History Film / TheRockyHorrorPictureShow

-->"DESCRIBE [widely disliked celebrity]!" "A weakling / Weighing 98 pounds..."
-->"DESCRIBE [said celebrity]'S PERIOD!" "Magenta..."
-->"SHOW US [recently dead celebrity]!" [Riff Raff reveals a skeleton.]
-->"HEY! LET'S GO SEE [current popular movie]! "Huh! I'VE seen it!"
-->"WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT [person in the news/recent film/show/this audience]?" "I think we can do better than that!"
-->[when [[spoiler:Rocky finally dies and crashes into the pool]]] "LOOK! IT'S THE STEVE IRWIN SCHOOL OF SWIMMING!"
-->Some get [[SelfDeprecation fired back at the audience]]: "WHAT THE FUCK IS AN 'UNT'?"
--->"THREE FOURTHS OF A CUNT!
--->...And that's more than you'll ever see!"

->''"I would like[[note]]You would, wouldn't you?![[/note]], if I may[[note]]You may not![[/note]], to take you[[note]]Where?/Take me, take me![[/note]] on a strange journey...[[note]]How strange was it? So strange they made a movie about it! Not the book, the movie![[/note]]"

I see you shiver with antici-. . . [[note]]SAY IT![[/note]]. . .

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: He may be a ruthless, sex-crazed murderer, but Frank. N. Furter's death at the hands of Riff-Raff is portrayed as tragic, especially for poor Rocky. Brad even has to be reminded that Frank did, you know, ''kill Eddie and serve his corpse for dinner.'']]

The story: Brad Majors[[note]]Asshole![[/note]] and Janet Weiss[[note]]Slut![[/note]] are two lovely, naive virgins from Denton[[note]]The Home Of Happiness![[/note]], [[EverytownAmerica U.S.A.]], who get engaged and drive off to tell Dr. Scott, their former teacher. However, on the way there, they [[ClosedCircle get a flat tire]] and find themselves outside a stereotypical HauntedCastle ("It's probably a hunting lodge for rich weirdos"[[note]]Rich weirdos aren't in season, asshole![[/note]])... and that's where things get really, really, ''[[WidgetSeries reeaaaaaaaaalllly]]'' weird.

* CatchPhrase: In the audience participation, "Thank you!", "SAME THING!", "Fuck (noun)!", "ASSHOLE!", "SLUT!", and "Where's your fucking neck?"

* JustForPun: The majority of the callbacks.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The minions' reactions to Rocky after his unveiling.
-->'''Riff Raff:''' He's a credit to your genius, master.\\
'''Magenta:''' A triumph of your will.\\
'''Columbia:''' He's okay.

** Frank-N-Furter has elements of both The Captain (obviously "not from around here," interested in AnythingThatMoves) and Pantalone (abusive of Eddie, his Arlecchino, hints of a relationship with Columbia.)

* NonHeteronormativeSociety: The planet Transsexual is implied to be this with Frank seducing AnythingThatMoves and heavy IncestSubtext between Riff Raff and his sister, Magenta. The script for the unmade sequel ''Script/TheRevengeOfTheOldQueen'' confirms this with casual sex being common, including ParentalIncest.

* AudienceParticipation: The gold standard. The audience at a showing of ''Rocky Horror'' will have some sort of response (mostly yelled comments, sometimes actions to match) to virtually every line or action in the film; at this point the cult phenomenon of ''Rocky Horror'' is far more about the audience participation than the film itself. Most theaters will give you a bag of items to be used during the movie (most getting thrown).

* BellyButtonless: Rocky.

* DroppedInSpeechClip: In the opening, Nixon's resignation speech can be heard on the radio while Brad and Janet are driving. This is also featured in the original play.

* EasterEgg: The Rocky Horror Picture Show has several actual Easter eggs hidden in the scenery.
** It's rumored Rocky Horror actually started the concept of Easter Eggs. And did so by having an Easter egg hunt on the set, and some of those that weren't found made their way into the film. How much truth there is to this rumor is debatable.

