"Well from now on they're on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION!" ― Dean Wormer's most famous quote
"Mr. Blutarsky... Zero... Point... Zero..." ― Wormer telling Bluto his grade point average
Dean Vernon Wormer is the main antagonist of the film National Lampoon's Animal House and it's television spin-off Delta House. He is the corrupt dean of Faber College who puts his entire focus on expelling the Delta Tau Chi fraternity from said college.
He was portrayed by the late John Vernon.
History[]
In 1962, Wormer enlisted the snobby Omegas to help him find a way to expel the Deltas. After the Deltas throw a perverse toga party (during which Eric Stratton has sex with Wormer's wife Marion), Wormer revokes the Deltas' charter and places them on "double-secret probation". Once he sees how poor the Deltas' midterm grades are, he finally has an excuse to expel them.
In retaliation, the Deltas crash the annual homecoming parade, terrorizing Wormer and the Omegas. After the parade, the various members of the Delta House went on bigger and better things, while Wormer and the Omegas did not wind up so well.
Wormer remained in his position as dean for a while longer, but after accepting responsibility for the homecoming parade fiasco Wormer eventually lost his job as dean.
Later life[]
According to Marion in Where Are They Now?, Vernon admitted responsibility for the 1962 parade that erupted into bedlam. The university elected to strip Wormer of his deanship for the debacle. Vernon Wormer struggled to find a career outside of education, having been thrust out of the "ivory towers" of academia. He struggled between periods of unemployment and bouncing around from job to job. This took a toll on his marriage, and Marian later admitted she divorced her husband for being no longer able to provide for her.
Vernon himself is later seen at a nursing home in Florida, under the watchful eye of a male caretaker. He appears to be senile, not recognizing Landis at first (calling him "Larry"), and not remembering his tenure as Dean of Faber. However, when Landis mentions the Deltas, Wormer recalls his past, then erupts into a violent, profanity-laced tirade against the boys who cost him his job. He lashes out against the orderly and then physically attacks Landis, knocking out the camera in the process.