Characters / The Rocky Horror Picture Show

aka: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Lets Do The Time Warp Again

A list of the major characters in the films The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Shock Treatment. For characters originating in the script to the former's unmade sequel, The Revenge of the Old Queen, see here.

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Brad Majors

A hero

An All-American man who proposes to his girlfriend Janet Weiss. However, on the way to meet his old friend and science teacher, Dr. Scott, Brad Majors ends up with a flat tire on his car. He soon finds himself at the mercy of Dr. Frank N. Furter and his servants, and ends up confused over his own sexuality after the events in the castle. Played by:

• Barry Bostwick in Rocky Horror
• Cliff DeYoung in Shock Treatment
• Ryan McCartan in The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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• Accidental Adultery: He accidentally cheats on Janet with Frank.
• Anguished Declaration of Love:
  • His part of "Dammit Janet" is this, with him becoming frustrated and literally saying that, damn it, he loves Janet!
  • He sounds pretty anguished in Shock Treatment with his "I'm looking for love!" lines during "Looking for Love".
• Ambiguously Bi / Ambiguously Gay: He loves Janet but was very flustered by Frank and, though reluctant at first, ultimately gave into Frank-N-Furter's desires. It's also unclear how much his feelings for Janet are actual attraction, vs just liking her and knowing he's expected to mary a woman. His "Oh, damn it" after Janet says she loves him too sounds as if he's regretting the proposal. Some of the unmade sequels would have said that the events of the film led to him discovering he was gay or bi. Rocky Horror Shows His Heels has him leaving Janet and shacking up with Dr. Scott and Revenge of the Old Queen said that he left Janet to become a bottomless go-go dancer in Las Vegas.
• Aside Glance: Gives a confused look into the camera in the remake, when Dr. Scott talks into it during the dinner scene.
• Audience? What Audience?: When Doctor Scott apparently talks to the viewer during the dinner scene in the remake, Brad gives a confused look into the camera as if he's trying to work out who Scott's talking to. This is a nod to a fourth wall break in the original movie that never gets addressed.
• Betty and Veronica: Is the boring Betty for Janet with Farley being the dangerous and exciting Veronica.
• Bigger Is Better in Bed: According to Frank. As Frank ogles Brad and Janet in their underclothes, he compliments Brad on being so forceful with his words and also comments on his being "such a perfect specimen of manhood".
• Bound and Gagged: Spends the majority of Shock Treatment gagged in a straight jacket.
• Blue Is Heroic: According to a behind the scenes look during the commercial break of the remake, he and Janet wear blue as an example of Good Colors, Evil Colors.
• Call-and-Response Song: "Duel Duet" is one of these with Farley near the end of Shock Treatment.
• Cannot Tell a Lie: Subverted. In his police statement, he claims he never lies^note  Not even to his mother about cleaning behind his ears, but he claims he was asleep when someone came into his bedroom and never knew it was Frank, which of course is not the case. He also outright says "I've even lied" in Superheroes (though this may refer more to lying to himself about his sexuality.)

• Corrupt the Cutie: He is clearly not enjoying being controlled like a puppet by Frank during "Rose Tint My World" but admits he's fond of his new sexual confidence.
  It's beyond me, help me mommy!
  I'll be good, you'll see
  Take this dream away
  What this, let's see, I feel sexy!
  What's come over me?
  Here it comes again
• Demoted to Extra: Though still technically one of the main characters, Brad spends most of Shock Treatment drugged and gagged in Dentonvale.
• Deceptive Disciple: For some reason, Farley calls him "a pupil with no scruples who knew better than the teacher" during Duel Duet.
• Distracted by the Sexy: Early in the film.
  Brad: This is my fiancee.
  (Frank looks at Brad.)
  Brad: Janet Vice.^note Slut!
  Janet: Weiss.
  Brad: (clears throat.) Weiss.^note Still a slut!
• Distressed Dude:
  • If you play as Janet in the video games, you have to rescue Brad after he's been turned to stone.
  • In Shock Treatment, Betty and Oliver have to rescue him from a mental institution.
• Driving a Desk: The play starts with Brad and Janet sitting in a wooden car that Brad's meant to be driving.
• Dumber Than They Look: Looks like a nerd, thanks to the glasses, but is revealed to be not nearly as book smart as he wants to appear. A perfect example of this occurs during the lab scene in the stage show:
  Frank: Unlock a mind, unmind a lock. It’s the same as the beginning of the end, do you follow?
  Janet: No.
  Brad: It’s an anagram, Janet.
• Evil Twin: Farley Flavors, in Shock Treatment, is Brad's morally-corrupt twin brother. He looks exactly like Brad if you were to subtract the glasses and add a lot more confidence and style.
• The Glasses Come Off: Pulls his glasses off while shouting angrily at Frank, prompting the Audience Participation line "It's a bird! It's a plane! It's SUPER ASSHOLE!".
• Glasses Pull: Takes off his glasses when he first see Doctor Scott on Frank's monitor.
• Happily Adopted: Stated to be this in Shock Treatment.
• The Hedonist: Seems to become this after his sexcapades with Dr. Frank-n-Furter. The sequel Revenge of the Old Queen would reveal that he enjoys being gay and masquerading as a cross-dressing go-go dancer.
• If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: FRAAAANK-FURT-EEEEER! Brad and Dr. Scott say this to Frank when he's threatening Janet. A rare use of this line by two men who are not in any position to threaten Frank-n-Furter at all.
• I Want My Mommy!: In "Rose Tint My World": "It's beyond me/Help me, Mommy!"
• Male Frontal Nudity: His penis is seen when he is turned into a naked statue.
• My Girl Is Not a Slut: Defends Janet when she's attacked by Frank despite her betrayals.
• Mysterious Middle Initial: His police statement calls him "Bradley J. Majors".
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: De Young based his performance on author David Eisenhower.
• Pinball Protagonist: The only thing of note that he or Janet do is get laid and survive the evening. The film is very much about how Brad and Janet are either sexually liberated or corrupted.
• Polar Opposite Twins: He and Farley. Brad's a nice middle class guy, while Farley's a rich jerk.
• Rape and Switch: After being seduced by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Brad becomes sexually confused. Unmade sequels reveal that the events of the first film led to Brad leaving Janet and becoming openly queer, though an argument could be made that he was closeted before.
• Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor: Is Janet's poor suitor compared to the billionaire, Farley.
• Separated at Birth: Shock Treatment reveals that he and his brother Farley were adopted by different families after their parents died in a car crash.
• Smoking Hot Sex: Can be seen puffing on a cigarette after sleeping with Frank.
• Static Role, Exchangeable Character: If you play as him in the video game, then you have to rescue Janet and vice versa.
• Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: The unmade sequel, Revenge of the Old Queen would have said that not long after the first film, Brad became a bottomless go-go dancer in Las Vegas and fell to his death from a trapeze.
• Taken for Granite: Gets turned to stone by the Medusa device, revealing his rather impressive physique.
• Tempting Fate: "It's all right, Janet. Everything's going to be all right". Then Frank appears and Janet faints.
• Virginity Makes You Stupid: Wasn't the brightest bulb as he forgot the spare tire and he continued to stay at the mysterious castle despite the warning sign saying "enter at your own risk!" and being weirder out by Frank and his guests. Then he gets seduced by Frank.
• Vow of Celibacy: He tells Frank he was saving himself for Janet as he is being seduced by him.
• Wacky Marriage Proposal: Brad proposes to Janet in the form of the song Dammit Janet near the start of the film.
• "You!" Exclamation: Does one of these when Frank seduces him.

