History Characters / AnimalHouse

* BadassBiker: He even has [[BadassFacialHair a mustache]] to go with it.
* BookDumb: His grades are so appalling, they're pretty much non-existent. However, he's a genius when it comes to engineering.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Perfect for someone driving the parade float with intent to wreck everything out of retaliation.

* ButtMonkey: The moment his picture appears in the projector [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMENQeCbxfI during his presentation]], the fratboys yell, boo and throw cans at it. He doesn't gain more respect during the rest of the movie. (Although, in the novelization, the Deltas consider him a hero for throwing up on Dean Wormer.)

-->'''Bluto:''' What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer...\\

!!Greg Marmalard

* KarmicRape: In the epilogue, he's mentioned to have been raped in prison after taking part in the break-in of the Watergate Hotel in 1972.

* UpperClassTwit: As president of the sophisticated Omega House, Marmaland acts very arrogant and snobby. Especially towards Delta House.

!!Doug Neidermeyer

* AmusingInjuries: He suffers this when Otter and Boon scare his horse, causing it to run off while dragging him behind on the ground. He's later seen wearing a neck-brace, but eventually recovers.
* AxCrazy: It’s really surprising how he didn’t become a section 8 [[spoiler: before his men decided they had enough of him and shot him]], considering how he responds to Flounder with a spray bottle by [[DisproportionateRetribution grabbing a live rifle and trying to kill him.]]

* PutOnABus: A newspaper reveals that she's being sent to a clinic in Sartosa (a fancy way of saying she's in rehab).

!!Barbara "Babs" Jennings

* BrokeTheRatingScale: His GPA. He hasn't shown up for a single class - meaning he ''doesn't have one.''

* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: [[spoiler:Actually, she's ''thirteen''. Originally, she was written as a sixteen-year-old, but was changed to thirteen as a CensorDecoy. The censors and MPAA didn't mind either way and the writers decided to make her 13.]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Boone.

!!Donald "Boone" Schoenstein

* BigEater: He eats some of pretty much EVERYTHING the cafeteria is serving (including a golf ball!)--although, then again, he doesn't actually wind up eating most of it, and isn't shown indulging in food nearly as much as alcohol throughout the rest of the movie. He may just have been doing it for the gross-out effect--it happens. Jamming an entire quarter-pounder into his mouth in one go is an impressive feat, though.

* BrilliantButLazy: He has a GPA of 0.0 and has flunked three times but is regularly shown as witty, clever and surprisingly charismatic when he wants to be. The ending even states he went on to become a Senator.

* CaptainObvious: "Boone, we're the only white people here".

* NiceGuy: He feels guilty when Boone gets him to shoplift a bunch of meat and when he thinks about having sex with a passed out Clorette.

* AmusingInjuries: He suffers this when Otter and Boone scare his horse, causing it to run off while dragging him behind on the ground. He's later seen wearing a neck-brace, but eventually recovers.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's the cool professor at Faber. In the classroom, he's up front with his students about how boring he finds Milton. In private, he calls his own work a piece of garbage. Katie says he's the only professor she likes, and Pinto agrees that he's a wonderful teacher. Then [[spoiler: he turns Katie, Pinto and Boone on to drugs; later, he seduces Katie]].

* EasilyForgiven: Boone catches her having an affair with Jennings, but the two of them manage to reconcile in the end.

* WomenAreWiser: She constantly wishes that Boone would stop being so immature and start acting more responsibly.

* AuthorityInNameOnly: Officially, he's the Delta House president. However, it's clear that Otter and Bluto are the ones who are really in charge as the brothers tend to follow their lead.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Despite being one of the more moral characters, a Confederate flag can be seen in his room. Granted, this is a case of ValuesDissonance.

* SupportingLeader: Technically, he's the Deltas' president. Otter and Bluto have much more actual sway with the brothers, however.

* TheHero: Although Hoover is technically the leader, Otter is actually calling the shots.

* CoolCar: His Corvette.

* FengSchwing: His room.

-->'''Played by''': Peter Riegert

* DeadpanSnarker

* TheBigGuy

-->'''Played by''': James Widdoes

* TheWoobie: In-Universe, the others start to feel bad for him when they realize how sad he is over his brother's car being totaled.

-->'''Played by''': Tom Hulce

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

-->'''Played by''': James Daughton

* [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex Bad People Have Bad Sex]]: Unlike Otter, Marmaland has pretty unfulfilling sex with his girlfriend. He can't even get through a hand job.

* TheDragon: To Dean Wormer.

* HeroAntagonist: Subverted. While it seems that he's only the villain because the protagonists are delinquents, he flat out ignores the fact the Omegas do much of the same rule breaking and indirectly tries to get the Deltas killed.

* HippieTeacher: He's a university level version of this. In a slight variation, the film's setting is contemporaneous with the actual hippie movement, making him a CoolTeacher as well. As it turns out, he's just as bored by the subject matter of his lectures as his students are.

-->'''Played by''': Mary Louise Weller

-->'''Played by''': Martha Smith

* DarkChick

-->'''Played by''': Verna Bloom

--> '''Otter:''' So we're having a toga party and you're more than welcome.
--> '''Mrs. Wormer:''' I'm old enough to be your mother...almost.