* HomesicknessHymn: "I'm Going Home" has Dr. Frank-N-Furter attempt to explain his actions earlier in the story and gain some sympathy by singing about his desire to return to his home planet of Transsexual, and stay forever. However, it's never fully clear if he's being sincere or is just hamming it up as per usual.

* PinkGirlBlueBoy; Brad and Janet's bedrooms are lit with blue and pink lights respectively.[[note]]Same room, different filter, cheap move![[/note]]

* TriangRelations: Frank/Rocky/Janet are a type 9. Janet/Brad/Frank are a type 6. Riff-Raff/Magenta/Columbia are type 12. And Columbia/Eddie/Frank are type 12.

* OffModel: The drawings in the comic book adaption look very poor, and due to this, the characters look off model at some points.

* AngelsPose: Footage from the European Tour in 2003 shows Columbia, Riff Raff, and Magenta striking this pose at the end of “Sweet Transvestite.”

* BackingAwaySlowly: An example takes place as Brad and Janet back away from Riff Raff, Magenta, Columbia, and the other Transylvanians while they sing "The Time Warp."

** "You look like you're both.. pretty groovy."

* DullSurprise: During "Dammit Janet", Riff-Raff, Columbia and Magenta deadpan their chorus deliberately. (eg, "Oh, Brad.")

** The deleted song, "Once in a While." While Brad's singing his heart out, Frank's conked out in a postcoital snooze behind him, still clad in Janet's nightgown.

* IAteWhat: TheReveal [[spoiler:of Eddie's corpse, showing the group had been snacking on him the entire time]]. Frank does drop a hint when he tells Dr. Scott that [[spoiler:Eddie's whereabouts]] are "[[{{Pun}} a rather tender subject]]." Columbia seems to be the only one who picks up on this right away and [[HeroicBSOD quietly excuses herself to go to the next room and shriek in despair]] (although you do briefly see Brad throwing his fork down in confused disgust before the reveal).

* ALightInTheDistance: "There's a light... over at the Frankenstein place."

* TagLine: From the trailer: "Let there be... LIPS."

* TickTockTerror: Parodied during the intro for the song "The Time Warp." As the large, coffin-shaped clock in the Frankenstein Place's foyer begins to chime the hour, the ghoulish servant Riff-Raff opens the cover to reveal a dusty human skeleton inside. Brad and Janet recoil in horror as Riff-Raff sings that "time is fleeting..."

* SistineSteal: Frank has a version of the ''Creation Of Adam'' at the bottom of his swimming pool. [[note]]Michaelangelo, I said the ceiling, not the pool! Last time I ask a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtle]] to paint my house![[/note]]

-->'''Frank''': Go on, Dr. Scott. Or should I say... Doctor [[TheVonTropeFamily ''von'']] Scott?[[note]]SIEG HEIL![[/note]]\\

* ThoseWackyNazis: Implied with Dr. Scott.
-->'''Frank''': Go on, Dr. Scott. Or should I say... Doctor ''Von'' Scott![[note]]SIEG HEIL![[/note]]\\
'''Brad:''' Just what exactly are you implying?![[note]]THAT HE'S A NAZI, ASSHOLE![[/note]]
** Oddly enough, in the original stage show, Frank himself had a stereotypical German accent (Most likely to go with the classic MadScientist genre). However, this was quickly dropped and Frank ended up with the smooth British accent we all know and love today.
** Frank's laboratory costume references the Nazis with a pink triangle symbol, which Nazis used as a label on the clothing of imprisoned homosexuals (and those accused of being such).

* NotOfThisEarth: In the play, Doctor Scott tries to distract Brad from realizing that Frank has outed him as Nazi by pointing out that a nearby machine is made of a metal that is not of this Earth and probably from another planet.

* OffModel: The drawings in the comic book adaption look very poor, and due to this, the characters look off model at some points.

* MindScrewdriver: The original play, ''The Rocky Horror Show'', paces out its exposition a little more neatly, by making it clear that everyone but Brad and Janet are otherworldy.