# Revenge of the Nerds (film series)

Revenge of the Nerds is an American comedy franchise. 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. In December 2020 it was announced that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane would reboot the series under his Fuzzy Door Productions label.

## Cast

| Characters |
| 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 | Robert Carradine | Robert Carradine | Robert Carradine |
| Dudley "Booger" Dawson | Curtis Armstrong | Curtis Armstrong | Curtis Armstrong | Curtis Armstrong |
| Lamar Latrelle | Larry B. Scott | Larry B. Scott | Larry B. Scott | Larry B. Scott |
| Mr. Skolnick | James Cromwell | James Cromwell | James Cromwell | James Cromwell |
| Gilbert Lowe | Anthony Edwards | Anthony Edwards | Mike Greenwood | |
| Harold Wormser | Andrew Cassese | Andrew Cassese | Sean Whalen | |
| Frederick Aloysius "Ogre" Palowaski | Donald Gibb | Donald Gibb | | Donald Gibb |
| Arnold Poindexter | Timothy Busfield | Timothy Busfield | | |
| Betty Childs | Julia Montgomery | Photograph | Julia Montgomery | Julia Montgomery |
| Takashi Toshiro | Brian Tochi | | Brian Tochi | Brian Tochi |
| Stanley Harvey "Stan" Gable | Ted McGinley | | Ted McGinley | Ted McGinley |
| U.N. Jefferson | Bernie Casey | | Bernie Casey | Bernie Casey |
| Dean Ulich | David Wohl | | Alan Wittert | |
| Harold Skolnick | | | Gregg Binkley | Gregg Binkley |
| Trevor Gulf | | | John Pinette | 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 | Tim Metcalfe & Miguel Tejada-Flores and Steve Zacharias & Jeff Buhai | 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 | Tim Metcalfe & Miguel Tejada-Flores and Steve Zacharias & Jeff Buhai | Robert Engelman |
| Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love | May 9, 1994 (1994-05-09) | Steve Zacharias | Steve Zacharias & Jeff Buhai | Tim Metcalfe & Miguel Tejada-Flores and Steve Zacharias & Jeff Buhai | Ooty Moorehead |

## Reception

| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
| Revenge of the Nerds | 71% (43 reviews) | 44 (6 reviews) | — |
| Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | 7% (27 reviews) | 28 (11 reviews) | C |
| Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation | — | — | — |
| Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love | — | — | — |