History Main / NerdsSpeakKlingon

** In "The Romance Resonance", Howard sings to Bernadette and on of the things he lists that he would do without her is "speak a lot more Klingon".

* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'': Kim tries to cheer [[TheEeyore Davan]] up about being at the gaming con, saying that the attendees are his "people". Just then, two very stereotypical nerds walk by and [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp01122003.shtml one insults the other in Klingon]]. Davan is offended.

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': [=McGee=] is portrayed as a nerd and in "[[HalloweenEpisode Witch Hunt]]", he translates for a guy who only speaks Klingon.

* Gets in Detective Ryan's way in the ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "[[Recap/CastleS5E6TheFinalFrontier The Final Frontier]]" when a {{cosplay}}er at a con refuses to break character while being interviewed regarding the murder of the week. The guy behind him identifies the language but says he doesn't speak it any more than Ryan does.

Works of fiction by creators talented in linguistics often include constructed languages, or {{Con Lang}}s, complete enough that it's possible to learn the language in real life. In fiction this is typically a trait reserved for stereotypical nerds.

Due to SmallReferencePools it's rare in fiction to see {{Con Lang}}s other than ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s ''tlhIngan Hol'' (the Klingon language developed by Marc Okrand) or the Elvish tongues Sindarin and Quenya from Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium, although due to the success in TheNewTens of Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''Series/GameOfThrones'' TV series, Dothraki from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has recently gained prominence.

!!Note to editors. For the more obscure {{Con Lang}}s out there, please state the work the language originates from.

* ''Film/SeventeenAgain'': The wealthy but nerdy Ned tries several lavish schemes to win over the heart of the principal, but all fail. He finally captures her heart when he speaks Elvish to her... and [[ClosetGeek she replies in the same way]].

'''C-3PO (Sally):'''' Why would you expect anyone to have gone to so much trouble to make a consistent language out of beeps?\\

* In Music/WeirdAlYankovic's song "White and Nerdy", the protagonist claims to be fluent in both [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript JavaScript]] and Klingon.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Foxtrot}}'': At a showing of a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' movie, Jason (in Klingon costume) demands fresh ''[[AlienLunch gagh]]'' from the beleaguered movie worker. Another strip has him ask Peter to check whether he's memorized the Klingon-English dictionary.

Works of fiction by creators talented in linguistics often include constructed languages, or {{Con Lang}}s, complete enough that it's possible to learn the language in real life. In fiction this is typically a trait reserved for stereotypical {{Nerd}}s.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': John is not your typical {{Nerd}} but he is still a brilliant engineer and astrophysicist, and in "[[Recap/FarscapeS04E01CrichtonKicks Crichton Kicks]]" he shouts some Klingon at the aliens attacking the ship. (This was ad-libbed by Creator/BenBrowder.)

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': [=McGee=] is portrayed as a {{Nerd}} and in "[[HalloweenEpisode Witch Hunt]]", he translates for a guy who only speaks Klingon.

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': [=McGee=] is portrayed as a {{Nerd}} and in "[[HalloweenEpisode Witch Hunt]]", he translates when a guy wearing a costume for Halloween will only speak Klingon. Gibbs just gets annoyed and shoves the guy against the wall.

* One of the kids in ''Film/DaddyDayCare'' inexplicably only speaks in Klingon. Fortunately, Creator/SteveZahn's character can communicate with him.

Works of fiction by creators talented in linguistics often include constructed languages, or {{Con Lang}}s, complete enough that it's possible to learn the language in real life. In fiction this is typically a trait reserved for the HollywoodNerd.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': John is not your typical HollywoodNerd but he is still a brilliant engineer and astrophysicist, and in "[[Recap/FarscapeS04E01CrichtonKicks Crichton Kicks]]" he shouts some Klingon at the aliens attacking the ship. (This was ad-libbed by Creator/BenBrowder.)

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': [=McGee=] is portrayed as a HollywoodNerd and in "[[HalloweenEpisode Witch Hunt]]", he translates when a guy wearing a costume for Halloween will only speak Klingon. Gibbs just gets annoyed and shoves the guy against the wall.

* HollywoodNerd Ben Wyatt on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' speaks Dothraki.

