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4A list of the major characters in the films ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' and ''Film/ShockTreatment''. For characters originating in the script to the former's unmade sequel, ''Script/TheRevengeOfTheOldQueen'', see [[Characters/TheRevengeOfTheOldQueen here]].
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8[[folder:Brad Majors]]
9[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bradmajors_8.jpg]]
10[[caption-width-right:350: ''A hero'']]
11An All-American man who proposes to his girlfriend Janet Weiss. However, on the way to meet his old friend and science teacher, Dr. Scott, Brad Majors ends up with a flat tire on his car. He soon finds himself at the mercy of Dr. Frank N. Furter and his servants, and ends up confused over his own sexuality after the events in the castle. Played by:
12* Creator/BarryBostwick in ''Rocky Horror''
13* Creator/CliffDeYoung in ''Shock Treatment''
14* Ryan [=McCartan=] in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShowLetsDoTheTimeWarpAgain''
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16* AccidentalAdultery: He accidentally cheats on Janet with [[spoiler: Frank]].
17* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove:
18** His part of "Dammit Janet" is this, with him becoming frustrated and literally saying that, damn it, he loves Janet!
19** He sounds pretty anguished in ''Shock Treatment'' with his "I'm looking for love!" lines during "Looking for Love".
20* AmbiguouslyBi / AmbiguouslyGay: He loves Janet but was very flustered by Frank and, though reluctant at first, ultimately gave into Frank-N-Furter's desires. It's also unclear how much his feelings for Janet are actual attraction, vs just ''liking'' her and knowing he's ''expected'' to mary a woman. His "Oh, damn it" after Janet says she loves him too sounds as if he's regretting the proposal. [[spoiler: Some of the unmade sequels would have said that the events of the film led to him discovering he was gay or bi. ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'' has him leaving Janet and shacking up with Dr. Scott and ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'' said that he left Janet to become a bottomless go-go dancer in Las Vegas.]]
21* AsideGlance: Gives a confused look into the camera in the remake, when Dr. Scott talks into it during the dinner scene.
22* AudienceWhatAudience: When Doctor Scott apparently talks to the viewer during the dinner scene in the remake, Brad gives a confused look into the camera as if he's trying to work out who Scott's talking to. This is a nod to a fourth wall break in the original movie that never gets addressed.
23* BettyAndVeronica: Is the boring Betty for Janet with Farley being the dangerous and exciting Veronica.
24* BiggerIsBetterInBed: According to Frank. As Frank ogles Brad and Janet in their underclothes, he compliments Brad on being so forceful with his words and also comments on his being "such a perfect specimen of manhood".
25* BoundAndGagged: Spends the majority of ''Shock Treatment'' gagged in a straight jacket.
26* BlueIsHeroic: According to a behind the scenes look during the commercial break of the remake, he and Janet wear blue as an example of GoodColorsEvilColors.
27* CallAndResponseSong: "Duel Duet" is one of these with Farley near the end of ''Shock Treatment''.
28* CannotTellALie: Subverted. In his police statement, he claims he never lies[[note]] Not even to his mother about cleaning behind his ears[[/note]], but he claims he was asleep when someone came into his bedroom and never knew it was Frank, which of course is not the case. He also outright says "I've even lied" in Superheroes (though this may refer more to lying to himself about his sexuality.)
29%% * CommediaDellArte: He and Janet are The Lovers.
30* CorruptTheCutie: He is clearly not enjoying being controlled like a puppet by Frank during "Rose Tint My World" but admits he's fond of his new sexual confidence.
31-->It's beyond me, help me mommy!
32-->I'll be good, you'll see
33-->Take this dream away
34-->What this, let's see, I feel sexy!
35-->What's come over me?
36-->Here it comes again
37* DemotedToExtra: Though still technically one of the main characters, Brad spends most of ''Shock Treatment'' drugged and gagged in [[BedlamHouse Dentonvale]].
38* DeceptiveDisciple: [[InformedAttribute For some reason]], Farley calls him "a pupil with no scruples who knew better than the teacher" during ''Duel Duet''.
39* DistractedByTheSexy: Early in the film.
40-->'''Brad''': This is my fiancee.\
41(''Frank looks at Brad.'')\
42'''Brad''': Janet Vice.[[note]]Slut![[/note]]\
43'''Janet''': Weiss.\
44'''Brad''': ''(clears throat.)'' Weiss.[[note]]Still a slut![[/note]]
45* DistressedDude:
46** If you play as Janet in the video games, you have to rescue Brad after he's been [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]].
47** In ''Shock Treatment'', Betty and Oliver have to rescue him from a mental institution.
48* DrivingADesk: The play starts with Brad and Janet sitting in a wooden car that Brad's meant to be driving.
49* DumberThanTheyLook: Looks like a nerd, thanks to the glasses, but is revealed to be not nearly as book smart as he wants to appear. A perfect example of this occurs during the lab scene in the stage show:
50-->'''Frank''': Unlock a mind, unmind a lock. It’s the same as the beginning of the end, do you follow?
51-->'''Janet''': No.
52-->'''Brad''': It’s an anagram, Janet.
53* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:Farley Flavors, in ''Shock Treatment'', is Brad's morally-corrupt twin brother. He looks exactly like Brad if you were to subtract the glasses and add a lot more confidence and style.]]
54* TheGlassesComeOff: Pulls his glasses off while shouting angrily at Frank, prompting the AudienceParticipation line "It's a bird! It's a plane! It's SUPER ASSHOLE!".
55* GlassesPull: Takes off his glasses when he first see Doctor Scott on Frank's monitor.
56* HappilyAdopted: Stated to be this in ''Shock Treatment''.
57* TheHedonist: Seems to become this after his [[spoiler:sexcapades]] with Dr. Frank-n-Furter. The sequel ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'' would reveal [[spoiler: that he enjoys being gay and masquerading as a cross-dressing go-go dancer.]]
58* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: ''FRAAAANK-FURT-EEEEER!'' Brad and Dr. Scott say this to Frank when he's threatening Janet. A rare use of this line by two men who are not in any position to threaten Frank-n-Furter at all.
59* IWantMyMommy: In "Rose Tint My World": "It's beyond me/Help me, Mommy!"
60* MaleFrontalNudity: His penis is seen when he is turned into a naked statue.
61* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Defends Janet when she's attacked by Frank despite her betrayals.
62* MysteriousMiddleInitial: His police statement calls him "Bradley J. Majors".
63* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: De Young based his performance on author David Eisenhower.
64* PinballProtagonist: The only thing of note that he or Janet do is get laid and survive the evening. The film is very much about how Brad and Janet are either sexually liberated or corrupted.
65* PolarOppositeTwins: [[spoiler: He and Farley. Brad's a nice middle class guy, while Farley's a rich jerk.]]
66* RapeAndSwitch: [[spoiler: After being seduced by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Brad becomes sexually confused. Unmade sequels reveal that the events of the first film led to Brad leaving Janet and becoming openly queer, though an argument could be made that he was closeted before.]]
67* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Is Janet's poor suitor compared to the billionaire, Farley.
68* SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler: ''Shock Treatment'' reveals that he and his brother Farley were adopted by different families after their parents died in a car crash.]]
69* SmokingHotSex: Can be seen puffing on a cigarette after [[spoiler:sleeping with Frank]].
70* StaticRoleExchangeableCharacter: If you play as him in the video game, then you have to rescue Janet and vice versa.
71* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: The unmade sequel, ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'' would have said that not long after the first film, Brad became a bottomless go-go dancer in Las Vegas and fell to his death from a trapeze.
72* TakenForGranite: Gets turned to stone by the Medusa device, revealing his rather impressive physique.
73* TemptingFate: "It's all right, Janet. Everything's going to be all right". Then Frank appears and Janet faints.
74* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Wasn't the brightest bulb as he forgot the spare tire and he continued to stay at the mysterious castle despite the warning sign saying "enter at your own risk!" and being weirder out by Frank and his guests. [[spoiler: Then he gets seduced by Frank]].
75* VowOfCelibacy: [[spoiler: He tells Frank he was saving himself for Janet as he is being seduced by him.]]
76* WackyMarriageProposal: Brad proposes to Janet in the form of the song ''Dammit Janet'' near the start of the film.
77* YouExclamation: Does one of these when [[spoiler: Frank seduces him]].
78[[/folder]]
79
80[[folder:Janet Weiss]]
81[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/janetweiss.jpg]]
82[[caption-width-right:350: ''A heroine'']]
83A formerly innocent girl who is Brad's fiancee. Though, during her time in the castle, she has sex with both Frank N. Furter and Rocky...the latter prompting pure rage from the former. In the end, she's also confused about what has occurred, but also realizes the benefits of living a sexually active life. Played by:
84* Creator/SusanSarandon in ''Rocky Horror''
85* Creator/JessicaHarper in ''Shock Treatment''
86* Music/VictoriaJustice in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''
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88* AccidentalAdultery: She cheats on Brad with [[spoiler: Frank, but it's subverted as she deliberately seduces Rocky]].
89* AccidentalMisnaming: Brad introduces her to Frank as Janet '''Vice'''.
90* AdaptationalDyeJob: Goes from blonde to brunette in the remake.
91* AmbiguouslyBi: Fantasizes about every character in the movie when having sex [[spoiler:with Rocky]]. She's more than happy to make out with Columbia during the Floor Show, as well.
92* AllThereInTheManual: Scans of her police statement in The Criminologist's file say her middle name is Margaret and she's 22 years old.
93* BadGirlSong: "Toucha Toucha Toucha Touch Me" has her sing about her libido and attraction to Rocky.
94* BouquetToss: Throws one into the audience in ''The Rocky Horror Show Live'' while singing ''Dammit Janet''.
95* BreakupSong: "In My Own Way", which she sings to Brad while he's sedated in Dentonvale.
96* CelebrityIsOverrated: She realizes in ''Shock Treatment'' that being famous doesn't make her happy.
97* ComedicSpanking: Angrily does this to Frank after she [[KinkySpanking kinkily spanks]] Janet in the remake.
98* CommediaDellArte: She and Brad are The Lovers.
99* CorruptTheCutie: She even states during "Rose Tint My World" that she's happier this way.
100-->I feel released, bad times deceased - my confidence has increased! Reality is here!\
101The game has been disbanded, my mind has been expanded, it's a ''gas'' that Frankie's landed!\
102His lust is so sincere!
103* DamselInDistress:
104** When Frank's dragging her off to the lab after the dinner scene, she becomes his captive and Brad and Dr. Scott race to save her.
105** If you play as Brad in the video games, you have to rescue her after Frank has [[TakenForGranite turned her to stone]].'
106* DumbBlonde: Janet is a blonde and she didn't know better. Such as entering a castle despite the warning sign reading "enter at your own risk!". Then [[spoiler: blaming Brad for his infidelity despite having cheated with Dr.Frank-N-Furter not moments earlier. And then sleeping with Rocky despite knowing that Dr. Frank-N-Furter can be quite jealous and try to kill her.]]
107* EvilMakeover: Cosmo gives her one when she becomes famous in ''Shock Treatment''.
108* {{Fainting}}: Does it a few times during "The Time Warp" and "Sweet Transvestite".
109* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Janet bandages Rocky's wounds with strips from her own slip. Afterward, they [[spoiler:do more than just kiss]].
110* FullyClothedNudity: Taken to a ridiculous extreme when Janet's father sees her after she becomes a TV star in the sequel.
111-->'''Janet's father''': You're practically naked!\
112'''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob''': Um.... except for that black dress that's covering her entire body!
113* GratuitousFrench: Sings a lot of French during ''Me of Me''.
114* GroinAttack: She kicks Frank in the balls when he's chasing her during "Planet Schmanet Janet".
115* GirlNextDoor: Is actually referred to as this a couple of times in ''Shock Treatment''.
116* TheHedonist: Becomes this after The Floor Show, singing about how she's broken by Dr.Frank-N-Furter and how she lives for pleasures of all things. After being seduced by Dr. Frank-Furter, she doesn't hesitate to sleep with Rocky immediately afterwards.
117* {{Hypocrite}}: Is furious at [[spoiler:Brad for sleeping with Frank... despite her having done the same thing not an hour before]].
118* HystericalWoman: When she cries out "STOP!" during "Planet Schmanet Janet".
119* ItsAllAboutMe: Her song, "Me of Me" in ''Shock Treatment''.
120* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In her police statement, she describes the castle blasting off as "so much smoke I couldn't really tell whether the house disappeared or whether the producers decided that there wasn't enough money and they'd cover everything with smoke on stage one instead.".
121* LingerieScene: Wears only her bra and panties throughout much of the film.
122* LittleBlackDress: Gets one during her EvilMakeover, Cosmo even sings a song with this as the title.
123* ModelingPoses: When she's a celebrity, and after given a wardrobe makeover, she ignores her husband while posing for pictures.
124* ModestyBedsheet: [[spoiler:After she sleeps with Rocky]] upon Frank's discovering them. {{Justified|Trope}} in that they were surrounded by people at the time.
125* MorningSickness: Her police statement says she keeps getting sick in the mornings.
126* NotSoAboveItAll: During "I Can Make You a Man (Reprise)", after previously proclaiming that she doesn't like men with too many muscles.[[note]]Just one big one![[/note]]
127--> '''Janet''': *''singing''* I'm a muscle fan!
128* ParentalIncest: ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'' would have ended with Janet living on the planet Transsexual, in a relationship with her and Frank's teenage son.
129* PinkMeansFeminine: How she dresses in the first film until Magenta and Columbia strip her, and in ''Shock Treatment'' until she gets her LittleBlackDress. The remake goes with TrueBlueFemininity.
130* PromptingNudge: Does this to Brad to make him ask Frank about using the phone.
131* PinballProtagonist: With Brad; The only thing of note that she or Brad do is get laid and survive the evening. The film is very much about how Brad and Janet are either sexually liberated or corrupted.
132* RipTailoring: During Janet [[spoiler: and Rocky's impromptu lovemaking sesh]], the former uses her dress as a dressing to cover the latter's wounds. She gets a bit carried away, though, and her appearance is noticeably more ragged than before.
133* ScreamingWoman: She screams and faints first time she sees Frank, and who could blame her?
134* SeeminglyWholesome50sGirl: When [[spoiler:Frank comes to seduce her]], the assurance that he won't tell Brad is all she needs to gleefully agree. She then goes on to seduce [[spoiler:Rocky]].
135* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: ''Shock Treatment'''s "Bitchin' in the Kitchen" has her refer to an alarm clock as a "micro digital awaker" and a leg razor as a "depilatator".
136* SheCleansUpNicely: Both in ''Rocky Horror'' and ''Shock Treatment'', the latter with a LittleBlackDress.
137* SlutShaming: Not in-universe, but the audience has dubbed her "Slut" for her encounters throughout the film.
138* StaticRoleExchangeableCharacter: If you play as her in the video game, then you have to rescue Brad and vice versa.
139* SympatheticAdulterer: [[spoiler:Decides to cheat on Brad by sleeping with Rocky after discovering Brad slept with Frank. Though, Frank did seduce Janet before going to Brad...and Rocky is mentally an infant.]]
140* TakenForGranite: Gets turned to stone by the Medusa device while in a rather unflattering pose.
141* ThousandYardStare: After she's drugged up by Nation [=McKinley=] in ''Shock Treatment'' for her appearamce on the Faith Factory show, Janet has an unseeing, unblinking stare until Brad's arrival snaps her out of it.
142* TookALevelInJerkass: Isn't very nice to Brad in ''Shock Treatment'', going as far as calling him an "emotional cripple" after succumbung to the studio's manipulations.
143* TrueBlueFemininity: Wears a blue dress in the remake. The costume designer even referred to the color as "victim blue".
144* VaporWear: Comes up in ''Shock Treatment'', when Janet's parents are upset by her new outfit.
145-->'''Mr. Weiss''': She's practically naked in that thing!\
146'''Janet''': Well I can't wear anything under it, Daddy, it would spoil the lines.
147* VirginInAWhiteDress: [[spoiler: Wears a non-wedding type of white jacket with her pink wardrobe. Not that it lasts long thanks to her sexcapades with both Frank and Rocky.]]
148* VirginityMakesYouStupid: [[spoiler: Not all that bright. Even after losing her virginity to Frank and sleeping with Rocky, her mind hasn't gotten any smarter.]]
149* VirginShaming: Is told she isn't "well spent" with Brad [[spoiler: when seduced by Frank]].
150* VowOfCelibacy: Cries out that she was saving herself for Brad when [[spoiler: Frank seduces her]].
151* WackyCravings: Her police report has her wondering why she keeps craving liquorice allsorts.
152* WhosYourDaddy: An early draft for a sequel would have had her pregnant with Frank's son but not knowing whether Frank, Brad or Rocky was the father until he was born.
153* YouExclamation: To Frank when he does his BedTrick in the play only.
154[[/folder]]
155
156[[folder:Dr. Frank N. Furter]]
157[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frank_n_furter.jpg]]
158[[caption-width-right:350: ''A scientist'']]
159Frank is a MadScientist bent on creating the "perfect man", which he succeeds in doing so by creating Rocky. He's something of the antagonist of the film, causing all sorts of trouble for Brad and Janet. In the end, he's killed by Riff Raff.
160* StarMakingRole for Creator/TimCurry, who also did ''The Rocky Horror Show''
161* Played by Creator/LaverneCox in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''
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163* AdaptationalDyeJob: Is a FieryRedHead in the remake.
164* AdaptationalWimp: A minor case with Frank. In the film, he helplessly tries to run away when [[spoiler: Riff Raff comes at him with a laser]]. In the original stage show, however, he [[spoiler: stands his ground and even ''provokes'' him to do it ([[BringIt "Do your worst, inferior one!"]])]].
165* AffablyEvil: He murders Eddie and manipulates Brad and Janet into sleeping with him, but he's still quite charming.
166* AgentPeacock: Swishy and a crossdresser, but he's a brilliant and manipulative schemer who seduces anyone he wants.
167* AlienInvasion: In the original stage musical, the whole reason why he was on Earth was as an invader to conquer Earth for Transsexual, [[BoldlyComing only for his attraction to earthlings and rampant hedonism to distract him]]. In the film, this subplot was left-out entirely, making audience wonder why he had to come to Earth to make Rocky in the first place.
168* AliensOfLondon: Has an English accent. He originally had a German accent in the early days of the stage show. For reasons unknown, the idea was quickly dropped.
169* AllTakeAndNoGive: Frank's ''very selfish'', as Columbia so blatantly points out. His greatest scientific achievement was simply so he could be lauded as a genius (and for a sex toy he could keep all to himself).
170* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Is a woman in the remake but still refers to herself as a "Sweet Transvestite" during the titular song. It also helps that her actress, Creator/LaverneCox, is transgender in real life.
171* AndYouWereThere:
172** Appears as the vicar at the wedding. The shooting script confirms it's Frank in disguise.
173** Appears at the funeral procession after the remake's wedding with her face covered.
174* AngryFistShake: Tearfully shakes one while chasing Rocky around the lab in "Sword of Damocles".
175* AsideGlance: Often, and always intentional.
176** During "Sweet Transvestite", Frank raises an eyebrow at the camera as he says "Well you got caught with a flat, well, how 'bout that?"
177** When Frank says "How nice!" in the lab.
178* AttentionWhore: Oh, so very much. He ''hates'' it when people steal the spotlight from him. To the point where even ''accidentally'' stealing his spotlight causes him to [[spoiler:[[BerserkButton go into a jealous rage (Poor Eddie)]]]].
179* AuthorAvatar: Downplayed. His crossdressing and relationship with gender was based on Richard O'Brien's own experiences, notably when he sings about wanting to be just like Fay Wray, and Richard O'Brien has described himself as a "sweet transvestite", but Frank's personality was based on other people, including Richard O'Brien's manipulative and egotistical mother.
180* AxCrazy: Frank is completely and utterly insane, when he sees Eddie stealing attention away from him, he [[spoiler: goes to chop him up. With an axe]].
181* BackFromTheDead: Was planned to happen in some of the unmade sequels.
182* BadBoss: Frank is sometimes shown yelling hysterically at his servants when they make mistakes. He is especially mean towards Riff Raff - he even whips him when he finds out he let Rocky escape.
183* BedTrick: Frank does this to both [[spoiler:Brad and Janet]], which sends them spiraling into being ''sex deviants.''
184* BerserkButton: Do '''NOT''' make Frank jealous. It will be the absolute last thing you'll ever do, it is a very, ''very'', '''VERY''' bad idea to make Frank jealous. Just seeing Rocky with [[spoiler:Janet]] was enough to drive Frank into a blind fury and chase [[spoiler:Janet]] around the castle. And then there's Eddie who just busts out of the vault with his motorcycle to sing his song.
185* BetweenMyLegs: In the remake we get a shot of Dr. Scott through Frank's legs.
186* BigBad: He's the closest there is to a main villain in this story.
187* BigEntrance: His first appearance, during "Sweet Transvestite".
188* BigNo: Right before [[spoiler:he is killed]].
189* BloodIsTheNewBlack: Gets his surgical gown covered in blood after killing [[spoiler:Eddie]].
190* BloodMagic: The first idea for a sequel would have had Dr. Scott temporarily bringing him back to life using a formula made from Scott's, Brad's and Rocky's blood. He would have got a transfusion of 11 pints of virgin blood to make him live longer but dies again after finding out that one of the donors lied about being a virgin.
191* BondOneLiner: [[spoiler:Delivers one in the remake, after she has knifed Eddie and pushed him off the window to his demise:]]
192-->[[spoiler:"Fellow Transylvanians... Eddie has left the castle!" ''*MicDrop*'']]
193* BouquetToss: Some versions of the stage show have Frank do this during his and Rocky’s “wedding” at the end of Act One. Whether Janet or Riff Raff catch it depends on the production.
194* BSODSong: Frank gets "I'm Going Home"[[note]]Ladies and gentlemen, for one night and one night only, Mr. Judy Garland sings with Alfalfa's shadow![[/note]] as he [[spoiler:faces death by anti-matter at the hands of Riff-Raff]]. Most of the floor show also seems to count.
195* ByTheHair: Gets Brad by the hair to stop him reaching his glasses when Frank surprises him in bed in the remake.
196* ChainsawGood: In the play he kills [[spoiler:Eddie]] with either this or an axe.
197* CheshireCatGrin: Considering that "Cheshire Cat" is one of Curry's nicknames, take a wild guess ''who'' uses this.
198%% * CommediaDellArte: Has elements of both The Captain (obviously "not from around here," interested in anything that moves) and Pantalone (abusive of Eddie, his Arlecchino, hints of a relationship with Columbia.)
199* ConqueringAlienPrince: Subverted. According to WordOfGod for the original stage show, he was meant to be on earth as part of a plan to conquer it, and while the stage show only confirms that he is high-ranking enough to have servants, the unfilmed script for a sequel to the film reveals him to be a prince... but he quickly got distracted from his official goal because he liked having sex with humans too much, and spends the whole story being TheHedonist.
200* CrazyJealousGuy: He'll sleep with (almost) anyone. But, if he sees ANYONE with his beloved Rocky, he'll unleash his jealousy-induced rage upon you. Janet had to find this out the hard way.
201* CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen: Doesn't elaborate, but claims it was an accident that made everything fall into place when creating Rocky.
202* CreepyCrossdresser: He wears nylons and lingerie while flirting with Brad and Janet, although unlike some examples of this trope it's certainly not portrayed as making him ''ugly'', but rather as a part of his evil charisma.
203* {{Crossdresser}}: Wears womens' lingerie. As the famous line goes, he's "a sweet transvestite".
204* DeathSong: "I'm Going Home", sang as a last-ditch effort to gain sympathy before [[spoiler:he's killed]].
205* DepravedBisexual: Frank was sexually involved with pretty much everyone in the manor at some point, sometimes killing them when he's done.
206* DrFakenstein: He's a thinly-veiled parody of Victor Frankenstein, being a MadScientist who lives in a creepy old castle and is obsessed with creating life in his image.
207* TheElevenOClockNumber: ''I'm Going Home'', he [[RefugeInAudacity sings about how well-meaning and misunderstood he is]].
208* EvilBrit: Although Frank isn't even from Earth, let alone English, his accent certainly draws on the connotations of this trope. Curry based it on upper-class English girls he knew.
209* EvilLaugh: Does one when Rocky is being born.
210* EvilRedHead: Has dyed red hair in the remake.
211* ExtremeOmnisexual: Frank's not picky when it comes to gender...or species for that matter. The original stage show stated that Frank came to Earth to conquer it for the planet Transsexual, but loved having sex with Earthlings so much he just stopped giving a shit.
