Being a geek is way harder than it looks. It takes more than a vest and some glasses and some cheese-addictions and some suspenders and some tubas and some books and some sailor hats and the highest IQ ever but gosh do those things help. These geeks were born with a special gift, making them our absolute favorites. Grab some apple juice, or whatever geeks drink, and cheers to the best of the best. May we all be a little more like them in their geeky, loveable ways.
Andy Stitzer, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
It is not geeky to be a virgin, but it is geeky to have so many action figures in your house that you can’t see the walls. Andy also gets geek points for allllll the video game playing. But the tuba stuff? Very, very cool. No wonder he gets the girl.
Hermione Granger, Harry Potter
Hermione makes being a geek look gooooood. She’s smart because she loves school, which is cool. But the best part is she’s the kind of girl you know would stand up for the underdog. Doing all that extra reading can give you a bad name, but Hermione handles it with grace. And nobody can deny that without her, the H-man would be totally clueless. Sometimes girls rule and boys drool. Plus, whoever does her hair?!
Fogell, Superbad
We love Fogell because he doesn’t let a little (a lot of) geekiness get in his way of having crazy adventurs. Getting punched in the face, drinking with cops, shooting guns, blowing up cars... the kid knows how to have fun. In a vest.
Belle, Beauty and the Beast
HECK YES TO BOOK NERDS!!! Somebody get this girl a NOOK. The thing was invented for her. Maybe her inventor father invented the NOOK for her! Then why didn’t he name it The Belle? Wait. What were we talking about? It must be snack time.
That Guy From Sixteen Candles
Literally billed as “The Geek,” Anthony Michael Hall lives up to the title. He went on to become the geek in basically any Molly Ringwald movie, and is a must-know name for any geek historian. This is what defined our geeks today. So thank you, That Guy From Sixteen Candles, for The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, and Edward Scissorhands. You wear your nerd-tastic glasses well.
Gilligan, Gilligan’s Island
Anyone would look geeky in that hat. And those tight pants. But we all learned something from Gilligan. Every island has to have a geek. Every classroom. Every neighborhood. Every house. Every room. Looks like there’s a little Gilligan in us all.
Carlton, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
He might be too smart for his preppy britches, have almost no friends, and be cool in nearly no ways at all, but the boy can dance, which nearly got him kicked off the list. And nobody has ever pulled off a sweater vest so well. Not that anybody of late has been trying.
Screech, Saved By The Bell
It’s be tough for an awkward genius who always wears suspenders not to be a geek, and Screech doesn’t let us down. Maybe there is some ultimate universe where a character like Screech would get the girl. Does anyone know where that is?
Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory
Sheldon is loveable, but we’re not really sure why. The guy can’t hug, doesn’t really have a good sense of humor, and his obsessive compulsive disorder is always getting in the way. Maybe it’s because his IQ is higher than we even know what is possible to be an IQ, and he has more PhDs than us. So he’d be helpful in an asteroid crisis. Keep this one around for sure.
Steve Urkel , Family Matters
Raise your hand if you thought Family Matters was called The Steve Urkel Show. That’s because Steve literally stole the show away. Sky-high pants, a sky-high voice, a sky-high IQ, an obsession with cheese, (yes, you did “do that”) and an awkwardly-painful slant to his walk, he epitomizes everything that is geeky. Except when he is Stefan Urkel. Which reminds us that there’s a little chic Stefan in all of us. But probably more Steve Urkul in all of us.
Who did we forget?
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