The Rocky Horror Picture Show/Trivia


 * Creator Backlash: Susan Sarandon refuses to talk about the movie, but not for the usual reasons. It's because she hates the fact that none of the cast members get royalties from the DVD sales.
 * Tim Curry was very reluctant to talk about the film for years and even told VH-1 that he grew "chubby and plain" in order to try and escape the role. These days, he's more open to talk about the film and even sees it as a "Rite of passage" for teenagers.
 * Peter Hinwood (Rocky) is only slightly embarrassed by being in the film. Contrary to popular rumor, he's never thrown anyone out of his shop for talking about the film. He only sees the film as a "part of the past" and rarely talks about it.
 * Development Hell: Richard O'Brien has been mulling over making a direct sequel to the original stage show for years. However, so far, all that's been seen are a few scrapped scripts and a vague concept that involves Frank coming back to life, though he's apparently written the first act to the sequel.
 * Isn't Shock Treatment this?
 * Shhh.... we don't talk about that...
 * It's not a sequel. It's an equal.
 * Dyeing for Your Art: In the original stage show, Tim Curry dyed his hair peroxide blonde.
 * Enforced Method Acting: Several examples:
 * Tim Curry was the only one who knew Eddie's corpse would be under the table. All of the reactions from the actors as he tears the tablecloth away are genuine.
 * For the scene where Dr. Scott is dragged into the laboratory via electromagnet, the production designers realized they forgot to build a door for him. What did they decide to do instead? Use him to knock down the friggin' wall.
 * Fan Community Nickname: Interestingly, only applies to a specific subset of the fandom: those who have never seen this movie in a theater with a live cast as part of the Audience Participation are referred to as "virgins" while those who've seen it regularly are called "sluts".
 * Fan Nickname: Say it with me now....ASSHOLE! (Brad) SLUT! (Janet).
 * Not yet for Janet, give her time!
 * Or money!
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Ernst Stavro Blofeld is The Criminologist.
 * In one of the stage play versions, Giles (Anthony Head)played Frank N Furter. The still shots and the track of Anthony singing Sweet Transvestite are widely viewable online. And made this troper really want to work it into a Giles flashback fic, since it would totally disturb the Scoobies.
 * Eddie is Meat Loaf!
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: In the 2010 Blu-Ray dub released in Japan...
 * Masashi Ebara is Doctor Frank-N-Furter
 * Kazuhiko Inoue is Brad/Asshole
 * Gara Takashima is Janet/Slut
 * Masaru Ikeda is Riff Raff
 * Rihoko Yoshida is Magenta
 * Kumiko Takizawa is Columbia
 * Kei Yoshimizu is Doctor von Scott
 * Toshiya Ueda is the criminologist
 * I Am Not Spock: Go watch any movie/show with Tim Curry in it. Chances are, Sweet Transvestite will start playing in your head.
 * What Could Have Been: Before Jim Sharman decided to use most of the original West End cast, Mick Jagger auditioned for the part of Frank.
 * Steve Martin auditioned for the part of Brad.
 * Vincent Price auditioned for the part of The Criminologist.
 * Word of God: According to Richard O'Brien, it was actually Riff Raff who did most of the work on Rocky.
 * As in, "Everything is in readiness, master. We merely await your... word". It's pretty clear Riff Raff is taking a stab at Dr. Furter.
 * Word of Saint Paul: Tim Curry has stated that Frank is actually "pansexual."