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1!!The film
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3* Brad asking if any of the Transylvanians know how to Madison, and Janet's embarrassed reaction.
4* Frank's furious reaction to Janet's lack of enthusiasm about Rocky: "I didn't make him... FOR YOU!" Even the other Transylvanians can't take him seriously, laughing in the background.
5* The entirety of Sweet Transvestite is entertainingly over the top, especially with how absolutely freaked out the sheltered Brad and Janet are by it all.
6* Riff's constantly stoned demeanor provides a number of moments.
7--> '''Riffraff:''' You're wet.[[note]] She's always wet![[/note]]
8--> '''Janet:''' ...Yes.... It's raining.
9** Later, we see him by the elevator pouring a glass of champagne before taking a swig right from the bottle...[[note]]Riff can't hold his liquor! Riff can't hold his liquor![[/note]] then aimlessly dropping it [[note]]That's alcohol abuse![[/note]] before they go up.
10* The RockyRollCall: "Janet!" "Dr. Scott!" "Janet!" "Brad!" "Rocky!" "....."
11* "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...SHUT UP!"
12** The best part about this is [[ThrowItIn it wasn't even scripted]].
13* Riff Raff and Magenta delivering the backing vocals for "Damnit, Janet" in a bored monotone.
14* Dr Scott crashing through the wall.
15* StealthPun: "In just seven days [[note]]and one good night![[/note]], I can [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower make you a man]]."
16* Compare with [[{{Pun}} Incredibly Lame Pun]]: "Great Scott!"
17* At one point, when Dr. Scott[[note]]"Cap'n, the transporter's acting up again!" "Dang it, Scotty!"[[/note]] is being magnetically dragged up to the lab, he winds up in Columbia's room, and circles around her and Magenta[[note]]RING AROUND THE LESBIANS![[/note]], who barely even give him a glance when he's gone.
18* The face Curry pulls with [[BlatantLies the line]] "You look like you're both.. pretty groovy!"
19* The electric knife. Frank N. Furter cuts no less than THREE SLICES of [[IAteWhat Meatloaf]] with it in absolute SILENCE. For a good FIFTEEN SECONDS.
20** Then when Rocky starts to drink his wine before dinner is fully served, Frank N. Furter revs it threateningly in his direction.
21** The fact they're eating Meat Loaf, typically lampshaded by the callback [[AudienceParticipation Meat Loaf for dinner AGAIN?!]]
22** Before that, Riff Raff and Magenta show off their [[SarcasmMode excellent table-waiting skills]]. "THUNK!"[[note]]Hey, can someone give Dr. Scott a fork? He's only got twelve of them![[/note]]
23* "Once in a While," a CutSong. It's a very somber moment, almost tearjerking...and then you see Frank in the background, taking a postcoital snooze while still dressed in Janet's nightgown.
24** "What have you done with Brad/Janet??" "Ooh... nothing! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Why, do you think I should?]]" Especially because Frank sounds [[SincerityMode completely serious when he asks]].
25* The Criminologist doing the pelvic thrust during "Time Warp". [[note]] [[AudienceParticipation GET THE FUCK OFF THE DESK!]] [[/note]]
26* Throughout most of the song "Eddie's Teddy", Frank has this very [[DullSurprise bored expression]] on his face, which just seems so wrong and hilarious at the same time. Everyone's singing about a character that he just killed a few scenes earlier, and Frank looks like he could not care less.
27* Conversely, Frank going completely off the rails chasing Rocky during "Sword of Damocles", and falling over since [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he's trying to run in high heels.]]
28* Possibly unintentional but during the Medusa scene, we hear the line "You're a hot dog" at the exact same moment we get a glimpse of the Brad statue's penis.
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31!!Audience partici....pation!
32* Ever since AudienceParticipation became an integral part of showings of ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'', the funniest parts of a performance are usually audience members shouting out something that changes the meaning of the subsequent line in the movie. Perhaps the best example is where Frank says the word "spark" in an especially dramatic way, in a British accent with the "r" dropped. Result: this line is almost always preempted with "Who gives the best blowjobs on the Enterprise?" or something similar.
