History Main / NerdsArePervs

Less favorable depictions will be like the CasanovaWannabe, constantly trying and failing to sleep with people. These characters are always {{Extraverted Nerd}}s, wholly unaware of or simply not concerned by their own nerdiness. Or they're more like the LovableSexManiac, whose behavior towards others toes the line between acceptable and predatory, but is treated InUniverse as ultimately harmless.

At best, these nerds will be depicted as a ChivalrousPervert. Sure, they may think about sex constantly, but that doesn't mean they lack morals or boundaries or will force their desires onto others. Or they'll be shown as a CovertPervert: nerdy {{Shrinking Violet}}s or {{The Quiet One}}s who nonetheless have a [[NaughtyByNight hidden perverted side]] that is only revealed to the audience and other characters every now and then, often by them {{Nosebleed}}ing or engaging in [[SomethingElseAlsoRises other euphemisms]] for being turned on in the background.

At best, these nerds will be depicted as a ChivalrousPervert. Sure, they may think about sex constantly, but that doesn't mean they lack morals or boundaries or will force their desires onto others. Or they'll be shown as a CovertPervert: nerdy {{Shrinking Violet}}s or {{The Quiet One}}s who nonetheless have a hidden perverted side that is only revealed to the audience and other characters every now and then, often by them {{Nosebleed}}ing in the background.

Like with NerdsAreNaive, this is seemingly related to the stereotype that NerdsAreVirgins; the typically NoSocialSkills-having nerdy characters aren't suave and can't flirt well enough to successfully attract suitors, leaving them with a lack of personal experience regarding sex that becomes a ''fixation''. Such nerds might think about sex constantly, [[PervertedDrooling drool and ogle]] over the bodies of their peers, playfully grope their friends, have a robust collection of [[PornStash porn]], {{Hentai}}, and/or [[HGame H-Games]] (depending on the flavor of nerd they are), try to [[ThePeepingTom peep at]] the [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders popular cheerleaders]] or the unsuspecting in the privacy of their own homes, [[PantyThief steal the underwear of classmates]], engage in a perpetual QuestForSex, etc.

At best, these nerds will be depicted as a ChivalrousPervert. Sure, they may think about sex constantly, but that doesn't mean they lack morals or boundaries or will force their desires onto others. Or they'll be shown as a CovertPervert: nerdy {{Shrinking Violet}}s or {{The Quiet One}}s who nonetheless have a hidden perverted side that is only revealed to the audience and other characters every now and then, rather than as a major defining trait.

Like with NerdsAreNaive, this is seemingly related to the stereotype that NerdsAreVirgins; the typically NoSocialSkills-having nerdy characters aren't suave and can't flirt well enough to successfully attract suitors, leaving them with a lack of personal experience regarding sex that becomes a ''fixation''. Such nerds might think about sex constantly, drool and ogle over the bodies of their peers, playfully grope their friends, have a robust collection of [[PornStash porn]], {{Hentai}}, and/or [[HGame H-Games]] (depending on the flavor of nerd they are), try to [[ThePeepingTom peep at]] the [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders popular cheerleaders]] or the unsuspecting in the privacy of their own homes, engage in a perpetual QuestForSex, etc.

** One strip in a story arc depicting the Fox family getting internet has Andy comment about all the things the kids can learn. Cut to Jason and Marcus looking at the computer, where Jason comments that [[TheInternetIsForPorn "Ms. October sure has big hooters!"]] and Marcus pondering if that might affect the download speed.

%%* ''Film/{{Superbad}}'': High school outcasts Seth, Evan, and Fogell are obsessed with getting laid before they graduate high school and leave for college. In the very first scene, Seth and Evan have a discussion about what pornography website he's planning on subscribing to.

Sometimes, nerdy characters are [[NerdsAreNaive depicted as being naive and ignorant about sex]]. Other times, however, nerdy, dorky, and geeky characters are shown to be ''hyper-focused'' on sex, to an almost unhealthy or creepy degree. [[note]]While a nerd/geek is often a loser and most pervs are ''also'' losers, being of the LoserArchetype is ''not the same'' as being characterized in-universe as a nerd or pervert.[[/note]]

** Another comic strip depicts Jason and Marcus stargazing. Jason adjusts the telescope so he can view other celestial bodies... then tilts it so he can see a couple making out with a smile on his face.

** Michelle, the band geek that Jim eventually takes to prom who goes on and on about inane stories of her time at band camp, reveals herself to be a sexually dominant super freak, who shares how she used her own flute to masturbate in an infamous WhamLine and only agreed to be Jim's prom date because she knew he'd be an easy lay. In fact, according to her, ''all'' band geeks are sex-obsessed {{Covert Pervert}}s who use band camp as a place to hook up with each other. She gets [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] in the sequels, in which she becomes a full blown {{Dominatrix}}.

* ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'': The members of the all nerd frat at war with the jocks from the other frats are all sex-obsessed. They place spy cams in all of the bedrooms and showers at the sororities and spend hours watching the girls sleep. Lewis even commits RapeByFraud, pretending to be [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders head cheerleader]] Betty's boyfriend while wearing a mask to have sex with her. As the protagonists of a teen sex comedy though, they're portrayed as nothing worse than {{Lovable Sex Maniac}}s and even Betty allows Lewis to continue after finding out about the BedTrick because [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization he's so good in bed]].

** Amy Farrah Fowler also qualifies. When Penny pays her a compliment while chaperoning an early date between Sheldon and Amy, Amy asks if Penny is a lesbian, then notes that she'd have been more flattered if that was the case. When doing research on slumber parties on her smart phone, she notes that girls engage in "harmless experimentation in lesbianism", and attempts to put this into practice with Penny, while Bernadette says she would have just stuck to eating raw cookie dough. And lest anyone think that this behavior extends solely to Penny, when Sheldon catches Amy faking sick to get attention from him, she suggests (with barely contained enthusiasm) that he spank her.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': [[BornUnlucky George Constanza]] is a short, balding, PatheticallyWeak man with nerdy hobbies--he claims his greatest life's achievement is getting the high score on a local ''Frogger'' machine. He's also ''constantly'' scheming to have sex. In one episode, a period of forced abstinence inadvertently turns him into a genius: he's able to perfectly hit home runs by describing the geometry and physics involved and becomes fluent in Portuguese simply by hearing other people speaking it. Jerry determines that since the majority of George's brainpower goes toward getting laid, not being able to do so has forced that brainpower to spend its energies elsewhere. Of course, [[StatusQuoIsGod by the end of the episode]], George finally has sex and becomes an idiotic nerd again.

* An early ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' strip has [=PeeJee=] innocently wander into a game store where the resident nerds immediately start picturing her naked. [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/reactions/ Cut to her washing and washing]], unable to get the feeling of creepiness off her skin.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Tucker is a CasanovaWannabe, PatheticallyWeak technogeek who uses his knowledge to spy on girls.

** Harold is a spindly nerd with gross habits and a socially awkward demeanor. He's implied to be a CovertPervert after it's discovered he wrote a series of "spicy" haikus to Leshawna. In the second and third season, this trait becomes more pronounced as he frequently talks about how he assumes several girls are attracted to him. He particularly loves Leshawna's figure (emphasizing her round behind), but Leshawna is less sure about her feelings for Harold.

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Less favorable depictions will be like the CasanovaWannabe, trying and failing to sleep with people. These characters are always {{Extraverted Nerd}}s, wholly unaware of or simply not concerned by their own nerdiness. Or they're more like the LovableSexManiac, whose behavior towards others toes the line between acceptable and predatory, but is treated InUniverse as ultimately harmless.

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* ''Film/{{Superbad}}'': High school outcasts Seth, Evan, and Fogell are obsessed with getting laid before they graduate high school and leave for college. In the very first scene, Seth and Evan have a discussion about what pornography website he's planning on subscribing to.

* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Early on]], nerdy characters Jason and Marcus are shown as having some perverted interests:

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%%* Jason and Marcus in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness started off]] with a few perverted interests - such as looking up models on the internet or spying on people making out with a telescope.
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* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': [[BlackAndNerdy Steve Urkel]] combines this with SingleTargetSexuality when it comes to Laura Winslow. He constantly tries to flirt with and date her, even though she makes it repeatedly clear that she's not interested. Steve isn't quite as sexually-driven as some of the other people on the list, but it's clear that he wants a physical and romantic relationship with Laura.

* ''Videogame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Tora (as well as his father and grandfather) is a GadgeteerGenius, a Driver {{Fanboy}} and TheSmartGuy of the main cast, who is passionate about creating an artificial blade, Poppi. Prior to the story, he became TheShutIn out of fear of the people who killed his granddad and to focus on his work, causing him to have NoSocialSkills. Tora shows a very clear fetish for maids (that he [[CovertPervert tries to hide]]), which heavily influences the design and functions of Poppi: he has several maid outfits for Poppi and has programmed some...questionable fanservicey functions the blade. Considering that the artificial blades his dad and grandfather created ''also'' have some maid motifs, the fetish appears to [[HornyScientist run in the family]].

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* Jason and Marcus in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness started off]] with a few perverted interests - such as looking up models on the internet or spying on people making out with a telescope.
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->'''Betty Childs:''' Are all nerds as good as you?
->'''Lewis:''' Yes.
->'''Betty:''' How come?
->'''Lewis:''' 'Cause all jocks ever think about is sports. All we ever think about is sex.

