6. Stan Gable - Revenge of the Nerds
One of the more stereotypical baddies on this list, Stan Gable is a high school jock who despises nerds, specifically Lewis Skolnick, believing that the nerds are somehow putting the Jock way of life in jeopardy. Though Stan is a picture of physical prowess, that doesn't stop Skolnick from stealing his girlfriend, Betty, away from him at the end of the first film, and Stan, never one to let things lie, spends the better part of Revenge of the Nerds 3 trying to sleazily win her back. Ted McGinley is brilliantly cast in the role as a man whose hatred for nerds defies all logic; it is the most pure and irrational sort of disdain, though a deleted scene does offer some amusing insight, that Stan secretly has a nerd brother. The third film finally resolves Stan's douchiness where, as the Dean of Adams College, he confesses that he too has felt like a nerd - but was discouraged from reading by his family - and is finally accepted into the nerd collective.
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