History Trivia / RiffTrax

** Similarly, they tried to make a live show of ''Film/TheRoom'' but Tommy Wiseau wouldn't let them, not right away at least (Apparently he called their office and yelled at whoever answered the phone.). However, this is changing since they are in fact doing a [=RiffTrax=] Live for the movie one on May 6th, 2015, since they raised enough money with the Kickstarter project.
** They really want to live-riff ''Film/MiamiConnection'' but Alamo Drafthouse didn't want to license the film to them. However, this changed with the upcoming [=RiffTrax=] Live that's coming to theaters on October 1st, since the Kickstarter project raised enough money.

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The jokes for the ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' trax. The live showing of ''Film/SantaClaus1959'' had one riff by a fan for a contest as well.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Almost by definition. Don't fret if it takes you a while to hear Kevin Murphy as himself and ''not'' picture a red gumball-machine shaped robot.
** Admittedly, many fans ''try'' to pretend Kevin is a red gumball-machined robot and Bill is a golden beaked robot.
*** It mostly works fine that way, except that it can be disorienting when one of them references something in real life like his family, and you have to remind yourself that they aren't robots on a spaceship anymore.

* HypeBacklash: The intro and outro to ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' is all about how people, especially on the Internet, were proclaiming it to be the Greatest Film Ever Made. Bill ties a rope around his ankle, like priests in the book of Exodus, in case the splendor of the movie literally kills him and they have to yank his corpse out of the recording booth. Kevin warns the others that he may weep openly, [[SubvertedTrope though]] it later turns out he thinks they were going to watch ''[[Film/FirstKnight]]'', and says that ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' [[HypeAversion sucked]].

* HypeBacklash: The intro and outro to ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' is all about how people, especially on the Internet, were proclaiming it to be the Greatest Film Ever Made. Bill ties a rope around his ankle, like priests in the book of Exodus, in case the splendor of the movie literally kills him and they have to yank his corpse out of the recording booth. Kevin warns the others that he may weep openly, [[SubvertedTrope though]] it later turns out he thinks they were going to watch ''[[Film/FirstKnight]]'', and says that ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' [[HypeAversion sucked]].

* MissingEpisode: The guys couldn't get the rights to release their live action riff of ''Film/{{StarshipTroopers}}'' on DVD, necessitating a separate audio recording.

** Similarly, they tried to make a live show of ''Film/TheRoom'' but Tommy Wiseau wouldn't let them, not right away at least (Apparently he called their office and yelled at whoever answered the phone.). However, this is changing since they are in fact doing a RiffTrax Live for the movie one on May 6th, 2015, since they raised enough money with the Kickstarter project.
** They really want to live-riff ''Film/MiamiConnection'' but Alamo Drafthouse didn't want to license the film to them. However, this changed with the upcoming RiffTrax Live that's coming to theaters on October 1st, since the Kickstarter project raised enough money.

** The DVD release of their ''ManosTheHandsOfFate'' live show removed all references to ''Manos 2: The Search for Valley Lodge''.

** Similarly, they tried to make a live show of ''Film/TheRoom'' but Tommy Wiseau wouldn't let them, not right away at least, since they are planning to do a RiffTrax Live for that one on May 6th, 2015, if they can raise the money with the Kickstarter project. (Apparently he called their office and yelled at whoever answered the phone.)
** They really want to live-riff ''Film/MiamiConnection'' but Alamo Drafthouse didn't want to license the film to them. However, this might change with the upcoming RiffTrax Live that's coming to theaters on October 1st, if the Kickstarter project can raise enough money.

** Similarly, they tried to make a live show of ''Film/TheRoom'' but Tommy Wiseau wouldn't let them. (Apparently he called their office and yelled at whoever answered the phone.)
** They really want to live-riff ''Film/MiamiConnection'' but Alamo Drafthouse doesn't want to license the film to them.

** It seems that Bill Corbett is a dyed-in-the-wool Whovian -- during the riff of ''DoctorWhoAndTheDaleks'', he was the one who made riffs about the movie not being canonical, and during a Christmas live-riff show was seen wearing the Fourth Doctor's scarf.

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The jokes for the ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' trax. The live showing of ''Film/SantaClaus'' had one riff by a fan for a contest as well.

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The jokes for the ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' trax.

* MissingEpisode: The guys couldn't get the rights to release their live action riff of ''Film/{{StarshipTroopers}}'' on DVD, necessitating a separate audio recording.

* ThrowItIn: If they think a joke is particularly funny the crew will leave their laughter in as opposed to editing it out. Sometimes it can go on for several minutes and almost derail the commentary.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The gyus wanted to riff ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068248/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_2 Baffled!]]'' and ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077942/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1 Moment by Moment]]'' but they couldn't get the rights.

* OneOfUs: The commentaries feature frequent references to nerdy or geeky activities/interests, unsurprising considering we're their target audience. In the ''Film/HarryPotter'' Rifftrax, several jokes were made referencing things that were either only in the books, or hadn't been introduced yet in the films (like a joke involving Horcruxes before the ''Half-Blood Prince'' film had been released). In the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' rifftrax, the guys gushed about Middle Earth and its rich history, like Mike giving a detailed explanation of the meaning behind Aragorn's war cry "Elendil!" Video game references are the most frequent and generally occur with the least provocation. Mike makes jokes several times that hint he spent most of his teen years playing NES games, and jokes about more modern video games like ''Portal'' get brought up as well, though they have more of a WereStillRelevantDammit feel to them sometimes.

* OneOfUs: The commentaries feature frequent references to nerdy or geeky activities/interests, unsurprising considering we're their target audience. In the ''Film/HarryPotter'' Rifftrax, several jokes were made referencing things that were either only in the books, or hadn't been introduced yet in the films (like a joke involving Horcruxes before the ''Half-Blood Prince'' film had been released). In the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' rifftrax, the guys gushed about Middle Earth and its rich history, like Mike giving a detailed explanation of the meaning behind Aragorn's war cry "Elendil!" Video game references are the most frequent and generally occur with the least provocation. Mike makes jokes several times that hint he spent most of his teen years playing NES games, and jokes about more modern video games like ''Portal'' get brought up as well, though have more of a WereStillRelevantDammit feel to them sometimes.