List of fictional fraternities and sororities

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The following is a list of fictional fraternities and sororities in popular culture.

Contents

[edit] Film

[edit] The Butterfly Effect

  • ΧΦΒ fraternity

[edit] Can't Hardly Wait

  • Delta Iota Kappa

[edit] Dead Man on Campus

  • Kappa Omega

[edit] Decoys

  • Pi Beta Omega, sorority

[edit] Dude, Where's the Party?

  • Rho Beta Rho

[edit] Fraternity Row

  • Gamma Nu Pi
  • Kappa Delta Alpha

[edit] Going Greek

  • Iota Chi Omega
  • Pi Pi Pi
  • Kappa Alpha Tau
  • Kappa Psi

[edit] Legally Blonde

[edit] National Lampoon's Animal House

[edit] National Lampoon's Van Wilder

  • Delta Iota Kappa, fraternity (notice it is "DIK", as to imply its members are dicks) This is also seen in the movie Can't Hardly Wait.
  • Sigma Theta Upsilon
  • Lambda Omicron Omicron

[edit] Old School

  • ΛΕΩ - Lambda Epsilon Omega

[edit] PCU

  • The Order of Balls and Shaft, (underground, outlawed) fraternity

[edit] Pumpkin

  • Alpha Omega Pi
  • Omega Omega Omega

[edit] Revenge of the Nerds

  • ΑΒ - Alpha Beta, athletes' fraternity
  • ΛΛΛ - Lambda Lambda Lambda, a black fraternity that has nerd chapters
  • ΩΜ - Omega Mu, sorority
  • ΠΔΠ - Pi Delta Pi, sorority affiliated with ΑΒ

[edit] Road Trip

  • Kappa Lambda
  • Xi Chi

[edit] School Daze

  • Gamma Phi Gamma

[edit] Scream 2

  • Omega Beta Zeta, sorority
  • Omega Kappa Beta
  • Phi Lambda Alpha
  • Delta Lambda Zeta

[edit] Sorority Boys

  • Delta Omicron Gamma
  • Kappa Omicron Kappa
  • Pi Pi Pi

[edit] The Initiation of Sarah - 2006 remake

  • Alpha Nu Gamma
  • Pi Epsilon Delta
  • Gamma Phi Alpha

[edit] State Fair

  • Gamma Hubba Hubba - Wayne's characterization of a sorority that Eleanor was supposedly a member of

[edit] Adult Film

[edit] American Sorority Sluts

  • AΣΣ - Alpha Sigma Sigma (or Ass) Sorority

[edit] Kelly the Coed (Series)

  • Pi Pi Sorority
  • Sigma Pau Fraternity

[edit] Sorority Pink/ Sorority Sex Kittens (Series)

  • Upsilon Sigma Sorority


[edit] Television

[edit] Aqua Teen Hunger Force

  • (apparently 3 symbols unrelated to any earth languages), alien fraternity (Episode Frat Aliens)

[edit] A Different World

  • Kappa Lambda Nu Fraternity
  • Alpha Delta Rho Sorority

[edit] Drawn Together

  • Phi Alpha Gimmel, fictional fraternity started by Captain Hero; composed of the Greek symbols Phi and Alpha and the Hebrew symbol Gimel; presumably pronounced 'phag' (Episode Freaks & Greeks)
  • Shin Lamedh Mem, the fictional Yiddish fraternity down the street from Phi Alpha Gimmel.

[edit] Family Guy

  • I Felta Thigh, Stewie's prospective fraternity (should be spelled "Ei Phelta Thi")

[edit] The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

  • Phi Beta Gamma, (African American) fraternity (Episode Blood is Thicker Than Mud)

[edit] Friends

[edit] Friends 'Til the End

  • Kappa Pi
  • Lambda Delta

[edit] Futurama

  • Epsilon Rho Rho ("ERR"), Robot fraternity (also known as "Robot House")
  • Snooty House, rich, snooty fraternity
  • Kappa Kappa Wong, named after the wealthy patron family

