This Troper's girlfriend would set the whole school on fire. She dresses normally with jeans, and a sweatshirt, but yeah she's damn smart. There were a ''load'' of Gaze}} guys in my math class looking enticingly at her "places". Let's not get into the time she wore {{Zettai Ryouiki}}...

Summed up for this troper with "...and you're a finance major?" Pushed the meeting from "nice to meet you" squarely into "marry me and have an army of babies with me" territory.

Sorry but this would probably fit better in a "money is sexy" trope.

This troper's boyfriend loves that she is a nerd! From Yu-Gi-Oh to the Team Fortress 2... and ignoring the World of Warcraft addiction... he doesn't mind it. As well as the perverted way she is. That's more points.

The guy in question has gotten her into Warhammer 40k.

This Troper averted(or played straight depending on how you see it) with this troper. I consider myself a nerd and rather unattractive but according to my GF I am not a nerd at all, at least not in appearance. So...I'm not sure what I am.

This bisexual troper will just die for nerdy girls or guys. Throw in the NerdGlasses = *swoon*

This Troper already has a crush on plenty of puppets, but I never expected to have a crush on ''Brains''... I think he has nice eyes... and that nerdy smile... It's nerds like him that justify T-shirts!

Nerds ''are'' sexy. Nuff' said.

This Troper refuses to even consider the idea of dating anyone who isn't SOME sort of nerd.

Seconded, all my past boyfriends or crushes have been on the nerdy side :)

This troper's boyfriend. Two bachelor's degrees, works for ITT, plays (and introduced me to the wonders of) [=RPG=]s, and reads Aristotle and Plato in his spare time. He's even got the glasses... I am a lucky girl. ^.^

I think I'm on the receiving end of this. Too bad she's taken, 'cause I like her too.

Based on some girls responses to me (a certifiable nerd. I'd show you proof, but 400 Gb of sci-fi random facts don't fit very well on a wiki page), I'd have to say this is true. Besides the fact that I can look cool, or nerdy almost at will.

This troper couldn't imagine dating someone who isn't a nerd. And literally CAN'T date someone who doesn't appreciate a nerd. I was literally once substantially more attracted to someone (who I thought was pretty cool anyway) when I found out they liked Camus's "The Rebel" and StarTrek. I also literally heard two of my friends have an absolute squeal fest (in joking, of course) over shipping in the Trek fandom. Hottest thing I ever saw.

I might be. Or I might ''have been''. (Then again, I'm not sure whether it was 'cos I was a nerd, or other reasons.)

What can I say? Intelligence is sexy.

This female troper has really only dated nerds, and finds them extremely sexy and/or adorable. She is also currently single(as of this edit, anyway) ;).

*Freshens breath* Did you say "only nerds?"

Quite a few of This Troper's female friends are this. None of them realize it.

This troper has given up trying to be cool and focuses on this trope, particularly because of a tendency to babble on about random facts and have tangential arguments with himself.

This troper is cursed by this trope and seems to only be attracted to guys more interested in Halo than sex.

In what way is that a bad thing?

(Not the original poster, but...) In the sense that the whole thing about women not liking sex is a total ludicrous myth and if you are turned on by nerds you will presumably want to act on your attraction which is kind of impossible if he keeps shrugging you off to go play a game you find to be horribly overrated? Seriously, sharing a common interest in video games is great, but not if the other person would rather game than touch you.

Wait so...they're nerds and...they don't want to have sex? Either they're gay or they don't find you attractive because the scenario you presented makes absolutely no sense. Do they know you want to sleep with them?

She (presumably a "she") said that they are more interested in Halo than sex. Not that they don't want to have sex at all.

Or they're asexual. This (straight male) Troper would rather play Halo or StarCraft II than have sex if he could find a good person to play multiplayer with.

Seconded. Ye shall not underestimate the power of a good gaming partner.

This (female) Troper could genuinely not care less what a guy looks like, but if he's nice and has an encyclopedic knowledge of sci-fi trivia then she will {{squee}}, {{glomp}} and ask for his hand in geeky marriage.

