History Webcomic / NerdAndJock

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jock is afraid of cats, [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/187466458153/new-arc-called-jocks-fear-this-is-going-to-be-4 as revealed in Episode 61]], and also stereotypical-looking bedsheet ghosts [[[[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/665663869190062080/nerd-and-jock-ep-109-twitter-instagram-patreon as was shown in Episode 109]]

* BlackBeadEyes: The cast has this for their eyes, the exception being Nerd who has EyeGlasses instead. The exception is when anyone is shocked, in which case the eyes become more traditionally filled in, such as when [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/675090263805444096/nerd-and-jock-ep-127-if-you-want-to-know-what Nerd plus Black Metal at an italian restauraunt and Olga and Jock are initially surprised by it.]]

** Jock kissing [[spoiler:Olga in [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/678713703692140544/nerd-and-jock-ep-133-twitter-instagram-patreon Episode 133]].]]
** Tiger kisses [[spoiler:Nerd in [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/nerd-and-jock/nerd-and-jock-ep-185/viewer?title_no=135963&episode_no=185 Episode 185]].]]

* BrickJoke:
** In [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/665663869190062080/nerd-and-jock-ep-109-twitter-instagram-patreon 109]], it's revealed that Jock is afraid of Ghosts because they're the only monster you can't drop kick. A few pages later in [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/666479096717606912/nerd-and-jock-ep-111-happy-halloween-everybody 111]], Jock gets spooked by Nerd and Olga in their Halloween costumes - his first instinct being to dropkick Nerd (dressed as [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]]) while he just about has a heart attack from seeing Olga dressed as [[Film/TheRing Sadako]].
* CannotSpitItOut: Jock and Tiger have the same babbling in shock behaviour when looking at Olga and Nerd respectively, and an entire arc is formed around Tiger trying to confess her love for Nerd, but failing due to her reputation (scary name, being a bully) preceding her.
* ChickMagnet: Nerd becomes one when [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/650626672750706688/nerd-and-jock-ep-83-twitter-instagram-patreon Jock gives him a makeover]]....in that he attracts chickens.

* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Tiger attempts to get out of sitting with Olga, Jock and Nerd [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/712506686817157120/nerd-and-jock-ep-189-twitter-instagram-patreon by claiming she left the sink on.]]

* LovingBully: [[spoiler:Downplayed with Tiger. While she has a MASSIVE crush on Nerd and is infamous as the School Bully, she never directly harms him in any way; however, all of her attempts at telling Nerd about her feelings for him backfire and come off as acts of aggression from Nerd's perspective due to her massive strength, reputation, and general awkwardness.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: A running gag in the storyline where Tiger falls in love with Nerd and attempts to confess her feelings to him is that all of the hints of her being in love with Nerd are misinterpreted by the others as her ''hating'' him due to her reputation as a bully.
* ProductPlacement: [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/190773010933/nerd-and-jock-inspiration-is-always-nearby-i Episode 63]] and [[[[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/663489850048200704/nerd-and-jock-ep-105-this-comic-was-made-in-collab Episode 105]] are sponsored by Huion, and both feature the boys using a Huion tablet to draw.

* ShipperOnDeck: Olga, the second she saw Tiger kiss Nerd, is fully on board trying to get them together.

* WallPinOfLove: [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/703084702737793024/nerd-and-jock-ep-176-twitter-instagram-patreon Episode 176]] has Tiger try this in an attempt to flirt with Nerd, slamming the wall with enough force to leave cracks. Unfortunately, Nerd becomes distressed by the loud noise made by that slam.

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[[caption-width-right:300:The best of friends.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: The staple of the humor for the series in the early years is that it plays off of Nerd and Jocks' odd friendship. The setup was always that Jock would act threatening or otherwise make a stereotypically masculine move towards Nerd, but the reveal would be that the Jock would actually need Nerds' help in some way. This was phased out completely once their characters were fully established as best friends and more recent strips play with expectations in different ways instead (Nerd getting a miniature rock as a Halloween treat, and out pops a miniature Dwayne Johnson, [[BigRedDevil Zenetreus The Eternal]] being summoned by Stalker Girl for fashion advice).

* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Tiger kisses Nerd in [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/nerd-and-jock/nerd-and-jock-ep-185/viewer?title_no=135963&episode_no=185 episode 185]].]]

* BrickJoke: In [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/665663869190062080/nerd-and-jock-ep-109-twitter-instagram-patreon 109]], it's revealed that Jock is afraid of Ghosts because they're the only monster you can't drop kick. A few pages later in [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/666479096717606912/nerd-and-jock-ep-111-happy-halloween-everybody 111]], Jock gets spooked by Nerd and Olga in their Halloween costumes - his first instinct being to dropkick Nerd (dressed as [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]]) while he just about has a heart attack from seeing Olga dressed as [[Film/TheRing Sadako]].
* ChickMagnet: Nerd becomes one when [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/650626672750706688/nerd-and-jock-ep-83-twitter-instagram-patreon Jock gives him a makeover]].

* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Nerd is a nerd and Jock is a jock.