212* FascinatingEyebrow: Does an AsideGlance with a raised eyebrow when Brad asks to use the phone.
213* FieryRedhead: In the remake.
214* FleetingPassionateHobbies: How Tim Curry interprets the line “I could show you my favorite obsession”:
215** “He wants to create the perfect man, though I suspect that’s only one of his obsessions. He does say that it’s his favorite obsession, so there must have been others that have been discarded along the way”
216* FunWithPalindromes: When Brad and Janet first arrive at his lab in the play, he walks in and says "Unlock a mind, unmind a lock. It's the same as the beginning of the end".
217* GenderFlip: Played by Laverne Cox in the remake.
218* GloveSnap: Twice: "I snap my glove and scare myself!" and "I snap my glove and ''don't'' scare myself!"
219* GratuitousFrench: Kisses Janet's hand and says "Enchantez" when she introduces herself. When played by Max Phipps (and in some other productions), he also refers to Janet, Brad, Rocky, and Dr. Scott as “les artistes” in the scene before “The Floor Show.”
220* HandGagging: Does this to Brad in the play so he won't scream while they're having sex.
221* HandshakeRefusal: She ignores Brad's attempt to shake her hand during "Sweet Transvestite" in the remake.
222* TheHedonist: Is a strong believer in "absolute pleasure", having had sex (or implied to have had sex) with every character in the story with no regrets.
223* TheHeroSucksSong: "Planet, Schmanet, Janet" mostly consists of him lambasting Janet.
224* HerrDoctor: He had a German accent in the early days of the stage show.
225* HornyScientist: He creates a FrankensteinsMonster and has sex with it, though he is better at being ExtremeOmnisexual than most examples of this trope.
226* HumanAliens: He comes from another planet but looks like an ordinary human.
227* {{Hypocrite}}: As a [[TheHedonist hedonist]], he's all for people being faithless in relationships and sleeping with whoever.....unless Rocky does it. If Rocky does it, [[BerserkButton all hell breaks loose]].
228* IAmSong: "Sweet Transvestite". Frank's describing himself as a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sweet transvestite]], yet he's also asking (or demanding because he never gave them the option) Brad and Janet to "stay for the night."
229* IAmGreatSong: "Sweet Transvestite" [[note]] I'm not much of a man, By the light of day, But by night I'm one hell of a lover [[/note]].
230* ICanExplain: Frank says this right before singing his final song. Too bad Riff Raff and Magenta aren't convinced of his story. [[spoiler:They shoot him anyway.]]
231* IKissYourHand: Kisses Janet's when she first introduces herself.
232* ItsAllAboutMe: It becomes extremely clear Frank is an attention whore who only cares about people if they A) pay attention to him, or B) are of some use to him. And even then... in the musical, when [[spoiler:Columbia takes the first anti-matter shot for Frank]]...
233-->'''Frank-n-Furter''': You did that for me...?\
234[Columbia nods yes.]\
235'''Frank-n-Furter''': Stupid bitch.[[note]]Of course, this line can be performed a couple of different ways, either with cruelty ("You always were an idiot.") or pity ("You shouldn't have thrown your life away for me.")[[/note]]
236* KavorkaMan: Ignoring that it's sexy, sexy Tim Curry beneath that corset, make-up and wig, the fact that Frank is able to successfully seduce so many average American Earthlings (including both punk rebels Eddie and Columbia and straight-laced Janet and Brad) despite being a massively flamboyant transvestite who makes no ambiguity about his "perversions" really says something about his charm and skills at seduction.
237* KinkySpanking: Does this to both Brad and Janet while bedding them in the remake.
238* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: An alien who likes Steve Reeves movies (for the fanservice, presumably).
239* LargeHam: Oh yeah. [[IncomingHam Even his entrance]] is a big giveaway, and how much more [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc80tFJpTuo when he performs]]?
240* LooksLikeCesare: With his pale skin and dark hair.
241* MadScientist Frank, in the style of Dr. Frankenstein. Creating life, big castle, etc etc etc. He's not exactly mentally stable.
242* ManipulativeBastard: Frank's an expert at convincing people to sleep with him by playing with their emotions.
243* MicDrop: Does this in the remake after [[spoiler:pushing Eddie out of a window]] and stating "[[spoiler:Fellow Transylvanians... Eddie]] has left the castle.".
244* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Frank is his first name and Furter is his last name. His middle initial is "N" and it's never revealed what it stands for.
245* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Frank's appearance is very reminiscent of rock star Music/LouReed in the early seventies, when he associated with GlamRock stars such as Music/DavidBowie and adopted a sexually ambiguous, raunchy image. Just compare Frank to [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pug52yhP1qfme7lo1_1280.jpg this photo of Reed]]. And [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/a1cf9a0b6d4df74e926a16825354d1e1/tumblr_mvcu88OKac1qenetmo1_500.png this one]]. (Frank's singing and other mannerisms aren't very Reed-like, though.) His voice, meanwhile, was apparently inspired by the then Queen of the United Kingdom, UsefulNotes/ElizabethII.
246* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: The only science we see him do is creating a FrankensteinsMonster but Scott implies that Frank perfected the teleportation/time travel that can beam people to the planet Transsexual.
247* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: He’s a male [[spoiler:alien]] who wears women’s lingerie and [[ExtremeOmnisexual sleeps with anyone and anything]].
248* ParentalIncest: "I'm a Mother, (A Real Mother)" from ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'' implies that he was in a sexual relationship with his mother and that she expected him to come back to her after he was done sowing his oats on Earth.
249* PepTalkSong: "I Can Make You a Man" is sort of one, but it's more Frank boasting about his own skills than trying to encourage Rocky.
250* PrecisionFStrike: "A mental mindfuck can be nice!"
251* PunyEarthlings: Frank views himself as superior to human beings.
252* PunnyName: Frank N. Furter, a play on Frankfurter and Frankenstein.
253* PuttingOnTheReich: Depends on the production:
254** In the film, his leather jacket features a Nazi Eagle on the left sleeve.
255** On the first two Japanese tours (1975 and 1976) and the first New Zealand tour (1978), his costume for Act Two features a vest with a studded swastika.
256** By about 2018, most Frank performers in Christopher Luscombe-directed productions have had an Iron Cross somewhere on their leather jacket, whether it be a patch or a pin.
257* RaceLift: Black in the remake.
258* RapeAndSwitch: [[spoiler: Accomplishes this on Brad by seducing him with a BedTrick. Unmade sequels reveal that he and his shenanigans turned Brad gay, although there's some evidence that Brad was closeted before.]]
259* ReallyGetsAround: By the time all is said and done, Frank has slept with over half of the main characters.
260* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Dresses in these colors in the remake. WordOfGod confirms it's a deliberate example of GoodColorsEvilColors.
261* RoyalBrat: The unfilmed sequel script ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'' reveals him to be a prince, and Transylvania to be an absolute monarchy with Frank next in line to the throne. He's egotistical, entitled, mistreats and even whips his servants, and can quickly become dangerously angry.
262* SanitySlippageSong: He hallucinates an audience appearing during "I'm Going Home".
263* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: In the remake, [[spoiler:when Riff Raff shoots her, she makes a pained woman's scream. It also helps that she is played by a trans woman.]]
264* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: He's used to getting whatever he wants because of his good looks.
265* SissyVillain: The TropeCodifier and ''The'' Most Triumphant Example in musical theater. He wears the most makeup of any male character in the show, proudly crossdresses and poses effiminately, and is not afraid to seduce others in the guise of a woman. The remake's Frank averts this, as she's a woman in that version.
266* SlasherSmile: Does this when he [[spoiler:hacks Eddie to pieces with a pick-axe]].
267* SlouchOfVillainy: During the third verse of "Sweet Transvestite". It's also found on the 25th-anniversary poster.
268* SplashOfColor: An early script started in black and white, the first thing we'd see in colour would be Frank's lips.
269* TheSociopath: Frank is superficially charming and seductive, but can turn possessive, manipulative, and coercive at the drop of hat. During their confrontation, Columbia even spells how how pointless it is to try to form a mutual, two-way relationship with the doctor.
270* StealingTheCredit: Richard O'Brien says in the commentary that Frank just partied and had sex while Riff Raff did most of the work on Rocky.
271* TableclothYank: Does this after the song "Eddie" to [[spoiler:reveal Eddie's unfortunate fate]].
272* TakenForGranite: Turns Brad, Janet, Columbia, Dr. Scott and Rocky to statues.
273* TakeThat: [[Film/Hercules1958 Steve Reeves]] movies are "something more visual, but not too abysmal".
274* TechnologicallyAdvancedFoe: Has technology that can paralyse you, turn you into a statue or teleport you to another planet.
275* TeleportGun: The sonic transducer in the play is usually depicted as a RayGun that Frank points at the others before extras drag them offstage. It's difficult to portray teleportation in a play but Frank's comments imply their molecules have been separated.
276* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: During his final musical number, he hallucinates a fully-packed theater audience.
277* TooFunnyToBeEvil: Part of the reason why he's so popular with the fans. He's crazy, but he's also just so charming.
278* TooKinkyToTorture: Many versions of the stage version have Frank explicitly enjoy it [[spoiler:when Riff Raff shoots him. For example, Peter Blake’s Frank, in audio from the London production in 1975, moans and tells Riff Raff to shoot him again.]]
279* TrulySingleParent: Sort of. In a sense, he could be considered both Rocky's mother and father...which only adds to the {{Squick}} factor of their relationship.
280* UngratefulBastard: In the play when Columbia [[spoiler:takes the bullet]] for him, he'll sometimes call her a stupid bitch.
281* VillainessesWantHeroes: [[spoiler:If you count Laverne Cox's Frank as a villainess and Brad[[note]]ASSHOLE![[/note]] as a hero in the remake.]]
282* VillainousLament: His final moments are a desperate attempt to get people to feel sorry for him [[spoiler:right before Riff Raff zaps him]].
283* VillainSong: ''Sweet Transvestite'' and ''Wise Up, Janet Weiss/Planet, Schmanet, Janet''.
284* VillainsWantMercy: Frank tries to desperately to get Riff Raff and Magenta to take pity on him in the ending. [[spoiler:It doesn't work, and Riff Raff kills him.]]
285* VoiceChangeling: Can mimic Brad and Janet's voices when doing his BedTrick.
286* WanderlustSong: The first couple lines of "I'm Going Home" imply it will be this,[[note]]On the day I went away... goodbye... Was all I had to say... [[/note]] but the rest of the song [[InvertedTrope inverts this]].
287* WelcomingSong: He welcomes Brad and Janet to stay for the night during "Sweet Transvestite" but mostly just creeps them out.
288* WhipOfDominance: He's a domineering AgentPeacock villain who owns a whip, and uses it mercilessly on Riff Raff after he lets Rocky escape. He's even DressedLikeADominatrix when he does it.
289* WidowsWeeds: Dress completely in black during the funeral at the start of the remake with a veil covering her face.
290* WouldHitAGirl: Slaps Janet at the end of the dinner scene.
291[[/folder]]
292
293[[folder:Riff Raff]]
294[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/riffraff.jpg]]
295[[caption-width-right:350: ''A handyman'']]
296Frank's personal butler, Riff Raff is a shady character who seems to be up to something throughout the film. In the end, he kills Frank, Rocky, and Columbia before he and his sister Magenta return to their home planet of Transsexual, Transylvania. Played by:
297* Creator/RichardOBrien, who wrote the stageshow (and co-wrote the film)
298* Creator/ReeveCarney in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''
299----
300* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the remake, Riff Raff's hair is gray instead of blonde.
301* AdaptationalVillainy: In the video games, he tries to kill Brad and Janet with his RayGun.
302* AlliterativeName: '''R'''iff '''R'''aff.
303* AmbiguouslyBi: Some recent versions of the play have him pop up in bed beside Frank and Brad to tell them Rocky's missing. He looks under the blanket and gasps with a bulge appearing. And of course there's all the IncestSubtext with his sister. Several versions of the play also have him standing or sitting behind Frank during "Sweet Transvestite" and blatantly staring at his arse.
304* AmericanGothicCouple: He and Magenta pose as the couple in front of the arched church doors during the song "Dammit Janet", after the wedding at the start. At the end, when they reveal [[spoiler:their alien identities]], the pitchfork has been replaced with a trident-shaped raygun.
