History Series / Greek

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[[caption-width-right:325: [[WackyCollege Pictured]] (from left to right): [[SouthernFriedGenius Dale]], [[StraightGay Calvin]], Ashleigh, [[BrilliantButLazy Cappie]], [[CoolBigSis Casey]], [[{{Jerkass}} Evan]], [[RichBitch Rebecca]], [[CoolLoser Rusty]]. Not pictured: [[AlphaBitch Frannie]].]]

%%* CoolLoser: Rusty

* TeensAreShort: All of the freshmen (Rebecca, Rusty, Calvin) are shorter than their "bigs" (Casey, Cappie, Evan). Averted with Lizzi, who's shorter than most of the ZBZ sisters even though she's older than all of them.

* ThreeAmigos: Cappie, Evan, and Casey in the {{backstory}}.

* DeathBySex: Jordan kills Rusty in their game of Assassin after having sex with him.

* UncoolUndies: Throughout the series, as Rusty Cartwright becomes less of a stereotypical "geek", his underwear choices become less stereotypically "geeky" as well:
** In the Season 1 episode "Picking Teams", when Rusty is still the nerdy new guy, he is inadvertently pantsed after a floor hockey game in front of the entire crowd of spectators. He is revealed to be wearing tighty whities, and the whole gymnasium laughs at him, partly because he is the "nerd" wearing a stereotypically "nerdy" type of underwear.

* Disqualification-InducedVictory: In "Picking Teams," Rusty scores the winning goal for the Kappa Tau floor hockey team. However, when he is trapped at the bottom of the team's congratulatory pig pile after the game, he is inadvertently pantsed by an unknown member of his team, revealing that he is not wearing a cup, which the Ref considers to be an equipment penalty. Therefore, the Ref awards the victory to the other team.

Set at the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University in Ohio, the series focuses on Rusty Cartwright, a nerd fresh out of high-school with dreams of joining a fraternity and having a 'real college experience', while also being a member of the Honors Engineering program and pursuing a degree in [[WeirdScience Polymer Science]]. The series begins on his [[FishOutOfWater first day at school]] and ends during his junior year, exploring the goings-on of his friends and classmates, as well as his relationship with his CoolBigSis, Casey (played by Creator/KelseyGrammer's daughter, Spencer Grammer). Unlike many teen dramas on nowadays, it's not really a drama; College/Greek life isn't treated as a matter of life or death (usually), and some "serious" issues - such as Betsy's alcoholism - are even played for laughs.

Set at the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University in Ohio, the series focuses on Rusty Cartwright, a {{Nerd}} fresh out of high-school with dreams of joining a fraternity and having a 'real college experience', while also being a member of the Honors Engineering program and pursuing a degree in [[WeirdScience Polymer Science]]. The series begins on his [[FishOutOfWater first day at school]] and ends during his junior year, exploring the goings-on of his friends and classmates, as well as his relationship with his CoolBigSis, Casey (played by Creator/KelseyGrammer's daughter, Spencer Grammer). Unlike many teen dramas on nowadays, it's not really a drama; College/Greek life isn't treated as a matter of life or death (usually), and some "serious" issues - such as Betsy's alcoholism - are even played for laughs.

Set at the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University in Ohio, the series focuses on Rusty Cartwright, a HollywoodNerd fresh out of high-school with dreams of joining a fraternity and having a 'real college experience', while also being a member of the Honors Engineering program and pursuing a degree in [[WeirdScience Polymer Science]]. The series begins on his [[FishOutOfWater first day at school]] and ends during his junior year, exploring the goings-on of his friends and classmates, as well as his relationship with his CoolBigSis, Casey (played by Creator/KelseyGrammer's daughter, Spencer Grammer). Unlike many teen dramas on nowadays, it's not really a drama; College/Greek life isn't treated as a matter of life or death (usually), and some "serious" issues - such as Betsy's alcoholism - are even played for laughs.

* HollywoodNerd: Rusty straddles both types. Dale is a type 1 and Max is a type 2. Psi Phi Pi is an [[BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats entire fraternity of type 1's]].

* MissFanservice: Pretty much any of the Zeta Betas count, but Rebecca in particular.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Heath's younger sister, Heather, is pronounced 'Heath-er'.

** Cappie straight up quotes directly from Franchise/TheMatrix at least twice while giving advice to Rusty.
** The Kappa Tau Thanksgiving dinner in 'The Wish-Pretzel' is a reference to 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving'.
** "Can we be mature and just say what we're all thinking? [beat] How the hell could they cancel Series/GilmoreGirls?
** "Good lord, it's like we died and went to Series/GossipGirl."

Set at the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University in Ohio, the series focuses on Rusty Cartwright, a HollywoodNerd fresh out of high-school with dreams of joining a fraternity and having a 'real college experience', while also being a member of the Honors Engineering program and pursuing a degree in [[WeirdScience Polymer Science]]. The series begins on his [[FishOutOfWater first day at school]] and ends during his junior year, exploring the goings-on of his friends and classmates, as well as his relationship with his CoolBigSis, Casey(played by Creator/KelseyGrammer's daughter, Spencer Grammer). Unlike many teen dramas on nowadays, it's not really a drama; College/Greek life isn't treated as a matter of life or death (usually), and some "serious" issues - such as Betsy's alcoholism - are even played for laughs.

Set at the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University in Ohio, the series focuses on Rusty Cartwright, a HollywoodNerd fresh out of high-school with dreams of joining a fraternity and having a 'real college experience', while also being a member of the Honors Engineering program and pursuing a degree in [[WeirdScience Polymer Science]]. The series begins on his [[FishOutOfWater first day at school]] and ends during his junior year, exploring the goings-on of his friends and classmates, as well as his relationship with his CoolBigSis, Casey [[note]](played by Creator/KelseyGrammer's daughter, Spencer Grammer)[[/note]]. Unlike many teen dramas on nowadays, it's not really a drama; College/Greek life isn't treated as a matter of life or death (usually), and some "serious" issues - such as Betsy's alcoholism - are even played for laughs.