Animal House
Faber College comedy
Animal House is the title of a 1978 American comedy film depicting outrageous fraternity life at a college campus.
The term has become shorthand for any chaotic, rowdy living situation—particularly one involving young men, heavy drinking, and disregard for rules or property: Their apartment was like Animal House.
The dorm turned into Animal House on weekends.
- toga partyCostume event with draped sheets
- food fightThrown meal skirmish
- keggerParty with draft beer
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
hazing · parade float · road trip · prank · D-Day · Katy · 1978 · seven years
Open resistance to authority
- anarchyDisorder from absent authority
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
prank · authority · establishment · troublemaker · mischief · chaos · mayhem · rule-breaking
Decade after the fifties
- 1970sFourth decade, twentieth century
- retroEvoking recent past
- vintageQuality from past eras
- cultural touchstoneUniversally recognized cultural marker
quotable · iconic · golden age · Americana · baby boomer · counterculture · coming-of-age · college comedy
Exaggerated physical humor
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- satireMockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- gagsJokes or silencing devices
gross-out · irreverent · raunchy · screwball · absurdity · buffoonery · physical comedy · sight gag
Binding promise given
- rushQuick sudden movement
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- Greek lifeFraternity and sorority culture
- chapterDivision of a book
sorority · hazing · initiation · kegger · toga party · beer pong · paddle · secret handshake
Bluto
- toga partyCostume event with draped sheets
- food fightThrown meal skirmish
- keggerParty with draft beer
initiation · hazing · parade float · road trip · prank · D-Day · Katy · 1978 · seven years · Kevin Bacon
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- anarchyDisorder from absent authority
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
disobedience · prank · authority · establishment · troublemaker · mischief · chaos · mayhem · rule-breaking · anti-establishment
1960s
Decade after the fifties
cultural touchstone · quotable · iconic · golden age · Americana · baby boomer · counterculture · coming-of-age · college comedy · cult classic
slapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
gags · gross-out · irreverent · raunchy · screwball · absurdity · buffoonery · physical comedy · sight gag · one-liner
pledge
Binding promise given
- rushQuick sudden movement
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- Greek lifeFraternity and sorority culture
chapter · sorority · hazing · initiation · kegger · toga party · beer pong · paddle · secret handshake · legacy
- 70s CinemaThe Godfather, Star Wars, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, Apocalypse Now
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
Animal HouseMary Poppins
Animal Housedocumentary
Factual film about reality
cinéma vérité · educational film · nature documentary · historical documentary · 60 Minutes
Animal HouseDead Poets Society
Secret verse-reading club
A Beautiful Mind · honor society · Phi Beta Kappa · Rudy · Good Will Hunting
animal, house, animals, animalistic, animate, animated, animation, animator, inanimate