Revenge of the Nerds (film series)

Revenge of the Nerds is an American comedy franchise.^[1] The series revolves around a group of socially-inept students (the nerds) trying to get revenge on their harassers. The series began with the eponymous 1984 film and was followed by three sequels: Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992) (TV), and Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994) (TV). A remake of the first film was to begin filming in October 2006 for a prospective release in 2007, but was cancelled due to problems securing a viable filming location.^[2] In December 2020 it was announced that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane would reboot the series under his Fuzzy Door Productions label.^[3]

Cast

Characters
	Revenge of the Nerds	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation	Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
Lewis Skolnik	Robert Carradine
Dudley "Booger" Dawson	Curtis Armstrong
Lamar Latrelle	Larry B. Scott
Mr. Skolnick	James Cromwell
Gilbert Lowe	Anthony Edwards		Mike Greenwood
Harold Wormser	Andrew Cassese		Sean Whalen
Frederick Aloysius "Ogre" Palowaski	Donald Gibb			Donald Gibb
Arnold Poindexter	Timothy Busfield
Betty Childs	Julia Montgomery	Photograph	Julia Montgomery
Takashi Toshiro	Brian Tochi		Brian Tochi
Stanley Harvey "Stan" Gable	Ted McGinley		Ted McGinley
U.N. Jefferson	Bernie Casey		Bernie Casey
Dean Ulich	David Wohl		Alan Wittert
Harold Skolnick			Gregg Binkley
Trevor Gulf			John Pinette
Judy	Michelle Meyrink
Danny Burke	Matt Salinger
Suzy	Lisa Welch
Coach Harris	John Goodman
Mrs. Flo Lowe	Alice Hirson
Sunny Carstairs		Courtney Thorne-Smith
Roger Latimer		Bradley Whitford
Stewart		Barry Sobel
Buzz		Ed Lauter
Edgar "Snotty" Po Wong		James Hong
Tiny		Tom Hodges
Mr. Comstock		Jack Gilpin
Pot Roast		Michael Fitzgerald
Orrin Price			Morton Downey, Jr.
Ira Poppus			Richard Israel
Steve Toyota			Henry Cho
Malcolm Pennington III			Chi McBride
Mason			Grant Heslov
Edith Krug			K.T. Vogt
Adam Price			Tim Conlon
Bobo Peterson			Mark Clayman
Judy			Laurel Moglen
Jeannie Humphrey-Dawson				Corinne Bohrer
Aaron Humphrey				Joseph Bologna
Tippy				Christina Pickles
Gaylord Medford				Jessica Tuck
Chad Penrod				Robert Picardo
Chip Medford				Stephen Davies
Mr. Dawson				Marvin Kaplan
Mylan Whitfield				James Karen

Crew

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Story and characters by	Producer(s)
Revenge of the Nerds	July 20, 1984 (1984-07-20)	Jeff Kanew	Steve Zacharias & Jeff Buhai	Tim Metcalfe & Miguel Tejada-Flores and Steve Zacharias & Jeff Buhai	Ted Field and Peter Samuelson
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	July 10, 1987 (1987-07-10)	Joe Roth	Dan Guntzelman & Steve Marshall		Ted Field, Robert W. Cort & Peter Bart
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation	July 13, 1992 (1992-07-13)	Roland Mesa	Steve Zacharias & Jeff Buhai		Robert Engelman
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love	May 9, 1994 (1994-05-09)	Steve Zacharias			Ooty Moorehead

Reception

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Revenge of the Nerds	70% (43 reviews)[4]	44 (6 reviews)[5]	—
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	7% (27 reviews)[6]	28 (11 reviews)[7]	C[8]
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation	—	—	—
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love	—	—	—

References

1. Revenge of the Nerds' every movie trailer, retrieved 2021-08-30
2. Grossberg, Josh (November 22, 2006). "No Revenge for New Nerds". E!. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
3. Rubin, Rebecca (December 16, 2020). "Seth MacFarlane to Reboot 'Revenge of the Nerds' With the Lucas Brothers". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
4. "RT: Revenge of the Nerds". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
5. "MC: Revenge of the Nerds". Metacritic. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
6. "RT: Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
7. "MC: Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise". Metacritic. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
8. "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2022.