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* LoopholeAbuse: When the nerds are first applying to different national fraternities to open a chapter in their college, they are rejected by all outright except for ΛΛΛ, an all-black fraternity. Even then, the chairman tells them that they're ''very'' unlikely to get approved (not because only one of them is black but because they're nerds), until one of the nerds points out that, according to the ΛΛΛ bylaws, they are required to give any petitioning group probational membership.
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* LoopholeAbuse: When the nerds are first applying to different national fraternities to open a chapter in their college, they are rejected by all outright except for ΛΛΛ, an all-black fraternity. Even then, the chairman tells them that they're ''very'' unlikely to get approved (not because only one of them is black but because they're nerds), until one of the nerds Poindexter points out that, according to the ΛΛΛ bylaws, they are required to give any petitioning group probational membership.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge {{Downplayed}}. The nerds after suffering the antics of the jocks spend the whole film getting back at them, minus the killing.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge RoaringRampageOfRevenge: {{Downplayed}}. The nerds after suffering the antics of the jocks spend the whole film getting back at them, minus the killing.them.
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* GroinAttack: Whilst on their RoaringRampageOfRevenge, the nerds collect the Alpha Betas' jock straps and soak them with liquid heat muscle rub. The next time they take the field for practice, the jocks end up screaming in pain.
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* GroinAttack: Whilst on their RoaringRampageOfRevenge, revenge quest, the nerds collect the Alpha Betas' jock straps and soak them with liquid heat muscle rub. The next time they take the field for practice, the jocks end up screaming in pain.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge {{Downplayed}}. The nerds after suffering the antics of the jocks spend the whole film getting back at them, minus the killing.
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* BrainsVersusBrawn: The entire film is a conflict between the traditional frats run by football players and the StereotypicalNerd freshmen who have decided to start their own frat after being rejected from all the rest. The two sides eventually compete officially in the Greek Games, in which the nerds upset the athletically superior {{Jerk Jock}}s by using their quick thinking.
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* CampGay: Lamarr.
* CanCrushingCranium: Ogre
* CanCrushingCranium: Ogre
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* JerkJock: There's a whole frat full of them, but in due course, the nerds get their revenge. And again in the second movie...
** And the ultimate revenge when the Alpha Jock [[spoiler:makes a HeelFaceTurn]].
* JizzedInMyPants: Strongly implied for Poindexter when watching the naked Pis.
** And the ultimate revenge when the Alpha Jock [[spoiler:makes a HeelFaceTurn]].
* JizzedInMyPants: Strongly implied for Poindexter when watching the naked Pis.
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* JerkJock: There's Alpha Beta is a whole frat full composed of them, but in due course, the nerds get football team who takes glee in ostracizing and bullying nerdy students. The film starts with them stupidly burning down their revenge. And again own frat house just to go to the freshman dorms, ''literally' toss the students in the second movie...
** And the ultimate revenge when the Alpha Jock [[spoiler:makes a HeelFaceTurn]].
street, and take over their living spaces.
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** And the ultimate revenge when the Alpha Jock [[spoiler:makes a HeelFaceTurn]].
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* StereotypicalNerd: Unsurprisingly, the "nerds" in the title, showcased best by leads Lewis and Gilbert, are walking stereotypes: poorly dressed in button downs, khakis, loafers, with NerdGlasses; unpopular as shown by their inability to get accepted by any of the frats; constantly bullied by the popular {{Jerk Jock}}s who run those frats; computer science majors who use their wits to [[BrainsVersusBrawn outplay and outhink the Alpha Betas]], etc.
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* NerdsArePervs: The members of the all nerd frat at war with the jocks from the other frats are all sex-obsessed. They place spy cams in all of the bedrooms and showers at the sororities and spend hours watching the girls sleep. Lewis even commits RapeByFraud, pretending to be [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders head cheerleader]] Betty's boyfriend while wearing a mask to have sex with her. As the protagonists of a teen sex comedy though, they're portrayed as nothing worse than {{Lovable Sex Maniac}}s and even Betty allows Lewis to continue after finding out about the BedTrick because [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization he's so good in bed]].
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* GiveGeeksAChance: Lewis Skolnick and Betty Childs.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Lewis is apparently good enough to win Betty over after one tumble; Stan is shown on several occasions to not care for sex at all, being too busy with football. The way Lewis describes the difference to Betty thusly:
--> '''Lewis''': ''All jocks ever think about is sports. All we [nerds] ever think about is sex.''
