キーワード Nerd

地球や人類の文化ついての情報を電波に乗せて、宇宙人との交流を図ろうとしていたプロジェクト。それを宇宙人が受信したものの、彼らは人類からの宣戦布告だと勘違いしてしまう。「パックマン」「ギャラガ」「ディグダグ」「ドンキーコング」「スペースインベーダー」と、送られた情報からテレビゲームについて知った宇宙人たちはそれらに出てくるキャラクターに姿を変えて地球を侵攻し始める。

クリスマスイブの夜。サンタの存在など信じないと思い始めた少年だが、ベッドの中でトナカイの鈴の音が聞こえないかと耳をすます。真夜中近く、鈴の代わりに汽車の走る音が聞こえてくる。驚いた少年が窓を見ると、家の前に大きな蒸気機関車が走り込んでくる。玄関を飛び出した少年に、車掌はそれが北極行きの急行“ポーラー・エクスプレス”だと告げ、乗らないかと誘う。戸惑う少年だが、やがて動き始めた列車につい飛び乗る。

ニューヨークのコロンビア大学で超常現象や幽霊・霊体の研究を行っていたピーター・ヴェンクマン博士ら冴えない研究者3人。ある日、一方的に研究費を打ち切られたことをきっかけに借金に借金を重ね、科学的に超常現象全般を扱い幽霊退治を行う会社「ゴーストバスターズ」を開業。当初は資金もなく依頼もゼロに近かったが、とあるホテルでの幽霊退治をきっかけにビジネスは大当たり、メディアや行政からも注目視される。

ジョニー・デップの初主演作で出世作となった同名テレビシリーズを映画化。監督はフィル・ロードとクリストファー・ミラー、脚本はマイケル・バコール。主演は「マネーボール」のジョナ・ヒルと「G.I.ジョー」のチャニング・テイタム。全米で1億ドルを超える興行収入をたたき出し大ヒットとなった。

全世界で700万本以上の売り上げを記録した3D格闘ゲームを「トランスポーター」のコリー・ユン監督が映画化。世界最強のファイターを決定する格闘トーナメント“デッド・オア・アライブ”を舞台に、クールでセクシーな女性ファイターたちが激闘を繰り広げる。行方不明の兄を探す女忍者かすみを「シン・シティ」のデボン青木が演じるほか、彼女を守る忍者ハヤブサ役で、ケイン・コスギがハリウッド・デビューを果たした。

生徒会長で学校一ハンサムなザックは、プロム（卒業記念ダンスパーティー）の直前にガールフレンドのテイラーに振られてしまう。そんなザックに友人のディーンは「学校一冴えない女の子をプロム・クィーンに出来るか？」という賭けをもちかける。その賭けの対象になったのは黒縁メガネで根暗なレイニーだった。

パソコン少年のゲイリーとワイアットは、女の子にモテない高校生。ある日二人は、理想の女性像のデータをコンピュータにインプットした。なぜかそこへカミナリが落ち、コンピュータの中から当の女性が飛び出してくる。リサと名付けられた彼女は、二人の尻を叩いて、自信に溢れる魅力的な青年に仕立て上げていく……。

16歳のバースディを迎えたサム。しかし姉さんの結婚式を翌日に控えた家族たちは彼女の誕生日などしっかり忘れ去っていた。朝から落ち込み気味で学校へ行ったサムだったが、片想いのジェイクには振り向いて貰えず、帰りのバスではお調子者のジムにまとわりつかれる始末。挙げ句に帰宅した家にはおじいちゃんおばあちゃんがやって来ていてイヤイヤ挨拶はしなきゃならないとは正に最悪の一日。しかしその晩は学校でダンス・パーティーが開かれており、サムもおめかしして出掛ける……。

人間の血が好物の吸血植物をめぐる大騒動をミュージカル風のコメディに仕上げた。もとはロジャー・コーマンの監督作だが、これは86年のリメイク作。出演はリック・モラニス、エレン・グリーンら。

15歳のCIAエージェントが大活躍するコメディタッチのスパイ・エンターテインメント。主演はTVから人気に火がついた『マイ・ドッグ・スキップ』で評価の高かったフランキー・ムニッズ。また、第2のブリトニー・スピアーズと言われているアメリカのティーンに大人気のヒラリー・ダフも本作でスクリーンデビューをしている。「007」シリーズを意識して製作された衣装やアイテムは懐かしさの中にオリジナリティあふれる新しさも盛り込み、広い年齢層に愛される新しいスパイが誕生した。マドンナが製作総指揮に名を連ねているのも話題の一つ。

コピーライターの女性が、ひょんなことから17歳の女子高校生になりすますことで巻き起こる騒動を描いた、学園ロマンティック・コメディ。主演は『チャーリーズ・エンジェル』のドリュー・バリモア。

人気TVシリーズ「マルコムin the Middle」で全米ティーンの間で人気のフランキー・ムニッズ主演によるアクションスパイコメディの続編。ロンドンを舞台に、16歳のCIAエージェントが盗まれたアメリカ政府のトップ機密を奪い返すために奮闘する。

Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.

Eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new think tank, O’Brien’s “Scorpion” team includes Toby Curtis, an expert behaviorist who can read anyone; Happy Quinn, a mechanical prodigy; and Sylvester Dodd, a statistics guru.

Fantasy and reality collide when a surprisingly diverse group of online video-game addicts struggle to balance the game with personal relationships.

