Line #26 Trivia/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow


1	* ActingForTwo:
2	** Creator/TimCurry, Creator/RichardOBrien and Creator/PatriciaQuinn can be seen at the wedding, with [[Creator/NellCampbell "Little Nell" Campbell]] seen in the church during "Dammit Janet" shortly afterwards. [[AllThereInTheScript The shooting script confirms]] that these are Frank and co. in disguise.
3	** Likewise the wedding guests are played by the same actors as the Transylvanians. The script refers to these as different sets of characters.
4	** In the play, Eddie and Dr. Scott are always played by the same actor.
5	** The Usherette is usually played by the same actress as Magenta.
6	** The motorcyclists were the same actors that play the Transylvanians at the castle. O'Brien didn't understand why, noting that the motorcyclists could have been anyone. Instead, the actors had to change costumes back and forth.
7	* ActorInspiredElement: O'Brien was supposed to sing "Science Fiction/Double Feature" but when Quinn threatened to quit if she couldn't, they settled that O'Brien's voice would be dubbed over Quinn's lips.
8	* BadExportForYou: Creator/{{Fox}} thought the ending was too depressing so edited out "Superheroes" and the DarkReprise of "Science Fiction/Double Feature" when the movie came out in America.
9	* BannedInChina: The film was banned in South Africa several weeks after release by the Board of Censors, but not before it had been seen by some 250,000 viewers and had a strong cult following.
10	* BeamMeUpScotty: Toys/FunkoPop had an online giveaway where they would give some of their Rocky Horror Funko Pop figurines to people who shared their favorite quote to them. A number of people had this (possible joke) response: "I'm Rocky Horror and this is my picture and this is the show during which I present my picture. Now let's dance and basically do sexy things."
11	* BoxOfficeBomb: The film's budget was $1.2 million, and it didn't even make half of that during the original run. Eventually, the film grossed nearly $140 million through constant late night screenings, helping the film be VindicatedByHistory and becoming ''the'' CultClassic.
12	* CaliforniaDoubling: Berkshire, England makes up for the fictional American town of Denton, Ohio.
13	* TheCastShowOff: "The Time Warp" was extended for the film partially to show off Little Nell's tap dancing skills.
14	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/RichardOBrien has also stated that when writing the stage play, he actually envisioned himself playing Eddie, but the director hired for the play felt he would be a better fit for Riff Raff.
15	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: It's called ''Horror and Madness Orgy'' in Argentina and Mexico
16	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
17	** Some people will [[SpellMyNameWithAnS misspell Columbia's name as Colombia]]. Even the listing on the Funko website of Columbia's POP figure of Columbia website misspells her name, but the packaging is correct. In addition, the back of the packaging of the Funko Pops calls Frank-N-Furter "Frank N Further".
18	** Some people call Eddie "Meat Loaf", although that was his actor's name, not the character's name.[[note]]NOT MEAT LOAF AGAIN![[/note]] Columbia also has a similar problem: occasionally, people call her "Little Nell" instead of Columbia, which is the nickname of her actress, Creator/NellCampbell.
19	** Often, people will confuse Columbia and Magenta for each other. See the WhatCouldHaveBeen section for an ironic thing about this confusion between the characters.
20	** One [=RetroJunk=] article claimed that Columbia only showed up at the beginning and then returned at the climax. This may have been because Columbia only has a few speaking lines.
21	** The book ''Film/TheCelluloidCloset'' claims that Frank-N-Furter [[spoiler:came back to life at the end of the movie. However, there have been several sequel ideas where that happens. Unfortunately, all those ideas have been in DevelopmentHell, and the first sequel with the resurrection concept turned into ''Film/ShockTreatment''.]]
22	** Some people believe that the Music/{{Sweet}} song "Ballroom Blitz" was featured in this movie, and the people who think the song is in the film might be confusing the song for "The Time Warp".
23	** A few of the questions in the trivia game, which was written by Sal Piro (president of the Rocky Horror fan club), have incorrect answers.
24	** People will sometimes call the stage show "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" instead of "The Rocky Horror Show" and vice versa.