33* RuleOfThree gets applied in various fun ways to the RockyRollCall. Like so:
34** "Janet!" "Dr. Scott!" "Janet!" "Brad!" "Rocky!" "[[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle HOKEY SMOKE]], [[AudienceParticipation BULLWINKLE!]]"
35** "Janet!" "Dr. Scott!" "Janet!" "Brad!" "Rocky!" "[[AudienceParticipation I DID IT,]] [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} ADRIAN!]]"
36** "Janet!" "Dr. Scott!" "Janet!" "Brad!" "Rocky!" "[[AudienceParticipation PISS OFF!]]"
37** "Janet!" "Dr. Scott!" "Janet!" "Brad!" "Rocky!" "[[AudienceParticipation (Caveman sound)]]"
38*** One Shadowcast performance takes the roll call [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd-CSsRDbU8 to the next level]].
39* "MASTAH!!! DINNAH IS PAPAYA'D!!!" The over the top accent is funny on its own, but even better is the usual callback: [[AudienceParticipation "DAMMIT, I HATE PAPAYAS!"]]
40* [[note]]What's white, sells burgers, and rhymes with asshole?[[/note]]Didn't we see a castle a few miles back?
41** Castles don't have phones, asshole!
42*** Assholes don't have phones, Castle!
43*** Assholes don't have castles, Telephone!
44* [[note]]SAY SOMETHING STUPID, BRAD![[/note]]"Say![[note]]THAT'S NOT STUPID![[/note]] Any of you guys know how to Madison?[[note]][[Creator/TimCurry I DO THE ROCK, MYSELF! I FIND IT STIMULATING AND SHIT!]][[/note]]"
45* Sometimes the callbacks respond to each other. For instance, after "I didn't make him... FOR YOU!", some of the audience respond with "SHE GETS HIM IN THE END!" while others then call back "SHUT UP! YOU JUST RUINED IT FOR THE VIRGINS!"
46* "Don't get strung out ([[AudienceParticipation ON DRUGS!]])/By the way I look ([[AudienceParticipation SAME THING!]])"
47* "Michael Rennie was ill ''Film/{{The Day the Earth Stood Still|1951}}'', but he told us...[[note]]TO FUCK OFF![[/note]] where we stand... [[note]]ON OUR FEET! (ON YOUR KNEES!)[[/note]]
48* "See androids fighting[[note]]AND FUCKING, AND SUCKING ON[[/note]] Brad and Janet[[note]]'S TWAT![[/note]]\
49 Anne Francis stars in[[note]]DEEP THROAT, THE SEQUEL TO[[/note]] ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''"
50* [[note]]DESCRIBE THE WHITE HOUSE![[/note]]"Must be some sort of hunting lodge for rich weirdos."[[note]]RICH WEIRDOS AREN'T IN SEASON, ASSHOLE! (TELL THAT TO [[UsefulNotes/SarahPalin SARAH PALIN!]])[[/note]]
51* "And crawling [[note]]WHERE?[[/note]] on the planet's face [[note]]WHAT ARE DISCO PEOPLE?[[/note]] some insects [[note]]WHY IS YOUR PHONE BILL SO HIGH?[[/note]] called the human race [[note]]OH SHIT, THAT'S US![[/note]][[note]]WHERE'S YOUR NECK?[[/note]] Lost in time [[note]]NAME AN OLD TV SHOW![[/note]] and lost in space [[note]]WHAT DOES THIS FILM LACK?[[/note]] and meaning."[[note]]DON'T FORGET TO TURN OFF THE GLOBE![[/note]]
52** The criminologist stops the spinning globe with his hand. [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark "OH MY GOD, YOU KILLED KENYA! YOU BASTARD!"]]
53* The response to "Great Scott!" when Dr Scott enters: "Nah, that's just Mediocre Scott. Great Scott can walk."
54** The Incredibly Lame Pun is further compounded by throwing toilet paper at the screen -- as in Scott Tissue, making it a three-way pun.
55* "On a night out." "IT WAS A DAY'S INN!" "It was a night ''out''..."