305* AndYouWereThere:
306** He appears as an AmericanGothicCouple church worker at the beginning. The shooting script confirms that it's Riff in disguise.
307** As well as leading the funeral procession in the remake, Carney also plays the guy in the cinema who The Usherette makes take his feet off of a seat.
308* {{Antimatter}}: His RayGun fires a laser! Made of pure antimatter![[note]]Well then it's not really a laser, is it?/OUR PHYSICS SUCK![[/note]]
309* AttractiveBentGender: According to ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'', he looks very good in a dress. Who knew.
310* BattleButler: Is proficient with a RayGun and he's referred to as "General Riff Raff" in ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'', implying he's a soldier [[spoiler:on his home planet]].
311* BeleagueredAssistant: Frank treats him like shit, he even whips him.
312* BerserkButton: Making Riff Raff jealous is even ''worse'' than making Frank jealous, and that's putting it ''very'' mildly. The main reason why Riff Raff [[spoiler:killed Frank was purely out of jealousy]].
313* BigShutUp: Drops one of these on Magenta when they're BOTH in the middle of a laughing fit after [[spoiler:Eddie's corpse]] is revealed under the table.
314** Also does this to Columbia in the original Broadway production when she’s rambling after being drugged with the spray gun.
315* BrotherSisterIncest: Riff Raff shares a rather, erm, close bond with his sister Magenta.
316%% * CommediaDellArte: Pulcinella complete with hunchback.
317* CreepyHousekeeper: An AffectionateParody of the typical "vaguely ominous weirdo in charge of looking after a spooky castle" seen in B-movies.
318* CrustyCaretaker: Riff is decidedly lacking in people skills, usually seeming some combination of bored, annoyed, and stoned. His main ways of interacting with other people are sarcasm and cold, unfriendly staring.
319* CueCard: Riff Raff reads from cue cards that Magenta holds during the scene where he addresses to Dr. Frank N. Furter that Rocky has escaped in the remake.
320* DeadpanSnarker: As some sort of defense mechanism for having his work stolen by Frank-n-Furter.
321* DeathRay: Has an anti-matter gun at the end [[spoiler: which he uses to kill Frank and Rocky]].
322* TheDogBitesBack: He eventually kills Frank for the abuse he suffered from him.
323* DullSurprise: His face during when doing the "Janet" responses in ''Dammit Janet''.
324* EvilLaugh: Does one in the play when Brad and Janet say he's too kind for inviting them into the castle.
325* EvilSoundsRaspy: Both his singing and speaking voices have a notable rasp.
326* FreudianSlip: In the play he refers to Rocky as "a credit to my, uh, your [Frank's] genius". The audio commentary confirms that Riff did most of the work.
327* FromNobodyToNightmare: In the original film, he's a constantly mistreated servant (treated little better than a slave, in fact) until his TheDogBitesBack moment at the end, and in the unfilmed ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'' describes himself as "born to be the victim // born a pawn without the system". Yet by the time of said script, 15 years after the events of the original film, he's a General, and has greater ambitions yet. [[spoiler:He even becomes TheDragon to Sonny by the end.]]
328* FutureSpandex: [[spoiler:He and Magenta wear these in the remake when they come out to shoot Frank.]]
329* GiveMyRegardsInTheNextWorld: Riff Raff tells Dr. Frank N. Furter [[spoiler:before he kills him]], "Say goodbye to all of this[[note]]GOODBYE, ALL OF THIS![[/note]]...and hello[[note]]HELLO...[[/note]] to oblivion.[[note]]HI, OBLIVION! HOW'S THE WIFE AND KIDS? YOUR WIFE, MY KIDS![[/note]]"
330* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: To Frank when he confronts him at the end.
331* HaHaHaNo: He and Magenta start laughing at the end of the dinner scene only for him to stop and give her a BigShutUp.
332* HiddenDisdainReveal:
333-->'''Magenta''': You killed them! But I thought you liked them. They liked you.\
334'''Riff Raff''': They didn't like me! They NEVER liked me!!
335** This could lead to the interpretation that one of the main reasons for his betrayal is being upset not only for the brutal way Frank treats him, but also that he feels unloved by the others.
336* HumanAliens: He comes from the planet Transexual and looks like a normal human being.
337* IDontLikeYouAndYouDontLikeMe: He says Rocky and Frank never liked him when Magenta says they did.
338* TheIgor: He is Frank's lab assistant, though WordOfGod says he did most of the work on Rocky.
339* IKissYourHand: Kisses the hand of the skeleton in the clock in the remake.
340* ILoveTheDead: The script for the unmade sequel, ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'' starts and ends with him about to climb into Magenta's coffin.
341* IncestSubtext: Riff Raff and Magenta give a strong impression of this.[[note]]Elbow sex! Elbow sex![[/note]]
342* InstrumentOfMurder: In the remake, his RayGun is also an electric guitar.
343* KarmaHoudini: Doesn't get punished for killing Frank. Although that might be [[BadBoss because]] [[AxCrazy Frank]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil had it]] [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil coming]]. Possibly justified; A draft script for [[Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen an unmade sequel]] says that he never told anyone on Transexual that he killed him and starts with Riff being sent back to Earth in order to bring Frank home.
344* LooksLikeOrlok: Was partly patterned after Orlok - dark overcoat, balding, thin features and a hunchback. Richard O'Brien would later play the creepy Orlok-alike Mister Hand in ''Film/DarkCity''.
345* ObfuscatingDisability: Has a hump through most of the movie that's gone by the end.
346* ThePeepingTom: He and Magenta watch Frank seduce Janet, then Brad.
347* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "THEY DIDN'T LIKE MEEE! They never liked me."
348* ServileSnarker: Riff Raff can barely conceal his contempt for his boss, even as doing his job.
349* StarfishAliens: In the 2008 European live tour of the play had this as a twist ending. [[spoiler:Riff Raff and Magenta reappear toward the end as twelve-foot-tall monstrosities with human upper bodies mounted on long robes concealing God-only-knew what, thus making their (and Frank's) human appearances throughout the rest of the show nothing more than AFormYouAreComfortableWith.]]
350* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:He eventually turns on Frank.]]
351* VampireVords: He pronounces his Ws like Vs in the 2015 live version.
352* {{Zeerust}}: The beam of pure antimatter is a deliberate send-up of the fifties.
353[[/folder]]
354
355[[folder:Magenta]]
356[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magenta_1.jpg]]
357[[caption-width-right:350: ''A domestic'']]
358Riff Raff's sister, and also Frank's maid. In the end, her brother kills Frank, Rocky, and Columbia before they head back to their home planet of Transsexual, Transylvania. Played by:
359* Creator/PatriciaQuinn in the original
360* Creator/ChristinaMilian in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''
361----
362* AccidentalMisnaming: In their police reports, Brad and Janet refer to her as Madge.
363* AliensOfLondon: Quinn gave her a German accent because she thought the characters were actually from Transylvania.
364* AmericanGothicCouple: Poses with Riff Raff as the couple in front of the arched church doors during "Dammit Janet", after the wedding at the start. At the end, when they reveal [[spoiler:their alien identities]], the pitchfork has been replaced with a trident-shaped raygun.
365* AndYouWereThere:
366** She's usually played by the same actress that plays The Usherette in the stage version.
367** In the movie she appears as an AmericanGothicCouple church worker at the wedding. The shooting script confirms it's Magenta in disguise.
368** Likewise she appears leading the funeral procession alongside Riff Raff in the remake.
369* BanisterSlide: Magenta does this at the start of "Time Warp", causing the famous AudienceParticipation line --
370-->'''Magenta''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You're lucky, he's lucky, I'm lucky, we're all lucky!]]\
371'''Audience''': [[NoIndoorVoice THE BANISTER'S LUCKY!]]
372* BeehiveHairdo: Sports an Elsa Lanchester-style hairdo near the climax.
373* BrotherSisterIncest: As mentioned, she and Riff Raff are very ''very'' close.
374* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She's kind of out-there, what with the bannister-sliding and vampirism.
375* CreepyHousekeeper: She's a creepy and foreboding French maid in an equally creepy and foreboding old castle.
376* DepravedBisexual: She’s had sexual experiences with men (namely Riff,) and it’s heavily implied that she and Columbia were casual sex partners as well..
377* TheDogBitesBack: She and Riff-Raff give Dr. Frank-N-Furter a taste of his own medicine by firing a raygun at him for his mistreatment of them and his extreme lifestyle.
378* DullSurprise: Her face during ''Dammit Janet''.
379* EnigmaticMinion: It's never made clear if she hates Frank as much as her brother does. She seems to be on Riff's side but is shocked when he [[spoiler:kills Frank and Rocky]] saying that she thought he liked them.
380* EvilLaugh: Laughs like this at Janet during ''Toucha Toucha Toucha Touch Me''.
381* EvilRedhead: She's a villain with ginger hair.
382* FutureSpandex: [[spoiler:She and Riff Raff wear these in the remake when they come out to shoot Frank.]]
383* FrenchMaid: She dresses in a French maid's uniform.
384* GoingCommando: In the dinner scene, she wears a see-through dress that makes it apparent that she is not wearing undergarments.
385* KarmaHoudini: Like Riff Raff, she seems to get away with it at the end.
386* HumanAliens: She's from the Transylvania galaxy and looks just like a human would.
387* TheImmodestOrgasm: Has one in ''The Rocky Horror Show Live'' at the end of "Planet Schmanet Janet".
388* IncomingHam: "''You're'' lucky, ''he's'' lucky, ''I'm'' lucky, '''WE'RE ALL LUCKY!!!'''"[[note]]THE BANISTER'S LUCKY![[/note]]
389* IncestSubtext: She and Riff Raff are... ''very'' close...
390* MakingASpectacleOfYourself: She wears heart-shaped sunglasses when she and Riff Raff confront Frank in ''The Rocky Horror Show Live''.
391* MeaningfulLook: To Riff Raff when Frank refers to him as a "Faithful handyman".
392* ThePeepingTom: Was with Riff Raff and Columbia watching Frank have sex with both Janet and Brad.
393* RaceLift: She's played by the black Christina Milian in the remake.
394* {{Starfish Alien|s}}: In the 2008 European Live tour, same as Riff Raff; [[spoiler:Riff and Magenta reappear toward the end as twelve-foot-tall monstrosities with human upper bodies mounted on long robes concealing God-only-knew what, thus making their (and Frank's) human appearances throughout the rest of the show nothing more than AFormYouAreComfortableWith.]]
395* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: The unmade sequel, ''Revenge of the Old Queen'' would have said that Riff Raff killed Magenta out of jealousy at some point between the two movies.
396** According to the ''Film/ShockTreatment'' commentary, when Patricia Quinn found out about this from someone at a press occasion, she was rightfully pissed off and confronted Richard O’Brien in the middle of a very public meeting, asking him if she was going to be in the movie and if he was killing her off because he wanted to star in it himself. O’Brien was at a loss for words, and basically told her to shut up because she was embarrassing him in front of the press (on purpose).
397* TakenForGranite: She absolutely revels in turning people to stone, including her supposed friend Columbia.
398* VampireVords;
399** Notably with the infamous "I grow veary of this vorld! Vhen do ve return to Transylvania".
400** She and Riff Raff both talk like this at the end of the 2015 live version after they [[spoiler:confront Frank and stop pretending to be human.]]
401[[/folder]]
402
403[[folder:Rocky Horror]]
404[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rockyhorror.png]]
405[[caption-width-right:300: ''A creation'']]
406Frank's beloved creation, Rocky is supposed to be the "perfect man". However, things don't go well when Janet seduces him causing Frank to go into a jealous rage. In the end, he's killed by Riff Raff while mourning the loss of Frank and trying to escape. Played by:
407* [[Film/{{Laserblast}} Kim Milford]] in the original stage show
408* Peter Hinwood in the original film
409* Staz Nair in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''
410----
411* AdaptationalBadass:[[spoiler: In the play, he is killed by one blast from Riff Raff's DeathRay. In the film, the rays just bounce off him but he eventually dies when the [=RKO=] tower falls into the swimming pool. An unmade sequel would have took this further by saying he was only put into a coma. The remake has him being killed in one hit again.]]
412* AdaptationalDumbass: In the play, despite being freshly created, he can talk just like a regular person. In the film, with the exception of the song he sings upon his birth, Rocky is only able to make grunts.
413* AdaptationalModesty: Rocky wears sheer boxer shorts for most of the movie rather than the speedo from the theatrical version.