25	** A worksheet about blockbuster films claims that the film came out in 1971. The stage show didn't come out until 1973, and the film two years later.
26	** Some sources, including the Netflix description, claim that Frank-N-Furter is a vampire.[[note]]He isn't, but he's ''dressed'' as one when he descends in the elevator.[[/note]] Creator/JamesRolfe [[http://cinemassacre.com/2016/10/26/rocky-horror-picture-show-1975-monster-madness-x-26/ made the same error, as well.]]
27	** An article about [[Series/TheOsbournes Kelly Osbourne]] dressing up as Magenta for her birthday claims that Magenta is Frank's sister. Magenta is actually the sister of Riff Raff.
28	** The ''Website/ThreeHundredSixtySixWeirdMovies'' review says that Dr. Scott came to the castle looking for his son when Eddie is actually his nephew.
29	** Danny Peary's ''Literature/CultMovies'' mentions that Magenta was killed by a RayGun blast at the end when it should have said [[spoiler:Columbia]].
30	* CreatorBacklash:
31	** Creator/SusanSarandon refuses to talk about it, but not for the usual reasons. It's because she hates the fact that ''none'' of the cast members get royalties from the DVD sales.
32	** Creator/TimCurry was ''very'' reluctant to talk about the film for years and even told Creator/VH1 that he grew "chubby and plain" in order to try escaping the role; when host of the Academy Awards, he looked embarrassed as his role of Frank N. Furter was on the big screen -- though that was scripted, and part of the reversal of his IAmNotSpock attitude. These days, he's more open to talk about the film and even sees it as a "rite of passage" for teenagers. He even appears in the [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShowLetsDoTheTimeWarpAgain 2016 remake]] as the Criminologist.
33	** Peter Hinwood (Rocky) is only slightly embarrassed by being in the film, largely because he was never a professional actor and thinks his performance was cringeworthy. Contrary to popular rumor, he's ''never'' thrown anyone out of his shop (he became an antiques dealer) for talking about the film. He only sees the film as a "part of the past" and rarely talks about it.
34	** While happy with his performance in both the show and film, Music/MeatLoaf didn't like that he wasn't allowed to play both Eddie and Dr. Scott, as was customary in the stage production (and which Meat Loaf himself had done in the LA and Broadway productions), and felt that Jonathan Adams (the Criminologist from the UK production) was horribly miscast, especially because he didn't have the singing voice for "Eddie's Teddy." [[note]]According to the book ''Rocky Horror FAQ'', Adams was originally asked to reprise the narrator/criminologist role for the film, but he complained about being bored with the part, so O'Brien offered him Dr. Scott instead.[[/note]] He also didn't like that other movie musicals would try to typecast him, as he preferred to keep his music and acting career separate. His only other singing role in a film was ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'', filmed over ''thirty years later''.
35	* CutSong:
36	** "Once in a While", featured in the stage show. For the film, the song was to have been sung by Brad after his... erm... [[HoYay encounter]] with Frank. Footage was shot but left out of the film, allegedly for slowing down the overall pace; a "reconstruction" using the footage and other scenes has appeared as an extra feature on every home release since the 1995 UsefulNotes/LaserDisc edition.
37	** To a lesser extent, the American print had the exposition song "Super Heroes" all but cut out except for the final verse (the Criminologist's "And crawling..." speech). The result is an extremely jarring edit. You can optionally restore it in the DVD release. (Occasionally you'll see a version that also omits the DarkReprise of "Science Fiction Double Feature".)
38	** "Super Heroes" was also cut from the [[Website/YouTube YouTube Movies]] and Creator/DisneyPlus versions, but the ending is otherwise normal.
39	** To an even ''lesser'' extent, verses were removed from "Over at the Frankenstein Place" (Brad had another verse after the first chorus) and "The Sword of Damocles". These were apparently never even shot.
40	** The ComicBookAdaptation omits "Science Fiction Double Feature" and its DarkReprise.
41	** "The Sword of Damocles" and "Planet Schmanet Janet" were cut from the original soundtrack album for reasons unknown, but have since been restored on later releases.