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Lewis is apparently good enough to win Betty over after one tumble; Stan is shown on several occasions to not care for sex at all, being too busy with football. The way Lewis describes the difference to Betty thusly:
--> '''Lewis''': ''All jocks ever think about is sports. All we [nerds] ever think about is sex.''
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Lewis is apparently good enough to win Betty over after one tumble; Stan is shown on several occasions to not care for sex at all, being too busy with football. The way Lewis describes the difference to Betty thusly:
--> '''Lewis''': ''All jocks ever think about is sports. All we [nerds] ever think about is sex.''
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* SexualKarma: Lewis is apparently [[SexGod good enough]] to win Betty over after one tumble; Stan is shown on several occasions to not care for sex at all, being too busy with football. The way Lewis describes the difference to Betty thusly:
--> '''Lewis''': ''All jocks ever think about is sports. All we [nerds] ever think about is sex.''
--> '''Lewis''': ''All jocks ever think about is sports. All we [nerds] ever think about is sex.''
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* LovableNerd: Most of the protagonists.
* MadeForTVMovie: The third and fourth movies.
* MadeForTVMovie: The third and fourth movies.
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* MookFaceTurn: Ogre, in the 2nd movie.
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* {{Nerd}}: Present and accounted for, in mass quantities.
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* NWordPrivileges: When used by non-nerds, the word "nerd" is generally offensive.
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* NWordPrivileges: NWordPrivileges:
** When used by non-nerds, the word "nerd" is generally offensive.
** When used by non-nerds, the word "nerd" is generally offensive.
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* PantyThief: The Panty Raid.
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* CoolOldGuy: Master Snotty
* {{Corpsing}}: In the Belching Contest scene in the first film, keep an eye on John Goodman as the coach. He keeps studying his shoes while simultaneously making sure his hat doesn't come off, all to keep from laughing out loud on camera from the antics of actors Donald Gibb and Creator/CurtisArmstrong.
* {{Corpsing}}: In the Belching Contest scene in the first film, keep an eye on John Goodman as the coach. He keeps studying his shoes while simultaneously making sure his hat doesn't come off, all to keep from laughing out loud on camera from the antics of actors Donald Gibb and Creator/CurtisArmstrong.
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* {{Corpsing}}: In the Belching Contest scene in the first film, keep an eye on John Goodman as the coach. He keeps studying his shoes while simultaneously making sure his hat doesn't come off, all to keep from laughing out loud on camera from the antics of actors Donald Gibb and Creator/CurtisArmstrong.
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* JumpedTheShark : In the third film Stan Gable is a policeman and is then appointed Dean of Students. As a two-time All-American college quarterback it is inconceivable that he would not have been drafted by an NFL team.
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* JumpedTheShark : JumpedTheShark: In the third film Stan Gable is a policeman and is then appointed Dean of Students. As a two-time All-American college quarterback it is inconceivable that he would not have been drafted by an NFL team.
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* FictionIsntFair: When the Alpha Betas stupidly burn down their fraternity mansion during a party, the school kicks the nerds out of their dorms and lets the Alpha Betas move in. This would ''never'' happen in real life. Most likely, all the Alpha Betas would be expelled, and the individuals responsible for buring down the mansion would be charged with arson.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Lamar's gayness would not make him as much of an outcast as the rest of the ΛΛΛ's today.
** While tech-heads aren't the height of cool, the staggering amount of ''money'' people like them made would also mean a good deal more tolerance of their habits.
** The nerds are excited at seeing (pre-internet) "fur pie" which now seems odd given that female pubic hair has almost entirely disappeared from popular standards of attractiveness.
** This is actually invoked in the third movie. The college is a nerd paradise (much to the antagonists' annoyance), while the ΛΛΛ have admitted women, only cater with healthy food, and ban members who do drugs (the last two explicitly done to avoid the prior generation's mistakes).
** While tech-heads aren't the height of cool, the staggering amount of ''money'' people like them made would also mean a good deal more tolerance of their habits.
** The nerds are excited at seeing (pre-internet) "fur pie" which now seems odd given that female pubic hair has almost entirely disappeared from popular standards of attractiveness.
** This is actually invoked in the third movie. The college is a nerd paradise (much to the antagonists' annoyance), while the ΛΛΛ have admitted women, only cater with healthy food, and ban members who do drugs (the last two explicitly done to avoid the prior generation's mistakes).