56* "I think perhaps you better both[[note]]FUCK OFF![[/note]] ...come inside.[[note]]I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU COME, AS LONG AS YOU CLEAN IT UP! (I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU CLEAN IT UP, AS LONG AS YOU COME![[/note]]
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58-->'''Brad:''' You're a hotdog,[[note]]UP MY[[/note]] but you better not try to hurt her,[[note]]WITH YOUR TWO-INCH[[/note]] Frank Furter. (''gets Medusaed'')\
59'''Dr. Scott:''' You're a hotdog,[[note]]UP MY[[/note]] but you better not try to hurt her,[[note]]WITH YOUR TWO-INCH[[/note]] Frank Furter. (''gets Medusaed'')\
60'''Janet:''' You're a hotdog-- (''gets Medusaed'')\
61'''Audience:''' Don't worry, it wouldn't have rhymed anyway!
62* When Dr Scott circles around Magenta and Columbia:
63** RING AROUND THE LESBIANS!
64** Fuckin' tourists! Always in and out and [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre never stop to eat anything]]!
65* This lovely bit of audience participation:
66-->'''Audience:''' HEY, FRANK, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?
67-->'''Frank:''' Magenta!
68-->'''Audience:''' HEY, FRANK, WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR WEED?
69-->'''Frank:''' Columbia!
70-->'''Audience:''' BAD CHOICE!
71* More from the audience:
72-->'''Brad:''' ''(to Riff Raff)'' Hi! I'm Brad Majors--
73-->'''Audience:''' ASSHOLE![[note]]"I know that! What's his name?" "That is his name, sir. Asshole. Major Asshole." "Any cousins?" "His cousin's an Asshole too, Sir. Gunner's Mate First Class Phillip Asshole." "How many Assholes we got in this movie anyhow?!?!" "Yo! (Show of Hands)" "I knew it, I'm surrounded by Assholes! ... Keep firing, Assholes!"[[/note]]
74-->'''Brad:''' --and this is my fiancee, Janet [[FreudianSlip Vice]].
75-->'''Audience:''' SLUT!
76-->'''Brad:''' Sorry, Janet ''Weiss''. [[note]][[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Schnee?]][[/note]]
77-->'''Audience''': STILL A SLUT! [[note]]"Be careful of who you call ''slut'' in high school, or she might just pick up a sword and try to decapitate your crotch or at least disembowel you..." "In that case... Hello. MyNameIsInigoMontoya. YouKilledMyFather. PrepareToDie..."[[/note]]
78-->'''Audience Member #1:''' NOT YET, GIVE HER TIME!
79-->'''Audience Member #2:''' OR MONEY!
80* "Besides, darling, the owner of that phone may be a beautiful woman [[note]] [[AudienceParticipation CLOSE ENOUGH!]] [[/note]] and you may not come back." [[note]] [[AudienceParticipation YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY!]] [[/note]]
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82-->'''Scott:''' I'm here looking for my--
83-->'''Audience:''' SEX LIFE!
84-->'''Scott:''' --nephew.
85-->'''Audience:''' [[CrossesTheLineTwice SAME THING!]]
86* "...And that's just one small fraction [[note]] [[AudienceParticipation TWO INCHES!]] [[/note]] of the main attraction[[note]] THREE INCHES [[/note]]."
87** "[[AudienceParticipation AND THAT'S JUST ONE SMALL SECTION, OF THE MAIN ERECTION!]]"
88* In some performances, the rubber gloves that the audience snaps along with Frank during his speech are rubbed to make an obnoxious squeaking sound as Rocky fondles Janet's breasts.[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke If you couldn't figure it out, it's implying that Janet has fake boobs]].[[/note]]
89* The beginning of "Eddie's Teddy" is another quote that's significantly funnier with the AudienceParticipation.
90--> "From the day he was born..." ("NOT THE NIGHT, BUT THE DAY!")\
91"He was trouble..." ("[[Theatre/TheMusicMan WITH A CAPITAL T]]!" / "NOT MONOPOLY, BUT TROUBLE!")\
92"He was the thorn..." ("NOT THE ROSE, BUT THE THORN!")\
93"In his [[FunetikAksent mutter's]] side..." ("[[Music/GunsNRoses AXL ROSE]] MUST DIE!" / "NOT THE BACK, BUT THE SIDE!")\
94"She tried in vain..." ("NOT THE ARTERY, BUT THE VEIN!")
95* The introduction of Riff Raff's verse on "Over at the Frankenstein Place" has the audience request "SING TO US, O HAIRLESS ONE!"
