List of fictional fraternities and sororities
The following is a list of fictional fraternities and sororities in popular culture. Note that non-fictional fraternities of the same name as these should not be included in this List unless the fictional usage is derived from the non-fictional group. Note that real organizations should not be included unless part of the explanation of where a fictional group was derived from
Film
Accepted
- Beta Kappa Epsilon, fraternity
American Pie Presents: Beta House
- Beta Delta Xi, fraternity
Big Fish
- Sigma Omega Delta, sorority
The Butterfly Effect
- Chi Phi Beta, fraternity
Can't Hardly Wait
- Delta Iota Kappa
Dead Man on Campus
- Kappa Omega
Decoys
- Pi Beta Omega, sorority
Domino
- Zeta Theta Theta (ΖΘΘ), fraternity
Drumline
- Sigma Phi Alpha, sorority
Dukes of Hazzard
- Kappa Mu Alpha sorority
Dude, Where's the Party?
- Rho Beta Rho
Fraternity Row
- Gamma Nu Pi, fraternity
- Kappa Delta Alpha, fraternity
Going Greek
- Iota Chi Omega
- Pi Pi Pi
- Kappa Alpha Tau
- Kappa Psi
Legally Blonde
- Delta Nu, Elle's sorority
- Lambda Kappa Pi, fraternity
National Lampoon's Animal House
- Delta Tau Chi, fraternity (the "Animal House"; based on Alpha Delta Phi at Dartmouth College)
- Omega Theta Pi, fraternity (based on Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Dartmouth College)
- Sigma Sigma
- Omega Pi Pi Pi
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
- Delta Iota Kappa (DIK), fraternity -- The frat the douchebag boyfriend was part of, hence the name.
- Sigma Theta Upsilon
- Lambda Omicron Omicron
Old School
- Lambda Epsilon Omega
PCU
- The Order of Balls and Shaft, (underground, outlawed) fraternity
Pride of the Yankees
- Sigma Alpha Psi
Reefer Madness (2005 film)
- Phi Beta [...]
Revenge of the Nerds
- Fraternities
- ΑΒ - Alpha Beta, athletes' fraternity
- ΛΛΛ - Lambda Lambda Lambda, a black fraternity that has a nerd chapter at Adams College
- PPP - Rho Rho Rho, a fraternity in the Greek Sing contest
- ΝΤΝ - Nu Tau Nu
- ROTC - Reserve Officers' Training Corps (note, while not a fictional fraternity, it is treated as one in its access to the Greek Games in the movie)
- AN - Alpha Nu
- Sororities
- ΩΜ - Omega Mu, sorority for nerds and fat girls
- ΠΔΠ - Pi Delta Pi, sorority of pretty girls affiliated with ΑΒ
- ΙΣΠ - Iota Sigma Pi
- ΩΨ - Omega Psi
- ΞΣΡ - Xi Sigma Rho
- ΡΟΤΧ - Presumably matched up with ROTC (the Greek letters are the closest equivalent to ROTC)
Road Trip
- Kappa Lambda
- Xi Chi
- Kappa Alpham, sorority
School Daze
- Gamma Phi Gamma
Scream 2
- Omega Beta Zeta, sorority
- Omega Kappa Beta
- Phi Lambda Alpha
- Delta Lambda Zeta
Sorority Boys
- Delta Omicron Gamma
- Kappa Omicron Kappa
- Pi Pi Pi
Stomp the Yard
- Mu Gamma Xi
- Theta Nu Theta
The Initiation of Sarah - 2006 remake
- Alpha Nu Gamma, sorority
- Pi Epsilon Delta, sorority
- Gamma Phi Alpha
State Fair
- Gamma Hubba Hubba, Wayne's characterization of a sorority that Eleanor was supposedly a member of
Adult Film
American Sorority Sluts
- AΣΣ - Alpha Sigma Sigma (or [...]) Sorority
Kelly the Coed (Series)
- Pi Pi Sorority
- Sigma Pau Fraternity
Sorority Pink/ Sorority [...] Kittens (Series)
- Upsilon Sigma Sorority
Television
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- (apparently 3 symbols unrelated to any earth languages), alien fraternity (Episode Frat Aliens)
A Different World
- Kappa Lambda Nu Fraternity
- Alpha Delta Rho Sorority
Beverly Hills 90210
- Kappa Epsilon Gamma Fraternity (KEG)
The Colbert Report
- Tau Gamma Rho, transliterated to "TCR".