If you meet your geeky match, don't beat around the bush, just TALK to him! Us geeky guys sometimes have trouble making that first move, so don't wait around for him to gather the nerve!

This troper had a huge crush on her math teacher...

This troper's boyfriend is tall (6 feet!), insanely smart, awkward, plays guitar, plays Black Ops (I'm only mentioning this because I'm a COD junkie myself), and a good kisser. I consider myself pretty damn lucky. And I'd also like to admit, right here, that I would never dated a /non/-nerd in my life.

...Lucky.

Let me set the scene for you: take a hot, blond young woman. Now have her at an anime convention dressed up like a playboy bunny if you replace "bunny" with a certain pokemon. Proceed to drool, my fellow men. Now add a pre-existing boyfriend to the mental image. Proceed to spit obscenities into your sleeves, my fellow men.

Sounds like not just men...

This troper has a group of friends and one nerd friend in that group. Most of the guys have girlfriends. Guess who was the only one who's ever gotten a serious offer to get laid? (He turned it down.)

This troper's boyfriend has glasses. He also likes Futurama, Dr. Horrible and MST3K, among other things. Hehehe.

ThisTroper wouldn't even ''consider'' a guy unless he was extremely nerdy. The guy could look like the elephant man but as long as he is sweet, has a nice personality and is geeky as hell this female troper '''is sold.'''

May we initiate contact?

This Troper consistently falls for geeks that are either too socially awkward to make the first move, or don't even realize that she's into them. Unfortunately, this troper is also desperately geeky and socially awkward, so nothing ever happens because neither of us can ever make a first move.

This troper (as well as a majority of the females in her social circle) was completely in love with her best guy friend. Why? They got into a heated argument over which Star Trek was best. Unfortunately, he was the "chubby, goofy kid" in junior high, and never shook the self-image, even after he grew into a brilliant, seemingly confident, and gorgeous young man...so he thought all the attention was a set-up for humiliation.

Keep telling him until it sinks in. We geeks do have a learning curve.

This Troper's biggest turn-off is an empty head. I would take a a girl has a decent face and physique with a love of learning over a ditzy swimsuit model any day.

Oh god, I'm sleep-troping! That's the only explanation for not remembering posting this. Either that or cloning... Are you a clone?

Same here. Led to a rather interesting conversation when my non-geek flatmates were talking about how hot and sexy various lingerie models were. When asked who I thought was the hottest out there, I immediately started talking about this one ridiculouslly hot Belarus cosplayer I once met.

When asked by a cow-orker what I look for in a woman, I responded, "Intelligence." She seemed disappointed.

This female troper has never dated a non-geek (and only partly because of similar interests), but that's not what she wants to talk about right now. Right now, she wants to talk about a fellow she knows, who all at once is a CS major, a massive anime and video game nerd, and quite handsome, even by normal people standards. It's unfortunate that he has a tendency to be a misogynist {{Jerkass}}.

This troper's boyfriend. Handsome, physically fit and given to carrying a small library of roleplaying manuals around with him wherever he goes.

This troper knew a girl in one of her classes - she wore glasses, was fluent in three languages other than English, was incredibly shy, and was a complete history nerd and wrote amazing stories. Said troper had a crush on her the entire year, and is getting butterflies just thinking about her. *fans self*

This troper's ''dad'' admitted to having a thing for smart girls with glasses. This troper also has a thing for smart people with glasses.

This Troper won't go out with anyone who isn't a nerd. Ever.

This troper has such a thing for animated/video game guys who wear glasses. My top two favorites are Roark and Otacon, uuunnnnnf.

This Troper agrees.

Once, this troper put on a red mining helmet and was told he looked just like Roark. Ahh, if only this weren't the Internet.

My boyfriend has a JamesJoyce obsession, mild haemophilia, asthma, glasses, and a love of ''Magic: The Gathering''. Yes, he's also quite attractive.