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* SuddenlyShouting: "You boys got your asses whipped... by a bunch of goddamn ''nerds''. '''''NEEEERDS!!'''''"
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* NotSoDifferent: In the fourth movie, the father of the bride looks down on and belittles the nerds--all while taking offense when the old money crowd calls "Nouveau Riche."
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** The antagonists commit various crimes against the "Nerds," but are told by police that it's "out of their jurisdiction;" since it's "college pranks—" even outright crimes like assault, battery, terrorism, and malicious destruction of property; in response, the Nerds commit other crimes against the jocks in "revenge—" including one "Nerd," Lewis, having sex with a cheerleader by posing as her boyfriend (which is fraud of various sorts). In reality, college campus police ''do'' have jurisdiction over "Frat Pranks" and ''so do the regular police!'' That's because state laws do not recognize college campuses as sovereign boundaries or "no-man's lands". So both sides of this feud could have gotten in serious legal trouble. A ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' DeconstructiveParody even showed this to be true.
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** The antagonists commit various crimes against the "Nerds," but are told by police that it's "out of their jurisdiction;" since it's "college pranks—" even outright crimes like assault, battery, terrorism, and malicious destruction of property; in response, the Nerds commit other crimes against the jocks in "revenge—" including one "Nerd," Lewis, having sex with a cheerleader by posing as her boyfriend (which is fraud of various sorts). In reality, college campus police ''do'' have jurisdiction over "Frat Pranks" and ''so do the regular police!'' That's because state laws do not recognize college campuses as sovereign boundaries or "no-man's lands". So both sides of this feud could have gotten in serious legal trouble. A ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' DeconstructiveParody even showed this to be true.true and ''WebVideo/LegalEagle'' did [[https://youtu.be/BriUmSjKi_w a video breaking down the various crimes that were committed]].
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* BeefBandage: In ''Part IV'' Booger's fiancee's mother faints when she meets him and bangs her head, so he gets her a steak to put on the wound
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* BeefBandage: In ''Part IV'' Booger's fiancee's mother faints when she meets him and bangs her head, so he gets her a steak to put on the woundwound.
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* TheCavalry: The ΛΛΛ ScaryBlackMan backup dancers.
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* TheCavalry: The ΛΛΛ ScaryBlackMan backup dancers.frat brothers.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: When the nerds' party seems to be bombing and U.N. Jefferson doesn't seem to be enjoying himself, Lewis, thinking U.N. doesn't like the music, has the [[SarcasmMode brilliant inspiration]] to play something he would like, and slaps "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (an old Negro spiritual) on the turntable. LeMarr is quick to [[NeedleScratch toss sand on that dumpster fire]].
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: When the nerds' party seems to be bombing and U.N. Jefferson doesn't seem to be enjoying himself, Lewis, thinking U.N. doesn't like the music, has the [[SarcasmMode brilliant inspiration]] to play something he would like, and slaps "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (an old Negro spiritual) on the turntable. LeMarr LaMaar is quick to [[NeedleScratch [[RecordNeedleScratch toss sand on that dumpster fire]].
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* NeedleScratch: When Lewis obliviously slaps "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" on the record player, LeMarr does the honors.
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* RecordNeedleScratch: When Lewis obliviously slaps "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" on the record player, LaMaar does the (literal) honors.
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* CampGay: Lamarr
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* CampGay: LamarrLamarr.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: When the nerds' party seems to be bombing and U.N. Jefferson doesn't seem to be enjoying himself, Lewis, thinking U.N. doesn't like the music, has the [[SarcasmMode brilliant inspiration]] to play something he would like, and slaps "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (an old Negro spiritual) on the turntable. LeMarr is quick to [[NeedleScratch toss sand on that dumpster fire]].
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* NeedleScratch: When Lewis obliviously slaps "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" on the record player, LeMarr does the honors.
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* NeverMyFault: The jocks burn down their house with alcohol-induced fireballs and Stan concludes it must've been the "faulty wiring".
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* NeverMyFault: The jocks burn down their house with alcohol-induced fireballs and Stan Stan, who egged them on it to do so, concludes it must've been the "faulty wiring".
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* NeverMyFault: The jocks burn down their house with alcohol-induced fireballs and Stan concludes it must've been the "faulty wiring".
