This weekend’s Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising joins a legacy of movies celebrating the humor – and, sometimes, the horror! -- of college Greek life. But before you rush out to see the sequel to 2014’s hilarious hit Neighbors, we want to know which big-screen fraternity or sorority you’d like to rush. To assist you in the decision-making process, here’s a breakdown of some of our favorite fictional Greek chapters.
Delta Tau Chi Fraternity
Featured In: Animal House (1978)
Unofficial Motto: “You can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals.”
Membership Requirements: Must love beer, women, motorcycles and song
Hazing Rituals: Getting woken up and sprayed down with a fire extinguisher in the middle of the night
Party Type: “Toga! Toga! Toga!”
Archrivals: Dean Wormer (John Vernon); the uptight Omegas
Most Famous Alumnus: Party-loving Bluto, played by the late, great John Belushi
Classic Moment:
Pi Kappa Sigma SORORITY
Featured In: Black Christmas (1974)
Unofficial Motto: “It's beginning to look a lot like… bloodshed!”
Membership Requirements: Young, nubile women willing to stay on the line with a creepy caller
Hazing Rituals: Being suffocated to death with a plastic bag
Party Type: Boozy with an uninvited psycho and twinkly lights
Archrival: “The Moaner”
Most Famous Alumnus: Sassy sorority sister Barb, played by future Lois Lane Margot Kidder
Classic Moment:
LAMBDA LAMBDA LAMBDA COED FRATERNITY
Featured In: Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Unofficial Motto: “We have news for the beautiful people: there's a lot more of us than there are of you.”
Membership Requirements: Traditionally, African-American; in the movie, nerdy.
Hazing Rituals: None -- these nerds went through enough trying to pledge Alpha Beta!
Party Type: Michael Jackson “Thriller” style with surprise bovine guests!
Archrivals: The Alpha Beta jocks
Most Famous Alumnus: Booger, played Curtis Armstrong (Principal Foster on TV’s The New Girl)
Classic Moment:
Gamma Phi Gamma FRATERNITY
Featured In: School Daze (1988)
Unofficial Motto: “Wanna be better than you.”
Membership Requirements: In Spike Lee’s social satire of black college-campus life in the 1980s, it’s light-skinned blacks with a general apathy for politics and social issues
Hazing Rituals: Head shaving; spoken-word poetry formations
Party Type: “Da Butt” homecoming dance party
Archrival: Student activist Dap Dunlap (Larry Fishburne)
Most Famous Alumnus: Big Brother Almighty Julian, played by future Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito
Classic Moment:
Omega Beta Zeta SORORITY
Featured In: Scream 2 (1997)
Unofficial Motto: “Drink with your brain.”
Membership Requirements: Faux sunny demeanor; pastel wardrobe; willingness to stay sober in order to drive your tipsy sisters home from a keg party
Hazing Rituals: Being thrown to your death off the sorority house roof
Party Type: Acid-rain mixer at Phi Gamma Alpha
Archrival: Knife-wielding Ghostface
Most Famous Alumnus: “Sober Sister” Cici (Sarah Michelle Gellar )
Classic Moment:
Delta Omicron Gamma (DOG) SORORITY
Featured In: Sorority Boys (2002)
Unofficial Motto: “If you’re going to act like a lady, you better learn to take it like a man.”
Membership Requirements: Appearing female; but not too attractively female
Hazing Rituals: Cross-dressing
Party Type: KOK-Tail Cruise
Archrivals: The bitchy Tri Pis
Most Famous Alumnus: “DOG” sister Katie, played by former “Weiner Dog” Heather Matarazzo of Welcome to the Dollhouse fame (canine-related typecasting alert!)
Classic Moment:
Alpha Epsilon Omega FRATERNITY
Featured In: Old School (2003)
Unofficial Motto: “All the fun of college; none of the education.”
Membership Requirements: Men of all ages looking to relive past party days; enrollment at nearby Harrison University not a requirement
Hazing Rituals: The dreaded cinder block test
Party Type: Vaseline wrestling match with lady wrestlers and old man Blue
Archrivals: Dean Pritchard (a pre-Entourage fame Jeremy Piven)
Most Famous Alumnus: Frank the Tank (Will Ferrell)
Classic Moment:
Theta Nu Theta FRATERNITY
Featured In: Stomp the Yard (2007)
Unofficial Motto: “We rep'n Thetas, Thetas, Thetas. We rep'n ooo ooo ooo BOOM!”
Membership Requirements: Must be currently enrolled at the historically black Truth University; fresh dance moves a plus!
Hazing Rituals: Offscreen booty paddling
Party Type: Dance-off at the Phoenix Nightclub
Archrivals: Mu Gamma Xi, seven-time national stepping champions
Most Famous Alumnus: DJ Williams, played by Columbus Short (TV’s Scandal)
Classic Moment:
Zeta Alpha Zeta SORORITY
Featured In: The House Bunny (2007)
Unofficial Motto: “Be who you are.”
Membership Requirements: A back brace; a nervous tic; general social awkwardness
Hazing Rituals: A makeover montage, organized by former Playboy bunny-turned-sorority housemother Shelley (Anna Faris)
Party Type: Tiki with volcano water slide
Archrivals: Mean girl sorority Phi Iota Mu
Most Famous Alumnus: Nerdy Natalie, played by the decidedly un-nerdy Emma Stone
Classic Moment:
Oozma Kappa (OK) FRATERNITY
Featured In: Monsters University (2013)
Unofficial Motto: “We have cake!”
Membership Requirements: Animated (literally); good-natured misfit; make up in heart what you lack in self-confidence and scaring skills
Hazing Rituals: Paddling ceremony interrupted by meddling housemother Ms. Squibbles
Party Type: ROR dance party!
Archrivals: Main Scare Games competitors, Roar Omega Roar
Most Famous Alumnus: Future Monsters Inc. employees Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman)
Classic Moment:
Delta Psi Beta FRATERNITY
Featured In: Neighbors (2014)
Unofficial Motto: “Bros before hos”
Membership Requirements: Party loving; skilled at imitating Robert De Niro
Hazing Rituals: The elephant walk
Party Type: Booze and drug-fueled glow party
Archrivals: Uptight neighbors Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne)
Most Famous Alumnus: Former frat leader-turned-Abercrombie & Fitch shirtless greeter Teddy (Zac Efron)
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So, which of these movie frats or sororities is the right fit for you? Let us know in the comments section below.