Uncertain example: This English troper, who's more interested in Warhammer40000, NeilGaiman books and {{Firefly}} than pursuing relationships with the opposite sex. He was also told by his decidedly not-geeky girlfriend at the time in his last year of high school that he was "really cute". As in, immature way of saying handsome cute. I'm not sure whether it was useless flattery or an honest view, but her friends seemed to agree. I think the three of them are fucking crazy, in retrospect, though.

Same troper again, back a year later and now in college! I now add that this troper would not be so interested in the girl he currently likes if she wasn't as into AlanMoore, JossWhedon, NeilGaiman and AmandaPalmer as must as he was. And now that I've phrased it like that, it sounds really shallow. ._.

This Troper ''exists'' because of NerdsAreSexy. Both of my parents are very smart, and were attracted to each other because of it.

This seems to be why a lot of guys tend to like me. Has (very rarely) led to the opposite effect a few times when I proved capable of outgeeking them in Marvel trivia. For some reason, outgeeking/outnerding them in non-fandom subjects (history, languages, psychology, breeds of cats and their historical relationship with humans, etc.) is fine.

I am, essentially, a nerd and gamer geek in one. I know almost everything (no joke) on the subject of video games, and the Internet memes and fads and sites and popular things. My IRL friends list exceeds sixty and I've had a few girls fall for me from time to time (1 year anniversary on Aug 25, can I get a'' "Whaaaat"?'')

My "perfect girl" is a) pretty, in a HotAmazon kind of way b) Tomboyish, but nice c) Very, very nerdy. Guess which one is top-priority?

Sounds wonderful.

Sounds like me.

At this troper's school, a good third of the "nerd" girls are drop-dead gorgeous. Another third are not super-hot, but still attractive. This troper likes intelligence as well as looks- jackpot.

This (male) troper is excited that there are so many nerdy girls out there, but settled for a lazy, unattractive, non-nerdy girl who wants kids, 2 years going and I'm slowly converting her, doesn't stop the other faults.

Are you trying to be funny or just a JerkAss?

Yeah, seconded. That's not a nice way to speak of your significant other at all.

This {{Meganekko}} female troper alternates wearing glasses and contacts depending on how tired she is that day. She's noticed that she definitely gets hit on much more often when she wears her NerdGlasses. (Usually by distinctly non-nerdy men, though, nerds rarely approach her - and she's got a few theories about why that is.)

So men do make passes at girls who wear glasses.

This male troper has admittedly higher standards regarding intelligence and geekery than in looks. He's also falling for geeky and nice looking girl.

This troper had weird crushes on Elvis Costello, Fred Schneider (but only throughout 1983), and Thomas Dolby as a kid/young teen. Know why? The glasses. The freaking NerdGlasses! What? I was a strange little girl who was hopelessly obsessed with New Wave music back then...

Nerd glasses ''are'' rather sexy, so...yeah.

This troper is either a subversion, or the geek guy she likes is just {{Not Distracted by the Sexy}}. *Sigh*

This Troper has glasses, but doesn't wear them very much, plays EveOnline, loves DungeonsAndDragons and FinalFantasy so much that he's marrying the two together in a Final Fantasy based tabletop game, definitely has the geek humor going on, is awkward, shy, and looks like this.

Either subverted or played painfully straight with troper. Several girls he knows all insist that he's hot (personally he can't see it, maybe it's down to being slightly androgynous) but being a nerd, he completely lacks the social skills or personality for good looks to get him anywhere.

This troper and her husband fell for each other because they're both nerds. She was drawn to his red hair, shy demeanor, and encyclopedic knowledge on a breadth of topics, including ''TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''StarWars''. He was in awe of her big {{brown eyes}}, intellectual conversation, and the fact that he'd met a female nerd who was interested in what he had to say. Together they explore museums, Renaissance faires, libraries, and the occasional cemetery (because genealogy is a common interest). She's not sure how sexy they are to ''other'' people, but they definitely qualify as NerdsAreSexy for each other.

