cheerleader pop culture

This week brings the premiere of The CW's new show "Hellcats," which is based on the book Cheer!: Inside The Secret World of College Cheerleaders written by The Frisky's own Kate Torgovnick. To get you pumped up and ready to shake your pom-poms, we're bringing you cheer-related content all week. Enjoy, and make sure to watch Wednesday at 9 p.m. (EST).

The Rancho Carne Toros versus the East Compton Clovers. "Save the cheerleader, save the world." The Spartan cheerleaders, wanting you to get "R-O-W-D-I-E." If you've been to a movie or watched TV in the past 50 years, you can probably come up with dozens of examples of cheerleaders in pop culture. After the jump, our top 10.