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* {{Corpsing}}: In the Belching Contest scene in the first film, keep an eye on John Goodman as the coach. He keeps studying his shoes while simultaneously making sure his hat doesn't come off, all to keep from laughing out loud on camera from the antics of actors Donald Gibb and Curtis Armstrong.
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* {{Corpsing}}: In the Belching Contest scene in the first film, keep an eye on John Goodman as the coach. He keeps studying his shoes while simultaneously making sure his hat doesn't come off, all to keep from laughing out loud on camera from the antics of actors Donald Gibb and Curtis Armstrong.Creator/CurtisArmstrong.
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* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: In Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, the Nerds advertise their party by altering the neon sign of "Hotel Coral Essex" to read "Hot Oral Sex".
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* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: In Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, second movie, the Nerds advertise their party by altering the neon sign of "Hotel Coral Essex" to read "Hot Oral Sex".
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* DrugsAreBad: Inverted; Booger brings pot to the ΛΛΛ party, and the weed gives the party the kickstart it so ''desperately'' needed.
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* InformedDeformity: The movie would have you believe the Nerds and Omega Moos are hideously deformed, but many of the same actors have heart throb roles in other movies. Give them bad hair, glasses, and dorky close, and suddenly they become HollywoodHomely.
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* SignOfDisrepair: In the second movie, a little creative vandalism turns "HOTEL CORAL ESSEX" into "HOT ORAL SEX". Cue the stampede.
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* SignOfDisrepair: SignsOfDisrepair: In the second movie, a little creative vandalism turns "HOTEL CORAL ESSEX" into "HOT ORAL SEX". Cue the stampede.
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* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: In Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, the Nerds advertise their party by altering the neon sign of "Hotel Coral Essex" to read "Hot oral sex".
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* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: In Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, the Nerds advertise their party by altering the neon sign of "Hotel Coral Essex" to read "Hot oral sex".Oral Sex".
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* SignOfDisrepair: In the second movie, a little creative vandalism turns "HOTEL CORAL ESSEX" into "HOT ORAL SEX". Cue the stampede.
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* AbsurdlyPowerfulSchoolJurisdiction: The municipal police have zero authority on Adams College campus. It's implied the school is so powerful that the local police [[SupermanStaysOutOfGotham leaves it completely alone]].
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* {{Badass Bookworm}}s: The Nerds, especially when the Jocks decide they haven't had enough.
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* BeefBandage: In ''Part IV'' Booger's fiancee's mother faints when she meets him and bangs her head, so he gets her a steak to put on the wound.
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* BeefBandage: In ''Part IV'' Booger's fiancee's mother faints when she meets him and bangs her head, so he gets her a steak to put on the wound.wound
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** Ogre starts crying when he loses.
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** Ogre [[BruiserWithASoftCenter starts crying crying]] when he loses.
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* AnnoyingLaugh: Lewis Skolnick and Gilbert Lowe possess epic examples.
** It's contagious too, with all the ΛΛΛ's eventually doing it. Even ''Ogre'' after his HeelFaceTurn in the second film!
** It's contagious too, with all the ΛΛΛ's eventually doing it. Even ''Ogre'' after his HeelFaceTurn in the second film!
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Not to be discouraged, the nerds decide to [[StartMyOwn start their own frat]], and through an oversight are given permission to set up a branch of the normally all-black fraternity Lambda Lambda Lambda. But all is not well; the existing frats, not to mention the resident jocks, don't appreciate nerds horning in on their territory, and so begins a war of attrition that involves vandalism, nude photos, the liberal application of 'liquid heat' to jockstraps, and various other [[HilarityEnsues wacky hijinks]].
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Not to be discouraged, the nerds decide to [[StartMyOwn start their own frat]], and through an oversight are given permission to set up a branch of the normally all-black fraternity Lambda Lambda Lambda.Lambda (ΛΛΛ). But all is not well; the existing frats, not to mention the resident jocks, don't appreciate nerds horning in on their territory, and so begins a war of attrition that involves vandalism, nude photos, the liberal application of 'liquid heat' to jockstraps, and various other [[HilarityEnsues wacky hijinks]].
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Played With. The haughty Pi cheerleaders are certainly considered hot, but the plain jane Omega Mus seem to get just as much tail.
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Played With. The haughty Pi cheerleaders are certainly considered hot, but the plain jane Omega Mus (ΩΜ) seem to get just as much tail.
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** It's contagious too, with all the Tri-Lambs eventually doing it. Even ''Ogre'' after his HeelFaceTurn in the second film!