414* AngryFistShake: At Riff Raff when [[spoiler:Riff shoots at Rocky as he's carrying Frank's body up the [=RKO=] tower.]]
415* ArtificialHuman: Created from scratch by Frank.
416* BlankSlate: In the 1975 film, he never says anything and doesn't really do much.
417* BornAsAnAdult: He's a fully grown adult when brought to life and even states in "Rose Tint My World" that he's just seven hours old.
418* BrainlessBeauty: He’s gorgeous, but not very bright. In his defense, he literally only has half a brain (and one belonging to a “low-down, cheap little punk” at that,) and he ReallyWasBornYesterday.
419* ChandelierSwing: Rocky hangs into the one above his tank as it retracts back to the ceiling.
420* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In the original play - he's eccentric, but it's implied it's stemming from the fact he's a grown adult/sex toy for a crazed megalomaniac, according to his dialogue with Janet.
421* ConvenientComa: ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'' would have had him waking up from one.
422* DamnedByFaintPraise: Columbia's assessment of Rocky? "He's okay!" Frank is not amused.
423* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler: In the play, Rocky gets killed with one blast of Riff Raff's DeathRay. In the movie the beams bounce off him and Rocky does a KingKongClimb up the [=RKO=] tower and dies after Riff Raff shoots it down and it falls into the swimming pool. In the remake he dies from one shot like in the play.]]
424* DumbBlonde: Rocky, thanks to only having half a brain. He can't even speak properly in the film. In the musical, he's more aware of it, but unfortunately can't do much about his situation.
425* ElectiveMute: In the film, he seems to be able to sing but not talk.
426* EscapedFromTheLab: Briefly when Riff Raff scares him with a candelabra, but he comes back pretty soon, chased in by dogs.
427* FrankensteinsMonster: A rare fit and attractive example of this trope.
428* GenreSavvy: Within ''moments'' of being brought to life, Rocky is already singing about how he suspects his story will end. [[spoiler: He's right.]]
429* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's the only character (besides Columbia and the Criminologist) that really doesn't do anything wrong. He's basically jerked around (and off) by everyone else and for the most part has no idea what's going on.
430* HeroicMime: Doesn’t talk. [[TheSingingMute Except when he’s singing]].
431* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:There were plans for a sequel where he was revealed to be in a ConvenientComa rather than dead]], but it was rewritten into ''Shock Treatment'' where this never happened.
432* JabbaTableManners: Eats using his hands. Well, it’s not like anyone taught him proper dining etiquette during his first few hours of life anyway...
433* KingKongClimb: Rocky carries Frank up the [=RKO=] tower as a nod to the TropeNamer.
434* LightningCanDoAnything: Brings him to life in the remake as a nod to the ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}'' movies.
435* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler: It takes several shots from Riff Raff's antimatter gun to kill him.]]
436* MrFanservice: Created by Frank especially for this. He spends most of his screentime in the movie wearing only a tiny pair of gold shorts and matching gold boots. He apparently becomes aware of this as he refers to himself as "truly beautiful to behold" in the Floor Show sequence.
437* {{Mummy}}: How he's originally dressed when he's born until Magenta and Columbia cut him out of his bandages.
438* NoNavelNovelBirth: His lack of navel is an indication that he's artificial. The remake didn't bother with this.
439* NonSingingVoice: Peter Hinwood couldn't sing, so his singing voice was dubbed by Australian singer Trevor White.
440* OnlyMostlyDead: An early idea for a sequel would have had him waking up nine months after the first film.
441* ReallyGetsAround: He sleeps around quite a bit. To be fair, though, it's not like anyone gives him much of a choice. "Rose Tint My World" at least acknowledges his budding sexuality, where he mentions that thanks to the events of the night he's gained an "uncontrollable libido".
442* ReallyWasBornYesterday: "I'm just seven hours old..."
443* ScreamingBirth: Is born screaming in the play.
444* ShootingSuperman: [[spoiler: The first few times Riff Raff shoots him with his RayGun, they just bounce off him, irritating him. But Riff manages to kill him after a few hits.]]
445* TheSingingMute: Rocky is mute (with the exception with some unintelligible grunting) when he is not singing. This is in contrast to the original stage musical where he actually could talk.
446* SwordOfDamocles: It's the name of the song he sings after being born.
447* TakenForGranite: Gets turned to stone by the Medusa device while showing off his muscles for no apparent reason.
448* TooHungryToBePolite: Rocky tears into his dinner with his hands, prompting Columbia to remind him to use a fork. This is likely his first ever meal.
449* TroubledFetalPosition: Rocks back and forth in this position in his freezer after singing "The Sword of Damocles" in the remake.
450* WalkingShirtlessScene: Pantsless, too: all he wears is gold briefs.
451* ZombieGait: Walks with a FrankensteinsMonster type shuffle in the remake.
452[[/folder]]
453
454[[folder:Columbia]]
455[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/columbia.png]]
456[[caption-width-right:350: ''A groupie'']]
457A groupie who is both Frank's and Eddie's ex-girlfriend. She starts off as being extremely loyal to Frank. Though, she quickly realizes that he's simply using her and turns on him. In the end, she's killed by Riff Raff. Played by:
458* [[Creator/NellCampbell "Little Nell" Campbell]] in the original
459* Creator/AnnaleighAshford in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''
460----
461* AccidentalPervert: Columbia is supposed to come across this way. Emphasis on supposed - most plays and the film just turn her into an outright pervert, with the film's actress ''deliberately'' sexing her up and purposefully putting in nipple slips when she could.
462* AdaptationalDyeJob: Columbia sports pink hair instead of the traditional red in the remake.
463* AdaptationalModesty: In the remake, Columbia is fully clothed for her "Rose Tint My World" number because Annaleigh Ashford was pregnant at the time.
464* AllTakeAndNoGive: Columbia's relationship with Frank pretty much falls under this. She even points out how selfish he is.
465* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's not clear if she is an Earthling or a Transylvanian, and if it's the former, she doesn't seem to mind that Frank and the servants are aliens.
466* AmbiguouslyJewish: Has a Yiddish accent in the remake.
467* AndYouWereThere:
468** She one of the workers in the church at the start.
469** In the remake as well as appearing at the funeral, she's the girlfriend of Reeve Carney's character in the cinema during "Science Fiction Double Feature".
470* AttentionDeficitDisciple: Usually dances along when other characters are singing.
471* AudienceParticipation: In-universe, she yells abuse and asks questions to the screen while she's watching Janet seduce Rocky.
472* BigNo: When she leaves the dining room after finding out [[spoiler: that they ate Eddie]]. Toward the end of the remake, [[spoiler:she also does this in [[SenselessSacrifice her attempt to get Frank to run away before Riff Raff makes her his first casualty]].]]
473%% * CommediaDellArte: Colombia, fittingly.
474* CovertPervert: All of Columbia's nipple-slips were done intentionally by Campbell.[[note]][[AudienceParticipation There goes our PG-13 rating!]][[/note]]
475* DepravedBisexual: Hopelessly devoted to Frank and also loves Eddie, but has an, erm, encounter with Magenta while they watch [[spoiler:Janet seduce Rocky]] on hidden camera. During the Floor Show, she can be seen kissing Janet in the pool.
476* TheDogBitesBack: She stands up to Frank for how he mistreat her. [[spoiler:It completely backfires, but it was nice while it lasted.]]
477* {{Dropped a Bridge on H|im}}er: In the 1975 film version, her [[spoiler:death]] is a cheap accident; [[spoiler:she screams which startles Riff Raff into shooting her.]] In the stageplay and the remake, it's more appropriate, she either [[TakingTheBullet jumps in front of a blast meant for Frank]] or [[spoiler:screams in her attempt to get him to run before Riff Raff makes her his first casualty]].
478* DullSurprise: Her face saying "Janet" during ''Dammit Janet''.
479* {{Fangirl}}: Columbia, for Frank, then for Eddie, then for Frank again...
480-->"EDDIE!!!"
481* FieryRedhead: For the most part averted, but in her [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "Reason You Suck" speech]] to Frank, she shows she does have it in her.
482* HystericalWoman: Overlapping with ScreamingWoman after she finds out they had [[spoiler:Eddie]] for dinner.
483* IKissYourHand: She kisses Eddie's near the start of ''Hot Patootie''.
484* MadLove:
485** Columbia is hopelessly devoted to Frank despite the fact that he considers her to be nothing more than his "groupie".
486** Of course, this is later {{subverted|Trope}} when Columbia ([[spoiler:after witnessing Frank brutally murder Eddie, another man she loved deeply]]) realizes that Frank doesn't love her back at all and berates him for being such a heartless jerk.
487* MeaningfulName: Named for ''Creator/ColumbiaPictures''.
488* NippleAndDimed: Happens with Columbia during a few scenes. When she's in pajamas, during the scene where she confronts Frank, she has a hole in her top and one nipple makes a covert[[note]]not really; at one point she tugs her shirt tight and it actually pops out[[/note]] appearance. During the "Rose Tint My World" and "Don't Dream It, Be It" scenes, when she's [[OfCorsetsSexy wearing a corset]], her nipples are intermittently visible above the bodice. O'Brien and Quinn [[WordOfGod discuss it]] on the commentary as a form of exhibitionism on the actress' part. (When not allowed to do it in ''Shock Treatment'', Little Nell decided {{Panty Shot}}s were a good substitution.)
489* OralFixation: Sucks on lollipops through most of the remake, leaving her tongue blue. She also sucks on lollipops constantly in some stage productions.
490* PatterSong: Her verse of "Time Warp".
491* ThePeepingTom: She and Magenta watched Janet seduce Rocky. And enjoyed it quite a bit.
492* PerkyFemaleMinion: As one of the villain's acolytes, she's pretty bubbly upbeat compared to Riff Raff and Magenta until [[spoiler:Eddie dies]].
493* QuirkyGirlQuirkyTux: Columbia wears the fishnet stocking variant during the "Time Warp" number. Her tailcoat and top hat are covered in gold sequins, and her red bow tie is likewise sparkly, all showing off her freakish nature in line with her place in Frank's household.
494* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Columbia gives one to Frank N. Furter, telling how he's AllTakeAndNoGive, right before she's TakenForGranite.
495* ScreamingWoman: Columbia [[spoiler: either before (remake) or after Frank's death (1975 film). Riff Raff, either startled or annoyed, immediately kills her either first or second depending on which film version you watch]].
496* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:In both the original play and the 2016 film remake.]]
497* ShrineToTheFallen: She cries over a huge, wall-sized poster of [[spoiler:Eddie]] in her bedroom.
498* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Riff Raff doesn't kill her in the ComicBookAdaptation, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome she's never seen again]] after she takes control of the camera when Frank sings "I'm Going Home".]]
499* StockholmSyndrome: Due to being in a toxic abusive relationship with Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Most likely. She is mistreated by Frank many times, as he's slept with her, then threw her aside for her boyfriend Eddie. Despite his abuse, Columbia still stays devoted to him because she loves him.
500* TakenForGranite: Gets turned to stone by the Medusa device, revealing that one of her breasts is significantly larger than the other.
501* TakeThat: Shouts "Eat your heart out, Ann Miller"[[note]]A famous dancer that appeared in movies in the '40s and '50s[[/note]] on the Roxy cast soundtrack.
502* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: In the play she jumps in front of the laser blast that Riff Raff shoots at Frank.]]
503* TooKinkyToTorture: In the play, when Riff Raff sprays her with the transducer, she asks him to spray her again, then dances around caterwauling for over a minute.
504* WardrobeMalfunction: Near the end of the floorshow, Columbia's breasts slip out of her top. Little Nell did this on purpose and you can play a drinking game out of how many times she gets her nips on screen.
505[[/folder]]
506
507[[folder:Dr. Everett Scott]]
508[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_scott.jpg]]
509[[caption-width-right:350: ''A rival scientist'']]
510Brad's former science teacher and close friend. He ends up at the castle while looking for his nephew, Eddie. Played by:
511* Jonathan Adams in the original
512* Creator/BenVereen in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''
513He also appears in an early draft of ''Shock Treatment'' called ''[[http://www.rockymusic.org/showdoc/brad-and-janet-show.php The Brad and Janet Show]]'' but due to Adams not wanting to reprise the role, the finished film has the SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute ''Bert Schnick''.