Janet Weiss

A heroine

A formerly innocent girl who is Brad's fiancee. Though, during her time in the castle, she has sex with both Frank N. Furter and Rocky...the latter prompting pure rage from the former. In the end, she's also confused about what has occurred, but also realizes the benefits of living a sexually active life. Played by:

• Susan Sarandon in Rocky Horror
• Jessica Harper in Shock Treatment
• Victoria Justice in Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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• Accidental Adultery: She cheats on Brad with Frank, but it's subverted as she deliberately seduces Rocky.
• Accidental Misnaming: Brad introduces her to Frank as Janet Vice.
• Adaptational Dye-Job: Goes from blonde to brunette in the remake.
• Ambiguously Bi: Fantasizes about every character in the movie when having sex with Rocky. She's more than happy to make out with Columbia during the Floor Show, as well.
• All There in the Manual: Scans of her police statement in The Criminologist's file say her middle name is Margaret and she's 22 years old.
• Bad Girl Song: "Toucha Toucha Toucha Touch Me" has her sing about her libido and attraction to Rocky.
• Bouquet Toss: Throws one into the audience in The Rocky Horror Show Live while singing Dammit Janet.
• Break-Up Song: "In My Own Way", which she sings to Brad while he's sedated in Dentonvale.
• Celebrity Is Overrated: She realizes in Shock Treatment that being famous doesn't make her happy.
• Comedic Spanking: Angrily does this to Frank after she kinkily spanks Janet in the remake.
• Commedia dell'Arte: She and Brad are The Lovers.
• Corrupt the Cutie: She even states during "Rose Tint My World" that she's happier this way.
  I feel released, bad times deceased - my confidence has increased! Reality is here!
  The game has been disbanded, my mind has been expanded, it's a gas that Frankie's landed!
  His lust is so sincere!
• Damsel in Distress:
  • When Frank's dragging her off to the lab after the dinner scene, she becomes his captive and Brad and Dr. Scott race to save her.
  • If you play as Brad in the video games, you have to rescue her after Frank has turned her to stone.'
• Dumb Blonde: Janet is a blonde and she didn't know better. Such as entering a castle despite the warning sign reading "enter at your own risk!". Then blaming Brad for his infidelity despite having cheated with Dr.Frank-N-Furter not moments earlier. And then sleeping with Rocky despite knowing that Dr. Frank-N-Furter can be quite jealous and try to kill her.
• Evil Makeover: Cosmo gives her one when she becomes famous in Shock Treatment.
• Fainting: Does it a few times during "The Time Warp" and "Sweet Transvestite".
• Florence Nightingale Effect: Janet bandages Rocky's wounds with strips from her own slip. Afterward, they do more than just kiss.
• Fully-Clothed Nudity: Taken to a ridiculous extreme when Janet's father sees her after she becomes a TV star in the sequel.
  Janet's father: You're practically naked!
  The Cinema Snob: Um.... except for that black dress that's covering her entire body!
• Gratuitous French: Sings a lot of French during Me of Me.
• Groin Attack: She kicks Frank in the balls when he's chasing her during "Planet Schmanet Janet".
• Girl Next Door: Is actually referred to as this a couple of times in Shock Treatment.
• The Hedonist: Becomes this after The Floor Show, singing about how she's broken by Dr.Frank-N-Furter and how she lives for pleasures of all things. After being seduced by Dr. Frank-Furter, she doesn't hesitate to sleep with Rocky immediately afterwards.
• Hypocrite: Is furious at Brad for sleeping with Frank... despite her having done the same thing not an hour before.
• Hysterical Woman: When she cries out "STOP!" during "Planet Schmanet Janet".
• It's All About Me: Her song, "Me of Me" in Shock Treatment.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In her police statement, she describes the castle blasting off as "so much smoke I couldn't really tell whether the house disappeared or whether the producers decided that there wasn't enough money and they'd cover everything with smoke on stage one instead.".
• Lingerie Scene: Wears only her bra and panties throughout much of the film.
• Little Black Dress: Gets one during her Evil Makeover, Cosmo even sings a song with this as the title.
• Modeling Poses: When she's a celebrity, and after given a wardrobe makeover, she ignores her husband while posing for pictures.
• Modesty Bedsheet: After she sleeps with Rocky upon Frank's discovering them. Justified in that they were surrounded by people at the time.
• Morning Sickness: Her police statement says she keeps getting sick in the mornings.
• Not So Above It All: During "I Can Make You a Man (Reprise)", after previously proclaiming that she doesn't like men with too many muscles.^note Just one big one!
  Janet: *singing* I'm a muscle fan!
• Parental Incest: Revenge of the Old Queen would have ended with Janet living on the planet Transsexual, in a relationship with her and Frank's teenage son.
• Pink Means Feminine: How she dresses in the first film until Magenta and Columbia strip her, and in Shock Treatment until she gets her Little Black Dress. The remake goes with True Blue Femininity.
• Prompting Nudge: Does this to Brad to make him ask Frank about using the phone.
• Pinball Protagonist: With Brad; The only thing of note that she or Brad do is get laid and survive the evening. The film is very much about how Brad and Janet are either sexually liberated or corrupted.
• Rip Tailoring: During Janet and Rocky's impromptu lovemaking sesh, the former uses her dress as a dressing to cover the latter's wounds. She gets a bit carried away, though, and her appearance is noticeably more ragged than before.
• Screaming Woman: She screams and faints first time she sees Frank, and who could blame her?
• Seemingly-Wholesome '50s Girl: When Frank comes to seduce her, the assurance that he won't tell Brad is all she needs to gleefully agree. She then goes on to seduce Rocky.
• Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Shock Treatment's "Bitchin' in the Kitchen" has her refer to an alarm clock as a "micro digital awaker" and a leg razor as a "depilatator".
• She Cleans Up Nicely: Both in Rocky Horror and Shock Treatment, the latter with a Little Black Dress.
• Slut-Shaming: Not in-universe, but the audience has dubbed her "Slut" for her encounters throughout the film.
• Static Role, Exchangeable Character: If you play as her in the video game, then you have to rescue Brad and vice versa.
• Sympathetic Adulterer: Decides to cheat on Brad by sleeping with Rocky after discovering Brad slept with Frank. Though, Frank did seduce Janet before going to Brad...and Rocky is mentally an infant.
• Taken for Granite: Gets turned to stone by the Medusa device while in a rather unflattering pose.
• Thousand-Yard Stare: After she's drugged up by Nation McKinley in Shock Treatment for her appearamce on the Faith Factory show, Janet has an unseeing, unblinking stare until Brad's arrival snaps her out of it.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Isn't very nice to Brad in Shock Treatment, going as far as calling him an "emotional cripple" after succumbung to the studio's manipulations.
• True Blue Femininity: Wears a blue dress in the remake. The costume designer even referred to the color as "victim blue".
• Vapor Wear: Comes up in Shock Treatment, when Janet's parents are upset by her new outfit.
  Mr. Weiss: She's practically naked in that thing!
  Janet: Well I can't wear anything under it, Daddy, it would spoil the lines.
• Virgin in a White Dress: Wears a non-wedding type of white jacket with her pink wardrobe. Not that it lasts long thanks to her sexcapades with both Frank and Rocky.
• Virginity Makes You Stupid: Not all that bright. Even after losing her virginity to Frank and sleeping with Rocky, her mind hasn't gotten any smarter.
• Virgin-Shaming: Is told she isn't "well spent" with Brad when seduced by Frank.
• Vow of Celibacy: Cries out that she was saving herself for Brad when Frank seduces her.
• Wacky Cravings: Her police report has her wondering why she keeps craving liquorice allsorts.
• Who's Your Daddy?: An early draft for a sequel would have had her pregnant with Frank's son but not knowing whether Frank, Brad or Rocky was the father until he was born.
• "You!" Exclamation: To Frank when he does his Bed Trick in the play only.

Dr. Frank N. Furter

A scientist

Frank is a Mad Scientist bent on creating the "perfect man", which he succeeds in doing so by creating Rocky. He's something of the antagonist of the film, causing all sorts of trouble for Brad and Janet. In the end, he's killed by Riff Raff.

