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Dork Knight

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Dork Knight	comment	Bob's a great guy. Why? Well, for one, he's brave, determined, good at what he does, genuinely nice, and, most importantly, his moral fiber has a higher tensile strength than spider silk. Sure, he's a bit socially awkward and has a few other harmless quirks, but that's all part of his particular charm. An obvious play on Dark Knight, the Dork Knight is The Ace, The Cape, the Knight in Shining Armor or a similar character type infused with Endearingly Dorky, where the endearing awkwardness serves to humanize an otherwise idealized hero. (It can also work in reverse, where an established lovable dork shows unexpected courage and prowess.) See also Badass Adorable and Socially Awkward Hero (which tend to overlap). Goofier examples of this trope may overlap with Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass. Compare the Super Loser, who's superpowered, but not necessarily endearing.
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Dork Knight / int_109f7814	comment	Sherlock: John Watson has some elements of this, particularly in fandom portrayals. Both his sweater-wearing cuteness and his badassery have become memes. They definitely have. BBC has him portrayed as an adrenaline junkie, but overall a likeable guy, don't mess with his friend. It'll end badly if you do. And he'll look adorable while doing it.
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Dork Knight / int_10b03dcf	comment	Batman: Arkham Asylum: While obviously not an example of the trope himself, Harley Quinn uses this as an insult to Batman.
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Dork Knight / int_12300cc3	comment	If Watchmen took place in a straight-up superhero universe rather than a Deconstruction-fest Dysfunction Junction, Dan Dreiberg (Nite Owl II) would have been this character type. But given the nature of the setting, he's more a Classical Anti-Hero than The Ace. It is worth noting that despite Watchmen's very dark take on most of the superhero archetypes it explores, Dan retains his endearing dorkiness and is probably the most idealistic and conventionally likable of the costumed heroes.
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Dork Knight / int_1305c32	comment	Kamen Rider Fourze: Gentaro Kisaragi. Enthusiastic, plans to befriend everybody even if he has to fight them first, preposterous haircut, surrounded by interested women.
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Dork Knight / int_1331990c	comment	Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Akemi Homura is revealed in a flashback to have started off life as cute and dorky. She turns to Take a Level in Badass to prevent Madoka's death, and gradually sheds layers of dorky charm in each iteration of her "Groundhog Day" Loop to become a hardened badass dedicated to protecting her at all costs. However, when her feelings for Madoka bubble up to the surface, she's still the same person at heart.
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Dork Knight / int_1554a3a3	comment	Nurse Angel Ririka SOS: Seiya is a hyperactive, clever, absolutely fearless goofball who doesn't have the best control over his powers (it's a work in progress,) but is always ready to help his Magical Girl Warrior best friend. Villains actually refer to him as a knight.
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Dork Knight / int_1aacbbc9	comment	Dragon Age: Alistair. On the one hand, he's brave, noble, and heroic (making him a distinct rarity in the Dragon Age verse) and approves of the player being so as well — on the other, he's a bit of a Manchild who can barely get through a sentence without slipping into bad humor and/or Buffy Speak, especially if he's talking to a woman.
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Dork Knight / int_215b5498	comment	In Thieves Can Be Heroes!, Izuku Midoriya retains most of the traits of his canon counterpart. He isn't quite as popular due to the stigma of the criminal record he earned while trying to save a woman from a drunken rapist, but the friends he does have will gladly put their lives on the line for him and they unanimously nominate him as the leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts for his overall strength, moral fiber, intelligence, and bravery.
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Dork Knight / int_2192aeb3	comment	Fire Emblem: Roy from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade is a brave and skilled swordsman, and a very charismatic leader and highly intelligent Teen Genius Guile Hero to boot, but he definitely has his awkward teenager moments; especially in his supports with any of his potential wives. His father Eliwood from the prequel game can fall into this sometimes, too, but to a lesser degree. In Fire Emblem: Awakening we have Sumia. A submissive badass in the battlefield, a Cute Clumsy Girl outside of it. Prince Chrom, too. And his daughter Lucina (who can be mothered by Sumia) can have her moments. In truth, almost every character in Awakening counts to some degree. Characters like Severa and Henry are very upfront about it, while others like Frederick and Panne require a little more digging to reach their dorky sides. It seems that Chrom and Lucina's dorkiness comes from somewhere; even Prince Marth from the games taking place 2000 years before theirs had moments like this as well, mainly due to his rather childish and naive personality. Applies to the Avatar aka Corrin, of Fire Emblem Fates. An unstoppable, badass Determinator on the battlefield, but a cheerful, socially inept dork off of it. Alm from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia takes the usual "badass on the battlefield, dork off of it" nature of Fire Emblem heroes up a notch with his love of corny jokes and bad puns. Celica is fairly stern and serious much of the time, but she too isn't without her silly moments, such as chuckling at the word "booty".