514----
515* AccentAdaptation: In the play, he speaks in an American accent [[spoiler: because he's a German pretending to be American]], but in the film, [[ExecutiveMeddling Director Jim Sharman insisted]] that he speak only in a German accent. O'Brien was furious about this.
516* BananaPeel: Claims in his police report that slipping on one of these is the reason that he's in a wheelchair.
517* BigOlEyebrows: Ben Vereen has a bushy pair stuck on in the remake.
518* BreakingTheFourthWall: During the dinner, Dr. Scott speaks this line directly to the audience:
519-->'''Dr. Scott:''' I knew he was in with a bad crowd, but this is worse than I've imagined.
520* CaptainErsatz: Of ''Film/DrStrangelove''. They're both wheelchair-bound, former Nazi scientists working for the American government.
521* CoolTeacher: He got Brad and Janet together and they stayed friendly after they finished high school.
522* CorruptTheCutie: Ends up under Frank's mind-control spell in "Rose Tint My World". Though he tries to resist, his legs end up being used in stockings and heels for the show.
523-->'''Dr. Scott''':
524* DepravedHomosexual: Some of the unmade sequels would have said that the events of the first film turned him gay. ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'' has him shacking up with Brad Majors.
525* DoctorVonTurncoat: Strongly implied. He works for the American government, is an expy of ''Film/DoctorStrangelove'' and Frank implies he's an ex-Nazi.
526* EvilCripple: In ''The Brad And Janet Show'' script, he's a villain helping Farley steal Janet from Brad.
527* ExpositingTheMasquerade:
528-->'''Dr. Scott''': This sonic transducer... it is, I suppose, some kind of audio-vibratory-physio-molecular transport device?\
529'''Brad''': You mean...?![[note]]A vibrator![[/note]]\
530'''Dr. Scott''': Yes, Brad, it's something we ourselves have been working on for quite some time.[[note]]A ''working'' vibrator?[[/note]] But it seems our friend here has found a means of perfecting it.[[note]]A PERFECT vibrator![[/note]] A device which is capable of breaking down solid matter[[note]]How can it be perfect if it breaks?[[/note]] and projecting it [[note]]Through space?[[/note]] through space... [[note]]And time?[[/note]] and who knows, perhaps even time [[note]]Itself?[[/note]] itself![[note]][[Series/DoctorWho DOCTOR WHO]]'S VIBRATOR?![[/note]]
531* FunnyForeigner: Pronounces things wrong in a German accent.
532* GeniusCripple: He's a scientist in a wheelchair.
533* GivenNameReveal:
534-->'''Frank''': Dr. Scott—or should I say, [[HerrDoktor Dr.]] ''[[HerrDoktor von]]'' [[HerrDoktor Scott]]!
535* GratuitousGerman: In the film, he says "und" instead of "and".
536* HerrDoctor: Dr. Scott.
537--> "Go on, Dr. Scott. Or, should I say, [[TheVonTropeFamily Dr. Von Scott!]]"[[note]]SIEG HEIL![[/note]]
538* HistoricalInJoke: Check out "Operation Paperclip" on Website/{{Wikipedia}}. [[note]]Almost immediately after Goebbels surrendered to the Russian Army, the US and Soviet governments began smuggling Nazi scientists out of the country for their knowledge about rocketry and launched missile weapons. Werner von Braun is one of the most famous examples. The American plan to recruit former Nazi scientists was called [[AC:Operation Paperclip]]. This is why Frank calls Dr. Scott out on his accent.[[/note]]
539* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Sings this along with Brad-- while they're both paralysed, so he can't stop Frank anyway.
540* ICantFeelMyLegs: After Frank paralyses them all, Dr Scott complains that he can't move his wheels.
541* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
542** Does this in the dining room scene when he says:
543-->I knew he was in with a bad crowd, but it is even worse than I imagined! [[note]]WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING TO? WHO THE FUCK ARE ''WE'' TALKING TO?![[/note]]
544** In the remake, Brad gives a confused look into the camera as if he's trying to work out who Scott's talking to.
545* TheMenInBlack: [[spoiler:Doesn't dress like this trope but works for "the bureau of investigation of that which you call UFO's!!!". The text below his photograph in The Criminologist's file calls it "THE OFFICIAL ORGAN. OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS INTERNATIONAL.".]]
546* NaziGrandpa: Frank's comments calling him Dr Von Scott and Brad's outrage imply him to be an ex-nazi.
547* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Ben Vereen in the remake.
548** Though this might be deliberate as Richard O'Brien prefers Dr Scott to speak in an American accent because [[spoiler: he's pretending to be American]]. It was Jim Sharman who insisted that he have a german accent in the first movie.
549* ObfuscatingDisability:
550** ''The Brad and Janet Show'' was going to reveal that Scott was faking his disability. Adams didn't want to reprise his role for ''The Brad and Janet Show'', so [[Film/ShockTreatment what it eventually became]] replaced him with a similar character who's pretending to be blind.
551* OrganAutonomy: Some versions of the play have his arm doing Nazi salutes against his will as a nod to ''Dr. Strangelove''.
552* PaperThinDisguise: He's a German, pretending to be American, that talks in a German accent.
553* ThePeepingTom: In an early draft of ''Shock Treatment'', he gets hit in the face with a door when trying to watch Janet shower through a keyhole.
554* RaceLift: Played by the black Ben Vereen in the remake.
555* RapeAndSwitch: The unmade sequel ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'', would have said that the events of the first film turned him and Brad gay.
556* SanitySlippage: Dr. Scott feels that's what is happening to him in "Don't Dream It, Be It":
557-->Ach![[note]]CHOO![[/note]] We've got to get[[note]]THE FUCK[[/note]] out of this trap
558-->Before this decadence saps our wills.
559-->I've got to be strong, and try to hang on
560-->Or else my mind may well snap[[note]]CRACKLE POP![[/note]]
561-->And my life will be lived[[note]]IN A BOWL OF RICE KRISPIES[[/note]] for the thrills.
562* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the original play (and some subsequent versions), after Riff announces the castle is about to blast off into space, Dr. Scott immediately wheels out, leaving Brad and Janet behind. In the movie though, they all leave together.
563* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: Seems to be on Brad and Janet's side in the first film but in ''The Brad and Janet Show'', he falsely commits Brad to a mental institution and helps Farley try to steal Janet.
564* StukaScream:
565** When the electromagnet has him rolling down the ramp, a sound effect that's a bit like an air plane about to crash is played.
566** We hear the same effect again later on when the RKO tower falls into the swimming pool.
567* TakenForGranite: Gets turned to stone by the Medusa device along with his wheelchair, oddly enough.
568* TechnologyMarchesOn: The only thing that sets the remake in modern day is the fact that his wheelchair is motorised.
569* ThoseWackyNazis: Frank implies that he was a Nazi and [[spoiler: he now works for a government agency investigating [=UFOs=]]].
570* ThrowingOffTheDisability: As mentioned above, the shooting script would have him get up and start walking when his wheelchair was damaged and ''The Brad and Janet Show'' would have had him get up and walk during the song "Shock Treatment", pretending the shock treatment had cured him.
571* {{Tuckerization}}: His police statement gives his middle name as "Zanuck" after film producer Darryl F. Zanuck.
572* TheVonTropeFamily: "Or should I say, Dr. ''von'' Scott!"
573* WheelchairAntics:
574** Played with, somehow, in the Floor Show part: Dr. Scott is de-Medusa'd to find that he can move his legs, but whilst wearing fishnet stockings. He then joins the ongoing chorus line, but instead of getting out of the wheelchair, he just flails his legs around helplessly.
575** ''The Brad And Janet Show'' would have had him being dragged along by a rope attached to a car.
576* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs:
577** Was implied to be a Nazi scientist before becoming a science teacher and then joining a government bureau that investigates what we call U.F.O.s.
578** ''The Brad and Janet Show'' started with him managing a [=TV=] station and ended with him directing a mental institution.
579[[/folder]]
580
581[[folder:Eddie]]
582[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eddie_7.jpg]]
583[[caption-width-right:350: ''An ex-delivery boy'']]
584A former delivery boy who was Columbia's ex-boyfriend (in the stage show he was also Frank's). Half of his brain was used to create Rocky. After escaping from the freezer (and singing a song), Eddie is promptly killed by Frank. One of the earliest roles for Music/MeatLoaf. Played by Music/AdamLambert in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''.
585----
586* AdaptationalVillainy: In the video games, he tries to run Brad and Janet down with his motorcycle.
587* BadassBiker: He rides around Frank's lab on a motorcycle, even enters the castle through a SuperWindowJump in the remake.
588* BloodlessCarnage: In the remake [[spoiler: Frank stabs him but we never see any blood]].
589* BoisterousWeakling: He presents himself as a macho punk, but [[spoiler: he doesn’t even try to put up a fight when Frank butchers him.]]
590* ComicallyCrossEyed: [[spoiler:His corpse]] when it's revealed inside the table in the remake.
591%% * CommediaDellArte: Fits Arlecchino quite well.
592* CouldntFindAPen: He sent Dr. Scott a letter for help written in blood.
593* CrowdSurfing: Does it with the Transylvanians while singing "Hot Patootie" in the remake.
594* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation:[[spoiler: The libretto never specifies how Frank kills Eddie (other than "violently"), so productions vary. The 2001 revival has Frank use a chainsaw, while the movie uses an axe. In the remake, Frank stabs him with a knife and pushes him out of a window.]]
595* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Downplayed; Eddie and his mom argued all the time, but it’s heavily implied that he never got over her death and that he turned to hedonism to fill the void.
596* GreaserDelinquents: Let's see... leather jacket? Check. Ducktail haircut with long sideburns? Check. Rides a motorcycle? Check. Loves rock n roll? To be expected from Meat Loaf. Carries a switchblade? Check. Has zero regard for authority? All present and correct.
597* HandicappedBadass: Is able to ride a motorbike while singing with half his brain missing.
598* HarmlessFreezing: He comes out of a freezer and starts riding a motorcycle while singing. The next time he goes in [[spoiler:Frank kills him.]]
599* TheHedonist: He lives a life of rock n roll, porn, motorbikes, and drugs. Then he got involved with Dr. Furter...
600* HellBentForLeather: He wears a leather jacket.
601* HotbloodedSideburns: He has sideburns and is quite ecstatic.
602* HotPotato: The characters do this with a bag of his [[spoiler:remains]] in the play.
603* IdenticalGrandson:
604** In the stage plays, Eddie and Dr. Scott (nephew and uncle) are played by the same actor.
605** A photograph of his mother is seen in the film and she's also played by Meat Loaf[=/=]Lambert.
606* KickTheSonOfABitch: The musical number "Eddie’s Teddy" happens sort of randomly to establish that he was a low-down cheap little punk.[[note]]Yay, punks![[/note]]
607* KilledOffscreen: In the play, Frank chases him backstage with a chainsaw[[spoiler: and comes back covered in blood]]. In the film, we see [[spoiler:Frank swinging an axe]] from Eddie's point of view. In the remake Frank [[spoiler:stabs him and pushes him out of a window]].
608* KnuckleTattoos: Eddie has the same "Love/Hate" tattoos as [[Film/TheNightOfTheHunter Preacher Powell]].
609* MinorCharacterMajorSong: "Hot Patootie" is one of the more catchy songs, but Eddie is only [[spoiler:alive]] in the film for the song's duration.
610* OneSceneWonder: Bursts out of the freezer, gives one of the best songs in the show/film, [[spoiler:dies immediately]].
611* OnlyOneName: In the play, Scott says that Eddie is his sister's son, meaning that unless Eddie has his mother's surname then we don't know what it is.
612* PuttingOnTheReich: Wears a German World War [=II=] style helmet and an Iron Cross ring. Has an Iron Cross tattoo in the 40th anniversary play.
613* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Starts his note to Doctor Scott with "I'M OUT OF MY HED. O HURRY...".
614* RuleAbidingRebel: In the video games, you can stop him charging at the player by holding up a speeding ticket.
615* SleevesAreForWimps: He wears a sleeveless leather jacket to complete his “tough guy” image. [[spoiler: Didn’t do him much good when Frank chopped him up.]]
616* SoundOnlyDeath: [[spoiler:We don't see what happens to him, but we sure do hear his screams and Frank's pick-axe hacking him to pieces.]]
617* SuperWindowJump: In the remake, he enters the castle by riding his motorcycle in through a window.
618* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Dr. Scott first suspected that something was wrong with his nephew when a young Eddie said he didn’t like his childhood teddy bear.
619* WouldHitAGirl: In the shooting script when The Criminologist calls him "a low down cheap little punk", he turns to a newspaper clipping in his book that says "Thug bashes woman".
620[[/folder]]
621
622[[folder:The Criminologist]]
623[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/criminologist.jpg]]
624[[caption-width-right:350: ''An expert'']]
625MrExposition. Played by:
626* Creator/CharlesGray in the original
627* Creator/TimCurry in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''
628----
629* AllKnowingSingingNarrator: He's the one from whom we hear the details of the play and movie, though he doesn't actually have any songs to himself (the most he does is sing brief parts of "Time Warp" and "Eddie's Teddy"). Tim Curry's version actually sings at one point in the remake.
630* ButtMonkey: Thanks to OriginalCastPrecedent, should you be portraying the Criminologist, get ready for a load of neck-related jokes, from "THAT MAN HAS NO NECK!" to your every line being greeted with "WHERE'S YOUR FUCKING NECK?"
631* CanonForeigner: The play had a more generic narrator who had nothing to do with the story. The movie makes him a criminologist investigating the events afterwards.
632* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/ChristopherLee plays him in ''The Rocky Interactive Horror Show Game''.
633** Since Creator/CharlesGray played both the Criminologist and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Film/DiamondsAreForever, there have been some instances of the [[Main/AudienceParticipation audience being like]] "Do you expect us to talk, Blofeld?" "No, Mister Bond. I expect you to die!"
634%% * CommediaDellArte: The Doctor.
635* DecompositeCharacter:
636** ''The Rocky Horror Show Live'' simulcast had the narrator role split between [[Music/SpiceGirls Emma Bunton]], Ade Edmondson, Mel Giedroyc, Creator/AnthonyHead, Creator/StephenFry, and O'Brien himself.
637** Due to Curry's stroke, the remake gives him a butler played by Creator/JayneEastwood to turn pages and do his dance moves.
638* DontExplainTheJoke: A recent Broadway revival had Dick Cavett as the Narrator, and would sometimes interrupt the show to discuss some of the audience riffs, such as the "describe your balls!" directed at ''him''.
639* DramaticPause: Very fond of these... which gives the audience ''plenty'' of opportunities to mock him.
640* FauxlosophicNarration: A lot of his non-expositional narration is littered with PurpleProse and MeaninglessMeaningfulWords (though there's still a lot of that in the exposition as well...)
641* FictionalDocument: ''The Denton Affair", a file he uses to show pictures of the characters, their police statements and various artwork.
642* FingerWag: Does it while telling us to "Don't dream it. Be it" in the remake.
643* FullNameBasis: It's notable that when he talks to Rocky during "The Sword of Damocles", it's the only time anybody ever refers to him as "Rocky Horror". The verse in question is cut from the film version of the song, making the end credits the only thing to refer to Rocky by his full name.
644* GratuitousFrench: Says "However informal it might appear, you can be sure that there was to be very little.. bonhommie." [[note]]Friendly atmosphere[[/note]] before the dinner scene.
645* GreekChorus: In the play, he tends to appear in person in the scenes he narrates, but none of the characters ever acknowledge his existence.
646* HorrorHost: He narrates the film in this style from his office.
647* HumansAreInsects: Refers to us as insects during his closing narration.
648* InteractiveNarrator: Joins in with a lot of the songs, even though in the movie he seems to be narrating from some point after the other events are over.
649* LemonyNarrator: He explains the dance steps for "The Time Warp". "It's just a jump to the left—" The viewer could easily get the feeling the Criminologist wishes he were physically present for the insanity he's narrating.
650* MagicalSecurityCam:
651** Has black and white photographs of earlier scenes in the film. Some could be explained as pictures the wedding photographer took but it's unlikely he followed our heroes all the way through "Dammit Janet".
652** In the remake, he has photographs of Brad and Janet during "The Time Warp" in Frank's castle.
653* MrExposition: Without him, it would be hard for the audience to understand what's going on.
654* NamedByTheAdaptation: If you can call ''Criminologist'' a name.
655* {{Narrator}}: Listed as this in the original play.
656* NoNeckChump: His lack of a visible neck is pointed out several times during the audience participation.[[note]]THE MAN YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE HAS NO FUCKING NECK![[/note]]
657* NotSoAboveItAll: Throughout most of the movie, he maintains a serious personality and describes the mysterious events of the evening in a somber tone... except for the Time Warp scene, where he gets up on his desk to demonstrate the dance and seems to be enjoying himself.
658* OnlySaneMan: By the end, he's the only character in the film with demonstrable rationality and common sense. This isn't surprising considering he's completely removed from the main action . . .
659* PetTheDog: In the play he sings part of ''Sword of Damocles'' where he reassures Rocky. It's the only time he directly speaks to another character.
660* RemakeCameo: He's played by Creator/TimCurry in the remake.
661* StrawNihilist: "And crawling on the planet's face,[[note]] WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR LUNCH? [[/note]] some insects[[note]]WHY'S YOUR PHONE BILL SO HIGH?[[/note]] called the human race,[[note]] [[ButtMonkey WHERE'S YOUR]] [[RunningGag FUCKING NECK?!]][[/note]] lost in time, and [[note]]WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW?[[/note]] lost in space, and [[note]]WHAT DOES THIS FILM LACK?[[/note]] meaning."
662* AStormIsComing: The Criminologist invokes the trope directly: "It's true, there were dark storm clouds -- [[note]] [[AudienceParticipation DESCRIBE YOUR BALLS!]] [[/note]] heavy, black, and pendulous -- towards which they were driving...".
663* VSign: Curry does a peace sign the first time he appears on screen.
664* WrittenInInfirmity: In the remake, the Criminologist remains in his chair the entire time, as Tim Curry was rendered paraplegic by a stroke a few years earlier (his limited facial movement is also quite visible).
665[[note]][[Film/ForYourEyesOnly Say ''goodbye'', Mister]] [[OhCrap BOOONNNNND!!!!!!!]][[/note]]
666[[/folder]]
667
668[[folder:The Transylvanians]]
669[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/transylvanians.jpg]]
670Party-goers from the planet Transexual who've come to Frank's Castle to see Rocky being unveiled.
671----
672* AdaptationalAttractiveness: They were meant to invoke a freak show in the original film, but are all young and good looking in the remake.
673* AdaptationNameChange: Are called Phantoms rather than Transylvanians in the play.
674* AliensAmongUs: The shooting script says that they are Transylvanian secret agents assembled from all over the world.
675* AliensOfLondon: The only time we we hear one speak outside of a song is in a German accent "A pleasure to meet you, Dr. Furter".
676** Another one says "Very nice to meet you, sir" in a British accent.
677* AndYouWereThere:
678** They're played by most of the same actors as the wedding guests, though the shooting script refers to them as different characters rather than being Frank and co. in disguise like the cleaners in the church.
679** The funeral procession in the remake is made up by a few Transylvanians alongside Frank and co.
680* BadassBiker: How they get to the castle in the first place. They are shown riding on motorcycles which Janet mistook for the same one.
681* CameraFiend: A couple of them take snap shots of Rocky in the remake.
682* CanonForeigner: Their counterparts in the play are called phantoms and don't take part in the story in any way. The movie has them as Frank's party guests.
683* EqualOpportunityEvil: There are both men and women in the group, there is also one black man (who wears a turqoise suit collar and a tiny yellow boater hat) and two Asians (A man with silver hair wearing a blue vest and a grey party hat, and a short woman with long hair who wears a white vest with a pink undershirt and has a tiny green sombrero). They also range in body type including little people, very tall people, fat people, etc.
684* EvilLaugh: In the play they do a lot of cackling during ''Over At The Frankenstein Place'' and back up Riff's laugh when he lets Brad and Janet into the castle.
685* FanConvention: A banner saying "ANNUAL TRANSYLVANIA CONVENTION" is hanging in the ballroom when they dance the Time Warp. Frank even calls them unconventional conventionists at one point.
686* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In the play, Phantoms tend to harass audience members when they're not needed on stage.
687* GlassesPull:
688** The woman played by Imogen Claire removes her glasses and replaces them with opera glasses during Brad's ''TheGlassesComeOff'' moment.
689** Most of the ones that Rocky approaches during "The Sword of Damocles" do it.
690* HumanAliens: They are from planet Transylvania and look just like humans.
691* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: One of them is played by Sadie Corré.
692* NamedAfterTheirPlanet: [[spoiler: Actually named after the galaxy they come from.]]
693* NaughtyNurseOutfit: They wear these in some versions of the play during ''Sword Of Damocles''.
694* NoNameGiven: None of them are given any names.
695* QuirkyGirlQuirkyTux: A few of the women wear weird tuxedos.
696* StudioAudience: WordOfGod says they’re supposed to invoke this in Frank’s lab. The raised area they stand in is opposite from the stage like area where Frank delivers his speech.
697* SunglassesAtNight: They wear them inside, it can be considered FridgeBrilliance because [[spoiler: the planet Transexual is implied to have no sun so they're probably not used to the light.]]
698%%* TwentyFourHourPartyPeople: They love to party and are first introduced dancing "The Time Warp" to "Let's Do The Time Warp Again" until they get tired and then do it all over again.
699[[/folder]]
700
701[[folder:The Usherette]]
702[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/usheretteport.png]]
703An Usherette who introduces the play by singing ''Science Fiction-Double Feature''. Playwise, she's usually played by the same actress who plays Magenta but in the remake she's played by Ivy Levan.
704----
705* AdaptedOut:
706** The film replaced her with Patricia Quinn's lips and Richard O'Brien's voice singing the opening song.
707** The comic book omits the lips singing "Science Fiction Double Feature" and its dark reprise.
708* AmbiguouslyGay: Sings that she "really got hot, when I saw Janette Scott fight a [[Film/TheDayOfTheTriffids triffid]] that spits poison and kills".[[note]]WHAT THE FUCK'S A TRIFFID?[[/note]]
709* BookEnds: The play ends starts and ends with her singing "Science Fiction-Double Feature".
710* DarkReprise: Her melancholy reprise of "Science Fiction-Double Feature" at the end.
711* DecompositeCharacter: The film replaces her with a pair of lips[[note]]Magenta's[[/note]] but the remake has her singing at the start and two pairs of lips[[note]] Frank's and the Usherette's [[/note]] singing the DarkReprise at the end.
712* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Usually just called The Usherette but some productions have called her ''Miss Strawberry Time'' or Trixie. The show's run in the Belasco Theatre called her ''The Belasco Popcorn Girl''.
713* FootPopping: Doesn't kiss anyone but does the pose before walking offstage at the end of "Science Fiction Double Feature" in the 2015 live version.
714* GenderFlip: Several times:
715** From 1995 to 2000, drag queens Daiya and Ruby Takara played the role on the Japanese Tour.
716** While mostly averted in the Broadway Revival, having two women (the same actresses playing Magenta and Columbia) play the Usherette(s), Sebastian Bach (Riff Raff) took over the Columbia performer’s portion of the Science Fiction Double Feature when he joined the show.
717** Richard O'Brien played her role for one week in 2007 at the New Wimbledon Theatre.
718** A few emergency covers for her have also been male. Examples include David Dale (Frank on the KMT/Hanley Tour, 1985), and David Nehls (Riff Raff on the European Tour, on and off from 1996 to 2000).
719* GreekChorus: Is meant to be a worker in the theatre/cinema you're watching it in and doesn't exist in universe.
720* HorrorHost: One of the more upbeat examples.
721* ScaryFlashlightFace: Does it while singing "Science Fiction Double Feature" in the remake.
722* UnabashedBMovieFan: Her only song is about how she loves various B-movies.
723[[/folder]]
724
725[[folder:Ralph Hapschatt]]
726[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ralph_4.jpg]]
727An old high school friend of Brad and Janet's who gets married at the start of the first movie and divorced by the time of the second. Played by:
728* Jeremy Newson in the original and ''Film/ShockTreatment''
729* Jeff Lillico in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''
730----
731* AscendedExtra: Only appears in the first few minutes of the first film but is a more major character in the sequel.
732* BaitAndSwitch: Gets everybody to stand by announcing the president. Then they all sit back down again when they realize it's the president of ''[[HonestJohnsDealership Lapsey Autos]]''.
733* BitCharacter: Has four lines in the first film.
