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** In the film, Lonny recalls an incident where Stacee Jaxx was late for a concert because he was busy performing a satanic ritual involving sewing up women's vaginas.
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* DyeingForYourArt though the original Franz was a brunette, many of the more recent brunette actors playing him have gone blonde.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Subverted, as Stacee ''does'' seem to remember the time he treated [[spoiler: Patricia]] poorly, and he seems at least a little regretful about it.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Subverted, as Stacee ''does'' seem to remember the time he treated [[spoiler: Patricia]] poorly, and he seems at least a little regretful about it.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Subverted, as Stacee ''does'' seem to remember the time he treated [[spoiler: Patricia]] poorly, and he seems at least a little regretful about it.
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* BrokenAesop: The story [[{{Anvilicious}} pretty blatantly]] drives home the message about [[BeYourself remaining true to one's own feelings and dreams]] - and then, at the end, has [[spoiler: Patricia Whitmore completely abandoning everything she had believed in as part of her HeelFaceTurn]].
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** Regina during "We Built This City/Too Much Time on My Hands"
** Franz just before the guitar solo towards the end of "The Final Countdown"
** Regina during "We Built This City/Too Much Time on My Hands"
** Franz just before the guitar solo towards the end of "The Final Countdown"
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: To some extent, Regina and Franz.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Stacee Jaxx, although how "golden" he is [[YourMileageMayVary depends on your outlook]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Stacee Jaxx, although how "golden" he is [[YourMileageMayVary depends on your outlook]].
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* HoYay: Between Lonny and Dennis. [[spoiler: They end up together through a duet of "I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore".
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* HoYay: Between Lonny and Dennis. [[spoiler: They end up together through a duet of "I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore".]]
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* StealthPun This could be unintentional, but still a good FridgeBrilliance. At the end of the musical, [[spoiler: Regina is with Franz, who runs a confectionery store]] What's the name of the stripper who the actress playing Regina is double cast as? [[spoiler: Candi/Candy]]
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* NoodleIncident: Dennis refers to one as the reason Stacee Jaxx 'owes' him in the play. Subverted in that the last line of the song from Dennis is [[spoiler: 'remember when you f*cked that baby llama?']]
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* NoodleIncident: Dennis refers to one as the reason Stacee Jaxx 'owes' him in the play. Subverted in that the last line of the song from Dennis is [[spoiler: 'remember when you f*cked teabagged that baby llama?']]
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!!This musical includes examples of the following:
* ActingForTwo: Numerous instances. Lonny and Dennis both double with men from the record company, Sherrie's father also plays Stacee Jaxx, Regina/Candy, and Justice/Sherrie's mother. The Stacee/Sherrie's father casting is particularly jarring, since they end up [[ParentalIncest having sex]].
* ActingForTwo: Numerous instances. Lonny and Dennis both double with men from the record company, Sherrie's father also plays Stacee Jaxx, Regina/Candy, and Justice/Sherrie's mother. The Stacee/Sherrie's father casting is particularly jarring, since they end up [[ParentalIncest having sex]].
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!!This musical musical/movie includes examples of the following:
* ActingForTwo: Numerousinstances.instances in the play. Lonny and Dennis both double with men from the record company, Sherrie's father also plays Stacee Jaxx, Regina/Candy, and Justice/Sherrie's mother. The Stacee/Sherrie's father casting is particularly jarring, since they end up [[ParentalIncest having sex]].
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* CampStraight: [[spoiler: Franz.Franz in the musical.]]
* HoYay: Between Lonny and Dennis. [[spoiler: They end up together through a duet of "I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore".
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* JustFriends: Played with. Sherrie and Drew are both quite nervous on their first date. Trying to calm them both down, Drew says they're "just two friends" out watching the stars and drinking wine. This leads to a spiraling chain of events where Sherrie has no-strings-attached sex in a bathroom and becomes a stripper.
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* JustFriends: Played with.with in the musical. Sherrie and Drew are both quite nervous on their first date. Trying to calm them both down, Drew says they're "just two friends" out watching the stars and drinking wine. This leads to a spiraling chain of events where Sherrie has no-strings-attached sex in a bathroom and becomes a stripper.
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* NoodleIncident: Dennis refers to one as the reason Stacee Jaxx 'owes' him. Subverted in that the last line of the song from Dennis is [[spoiler: 'remember when you f*cked that baby llama?']]
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* NoodleIncident: Dennis refers to one as the reason Stacee Jaxx 'owes' him. him in the play. Subverted in that the last line of the song from Dennis is [[spoiler: 'remember when you f*cked that baby llama?']]llama?']]
* ThePowerOfRock: Sherrie and Drew with "Don't Stop Beliving" at the end of the movie. [[spoiler: It gets them a place in Arsenal's new tour, and Stacee himself sings it with them, having been re-inspired.]]