• Star-Making Role for Tim Curry, who also did The Rocky Horror Show
• Played by Laverne Cox in Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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• Adaptational Dye-Job: Is a Fiery Red Head in the remake.
• Adaptational Wimp: A minor case with Frank. In the film, he helplessly tries to run away when Riff Raff comes at him with a laser. In the original stage show, however, he stands his ground and even provokes him to do it ("Do your worst, inferior one!").
• Affably Evil: He murders Eddie and manipulates Brad and Janet into sleeping with him, but he's still quite charming.
• Agent Peacock: Swishy and a crossdresser, but he's a brilliant and manipulative schemer who seduces anyone he wants.
• Alien Invasion: In the original stage musical, the whole reason why he was on Earth was as an invader to conquer Earth for Transsexual, only for his attraction to earthlings and rampant hedonism to distract him. In the film, this subplot was left-out entirely, making audience wonder why he had to come to Earth to make Rocky in the first place.
• Aliens of London: Has an English accent. He originally had a German accent in the early days of the stage show. For reasons unknown, the idea was quickly dropped.
• All Take and No Give: Frank's very selfish, as Columbia so blatantly points out. His greatest scientific achievement was simply so he could be lauded as a genius (and for a sex toy he could keep all to himself).
• Ambiguous Gender Identity: Is a woman in the remake but still refers to herself as a "Sweet Transvestite" during the titular song. It also helps that her actress, Laverne Cox, is transgender in real life.
• And You Were There:
  • Appears as the vicar at the wedding. The shooting script confirms it's Frank in disguise.
  • Appears at the funeral procession after the remake's wedding with her face covered.
• Angry Fist-Shake: Tearfully shakes one while chasing Rocky around the lab in "Sword of Damocles".
• Aside Glance: Often, and always intentional.
  • During "Sweet Transvestite", Frank raises an eyebrow at the camera as he says "Well you got caught with a flat, well, how 'bout that?"
  • When Frank says "How nice!" in the lab.
• Attention Whore: Oh, so very much. He hates it when people steal the spotlight from him. To the point where even accidentally stealing his spotlight causes him to go into a jealous rage (Poor Eddie).
• Author Avatar: Downplayed. His crossdressing and relationship with gender was based on Richard O'Brien's own experiences, notably when he sings about wanting to be just like Fay Wray, and Richard O'Brien has described himself as a "sweet transvestite", but Frank's personality was based on other people, including Richard O'Brien's manipulative and egotistical mother.
• Ax-Crazy: Frank is completely and utterly insane, when he sees Eddie stealing attention away from him, he goes to chop him up. With an axe.
• Back from the Dead: Was planned to happen in some of the unmade sequels.
• Bad Boss: Frank is sometimes shown yelling hysterically at his servants when they make mistakes. He is especially mean towards Riff Raff - he even whips him when he finds out he let Rocky escape.
• Bed Trick: Frank does this to both Brad and Janet, which sends them spiraling into being sex deviants.
• Berserk Button: Do NOT make Frank jealous. It will be the absolute last thing you'll ever do, it is a very, very, VERY bad idea to make Frank jealous. Just seeing Rocky with Janet was enough to drive Frank into a blind fury and chase Janet around the castle. And then there's Eddie who just busts out of the vault with his motorcycle to sing his song.
• Between My Legs: In the remake we get a shot of Dr. Scott through Frank's legs.
• Big Bad: He's the closest there is to a main villain in this story.
• Big Entrance: His first appearance, during "Sweet Transvestite".
• Big "NO!": Right before he is killed.
• Blood Is the New Black: Gets his surgical gown covered in blood after killing Eddie.
• Blood Magic: The first idea for a sequel would have had Dr. Scott temporarily bringing him back to life using a formula made from Scott's, Brad's and Rocky's blood. He would have got a transfusion of 11 pints of virgin blood to make him live longer but dies again after finding out that one of the donors lied about being a virgin.
• Bond One-Liner: Delivers one in the remake, after she has knifed Eddie and pushed him off the window to his demise:
  "Fellow Transylvanians... Eddie has left the castle!" *Mic Drop*
• Bouquet Toss: Some versions of the stage show have Frank do this during his and Rocky’s “wedding” at the end of Act One. Whether Janet or Riff Raff catch it depends on the production.
• BSoD Song: Frank gets "I'm Going Home"^note Ladies and gentlemen, for one night and one night only, Mr. Judy Garland sings with Alfalfa's shadow! as he faces death by anti-matter at the hands of Riff-Raff. Most of the floor show also seems to count.
• By the Hair: Gets Brad by the hair to stop him reaching his glasses when Frank surprises him in bed in the remake.
• Chainsaw Good: In the play he kills Eddie with either this or an axe.
• Cheshire Cat Grin: Considering that "Cheshire Cat" is one of Curry's nicknames, take a wild guess who uses this.

