Line #9 Fanfic/TheRealDentonAffair


1	'''The REAL Denton Affair: An Expose''' is a ''[[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Rocky Horror]]'' fanfic by Joe Blevins that pretends ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' and its sequel, ''Film/ShockTreatment'' are VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory. It's told from the point of view of the man [[LemonyNarrator The Criminologist]] was based on and discusses the differences between the movies and what actually happened.
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3	Read it [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180502220009/http://www.rockypedia.org/downloads/fan/t-trda.txt here]].
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5	!!Tropes used in this story:
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7	* AbledInTheAdaptation: Dr Scott wasn't actually disabled. O'Brien decided to base his movie version on ''Film/DoctorStrangelove''.
8	* AdaptationNameChange: ''Rocky Horror'' was a name made up by Richard O'Brien.
9	** Farley Flavors' real name is Phil Majors.
10	* AdaptationalNationality: Scott wasn't really German.
11	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Here Brad and the Farley/Phil were cousin's instead of twin brothers like in the movie.
12	* TheAllegedHouse: Frank lived in a run down farm house, instead of a Gothic castle.
13	* AmbiguouslyHuman: Wright doesn't know if Frank is actually an alien or if Rocky is a creation or they're both just humans acting.
14	* AsYouKnow: Wright says that the reader may have heard about the events of ''Shock Treatment'' on the news.
15	* BabiesEverAfter: Brad and Janet went on to have two sons called Kevin and Paul.
16	* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: A third movie is apparently being made, focusing on the further adventures of Riff Raff and Magenta.
17	* CerebusRetCon: After the events of ''Shock Treatment'', most of Denton's residents were arrested or committed for life.
18	* CollapsingLair: Frank's house burns down at the end.
19	* CompositeCharacter: Confirms the fan theory that Charles Gray's characters of The Criminologist and Judge Oliver Wright are the same guy.
20	* DeathByAdaptation: Frank and Rocky survived the true events.
21	* DudeNotFunny: The author is disgusted at Richard O'Brien for making a light-hearted musical based on the true events of ''Shock Treatment'' but does quote Creator/WoodyAllen that "Comedy is tragedy plus time".
22	* EasilyForgiven: Despite being a judge, Wright made friends with Frank and didn't report him to the police for killing Eddie.
23	* FantasyGunControl: Riff's pitchfork RayGun was actually a Colt 45.
24	* HappilyEverAfter: Brad and Janet, contrary to popular opinion.
25	* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The real Farley was a religious fanatic who stockpiled followers and weapons and planned to take over the world.
26	* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Wright wrote ''The Denton Affair'' about the events and Betty Munroe became a post-feminist author.
27	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Oliver isn't sure whether Frank and co. were really aliens and if Rocky was actually created by Frank but says all the other sci-fi elements were made up for the movie.
28	* NeverFoundTheBody: Frank, Rocky, Riff Raff and Magenta. Frank turns up alive later and says that Rocky also survived but Riff and Magenta are presumed to have burned to death.
29	* OriginalCharacter: Columbia was made up for the movie and wasn't based on anybody.
30	* RecursiveCanon: The movies exist in universe and a copy of Crim's book that inspired the movie appears in Charles Gray's scenes.
31	* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Farley is Brad's cousin instead of his twin brother.
32	* RetroactiveLegacy: Here ''The Rocky Horror Show'' was based on a book called ''The Denton Affair''.
33	* SettingUpdate: The first movie happened in 1969 but the movie was set in 1974.
34	* SlippingAMickey: Scott says Frank drugged them all during dinner.
35	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Riff Raff and Magenta really died when Frank's house burned down.
36	* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: The concept is that ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' and ''Film/ShockTreatment'' are VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory with the science fiction elements made up or MaybeMagicMaybeMundane.

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