The Room: Difference between revisions

It was exposed to a national audience for the first time on [[Adult Swim]] on [[April Fools' Day]], 2009. Tommy Wiseau was also the focus of a ''[[Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!]]'' episode which aired immediately after the 2009 showing, causing Adult Swim fans to refer to it as ''[[Fan Nickname|The Tim and Eric Movie]]''. A [[Riff Trax]] commentary for the film was released in 2009.

Not to be confused with ''[[Silent Hill]] [[Silent Hill 4|4: The Room]]'', ''Room'' by Emma Donoghue, ''The Room'' by [[Harold Pinter]] (which isn't quite as awkward), or ''The Room'', a Hubert Selby Jr. novel.

* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Denny in seems completely ignorant of social norms and generally acts much younger than his apparent age, at one point leaping into bed with Johnny and Lisa as they are about to have sex. In an interview, director Tommy Wiseau admitted that Denny is "retarded, a little bit," but the actor was never informed of this.

* [[Anger Montage]]: Quite possibly one of the wimpiest, most half-hearted Anger Montages in the history of film, right at the end, culminating with Johnny [[Tantrum Throwing|tossing a television set through his window]]. It's especially silly because, in many ways, the scene mirrors a similar scene from ''[[Citizen Kane]]''. It's just... not done quite as well.

* [[Ask a Stupid Question]]: Lisa and Mark are ''really'' fond of this.

* [[Ate His Gun]]: {{spoiler|Johnny}} ends up doing this at the end of the movie.

* [[Body Horror]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqL0OEcM1X4 Lisa's neck.]

* [[Busman's Holiday]]: Peter the psychologist. He is always playing psychologist.

** Considering he says this in the context of Denny confessing his love for Lisa, its also a [[Broken Aesop]].

* [[Catch Phrase]]: One of the film's major themes is the constant repetition of a certain few lines of dialogue by various characters. They include:

** "O hai, X!" This is used by all characters, and in such a way that they all seem constantly surprised to see each other.

** "Everything will be fine" and "Don't worry about it." For some reason, no one really wants to confront the seriousness of anything that's going on in the story, from doomed marriages to cancer.

** "It's an awkward situation."

* [[Nobody Calls Me Chicken]]: "You're just a chicken! Cheep-cheep-cheep-cheep-cheep-cheeeeep"

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: ''The Room''. Despite the title, the characters are neither [[Closed Circle|trapped in a room]] nor is there anything particularly strange about their apartment.

* [[Non Sequitur]]:

** "Anyway, how is your sex life?"

* [[One-Hour Work Week]]: Johnny comes from work, then apparently never goes back again, given that he spends day after day playing with Mark and Denny.

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Chris-R. He's not the only one, though. Characters drift in and out of the film like a fever dream.

* [[Only One Name]]: Everybody. There are no last names in the whole film.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Peter is the only one who hesitates to play football in a tuxedo. Rather appropriately, the character vanishes right after that scene because the actor quit.