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Dork Knight / int_2212773a	comment	From Angel, we have the Groosalugg (a title meaning "The Brave and Undefeated" - Groo for short), a champion from a swords-and-sorcery alternate universe, who is always eager to please his "princess".
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Dork Knight / int_223c2a48	comment	In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Link started off in the backstory as very stoic and serious, but he's loosened up considerably by the time you get to control him. He often makes cheesy puns in dialogue, he hums excitedly while cooking food, and should you choose to sleep on the waterbed in Zora's Domain, Link can be heard bouncing on the bed and giggling like a little kid.
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Dork Knight / int_27c708b3	comment	Rosario + Vampire: After taking a level in badass, Tsukune Aono fits squarely in this. Taking on some of the most deadliest monsters one minute and being a cute dork the next.
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Dork Knight / int_291dc90e	comment	Octopath Traveler II: Crick starts out as a very earnest Naïve Newcomer who is constantly getting teased by Temenos for his awkwardness. However, he's also extremely dedicated to his job, and even the antagonists note how strong he is.
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Dork Knight / int_2a8943c0	comment	Miraculous Ladybug: Adrien Agreste is a studious, kind-hearted, sweet Ace who genuinely cares about others and literally Jumped at the Call. He's also the dorky, punny superhero Cat Noir. Adrien, despite being polite and pretty friendly, started the series as a homeschooled kid who had difficulty relating to his peers. He got better after Character Development kicked in. Marinette Dupain-Cheng, to an extent. She's the protagonist to Adrien's deuteragonist, and a compassionate, genuinely nice Girly Bruiser, who likes fashion, and trumps people at video games left and right. And as Ladybug she stands for responsibility and justice alongside Cat Noir. Despite all that, she gets pretty flustered and even more clumsy than usual around her crush, Adrien, alternating between Cannot Spit It Out and a hilarious case of Motor Mouth.
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Dork Knight / int_2bb4ae0f	comment	Heroes: Hiro Nakamura considers it his personal quest to "Save the cheerleader, save the world." He is absolutely giddy over the fact that he gets to be a hero just like his favorite anime and comic characters, and his enthusiasm tends to spill over into fanboying "Flying Man" because he has cool powers, too (though Nathan really wishes he didn't and certainly doesn't want Hiro yelling "FLYING MAN!" where everyone can hear).
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Dork Knight / int_2bbcacd9	comment	Looney Tunes: Daffy Duck as Stupor Duck. He mistakes a TV melodrama as the evil machinations of a villain named Aardvark Ratnik and goes about righting wrongs that don't really need righting to start with. The latter-day short Superior Duck may count as well.
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Dork Knight / int_2ce70ac5	comment	Po from Kung Fu Panda, who is simultaneously a kung fu master and a kung fu fanboy.
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Dork Knight / int_2d316bc0	comment	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012): Both Leonardo (to the point he models himself after a Captain Kirk knockoff) and Donatello (even more when his crush, April, is present). Add an all-out goofball in Michelangelo, and is easy to see why the overtly serious\angry Raphael feels a little out of place.
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Dork Knight / int_2efd38a0	comment	My Adventures with Superman: Clark Kent/Superman is much less sure of himself and more socially awkward than previous versions of the Man of Steel (and unlike past incarnations, his mild-mannered personality as Clark isn't just an act to keep a low profile). He's a stammering mess when flustered and runs from Lois when she tries to interview him as Superman. His uncertainty and unfamiliarity with his alien and "un-normal" abilities also contributes to him being much weaker in a fight than past incarnations, as he subconsciously suppresses the full extent of his strength because of his fears of accidentally hurting/killing others, even enemies attacking him. Despite this, he's still very much an All-Loving Hero who only wants to use his powers to help others.
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Dork Knight / int_3106477d	comment	He's become less so over the years, but Lee Falk's original depiction of The Phantom had definite moments of this, particularly around the woman he loves.
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Dork Knight / int_35f5d687	comment	Shakespeare's Henry V is a fine leader and a victorious conqueror, effortlessly eloquent when rallying his troops to snatch victory from sure defeat. He is also full of awkward when trying to talk to the French princess (who doesn't speak English) and sounds like a total moron when trying to speak to her in French. This kind of depends on the actor playing Henry, but it's a common interpretation.
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Dork Knight / int_3bce4381	comment	Trigun: Vash the Stampede. He's a completely unstoppable (and non-lethal) warrior and one of the silliest men committed to animation.
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Dork Knight / int_41b0198a	comment	The Dresden Files has short stories showing how Harry Dresden looks from the outside, like a flaky spaz when investigating a crime scene, and in battle, a terrifying demigod who wields fire and lightning "like they were toys created for his own use".
