Delta Tau Chi is a fictional fraternity in the popular 1978 film Animal House. The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words frater and soror, meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Ordo Templi Orientis or the Shriners. ... The Deltas in front of their house Movie poster of Animal House National Lampoons Animal House (also called Animal House) is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of Delta fraternity boys takes on the system at their college. ...

Supposedly the writer was thinking of "Detox" when he came up with the letters, which appear in Greek as ΔTX. It contrasts with fraternity "Omega," the "end-all" of the Greek system on campus.

Delta Tau Chi is known as the wildest fraternity at fictional Faber College. It is notorious for its crazy parties, low academic performance, and numerous pranks. The Deltas, as they are informally known, are constantly hosting wild parties. During the movie, a Roman toga party is held. According to the Faber disciplinary council, two dozen reports of individual acts of perversion were reported. Douglas C. Neidermeyer, the sergeant at arms, claims that these acts were "so profound and disgusting" that decorum prohibited listing them. While real schools and universities are often prominently featured in works of fiction, this is a list of schools and universities which are entirely fictional, even though some of them are modeled after real world institutions. ... College pranks Practical jokes, such as Cow tipping (which is in actuality a myth) April Fools Day pranks (see examples in April 1, 2002) Candid Camera pranks Student Liberation Front pranks World Wide Web pranks Related topics Myth Joke Humour This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... A popular fad on American college campuses, a toga party is a particular kind of costume party at which everyone wears a toga, or a semblance thereof, normally made from a bedsheet, and sandals. ...

Deltas have some of the lowest GPAs on campus. They have received a deficient aggregate grade point average for 5 consecutive semesters. The Delta president himself only has a 1.6 GPA. The highest GPA of the pledge class is only 1.2. One member, John "Bluto" Blutarsky, has a 0.0. Another member, Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day, does not have a grade point average, as all his classes are incomplete. The initials GPA can refer, among other things, to Grade Point Average; see Grade (education) Guinness Peat Aviation General Practice Australia, a private, independent medical accreditation society Greyhound Pets of America This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...

The Deltas are well known for their pranks, some of which are performed on a regular basis. For example, every Halloween the Deltas adorn the trees with underwear; every spring, they make the toilets on campus explode. Other pranks are more unexpected and random. On one occasion, the Deltas dumped a truckload of fizzy's into the swimming pool during a meet. On another, the Deltas had the medical school cadavers delivered to an alumni dinner. Halloween is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets, fruit, and other treats. ... Flush toilet A toilet is a plumbing fixture devised for the disposal of bodily wastes, including urine, feces, menses and vomit. ... Gasoline explosions, simulating bomb drops at an airshow. ... 50 meter indoor swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, or wading pool is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for recreational or competitive swimming, diving, or for other bathing activities that involve swimming, e. ... With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. ...

External links

• ACME Animal House

Other Information: Delta Tau Chi is the actual name of a real fraternity which was started in 1990 in Farmville Virginia, at Longwood University. The Alpha Chapter is currently still growing strong, and is thriving at Longwood.