This Troper. History, Marvel, speech and debate nerd. Blonde, green eyes, glasses, tall, hourglass figure and busty.

Well, hello there.

More like full of herself.

This is implied to be what my dad thought when he met my mom. And my mom when she met my dad. No wonder why I'm a troper...

This Troper is only attracted to nerds. He couldn't possibly stand being with a person for very long unless they had similar hobbies to him, including Halo, StarCraft, and so on.

There are two ways a guy or girl could win this troper's heart: be an animal-loving vegan, and be as big a nerd as I am.

This troper gets love when he wears his "Talk nerdy to me." shirt around.

This Tropette would gladly "talk nerdy" to anybody with the balls to wear an epic shirt like that.

This troper's social circle all inhabit the far end of the geek scale, and are also fairly exclusively at least 7s. The most notable case is the most crushed-on girl he's ever known - a gorgeous young goth girl. She's a sci-fi/fantasy fan, a huge comicbook geek, a gamer and her cosplay of choice is Death from Sandman. She also acts and Dungeon Master for her brother's Dungeons and Dragons group. '''She's perfect.'''

This troper (straight female) would like to attest that geek/nerd boys are incredibly attractive. Her type is generally as follows: snarky, intelligent, tall, and socially awkward. Oh, and musical, but that's generally a bonus. That tends to describe nerds almost exclusively, and she's perfectly fine with that.

WHY DO THE ONES WHO THINK LIKE YOU NEVER LIVE NEAR ME.

This troper thinks geek guys are really cute.

This troper is a pretty nerdy guy, almost to a T. I'm tall, thin and lanky, kinda pale, wears glasses like the Tenth Doctor's, loves Pokemon, Doctor Who, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged (amongst other interests), and has occasionally been told I'm like a much nicer version of Sheldon. I'm known to quote Doctor Who and rattle off Poke-trivia, and I have an expansive vocabulary that I love to utilize. I couldn't dream of anything better than finding a woman that shares my interests like I do- but alas, I am ultimately a subversion of this trope. Most girls where I'm from care about looks, money, and nice cars, and the few girls I know who ''do'' appreciate the kinds of things I'm into are all taken, and admit that if they weren't they'd be all over me. Tsk.

I feel this way, except it is even worse for me: I have a female friend who is basically the same as me (except, of course, of the opposite gender), but the Westermark Effect means that I'm unable to do anything with her without feeling like I'm trying to commit incest. And my sister is kind of nerdy as well (not on my level, but still noticeably), so I basically know three female nerds (my mother is nerdy as well), but can't do anything, as it would immoral at best and criminal at worst.

This male troper is also of the tall and skinny type, loves sci-fi, comics and is one of the few African Americans I know who prefers metal over R&B. I have used the word 'frak' in real life and can quote movies like Tron and Transformers The Movie by heart. As far back as high school I got crushes on the odd girls or just ones with glasses. Glasses *always* get me. Now if only I could get over that crippling shyness thing....Every time I've met a geek girl she's either already dating, married or just prefers doing anything except dating. *sigh* Still, I prefer to think The One is out there somewhere....

Hmm... I beleive I have just found my male clone..

If you're in your mid-30s and can imitate Optimus Prime's voice, you might be This Troper's clone.

This Troper according to the ladies. Plays Yu-Gi-Oh, World of Warcraft, Pokemon and other console games. Watch and reads a lot of Anime/Manga and attempts to cosplay but lack of black anime guys hurts at times. Martial arts keeps me in great shape and the girls love my afro and glasses. I always stay calm and cool and love to quote Huey Freeman quite a bit.

This troper would probably fall for the first person she could find who loves Thomas Pynchon as much as she does. Sigh.

