The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Difference between revisions

[[File:RHPS.jpg|frame|Those nylons never had it so good.]]

 

 

{{quote|''"I would like,<ref>[[Audience Participation|OH, YOU WOULD, WOULD YOU?]]</ref> if I may,<ref>[[Audience Participation|YOU MAY NOT!]]</ref> to take you<ref>[[Audience Participation|TAKE ME, TAKE ME!]]</ref> on a strange journey..."<ref>[[Audience Participation|HOW STRANGE WAS IT? SO STRANGE THEY MADE A MOVIE OUT OF IT! NOT THE BOOK, THE MOVIE!]]</ref>'' }}

 

 

The story: Brad <ref>[[Audience Participation|ASSHOLE!]]</ref> and Janet <ref>[[Audience Participation|SLUT!]]</ref> are two lovely, naive virgins from Denton, Texas, who get engaged and drive off to tell Dr. Scott,<ref>[[Audience Participation|GREAT SCOTT!]]</ref> their former teacher. However, on the way there, they [[Closed Circle|get a flat tire]] and find themselves outside a spooky castle house ("It's probably a hunting lodge for rich weirdos" <ref>[[Audience Participation|RICH WEIRDOS AREN'T IN SEASON, ASSHOLE!]]</ref>)... and that's where things get really, really, ''[[Widget Series|reeaaaaaaaaalllly]]'' weird.

 

 

They are interrupted by biker/ex-delivery boy [[Meat Loaf|Eddie]],<ref>[[Audience Participation|WHAT KIND OF DELIVERY BOY DELIVERS EXES?!]]</ref> Columbia's lover, who Frank-N-Furter had kept in the deep-freeze. Brad and Janet are then shown to separate rooms, and Frank-N-Furter deceives the two into sleeping with him via both [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] and the fact they're both horny enough. Both victims are horrified afterwards, and Janet wanders the castle till she finds Rocky (cowering from Riff Raff, who's been tormenting him). Realizing she's been cheated on by Brad, she takes an interest in the monster...

 

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* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Columbia is supposed to come across this way.

* [[Attention Whore]]: Frank. To the point where even ''accidentally'' stealing his spotlight causes him to {{spoiler|[[Berserk Button|go into a jealous rage (Poor Eddie).]]}}

* [[Audience Participation]]: The gold standard. The audience at a showing of ''Rocky Horror'' will have some sort of response (mostly yelled comments, sometimes actions to match) to virtually every line or action in the film; at this point the cult phenomenon of ''Rocky Horror'' is far more about the audience participation than the film itself. Most theaters will give you a bag of items to be used during the movie (most getting thrown).

*** When they tried to stage the musical in the US, of course the audience yelled the callbacks. Apparently, in the first performance, they were studiously ignored until Frank-N-Furter got to "antici..." "SAY IT!" The actor then snapped back with "''bait'' me, why don't you?", and promptly continued on with the song.

** Furthermore, new callbacks are invented all the time. A Halloween 2010 viewing added [[Harry Potter (novel)|"Ten points from Gryffindor!"]] after Frank admonished Rocky that "That's no way to behave after your first day out!"

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Janet and Columbia both fit this trope. Brad may as well.

* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Riff Raff and Magenta give a strong impression of this.

* [[BSOD Song]]: Frank gets "I'm Going Home". Most of the floor show also seems to count.

* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: Considering that "Cheshire Cat" is one of [[Tim Curry]]'s nicknames, take a wild guess ''who'' uses this.

* [[Closed Circle]]: Heroes driving, flat tire, flat spare tire, rain coming down, thundering, spooky castle, [[Mad Scientist]], critical phase of scientific breakthrough, heroes can't get away and then don't want to get away and then can't get away again, and everything goes horribly wrong. Yup, textbook case . . . naturally, since it's a parody of exactly those kind of stories.

* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: The castle.

* [[Corrupt the Cutie]]: Janet <ref>Slut!</ref>

* [[Covert Pervert]]: All of Columbia's nipple-slips were done intentionally by Nell Campbell.

Janet: Weiss.

Brad: *clears throat.* Weiss.<ref>Asshole!</ref> }}

* [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]]

* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Rocky, thanks to only having half a brain.

* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: Let's just say who's coming to dinner is more than expected.

* [[Not So Different]]: [[Word of God|Richard O'Brien]] has stated that Riff Raff and Frank are ''very'' similar to one another. In fact, the only ''real'' differences between the two is that Frank is more outgoing and flamboyant while Riff is more reserved and introverted. That...and Riff is less likely to seduce people. But, both are intelligent, scheming, easily jealous, and willing to kill others in blind rage.

* [[Pietà Plagiarism]]/[[Touch of the Monster]]: Rocky and Frank-N-Furter.

* [[Pinball Protagonist]]: The only thing of note that the protagonists do is get laid and survive the evening.

* [[Pygmalion Plot]]: Frank and Rocky.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]].

* [[Seemingly-Wholesome Fifties Girl]]: Janet, oh, poor Janet. Columbia may have been this before she met Frank and Eddie.

* [[Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains]]

* [[Slasher Smile]]: Again, Frank. Been nice knowing ya, {{spoiler|Eddie}}.

* [[Slouch of Villainy]]: Dr. Frank-N-Furter is in this pose in the movie's poster.

* [[Smoking Hot Sex]]: {{spoiler|Brad}} and Frank.

* [[Sound-Only Death]]: We don't see what happens to {{spoiler|Eddie}}... but we sure do hear his screams and Frank's {{spoiler|pick-axe hacking him to pieces.}}

* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: Columbia and possibly Rocky, although Rocky especially might instead be [[Too Dumb to Live]]. Even after Frank discards her for Eddy and then Rocky, kills her boyfriend and {{spoiler|serves him for dinner}}, Columbia is still devoted to Frank. The final scenes reveal that Rocky cares deeply for Frank, even though ([[Bastard Boyfriend|or maybe because]]) he chains him up in their [[Rape Is Love|'bridal suite']] and {{spoiler|he has half of Eddy's brain}}.

* [[Taken for Granite]]: The "Medusa" switch that's conveniently installed on Rocky's life-bringer machine thing. It also has a reversal switch, so.

* [[Too Funny to Be Evil]]: The source of Frank-N-Furter's [[Misaimed Fandom]].

* [[Twenty-Four-Hour Party People]]: How do those party guests know Frank, anyway? [[Fan Convention|They're unconventional conventionists.]]

* [[Up to Eleven]]: Riff declares Frank's lifestyle "too extreme", suggesting that he's a bit of a weirdo even by Transylvanian standards.

* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]: ''Guess.''<ref>Riff!</ref>

* [[Villain Song]]: "Sweet Transvestite".

* [[We Have Been Researching Phlebotinum for Years]]:

{{quote|'''Dr. Scott:''' This sonic transducer... it is, I suppose, some kind of audio-vibratory-physio-molecular transport device?]

'''Brad:''' You mean...?!<ref>A vibrator!</ref>

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: The Sweet Transvestite from the planet Transsexual in the galaxy Transylvania.<ref>In the state of New Jersey</ref>

 

 

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