• Conquering Alien Prince: Subverted. According to Word of God for the original stage show, he was meant to be on earth as part of a plan to conquer it, and while the stage show only confirms that he is high-ranking enough to have servants, the unfilmed script for a sequel to the film reveals him to be a prince... but he quickly got distracted from his official goal because he liked having sex with humans too much, and spends the whole story being The Hedonist.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: He'll sleep with (almost) anyone. But, if he sees ANYONE with his beloved Rocky, he'll unleash his jealousy-induced rage upon you. Janet had to find this out the hard way.
• Creating Life Is Unforeseen: Doesn't elaborate, but claims it was an accident that made everything fall into place when creating Rocky.
• Creepy Crossdresser: He wears nylons and lingerie while flirting with Brad and Janet, although unlike some examples of this trope it's certainly not portrayed as making him ugly, but rather as a part of his evil charisma.
• Crossdresser: Wears womens' lingerie. As the famous line goes, he's "a sweet transvestite".
• Death Song: "I'm Going Home", sang as a last-ditch effort to gain sympathy before he's killed.
• Depraved Bisexual: Frank was sexually involved with pretty much everyone in the manor at some point, sometimes killing them when he's done.
• Dr. Fakenstein: He's a thinly-veiled parody of Victor Frankenstein, being a Mad Scientist who lives in a creepy old castle and is obsessed with creating life in his image.
• The Eleven O'Clock Number: I'm Going Home, he sings about how well-meaning and misunderstood he is.
• Evil Brit: Although Frank isn't even from Earth, let alone English, his accent certainly draws on the connotations of this trope. Curry based it on upper-class English girls he knew.
• Evil Laugh: Does one when Rocky is being born.
• Evil Red Head: Has dyed red hair in the remake.
• Extreme Omnisexual: Frank's not picky when it comes to gender...or species for that matter. The original stage show stated that Frank came to Earth to conquer it for the planet Transsexual, but loved having sex with Earthlings so much he just stopped giving a shit.
• Fascinating Eyebrow: Does an Aside Glance with a raised eyebrow when Brad asks to use the phone.
• Fiery Redhead: In the remake.
• Fleeting Passionate Hobbies: How Tim Curry interprets the line “I could show you my favorite obsession”:
  • “He wants to create the perfect man, though I suspect that’s only one of his obsessions. He does say that it’s his favorite obsession, so there must have been others that have been discarded along the way”
• Fun with Palindromes: When Brad and Janet first arrive at his lab in the play, he walks in and says "Unlock a mind, unmind a lock. It's the same as the beginning of the end".
• Gender Flip: Played by Laverne Cox in the remake.
• Glove Snap: Twice: "I snap my glove and scare myself!" and "I snap my glove and don't scare myself!"
• Gratuitous French: Kisses Janet's hand and says "Enchantez" when she introduces herself. When played by Max Phipps (and in some other productions), he also refers to Janet, Brad, Rocky, and Dr. Scott as “les artistes” in the scene before “The Floor Show.”
• Hand Gagging: Does this to Brad in the play so he won't scream while they're having sex.
• Handshake Refusal: She ignores Brad's attempt to shake her hand during "Sweet Transvestite" in the remake.
• The Hedonist: Is a strong believer in "absolute pleasure", having had sex (or implied to have had sex) with every character in the story with no regrets.
• "The Hero Sucks" Song: "Planet, Schmanet, Janet" mostly consists of him lambasting Janet.
• Herr Doctor: He had a German accent in the early days of the stage show.
• Horny Scientist: He creates a Frankenstein's Monster and has sex with it, though he is better at being Extreme Omnisexual than most examples of this trope.
• Human Aliens: He comes from another planet but looks like an ordinary human.
• Hypocrite: As a hedonist, he's all for people being faithless in relationships and sleeping with whoever.....unless Rocky does it. If Rocky does it, all hell breaks loose.
• "I Am" Song: "Sweet Transvestite". Frank's describing himself as a sweet transvestite, yet he's also asking (or demanding because he never gave them the option) Brad and Janet to "stay for the night."
• "I Am Great!" Song: "Sweet Transvestite" ^note  I'm not much of a man, By the light of day, But by night I'm one hell of a lover .
• I Can Explain: Frank says this right before singing his final song. Too bad Riff Raff and Magenta aren't convinced of his story. They shoot him anyway.
• I Kiss Your Hand: Kisses Janet's when she first introduces herself.
• It's All About Me: It becomes extremely clear Frank is an attention whore who only cares about people if they A) pay attention to him, or B) are of some use to him. And even then... in the musical, when Columbia takes the first anti-matter shot for Frank...
  Frank-n-Furter: You did that for me...?
  [Columbia nods yes.]
  Frank-n-Furter: Stupid bitch.^note Of course, this line can be performed a couple of different ways, either with cruelty ("You always were an idiot.") or pity ("You shouldn't have thrown your life away for me.")
• Kavorka Man: Ignoring that it's sexy, sexy Tim Curry beneath that corset, make-up and wig, the fact that Frank is able to successfully seduce so many average American Earthlings (including both punk rebels Eddie and Columbia and straight-laced Janet and Brad) despite being a massively flamboyant transvestite who makes no ambiguity about his "perversions" really says something about his charm and skills at seduction.
• Kinky Spanking: Does this to both Brad and Janet while bedding them in the remake.
• Klingons Love Shakespeare: An alien who likes Steve Reeves movies (for the fanservice, presumably).
• Large Ham: Oh yeah. Even his entrance is a big giveaway, and how much more when he performs?
• Looks Like Cesare: With his pale skin and dark hair.
• Mad Scientist Frank, in the style of Dr. Frankenstein. Creating life, big castle, etc etc etc. He's not exactly mentally stable.
• Manipulative Bastard: Frank's an expert at convincing people to sleep with him by playing with their emotions.
• Mic Drop: Does this in the remake after pushing Eddie out of a window and stating "Fellow Transylvanians... Eddie has left the castle.".
