High School Stereotypes In Movies/TV That Are Almost Never Realistic

Quinn fabray from glee

I can't even express how much the popular cheerleader stereotype bothers me. Most cheer teams don't even use pom poms. It's really physically grueling, and dangerous - keycha1n

Breakfast club has many stereotypes. The princess, jock, criminal, brain, basket case - RustyNail

I've seen that one so many times! There are two big mistakes in this one.
- All cheerleaders are not bitchy.
- Popular people don't feel lonely. That's just something that we nerds make up to make ourselves feel better. - ShyChick

For me, the typical jocks who base their lives on the status of their favourite team and think that athleticism is the most important thing to them are annoying, but people can enjoy playing sports and getting fit, including the most academic of students. I'm a hard-working physics geek myself, and I enjoy the martial art which is the main thing keeping me fit, and so, is pretty important. - PositronWildhawk

I've seen that one so many times too. The society in general tends to believe that people that are involved with sports are not clever or intelligent, but that's another stereotype that's just not true. I mean, look at me. I'm like the female version of Sheldon Cooper in school but sports are something that I still enjoy doing and I'm sure that there are a lot of jocks that love Star Trek or something. - ShyChick

This is an overused stereotype. I played softball and soccer while being in the top 10% of my class and I have a brother that wrestles and plays football all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Just because a person is good at one thing does not mean they are bad at another. I dislike when people try and fit me or others in a box because we may be "jocks" or "geeks." - NerdBunny

How could all jocks be dumb if exercise is good for your brain?

Fortunately, that's not a stereotype I see very often. It really annoys me though every time I see it because I'm extremely awkward and introverted as a person and I hate when they potray shy people as outcasts that have nobody to talk to. Everyone has at least one friend or a close family member to talk to. Nobody is alone. - ShyChick

I am a little bit of a loner but I have 5 friends, I'm mostly around my boyfriend and my sister and my friend Lazuli. - MeaganSaysHI

Hair color has nothing to do with brain power. The smartest girl that went to my high school is blonde and she was valedictorian. - NerdBunny

This is one of the stereotypes I hate not only in high school but in general in life. The colour of our hair says nothing about who we R. It's our personality and intelligence that do. - ShyChick

Last year, just before I left primary school (Year 6) I was the smartest in my school (IQ 120). I am blond (But I am still male). - coolguy101

This stereotype makes no sense at all. I have blond hair and I'm pretty smart. I swear the guys who make Pokemon purposefully made Clemont with blond hair just to break down the stereotype.
#ClemontIsAwesome! - RiverClanRocks

Half the black girls in my school are normal. - MeaganSaysHI

Mostly black girls are potrayed SO WRONGLY in popular culture. Most of them are potrayed being loud, ghetto and talking in an accent. Some black girls are like that, but I have a lot of black friends and they are well spoken and polite. I haven't ever seen in a film or a T.V. show a black girl that doesn't have a "diva" attidute. - ShyChick

Eesh. As a black female, I can see where people ate coming from. But hey, I grew up in the ghetto anyway X3. But still. My mother raised me to be a polite young lady, who can mess you up if you disrespect me or my family.

Hey I was the one in High School with glasses and braces.

Not all girls with glasses are ugly... - listotaku17

In every teen movie or T.V. show they need to have "the ugly" character. Have you ever noticed that most of the time this girl wears glasses? What? Girls with glasses are attractive and sophisticated. - ShyChick

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That's positive when it happens in a movie it's like "Treat others as you'd like to be treated", but it rarely happens. - ShyChick

No one is ugly at my school but lots of people there get bullied. - MeaganSaysHI

In real life, bullies can get bullied by their parents. - Connor360

This stereotype is kinda like the "dumb jock" one, with the only difference that in this particular situation girls make up this stereotype so they can make excuses for their crush when he treats others like crap. - ShyChick

Jake Dillinger- Be More Chill
Rich Goranski- Be More Chill

Where have the young goths run off to?

The smart guy in my class interacts with his friends a lot. These stereotypes are not accurate whatsoever. Smartness and social life don't correlate. - listotaku17

Being a glasses wearer myself I don't like how glasses seem to equal high intelligence and zero popularity. Not that I want to be seen as dumb or anything. It's just that I don't like the falseness represented. People can be goofy, sporty, artsy and wear glasses too. Glasses just mean you have bad eyesight. It does not automatically equal intelligence. Plus being smart doesn't mean you don't have friends or social standing. - NerdBunny

I'm a nerd, and I have the first two qualities on this item, but certainly not the third. - PositronWildhawk

Yeah... That's me right there. But straight As no longer apply to me. - RockFashionista

I am Asian and while I do look nerdy I am horrible at math.

Yes, because all of one race HAS to be nerdy.

Heavy sarcasm

High School Musical - Ryan?

I love this one

This actually does exist - Ihateschool

Courtney total drama

A+ Student, wants to win everything and is very competitive. Their often a perfectionist and are very hard on themselves

That's definitely me. Everyone thinks this person is an outsider but really he's the biggest insider there.

Lol this makes me laugh. How do they get their perfectly timed information? But I have to admit at my old job I was the go to person that people liked to dump all their personal info on. Sometimes it was ok but other times I was just like "Why are you telling me this? " They're lucky I'm not some maniacal villain that would store that info for later use...mwahaha! - NerdBunny

Jenna Rolan from Be More Chill
Gretchen Weiners from Mean Girls

There is one emo but shes just strange

There are barely emos in my school, there are only 2 students that are emo in the whole 9th grade at my school. - MeaganSaysHI

That's me actually.

Like Mackenzie Hollister?

I don't mean jocks but those rich very mean very snobby like Mckenzie holster jerks - Ihaskitty1234

Haha! Troy Bolton

That guy that plays girls faster than a game of Uno against a toddler.

Often a cheerleader or student president. A prime example is Betty Cooper from riverdale

There are a few of them in my school - Ihateschool

Do you need an explanation?

I have to admit I can be a sucker for this one but I prefer the goofball who will watch superhero movies with me and go to Harry Potter World anyday. - NerdBunny

Michael Mell- Be More Chill
Grover- Percy Jackson
Martha Dunnstock- Heathers
Jared Klineman- Dear Evan Hansen

There's a lot of these...

This is the person that you know not to mess with cause they will mess you up

TUCKER! (Grange Hill)