35 best fictional nerds, in honor of Nerd Pride Day

As you know, yesterday was International Nerd Pride Day. Unfortunately, this year Nerd Pride Day was usurped here in the US by Memorial Day. At The Nerdery, we’re okay with that, because everyday is nerd pride day here. But in the interest of education and spreading the pride to those who don’t get to inhabit this building, we’re presenting you with a list of our favorite (and therefore the best, right?) fictional nerds.

In no particular order:

1. Doc Brown, “Back to The Future“
2. Sylar, “Heroes“
3. Hiro Protagonist, Snow Crash
4. Underdog
5. Tony Stark
6. Chris Knight, “Real Genius“
7. Mouse, “The Matrix”
8. Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye
9. Donatello
10. Data, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
11. Scotty, “Star Trek”
12. Wash, “Firefly”
13. Grissom, “CSI”
14. Jordan Cochran, “Real Genius”
15. Bunsen Honeydew, “The Muppet Show”
16. Beakman
17. Lazlo Hollyfield, “Real Genius”
18. McLovin, “SuperBad”
19. Batman
20. MacGyver
21. Columbo
22. Spider-man
23. Bean, Ender’s Game
24. Mike, Tony, and Cynthia, “Dazed and Confused“
25. Hubert Farnsworth, “Futurama”
26. Marmaduke
27. Bernard, Day of the Tentacle.
28. Seraph, “Matrix Reloaded“
29. Dr. Manhattan, Watchmen
30. Neo, “The Matrix”
31. Linus, “Peanuts”
32. Geordi La Forge, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
33. Ray Arnold, “Jurassic Park“
34. Brain, “Animaniacs”
35. Jo, Little Women

Who’s your favorite fictional nerd?