• Mysterious Middle Initial: Frank is his first name and Furter is his last name. His middle initial is "N" and it's never revealed what it stands for.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Frank's appearance is very reminiscent of rock star Lou Reed in the early seventies, when he associated with Glam Rock stars such as David Bowie and adopted a sexually ambiguous, raunchy image. Just compare Frank to this photo of Reed◊. And this one◊. (Frank's singing and other mannerisms aren't very Reed-like, though.) His voice, meanwhile, was apparently inspired by the then Queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II.
• Omnidisciplinary Scientist: The only science we see him do is creating a Frankenstein's Monster but Scott implies that Frank perfected the teleportation/time travel that can beam people to the planet Transsexual.
• Otherworldly and Sexually Ambiguous: He’s a male alien who wears women’s lingerie and sleeps with anyone and anything.
• Parental Incest: "I'm a Mother, (A Real Mother)" from Revenge of the Old Queen implies that he was in a sexual relationship with his mother and that she expected him to come back to her after he was done sowing his oats on Earth.
• Pep-Talk Song: "I Can Make You a Man" is sort of one, but it's more Frank boasting about his own skills than trying to encourage Rocky.
• Precision F-Strike: "A mental mindfuck can be nice!"
• Puny Earthlings: Frank views himself as superior to human beings.
• Punny Name: Frank N. Furter, a play on Frankfurter and Frankenstein.
• Putting on the Reich: Depends on the production:
  • In the film, his leather jacket features a Nazi Eagle on the left sleeve.
  • On the first two Japanese tours (1975 and 1976) and the first New Zealand tour (1978), his costume for Act Two features a vest with a studded swastika.
  • By about 2018, most Frank performers in Christopher Luscombe-directed productions have had an Iron Cross somewhere on their leather jacket, whether it be a patch or a pin.
• Race Lift: Black in the remake.
• Rape and Switch: Accomplishes this on Brad by seducing him with a Bed Trick. Unmade sequels reveal that he and his shenanigans turned Brad gay, although there's some evidence that Brad was closeted before.
• Really Gets Around: By the time all is said and done, Frank has slept with over half of the main characters.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: Dresses in these colors in the remake. Word of God confirms it's a deliberate example of Good Colors, Evil Colors.
• Royal Brat: The unfilmed sequel script Revenge of the Old Queen reveals him to be a prince, and Transylvania to be an absolute monarchy with Frank next in line to the throne. He's egotistical, entitled, mistreats and even whips his servants, and can quickly become dangerously angry.
• Sanity Slippage Song: He hallucinates an audience appearing during "I'm Going Home".
• Screams Like a Little Girl: In the remake, when Riff Raff shoots her, she makes a pained woman's scream. It also helps that she is played by a trans woman.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful!: He's used to getting whatever he wants because of his good looks.
• Sissy Villain: The Trope Codifier and The Most Triumphant Example in musical theater. He wears the most makeup of any male character in the show, proudly crossdresses and poses effiminately, and is not afraid to seduce others in the guise of a woman. The remake's Frank averts this, as she's a woman in that version.
• Slasher Smile: Does this when he hacks Eddie to pieces with a pick-axe.
• Slouch of Villainy: During the third verse of "Sweet Transvestite". It's also found on the 25th-anniversary poster.
• Splash of Color: An early script started in black and white, the first thing we'd see in colour would be Frank's lips.
• The Sociopath: Frank is superficially charming and seductive, but can turn possessive, manipulative, and coercive at the drop of hat. During their confrontation, Columbia even spells how how pointless it is to try to form a mutual, two-way relationship with the doctor.
• Stealing the Credit: Richard O'Brien says in the commentary that Frank just partied and had sex while Riff Raff did most of the work on Rocky.
• Tablecloth Yank: Does this after the song "Eddie" to reveal Eddie's unfortunate fate.
• Taken for Granite: Turns Brad, Janet, Columbia, Dr. Scott and Rocky to statues.
• Take That!: Steve Reeves movies are "something more visual, but not too abysmal".
• Technologically Advanced Foe: Has technology that can paralyse you, turn you into a statue or teleport you to another planet.
• Teleport Gun: The sonic transducer in the play is usually depicted as a Ray Gun that Frank points at the others before extras drag them offstage. It's difficult to portray teleportation in a play but Frank's comments imply their molecules have been separated.
• Through the Eyes of Madness: During his final musical number, he hallucinates a fully-packed theater audience.
• Too Funny to Be Evil: Part of the reason why he's so popular with the fans. He's crazy, but he's also just so charming.
• Too Kinky to Torture: Many versions of the stage version have Frank explicitly enjoy it when Riff Raff shoots him. For example, Peter Blake’s Frank, in audio from the London production in 1975, moans and tells Riff Raff to shoot him again.
• Truly Single Parent: Sort of. In a sense, he could be considered both Rocky's mother and father...which only adds to the Squick factor of their relationship.
• Ungrateful Bastard: In the play when Columbia takes the bullet for him, he'll sometimes call her a stupid bitch.
• Villainesses Want Heroes: If you count Laverne Cox's Frank as a villainess and Brad^note ASSHOLE! as a hero in the remake.
• Villainous Lament: His final moments are a desperate attempt to get people to feel sorry for him right before Riff Raff zaps him.
• Villain Song: Sweet Transvestite and Wise Up, Janet Weiss/Planet, Schmanet, Janet.
• Villains Want Mercy: Frank tries to desperately to get Riff Raff and Magenta to take pity on him in the ending. It doesn't work, and Riff Raff kills him.
• Voice Changeling: Can mimic Brad and Janet's voices when doing his Bed Trick.
• Wanderlust Song: The first couple lines of "I'm Going Home" imply it will be this,^note On the day I went away... goodbye... Was all I had to say... but the rest of the song inverts this.
• Welcoming Song: He welcomes Brad and Janet to stay for the night during "Sweet Transvestite" but mostly just creeps them out.
• Whip of Dominance: He's a domineering Agent Peacock villain who owns a whip, and uses it mercilessly on Riff Raff after he lets Rocky escape. He's even Dressed Like a Dominatrix when he does it.
• Widow's Weeds: Dress completely in black during the funeral at the start of the remake with a veil covering her face.
• Would Hit a Girl: Slaps Janet at the end of the dinner scene.

