History Adorkable / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Several [[TheNthDoctor incarnations]] of the Doctor:
*** [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor The Fourth Doctor]] (Creator/TomBaker) is an enormous ManChild, and still the most childish Doctor so far. He ''does'' have social skills when he has to, but doesn't seem to see the point of bothering with them most of the time, and a lot of his cuteness comes from him having the wrong emotional reaction to things and his ''extreme'', giddy NightmareFetishist behaviour. WordOfGod holds that he was played like an especially loopy nine-year-old, so his {{Character Tic}}s in particular are very, very cute.
*** [[Characters/DoctorWhoEighthDoctor The Eighth Doctor]] (Creator/PaulMcGann). He's often childish, easily excited, even more than Ten, and somewhat lacking in social skills to begin with. As if that wasn't enough, in the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'', it turns out he's interested in all kinds of geeky things (Franchise/{{Transformers}}, model trains, tractors, comic books, etc.), he occasionally has NoSocialSkills whatsoever (he asks one of his companions what makes something a date), and he's a bit of a {{Malaproper}} too, as seen here when he's rather adorably upset about his companions habitually sending him out of the TARDIS alone to make sure it's safe. [[spoiler:Makes this [[TearJerker kind of sad]] when you find out that he was the Doctor who [[NightmareFuel/DoctorWho first experienced the Time War]].]]
---->''They send me out first to see what it’s like, like a sheep down a poisoned treacle well! Or whatever it is they send sheep into...''
*** [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor Ten]] (Creator/DavidTennant), he of the Brainy Specs (which he borrowed from [[Creator/PeterDavison Five]]). Ten is both one of the most woobie-ish Doctors and prone to get excited. His {{Adorkable}} reaches maximum levels when he's a human schoolteacher in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature "Human Nature"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood "The Family of Blood"]], wondering where all those odd Time Lord memories come from.
*** [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor Eleven]] (Creator/MattSmith), aka "bowties are cool!" He acts a bit like an [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]] English professor in the body of a baby-faced twentysomething. Matt Smith has stated that he based the adorkable factor of his Doctor off of his favourite Doctor, Creator/PatrickTroughton's Two.
*** [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor Twelve]] (Creator/PeterCapaldi), while appearing more gruff and stand-offish, often hits this note as well. He fits the AbsentmindedProfessor even better than Eleven, as he has absolutely zero social skills, which often leads to awkward situations when he attempts to be social. He also HatesBeingTouched, which often leads to very uncomfortable hugging whenever he's around [[CuddleBug Clara]]. His outfit — while more coordinated than other Doctors — is odd as well.
---->'''Twelve:''' I was hoping for minimalism... but I think I came out with magician.
*** [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteenthDoctor Thirteen]] (Creator/JodieWhittaker) also fits this trope. Her very first scene has her breaking into a huge smile upon seeing her new face and going "Oh, brilliant!" She's goofy, highly energetic, intensely curious, and talks a mile a minute. She's also exceedingly friendly; for instance, she declares that Yaz is her friend about two minutes after meeting her, and in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E2TheGhostMonument "The Ghost Monument"]], she introduces Yaz, Graham, and Ryan as her "new best friends" despite having only met them a few days ago. Her colourful outfit also looks like she raided the wardrobe of a 1980s British kids' show. In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E7Kerblam "Kerblam!"]], she reacts to the appearance of a Kerblam! delivery robot by jumping up and down and yelling like an overexcited child.
** Several of the Doctor's companions also showcase this kind of characterisation.
*** Eight's companion Fitz, who's gawky, scruffy, clumsy, and surprisingly bookish. He often lives in his own little world, and despite all his attempts to seem mysterious and dangerous is really just a NiceGuy. Fitz's rather epic crush on the Doctor makes their interaction even cuter.
*** Rory Williams, before he becomes an epic-level badass, is very much Adorkable. Especially when he tried to fight off a vampire with a ''broomstick'' [[spoiler:...while making ''lightsaber noises'']].
*** Clara Oswald oscillates between being a brave, smart, perky, oft-cheeky snarker and a socially awkward, cute girly goofball with a sensitive heart, PuppyDogEyes and bookish affinity for daydreaming. Even when she shows badassery or major competence, it's often either [[PluckyComicRelief hilariously subverted in some way]] or [[BadassAdorable shown in an endearing light]].
** Even the Doctor's ArchEnemy, the Master, has dipped into this trope from time to time, especially when he on two occasions is shown to genuinely enjoy watching TV shows for children, namely ''WesternAnimation/TheClangers'' and ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters "Love & Monsters"]] is a LowerDeckEpisode about the members of LINDA, an InUniverse Doctor fan club. All of them are endearing and awkward, such as Bliss the odd-duck artist singing a song with Ursula, and middle-aged Mr. Skinner, who reads excerpts of the novel he's writing.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]]: Chantho, the InsectoidAlien assistant of Professor Yana, is a cheerful, bubbly type with an unrequited crush on her boss. Particularly adorable is when she explains to Martha the [[PardonMyKlingon reasons]] behind her VerbalTic, leading to them both cracking up.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead "Planet of the Dead"]]: UNIT scientist Malcolm Taylor is a huge {{fanboy}} of the Doctor who is unbelievably excited to be working with his hero. He also named a unit of measurement after himself.