42	* DeletedScene: As mentioned above, one of Brad singing "Once in a While" was filmed but not used. A reconstruction can be found in the special features of most copies of the [=DVD=].
43	* DescendedCreator: Creator Creator/RichardOBrien plays Riff Raff.
44	* DevelopmentHell: O'Brien has been mulling over making a direct sequel [[note]] ''Film/ShockTreatment'' doesn't count! [[/note]] to the original stage show for years. However, so far, all that's been seen are a few scrapped scripts and a vague concept that involves Frank coming back to life, though he's apparently written the first act to the sequel.
45	* DVDCommentary: O'Brien and Quinn did one. There's also an "audience participation" track that effectively functions as a quasi-commentary, recorded during a real audience participation showing and featuring most every callout that was popular at the time of its recording.
46	* DyeingForYourArt: In the original stage show, Creator/TimCurry dyed his hair peroxide blonde.
47	* EnforcedMethodActing: Several examples:
48	** Curry and O'Brien were the only ones who knew Eddie's corpse would be under the table. All of the actors' reactions as Curry tears the tablecloth away are genuine.
49	** For the scene where Dr. Scott is dragged into the laboratory via electromagnet[[note]]GO, SPEED RACER, GO SPEED RACER, GO SPEED RACER, GOOOOO![[/note]], the production designers realized they forgot to build a door for him. What did they decide to do instead? Use him to knock down the friggin' wall.[[note]]HEY, KOOL-AID! OH YEAHHHHHH.[[/note]]
50	** During the dinner scene, Brad stamps his foot and Janet jumps at the table in shock; Bostwick actually hit Sarandon's hand with his fist during the take. Later on, she accidentally got even with him by stepping on his foot with a high heel during the floor show, which can be seen in the final product.
51	** When Frank is attacking Riff Raff with the whip, Creator/TimCurry is actually cracking the whip against the floor in front of Creator/RichardOBrien. However, at one point, Curry got a little too close and accidentally hit O'Brien. A slight grimace can be seen on his face as a result.
52	* ExecutiveVeto:
53	** The film was supposed [[MonochromeToColor start in black and white]] as a nod to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' but Fox wanted a more conventional look. This version can be chosen on most DVD/Blu-ray releases.
54	** The [=RKO=] tower during the floor show was meant to be a 20th Century Fox logo but, for some unknown reason, Fox wouldn't let them.
55	** The last two songs were cut from the U.S. version because Fox thought they were too depressing.
56	** Fox wanted popular musicians cast while Sharman wanted the stage actors. They settled for replacing Brad and Janet with American actors and dropping the budget.
57	* FanCommunityNickname: Interestingly, only applies to a specific subset of the fandom: those who have never seen it in a theater with a live cast as part of the AudienceParticipation are referred to as "virgins" while those who've gone regularly are called "sluts".
58	* FilmedStageProduction: ''Rocky Horror Show Live'' was recorded in London and broadcast to cinemas throughout Britain and Europe. It never got a [=DVD=] release but can be watched on ''Website/YouTube''.
59	* HeyItsThatPlace: The exterior of Frank's castle[[note]]Oakley Court IRL.[[/note]] has been used in a few other horror films.
60	** ''[[Film/HammerHorror Hammer]]'' used it in; ''Film/TheBridesOfDracula'', ''The Reptile'', ''Film/ThePlagueOfTheZombies'', ''The Man in Black'' and ''The Lady Craved Excitement''
61	** ''Witchcraft''
62	** ''Film/AndNowTheScreamingStarts''
63	** The Witley Place in ''Film/DieMonsterDie''.
64	** ''[[Film/TheOldDarkHouse1963 The Old Dark House]]'' remake.
65	** ''Vampyres''.
66	** ''Film/MurderByDeath''.
67	** Was the house in the 1978 ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'' movie.
68	** Was a boarding school in ''Film/TheMedusaTouch''.
69	** It was a hotel in the British TV show ''Series/PieInTheSky''.
