhead]].
** Mainstream MJ presents us with something of a one-sided varient. While there's no character A says x geeky thing and character B says y geeky thing, it's was pretty clear that during their marriage to each other MJ considered Peter's science talks a turn on. [Insert obligory griping about [[One More Day]] ruining everything here].
* This trope explains about 50% of the interaction between Oracle and Blue Beetle in ''[[Birds of Prey]]''. At least from Ted's side, anyway.
* In ''[[Watchmen]]'':
** Silk Spectre is turned on by the Nite Owl when he goes in-depth about his ship, his costume, his gadgets...
** Dan himself being turned on by wearing/seeing Lauri in the tights may count as well.
** Of course if we go down that road we may have to face that Hooded Justice, the original superhero who started it all, did it because he liked to beat up people. [[Alan Moore|LIKED liked]].
* Done ''very'' poorly in a [[Friday the 13th|Jason X]] comic series. Where after two lovers stumble upon a crater left by what seemed like a meteorite, the woman says "science makes me ''horny''." The two promptly begin having sex right there as the guy starts spouting out scientific equations.
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== Film ==
* One of the factors in Doc Brown falling in love with Clara in ''[[Back to The Future]] Part III'' is a shared interest in the works of [[Jules Verne]], the prototype for [[Science Fiction]] as we know it.
* One of the reasons Denys fell so hard for Karen Blixen in ''[[Out of Africa]]'' was her ability to tell stories... really, really good stories.
* Mikaela in the live-action ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' films manages to make both Sam and Leo fall for her with her detailed knowledge of cars and engineering. But then, that pales in comparison to her other assets.
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== Literature ==
* Early on in Jim Butcher's ''[[The Dresden Files|White Night]]'', Murphy quotes ''[[Monty Python and
{{quote|Harry: And you're really turning me on with the Monty Python reference, Murph.}}
* Admiral Alexander didn't realize his feelings for [[Honor Harrington]] until she embarked on a passionate defense of new weapons systems proposed by her on a board headed by his archrival.
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* If any readers had the slightest doubt whether or not [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] and Harriet Vane were made for each other, it was dispelled the minute they started quoting the classics at each other; the only person who didn't catch on immediately was Harriet.
* In ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', Feanor's wife Nerdanel. Considered 'not the fairest among her people', the Noldor widely wondered what the canonically gorgeous king's son and prodigious [[Renaissance Man|polymath]] wanted with her, but Nerdanel became widely renowned for her wisdom, being the only one who could 'restrain Feanor' in the beginning. She also was a skilled sculptress, whose more abstract works escaped comprehension. Both of these things perhaps comprise an acceptable example of elven geekdom.
** ..."''[[Meaningful Name|Nerd]]''[[Punny Name|anel]]"...?
* According to comic-esque novel, ''The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian'' by Sherman Alexei, the main character's new nerdy friend gets metaphorical boners from books.
* Scherarzade in [[Arabian Nights]] won the heart of a psychopathic tyrant-and cured him of his psychopathy-by telling hundreds of stories while [[Talking in Bed|making love.]]
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** He said he had a Level 75 Mage [[Blatant Lies|before it was even possible to]] [[Geeky Turn On|do such a thing]].
*** Well, it ''is'' [[Fridge Brilliance|a Science-Fiction series]] after all.
* ''[[Step by Step]]'':
** The geeky child and his date have the geek version of [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Going back and forth trying to stump each other with increasingly difficult trivia questions turns into a make-out session.
** Another example might be JT falling for [[Tomboyish Name|Sam]] because of her [[Wrench Wench|skills as a mechanic]]. [[Viewers Are Goldfish|Now where have I heard]] ''[[Viewers Are Goldfish|that]]'' [[Viewers Are Goldfish|before]]?
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* In ''[[The Middleman]]'', Wendy Watson and her boyfriend find an ultra-rare, frequently banned video game. $17 worth of quarters and a victory later, they can't keep their hands off each other.
* On ''[[Veronica Mars]]'':
** Mac and Max get into an "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" conversation about whether Mac can take down Max's term-paper-selling website. Logan picks up on the subtext and wonders if he could sell tickets for this "hot nerd-on-nerd action."
** When Mac sees the supercomputer, she remarks "Hello, lover!"
* On ''[[Chuck]]'', the title character and his girlfriend Jill turn each other on by communicating a time for a meeting through a chemistry-based code to avoid surveillance.
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* In the last episode of season 5 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Anya comes up with some very helpful suggestions to win the day. Xander's worshipful comment of how hot smart girls are prompts [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] (now gay) Willow to remark somewhat wistfully, "You couldn't have figured that out in tenth grade?"
