Characters - Karl Howard - Nerd

In our children's film the hero is accompanied by a nerdy character named 'Karl Howard'. Our nerd will help our hero destroy the 'bad guys' evil plot to destroy the spy school by applying his technology skills by designing and making deadly gadgets for the hero to use against the 'bad guy'. Within our film Karl will always be in his computer room at the spy school as the brains to our heroes missions, guiding him along the way.

Shown to the left is a typical 'nerd' character. The receding hairline with a comb-over to cover it, massive out of fashion glasses and a t-shirt displaying one of the 'nerdiest' films ever made. Our character will have massive black framed glasses to emphasize the fact that he is a nerd and to add to the comedy factor of our film, a shirt with buttons done up to the top, a comb-over and lots of gadgetry, technical things and nerdy things in his pockets such as a calculator, pens and pencils, etc... 

An example of a nerd from a popular children's film is the 'Comic Book Guy' from the 'Simpson's Movie' and from The 'Simpsons TV' series. His real name is Jeffrey "Jeff" Albertson, he is an overweight, 'geeky' owner of the comic book store, 'Androids Dungeon'. He is a classic example of a nerd from a children's film, he likes reading comics and like to talk to other nerds using internet messaging about comics and films. 


Another film that has a nerd in it is Napoleon Dynamite, even though this is not a children's film, the comedy of having a nerd can be the same in a 15 or 18 certificated film to a PG or U rated film. Napoleon is another typical nerd character, he get's bullied by the other people at his college, wears big framed glasses and 'attempts' to do extreme sports but fails. The video below is the trailer for 'Napoleon Dynamite' and clearly shows how nerdy Jon Heder's character is.