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Dork Knight / int_44127c7c	comment	Power Rangers: The legendary Memetic Badass Tommy Oliver absolutely qualifies.
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Dork Knight / int_468bebb0	comment	Discworld: Carrot Ironfoundersson. Polite, scrupulous, charismatic, rather literal-minded, and, particularly in his first appearances, a Fish out of Water. He's a bit like the Disc's equivalent of Benton Fraser. People who meet him tend to go through a phase of realizing he believes everything he's saying, then searching for "tells" that it's a joke. They will never be certain. Dorky, earnest young minister Mightily Oats gradually becomes one of these in the course of Carpe Jugulum. References to him in later books indicate that he eventually becomes a full-blown Badass Preacher.
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Dork Knight / int_476bc61d	comment	Kid Icarus: Uprising: Pit is captain of an army of centurions, has mastered nine different weapon types, and was able to defeat Medusa (Twice, in fact) and Hades, by himself. He also happens to be easily flustered, a jokester, and has Undying Loyalty to his goddess Palutena. It helps that, despite being at least 25+ years old, he looks and acts like a thirteen-year-old.
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Dork Knight / int_49a87cb3	comment	Final Fantasy VII: Zack Fair is strong, handsome, loyal, determined, honorable, friendly, and all over a nice guy. He also is a serious badass and one of the strongest fighters in the series. However, as seen in Crisis Core, he's also 16-18 for most of his game and has the attention span of a hyperactive Labrador. Puppy, indeed.
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Dork Knight / int_4bac213e	comment	Sherman from Mr. Peabody & Sherman is a bookworm who saved a Damsel in Distress from marrying a Pharaoh, joined the Trojan army, and controlled a time machine. He's just like his dad.
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Dork Knight / int_4d51eaea	comment	Magic Ex Libris: This trope is exemplified by Isaac Vanko, who often takes time from running for his life or fighting to geek out over whatever is trying to kill him.
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Dork Knight / int_4d773e6	comment	Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon is another one. Lacking the traditional Viking strength and bluster, he became a first-rate Guile Hero and Badass Bookworm by understanding how dragons think and taming them instead of just fighting them directly. And then tames a freaking Night Fury as his partner. Sure, he's badass, but only when he has to be. Little wonder why he's so popular with the female fanbase.
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Dork Knight / int_4e549f11	comment	Dreamscape: Soya. Anjren points out at the end of the first episode that he can shift from a goofy nice guy to a serious badass just like that.
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Dork Knight / int_4e7cac32	comment	Supergirl (2015): Kara Danvers/Zor-El is a cute, awkward, and idealistic Flying Brick. Lampshaded by a shock-jock DJ who mocks Supergirl's adorkable and wholesome persona.
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Dork Knight / int_50bcf7a6	comment	Homestuck: John Egbert starts off as a goofy dork. He quickly grows into a badass and the team's leader, without ever becoming less of a dork. On a more literal note, both Karkat and Dave are dorks, and they are knights. Bipbopbam. Dork Knights.
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Dork Knight / int_534f0200	comment	Kamen Rider Saber: Rintaro Shindo / Kamen Rider Blades, a knight deeply devoted to a secret order that has been fighting monsters born from human imagination for thousands of years. In battle, an absolute badass swordsman. Otherwise a silly bookworm who has very little real world experience and thus reacts with a childish glee to things like pastries or cultural customs. It also means he can't even talk to people without coming across as either weird or suspicious because of his The Unsmile and an odd word choice (for one, he calls people Homo Sapiens).
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Dork Knight / int_60156176	comment	Vorkosigan Saga: Miles Vorkosigan is a tiny, hyperactive, Genius Cripple snarker with the soul of a Knight Errant and frightening levels of determination.
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Dork Knight / int_62126ef1	comment	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: Ant-Man and The Wasp. The former a Science Hero who'd much prefer doing science stuff than heroics, and squees when he begins mapping Ant DNA, the latter an excitable Genki Girl who really enjoys fighting crime and watching cartoons.
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Dork Knight / int_627507ac	comment	Rio: Blu. He even has a "legal name" to put it that way (Tyler Gunderson).
