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This can also stem from the idea that [[Nerds Are Virgins]] doesn't apply to moderate or light nerds. The more nerdy you are, the more [[You Need to Get Laid]].
In [[Real Life]], this can lead to [[Broken Base
A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Everyone Has Standards]].
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{{examples|References to Nerd Standards:}}
== Comics ==
* In [[The Simpsons (Comic Book)|
* Even the [[Legion of Super-Heroes (comics)|
== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[Welcome to The Dollhouse]]'': Dawn [[Embarrassing Nickname|"Weiner Dog"]] Weiner sees some kids beat up some nerdy kid. She goes over to him, asking if he's okay. His response: "Get away from me, Weiner Dog!"
* In ''[[Shrek]] the Third'', even the school nerds pick on class loser Arthur.
* ''[[Ted (film)|
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[Berserk Abridged]]'', Guts, who is a [[Final Fantasy VII|Zack]] [[Cosplay
* A common joke in ''[[Sci Fi Debris]]'' reviews.
* [[The Nostalgia Chick]], who portrays herself as an obsessively geeky shut-in, delights in mocking squealing fangirls and people who write bad fanfiction.
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* The ''[[Cracked.com]]'' series ''[[After Hours (web animation)|After Hours]]'' is entirely about four geeks who sit around a diner discussing pop culture as [[Serious Business]]. Nevertheless one of them, Daniel O'Brien, is even geekier than the others and tends to get a lot of looks of mixed confusion/scorn/pity when he says something particularly nerdy. It's [[Self-Deprecation]], of course, Dan is the show's writer.
* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oem60yvtUY Atari Sports] episode, the nerd calls out on sport fans.
** He also appeared never wanting to play {{spoiler| ET: The Extraterrestrial – Atari Game}} as seen as the end of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9GM-a7lR0 Spielberg Games]. This was before a team of research [[Hilarious in Hindsight|
* In the web video series called ''Doppelgänger'', Victor isn’t allowed to join a clique of nerds.
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** In the early season, Tucker himself hates being called a "nerd" and "Techno-Geek". In one episode, he has gotten sick of it, but by the end he started to [[Proud to Be a Geek|like being a "Techno-Geek"]].
* In the ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' episode "Canned", Rocko passes two comic book geeks, one of which is gushing about how [[Perverse Sexual Lust|he thinks the "elf wenches" in his favorite fantasy comic are way hotter than real women]]. The other geek responds "Wow... you're an ''idiot.''"
* ''[[Total Drama]]'' [[Inverted Trope|inverts]]
* In ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'', there's a flashback to [[Everyone Went to School Together|everyone's]] high school days, and we find out that {{spoiler|even Pete Puma and Marvin Martian, established losers in this particular continuity, refused to sit with Daffy}}.
* ''[[Static Shock]]'': Nerds even attacked Eddie Felson, known as Weird Eddie, who would later become the villain, Speedwarp.
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