Drawn Together
- Phi Alpha Gimmel, fictional fraternity started by Captain Hero; composed of the Greek symbols Phi and Alpha and the Hebrew symbol Gimel; presumably pronounced 'phag' (Episode Freaks & Greeks)
- Shin Lamedh Mem, the fictional Yiddish fraternity down the street from Phi Alpha Gimmel.
Family Guy
- I Felta Thigh, Stewie's prospective fraternity (should be spelled "Ei Phelta Thi")
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Phi Beta Gamma, (African American) fraternity (Episode Blood is Thicker Than Mud)
- Kappa Phi Gamma, sorority that girlfriend Lisa pledged. (Episode Will's Misery) Not related to Kappa Phi Gamma Sorority, Inc., a South Asian interest sorority.
Friends
- Kappa Kappa Delta, Rachel Green's sorority, known as the "Kappas", which presumably is a reference to Kappa Kappa Gamma
- Thigh Mega Tampon, mentioned by Phoebe Buffay when she could not think up of a fake sorority name. (Episode The One with Rachel's Big Kiss)
Friends 'Til the End
- Kappa Pi
- Lambda Delta
Greek
- Zeta Beta Zeta
- Kappa Tau Gamma
- Omega Chi Delta
- Pi Pi Pi
Futurama
- Epsilon Rho Rho ("ERR"), Robot fraternity (also known as "Robot House")
- Snooty House, rich, snooty fraternity
- Kappa Kappa Wong, named after the wealthy patron family
The Jamie Foxx Show
- Alpha Delta Zeta Sorority (the sorority to which Fancy and Aunt Helen were belonged)
Jimmy Neutron
- Pi Rho Omega - Fraternity (Episode Jimmy goes to College)
Law and Order SVU
- Kappa Delta Alpha Fraternity (Episode Fight)
- Tau Omega Fraternity (Episode Brotherhood)
M*A*S*H (TV series)
- Tau Phi Epsilon - B.J.'s fraternity; they rejected Frank (Episode Welcome to Korea)
MADtv
- Kappa Kappa Kappa - Sorority
- Zeta Iota Tau Sorority
Psych
- Beta Kappa Theta sorority (Episode Scary Sherry 2: Bianca's Toast)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Mu Pi, sorority (Episode House of Pi)
Saved By The Bell
- Alpha Mu
- Beta Delta
- Kappa Theta
- Pi Psi
- Sigma Alpha Fraternity
Scrubs
- Omega Beta Gamma - A play on the OB-GYN doctors trying a recruit Elliot, which J.D. refers to as a sorority.
- Omega Beta Tau - The sorority Elliot and her college friend Melody belong to (From Season 6, Episode 19 - "My Cold Shower")
The Simpsons
- Alpha Tau, Waylon Smithers' fraternity (Episode I Married Marge)
- Kappa Gamma Tau, "last in grades, first in pranks" (Episode Faith Off)
- Sigma Chi Sigma, fraternity that rented Ned Flanders' house.
Smallville
- Tri-Psi Sorority, an all-girl vampire sorority (Episode Thirst)
- Alpha Alpha Alpha, all-girl sorority at Metropolis University that helps the football team recruit (Episode Recruit)
Sports Night
- Sigma Kappa Pi, an all-male fraternity to whose poker games Natalie was always invited during her college days (Episode Shoe Money Tonight)
Sweet Valley High and Sweet Valley University
- Pi Beta Alpha, an all girl sorority at Sweet Valley High. Jessica Wakefield is president.
