History Trivia / TheRockyHorrorPictureShow

* [[MissingEpisode Missing Performance]]: "Eddie's Teddy" was not part of the original play, and also absent from the original London record, although several sources (including Patricia Quinn on the commentary) do say that the song was implemented into the play soon afterward before moving to the US and Australia. However, an actual recording of Paddy O'Hagan (original actor for Eddie and Scott) performing the song was apparently never made, and thus we'll never know what the original sounded like. The earliest known recording of the song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbv5FAQj8MA a cover made by O'Brien's then-wife Kimi Wong]] which was included in a compilation of other songs written by O'Brien.
** Along the same lines, Julie Covington was the ''original'' stage actress for Janet, but she had to quit very quickly after an injury. Belinda Sinclair replaced her, and it's Sinclair that was used for the original UK record. As a result, no samples of Covington's performance as Janet exists.

** ''Film/MurderByDeath''

** The Witley Place in ''Film/DieMonsterDie''
** ''[[Film/TheOldDarkHouse1963 The Old Dark House]]'' remake
** ''Vampyres''

** ''Hound Of The Baskervilles''

** While happy with his performance in both the show and film, Music/MeatLoaf didn't like that he wasn't allowed to play both Eddie and Dr. Scott, as was customary in the stage production, and felt that Jonathan Adams (the Criminologist from the UK production) was horribly miscast, especially because he didn't have the singing voice for "Eddie's Teddy." [[note]]According to the book ''Rocky Horror FAQ'', Adams was originally asked to reprise the narrator/criminologist role for the film, but he complained about being bored with the part, so O'Brien offered him Dr. Scott instead.[[/note]] He also didn't like that other movie musicals would try to typecast him, as he preferred to keep his music and acting career separate. His only other singing role in a film was ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'', filmed over ''thirty years later''.

** "Super Heroes" was also cut from the ''WebSite/YouTube Movies'' version but the ending is otherwise normal.

* TropeNamer: RockyRollCall.

* DoingItForTheArt: Of the "something I just did for fun" variety. Creator/RichardOBrien wrote the original show in his spare time as a struggling actor simply to give himself something creative to do between jobs, and the whole thing was little more than an excuse for him to indulge in the various kinds of art and pop culture that he loved.

* BadExportForYou: Creator/{{Fox}} thought the ending of was too depressing so edited out "Superheroes" and the DarkReprise of "Science Fiction/Double Feature" when the movie came out in America.

** Ignoring fan theories that Cosmo is Riff Raff in disguise etc., Newson is the only actor to play the same character in both ''Rocky Horror'' and ''Shock Treatment''.

* WrittenByCastMember: Was written by O'Brien, who played Riff Raff.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
** Argentina and Mexico: ''Horror and Madness Orgy''

** Patricia Quinn confessed once that she disliked Meat Loaf upon meeting him at rehearsals, as she found his personality annoying and overbearing. It wasn't until filming that he warmed up to her, after seeing him play Eddie, and the two remained friends up to his passing in 2022.

** According to Meat Loaf, Music/ElvisPresley was the studio's first choice to play Eddie in the film, and apparently Elvis actually had expressed some interest in doing so.

* TheCastShowOff: "Let's Do the Time Warp Again" was partially added to show off Nell Campbell's tap dancing.

** Creator/TimCurry, Creator/RichardOBrien and Creator/PatriciaQuinn can be seen at the wedding, with Creator/NellCampbell seen in the church during "Dammit Janet" shortly afterwards. [[AllThereInTheScript The shooting script confirms]] that these are Frank and co. in disguise.

** Creator/TimCurry, Creator/RichardOBrien and Creator/PatriciaQuinn can be seen at the wedding. [[AllThereInTheScript The shooting script confirms]] that these are Frank and co. in disguise.

** Creator/TimCurry has stated that Frank is actually "pansexual".

** Curry has stated that Frank is actually "pansexual."

** Quinn has said in the commentary that Magenta and Riff's relationship is completely innocent, and that the BrotherSisterIncest is all in the minds of perverted fans. (O'Brien, on the other hand, was fully aware of the incestuous vibes. In fact, their analogues in the not-sequel ''Film/ShockTreatment'', once again brother and sister, actually ''are'' sexually attracted to each other.)

* DVDCommentary: O'Brien and Quinn did one.

* FanNickname:
** Cols for Columbia.
** Crim for the Criminologist.
** Mags or sometimes also 'Mag' (pronounced Majj) for Magenta.
** The Usherette is called "Miss Strawberry Time" or "Belasco Popcorn Girl" due to her props.

* ImageSource:
** GloveSnap
** QuirkyGirlQuirkyTux

* QuoteSource:
** AllTakeAndNoGive
** DanceSensation
** TheHedonist
** [[MindScrew.LiveActionFilms Mind Screw.Live-Action Films]]
** ''Film/NightOfTheDemon''
** PelvicThrust
** RockyRollCall
** TheVonTropeFamily