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98!!2015 Live Show
99* In this version, Rocky speaks, and for the RockyRollCall, he gets the final line...
100--> ''*After a few loops of the RockyRollCall'''...*
101--> '''Brad''': Janet!
102--> '''Janet''': Brad!
103--> '''Scott''': Janet!
104--> '''Frank''': Rocky!
105--> '''Rocky''': PISS OFF!
106* Frank choking on a pubic hair while trying to say one of his lines during Brad's bedroom scene.
107* Frank accusing Brad of sleeping with Rocky.
108* Columbia reaching a high note during Eddie's Teddy, which causes her to break glass, causing the rest of the characters to stare at her.
109* Mel, one of the narrators, eating a red velvet cupcake.
110* A scene similar to the RockyRollCall, except instead of saying the names of everyone who is in the Role Call, the characters scream as each of them gets the bag with [[spoiler: Eddie's remains in it]].
111* Columbia's silly dance routine she does when being sprayed.
112* In this version, the cast plays off the AudienceParticipation frequently.
113** During the scene in which Frank tricks Brad into sleeping with him by disguising himself as Janet, their exchange is interrupted by an audience member, [[https://youtu.be/VIPckPtYmXk?t=1h12m3 and Frank smirks as the audience roars with laughter]].
114-->'''Brad''': "Why you, what have you done with Janet?!"
115-->'''Audience Member''': "FUCKED THE SHIT OUT OF HER!"
116** Creator/AnthonyHead shows up as a narrator at one point and delightfully plays off the audience participation, seemingly unfazed. That is, until he delivers the line "what further indignities were they to be subjected to?" and an audience member calls out "Gold Blend ads!" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcB4rBc4rH0 Head's reaction has to be seen to be believed.]]
117** In a similar vein, Creator/StephenFry also appears as a narrator, resulting in interactions such as:
118-->'''Fry''': "The spare tire they were carrying was badly in need of some air."
119-->'''Audience''': "A BLOWJOB!"
120-->'''Fry''': "Yes, please!"
121*** And also:
122-->'''Fry''': "It was as if she were riding a giant-"
123-->'''Audience''': "COCK!"
124-->'''Fry''': "I have 'tidal wave,' but 'cock' ''is'' better."
125* Riff Raff's exaggeratedly "fancy", very sarcastic gesture when he says "affairs".
126** His line about Frank wanting to help Eddie "better his position" is also delivered with extreme sarcasm.
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128!!Other stage productions
129* The Geekenders production (at least, the cast in the youtube recording of it) features a very short Riff Raff and quite a tall Magenta, made even taller by high heels. [[TinyGuyHugeGirl The effect when they dance together is very amusing.]]
130* The Geekenders version of Janet is quite...hyper. She stumbles about in her high heels quite a bit, crashing into Ralph and Betty at the wedding, and generally has very loud and over the top reactions to things. (She's also rather tactless, proclaiming that her ring is nicer than Betty's ''in front of Betty'', who looks rather shocked for a moment.)
131* Another one from the Geekenders: there isn't really any set to speak of. So, for instance, the car is made up of several people in lingerie posing in an approximate car shape, with two women holding torches in front of their chests as "headlights", and people waving their arms as windscreen wipers. One of the people making up the car shouts "POW!" and collapses when the car gets a flat tyre.
132* In some versions (both the Geekenders production and the Anthony Stewart Head version do this, though at different points) Riff Raff [[FlippingTheBird flips Frank off.]]
133* Creator/AnthonyStewartHead as Frank dramatically posing in front of the machine in an attempt to prevent Dr Scott from seeing what it is.
134* Versions of the stage show from the 90s and early 2000s have Frank melodramatically FaintInShock when he sees Rocky with Janet, normally with Riff Raff failing (on purpose) to catch him. In some versions this includes the dialogue
135-->''Frank'': I think I'm going to-- [he faints]
136-->''Riff Raff'': ([[DeadpanSnarker very snarkily]]) Faint?
137* Creator/AnthonyStewartHead often had funny responses to callbacks. For instance after the "Just one big one!" callback, he would sometimes stare at Brad's crotch and say "I think we're being a little over-generous there."
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