- Theta Alpha Theta, Sweet Valley University's sorority. Jessica is a member.
Tales From The Crypt
- Delta Omega Alpha (or DOA), an all girl sorority. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that they are an "all-ghoul" sorority who eat cruel fraternity leaders. (Episode House of Horror)
Undeclared
- Theta Delta Zeta (ΘΔΖ), fraternity
Undergrads
- Alpha Alpha, fraternity
Veronica Mars
- Zeta Theta Beta, the sorority at Hearst College that Veronica pretends to rush to get inside information for the school newspaper. (Episode My Big Fat Greek Rush Week)
- Pi Sigma Sigma, the fraternity at Hearst College that was accused of a series of rapes, but later cleared by Veronica.(Episode Spit & Eggs)
Colleges
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Gamma Alpha Gamma (GAG), a hack
- Lambda Sigma Delta ([...])
- Pi Tau Zeta
Role-playing games
- ΑPT- Alpha Rho Tau, "ART". The intellectual and artistic sorority at Al Amarja University in Atlas Games' surreal roleplaying game Over the Edge (role-playing game). Their big rivals are the divas of ΣΕΧ.
- ΔEΘ - Delta Epsilon Theta, "DETh". The intellectual and artistic fraternity at Al Amarja University in Atlas Games' surreal roleplaying game Over the Edge (role-playing game). Their big rivals are the jocks of ΣOΒ.
- ΣOΒ - Sigma Omicron Beta, or "SOB". The jock fraternity at Al Amarja University in Atlas Games' surreal roleplaying game Over the Edge (role-playing game).
- ΣΕΧ - Sigma Epsilon Chi, Diva Sorority at Al Amarja University in Atlas Games' surreal roleplaying game Over the Edge (role-playing game).
Alternative fictional groups
- ΓΔΙ - Gamma Delta Iota, GDI or "God [...] Independent", a term used to collectively describe non-Greeks
- ΙΤΚ - I Tappa Kegga, for those interested in kegs and what is in them.
- ΚΕΓ - Kappa Epsilon Gamma, KEG, also for those interested in beer.
- ΒΣΣΓ - Beta Sigma Sigma Gamma, BEER, also for those interested in beer. Unlike the others, this is more of an aesthetic conversion than a phonetic one.
- ΣΕΧ - Sigma Epsilon Chi, [...], for those interested in expressing their sexuality. The name is actually pronounced "sech" - a more proper Greek name would be ΣΕΞ. The letters 'ΣΕΧ', however, are used by The Tabard, a coeducational fraternity at Dartmouth College.
- ΠP - Pi Rho, Pyro, for those interested in fire
- AΣΣ - Alpha Sigma Sigma (or [...])
- ΚΚΚ - Kappa Kappa Kappa (or KKK), a slur for racist white Greek-letter males. Also called "Tri-Kaps". It's also used as a sorority in a MADtv sketch. There is a local fraternity at Dartmouth College named Kappa Kappa Kappa. Founded two decades before the American Civil War, the fraternity has no affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan, and is almost always referred to on campus as "Tri-Kap" rather than "KKK". Concerned about the unavoidable association with Ku Klux Klan, the fraternity changed its name to Kappa Chi Kappa in 1992, but reverted to the original under alumni pressure in 1995.
- ΡΘΤ - Rho Theta Tau, A joke fraternity for those interested in smoking [...], or pot, as the letters resemble.
- ΛΛΛ - Lambda Lambda Lambda A fictional fraternity at the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) that pays tribute to its Revenge of the Nerds roots.
- ΦΑΓ - Phi Alpha Gamma, FAG. An anti-gay slur used by some and a sign of pride when worn by others.
See also
- Fraternities and sororities