Nerd
Descriptive term, often used pejoratively, indicating that a person is overly intellectual, obsessive, or socially impaired
Do movies always show nerds as the losers?
Superbad features two main characters that are nerds on a quest for love, and ends with them being victorious. The Social Network is a film about a University Nerd who took his website global and became one of the most powerful people in the world.
How did the quests of the nerds in Superbad turn out at the end? How did the project of the nerd in Social Network turn out at the end? Was #1 or #2 a negative outcome for the nerds?