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3	->"I'd always loved science fiction movies. But never did I think I could get caught up in one…"
4	-->-- The Opening Paragraph of ''A Sci-Fi Fan's Adventure''
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6	''A Sci-Fi Fan's Adventure'' is a fanfiction by Creator/MLLanzillotta (aka Cececat). It's based on the 1975 cult film ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' . The first seven chapters take place during the movie, while the rest take place over the next year or so. It stars an Main/OriginalCharacter named Fay... who happens to be the long lost daughter of the film's infamous Main/CreepyCrossdresser. Fay is notably one of fanfiction's few lesbian original characters.
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8	Though most of the fanfic follows the character Fay, a subplot involving two characters from the original film (Brad and Janet) was also featured. Fay was more popular with reviewers, though.
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10	This fanfic is much more of a ScienceFiction story than the film it's based on.
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12	It contains constant references to:
13	* Classic literature
14	** Many scenes are "borrowed" from ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}'' and quotes are taken from a lot of other plays by Creator/WilliamShakespeare
15	** The main character Fay is a bit obsessed with the 19th century novella ''{{Literature/Carmilla}}''
16	** Pip is clearly based on the character of the same name from ''Literature/GreatExpectations''
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18	* Speculative Fiction
19	** The fictional language spoken by aliens is actually Sindarin from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''
20	** ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' are often referenced... mostly to show that Fay likes Science Fiction
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22	The 27K word fanfiction was written in four days. WordOfGod says the author didn't sleep for much of that time.
23	You can read it here: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11746549/1/A-Sci-Fi-Fan-s-Adventure]]
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26	!! ''A Sci-Fi Fan's Adventure'' contains examples of:
27	* ContinuationFic: The Brad and Janet subplot is definitely a direct continuation of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', especially since it doesn't have any original characters (except for [[spoiler:Estella, Janet's half-alien baby who doesn't show up]] until the last chapter).
28	* {{Expy}}: Pip is basically Pip from ''Literature/GreatExpectations''... in the 1970s. Right down to the fact that he helps a person on the run from the law. Of course [[spoiler:that person is Fay right after she killed the Queen and stowed away on a spaceship, not a convict.]]
29	* LukeIAmYourFather: Frank figures out Fay is his long lost daughter the minute he hears her name... apparently he asked his ex-lover Lenore to name any bastard kid of their's after Fay Wray. He tells her via weird physic link when he realizes (in a scene copied from the original movie) that Riffraff is going to kill him.
30	* MythologyGag: ...sort of. The last line of the entire fanfic is a direct quote of the last line of the movie.
31	--> '''Fay:''' I want to go to the late night, double feature, picture show.
32	* RunningGag:
33	** Save for the wedding cake at the end, the only food ever mentioned is salmon. Mostly just smoked salmon. An in-universe reason is given only once.
34	** Brad's cassette tape of Richard Nixon's resignation speech. In ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', Janet and him listen to Richard Nixon's speech at about 11 o'clock at night in November. It later became a running joke in the scenes taking place on Earth. He's mentioned to be listening to it at least twice in scenes after the part copied from the movie.
35	* ShoutOut: Only three characters in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' had full names and all of the names the fanfic's author invented referenced something. WordOfGod explains nearly every one via Author's notes.
36	** The character Columbia ended up with the 'real name' Laura Trent. Why? Because the film's actress was credited as 'Little Nell' and her real name is Laura Campbell. And 'Little Nell' Trent from ''TheOldCuriosityShop'' by Creator/CharlesDickens was apparently the first thing the author thought of.
37	** Fay's long-dead mother is named after a character mentioned in a few poems Creator/EdgarAllanPoe wrote.
38	** The noble "Chapman Family" is named after Graham Chapman of Creator/MontyPython fame, possibly just because the author wanted to make a joke about the infamous "Find the Fish" sketch from Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife in Chapter 12.
39	---> '''The Ghost of Fay's Father:''' [...] The last is Chapman. Their symbol is a snake. One of my dearest friends was of the Chapman family. He died about 20 years ago, sadly. And we never did find his pet fish.\
40	'''Fay:''' ''[narrating]'' I didn't understand the relevance of that specific person or... fish.
41	* SuddenMusicalEnding: At the end, when [[spoiler:Fay]] marries [[spoiler:Flora]], they randomly start singing "I Get a Kick Out of You" from ''Theatre/AnythingGoes''.
42	* SweetOnPollyOliver: Weirdly averted. When [[spoiler:Lady Flora]] wants people to ignore her she dresses as a servant boy. Her love interest [[spoiler:Fay]] never notices... until [[spoiler:Lady Flora]] takes off the disguise and proposes marriage near the end. Nobody cares at all.
43	* WeddingsForEveryone: In the end, [[spoiler:Fay marries Flora and Glen marries Lady Hippolyta]] on the same day that [[spoiler:Fay is crowned Queen of the Trasylvanian Empire.]]

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