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It inspired the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] song, "''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug Let's Have A Patrick Swayze Christmas]''".
It inspired the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] song, "''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug Let's Have A Patrick Swayze Christmas]''".
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* [[Alternate DVD Commentary]]: ''Road House'' has the honor of being the inaugural subject for [[Riff Trax]]. This movie is Mike Nelson's personal benchmark for [[So Bad It's Good]] movies.
* [[Alternate DVD Commentary]]: ''Road House'' has the honor of being the inaugural subject for [[Riff Trax]]. This movie is Mike Nelson's personal benchmark for [[So Bad It's Good]] movies.
** Alternately, there's a 'Trivia Track' on some versions of the DVD.
** Alternately, there's a 'Trivia Track' on some versions of the DVD.
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{{quote|'''Dalton''': [[Signature Line|Pain don't hurt]].}}
{{quote|'''Dalton''': [[Signature Line|Pain don't hurt]].}}
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Wade Garrett.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Wade Garrett.
* [[Bad Boss]]: Brad Wesley
* [[Bad Boss]]: Brad Wesley.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: For someone who can (and does) rip someone's throat out with his bare hands, Dalton is actually a ''really'' nice guy. A good example is when he pays the owner of a restaurant to allow a homeless guy to sleep there for the rest of the night.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: For someone who can (and does) rip someone's throat out with his bare hands, Dalton is actually a ''really'' nice guy. A good example is when he pays the owner of a restaurant to allow a homeless guy to sleep there for the rest of the night.
** He also encourages politeness among the other bouncers working under them telling them "Be nice! It's nothing personal."
** He also encourages politeness among the other bouncers working under them telling them "Be nice! It's nothing personal."
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Brad Wesley
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Brad Wesley.
* [[Cool Car]]
* [[Cool Car]]
* [[Cool Shades]]: Wade makes his entrance wearing Ray-Bans.
* [[Cool Shades]]: Wade makes his entrance wearing Ray-Bans.
* [[Corrupt Hick]]: There's a no-gooder trying to take over the bar and businesses in a little backwater town with his hired redneck muscle.
* [[Corrupt Hick]]: There's a no-gooder trying to take over the bar and businesses in a little backwater town with his hired redneck muscle.
* [[Creative Closing Credits]]: The Jeff Healey Band play the bar's resident band, and perform "When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky" on screen behind the entire end credit roll.
* [[Creative Closing Credits]]: The Jeff Healey Band play the bar's resident band, and perform "When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky" on screen behind the entire end credit roll.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Dalton
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Dalton.
* [[Death by Looking Up]]: Wesley's sole surviving mook gets [[Tap on the Head|conked out]] by a stuffed polar bear which topples. Rather than step out of the way, he screams and fires his gun at it. (He doesn't actually die, though.)
* [[Death by Looking Up]]: Wesley's sole surviving mook gets [[Tap on the Head|conked out]] by a stuffed polar bear which topples. Rather than step out of the way, he screams and fires his gun at it (he doesn't actually die, though).
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Jimmy. His famous quote says all.
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Jimmy. His famous quote says all.
* [[The Dragon]]: Jimmy.
* [[The Dragon]]: Jimmy.
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* [[Expecting Someone Taller]]: In the tradition of [[John Carpenter]], everybody who's ever heard of Dalton expects him to "be bigger".
* [[Expecting Someone Taller]]: In the tradition of [[John Carpenter]], everybody who's ever heard of Dalton expects him to "be bigger".
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Sam Elliot's pubes. Thanks for making me never look at him the same way again, movie.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Sam Elliot's pubes. Thanks for making me never look at him the same way again, movie.
* [[Fan Service]]: Want to see the bare butts of Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch? You've come to the right place. (Also, lots of barely-dressed ladies in the bar.)
* [[Fan Service]]: Want to see the bare butts of Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch? You've come to the right place (also, lots of barely-dressed ladies in the bar).
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Westley.
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Westley.
* [[Freudian Slip]]: Wade Garrett's mispronunciation of "Double Deuce".
* [[Freudian Slip]]: Wade Garrett's mispronunciation of "Double Deuce".
* [[Friendly Target]]: {{spoiler|Wade Garrett}}, whose murder sets off Dalton on his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] against Wesley.
* [[Friendly Target]]: {{spoiler|Wade Garrett}}, whose murder sets off Dalton on his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] against Wesley.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Dalton
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Dalton.
* [[Heroic Second Wind]]: Dalton's fight with Jimmy.
* [[Heroic Second Wind]]: Dalton's fight with Jimmy.
* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]
* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]
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* [[Karmic Death]]: Wesley at the end gets killed by the same men he terrorized and extorted over the years.
* [[Karmic Death]]: Wesley at the end gets killed by the same men he terrorized and extorted over the years.
* [[Large Ham]]: Westley and Jimmy.
* [[Large Ham]]: Westley and Jimmy.
* [[Local Hangout]]: The Double Deuce
* [[Local Hangout]]: The Double Deuce.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Brad Wesley.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Brad Wesley.
* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]: Wade Garret.
* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]: Wade Garret.

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Everyone walked out of Road House into the sunlight feeling stunned, stupid, a little gay for Patrick Swayze, and wondering idly why they ever thought Duran Duran was a good band. In one day, the 80s were over. Women's hairdos started to make sense once again. Spandex was abolished. The New Kids and Wham! were purged from our cultural memory.
—Noah Antwiler, The Spoony Experiment

Road House is a 1989 film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze. It is not related to the 1948 movie.

Dalton (Swayze) is a professional "cooler" (read: bouncer) with a mysterious past who is hired to work for the Double Deuce in Jasper, Missouri. In the course of cleaning up the seedy roadside bar, he runs afoul of crime kingpin Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara) who is extorting from the townspeople. A generous helping of Barfight Fu ensues.

Road House is rated a camp classic not because of its quality, but because it is one of the most implausible films of all time. Much of this is traced to Swayze's character, a modern-day samurai with a degree in philosophy who practices Tai Chi and walks around in shirts that resemble a Gi. A direct-to-DVD sequel, Road House 2: Last Call, was released in 2006 and replaced Dalton with his hitherto unknown son, Shane.

It inspired the Mystery Science Theater 3000 song, "Let's Have A Patrick Swayze Christmas".

Tropes used in Road House (1989 film) include:

"All you have to do is follow three simple rules: One, never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected. Two, take it outside. Never start anything inside the bar unless it's absolutely necessary. And three, be nice."

    • Until it's time to not be nice.
    • And no one will ever forget this immortal quote:

Dalton: Pain don't hurt.

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