No relation to nerds who like KlingonPromotion trope.

* In the ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' episode "Star Mitzvah", Frasier's son Frederick is about to have his bar mitzvah, and Frasier wants to give him a speech in Hebrew. Since Frasier doesn't know Hebrew, he asks his co-worker Noel, a stereotypical middle-aged nerd, to translate the speech. Noel agrees, but later on he gets angry with Frasier when Frasier fails to get him the signature of Scott Bakula, the actor playing Captain Archer in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. Noel retaliates by translating the bar mitzvah speech into Klingon, a language which he apparently knows well, but which Frasier can't distinguish from Hebrew. HilarityEnsues.

** In "The Veracity Elasticity" Leonard and Sheldon try to keep secrets from Penny and Amy by speaking in Klingon in front of them. The girls get back at them by speaking [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbi_dubbi Ubbi Dubbi]].

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E11WorstEpisodeEver Worst Episode Ever]]":After he gets thrown out of Moe's, Comic Book Guy asks himself "Is there a word in Klingon for loneliness?", looks in his pocket dictionary, "Oh, yes. [[SkywardScream Garr'dock!]]"

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E6TheBookJob The Book Job]]": Patty Bouvier is revealed to be fluent in every fictional language, from Dothraki to Parseltongue.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' "Love Rollercoaster": When a trio of nerds mock Junior's model rocket entry in the ScienceFair, he asks them what their entry is. The lead nerd tells him that they "translated ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' into Klingon, and we're going to do a [[ShotforShotRemake shot-for-shot]], StopMotion [[ShotforShotRemake remake]] using vintage, new-in-box, eight-inch, Mego Creator/DCComics action figures", combining a lot nerd stereotypes into one.

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E11WorstEpisodeEver Worst Episode Ever]]":After he gets thrown out of Moes, Comic Book Guy ask himself "Is there a word in Klingon for loneliness?", looks in his pocket dictionary. "oh, yes. [[SkywardScream Garr'dock!]]".

--->'''Comic Book Guy''': Edna, the Klingons have a romantic saying. (''speaks Klingon'') Roughly translated it means I would kill the children of a thousand planets just to see you smile.\\

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E6TheBookJob The Book Job]]" Patty Bouvier is revealed to be fluent in every fictional language, from Dothraki to Parseltongue.

* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' "Andy's Ancestry": When Erin starts learning a language to impress Andy's family, Dwight convinces her to stop learning French and start learning Dothraki under his tutelage. She doesn't realise that it is a ConLang and is dejected when Andy tells her that she was doing something he considers so nerdy. [[spoiler: Pete gives her a Dothraki farewell at the end, another hint of his crush on her.]]

** In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1019.html strip #1019]], [[{{Munchkin}} Pete]] (R2-D2) rolls a die with the numbers written in [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Tengwar]]. (He has a lot of custom dice.)

** {{Exploited}} in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1180.html #1180: Watch Your < bleeping > Language]]. Turns out that while Pete-as-Artoo speaks only in beeps, they're actually a ConLang all their own, and Ben deciphered them.
--->'''Chewbacca (Ben):''' Your beeps made me realise something was wrong. They didn't match what you were saying.\\

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Kestra, daughter of Will Riker and Deanna Troi, slips in and out of Viveen, one of twelve {{Con Lang}}s that her deceased older brother Thaddeus created in his youth. It goes with a sort of HighFantasy "Wild Girl of the Woods" persona she cosplays while out hunting for game.

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E17MyBigFatGeekWedding My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]": When Comic Book Guy tries to get married to Edna Krabappel it is conducted in Klingon; apparently the guests (sci-fi convention attendees) can all understand it. At the end of the episode, Homer and Marge get remarried by a Klingon-speaking priest, and Homer knows enough Klingon to know Marge accidentally said "I do" to raising their kids Klingon.

* While pursuing ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' into a comic book convention, Cave Guy runs into an attendant in full Klingon regalia, who speaks to him in Klingon, and hands him a klingon dictionary when Cave Guy has no idea what he's babbling about.
--> '''Cave Guy''': *freaked out* Oh my... you've made up a language based on a TV show? Thats not right!