734* BrokenSmile: He does this when Farley kisses Macy, only trying to keep smiling because he's on [=TV=].
735* CanonForeigner: Is only mentioned in the play but seen in the films.
736* DoubleTake: Does this when Bert mutters that Brad and Janet should be sent down the Danube at dawn.
737-->'''Ralph:''' What?
738-->'''Bert:''' Just memories.
739* FaceHeelTurn: Was an old friend of Brad and Janet's but spends most of the sequel helping Farley.
740* HandshakeSubstitute: Fist bumps with Brad in the remake.
741* ImNotADoctorButIPlayOneOnTV: He and some of the other characters dress like doctors for Farley's ''Faith Factory'' broadcast.
742* SmallTownBoredom: Implied in "Look What I Did to My Id" where he optimistically sings about a whole new career that could take him and Macy "to a town that's nowhere near here".
743%% * SmugSnake: Loves lording his success over his ex-wife Betty.
744* WorkingWithTheEx: Has to work with Betty at [=DTV=] after they split up.
745[[/folder]]
746
747[[folder:Betty Munroe Hapschatt]]
748[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/betty_3.jpeg]]
749Marries Ralph at the start of the first movie but has divorced him by the second. Played by:
750* Hilary Farr in ''Rocky Horror''
751* Creator/RubyWax in ''Shock Treatment''
752* Kelly Van der Burg in ''Let's Do the Time Warp Again''
753----
754* AscendedExtra: Only appears in the first few minutes of the first film but is a more major character in the sequel.
755* BouquetToss: Throws her wedding bouquet and Janet catches it.
756* CanonForeigner: Is only mentioned in the play but seen in the films.
757* ChekhovsSkill: Betty is ''really'' good at picking locks. Becomes a BrickJoke when she hotwires the convertible at the end.
758* [[ForgotAboutHisPowers Forgot About Her Powers]]: When she's locked out of her office, it doesn't occur to her to use her HairpinLockpick.
759* GeniusBookClub: Likes poems by Creator/SamuelTaylorColeridge but thinks his name is "Coleridge Taylor".
760* HairpinLockpick: Betty is extremely handy with one.
761* HassleFreeHotwire: Betty can somehow hotwire a car with her hairpin by sticking it under the hood.
762* KarmicThief: Hotwires the car that Irwin Lapsey gave Janet so that the heroes can all get away after Cosmo swipes the keys.
763* KentBrockmanNews: The ''Denton Dossier'' show she works on.
764* LikesOlderMen: When Oliver asks if she minds being seen with an older man she says she looks for maturity in a man.
765* PhoneyCall: She and Oliver at adjacent pay phones to cover up the fact that they're actually talking to each other while listening in on a conversation between some nearby bad guys.
766* ScreamingWoman: Screams when Vance shows her a dead sea gull.
767* SpearCarrier: All she does in the original film is say "Okay you guys, this is it! Ready?!" and toss her bouquet.
768* TrueBlueFemininity: Wears a blue blouse in ''Shock Treatment''.
769* WorkingWithTheEx: Has to still work with Ralph after they divorced.
770[[/folder]]
771
772!!Characters introduced in ''Film/ShockTreatment''.
773
774[[folder:Cosmo [=McKinley=] ]]
775->'''Played by''': Richard O'Brien
776
777Runs the ''Dentonvale'' mental home show with his sister Nation.
778----
779* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Checks Brad's heart rate by putting a stethoscope to his forehead and shines a light into his eyes without removing his glasses. This might be {{Foreshadowing}} [[spoiler:that he isn't really a doctor]].
780* BaldOfEvil: O'Brien has even less hair than he had in the first film.
781* BrotherSisterIncest: Between him and Nation. [[spoiler:Justified because they're only actors pretending to be brother and sister.]]
782** [[spoiler: Possibly DoubleSubverted in ''Revenge of the Old Queen,'' which contains a line hinting that Riff Raff and Magenta may have been Cosmo and Nation all along, just in disguise.]]
783* CampStraight: Cosmo must be straight, or at least bi, as he sleeps with Nation; but in "Little Black Dress" he sings about how his favourite thing to do as a child was to make and wear women's clothes. Though, this song was originally intended to be sung by Dr Frank N. Furter in an earlier draft.
784* CharacterNameAlias: [[spoiler: Cosmo and Nation turn out to be using these and aren't really doctors, just character actors.]]
785* EnigmaticMinion: It's not really clear why he's helping Farley. He doesn't know he exists at the start of the film, is furious when he finds out that Farley is Dentonvale's new sponsor but then spends the rest of the movie helping him. It made more sense in ''The Brad and Janet Show'' script where he and Nation can't pay their rent but Farley covers it.
786* {{Expy}}: Of Riff Raff.
787* FourthWallObserver: Not in the film, but in the trailer he tells viewers to watch the movie.
788* ImNotADoctorButIPlayOneOnTV:[[spoiler: He and Nation are revealed to be actors with no actual medical background.]]
789* KinkySpanking: Smacks Nation's ass with a riding crop during "Lullaby".
790%% * MadDoctor
791* PsychoPsychologist: He and Nation make up a duo of these. They keep Brad sedated in a cage, while also manipulating Janet (also with drugs) under the guise of turning her into a star. [[spoiler: Subverted by the fact that neither of them are actually doctors.]]
792* SynchroVox: The trailer uses his image from the poster and edits O'Brien's moving mouth onto it.
793* TrustMeImADoctor: Said by Cosmo at the end of the trailer, when assuring "You'll be pathetically crazy about ''[[TitleDrop Shock Treatment]]''."
794* YouLookFamiliar: O'Brien plays Riff Raff in the original film. [[invoked]]
795[[/folder]]
796
797[[folder:Nation [=McKinley=] ]]
798->'''Played by''': Patricia Quinn
799
800Runs the ''Dentonvale'' mental home show with her brother Cosmo.
801----
802* BrotherSisterIncest: Nation has a sexual relationship with her brother Cosmo. [[spoiler:Justified as they're only actors pretending to be brother and sister.]]
803* CondescendingCompassion: She and Cosmo both count as examples of this, but she is slightly more so just because she interacts with Janet more. Whenever Janet begins to deviate from the plan, have second thoughts, or otherwise start to get suspicious, Nation is usually the one to deflect her concerns with a smile and a few sickly-sweet words to let her know that they know what’s best for her so she just needs to shut up and roll with it.
804* DeadpanSnarker: Downplayed. She maintains a relatively cheery disposition around Janet, but definitely has her moments here and there. For example: before Janet is about to go on the show, a couple of the band members give her a pill to make her “feel better.” Nation examines the pill for a few seconds before tossing it away in disgust and rolling her eyes, scoffing “Amateurs,” as she reaches into her pocket, grabs a handful of her own pills, and shoves them down Janet’s throat.
805* KinkySpanking: Gets her ass smacked with a riding crop by her brother Cosmo during "Lullaby".
806* PerkyFemaleMinion: ALSO downplayed. While she’s not quite as excitable as Nurse Ansalong, she also has her moments; she gets visibly excited when Janet’s parents win on Happy Homes, when Janet has her big makeover in “Little Black Dress,” and is seen dancing in the background with her coworkers during “Me of Me.” She is also the staff member that Janet interacts with the most, and is almost always showering her with praise (either directly or to the DTV audience) or pretending to dote on her or otherwise show concern for her well-being in order to play her right into Farley’s scheme.
807* PsychoPsychologist: Along with Cosmo. They keep Brad locked up with the idea that he’s lost his mind and needs help, while molding Janet into a celebrity and keeping her complacent with drugs under the guise that they’re helping her become her best self. [[spoiler: Subverted by the fact that neither she nor her brother (if he even is her brother) are actual doctors.]]
808* SlippingAMickey: Nation drugs Janet's drink after Janet leaves her dressing room to soak up more adoration from the fans. After this instance, however, all Nation needs to do is pour pills down Janet's throat and snap her mouth shut.
809* YouLookFamiliar: Patricia Quinn plays Magenta in the original film. [[invoked]]
810[[/folder]]
811[[folder:Farley Flavors]]
812->'''Played by''': Cliff De Young
813
814"Local boy turned billionaire" who recently returned home and bought the [=DTV=] station.
815----
816* TheAce: Repeatedly calls himself this during "Farley's Song".
817* AlliterativeName: Cosmo also calls him "Fast Food Farley".
818* BettyAndVeronica: He's Janet's Veronica.
819* CallAndResponseSong: "Duel Duet" between him and Brad.
820* CigarChomper: Farley is seen smoking one during "In My Own Way".
821* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Made his fortune selling [=TV=] dinners, and wants to enslave the population of the world with his television programming.
822* DecoyProtagonist: To hear the OpeningNarration, you'd think he was the main character.
823* EvilTwin: [[spoiler: To Brad.]]
824* EyePatchOfPower: Wears one in ''The Brad and Janet Show'' script but not ''Shock Treatment''.
825* FakeShemp: The freeze frame of him that we see at the start is actually a stand-in, rather than Cliff De Young.
826* HannibalLecture: He tries this on Brad in "Duel Duet". [[ShutUpHannibal Brad doesn't go along with it.]]
827* IAmGreatSong: ''Farley's Song''.
828* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: De Young based his performance on Creator/JackNicholson.
829* OminousMultipleScreens: Spends most of the film watching these in his office.
830* PolarOppositeTwins: He's the evil rich twin, to Brad's nice, middle-class twin.
831* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Janet's rich suitor.
832* SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler: He and Brad were adopted by different families when their parents died in a car crash.]]
833* SuicideDare: When singing "Duel Duet", he tells Brad "The best thing you could ever do is die.". Brad sings it back at him as well.
834* TheTapeKnewYoudSayThat: A video recording of him sings "Farley's Song" and pauses for other characters who are in the room with the [=TV=] to sing his back up vocals.
835* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Wears a white suit through a lot of the film, and fits the archetype as a CorruptCorporateExecutive and the main antagonist.
836* VillainousBreakdown: Watch the expression on Farley's face after he retorts "Because of ''you'', sir!" to Brad's ArmorPiercingQuestion "Then why did you accuse her?"
837* VillainSong: "Farley's Song" and his lines during "Duel Duet".
838* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Is liked by most of the townspeople.
839[[/folder]]
840
841[[folder:Bert Schnick]]
842->'''Played by''': Creator/BarryHumphries of ''Dame Edna'' fame
843
844The blind, German GameShowHost who works for Farley.
845----
846* CaptainErsatz: Like Dr. Scott, he has similarities to ''Film/DrStrangelove''. (When he reveals he's not blind, you expect him to say, "Mein Fuhrer! I can ''see''!") Also the production notes say that Humphries played the part in the style of Dr. Caligari from ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''.
847* CharacterCatchphrase: Uses "Hoopla!" as a greeting. It's a reference to Frank saying it as he pulls the cover off Rocky's tank in ''Rocky Horror''.
848* CloudCuckoolander: Without a script or orders from Farley, Bert tends to drift into his own world.
849%% * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment
850* FunnyForeigner: Like Scott, he Pronounces words wrong in a German accent and is generally weird.
851* GameShowHost: Hosts ''Marriage Maze'' on [=DTV=].
852* GratuitousFrench: Refers to Cosmo and Nation as "neuro-specialist ''par excellence''.".
853* GratuitousGerman: During "Little Black Dress", Bert sings "Ever since I was the ein klein herren". Which translates as "a a small man".
854* ImmoralRealityShow: Has Brad put in a mental home and tries to split him and Janet up when they appear on ''Marriage Maze''.
855* ObfuscatingDisability: Bert isn't actually blind.
856* ThePeepingTom: The first clue we get that Bert isn't really blind is when Nation catches him watching Janet in the shower.
857* PhraseCatcher: People tend to greet him with his "Hoopla!" catch phrase.
858* ShoePhone: Bert's walking stick conceals an antenna and doubles as a phone/radio that he can use to talk to Farley.
859* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: This role was originally intended for Dr. Scott but Bert was created when Adams didn't want to reprise the role.
860* ThoseWackyNazis: It's vaguely implied that he was a Nazi when he said that Brad and Janet should be sent down the Danube at dawn.
861-->'''Ralph:''' What?
862-->'''Bert:''' Just memories.
863* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Bert's blindness is ObfuscatingDisability, but he stops wearing the dark glasses and pretends to be cured during the title song and claims the "miracle" is all thanks to Farley and company during the ''Faith Factory'' telecast.
864[[/folder]]

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