Wacky Fratboy Hijinx: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''Hearts full of youth! Hearts full of truth!''

 

 

A movie in which much of the humor comes from fratboys [[Alcohol-Induced Idiocy|getting highly intoxicated and doing incredibly stupid, risky, and dangerous things]] and getting away with it. Usually has the main characters as a bunch of loveable rogues pitted against the evil [[Aristocrats Are Evil|aristocratic]] old money frathouses or oppressive [[Dean Bitterman|deans]]. Expect panty raids. Lots of panty raids.

 

May overlap with [[THC Theater]]. Generally parallels with [[College Is High School Part 2]]. Almost always includes a [[Wild Teen Party]], with college officials replacing the parents. Often set at a [[Strawman U]]. Compare [[All Guys Want Sorority Sisters]], the stereotyped portrayal of the fraternity's [[Distaff Counterpart]], the sorority.

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== Film ==

* ''[[Animal House]]''

** And the [[Recycled: the Series|TV series version]], ''[[Delta House]]''.

 

== Literature ==

* In [[The Pale King]], the [[Bloody Hilarious|confrontation]] between Fat Marcus the Moneylender and Diablo the Left-Handed Surrealist.

** ''Didn't anybody at your school ever have names like Joe or Bill?''

 

* The ''[[Happy Days]]'' episode "Hard Cover" has Richie, Fonzie, and pals trapped in a girls' dorm after curfew with much hilarity ensuing.

* The [[Spike TV]] series ''[[Blue Mountain State]]'' lives on this.

* ''[[CSI]]'' had one or two storylines that started out as this and ended up with someone dead by the start of the episode.

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' had a few of these with supernatural twists. The frat boys were usually worshipping ancient demons that the slayer had to take care of.

 

== New Media ==

* ''[[The Onion]]'' parodies it with [https://web.archive.org/web/20100314103930/http://www.theonion.com/content/news/fraternity_in_danger_of_losing Fraternity In Danger Of Losing House Launches Hairbrained Scheme To Fix Economy].

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* In ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]'' there are no fratboys and wackiness is technically treason, yet the entire reason the Death Leopard society exists is to perform these hijinx, with [[Stuff Blowing Up|high explosives]], all the while talking in an excruciatingly [[Totally Radical]] fashion.

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has Orcish Frat Boys as enemies. Most of their attacks and adventures are somehow related to this trope, whether fighting by spraying beer at you, hazing you, or stealing your underwear.

** And as an aside, the element they're most associated with? Sleaze.

 

== [[Web Animation]] ==

* Episode 40 of ''[[Bonus Stage (web animation)|Bonus Stage]]'' is about a fraternity (played by the cast of ''[[Waterman]]'') moving into the house next door. The initiation ritual involves dragging one's bed outside and peeing in it wearing a dress. Joel apparently mishears and instead pees in ''their'' beds. Then there are the frat party games: "Extreme Spelling Bee", "Bingo Pac-Man", and [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|"Throw the Screwdriver at Someone's Face"]].

 

* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has featured an un-named "college party comedy".

* Exists even in fantasy worlds, as Roy Greenhilt has to learn in the ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' prequel "On the Origin of PCs".

 

== Western Animation ==

* Parodied in a ''[[Futurama]]'' episode where Bender lives out this trope.

** [[Memetic Mutation|ROOBOT HOOOOUUUUSSE!]]

* ''[[Undergrads]]'': Rocko engages in various kinds of these, particularly odd hazing rituals, to the embarrassment of his fratmates.

** The irony is that Rocko is the only one that fills in the fratboy stereotype. His other fratmates don't go for drinking, ogling at girls, or pulling pranks (Well except for parties).

 

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