Ive already had my rant in the things you're tired of seeing thread about the massively overused and pathetic trope of "slightly nerdy friend= total expert on all things technical"
It's probably only a matter of time before that character demonstrates his total mastery of metal working and casting to design and build, from scratch, some new piece of tech that, in the real world, would've made him a millionaire, but in tv land barely merits a "good job" from his cool friends.
This trope shows up so often, in so many shows, that most people actually expect it now. In tv/ movie universe: nerd= world class expert in all programming languages, computer protocols, as well as all tradeskills, both current and obsolete... Except for auto repair.