* ProductPlacement: [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/190773010933/nerd-and-jock-inspiration-is-always-nearby-i Episode 63]] is sponsored by Huion, and features the boys using a Huion tablet to draw.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jock is afraid of cats, [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/187466458153/new-arc-called-jocks-fear-this-is-going-to-be-4 as revealed in Episode 61]]
* YaoiFangirl: [[spoiler:After the Stalker Girl becomes friends with Nerd and Jock,]] Stalker Girl starts writing Nerd X Jock fanfiction. Jock is confused because he thought that she hated Nerd, but she explains that the world of fanfiction is "complicated".

* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Tiger kisses Nerd in [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/nerd-and-jock/nerd-and-jock-ep-185/viewer?title_no=135963&episode_no=185 episode 185]].]]

* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Tiger kiss Nerd in [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/nerd-and-jock/nerd-and-jock-ep-185/viewer?title_no=135963&episode_no=185 episode 185]].]]

* JerkJock: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Jock. Part of the comic's RunningGag is that whenever it looks like Jock is going to torment Nerd, [[BaitAndSwitch it turns out he's actually doing something nice for him instead]]. Examples include putting a statue of Nerd in Nerd's locker, approaching him for help on a math problem, borrowing his money to get lunch for both of them, and giving him a "swirlie" (ice cream).

* PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel: Used at the end [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/668747817175662592/nerd-and-jock-ep-115-twitter-instagram-patreon]] to distract from the literal pandora's box they just opened.

* FriendVersusLover: Stalker Girl Olga initially was this with Nerd’s presence in regards to her and Jock, (who is oblivious about this). After she becomes friends with them, she only shows occasional annoyance at worst. Subverted with Nerd, who is genuinely happy and supportive of her and Jock.

* JerkJock: {{Subverted}} with Jock. Part of the comic's RunningGag is that whenever it looks like Jock is going to torment Nerd, [[BaitAndSwitch it turns out he's actually doing something nice for him instead]]. Examples include putting a statue of Nerd in Nerd's locker, approaching him for help on a math problem, borrowing his money to get lunch for both of them, and giving him a "swirlie" (ice cream).

* LovingBully: [[spoiler: downplayed with Tiger. While she has a MASSIVE crush on Nerd and is infamous as the School Bully, she never directly harms him in any way; however, all of her attempts at telling Nerd about her feelings for him backfire and come off as acts of aggression from Nerd's perspective due to her massive strength, reputation, and general awkwardness.]]

* MundaneUtility: Nerd has a beastly computer that's powerful enough to run any game at 4K, 60fps, and in [=VR=], but uses it to play Solitaire.

* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler: Tiger is quickly revealed to be one for Nerd, aggressively using a punching bag while demanding to know why he’s so cute.]]

* WallPinOfLove: [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/703084702737793024/nerd-and-jock-ep-176-twitter-instagram-patreon Episode 176]] has Tiger try this in an attempt to flirt with Nerd, slamming the wall with enough force to leave cracks. Unfortunately, Nerd became distressed by the loud noise made by that slam.

* LovingBully: [[spoiler: downplayed with Tiger. While she has a MASSIVE crush on Nerd and is infamous as the School Bully, she never directly harms him in any way; however all of her attempts at telling Nerd about her feelings for him backfire and come off as acts of aggression from Nerd's perspective.]]

** Sometimes [[AvertedTrope averted]] as nerd does workout with Jock and his ClarkKentOutfit simply hides his physique. See the ClothingDamage entry for example.

* FriendVersusLover: Stalker Girl Olga initially was this with Nerd’s presence in regards to her and Jock, (who is oblivious about this). After she becomes friends with them, she only shows occasional annoy ace at worse. Subverted with Nerd, who is genuinely happy and supportive of her and Jock.

* FieryRedhead: Tiger, introduced in [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/700638723764846592/nerd-and-jock-ep-172-new-arc-starts-here-twitter Episode 172,]] makes it clear from [[EstablishingCharacterMoment her first panel]] that she's as fiery as they get, making her debut standing [[AtopAMountainOfCorpses Atop A Mountain Of]] [[DownplayedTrope beaten up guys]], sporting an angry scowl, spiked punk clothing, and a messy mop of knee-length orange hair.

* SecretHandshake: Seen in [[https://nerdandjock-comic.tumblr.com/post/658418440479096832/nerd-and-jock-ep-97-twitter-instagram-patreon Episode 97]].

* {{Nerd}}: The aforementioned Nerd is a nerd, being a very intelligent and adorable-looking kid who is also an {{Otaku}} who collects action figures and watches anime. [[GeekPhysiques He's also quite scrawny and physically weak]], something he occasionally mulls over, which is why he took up weight-lifting. Fortunately, Jock has his back.
* NerdGlasses: Nerd constantly wears a pair of these.

* BaitAndSwitch: The staple of the humor for the series in the early years is that it plays off of Nerd and Jocks' odd friendship. The setup was always that Jock would act threatening or otherwise make a stereotypically masculine move towards Nerd, but the reveal would be that the Jock would actually need Nerds' help in some way. More recent strips play with expectations in different ways instead (Nerd getting a miniature rock as a Halloween treat, and out pops a miniature Dwayne Johnson, [[BigRedDevil Zenetreus The Eternal]] being summoned by Stalker Girl for fashion advice).