* MrsRobinson: With Otter.

-->'''Played by''': Sarah Holcomb

-->'''Played by''': Cesare Danova

* MayorPain: The perfect example of the "criminally corrupt" version. Although the Dean was already looking for a reason to kick the Deltas out, it's De Pasto who tells Wormer that if he doesn't does it and the Deltas cause any trouble at the parade as a result, ''he will have the Dean's legs broken''. He also strong-arms the Dean to give money to fund the parade, which explicitly will strain the college's budget.

* {{Jerkass}}: Even during the first scene, he treats Flounder and Pinto like dirt.

* TheCheerleader

* TheCheerleader

* AuthorAvatar: Made obvious in the WhereAreTheyNow segment, revealing his future career as an editor for ''National Lampoon''.

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:The WhereAreTheyNow says that he and his girlfriend get married in 1964, only to get divorced five years later.]]

-->'''Played by''': Stephen Furst

* GlobalIgnorance: He thinks Germany was responsible for the Attack on Pearl Harbor despite the fact he would've been old enough to live through World War II - the film takes place in 1962 and he's been at Faber for seven years, putting his birth year at around 1938-39. Although a two- or three-year-old would not take notice of world affairs.

* GlobalIgnorance: He thinks Germany was responsible for the Attack on Pearl Harbor despite the fact he would've been old enough to live through World War II - the film takes place in 1962 and he's been at Faber for seven years, putting his birth year at around 1937-38. Although a three-year-old would not take notice of world affairs.

* SadistTeacher: Or rather Sadist Dean.

* VillainHasAPoint: While his methods are questionable, he's not precisely wrong in his intent to weed out Delta House.

* NotSoAboveItAll: While he's the most moral of the Deltas, he's not above stealing exam answers or pulling pranks. It seems he only wants show enough restraint so that the group remains on Dean Wormer's good side and doesn't get kicked off of campus.

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* TheDogBitesBack: After getting pushed too far by Dean Wormer and Omega House, [[spoiler:Hoover casts aside his conscious and helps the rest of his fraternity get revenge.]]

* LovableCoward: Makes no attempt to stand up for the girls during "The Negroes took our dates" scene and quickly makes himself scare. It's [[PlayedForLaughs hilarious]].

* BadassBiker: He even has a mustache to go with it.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Why in the hell is he carrying live ammunition on a parade anyway?

-->'''Played by''': Karen Allen

* LazyBum: With a GPA of "'''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis 0.0]]'''", he stands head and shoulders ''below'' the rest of his BookDumb colleagues (even D-Day manages to be better, as he has ''no'' grade point average and doesn't even take classes at Faber). [[TakeThat He gets to be a Senator]]. [[spoiler:When the "documentary" is made, Bluto is unavailable for comment as he's currently serving as ''President'']].

* BrilliantButLazy: He has a GPA of 0.0 but is regularly shown as witty, clever and surprisingly charismatic when he wants to be. The ending even states he went on to become a Senator.

* {{Fratbro}}: TropeCodifier. Frequently drunk, and always on the lookout for mischief, he neglects his studies to the extent of receiving a grade point average of exactly 0.0. His many fratboy activities include starting a cafeteria {{Foodfight}}, spying on women students changing and smashing someone's guitar in the middle of a song. When the dean expels him and his frat brothers, Bluto rallies them to commit one last act of mayhem at Homecoming.
* GlobalIgnorance: He thinks Germany was responsible for the Attack on Pearl Harbor despite the fact he would've been old enough to live through World War II.[[note]] The film takes place in 1962 and he's been at Faber for seven years, putting his birth year at around 1937-38.[[/note]]

* BadassBiker: He even has a BadassMustache to go with it.

* SmugSnake[=/=]UpperClassTwit: As president of the sophisticated Omega House, Marmaland acts very arrogant and snobby. Especially towards Delta House.

* HatesEveryoneEqually: On his EstablishingCharacterMoment, he has nothing but contempt for all of the other ROTC members. And he still does at the parade. It's just that the Deltas he hates a ''hell'' of a lot more.

* LargeHam[=/=]NoIndoorVoice: As a DrillSergeantNasty, especially towards Flounder.

--> '''Dean Wormer:'''Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Boon.

!!Donald "Boon" Schoenstein

* CaptainObvious: "Boon, we're the only white people here".

* NiceGuy: He feels guilty when Boon gets him to shoplift a bunch of meat and when he thinks about having sex with a passed out Clorette.

* AmusingInjuries: He suffers this when Otter and Boon scare his horse, causing it to run off while dragging him behind on the ground. He's later seen wearing a neck-brace, but eventually recovers.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's the cool professor at Faber. In the classroom, he's up front with his students about how boring he finds Milton. In private, he calls his own work a piece of garbage. Katie says he's the only professor she likes, and Pinto agrees that he's a wonderful teacher. Then [[spoiler: he turns Katie, Pinto and Boon on to drugs; later, he seduces Katie]].

* EasilyForgiven: Boon catches her having an affair with Jennings, but the two of them manage to reconcile in the end.

* WomenAreWiser: She constantly wishes that Boon would stop being so immature and start acting more responsibly.