* On ''[[Angel]]'':
** Wesley responds to Fred's description of a demon's life cycle ("A Hole in the World") with "Are you trying to turn me on?"
** While Willow just briskly explains that she's seeing someone already, to Fred's bewilderment.
** Cordelia's taste in men is wide-ranging. She's been turned on by financial analysis, Xander's goofy wit, and pretty much everything Wesley said before their disastrous first kiss.
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'''McGee:''' That’s er, er, a nickname for a bundle of receptors in the firewall. That regulates the flow of energy throughout the system. See when stimulated correctly it sends waves and waves of rhythmic pulses ''(Gibbs can't even look at McGee at this point)'' waves, waves that er that hypercrank the er transfer speed, er, that digitised infor- Abby? }}
* Obligatory ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' example: Kirk falls for Edith Keeler ("City on the Edge of Forever") not when he sees how pretty she is (and this is Joan Collins, after all) but when he hears her enthusiastically discussing the possibilities of space travel and atomic energy. {{spoiler|And then [[Ho Yay|Spock gets very very jealous]].}}
* From ''[[Castle]]'':
** "Vampire Weekend". They're investigating the murder of a comic artist.
{{quote|'''Castle''': He was good. His stuff reminds me of early [[Frank Miller]].
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'''Beckett''': You should hear me say [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|"fallacious."]] }}
* In ''[[Dollhouse]]'', both Topher and Bennett end up essentially [[Squee|Squeeing]] over each other's technological knowledge and aptitude.
** Not to mention [[It Makes Sense in Context|both Tophers']] reaction to her wearing glasses on a chain.
* In ''[[Top Gear]]'', pretty much whenever James May talks about physics, like during the Winter Olympics where he explained gravity is pretty much a constant around the world. It gets flung right back at him when, during a challenge, he drives a group of people home from the pub and talked shop with the woman who owned the car. (She knew more about the car than he did.)
* In the ''[[iCarly]]'' episode "iSaved Your Life", Carly tells Freddie that his computer talk is geeky and cute at the same time, leading to her coining the combination word 'cukey'.
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== Music ==
* The song ''Conventional Lover'' by Speck, describing a romantic date in geek terms. And no, "conventional" here does ''not'' mean "stereotypical." It means...well, if you don't know, you're probably on the wrong trope.
* At the end of one concert performance of "In A Little While", after showing footage of the space station, Bono sings "Space travel turns me on." several times.
* The song ''Geeks in Love'' by [[Lemon Demon]] is completely about this trope.
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== Western Animation ==
* The ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" combines this with an [[Insult Backfire]]. The Central Bureaucracy inspector Morgan Proctor finds out that Fry is a slob, and in her own words...
{{quote|'''Morgan:''' Admit it, Fry: You're a slob. [She kisses him.] A dirty, filthy slob. [She kisses him again.] Dirty boy! Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!
'''Fry:''' What the hell's going on? I thought you were anti-dirty, not pro-dirty.
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'''Lisa:''' "Pertaining to a process involving a randomly-determined sequence of observations". [they make out] }}
* The same thing happens in an ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' episode, but this time within a (perhaps slightly) [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]].
* On ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama Action]]'', [[Sassy Black Woman|Leshawna]] seems to secretly enjoy watching her nerdy love interest, Harold, practice his weird yo-yo tricks. [[Ship Tease|As does]] [[Alpha Bitch|Heather]].
* In an episode of ''[[Totally Spies]]'', Alex falls hard for a TV character, but then is crushed when she discovers that he is a computer-animated virtual character. However, she immediately falls for the computer programmer who created the character.
* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', whenever Maddie Fenton kicks some ghost butt, husband Jack will say, "Man, that's hot!"
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* Particulates: [http://www.particulatescomics.com/index.php?i=57 "Sorry, I just got the biggest boner of my life right as I was swallowing my drink. It kind of caught me off guard."]
* Repeatedly occurs in ''[[Girl Genius]]''. It seems that the best way to impress Agatha (or any Spark) is with a fully-equipped workshop. Not a euphemism.
** Or [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100906 a project they can really sink their teeth into]. Again, not a euphemism.
* ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1318#comic mocks the concept].
* In ''[[Something Positive]],'' Tamara had an intrauterine device installed after a pregnancy scare. Her boyfriend Mike had been sort of hoping she ''was'' pregnant and got disappointed...until she pointed out she was technically a cyborg now, which perked him up a bit.
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