70	* HostilityOnTheSet: O'Brien confessed that, at the time, he didn't like Tim Curry. O'Brien was resentful and envious because Curry was attractive and got all the good lines (which, considering O'Brien is the one who ''wrote'' those lines ''for'' Curry, is... interesting).
71	** Patricia Quinn confessed once that she disliked Meat Loaf upon meeting him at rehearsals, as she found his personality annoying and overbearing. It wasn't until filming that she warmed up to him, after seeing him play Eddie, and the two remained friends up to his passing in 2022.
72	* IAmNotSpock: Go watch any movie/show with Tim Curry in it. Chances are, "Sweet Transvestite" will start playing in your head.
73	* NoBudget: The film's budget was estimated at about $1.2 million, cheap even for the early 1970s, and it definitely shows.
74	* NonSingingVoice
75	** The lips singing "Science Fiction/Double Feature" are Patricia Quinn's (who played the usherette who sang it in the stage show), but they're lip-syncing to Richard O'Brian's vocals.
76	** A session singer was hired to do Rocky's vocals when it was discovered that Peter Hinwood was completely incapable of singing. Then during post-production, Jim Sharman wanted to change the voice, so Australian singer Trevor White was brought in to re-record the vocals.
77	* OnSetInjury: The combination of cold sets and skimpy costuming led to Creator/SusanSarandon contracting pneumonia during filming.
78	* PropRecycling:
79	** The tank that Rocky first emerges from and the dummy that was meant to be him inside it were first used in ''Film/TheRevengeOfFrankenstein''.
80	** Costume designer, Sue Blane borrowed the corset that Curry wore in a production of ''Film/TheMaids'' for Frank to wear.
81	* RoleReprise:
82	** Curry, O'Brien, Quinn, Campbell and Meat Loaf reprised their roles from the stage play. Fox's ExecutiveMeddling insisted that Brad and Janet be replaced by American actors.
83	** [[http://www.rockymusic.org/showdoc/shock-treatment-shooting-script.php The shooting script]] for ''Shock Treatment'' seems to imply that Gray's new character, "Judge Oliver Wright'' is the same person by having the cast list refer to him as "A Local Expert".
84	** Ignoring fan theories that Cosmo is Riff Raff in disguise etc., Jeremy Newson is the only actor to play the same character (Ralph Hapschatt) in both ''Rocky Horror'' and ''Shock Treatment''.
85	* RomanceOnTheSet:
86	** At the time, O'Brien was married to Kimi Wong, who played one of the Transylvanians.
87	** In 2013, O'Brien revealed that Sarandon and Bostwick were dating at the time.
88	* SelfAdaptation: Both the play and the movie were written by Richard O'Brien and directed by Jim Sharman.
89	* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Dr. Everett V. Scott crashes through the wall for his entrance because the set builders forgot to put an extra door in the lab set.
90	* StuntDouble: According to the commentary;
91	** The motorcyclists at the start are stunt doubles with the Transylvanians hanging onto the back wearing their tuxedos under their motorcycle gear.
92	** Music/MeatLoaf couldn't ride a motorcycle and needed a double when it was moving.
93	** Rocky and Frank during the KingKongClimb scene. When the Frank double realized he had to wear feminine lingerie, he started acting extra manly [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday so people wouldn't think he was gay]]. O'Brien says he'd love to go back in time for half an hour and see this again.
94	* ThrowItIn: How the AudienceParticipation got started: one viewer during a screening shouted "Buy an umbrella, you cheap bitch!" during "Over at the Frankenstein Place" when Janet covers herself with a newspaper in the rain, and the rest is history.
95	** Columbia flashing her nipple was Campbell's own idea. O'Brien had always assumed it was accidental until Quinn told him in the commentary that Campbell would practice it in their trailer.
96	* WagTheDirector: The creators asked Creator/SusanSarandon to appear nude during "Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me", but she refused. She since got over her aversion to nude scenes.
97	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
98	** Before Jim Sharman decided to use most of the original West End cast, ''Music/MickJagger'' auditioned for the part of Frank.
