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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' during the School Festival Arc, some American cheerleaders show up after the lunch break; seeing them gave [[DirtyKid Mineta]] and [[ShockAndAwe Kaminari]] the idea to lie to their female classmates and say that they're supposed to participate in a "cheering battle". Needless to say, the girls are quite pissed when they find out (except for [[{{Invisibility}} Haga]][[GenkiGirl kure]], who gets into it.

* In "You Belong with Me," TaylorSwift just knows that she can't compete with her crush's girlfriend, who is of course cheer captain. Although according the video she can because [[strike: She's Taylor Swift and looks freaking ''gorgeous'' [[{{Meganekko}} including with the glasses]]]] it's [[SlidingScaleLongName idealistic.]]

* The [[FetishFuel point]] of Barbara Jo from ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryMagnaCumLaude''.

* ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'': Penny isn't a cheerleader as such but, as an affluent, popular, somewhat elitist girl, otherwise fits the fantasy type where Rich is concerned.

* ''Film/TheReplacements'': Shane falls for the gorgeous head cheerleader for the Sentinels but in his defense, she's sweet, funny, and probably knows more about football than he does...even if she does drive like a maniac. She's also a cheerleader who owns a sports bar. That ''has'' to be a GeekyTurnOn for sports fans.

->''"We're sexy! We're cute!''\\
''We're popular to boot!''\\
''We're bitchin'! Great hair!''\\

''We're wanted! We're hot!''\\
''We're everything you're not!''\\
''We're pretty! We're cool!''\\
''We dominate this school!''\\

''Hate us 'cause we're beautiful but we don't like you either''\\

* Subverted by Sandy in ''{{Grease}}''. She has a brief stint as a cheerleader, in order to attempt to catch Danny's eye. It turns out she's horrible at it and is dropped from the squad. It doesn't make her any more attractive to Danny, either.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Gary Oak’s [[ThePaidForHarem fanclub]] was mostly made up of cheerleaders.
** There's been a few instances where Dawn and her Pokémon dressed up in cheerleading outfits to encourage Ash in his Gym battles.

%% * Laura Winslow from ''Series/FamilyMatters''.

%% * Spud from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''.

** On the other hand the cheerleaders [[AlphaBitch Bonnie]] and Tara were rarely unescorted, dating the star quarterback, the cool new foreign exchange student, and even laid-back Josh Mankey (After he and Kim realized they were not meant for one another).

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', the geeky Peter Parker asks out cheerleader/AlphaBitch Sally Avril and is very bluntly rejected. Later, another cheerleader, Liz Allan, shows interest in him, and they begin dating.

* ''{{Buffyverse}}'':

* Parodied on ''CloneHigh'', with Cleopatra.

See also TheCheerleader for how the girl herself is usually portrayed.

* On ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre'' Manny keeps trying to impress a bunch of reoccurring girls (he usually fails.)

Commonly carries UnfortunateImplications, stereotyping men as brainless and shallow and cheerleaders as slutty.

* In ''LizzieMcGuire'', Lizzie wanted to try out for the cheerleading squad so Ethan Craft would notice her, and naturally [[DeadpanSnarker Gordo]] expresses his disgust at her invoking the trope.

* A similar example is brewing in ''TheHardTimesofRJBerger'' - after spending the entire first season chasing Jenny (who is portrayed as having a good heart, but about whom we know little else beyond the fact than she's the head cheerleader), RJ is quickly realizing they don't have much to talk about.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Gary Oak’s [[ThePaidForHarem fanclub]] was mostly made up of cheerleaders.

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* In the ''Franchise/ArchieComics'', multiple cover have Archie (and some boys) show interest for cheerlaeder, often Betty and Veronica, or easily distracted by them during the games.

-->--'''The Rancho Carne cheerleading squad''', ''Film/BringItOn''

* {{Averted}} in ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' with Penny.

* [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Syaoran and Yamazaki]] both have LoveInterests on the school cheerleading squad, but their love for Sakura and Chiharu (respectively) has pretty much nothing to do with that.

-->--'''The Rancho Carne cheerleading squad''', ''BringItOn''

* The less nerdy nerd in ''RevengeOfTheNerds'' finds a compatible girlfriend, a quietly pretty girl-next-door who shares his love of computers. However, the Chief Nerd will not rest until he has had the Chief Jock's Cheerleader, who also happens to be the AlphaBitch of the story. Breaking not only the trope but also a few laws of the universe; [[spoiler:''he actually wins her over in the end'']].

* {{Averted}} in ''Film/SkyHigh'' with Penny.

* Suzuna, the head cheerleader for the Deimon Devilbats in ''[[EyeShield21 Eyeshield 21]]'' took the place of Sena's love interest (To a broad extent) after the writer seemed to want Mamori and Hiruma. Though this is a bit of a variation as Suzuna is the least developed of the cheerleaders along with the fact that, as a shounen series about football, the romance between the two isn't very developed either.

* Lina from ''{{Heroman}}'' doesn't conform to the usual stereotypes, being neither an AlphaBitch nor a BrainlessBeauty, and actually shows a liking for Joey. And the only people who object to any interaction between these two are Lina's brother and his friends.

* ''{{Spellsinger}}'': Jon-Tom had a crush on Flores Quintera, the stunningly beautiful cheerleading captain.