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ThirtyTwo Since: Mar, 2017

Apr 23rd 2024 at 2:57:45 AM •••

I feel like the image should be replaced as it feels like an instance of Just A Face And A Caption

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Jul 8th 2023 at 9:03:25 PM •••

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themayorofsimpleton Now a lurker. Thanks for everything. | he/him (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)

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Apr 25th 2022 at 9:17:29 PM •••

Since this was never posted, Adorkable has been moved to YMMV per this TRS thread. Endearingly Dorky is now where In-Universe examples of a character being considered Adorkable go.

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Mar 23rd 2021 at 1:29:37 AM •••

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: VERY YMMV yet not categorized as such, started by 0dd1 on Jul 10th 2011 at 4:46:20 AM

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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)

Mar 20th 2021 at 11:09:42 AM •••

Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Misused, started by TotemicHero on Mar 14th 2013 at 4:16:42 PM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

GoodGamer14 Since: Aug, 2015

Aug 20th 2020 at 8:53:07 PM •••

Some people are adding this trope to some character pages.

What we should do?

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CRay Since: Feb, 2013

Aug 27th 2020 at 4:37:18 PM •••

Up until a few weeks ago, this trope wasn't YMMV. Move every entry that is not in-universe acknowledged to the YMMV page. The ones that fit in-universe are now Endearingly Dorky.

spiderlily Since: Nov, 2013

Dec 4th 2013 at 5:33:23 AM •••

Does anyone else think the example photo should be updated? Milo Thatch isn't very adorkable. Surely there are better examples.

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Stinkfly3 Since: Jul, 2011

Dec 28th 2014 at 4:18:59 PM •••

How about Hiro Hamada from Big Hero 6?

tvtropesruinedmylife22 Since: Sep, 2015

Feb 6th 2016 at 6:42:20 AM •••

Or maybe these much more adorkable characters:

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Stoogebie Since: Apr, 2011

Dec 26th 2013 at 2:58:08 PM •••

Can this happen to say, an Extraverted Nerd on Badass? Not a Miles Gloriosus, more like the Dork Knight who tries (and fails) to hide the "dork" part, usually by trying too hard.

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Rycbar Since: May, 2013

Jun 16th 2013 at 10:29:39 PM •••

Regarding the removal of the Real Life examples:

I don't think that the section was only being used to list tropers' celeb crushes. I was about to add in an Arthur Darvill example before I found out it was cut, and I am a straight male. Honestly, did we really need to remove that?

azul120 Since: Jan, 2001

Sep 19th 2012 at 2:27:40 PM •••

I don't know about the current pic. I think the right kind of pic with Charlie Chaplin smiling would provide a much better example.

ritzoreo Since: Feb, 2011

Feb 7th 2012 at 10:08:03 AM •••

Does Spider Man belong on the example comics section? Sure he's a dork in his teenage years, but according to this article being adorkable means that "rather than making them an outcast, these quirks give the character an endearing vulnerability."

And Peter Parker was an outcast with no friends and was tormented by Flash and the other high school jocks....

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Pavlov Since: Jan, 2001

Feb 14th 2012 at 5:47:29 PM •••

I think what matters is that he was endearing to the readers, not his tormentors. And Betty Brant sure thought he was adorkable.

Pavlov Since: Jan, 2001

May 6th 2011 at 6:34:58 PM •••

You know what makes this article really surreal? Knowing that "dork" means "dildo" or "penis". Now, re-read the article's main body and see if it doesn't come off as weird.

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Pavlov Since: Jan, 2001

Aug 6th 2011 at 7:36:15 AM •••

So I'm at the mall yesterday and see a guy wearing a t-shirt that says, "Don't say no to dork." And all I can think is, "You're wearing a shirt that says you won't say no to cock. You've come out of the closet and you don't even know it."

Now that's adorkable.

tbarrie Since: Jan, 2001

Nov 17th 2010 at 9:36:38 PM •••

Is this trope only supposed to be about cases where somebody in-universe finds the character's dorkishness adorable? Because if not, it desperately needs a "Subjective" banner at the top.

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TweaktheWhacked Since: May, 2010

Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:58:49 AM •••

Agreed.

CabbitGirlEmi The Dream Soldier Since: Feb, 2010

The Dream Soldier

Nov 17th 2010 at 5:09:00 PM •••

Be careful not to accidentally delete anything!

Katsuhagi Salty Since: Jan, 2001

Salty

Aug 17th 2010 at 7:47:02 PM •••

I put Rufus Wainwright back in after Fast Eddie zapped some natter under that entry. Seriously, I've seen the guy perform live and he is very adorkable, and even more so in photos and videos of him as a teenager. Sure, his music is polished, but live is a different story.

Edited by Katsuhagi Face the past and you'll fly ass first into the future. - My Dad

GamerAmI Since: Feb, 2010

Jul 7th 2010 at 7:44:58 AM •••

I know I should probably know this already, but who's the man on the right side of this article's picture?

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184.57.135.151 Since: Dec, 1969

Jul 9th 2010 at 9:19:34 AM •••

Matt Smith. The Eleventh Doctor from "Doctor Who". The Eleventh Doctor is absolutely Adorkable, and so is his actor.


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