Riff Raff

A handyman

Frank's personal butler, Riff Raff is a shady character who seems to be up to something throughout the film. In the end, he kills Frank, Rocky, and Columbia before he and his sister Magenta return to their home planet of Transsexual, Transylvania. Played by:

• Richard O'Brien, who wrote the stageshow (and co-wrote the film)
• Reeve Carney in Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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• Adaptational Dye-Job: In the remake, Riff Raff's hair is gray instead of blonde.
• Adaptational Villainy: In the video games, he tries to kill Brad and Janet with his Ray Gun.
• Alliterative Name: Riff Raff.
• Ambiguously Bi: Some recent versions of the play have him pop up in bed beside Frank and Brad to tell them Rocky's missing. He looks under the blanket and gasps with a bulge appearing. And of course there's all the Incest Subtext with his sister. Several versions of the play also have him standing or sitting behind Frank during "Sweet Transvestite" and blatantly staring at his arse.
• American Gothic Couple: He and Magenta pose as the couple in front of the arched church doors during the song "Dammit Janet", after the wedding at the start. At the end, when they reveal their alien identities, the pitchfork has been replaced with a trident-shaped raygun.
• And You Were There:
  • He appears as an American Gothic Couple church worker at the beginning. The shooting script confirms that it's Riff in disguise.
  • As well as leading the funeral procession in the remake, Carney also plays the guy in the cinema who The Usherette makes take his feet off of a seat.
• Antimatter: His Ray Gun fires a laser! Made of pure antimatter!^note Well then it's not really a laser, is it?/OUR PHYSICS SUCK!
• Attractive Bent-Gender: According to Revenge of the Old Queen, he looks very good in a dress. Who knew.
• Battle Butler: Is proficient with a Ray Gun and he's referred to as "General Riff Raff" in Revenge of the Old Queen, implying he's a soldier on his home planet.
• Beleaguered Assistant: Frank treats him like shit, he even whips him.
• Berserk Button: Making Riff Raff jealous is even worse than making Frank jealous, and that's putting it very mildly. The main reason why Riff Raff killed Frank was purely out of jealousy.
• Big "SHUT UP!": Drops one of these on Magenta when they're BOTH in the middle of a laughing fit after Eddie's corpse is revealed under the table.
  • Also does this to Columbia in the original Broadway production when she’s rambling after being drugged with the spray gun.
• Brother–Sister Incest: Riff Raff shares a rather, erm, close bond with his sister Magenta.