Why have I never gone out with anyone? Simple answer: my school suffers from a severe nerd shortage. *sighs*

A LOT of my college teachers have this going for them, male and female. Especially my Game Design teacher. Hrrrrgh. Doubled with adorkable because he's usually a little aloof but cracks every so often when he gets excited about something. Tripled with adorable because he has a cute little girl who's apparently inheriting all of his nerdiness. <3

And on that note, this troper finds glasses, skinniness, hardcore geekiness and intelligence ''ridiculously'' sexy. I don't think I'm really quite smart or geeky enough for them though...*pokes fingers together*

This troper dates nerdy girls. Anime, manga, video games, etc. If you're interested....

This troper's current it's-complicated is this - we both qualify (I've been hit on so many times by guys a few years older when I argue an opinion properly) and she's a self-professed anorak with an anime, Vocaloid, Radio Drama and beer obsession (Her favourite beer is a rare Belgium Cherry Beer and she collects the glasses. It's adorable). She's also a writer. *melts*

This is the trope for quite literally every guy I like. Though most of them seem to currently be of the Theater Geek disposition barring a very select few. Possibly myself too. I dunno I'm shy relationship-wise so I've only heard my friend's opinions.

I had to laugh when I recently saw a trailer for ''90210'' in which a character was acting as though something was seriously wrong with her because she had a crush on a nerd. She should see some of the nerds I'm friends with.

This troper has been told be several girls (mostly anime fangirls) that my many StarWars, TeamStarKid, PowerRangers, and HarryPotter references are infinitely sexier than the red hair, blue and gold eyes, and swimmer's body. Wow, I feel like an arrogant SOB just for saying that...

He's not a video game nerd or science geek, but the guy's got some serious musical skill (and nerdy music knowledge) and I can actually talk about things that tend to go way beyond the rest of our peer's level. You have no idea how much it thrilled me to call out a Masonic image at the same time in a film we were watching together. He's also quite the art and literature nerd and seems to be fairly cultured in animation... with glasses to boot. Too bad he's ambiguously gay. I'd marry him in a heartbeat otherwise.

This troper is on the receiving end of this trope: I'm tall, thin (I'm vegetarian), philosophy nerd, Shin Megami Tensei fan, who's 20 and had never kissed a girl. Then I met this girl who developed a crush on me mainly because of my intelligence and eccentricism...By the way, there are 3 guys who like her including her ex, who she broke with when i said i liked her, and attracts lots of male gazes when i'm going out with her. Now I can be my nerdy, awkward self with pride and am here in TvTropes to tell you: Nerds are DAMN sexy...and so are chubby girls. Here are the sections from the main trope page moved here because they are not in-story reactions, ''as the trope requires''. Feel free to add onto them here. and Manga

Ami Mizuno[=/=]Sailor Mercury is consistently rated the most popular character in ''SailorMoon'' by a long shot.

Mamoru Chiba[=/=]Tuxedo Mask is also very popular, and has some decidedly nerdy interests.

Later in the series, Naru and Umino start dating, and it's definitely not because Umino has good looks. It may not hurt that Umino tried to save Naru from a MonsterOfTheWeek once...by dressing up as Tuxedo Mask and throwing tempura shrimp at it. Yeeeeah, didn't work.

Played straight in the manga when Umino takes off his glasses... [[AC:{{Film}}]]

Jesse Eisenberg seems to have made an entire ''career'' out of this trope.

MaggieGyllenhaal in pretty much everything she does, but ''{{Secretary}}'' in particular.

Kind of HilariousInHindsight, at least to some, in the joke rejected MichaelBay script for ''TheDarkKnight'', quoted at the top of the page, the woman is described as "the Hottest woman in the world". Well, they got the Hottest woman in the world. And then they blew her up. We all know how MichaelBay loves his explosions.

Dr. Crane is a psychiatrist from hell who conducts creepy experiments, usually speaks in nerd-ese ("Jungian archetypes" is about as clear as he gets), wears the kind of glasses that Hollywood thinks makes the wearer an enormous nerd, and causes {{fangirl}}s to spontaneously fall into orgasm and take his measurements for leather pants. It helps that he's played by CillianMurphy. [[AC:LiveActionTV]]

''Series/DoctorWho'' as portrayed by David Tennant, known for his Geek Chic suit, tennis sneakers and glasses. He's the first actor to play the role who has so far been popular enough to challenge Tom Baker for the title of ''Best Doctor Ever''.