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Dork Knight / int_69d15cc0	comment	Marvel Cinematic Universe: Steve Rogers in Captain America: The First Avenger. Brave, determined, the film's Mr. Fanservice, and a bona fide Super-Soldier. Also humble, kind, a terrible liar, awkward about romance, and dorkily cute. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson counts, too. A Promoted Fanboy of Captain America (complete with a set of vintage trading cards!), he's like a dorky math teacher in a nice suit. However, he is a S.H.I.E.L.D agent (and Nick Fury's Number Two), who is completely unflappable facing down any number of threats ranging from H.Y.D.R.A terrorists to alien invaders. One of his Establishing Character Moments was casually threatening Tony Stark with being tazed, and then watching Supernanny while Stark "drooled into the carpet." Thor in his first movie. Complete and utter naïve dork with a big, goofy grin on his face when there isn't any danger about. Much of it comes from having little clue about Midguard customs and being as excited and happy to learn as a Golden Retriever let loose in a dog park. The MCU's version of Peter Parker. He's played by a younger actor than other cinematic versions of the character, and his personality has less angst and more youthful energy and fanboyish enthusiasm. Vision is one of the stronger Avengers, and a hyper-intelligent artificial humanoid, but due to his (relative) youth, he's also not quite got the hang of human customs, so when not being an Avenger, he hangs around in casual sweaters, getting confused by cooking instructions, and is completely tongue-tied trying to talk to Wanda.
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Dork Knight / int_6ac55ec7	comment	Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 has the iconic cleric, Jozan. He's a competent fighter, spellcaster, and orator, and very morally upright, but he's also The Klutz when it comes to being sneaky or anything else dexterous. In the iconics feature novels he suffers near-permanent Crush Blush around the paladin Alhandra, as well as Gibberish of Love and grinning like an idiot whenever she praises him. In the "Creature Feature" stories, meanwhile, he's the D&D equivalent of a good little Christian boy, so saintly sweet and gentlemanly he gives the rogue Lidda sugar overdoses. Then add on a tendency to be the No-Respect Guy, and yeah.
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Dork Knight / int_702a974	comment	Shadow of the Colossus: In many odd ways, Wander could count as this. The narrative (what little there is) never calls attention to it, but for a guy who's capable of slaying Colossi, he seems really unprepared for it; he doesn't know how to handle a sword beyond awkward stabs and clumsy swings that throw him off balance, and even when he's running normally, it's less of a composed sprint and more like a frantic scramble as if he's about to trip over everything (ironic considering how well he does vertically). It appears that Team ICO was counting on this clumsiness to endear himself to audiences, almost assuredly to create dissonance once the tone of the game begins shifting against him and his Colossus-slaying.
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Dork Knight / int_7149a731	comment	Wonder Woman (2017): Diana is a fierce and brave warrior, but also a truthful, sincere, kind and honest girl who positively squees at the sight of a baby. Unfortunately, she loses this trait after seeing the worst of mankind during World War I.
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Dork Knight / int_72262aee	comment	Avatar: The Last Airbender: Everyone. Sokka in particular stands out, as does Zuko after his Heel–Face Turn (before which he was a Nerd in Evil's Helmet). The titular Avatar in The Legend of Korra who was raised in a secluded compound from age four to sixteen and it shows as she's a Socially Awkward Hero with a good heart despite her immaturity. She does develop over the seasons into a mature and wise leader but, like Aang in flashbacks, still retains some dorkiness. Considering the very first Avatar Wan was a goof himself, it may be inherited through reincarnation.
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Dork Knight / int_7357234c	comment	Beyond Good & Evil has Double H, whose dorkiness is actually directly tied to his badassery: He's fanboyishly obsessed with his Badass Creed, to the point of using its name as his Battle Cry ("CARLSONNN AND PEETERSSSS!") and applying quotes from it to everything he does, regardless of the circumstances. It helps that he's also an obsessively loyal Bruiser with a Soft Center.
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Dork Knight / int_73f3d5ac	comment	Bucky Barnes Gets His Groove Back & Other International Incidents makes it absolutely, abundantly clear that Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Natasha Romanoff, and Bucky Barnes are just humans under their superhero-slash-unwilling-supervillain identities and abilities, and total dorks. Steve had a Drag Queen phase back in the 1930s that involved him wearing lipstick during sex, swears himself blue if he breaks an art pencil, attempts to leave the hospital with a catheter still in, and once cut himself trying to shave his crotch with a straight razor. Barnes develops a taste for trashy Paranormal Romance novels, unironically listens to dubstep (the harsh sound helps to quiet his mind), names a spaceship with enough destructive power to qualify as a WMD Motherfucker, and loves hot baths and washing his hair. Natasha plays Never Have I Ever on long road trips, once tried jerryrigging her own hair dye while on an op, organizes HYDRA intel in a glittery pink notebook with a fuchsia pen with pompoms and a charm dangling from the top, and nearly squees in delight when Barnes, Steve, and Sam steal her a monster truck snowplow. Finally, Sam develops crushes on jacked white blond dudes, the dumber the better, changed his parents' dog's name to Barf, traded his iPod Touch to a mentally unstable super-assassin in exchange for macaroni and cheese with bacon, and has placidly accepted his new life of espionage, wetwork ops, and government watchlists.