* ThePowerOfRock: Sherrie and Drew with "Don't Stop Beliving" at the end of the movie. [[spoiler: It gets them a place in Arsenal's new tour, and Stacee himself sings it with them, having been re-inspired.]]
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* LiteralMetaphor: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]. When Stacee arrives at the Bourbon he tells Dupree he'll burn the place to the ground. At the end of the ensuing conversation neither Dupree or the audience is sure whether Stacee is being literal or not.
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* LighterAndSofter: The film when compared to the play. [[spoiler:The play ends with Stacee Jaxx fleeing to South America to avoid being arrested for statutory rape. The film ends with Jaxx finding love and living happily ever after.]]
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* VillainyFreeVillain: The Mayor's Wife and to a lesser extent The Mayor himself from the movie. They do nothing illegal or even underhanded and their goal is not even that unreasonable (wanting to shut down a terminally badly run nightclub and clean up a sleazely neighbourhood.) However they are unsympathetic StrawHypocrite s so it is easy to root against them.
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* VillainyFreeVillain: The Mayor's Wife and to a lesser extent The Mayor himself from the movie. They do nothing illegal or even underhanded and their goal is not even that unreasonable (wanting to shut down a terminally badly run nightclub and clean up a sleazely sleazey neighbourhood.) However they are unsympathetic StrawHypocrite s [[StrawHypocrite Straw Hypocrites]] so it is easy to root against them.
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A [[TheMovie movie]] will be released in 2012, directed by Adam "{{Hairspray}}" Shankman and starring Diego Boneta as Drew, TomCruise as Stacee Jaxx, RussellBrand as Lonnie, and Julianne Hough as Sherrie Christian. You can watch the trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USxhXb5VC5E here]].
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A [[TheMovie movie]] will be was released in 2012, directed by Adam "{{Hairspray}}" Shankman and starring Diego Boneta as Drew, TomCruise as Stacee Jaxx, RussellBrand as Lonnie, and Julianne Hough as Sherrie Christian. You can watch the trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USxhXb5VC5E here]].
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* VillainyFreeVillain: The Mayor's Wife and to a lesser extent The Mayor himself from the movie. They do nothing illegal or even underhanded and their goal is not even that unreasonable (wanting to shut down a terminally badly run nightclub and clean up a sleazely neighbourhood.) However they are unsympathetic StrawHypocrite s so it is easy to root against them.
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* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Bryan Cranston as The Mayor is absent from trailers and Diego Boneta as ''main character'' Drew is often OutOfFocus.
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Several, the most notable being "Any Way You Want It", which is about strippers doing anything the client requests.
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Several, the most notable being "Any Way You Want It", which is about strippers doing anything the client requests.
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''Rock of Ages'' is a [[JukeBoxMusical jukebox musical]], with a book by Chris D'Arienzo, built around classic rock hits from the 1980s, especially from the famous glam metal bands of the decade. The musical features songs from Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry, Poison and Asia, among other well-known rock bands.
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''Rock of Ages'' is a [[JukeBoxMusical jukebox musical]], with a book by Chris D'Arienzo, built around classic rock hits from the 1980s, especially from the famous glam metal bands of the decade. The musical features songs from Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Music/{{Styx}}, Music/{{Journey}}, Music/BonJovi, Music/PatBenatar, Music/TwistedSister, Steve Perry, Poison Music/{{Poison}} and Asia, among other well-known rock bands.
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* TitleDrop: Amusingly averted. The producers couldn't get the rights to Def Leppard's song "Rock of Ages".
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* TitleDrop: Amusingly averted. The producers couldn't get the rights to Def Leppard's Music/DefLeppard's song "Rock of Ages".
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A [[TheMovie movie]] will be released in 2012, directed by Adam "{{Hairspray}}" Shankman and starring Diego Boneta as Drew, TomCruise as Stacee Jaxx, RussellBrand as Lonnie, and Julianne Hough as Sherrie Christian. You can watch the trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92TOfghf7LQ com/watch?v=USxhXb5VC5E here]].
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''Rock of Ages'' is a [[JukeBoxMusical jukebox musical]], with a book by Chris D'Arienzo, built around classic rock hits from the 1980s, especially from the famous glam metal bands of the decade. The musical features songs from Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry, Poison and Asia, among other well-known rock bands.
A [[TheMovie movie]] will be released in 2012, directed by Adam "{{Hairspray}}" Shankman and starring Diego Boneta as Drew, TomCruise as Stacee Jaxx, RussellBrand as Lonnie, and Julianne Hough as Sherrie Christian. You can watch the trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92TOfghf7LQ here]].
If you're looking for the video game, head [[VideoGame/RockOfAges this way]].