Arguably Peter Davison's Doctor as well.

Lampshaded in the mini-episode "Time Crash" when the Tennant & Davison Doctors meet. Tennant expresses his admiration for Davison (semi-in character), and gushes that he got the idea for wearing glasses he doesn't need just to look smarter from Davison's incarnation.

Between her science background and her ability to immediately recall the number of lines in a sonnet, Martha Jones is a bit of a geek herself.

MattSmith's Doctor also qualifies. Bowtie and all.

YourMileageMayVary a ''ton'' on that one. Smith's face might be the single biggest BaseBreaker in ''Who'' history.

Mileage or no, tell me this shot isn't the most adorably gorgeous picture of Eleven ''ever''. Jesus Christ, Matt!

"Bowtie and all?" ESPECIALLY the bowtie!

Oh, my god. David freaking Tennant. He was my first celebrity crush, and i have TONS of pitures of him in my room. I even asked for him for my birthday. Sadly, no Tennant. But he's still an adorable, skinny, little, Scottish thing.

''ProjectRunway Season 5''. {{Two Words|ObviousTrope}}: Leanne Marshall.

And to kick it up a notch: Diana Eng from Season Two. Girl actually used the words 'rotating polarity' in a dead serious context on a fashion runway. A guaranteed cute nerd girl first.

Not to mention that when the girl gets liquor in her...she becomes ''Dirty Diana.''

''{{Smallville}}'''s Chloe Sullivan definitely falls under this trope. Also helped by the fact that the main LoveInterest doubles as TheWesley and the actress playing Chloe is ''at worst'' HollywoodHomely.

Seriously, the actress has made it onto one or two "Hottest 100 celebrities," lists. Not bad for a supporting actress on ''{{Smallville}}''.

Not to mention, she's one of the best characters of the entire show (that says something, trust me). She almost became a CanonImmigrant into the comics, but they just couldn't find a way to fit her in there.

Allison Mack also does the voice for Power Girl in the animated Superman/Batman: Public Enemies movie. Hot.

''{{The X-Files}}''. GillianAnderson became the pin-up of choice for straight male (and bisexual/gay female) nerds everywhere. David Duchovny did the same for the ladies and gay/bi men.

In their own words (or Scully's rather), from the episode "War of the Coprophages": "Smart is sexy."

Alton Brown. No, really.

The ''MythBusters''. Kari included especially.

You're not mentioning Grant...

Or Adam Savage for that matter.

Nathan Kress, who plays major tech geek Freddie Benson on ''{{iCarly}}'', is, well... just look at the picture.

No love for Dr. Spencer Reid?

''So'' much love for Dr Reid. This troper's ''mother'' is in love with him, such is his nerdish sexiness.

Well, these ladies seem to agree with your mother.

Okay, so he's a pscho- sorry, high functioning sociopath, but would it be too much to mention a certain Mr Holmes as played by a certain Mr Cumberbatch? Aside from the fact that he's ''very'' pretty, his innate ability to know ''everything'' is a huge GeekyTurnOn for more than a few Cumberbitches. [[AC:VideoGames]]

Nerdy to the core, being both an engineer AND an anime otaku, Otacon of the ''MetalGear'' series is a profoundly woobie fan favorite. He swaps out his glasses for contacts halfway through ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', but since he does so for such an endearingly nerdy reason (a pretty girl told him to!) this doesn't bother many people (it helps that a big part of his character development is swapping the contacts back for glasses). With his glasses on, it should be noted that even his step-sister wants a piece of him.

The Sorrow may be a little creepy, but if The Boss gave birth to his child, he must be one sexy, sexy man.