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Dork Knight / int_74f7210c	comment	The Legend of Zelda: Link loves this trope. No matter which incarnation he's in. Here are a few examples. Described by the page quote is the Link in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; he may be brave, kind, and heroic, but he's still a huge dork of a Kid Hero with especially cartooney facial expressions, even for the art style. Similarly, the Link in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a good example as well, being a somewhat klutzy Sleepyhead, especially around Zelda; both of them have slayed monsters, saved the world, shown unbelievable amounts of determination stronger than titanium, and are overall very capable at what they do. In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Link started off in the backstory as very stoic and serious, but he's loosened up considerably by the time you get to control him. He often makes cheesy puns in dialogue, he hums excitedly while cooking food, and should you choose to sleep on the waterbed in Zora's Domain, Link can be heard bouncing on the bed and giggling like a little kid.
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Dork Knight / int_76d1f0	comment	Blazblue: Through training alone, Bang Shishigami has enough speed and stamina to keep up with characters who have special powers and deadly artifacts, and in some cases, immortality. He also protects the innocent, risks his life for others, considers no good deed to be beneath him no matter how mundane, and dedicates much of his life to helping out his community. While this makes him a beloved hero in his community, his tendency to talk and act like a hero from a Sentai series with no volume control makes it impossible for any of the other characters to take him seriously.
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Dork Knight / int_770a88f1	comment	In Jonathan Joestar, The First JoJo, Jonathan definitely qualifies as this, keeping in line with his canon portrayal.
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Dork Knight / int_7988cb68	comment	Mass Effect: Garrus Vakarian is of the Number Two/Friendly Sniper variety. He is a highly trained sniper who (1) aided in stopping a full scale assault on the galactic seat of government, (2) led a group of vigilantes on a space station that would put Mos Eisley Spaceport to shame, and (3) became the leader of a task force designated to prepare for the inevitable genocidal alien invasion. During the course of all of this, he has a bad habit of saying Innocently Insensitive things, and turns into a shy, stuttering confused mess when either making or receiving romantic/sexual advances.
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Dork Knight / int_7ceff43d	comment	Super Powereds: Vince is so stubbornly optimistic that he often brings out the best in people before they even knew it was there to be brought out.
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Dork Knight / int_7cf5a07	comment	The Flash (2014): Barry Allen is a forensic scientist prone to geek-outs, sometimes socially awkward. He's also the fastest man alive and a superhero.
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Dork Knight / int_81f5d35d	comment	Kamen Rider: Kamen Rider Fourze: Gentaro Kisaragi. Enthusiastic, plans to befriend everybody even if he has to fight them first, preposterous haircut, surrounded by interested women. Kamen Rider Saber: Rintaro Shindo / Kamen Rider Blades, a knight deeply devoted to a secret order that has been fighting monsters born from human imagination for thousands of years. In battle, an absolute badass swordsman. Otherwise a silly bookworm who has very little real world experience and thus reacts with a childish glee to things like pastries or cultural customs. It also means he can't even talk to people without coming across as either weird or suspicious because of his The Unsmile and an odd word choice (for one, he calls people Homo Sapiens).
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Dork Knight / int_8258e260	comment	Super Mario Bros.: The titular bros, Mario and Luigi, each in their own way. Mario constantly risks his life to save Princess Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom, goes out of his way to help anyone he meets and is unfailingly brave and noble. He's also a happy-go-lucky, excitable guy who possesses an extreme optimism and enjoys all sorts of activities, no matter how childish they might seem. Luigi is a flat-out cute dork and Lovable Coward, he would rather stay out of trouble and is constantly overlooked in favor of his more famous, older brother. However, that doesn't stop him from being the best person he can be and his moral fiber is just as strong as Mario's.
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Dork Knight / int_86814cd2	comment	Final Fantasy IX: Steiner is not the main hero, but he is a Dork Knight at times. He leans more towards being more of an Idiot Hero.
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Dork Knight / int_88b348e8	comment	Cardcaptor Sakura: Syaoran Li, beneath his supposed arrogance, turns out to be one. Arguably Sakura herself evolves as such, both her competence as guardian of the cards and cluelessly innocent persona upped as the series goes on.
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Dork Knight / int_8ad6e76f	comment	Dorky, earnest young minister Mightily Oats gradually becomes one of these in the course of Carpe Jugulum. References to him in later books indicate that he eventually becomes a full-blown Badass Preacher.
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Dork Knight / int_8c87469c	comment	Similarly, the Link in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a good example as well, being a somewhat klutzy Sleepyhead, especially around Zelda; both of them have slayed monsters, saved the world, shown unbelievable amounts of determination stronger than titanium, and are overall very capable at what they do.
