Line #3 Trivia/ShockTreatment


1	* ActingForTwo: Creator/CliffDeYoung plays both Farley Flavors and Brad Majors.
2	* AlanSmithee: Jim Sharman applied to have his credit changed to Alan Smithee but was turned down.
3	* BoxOfficeBomb: As of 1997, it had only grossed $100,000 from an estimated $3.5 million budget.
4	* CaliforniaDoubling: Denton is said to be in America but filming took place in Wembley in England.
5	* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
6	** Finland/Russia/Ukraine: ''Shock Therapy''.
7	** Hungary: ''Rubber Room''.
8	* CreatorBacklash: Zig-zagged. While Creator/RichardOBrien dislikes this film due to its confusing plot as a result of its many rewrites (going as far to refer to it as "an abortion"), he does praise the music and the fact it foretold reality TV by two decades.
9	* TheDanza: Creator/RikMayall as Rest Home Ricky.
10	* DescendedCreator: ''Rocky Horror'' creator, Creator/RichardOBrien plays Cosmo.
11	* DivorcedInstallment: This was the final incarnation of a horrendous script titled ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'', which would have been a very direct sequel to ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''. In the end, the plot was changed entirely while many of the songs remained, though the final film bears no resemblance and only weak connections to ''Rocky Horror''.
12	* FakeAmerican:
13	** Australian-born Creator/DarleneJohnson played Janet's mother, Emily Weiss.
14	** The Scottish-Canadian Creator/ChristopherMalcolm as Officer Parker.
15	** The British-Canadian Creator/EugeneLipinski as Kirk.
16	** All the members of Oscar Drill and the Bits (Creator/GaryShail, Creator/ClaireToeman, Creator/DonaldWaugh, Creator/DavidJohn, Creator/GaryMartin, and Sinitta) were Brits.
17	* FakeNationality: The Viennese Bert Schnick was played by the Australian Creator/BarryHumphries.
18	* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: Was originally meant to be a parody of horror films like its predecessor.
19	* OrphanedReference:
20	** During "Little Black Dress", Cosmo's plans for the dress read "The Brad and Janet Show", which was the movie's WorkingTitle.
21	** Some songs seem random and out of place until you learn who was meant to sing them in the early scripts:
22	*** "Breaking Out" was supposed to be sung by Rocky who'd been in a ConvenientComa since the last movie. It matches the tone of his only song, "Sword of Damocles".
23	*** "Shock Treatment" was about using electroshock to clean mold off the resurrected Frank.
24	*** Cosmo seems to be heterosexual but sings in "Little Black Dress" that his greatest joy has always been making dresses. This song was written to be sung by Frank.
25	*** "Looking For Trade" is sung by Janet in a BigLippedAlligatorMoment dream sequence. It was originally to be sung by Frank or Brad looking for male virgins whose blood Frank needs to stay alive.
26	* TheOtherDarrin: Of the four returning characters from ''Rocky Horror'' (Brad, Janet, Betty, and Ralph), only Ralph is played by his original actor.
27	* TheOtherMarty: During "Looking for Trade", Brenda Drill is played by a different actress than Creator/ClaireToeman, who portrays her in all scenes before and after the song.
28	* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: [[spoiler: Creator/CliffDeYoung playing both Farley and Brad]].
29	* PromotedFanboy: Sal Piro, (the president of the Rocky Horror fan club) gets a cameo near the start.
30	* PropRecycling: The throne Janet sits on is Frank's after being upholstered red, while AmericanGothicCouple painting seen hanging in the dressing room is presumably the one from the first movie.
31	* RealLifeRelative: The children appearing with Macy Struthers in the commercial for Farley Flavors' Fabulous Fast Foods are played by the actual children of Creator/RichardOBrien and Creator/PatriciaQuinn.
32	* RecursiveAdaptation/ ScreenToStageAdaptation: The stage play is a play based on a movie, based on a movie that's based on a play.
33	* RoleReprise: Ignoring fan theories that Cosmo is Riff Raff in disguise etc., Jeremy Newson is the only actor to play the same character (Ralph) in both this and ''Rocky Horror''.
34	* SimilarlyNamedWorks: According to [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} the Other Wiki]] there are at least four other films, a reality [=TV=] show and three albums also called ''Shock Treatment''.
35	* ThrowItIn: Creator/CliffDeYoung stated that during "Farley's Song," he's impersonating Creator/JackNicholson.
36	* TroubledProduction[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: Where do we begin... There's a reason some shadowcasts affectionately refer to this film as a "thing" and an "abortion".
37	** Once it was clear that ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'' wasn't going to go forward, this project was originally conceived as ''The Brad & Janet Show'' and was to be filmed on-location in Denton, Texas. Many of the songs that were written for ''Shows His Heels'' were re-purposed for this one [[note]](for example, what became "Looking for Trade" was about literally looking for the "young blood" necessary to revive Frank-N-Furter)[[/note]]. However, the 1980 SAG strike and other circumstances forced them to shoot entirely indoors in London, and rewrite the script to match.
38	** When it comes to actors, Creator/TimCurry was worried he couldn't pull off the required accents for [[spoiler: Brad and Farley]][[note]]That didn't stop him from taking on the role of Rooster for ''Film/Annie1982'', however[[/note]], Creator/SusanSarandon (Janet) wanted a prohibitively-large amount of money to reprise her role, and Creator/BarryBostwick (Brad) was unavailable. (Creator/CliffDeYoung was the one they originally wanted to play Brad Majors in ''RHPS''.)
39	* WorkingTitle: ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'' was the earliest sequel title that would have been a completely different story but the same songs that ended up in the finished product. A later script titled ''The Brad and Janet Show'' was much closer to the end product.
40	* WrittenByCastMember: The script was co-written by Creator/RichardOBrien, who played Cosmo.
41	* YouLookFamiliar:
42	** The major returning cast members from ''Rocky Horror'' (Creator/RichardOBrien, Creator/PatriciaQuinn, Creator/NellCampbell, and Creator/CharlesGray) all play new characters here. Ralph Hapschatt is played by the same actor (Jeremy Newson) -- he had a minor role in the first one, though.
43	** Imogen Clare, Perry Bedden, and Rufus Collins (who were Transylvanians in the first film) play the wardrobe mistress and Neely's camera crew.
44	** Officer Parker's actor, Creator/ChristopherMalcolm, and Raynor Bourton who played one of the soldiers in "Thank God I'm A Man" had played Brad and Rocky respectfully in the original stage show.

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