This is Game.

Jack likes girl. Jack is a dork and gets shot down. He goes home and starts getting his shit together. He meets the girl again, hits her attraction triggers, and takes her on an emotional rollercoaster ride. Is he still a dork? Well… yeah. But now he’s a dork who’s comfortable in his own skin and moves with assured confidence in himself.

A lot of it is played for laughs, but the core concept is still true – he got Game. He never manipulated her, he proved himself to her.

The fact that he can play drums probably doesn’t hurt, either.