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Dork Knight / int_8d7f29ec	comment	Glee: Blaine Anderson has become known as "Dapper" in the fandom for a reason: he constantly wears bowties, cardigans, polo shirts and sweater vests. He doesn't like to wear socks for some odd reason and has a passion dancing like Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to songs by Katy Perry. He also is willing to take on football players about twice his size if they mess with his boyfriend and probably could have taken him down considering he boxes and started his private school's chapter of Fight Club.
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Dork Knight / int_8df5521b	comment	In Superman, the title character's secret identity certainly has dorky tendencies. This could be the result of Obfuscating Stupidity, being an Alien Among Us, or something else. In the modern comics, it's usually just because he's a farmer's son who moved to the big city. He doesn't really count as Alien Among Us, since he came to Earth as an infant.
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Dork Knight / int_8f4ee60f	comment	Back to the Future: Marty McFly hardly is the toughest guy around, and he does have his "nobody calls me chicken" problem, but he mostly is a good guy.
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Dork Knight / int_9291b6ba	comment	Immortal Souls: John looks and fights the part of a badass '90s Anti-Hero, but he's really a softie who is a bit naive and cares about saving innocents and doing the right thing, though you do have to initially push him into it. He also gets absolutely tongue-tied talking to his Love Interest Allison and whenever the Black Witch tries flirting with him. Or when talking about Allison. Or when thinking about Allison.
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Dork Knight / int_93acba01	comment	Alm from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia takes the usual "badass on the battlefield, dork off of it" nature of Fire Emblem heroes up a notch with his love of corny jokes and bad puns. Celica is fairly stern and serious much of the time, but she too isn't without her silly moments, such as chuckling at the word "booty".
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Dork Knight / int_94bfa327	comment	The Dreamstone: Rufus, being Mr. Imagination, The Klutz and a Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass rolled into one, gets moments of this Depending on the Writer. Especially prominent in the pilot episode, where he even wields a sword.
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Dork Knight / int_95f7353a	comment	The Lone Gunmen: All of the gents qualify to some degree or another. They certainly are dorks, and they're completely incorruptible underground hackers and journalists operating with the motive that Information Wants to Be Free. However, Byers and Jimmy Bond fit the mold best. Byers is a soft-spoken gentleman who used to be a loyal worker for the FCC and still believes that America can one day live up to the Eagleland Type One. The other two derided him as a "narc" until he stared down armed members of the Conspiracy and chewed them out, demanding to know who the hell they were and what gave them the right to pull these stunts. Jimmy Bond, their last recruit, is a Book Dumb puppy dog of a man who is Too Dumb to Fool, but gifted with a surprising amount of compassion and intuition that makes him see things that the otherwise intellectual Gunmen are apt to miss.
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Dork Knight / int_960062b7	comment	My Hero Academia: Izuku Midoriya is armed with the Quirk of the world's greatest hero, granting him incredible Super-Strength at the risk of smashing his bones to pieces. Through his hard work and dedication he becomes one of the best fighters in his class at a school filled with promising young Heroes. On top of all this, his grades are excellent and he boasts considerable popularity among his peers and the rest of the people in his neighborhood after the Sports Festival. He's also an extremely dorky Socially Awkward Hero who gets flustered around girls, is an enormous Hero Fanboy, and is prone to Tender Tears. His mentor, All Might, also has a bit of this, although it's not nearly as visible due to his charisma and showmanship. He's a Superman Substitute who's officially recognized as the greatest hero in the world. His actions have inspired a generation of would-be heroes and his mere existence reduces the crime rate through deterrence. He also frequently makes extremely bombastic entrances to ordinary social situations ("I am...coming through the door, like a normal person!") has a tendency to privately Squee over Midoriya, and has to carry around a "Teaching For Dummies" book.
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Dork Knight / int_980c3316	comment	Captain Marvel definitely qualifies. He's a hero on par with Superman both in terms of physical power and nobility, and is completely unafraid of standing up to beings more powerful than himself (up to and including the Wrath of God) if he feels it has to be done. Yet he's also unfailingly polite, kind, friendly and compassionate, with a good (sometimes self-deprecating) sense of humor who tends to get completely flustered when women take interest in him. The fact that he's really a 12 to 15 year old kid in an adult superhuman body goes a long way towards explaining this.
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Dork Knight / int_a2dee471	comment	Described by the page quote is the Link in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; he may be brave, kind, and heroic, but he's still a huge dork of a Kid Hero with especially cartooney facial expressions, even for the art style.