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!!This musical includes examples of the following:
* ActingForTwo: Numerous instances. Lonny and Dennis both double with men from the record company, Sherrie's father also plays Stacee Jaxx, Regina/Candy, and Justice/Sherrie's mother. The Stacee/Sherrie's father casting is particularly jarring, since they end up [[ParentalIncest having sex]].
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lonnie and Dennis have a [[HoYay love song]] but that aspect of the relationship is pretty much not mentioned ever again. It's a jukebox musical, but still.
* BikiniBar: Where Sherrie temporarily works.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Quite often. At one point, Lonnie tells Drew he's in a Broadway show and produces a playbill to prove it.
* CampStraight: [[spoiler: Franz]]
* JukeBoxMusical: The musical is little more than an excuse to play rock songs from the 1980s.
* JustFriends: Played with. Sherrie and Drew are both quite nervous on their first date. Trying to calm them both down, Drew says they're "just two friends" out watching the stars and drinking wine. This leads to a spiraling chain of events where Sherrie has no-strings-attached sex in a bathroom and becomes a stripper.
* LampshadeHanging: In the Toronto production, Yvan Pedneault (Drew) explained away his [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent rather noticeable French-Canadian accent]] by claiming to be from Detroit ... via Montreal.
* MeaningfulName: Sherrie Christian. The two songs she is named for appear in the show.
* NoodleIncident: Dennis refers to one as the reason Stacee Jaxx 'owes' him. Subverted in that the last line of the song from Dennis is [[spoiler: 'remember when you f*cked that baby llama?']]
* SelfParody: Lonnie, the narrator, briefly discusses disappointment, and mentions how much he’d rather be be in a challenging play with complex characteriziation. Depending on whether or not the performer is sick of the fun but paper-thin show, this can easily be amusingly meta.
* ShallowLoveInterest: Sherrie and Drew fall in love because they both like cherry slurpies.
* TitleDrop: Amusingly averted. The producers couldn't get the rights to Def Leppard's song "Rock of Ages".
* WaxingLyrical: In an indirect example, the stars of the Broadway musical ''Rock of Ages'' are this: a small-town girl trying to escape her lonely world, and a city boy born and raised in south Detroit.
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A [[TheMovie movie]] will be released in 2012, directed by Adam "{{Hairspray}}" Shankman and starring Diego Boneta as Drew, TomCruise as Stacee Jaxx, RussellBrand as Lonnie, and Julianne Hough as Sherrie Christian. You can watch the trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92TOfghf7LQ here]].
If you're looking for the video game, head [[VideoGame/RockOfAges this way]].
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!!This musical includes examples of the following:
* ActingForTwo: Numerous instances. Lonny and Dennis both double with men from the record company, Sherrie's father also plays Stacee Jaxx, Regina/Candy, and Justice/Sherrie's mother. The Stacee/Sherrie's father casting is particularly jarring, since they end up [[ParentalIncest having sex]].
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lonnie and Dennis have a [[HoYay love song]] but that aspect of the relationship is pretty much not mentioned ever again. It's a jukebox musical, but still.
* BikiniBar: Where Sherrie temporarily works.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Quite often. At one point, Lonnie tells Drew he's in a Broadway show and produces a playbill to prove it.
* CampStraight: [[spoiler: Franz]]
* JukeBoxMusical: The musical is little more than an excuse to play rock songs from the 1980s.
* JustFriends: Played with. Sherrie and Drew are both quite nervous on their first date. Trying to calm them both down, Drew says they're "just two friends" out watching the stars and drinking wine. This leads to a spiraling chain of events where Sherrie has no-strings-attached sex in a bathroom and becomes a stripper.
* LampshadeHanging: In the Toronto production, Yvan Pedneault (Drew) explained away his [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent rather noticeable French-Canadian accent]] by claiming to be from Detroit ... via Montreal.
* MeaningfulName: Sherrie Christian. The two songs she is named for appear in the show.
* NoodleIncident: Dennis refers to one as the reason Stacee Jaxx 'owes' him. Subverted in that the last line of the song from Dennis is [[spoiler: 'remember when you f*cked that baby llama?']]
* SelfParody: Lonnie, the narrator, briefly discusses disappointment, and mentions how much he’d rather be be in a challenging play with complex characteriziation. Depending on whether or not the performer is sick of the fun but paper-thin show, this can easily be amusingly meta.
* ShallowLoveInterest: Sherrie and Drew fall in love because they both like cherry slurpies.
* TitleDrop: Amusingly averted. The producers couldn't get the rights to Def Leppard's song "Rock of Ages".
* WaxingLyrical: In an indirect example, the stars of the Broadway musical ''Rock of Ages'' are this: a small-town girl trying to escape her lonely world, and a city boy born and raised in south Detroit.
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