%%* Det. Kevin Ryan from ''Series/{{Castle}}''.

* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'':
** Imogen, post LadyMacbeth plot, is an odd and eccentric thing, whose far too whimsical and energetic. Saying things like 'For Realzies' and 'I must be dreaming, somebody pinch me!' with complete earnest.

* [[ExtravertedNerd Steve]] [[BlackAndNerdy Urkel]] from ''Series/FamilyMatters'' is the ultimate nerd with his glasses, suspenders, laugh and high-pitched voice. He's extremely awkward and clumsy, and quite annoying, but you can't help but sympathize with him because of his good heart, determination and undying love for Laura.

%% * ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': Jessica Fletcher is often considered to be too naive to be a detective (she can't even drive), yet she single-handedly manages to solve crimes a whole group of professionals cannot do.

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * Kermit the Frog and Scooter of ''Series/TheMuppets''. Also, [[ButtMonkey Beaker]].

%%* ''Series/BeingHuman'':

%%** There's Josh from the US version.

* ''[[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Supergirl]]'': Kara is acknowledged to be adorkable in universe by Cat Grant. She giggles and adjusts her glasses every time she gets nervous, and gets excited about things as simple as takeout and TV with her sister.

* ''Series/TeenWolf'': In a sea of stoic, badass supernatural creatures [[{{MuggleBestFriend}} Stiles Stilinski]] is an nerdy, hyperactive blabbermouth, geeks out about werewolf mythology, is hopelessly awkward with girls and has a tendency to fall over his own limbs at the slightest provocation. There's also a RunningGag of his frustration at everyone else's lack of Star Wars knowledge and he's declared himself both [[{{TheHero}} Scott's]] [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] and [[{{BatmanAndRobin}} Robin]].

** Mac Taylor, handsome head of the Crime Lab, who's a Ronald Reagan FanBoy, has an odd collection of things in his apartment (everything from antique machinery to a Joe Namath-autographed football), has EncyclopaedicKnowledge of many subjects, seems serious most of the time but has a really nice smile when he chooses to share it with anyone. Over the course of the series had 2 serious girlfriends, but a number other women fell for him as well, including Inspector Quinn, a roller-derby chick named Polly, and StalkerWithACrush Ella [=McBride=].

** Molly; she's quiet, sweet, has a crush on Sherlock, and he hardly notices it. She even looks adorable [[DidYouThinkICantFeel while calling him out on his rude behavior]], and while slapping him in the face 3 times and calling him out on his [[WhatAnIdiot stupidity for doing drugs.]]

* ''Series/TeenWolf'': In a sea of stoic, badass supernatural creatures [[{{MuggleBestFriend}} Stiles Stilinski]] is an nerdy, hyperactive blabbermouth, geeks out about werewolf mythology, is hopelessly awkward with girls and has a tendency to fall over his own limbs at the slightest provocation. There's also a RunningGag of his frustration at everyone else's lack of Star Wars knowledge and he's declared himself both [[{{TheHero}} Scott's]] [[{{StarWars}} Yoda]] and [[{{BatmanAndRobin}} Robin]].