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* ''LightNovel/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'': In his previous life, Rudeus Grayrat was a BrilliantButLazy {{Otaku}}, later {{Neet}} and {{Hikikomori}}, who leeched off of his parents for ten years after being bullied at school. After his parents die, his brothers kick him out after they find him masturbating over porn instead of attending their funeral [[UngratefulBastard or showing any remorse for their death]]. He still retains a lot of his perverted qualities after he's [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld reincarnated in another world]], but he grows out of his worst qualities, becoming a LovableSexManiac and later a ChivalrousPervert, only perving on his three wives.
* ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'': Tomoko is a CreepyLonerGirl, RomanceGame {{Otaku}} who decides she wants to become popular in her third year of high school. Problem is, she has NoSocialSkills and is both a self-centered {{Jerkass}} and a CovertPervert from playing so many [[HGame H-Games]]. Her reason for wanting to become popular? [[QuestForSex To lose her viriginity]]. She's also [[AccidentalPervert constantly groping]] her friend Yuu out of misplaced jealousy over her larger bust. When she finally does make friends, though, they tolerate her perviness and treat her as a LovableSexManiac.

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* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''

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* ''Webcomic/{{Spacetrawler}}'' uses and lampshades the "nerds have bizarre and exotic fetishes" aspect of the trope through Yuri, the Japanese super-geek and budding transhumanist in the first series. When Dmitri puts his moves on all the women of the ''I.A. Starbanger'', Yuri is the only one who agrees to sleep with him--[[https://www.baldwinpage.com/spacetrawler/2010/03/17/spacetrawler-24/ though she almost turns him down, concerned that his sexual tastes might not be adventurous enough.]] For reference, Dmitri would later go on to [[BoldlyComing bed every female alien with 50% or greater compatibility]], and Yuri still managed to make ''him'' reach for the BrainBleach.
-->'''Yuri:''' Listen, Dmitri, I've slept with quite a few geeks, and some were real freaks in bed. I'm not just talking costumes and ropes, I'm talking inflatable [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]]. After all that, I'm not sure you have much to offer.
-->'''Dmitri:''' How about this... ''[whispers in Yuri's ear]''
-->'''Yuri:''' Better than I expected, but not great.
-->'''Dmitri:''' Like you could do better. ''[Yuri whispers in his ear]'' '''HOLY FUCKING CHRIST ICK GOD, EAUUGHHH!'''

-->'''Harold:''' ''(upon seeing Heather's accidentally-exposed breasts)'' Boobies...

A trait of many {{Stereotypical Nerd}}s and very prevalent in the teen SexComedy genre. HormoneAddledTeenager tends to overlap, but there are plenty of adults depicted in this way and often the more critical and negative portrayals are of adults. HornyScientist is very closely related and will often overlap. Male nerds are far more likely to be coded as perverted than female nerds as AManIsAlwaysEager and AllMenArePerverts. And when a female nerd is shown to be a perv, she'll likely be a YaoiFangirl.

Sometimes, nerdy characters are [[NerdsAreNaive depicted as being naive and ignorant about sex]]. Other times, however, nerdy, dorky, and geeky characters[[note]]While a nerd/geek is often a loser and most pervs are ''also'' losers, being of the LoserArchetype is ''not the same'' as being characterized in-universe as a nerd or pervert.[[/note]]
are shown to be ''hyper-focused'' on sex, to an almost unhealthy or creepy degree.

But when a work isn't going for a sympathetic portrayal, nerdy characters will have an interest in sex bordering on the depraved. They'll masturbate to the worst horrors {{Rule 34}} has produced involving just about every {{fetish}} known to man, [[StalkerWithACrush stalk and predate]] on the [[AbhorrentAdmirer uninterested objects of their affection]], or have a PerverseSexualLust that crosses over into full-blown delusion. Many in this category are {{Extreme Omnisexual}}s or {{Depraved Bisexual}}s, having few limits as to who (or what) helps get them off and willing to do the unthinkable ''to'' get off. The BasementDweller and {{Otaku}} of [[OccidentalOtaku all stripes]] are the most susceptible to this portrayal. LonersAreFreaks and FetishesAreWeird go hand-in-hand with this version. Closely related and on a slightly more positive note is BrainsAndBondage, since many nerds are genuinely intelligent. However, this can veer very quickly into BondageIsBad and UnsexySadist.

Sometimes, nerdy characters are [[NerdsAreNaive depicted as being naive and ignorant about sex]]. Other times, however, nerdy, dorky, and geeky characters are shown to be ''hyper-focused'' on sex, to an almost unhealthy or creepy degree.