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Have you seen the High School? Then you'll have definitely noticed this guy. He's the de facto captain of the football team and, per rules of the American education system, is a pretty big deal. This is the Quarterback, the moral, heroic, leader with a good arm. He will always go around wearing his jersey/letterman/varsity jacket, most likely carrying a football, and surrounded by other members of his team. In this department he is a talented, authoritative, motivational, and charismatic leader. He's probably on a first-name basis with the entire PE department staff and has a bit of influence on them. So, his potential to be a Jerk Jock is pretty high, right? The occasional work will do this, but more often than not he's actually a Nice Guy. There's a good chance he'll start out as an unfavorable guy before Character Development kicks in and he becomes a friend, or at least an ally, but in quite a significant number of works he will start as The Heart of the team. If he starts as part of the protagonist gang he will likely be The Lancer, or possibly The Big Guy if The Hero already found one that's not a jock. If he begins as antagonistic then he will likely try to redeem himself for his past sins with a big, dramatic, day-saving gesture. Regardless, he will likely be pretty popular — and is probably dating the Cruel Cheerleader, Pom-Pom Girl, or Lovable Alpha Bitch — though this may diminish when he swaps out being a bully for helping the nerdy hero. He may also not be the brightest of sparks, but has his good intentions. Compare and Contrast with elements of the Jerk Jock. See also: Big Man on Campus, The All-American Boy and Lovable Jock. The equivalent in Japanese Media is the Kendo Team Captain. For information on the Real Life quarterback position, please see American Football. For famous examples of real professional quarterbacks, see National Football League Quarterbacks. |
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Kamen Rider Fourze: Shun Daimonji, the school's star quarterback. He starts off as a Jerk Jock taken to such an extreme that he even interferes with Fourze defeating the Monster of the Week because of a grudge with the titular Kamen Rider. Later, though, he owns up to his Freudian Excuse (a controlling, perfectionist father) and works toward becoming a better person. He even joins the Kamen Rider Club, and assists Fourze in battle by piloting the Power Dizer. | |
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Punky Brewster: "The Quartersize Quarterback" (S1E1B) in question is Allen whom Glomer gives the abilities of a pro quarterback. He wins a spot with the Chicago Bears, but Glomer reveals the magic on Allen has a time limit. The magic expires, and Allen panics he'll be massacred on the field—until the coach tells him he doesn't qualify till after his graduating class. | |
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Boy Meets Boy has a gender-inverted version with Infinite Darlene, the trans girl who is quarterback both before and after her transition. | |
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Robin: The arrogant Karl Ranck is the quarterback at Tim's high school during Tim's freshman year. He is abrasive and self centered, though not actually a bully, and ends up getting murdered before the school year is up. | |
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Queer as Folk: (US version) Drew Boyd, who was kicked off the team after kissing his boyfriend, but was reinstated when the team realised how valuable he was to them. | |
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The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Jack Pappas, besides being a serial womanizer (and occasional man-izer), has a heart of gold and is close with a lot of people in school, though his main character trait is "being the quarterback". | |
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Harry Potter: Non-football version with Cedric Diggory, the Hufflepuff Quidditch Captain and Seeker in the third book. He's handsome, kind, courageous enough to volunteer for the Triwizard Tournament (and skilled enough to become the Hogwarts champion), a good enough sportsman that he tries to get a rematch after dementors invade the field and knock Harry out, and eventually, a Sacrificial Lion. By contrast, the other Captains we see are either Slytherins (who embody Unnecessary Roughness and cheat as if their lives depended on it) and Gryffindors Oliver Wood, (for whom Quidditch is Serious Business to the point that he doesn't mind that Harry's broomstick might be cursed if it gets them the Cup), and Harry himself. Turned on its head in The Cursed Child, where Albus and Scorpius' efforts to save Cedric's life result in his humiliating defeat, culminating in his becoming a Death Eater and murdering Neville, leading to the Bad Future. | |
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Smallville: As Clark was the quarterback, the occasional episode has him dealing with the team. He is proficient enough to get a college scholarship offer, as well as translating some of Superman's bravado to leading in high school. During the first season, this was instead applied to Whitney Fordman, the Smallville High quarterback who was being offered a scholarship to Kansas State, who starts off seeming like a regular jerk and playing a horrendous prank on Clark, but by the end of the season has become much more nice and sympathetic. |