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** It's contagious too, with all the Tri-Lambs ΛΛΛ's eventually doing it. Even ''Ogre'' after his HeelFaceTurn in the second film!
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* BlowingSmokeRings: During the Lambda Lambda Lambda party, one of the [[HollywoodHomely Mu]]s coaxes Lewis up to his room to have sex. Later, he's seen at the top of the stairs wearing a red [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Hugh Hefner]] robe, smoking a [[DistinguishedGentlemansPipe pipe]] and blowing smoke rings.
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* BlowingSmokeRings: During the Lambda Lambda Lambda ΛΛΛ party, one of the [[HollywoodHomely Mu]]s coaxes Lewis up to his room to have sex. Later, he's seen at the top of the stairs wearing a red [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Hugh Hefner]] robe, smoking a [[DistinguishedGentlemansPipe pipe]] and blowing smoke rings.
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* CarloadOfCoolKids: The Alpha Beta fraternity let loose a bunch of pigs at the Lambda house. When the Lambdas run outside to see what's going on, the [=ABs=] moon them from the back of the pig truck and then drive off.
* TheCavalry: The Tri-Lambda ScaryBlackMan backup dancers.
* TheCavalry: The Tri-Lambda ScaryBlackMan backup dancers.
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* CarloadOfCoolKids: The Alpha Beta fraternity let loose a bunch of pigs at the Lambda ΛΛΛ house. When the Lambdas ΛΛΛ run outside to see what's going on, the [=ABs=] [=ΑΒs=] moon them from the back of the pig truck and then drive off.
* TheCavalry: TheTri-Lambda ΛΛΛ ScaryBlackMan backup dancers.
* TheCavalry: The
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* DeathGlare: U.N. Jefferson's 'reinforcement Tri-Lambs' look ready, willing and eager to rip apart any Alpha Beta dumb enough to step up. [[DirtyCoward The Alpha Betas want no part of these guys, despite outnumbering them significantly]].
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* DeathGlare: U.N. Jefferson's 'reinforcement Tri-Lambs' ΛΛΛ's look ready, willing and eager to rip apart any Alpha Beta dumb enough to step up. [[DirtyCoward The Alpha Betas want no part of these guys, despite outnumbering them significantly]].
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* DeusExMachina: Jefferson and several national Tri-Lamb brothers arrive when Gilbert is about to get the crap beat out of him by the Alpha Betas in the SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
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* DeusExMachina: Jefferson and several national Tri-Lamb ΛΛΛ brothers arrive when Gilbert is about to get the crap beat out of him by the Alpha Betas in the SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
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* DistaffCounterpart: The Omega Mus to the Lambda guys. The Pis are this to the Alphas as well, being the cheerleaders to their jocks.
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* DistaffCounterpart: The Omega Mus ΩΜ's to the Lambda ΛΛΛ guys. The Pis are this to the Alphas as well, being the cheerleaders to their jocks.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Lambda Lambda Lambda has been a historically all-black fraternity. Without even realising this, the jocks leave a burning sign on their lawn and send pigs in to their party, all because they are nerds. It's implied UN Jefferson was thinking along the same lines.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Lambda Lambda Lambda ΛΛΛ has been a historically all-black fraternity. Without even realising this, the jocks leave a burning sign on their lawn and send pigs in to their party, all because they are nerds. It's implied UN Jefferson was thinking along the same lines.
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* DrugsAreBad: Inverted; Booger brings pot to the Lambdas' party, and the weed gives the party the kickstart it so ''desperately'' needed.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Happens to the Alpha Betas after they trash the Tri-Lambda frat house following Gilbert's and Lewis's speech inviting others to stand with them:
-->'''Burke''': You know, Coach. I'm going to let the Lambdas live over at the Alpha Beta house while you and your boys rebuild theirs!
-->'''Burke''': You know, Coach. I'm going to let the Lambdas live over at the Alpha Beta house while you and your boys rebuild theirs!
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Happens to the Alpha Betas after they trash the Tri-Lambda ΛΛΛ frat house following Gilbert's and Lewis's speech inviting others to stand with them:
-->'''Burke''': You know, Coach. I'm going to let theLambdas ΛΛΛ live over at the Alpha Beta house while you and your boys rebuild theirs!