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Dork Knight / int_a5ec251b	comment	Read or Die: Yomiko Readman is a bookworm. A very huge bookworm. Such a huge bookworm that she lives in a big apartment building covered from top to bottom with books and is the top customer of every bookstore in the district. She begins her quest to defuse a plan to cause The End of the World as We Know It by chasing after someone who stole one of her books while asking him meekly to hand it back. She can also kill you with a bookmark.
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Dork Knight / int_a81325d3	comment	Final Fantasy: Final Fantasy VII: Zack Fair is strong, handsome, loyal, determined, honorable, friendly, and all over a nice guy. He also is a serious badass and one of the strongest fighters in the series. However, as seen in Crisis Core, he's also 16-18 for most of his game and has the attention span of a hyperactive Labrador. Puppy, indeed. Final Fantasy IX: Steiner is not the main hero, but he is a Dork Knight at times. He leans more towards being more of an Idiot Hero.
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Dork Knight / int_a86b7660	comment	Due South: Constable Benton Fraser, the quirky, unfailingly polite, straight-arrow Fish out of Water mountie.
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Dork Knight / int_afeeacf6	comment	Rey is a Wrench Wench who can kick your ass (and is something of a Plucky Girl, too), but she is still a Nice Girl that's a huge fan of the heroes of the rebellion, as seen with her interactions with Han Solo.
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Dork Knight / int_b3710357	comment	TRON: The titular character is a badass in a combat situation, and a completely earnest Religious Bruiser dork outside it. Urgent call from his personal deity on the line? Nope, he's going to go and find his counterpart (wife) first. The Deleted Scene? He's mostly oblivious to Yori's intentions until she all but puts on some lingerie and starts incorporating the planning into the foreplay! His Kingdom Hearts II incarnation celebrated victory by hugging everyone. Unfortunately, anything past that first film was a Trauma Conga Line; by the time TRON: Uprising rolls around, he's become incredibly cynical, with the occasional flash of dorkiness. And then there's TRON: Legacy, where he ends up as little more than a brainwashed attack dog for Clu.
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Dork Knight / int_b3a3fa47	comment	Commander Jeffrey Sinclair, commanding officer of Babylon 5. Badass Rules Lawyer Ace Pilot who is, in fact, a complete and utter dork. His successor, John Sheridan, was no better. If you piss Sheridan off, he will nuke your ass. But he'll go from nuke-slinging badass to rushing over to his second in command's room in the middle of the night because he had a great idea, and being completely oblivious to her being dressed in nothing but a flimsy nightgown. (Justified somewhat because they are Like Brother and Sister).
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Dork Knight / int_b4996199	comment	Spider-Man: Peter Parker is an endearingly awkward everyman ever since he was a teenager. Which never stopped him from being one of the most capable superheroes in the Marvel-verse. In the mainstream comics, he remains this way even as an adult. It's best seen when he interacts with the other heroes (who see him as something of a young sibling yet deeply respect him) and also when it comes to younger heroes (who look at him in awe for being in the hero game when he was their age and now doing his best to guide them).
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Dork Knight / int_b8c056b0	comment	Space Ace: Dexter; normally, he's The Ace, but thanks to Borf's Infanto Ray, he spends most of the game as a skinny, awkward teenager.
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Dork Knight / int_bee47cbe	comment	Unsounded: In life, Duane Adelier was a skilled warrior, an exceptionally competent tacit-casting mage, and responsible for training young soldiers in the ways of battle pymary. He was also a noble, slightly goofy man who held on to an idealistic view of peace between the two major religions, the castes, and the political viewpoints of his country when few held the same, and was quite fond of dramatic operas and plays. The character currently still retains most of these personality traits, however the horrific trauma of the past six years has caused an air of hopelessness with all he does due to the loss of his loved ones, the betrayal of his country, and the firm belief his soul is now damned. Nevertheless, he still retains many of his idealistic and goofy traits and his competence in a fight.
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Dork Knight / int_c2eb1b78	comment	Delicious in Dungeon: Laius the warrior is the leader of an experienced dungeon explorer team. He's also a massive dork, is a living encyclopedia on monsters, and is awful at reading the mood.
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Dork Knight / int_c4282b71	comment	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Shining Armor, the Captain of the Royal Guard and Twilight Sparkle, his socially awkward and magically-gifted sister.
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Dork Knight / int_c43df4d8	comment	Doctor Who: The Doctor in most, if not all incarnations. Special mentions go to the ridiculously awkward Fourth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctors, who can't seem to get the hang of holding a normal conversation, but have destroyed civilizations. Some might also consider Rory Williams, after he took a level in badass.
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Dork Knight / int_ccf875f7	comment	Criminal Minds has Aaron Hotchner, although you wouldn't necessarily know it if you met him on the job due to his stoic nature and Perpetual Frowner glare. But get him at home with his young son or in a social situation with his team, and you'll realise that he has quite the adorkable side hidden underneath his Comically Serious demeanour.