When Buy More computer geek Chuck Bartowski unwittingly downloads a database of government information and deadly fighting skills into his head, he becomes the CIA's most vital secret. This sets Chuck on a path to become a full-fledged spy.

In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programmers who are living together and trying to make it big in the Silicon Valley.

Two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.

What happens when you put a superstar snowboarder and a scientific genius under one roof? You're about to find out! When Max Asher moves to a snowy ski-town to live with Alvin "Shred" Ackerman and his family, an unlikely friendship forms. Max loves to hit the slopes and Shred loves to hit the books. But even though these two dudes are totally different, they've always got each others' backs. There's no problem this unlikely duo can't handle.

During the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, an unlikely trio - a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy - take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it.

Head of the Class is an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television network. The series follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program at the fictional Monroe High School in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore. The program was ostensibly a vehicle for Hesseman, best known for his role as radio DJ Dr. Johnny Fever in the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. Hesseman left Head of the Class in 1990 and was replaced by Billy Connolly as teacher Billy MacGregor for the final season. After the series ended, Connolly appeared in a short-lived spin-off titled Billy. The series was created and executive produced by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias. Rich Eustis had previously worked as a New York City substitute teacher while hoping to become an actor.

Four boys enter a music contest, hoping to win money for gaming equipment. But they are surprised when they do so well that they become a popular boy band.

Fifteen year old Kuroki Tomoko has dated dozens of boys and is easily the most popular girl around-- inside her dating games. In reality, she gets tongue tied just talking to people, and throughout middle school she's only had one actual friend. As she enter high school, she desperately wants to be popular, but doesn't understand that real-life doesn't work like her games. Her artificial successes pave the way to real folly and failure. But why drop this strategy when there's always someone else to blame?!

After an unusual event, Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, thoughts and desires of the people around her through popular songs.

The Angry Video Game Nerd is an adult web television series of comedic retrogaming video reviews created by and starring James Rolfe. The show's format revolves around his commentary and review of older, but unsuccessful video games which are deemed to be of particularly low-quality, unfair difficulty or poor design. The series began as a feature on YouTube and later became a program on ScrewAttack Entertainment before moving to GameTrailers exclusively. The show was renamed The Angry Video Game Nerd to prevent any trademark issues with Nintendo and due to the fact he started reviewing games from non-Nintendo consoles such as those made by Atari and Sega. Rolfe's character, "The Nerd" is a short-tempered and foul-mouthed video game fanatic. He derives comic appeal from excessive and inventive use of anger, profanity, and habitual consumption of alcohol while reviewing video games.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show is an American syndicated science fiction sitcom based on the 1989 film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. It expands upon the original film's concept of a shrinking experiment gone wrong to include a myriad of experiments gone awry. It debuted in first-run syndication on September 1, 1997 and ran for three consecutive seasons, concluding with the 66th episode on May 20, 2000. Peter Scolari took over the role as Wayne Szalinski, the wacky inventor in the original film, played by Rick Moranis. Each episode incorporates new technologies and digital effects to feature the family in various new adventures. The series was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, with its main studios located in Currie Barracks, a decommissioned Canadian Forces dormitory.

Sato's life – or what's left of it – is a paranoid mess of conspiracy theories and social anxieties. He's terrified of the outside world; his apartment is overflowing with the remnants of cheap take-out food; and his retinas have been permanently scarred by a steady diet of internet porn. But maybe it's not all his fault. After all, the nefarious N.H.K. is out there, and they’re determined to turn society's fringe-dwellers into a brainwashed lot of jobless, hopeless, futureless recluses. Enter Misaki – a mysterious girl-next-door type who is Sato's last chance to beat-down his inner demons and venture out into the light of day. She's ready to help him overcome his crippling phobias, but Sato would rather cower in his existential foxhole and pretend to work on the demo for his virtual sex game. He’s afraid to face the world. She's strangely desperate to fix a total stranger. Maybe together they can be normal.

Hyperion Bay is an American drama series that ran for one season on The WB Television Network from September 1998 to March 1999.

King of the Nerds is the ultimate nerd-off. The series follows fierce competitors from across the nerd spectrum as they set out to win $100,000 and be crowned the greatest nerd of them all. King of the Nerds takes the glory of geekdom to a whole new level as the competitors live together in "Nerdvana." Each week, they must face challenges that will test their intellect, ingenuity, skills, and pop culture prowess. One competitor is eliminated each week until one nerd stands alone as the ultimate champion of all things nerdy.

Fortune Hunter is an American weekly series show on Fox Network in 1994, starring Mark Frankel as the super-spy Carlton Dial. In the US, Fortune Hunter aired on Fox from 4 Sep 1994 to 2 Oct 1994. Of the 13 episodes produced, only five were presented to the North American audience. The decision to schedule the series immediately after football on Sundays was a factor in the dismissal of Sandy Grushow, president of Fox Entertainment, by chairman Rupert Murdoch. The show has aired in its entirety in other countries. It was well liked and generally received high ratings.

A mockumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku (obsessive fanatic) and eventually becomes the "Otaking"! Between story segments, live action interviews with fictional die-hard otakus take place.

Dweebs is an American television comedy program that ran on CBS from September 22, to November 9, 1995, before it was canceled. 10 episodes were produced, of which six aired during the original airing schedule, and the remaining four episodes were aired elsewhere at a later date.