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* LoopholeAbuse: When the nerds are first applying to different national fraternities to open a chapter in their college, they are rejected by all outright except for Lambda Lambda Lambda, an all-black fraternity. Even then, the chairman tells them that they're ''very'' unlikely to get approved (not because only one of them is black but because they're nerds), until one of the nerds points out that, according to the Tri-Lambda bylaws, they are required to give any petitioning group probational membership.
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* LoopholeAbuse: When the nerds are first applying to different national fraternities to open a chapter in their college, they are rejected by all outright except for Lambda Lambda Lambda, ΛΛΛ, an all-black fraternity. Even then, the chairman tells them that they're ''very'' unlikely to get approved (not because only one of them is black but because they're nerds), until one of the nerds points out that, according to the Tri-Lambda ΛΛΛ bylaws, they are required to give any petitioning group probational membership.
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* MyEyesAreUpHere: While discussing his academic pursuits with two tall and busty Omega Mus, Wormser talks to their breasts. Humorously justified in that the mammaries are at his eye level: he even [[BreakingTheFourthWall smirks at the camera]] to lampshade his getting away with it.
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* MyEyesAreUpHere: While discussing his academic pursuits with two tall and busty Omega Mus, ΩΜ's, Wormser talks to their breasts. Humorously justified in that the mammaries are at his eye level: he even [[BreakingTheFourthWall smirks at the camera]] to lampshade his getting away with it.
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* ThePeepingTom: The Lambdas in ''Revenge of the Nerds'' take this trope to an extreme by installing surveillance cameras in all the bedrooms and showers of the sorority house. They literally stay awake all night, just watching women sleep.
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* ThePeepingTom: The Lambdas ΛΛΛ in ''Revenge of the Nerds'' take this trope to an extreme by installing surveillance cameras in all the bedrooms and showers of the sorority house. They literally stay awake all night, just watching women sleep.
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* ThePowerOfFriendship: In the third movie, Lewis is framed for embezzlement and put on trial. In addition to Lewis's father, the old Lambda crew and U.N. drop by as a show of support. Stan (who had been so certain no one has any real friends) is so moved that he reveals the truth.
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* ThePowerOfFriendship: In the third movie, Lewis is framed for embezzlement and put on trial. In addition to Lewis's father, the old Lambda ΛΛΛ crew and U.N. drop by as a show of support. Stan (who had been so certain no one has any real friends) is so moved that he reveals the truth.
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* RockBottom: In the second movie, the Lambdas are framed by the Alpha Betas for stealing a car and get arrested. Though bailed out, they're then kidnapped and taken to a deserted island. The absolute rock bottom, though, is Ogre being stranded with them. As Lewis lampshades, they're trapped on a deserted island and still have someone insulting them for being nerds.
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* RockBottom: In the second movie, the Lambdas ΛΛΛ are framed by the Alpha Betas for stealing a car and get arrested. Though bailed out, they're then kidnapped and taken to a deserted island. The absolute rock bottom, though, is Ogre being stranded with them. As Lewis lampshades, they're trapped on a deserted island and still have someone insulting them for being nerds.
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* ScaryBlackMan: The 'reinforcements' that accompany U. N. Jefferson when he comes to the aid of the Adams College Tri-Lambs.
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* ScaryBlackMan: The 'reinforcements' that accompany U. N. Jefferson when he comes to the aid of the Adams College Tri-Lambs.ΛΛΛ.
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* ShoddyShindig: The main characters have a party and invite the sorority girls from Omega Mu. It has all the trappings of a Sad Party (including a wheezing accordion sing-a-long). [[spoiler:Until Booger breaks out the weed, that is.]]
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* ShoddyShindig: The main characters have a party and invite the sorority girls from Omega Mu.ΩΜ. It has all the trappings of a Sad Party (including a wheezing accordion sing-a-long). [[spoiler:Until Booger breaks out the weed, that is.]]
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Lamar's gayness would not make him as much of an outcast as the rest of the Lambdas today.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Lamar's gayness would not make him as much of an outcast as the rest of the Lambdas ΛΛΛ's today.
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** This is actually invoked in the third movie. The college is a nerd paradise (much to the antagonists' annoyance), while the Lambdas have admitted women, only cater with healthy food, and ban members who do drugs (the last two explicitly done to avoid the prior generation's mistakes).
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** This is actually invoked in the third movie. The college is a nerd paradise (much to the antagonists' annoyance), while the Lambdas ΛΛΛ have admitted women, only cater with healthy food, and ban members who do drugs (the last two explicitly done to avoid the prior generation's mistakes).