That depends, are you a fan torture, revolvers, and {{Chronic Backstabbing Disorder}}? Then you'll love Ocelot.

And on that subject, how can we forget the main cast of ''MetalGearSolid 3''? Naked Snake Big Boss) geeks out over guns, food, face paints and uniforms, and cardboard boxes; Para-medic is a ''huge'' movie buff, and is constantly trying to encourage Snake to watch movies; Sigint is obsessed with technology and advanced weapons; and Major Zero loves WorldWarII and JamesBond films, as well as tea.

Dear Gordon, please become real so we can ride off into the sunset solving physics problems and shooting bad guys together. Sincerely, crazed fangirl. P.S. Bring Barney too. [[AC:{{Music}}]]

Lupe Fiasco. Just listen to some of his songs heck, his stage name alone is a dead giveaway.

John Linnell of TheyMightBeGiants, for some.

And John Flansburgh!!! This is made especially evident when you watch clips from early in their career, when Flans was sort of ridiculously buff and didn't wear his glasses for live performances. He actually looks much worse than he does with a little fluff and with those adorkable glasses... heart.

BuddyHolly.

"Nerdy Boys" by Candypants. #QUOTE#Just four little eyes and I'm weak in the knees #QUOTE#I want to live his junior high fantasies #QUOTE#Just one giant brain and I'm his unopened toy #QUOTE#I'm just a sucker for a nerdy boy

TaylorSwift in her role as the nerdy band girl in the video for "You Belong With Me."

The whole band of Ludo. Just...all of them. [[AC:WebComics]]

Florence Ambrose from ''{{Freefall}}'' - so much it '''trascends species.''' [[AC:WebOriginal]]

Marina Orlova, host of the popular YouTube channel [=HotForWords=]. In her videos she explains the etymology behind English words and idioms while exploiting the fact that she's a blonde bombshell for all it's worth. Her videos begin with the tagline "Intelligence is Sexy".

ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. Whether you like hot, geeky girls, cute guys in glasses or just have a taste for snark, there's a little something for everyone.

It's worth noting that, contrary to the negative stereotype, many of the contributors of Channel Awesome are either HappilyMarried or in stable romantic relationships.

The AngryVideoGameNerd also qualifies.

This troper hasn't even watched any of her videos yet(only just discovered the site), and wants to get with TheNostalgiaChick.

LisaFoiles. Yes, Malcolm's female opposite is a total nerd... And hot. [[AC:WesternAnimation]]

''TheAmazingSpiez'' has Marc, who despite not being as girl-crazy as Lee or Tony, has twice as many preteen fangirls as either one of them. [[AC:RealLife]]

Hannah Arendt. She even gave the enthusiastically Nazi Martin Heidegger MatzoFever.

TinaFey. She's arguably several times hotter with her glasses ''on'', and I don't know why.

Dr. Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara!

Seth Meyers and Bill Hader, SNL's resident dreamboats. They write comic books. Case closed.

After single-handedly winning the 2009 series of ''UniversityChallenge'' for Oxford's Corpus Christi College (till they got disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in the final), Gail Trimble got asked to do a "tasteful" photoshoot for lad's mag ''Zoo''. She declined the offer.

More recently, Alex Guttenplan and Gilead Amit, the captains of Emmanuel College Cambridge and Imperial College London respectively received this sort of treatment as well.

Masi Oka. Fluent in three languages, does charity work for One Laptop Per Child, has a BS in Computer Science from Brown, was nominated for an Emmy, is a former programmer/computer animator for Lucasfilm, and pretty darn sexy.

Danica [=McKellar=]. Remember Winnie from ''TheWonderYears''? She graduated summa cum laude from UCLA, majoring in mathematics, co-authored a scientific paper and has her name attached to the "Chayes-[=McKellar=]-Winn theorem". And judging from the covers for her books "Math Doesn't Suck" and "Kiss My Math"(aimed at middle-school girls to encourage math proficiency), she's still pretty damn attractive. Here's a recent picture for any doubters.