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Dork Knight / int_ce50887e	comment	Dragon Ball: Son Gohan has a bad case of Chronic Hero Syndrome, perfect grades, superpowers, and grew up in a tiny, isolated house up in the mountains with absolutely no frame of reference to tell him that no, normal people cannot jump eight meters into the air. Becoming a superhero with really clear Sentai influences really was the only option.
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Dork Knight / int_d23e6c9a	comment	Amazing Fantasy begins with Izuku Midoriya (who in this universe got Spider-Man powers) giving the audience the "do you really want to know my story?" narration of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, only to stop and beg the audience to stay when he seems to be scaring (or boring) then away. His typical personality also clashes quite noticeably with Peter Parker's.
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Dork Knight / int_d5ddd6c1	comment	Pokémon: The Series: Cynthia. In addition to being Sinnoh's Champion, she's a scholar who studies Sinnoh's myths. Oh, and she also has a silly personality and a child-like obsession with sweets (particularly ice cream), treating them like Serious Business. This even gets exploited by the bad guys on occasion.
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Dork Knight / int_d616724d	comment	League of Legends has Poppy, Keeper of the Hammer, an unbelievably strong yordle tasked with delivering a legendary hammer of Orlon to a fabled "Hero of Demacia" and is remarkably and suspiciously capable with wielding it herself. She's also a complete dork with No Sense of Direction, a chipper sense of humor (but ironically Cannot Tell a Joke), and is so humble that she genuinely doesn't consider how she might actually be the hero she was looking for.
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Dork Knight / int_db96ded4	comment	The titular Avatar in The Legend of Korra who was raised in a secluded compound from age four to sixteen and it shows as she's a Socially Awkward Hero with a good heart despite her immaturity. She does develop over the seasons into a mature and wise leader but, like Aang in flashbacks, still retains some dorkiness. Considering the very first Avatar Wan was a goof himself, it may be inherited through reincarnation.
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Dork Knight / int_dbaabb61	comment	Mickey Mouse in some of his earlier more abrasive years pre-Flanderization into The Everyman (though it comes back on occasion, e.g. Runaway Brain).
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Dork Knight / int_e293455a	comment	Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Xander Harris is a nerdy loser of the first water — hugely into comics and science fiction. And he's got a moral center as strong as tungsten steel and, when pushed, the sheer unbreakable will to back it up. Angelus referred to him — sarcastically — as "Buffy's White Knight" not really comprehending just how corret he was being.
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Dork Knight / int_e4501142	comment	Her successor, the current and third Ms. Marvel, aka the ever-dorky shapeshifter and superhero fangirl, Kamala Khan.
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Dork Knight / int_e7e37776	comment	Firefly: Simon Tam. An intelligent and chivalrous but very socially awkward doctor who can be surprisingly resourceful and dangerous when his little sister's in danger.
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Dork Knight / int_e9e265b6	comment	In Fire Emblem: Awakening we have Sumia. A submissive badass in the battlefield, a Cute Clumsy Girl outside of it. Prince Chrom, too. And his daughter Lucina (who can be mothered by Sumia) can have her moments. In truth, almost every character in Awakening counts to some degree. Characters like Severa and Henry are very upfront about it, while others like Frederick and Panne require a little more digging to reach their dorky sides. It seems that Chrom and Lucina's dorkiness comes from somewhere; even Prince Marth from the games taking place 2000 years before theirs had moments like this as well, mainly due to his rather childish and naive personality.
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Dork Knight / int_ec24475f	comment	"Z" from Antz (DW's first CG production) is a neurotic and pessimistic ant (this being Woody Allen, no less), who saved his entire colony.
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Dork Knight / int_eef5470a	comment	Rurouni Kenshin: Sweet, kind and cuddly Himura Kenshin. That's not to say he isn't a skilled disciplined Samurai with an unflappable sense of right and wrong, defender of the innocent, etc. etc.
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Dork Knight / int_f3c3ca42	comment	The Tick: Arthur wants to be a super, and definitely has some dorky qualities, but is overshadowed by The Tick. The Tick, by contrast, is an Idiot Hero.
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Dork Knight / int_fe8ef766	comment	Captain America is very much a Nice Guy and kind-hearted boy-next-door type who genuinely cares about others more than himself and isn't afraid to proclaim the ideals he fights for, namely The American Dream. There are some cynics who would sneer at this, but Cap honestly doesn't care. He'll still keep fighting for his ideals no matter what. On one occasion, Cap provides encouragement to a despairing Spider-Man by telling him "This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world — No, YOU move." There's a reason why the Avengers know they can always trust Cap.
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