[edit] The Jamie Foxx Show

  • Alpha Delta Zeta Sorority (the sorority to which Fancy and Aunt Helen were belonged)

[edit] M*A*S*H (TV series)

[edit] MADtv

[edit] Sabrina, The Teenage Witch

[edit] The Simpsons

[edit] Smallville

  • Tri-Psi Sorority, an all-girl vampire sorority (Episode Thirst)
  • Alpha Alpha Alpha, all-girl sorority at Metropolis University that helps the football team recruit (Episode Recruit)

[edit] Sports Night

  • Sigma Kappa Pi, an all-male fraternity to whose poker games Natalie was always invited during her college days (Episode Shoe Money Tonight)

[edit] Sweet Valley High and Sweet Valley University

[edit] Tales From The Crypt

  • Delta Alpha Omega, an all girl sorority. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that they are an "all-ghoul" sorority who eat cruel fraternity leaders.

[edit] Undergrads

  • Alpha Alpha, fraternity

[edit] Colleges

[edit] Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Gamma Alpha Gamma (GAG), a hack[3]
  • Lambda Sigma Delta (LSD)[4]
  • Pi Tau Zeta[5]
  • Pi Rho[6]

[edit] Northwestern University

  • Kappa Gamma Beta, a radical feminist fraternity

[edit] Alternative fictional groups

  • ΑPT- Alpha Rho Tau, "ART". The intellectual and artistic sorority at Al Amarja University in Atlas Games' surreal roleplaying game Over the Edge (role-playing game). Their big rivals are the divas of ΣΕΧ.
  • ΔEΘ - Delta Epsilon Theta, "DETh". The intellectual and artistic fraternity at Al Amarja University in Atlas Games' surreal roleplaying game Over the Edge (role-playing game). Their big rivals are the jocks of ΣOΒ.
  • ΣOΒ - Sigma Omicron Beta, or "SOB". The jock fraternity at Al Amarja University in Atlas Games' surreal roleplaying game Over the Edge (role-playing game).
  • ΓΔΙ - Gamma Delta Iota, GDI or "God Damn Independent", a term used to collectively describe non-Greeks
  • ΙΤΚ - I Tappa Kegga, for those interested in kegs and what is in them.
  • ΚΕΓ - Kappa Epsilon Gamma, KEG, also for those interested in beer.
  • ΒΣΣΓ - Beta Sigma Sigma Gamma, BEER, also for those interested in beer. Unlike the others, this is more of an aesthetic conversion than a phonetic one.
  • ΣΕΧ - Sigma Epsilon Chi, SEX, for those interested in expressing their sexuality. The name is actually pronounced "sech" - a more proper Greek name would be ΣΕΞ.
  • ΠP - Pi Rho, Pyro, for those interested in fire
  • AΣΣ - Alpha Sigma Sigma (or Ass)
  • ΚΚΚ - Kappa Kappa Kappa (or KKK), a slur for racist white Greek-letter males. Also called "Tri-Kapps". It's also used as a sorority in a MADtv sketch.
  • ΡΘΤ - Rho Theta Tau, A joke fraternity for those interested in smoking marijuana, or pot, as the letters resemble.
  • ΛΛΛ - Lambda Lambda Lambda A fictional fraternity at the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) that pays tribute to its Revenge of the Nerds roots.
  • ΦΑΓ - Phi Alpha Gamma, FAG. An anti-gay slur used by some and a sign of pride when worn by others.
  • ΩΩΩ - Omega Omega Omega. A "fratority" based out of Francisco Torres at UCSB.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "National Lampoon's Animal House", NPR, July 29, 2002
  2. ^ "The Greeks Shall Inherit the Earth", The Dartmouth Review, September 22, 2005.
  3. ^ "MIT Museum Extends Hack Display Due to Doubled Weekend Attendance" by Jennifer Chung, The MIT Tech, January 20, 1999.
  4. ^ "The Official Unisex Sigma Delta/Lambda Sigma Delta Purity Test"
  5. ^ "Pi Tau Zeta"
  6. ^ "THiRD EAst"

[edit] See also