StephenColbert. The man plays DungeonsAndDragons and was given the shield of Captain America! He was also into ''TheLordOfTheRings'' decades before it was made into movies.

MaggieGyllenhaal ZooeyDeschanel JudyGreer AmberBenson MelanieLynskey ([[UsefulNotes/NewZealand Kiwi nerd!)...[[http://www.celebwelove.com/Melanie_Lynskey/melanie-lynskey01.jpg]]

LoadingReadyRun's Kathleen De Vere has garnered a fair bit of attention from the Escapist series "ENN". When she neglected to wear a camisole and leaned over the news desk back in March 2010, the most of which concerned her cleavage. The Escapist amended their forum guidelines to ban discussion of contributers' "physical features" the very next day. She has an extremely sexy voice?

FeliciaDay

DavidTennant. About as nerdy as they come.

Jennifer. Jason. Leigh.

SethGreen. ''Siiiigh...''

''So'' seconded. While this parody of California Girls is definitely aimed at those interested in women, this straight female troper constantly rewatches it to see Oz rap about HarryPotter, LordOfTheRings, Series/DoctorWho, and his love of geek girls. *melts*

VinDiesel is a big D&D fan.

NataliePortman. She skipped out on the premiere of ''StarWars Episode I'' in order to study for her [=SATs=].

JeffGoldblum. ''Rawwwwrr...''

GuinevereTurner

ParkerPosey

KarlUrban

EllenPage. See Kitty Pryde, above.

AmyAdams. Being a redhead helps.

This is a dating-website...for geeks.

Matthew Gray Gubler. Dear God, ''Matthew Gray Gubler''.

ZacharyQuinto talks about existentialism, Jack Keroauc, is almost pretentiously verbose, is a lifelong AngelsInAmerica fan, quotes obscure Shakesphere quotes in interviews (without mentioning he's quoting Shakesphere) and all together seriously impressed this English nerd troper.

JamesFranco has a degree in English from UCLA and he's going to Yale for his Ph.D.

While not as modern as the above examples, the gorgeous Hedy Lamarr was responsible for early spread spectrum techniques. You know, when she wasn't acting in every major movie in the 40's.

DolphLundgren has a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, and one of his most famous roles was playing ''HeMan'' in an 80s movie adaptation.

And he was also part of the Kustjägarna, Swedish Coastal Rangers.

So ... he has a Master's of the Universe?

{{Cracked}} gives us 8 Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Geeks. Everyone on the list is notably very attractive.

Does JhonenVasquez qualify as a nerd? Because... just... ''yeah.''

Ed Byrne, Simon Amstell. Why are nerdy comedians so damn SEXY?

While this nerdy troper knows several hot nerds, he is not one of them.

This troper is on Honor Roll, has an above average IQ (114 last time she checked) and is looking into getting glasses (like she needs them), yet she'll sometimes catch boys staring at her in gym class. Last week, someone ran into a wall while staring at her.

RosarioDawson. Extremely hot and extremely nerdy.

Jessica "Samus Aran" Martin. Ditto for Kjerstine Anderson, her co-star in Book-It Repertory Theatre's 2011 play of ''SenseAndSensibility''.

TwoWords: Barack Obama. This from a ''male Republican''.

ChloeSevigny

This Tumblr: you're welcome.

Rachel Freaking Maddow. Yes, Rachel, u shud totally has ride on Air Force One! *grumblegrumblestupidcuteadorable'''taken'''politicalpunditsgrumble*

SarahPolley. Almost like the Canadian counterpart to FeliciaDay, except shorter, blonde, and more buxom. But every bit as much of a nerd!

Ryan Buell from Paranormal State.

Apparently im this O_o i dont see the "hot" part at all, one day i got told "You don't look like someone who would be into Adventure Time, Futurama, Memebase, TV Tropes, and playing Black Ops" i replied "Well, why??" the reply was "Your to well dressed/pretty"... i dont see the pretty-ness at all