99	** Sharman's first pick for Brad Majors was [=Cliff DeYoung=], as he'd starred in his production ''Trials of Oz''. When Barry Bostwick was unable to play Majors in ''Film/ShockTreatment'', [=DeYoung=] was tabbed to play Brad by Sharman.
100	** Creator/SteveMartin auditioned for the part of Brad. Oddly enough, he'd go on to play a character similar to Eddie in [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors another rock 'n roll musical film]] a decade later.
101	** '''Creator/VincentPrice''' auditioned for the part of The Criminologist.
102	** According to Meat Loaf, Music/ElvisPresley was the studio's first choice to play Eddie in the film, and apparently Elvis actually had expressed some interest in doing so, having seen and loved the stage show during its brief run at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood.
103	** According to the DVDCommentary, Columbia and Magenta were originally going to be one character instead of two separate characters.
104	** Writer and director Jim Sharman asked Creator/RichardOBrien to write a part for Music/MarianneFaithfull, who wanted to be in this movie. O'Brien refused.
105	** Ever wonder why the opening song is just a pair of floating lips against a black void? It's because clips from all the movies mentioned in the song were going to be superimposed over. This was dropped when the producers realized that it would've cost a fortune in royalties.
106	** In an extended ShoutOut to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', the first third of the film was to be in black and white, switching over to color upon Frank's first appearance. His ruby red lips (see what they did there?) were to be the first thing to appear in color. This was cut for budget constraints.
107	** Quinn almost backed out when she learned that she wouldn't be singing "Science Fiction/Double Feature", but changed her mind when she saw the sets and costume sketches. She eventually compromised by playing the disembodied lips in the opening, lip-syncing to O'Brien's vocals.
108	** Creator/AlecGuinness was offered an unspecified part, presumably the Criminologist, but declined.
109	* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: While nothing too serious has happened a screening, throwing things at the screen is no longer allowed at many showings due to it being a safety hazard despite throwing rice or the like is a common tradition.
110	* WordOfGay:
111	** The unmade sequel ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'' would have said that Brad and Dr. Scott turned gay after the events of the first film.
112	** ''Script/RevengeOfTheOldQueen'' implies it happened to Brad -- he left Janet and became a bottomless go-go dancer in Las Vegas.
113	** Creator/TimCurry has stated that Frank is actually pansexual.
114	* WordOfGod
115	** According to O'Brien, it was actually Riff Raff who did most of the work on Rocky. Riff's line "Everything is in readiness, master. We merely await your... word". is pretty clearly a stab at Dr. Furter.
116	** O'Brien also explained that Brad and Janet are listening to Nixon's resignation speech three months after it occurred in real life because Brad taped it so he could listen to it whenever he wanted. He's just ''that much'' of a nerd.
117	* WordOfSaintPaul:
118	** Curry has stated that Frank is pansexual.
119	** [[http://www.rockyhorrorshow.net/story.htm The website]] for Seth Kubersky's production of ''The Rocky Horror Show'' goes more into Frank and the Transylvanians' backstory, saying they were a race of [[ImmortalProcreationClause immortals who'd lost the ability to breed]] and were trying to relearn how to from humans.
120	** The 2008 European live tour had Riff and Magenta reappear toward the end as [[StarfishAliens 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.
121	** Darren Lynn Bousman has said on his Formspring account that the Graverobber from his film, ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'', is Riff Raff's son.
122	** Quinn has said in the commentary that Magenta and Riff's relationship is completely innocent, and that the BrotherSisterIncest is all in the minds of perverted fans. (O'Brien, on the other hand, was fully aware of the incestuous vibes. In fact, their analogues in the not-sequel ''Film/ShockTreatment'', once again brother and sister, actually ''are'' sexually attracted to each other, though this is justified due to them actually being [[CastIncest actors PLAYING brother and sister]].)
123	* WorkingTitle: Planned titles for the play were ''They Came from Denton High'' and ''The Rock Hor-Roar Show''.
124	* WrittenByCastMember: Was written by Creator/RichardOBrien, who played Riff Raff.

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