Whoever said the skimpy outfits are an example of {{Reality is Unrealistic}} lives in a more sane Reality than this troper. My high school had an insanely strict dress code. Every morning we raised our arms and if ''any'' midriff could be seen, we had to put on a baggy t-shirt that said "Tomorrow I Will Dress For Success" that had been worn by many people before. Skirts were measured with rulers. At least a few people got detention for violations everyday. Except the cheerleaders. Their tops showed their entire midriffs and skirt hems were at least 3 inches higher than the dress code. Moral of the story: underage girls are allowed to be sexy as long as they're being sexy ''Implications}} the way the administration tells them to be''.

This troper is a cheerleader in the USA, and ever since then guys have been paying attention to her. Guys walk up to her mentioning they take a class with her for no reason and flirt. BTW, yes, this troper likes a football player.

Averted 100% with this troper. He cannot for the life of him stand the brainless Libby types, and is particularly turned off if they're obsessed with making themselves look skinny as a twig and putting on hordes of makeup. I like my ladies mature, competent, and sensible, thank you very much.

So if they're cheerleaders they're Brainless libbies? LOLWUT

What if they are mature, but they just put up with the uniforms because they really enjoy cheerleading as a physical activity?

This troper prefers librarian types. If they happen to be yandere meganekko otakus, all the better.

Completely averted in this female English tropers high school. We had a cheerleading club once, but barely anyone went, and I got laughed at every time I came in late after lunch because of the club. Because cheerleading's not really something the British do, no one wanted to go near it. Averted even more in that I physically look a bit cheerleaderish; slim (not really skinny), with long wavy blonde hair and blue eyes. I avert the image by being a librarian. No one at school has ever asked me out.

This Troper has seen a female version of the trope.

You mean lesbians, or a guy joining the cheer squad and becoming wanted by the girls?

Both.

At This troper's high school, most of the cheerleaders aren't that hot (and try to hard to look so), and the ones that are pretty much all not very nice, to put it delicately, and are universally hated.

That sums up Alma mater as well, although there was one exception. I was friends with her and she was a cloud cuckoolander, on the Aca-dec team...

This tropette has this happening in her middle school. Even in sixth grade, the year where girls can't even get ON the cheer squad!

In high school, this troper and his band performed a song about cheerleaders in front of the school, and were subsequently kissed by several members of the cheerleading squad.

Averted with this troper. Mr Popular apparently prefers complete nerds to cheerleaders....

Played with at this tropers band camp. The director was talking about his family, and how everyone is connected to band. One of the other students asked about his wife. "Well," he says, "She was a cheerleader." Cue: "Whoa, mama!" from a trumpet. HilarityEnsues.

Somewhat in effect at This Troper's school. There's a group of pseudo-Libby types, and most guys have their eye on at least one. This Troper really cannot see the appeal. At all.

Cheerleaders are people too, of all different personalities and likes and passions. Some happen to like nerds and geeks very much, like me. Admittedly, it was a short affair, but we are still good friends and I still think fondly of her rather dry wit (She now studies law. Is that a Subversion?)

This troper believes that stereotyping people is a terrible way to decide if you want someone. He would much rather get to know someone based on their personality first.

This Tropette has a friend Talia who wants to be on the cheer squad (unless she's insulted, she's sweet as can be, by the way), and practically every boy at her school has a crush on her. She has a boyfriend, though.

Somewhat justified at my high school- most of the cheerleaders were fairly nice. The Libbies wouldn't do anything that might make them sweat, and most of our squads used serious gymnastics.

This Troper does not understand the appeal of cheerleaders; it must be an American thing.

This trope is completely nonexistent at this troper's high school. The cheer squad was considered kind of a joke, and has since sorta...fizzled. One of this troper's best friends (who is, like this troper, a nerd) has been dating one of the cheerleaders almost continuously for about 2 years now (the cheerleader in question is also this troper's friend -- she's quite nice, and only a tiny bit of a DumbBlonde). None of the cheerleaders are at all Libby--ish or exceptionally sought-after.

Back when this troper lived in US, the hottest girls in high school were either cheerleaders or volleyball players. In former's case, there were some smoking hot girls, and average intelligence actually seemed pretty normal. I honestly expected more skimpier clothings like I saw in TV.

This troper's first high school had a very, very small cheerleading team with only one girl on it who was relatively attractive that I remember. Mind you, being attractive doesn't mean I'm going to be attracted; I have different standards. Subverted, though, because despite being traditionally attractive she didn't seem to have that many guys going for her. And she wasn't even a Libby, she was a genuinely nice--if dull--girl. I helped her and her much less attractive friend with their homework on more than one occasion.