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The closest [[Distaff Counterpart]] would probably be [[Girl Next Door]].
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Not to be confused with the film of the same name.
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* Steve Rogers (aka [[Captain America]]) pretty much fits the general personality of this trope, although he was a terrible athlete as a child, in large part due to his [[Geek Physique]]. After he got the Super-Soldier Serum, he was able to embody the trope even more. ▼
== Comic Books ==
▲* Steve Rogers (aka [[Captain America (comics)]]) pretty much fits the general personality of this trope, although he was a terrible athlete as a child, in large part due to his [[Geek Physique]]. After he got the Super-Soldier Serum, he was able to embody the trope even more.
== Film ==
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== Literature ==
* [[The Hardy Boys]].
* A pair of [[Kid Detective
* [[Tom Sawyer]] and [[Huckleberry Finn]].
* Jeff and the "four horsemen" in ''[[1632]]''. Lean more toward the geeky variant in this case.
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* Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, from ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''.
* Orel Puppington of ''[[Moral Orel]]'' is a Deconstruction of this.
* Opie Taylor and his pals on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''.
* Cory Matthews of [[Boy Meets World]] is a modern example. He begins by caring about more baseball than anything and seeing his father as Superman.
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* Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.
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* Biff in ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' is this as a kid. As he grows up, not so much.
== Video Games ==
* Ninten from ''[[MOTHER 1]]'' and Ness from ''[[
* Mike Jones, teenaged ace pitcher from ''[[StarTropics]]''. His All-American-
== Western Animation ==
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