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Twin Peaks: Zig-zagged. Bobby Briggs is the handsome quarterback of the highschool football team, the Big Man on Campus who's dating the popular blonde head cheerleader, and the son of an honorable, All-American military man. Twin Peaks being the Town with a Dark Secret that it is, this is subverted early on, as Bobby is quickly revealed to be cheating on his girlfriend, involved in some shady criminal conspiracies, and is even suspected in his girlfriend's murder. Much of Bobby's character arc, particularly in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, is about him being torn between being the leather-clad bad boy all the girls seem to want and his much more innocent quarterback heart. | |
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Dazed and Confused has Randy 'Pink' Floyd who, however, is a pretty nice guy and friendly to all factions in his high school, including the nerdy intellectuals. | |
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Glee: Finn "The Quarterback" Hudson, and to a lesser extent Sam. Finn is the well-respected QB, who has the loyalty of his team enough to get them to join the glee club, and with the help of Sam, Santana, and Bieste reforms them to not bully people. He was also decent enough in the beginning to not actually partake in the terrorizing of students that his teammates did, and lets them prepare for the standard bullying he approves of. Confident and truthful enough to dump his Alpha Bitch cheerleader girlfriend for one of the school "losers", and after a couple of seasons manages to regain his status. Rallies the football team, the glee club, and the school. Discussed in season 6 when Spencer wants to be starting QB, and Sam wants him to show he can make a stand before he'll give him the position, so gives him a Rousing Speech: |
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In Daria, Kevin Thompson lives this trope with such seriousness that being the quarterback forms a huge part of his identity. It's mostly parodied and played for laughs - he's definitely ''not'' very bright and sometimes insensitive but still quite firmly in the Lovable Jock category. | |
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Wolves: At the start of the film, Cayden is the high school quarterback "in a town where football is the one true religion." Life is good for him before the werewolf stuff starts. It's not clear if he's a Jerk Jock (he seems this way, but that could be the aforementioned werewolf stuff). | |
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One arc in Rocky and Bullwinkle has Bullwinkle being recruited to play quarterback for Wossamotta U after scouts observe his flawless alley-oop technique. | |
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Judge Dredd's clone father and Mega City One's first Chief Judge, Eustace Fargo, was the quarterback for Jaxville High School. He was good enough to be considered for the NFL, but he chose to go to law school instead. | |
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Friday Night Lights: Jason Street — Talented and beloved player with a promising career before he becomes paralysed, dating possibly the only nice cheerleader in school, who is also his coach's daughter, and still rallies school spirit whilst becoming humble. Matt Saracen — originally QB 2, and many doubted his abilities as a leader upon promotion because of his sweet personality. However, he proved to be both a commanding leader of the team with skills improving through S1, and a good leader among friends. Still, its running back Smash Williams who tends to be the team's emotional leader, with Matt being more of The Lancer. |
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Quarterback Princess: The made-for-TV movie from 1983 has teenager Tami Maida and her family move to Oregon, and Tami try out for the school football team. Despite initial resistance, she gets a chance to play, and enjoys much better pass protection than the primary male quarterback. Her team even chips in to buy Tami a very nice prom dress. | |
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The Faculty: Stan is the star player and fond friend to the school, having some troubles with his cheerleader girlfriend when he chooses to quit the team in order to get better grades. Coach supports him in this choice, even if it is right before the big match. | |
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Rise (2018): Robbie. In the pilot he gets blackmailed to audition for drama club and then has to make a choice between football and the musical. After talking to his mom and doing some soul-searching, he picks drama. | |
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Eyeshield 21 is of course full of them, however it's treated more as position like any others so not all of them fit the tropes associated with it, they are usually going to be The Smart Guy or The Leader of the team. Kid is the best example of the cool Lovable Jock type that every one cheers but too humble to accept it while Agon is the Jerk Jock to sociopathic degree who is not above beating his teammates or force school and coach to accommodate is sleazy lifestyle. The main quarterback of the story, Hiruma, looks and behaves like a demon in how he can manipulate people and situations to his advantage, making him a very fearsome opponent. Despite that, he's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who does care about his teammates, even if he works them to the bone. | |
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A Cinderella Story has Austin Ames, whom the protagonist was in her anonymous e-mail relationship with. Ames was the star quarterback dating the head cheerleader and resident Alpha Bitch, and was on the verge of being offered a full ride by the University of Southern California until the end, where he leaves the big game early, choosing to go to Princeton with Sam instead. | |
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