• Creepy Housekeeper: An Affectionate Parody of the typical "vaguely ominous weirdo in charge of looking after a spooky castle" seen in B-movies.
• Crusty Caretaker: Riff is decidedly lacking in people skills, usually seeming some combination of bored, annoyed, and stoned. His main ways of interacting with other people are sarcasm and cold, unfriendly staring.
• Cue Card: Riff Raff reads from cue cards that Magenta holds during the scene where he addresses to Dr. Frank N. Furter that Rocky has escaped in the remake.
• Deadpan Snarker: As some sort of defense mechanism for having his work stolen by Frank-n-Furter.
• Death Ray: Has an anti-matter gun at the end which he uses to kill Frank and Rocky.
• The Dog Bites Back: He eventually kills Frank for the abuse he suffered from him.
• Dull Surprise: His face during when doing the "Janet" responses in Dammit Janet.
• Evil Laugh: Does one in the play when Brad and Janet say he's too kind for inviting them into the castle.
• Evil Sounds Raspy: Both his singing and speaking voices have a notable rasp.
• Freudian Slip: In the play he refers to Rocky as "a credit to my, uh, your [Frank's] genius". The audio commentary confirms that Riff did most of the work.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: In the original film, he's a constantly mistreated servant (treated little better than a slave, in fact) until his The Dog Bites Back moment at the end, and in the unfilmed Revenge of the Old Queen describes himself as "born to be the victim // born a pawn without the system". Yet by the time of said script, 15 years after the events of the original film, he's a General, and has greater ambitions yet. He even becomes The Dragon to Sonny by the end.
• Future Spandex: He and Magenta wear these in the remake when they come out to shoot Frank.
• Give My Regards in the Next World: Riff Raff tells Dr. Frank N. Furter before he kills him, "Say goodbye to all of this^note GOODBYE, ALL OF THIS!...and hello^note HELLO... to oblivion.^note HI, OBLIVION! HOW'S THE WIFE AND KIDS? YOUR WIFE, MY KIDS!"
• Giving Someone the Pointer Finger: To Frank when he confronts him at the end.
• HA HA HA—No: He and Magenta start laughing at the end of the dinner scene only for him to stop and give her a Big "SHUT UP!".
• Hidden Disdain Reveal:
  Magenta: You killed them! But I thought you liked them. They liked you.
  Riff Raff: They didn't like me! They NEVER liked me!!
  • This could lead to the interpretation that one of the main reasons for his betrayal is being upset not only for the brutal way Frank treats him, but also that he feels unloved by the others.
• Human Aliens: He comes from the planet Transexual and looks like a normal human being.
• I Don't Like You And You Don't Like Me: He says Rocky and Frank never liked him when Magenta says they did.
• The Igor: He is Frank's lab assistant, though Word of God says he did most of the work on Rocky.
• I Kiss Your Hand: Kisses the hand of the skeleton in the clock in the remake.
• I Love the Dead: The script for the unmade sequel, Revenge of the Old Queen starts and ends with him about to climb into Magenta's coffin.
• Incest Subtext: Riff Raff and Magenta give a strong impression of this.^note Elbow sex! Elbow sex!
• Instrument of Murder: In the remake, his Ray Gun is also an electric guitar.
• Karma Houdini: Doesn't get punished for killing Frank. Although that might be because Frank had it coming. Possibly justified; A draft script for an unmade sequel says that he never told anyone on Transexual that he killed him and starts with Riff being sent back to Earth in order to bring Frank home.
• Looks Like Orlok: Was partly patterned after Orlok - dark overcoat, balding, thin features and a hunchback. Richard O'Brien would later play the creepy Orlok-alike Mister Hand in Dark City.
• Obfuscating Disability: Has a hump through most of the movie that's gone by the end.
• The Peeping Tom: He and Magenta watch Frank seduce Janet, then Brad.
• Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "THEY DIDN'T LIKE MEEE! They never liked me."
• Servile Snarker: Riff Raff can barely conceal his contempt for his boss, even as doing his job.
• Starfish Aliens: In the 2008 European live tour of the play had this as a twist ending. Riff Raff and Magenta reappear toward the end as 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 A Form You Are Comfortable With.
• The Starscream: He eventually turns on Frank.
• Vampire Vords: He pronounces his Ws like Vs in the 2015 live version.
• Zeerust: The beam of pure antimatter is a deliberate send-up of the fifties.

Magenta

A domestic

Riff Raff's sister, and also Frank's maid. In the end, her brother kills Frank, Rocky, and Columbia before they head back to their home planet of Transsexual, Transylvania. Played by:

• Patricia Quinn in the original
• Christina Milian in Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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• Accidental Misnaming: In their police reports, Brad and Janet refer to her as Madge.
• Aliens of London: Quinn gave her a German accent because she thought the characters were actually from Transylvania.
• American Gothic Couple: Poses with Riff Raff as the couple in front of the arched church doors during "Dammit Janet", after the wedding at the start. At the end, when they reveal their alien identities, the pitchfork has been replaced with a trident-shaped raygun.
• And You Were There:
  • She's usually played by the same actress that plays The Usherette in the stage version.
  • In the movie she appears as an American Gothic Couple church worker at the wedding. The shooting script confirms it's Magenta in disguise.
  • Likewise she appears leading the funeral procession alongside Riff Raff in the remake.
• Banister Slide: Magenta does this at the start of "Time Warp", causing the famous Audience Participation line —
  Magenta: You're lucky, he's lucky, I'm lucky, we're all lucky!
  Audience: THE BANISTER'S LUCKY!
• Beehive Hairdo: Sports an Elsa Lanchester-style hairdo near the climax.
• Brother–Sister Incest: As mentioned, she and Riff Raff are very very close.
• Cloudcuckoolander: She's kind of out-there, what with the bannister-sliding and vampirism.
• Creepy Housekeeper: She's a creepy and foreboding French maid in an equally creepy and foreboding old castle.
• Depraved Bisexual: She’s had sexual experiences with men (namely Riff,) and it’s heavily implied that she and Columbia were casual sex partners as well..
• The Dog Bites Back: She and Riff-Raff give Dr. Frank-N-Furter a taste of his own medicine by firing a raygun at him for his mistreatment of them and his extreme lifestyle.
• Dull Surprise: Her face during Dammit Janet.
• Enigmatic Minion: It's never made clear if she hates Frank as much as her brother does. She seems to be on Riff's side but is shocked when he kills Frank and Rocky saying that she thought he liked them.
• Evil Laugh: Laughs like this at Janet during Toucha Toucha Toucha Touch Me.
• Evil Redhead: She's a villain with ginger hair.
• Future Spandex: She and Riff Raff wear these in the remake when they come out to shoot Frank.
• French Maid: She dresses in a French maid's uniform.
• Going Commando: In the dinner scene, she wears a see-through dress that makes it apparent that she is not wearing undergarments.
• Karma Houdini: Like Riff Raff, she seems to get away with it at the end.
• Human Aliens: She's from the Transylvania galaxy and looks just like a human would.
• The Immodest Orgasm: Has one in The Rocky Horror Show Live at the end of "Planet Schmanet Janet".
• Incoming Ham: "You're lucky, he's lucky, I'm lucky, WE'RE ALL LUCKY!!!"^note THE BANISTER'S LUCKY!
• Incest Subtext: She and Riff Raff are... very close...
• Making a Spectacle of Yourself: She wears heart-shaped sunglasses when she and Riff Raff confront Frank in The Rocky Horror Show Live.
• Meaningful Look: To Riff Raff when Frank refers to him as a "Faithful handyman".
• The Peeping Tom: Was with Riff Raff and Columbia watching Frank have sex with both Janet and Brad.
• Race Lift: She's played by the black Christina Milian in the remake.
• Starfish Alien: In the 2008 European Live tour, same as Riff Raff; Riff and Magenta reappear toward the end as 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 A Form You Are Comfortable With.
• Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: The unmade sequel, Revenge of the Old Queen would have said that Riff Raff killed Magenta out of jealousy at some point between the two movies.
  • According to the Shock Treatment commentary, when Patricia Quinn found out about this from someone at a press occasion, she was rightfully pissed off and confronted Richard O’Brien in the middle of a very public meeting, asking him if she was going to be in the movie and if he was killing her off because he wanted to star in it himself. O’Brien was at a loss for words, and basically told her to shut up because she was embarrassing him in front of the press (on purpose).
• Taken for Granite: She absolutely revels in turning people to stone, including her supposed friend Columbia.
• Vampire Vords;
  • Notably with the infamous "I grow veary of this vorld! Vhen do ve return to Transylvania".
  • She and Riff Raff both talk like this at the end of the 2015 live version after they confront Frank and stop pretending to be human.

Rocky Horror

A creation

Frank's beloved creation, Rocky is supposed to be the "perfect man". However, things don't go well when Janet seduces him causing Frank to go into a jealous rage. In the end, he's killed by Riff Raff while mourning the loss of Frank and trying to escape. Played by:

• Kim Milford in the original stage show
• Peter Hinwood in the original film
• Staz Nair in Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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• Adaptational Badass: In the play, he is killed by one blast from Riff Raff's Death Ray. In the film, the rays just bounce off him but he eventually dies when the RKO tower falls into the swimming pool. An unmade sequel would have took this further by saying he was only put into a coma. The remake has him being killed in one hit again.
• Adaptational Dumbass: In the play, despite being freshly created, he can talk just like a regular person. In the film, with the exception of the song he sings upon his birth, Rocky is only able to make grunts.
• Adaptational Modesty: Rocky wears sheer boxer shorts for most of the movie rather than the speedo from the theatrical version.
• Angry Fist-Shake: At Riff Raff when Riff shoots at Rocky as he's carrying Frank's body up the RKO tower.
• Artificial Human: Created from scratch by Frank.
• Blank Slate: In the 1975 film, he never says anything and doesn't really do much.
• Born as an Adult: He's a fully grown adult when brought to life and even states in "Rose Tint My World" that he's just seven hours old.
• Brainless Beauty: He’s gorgeous, but not very bright. In his defense, he literally only has half a brain (and one belonging to a “low-down, cheap little punk” at that,) and he Really Was Born Yesterday.
• Chandelier Swing: Rocky hangs into the one above his tank as it retracts back to the ceiling.
• Cloudcuckoolander: In the original play - he's eccentric, but it's implied it's stemming from the fact he's a grown adult/sex toy for a crazed megalomaniac, according to his dialogue with Janet.
• Convenient Coma: Rocky Horror Shows His Heels would have had him waking up from one.
• Damned by Faint Praise: Columbia's assessment of Rocky? "He's okay!" Frank is not amused.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the play, Rocky gets killed with one blast of Riff Raff's Death Ray. In the movie the beams bounce off him and Rocky does a "King Kong" Climb up the RKO tower and dies after Riff Raff shoots it down and it falls into the swimming pool. In the remake he dies from one shot like in the play.
• Dumb Blonde: Rocky, thanks to only having half a brain. He can't even speak properly in the film. In the musical, he's more aware of it, but unfortunately can't do much about his situation.
• Elective Mute: In the film, he seems to be able to sing but not talk.
• Escaped from the Lab: Briefly when Riff Raff scares him with a candelabra, but he comes back pretty soon, chased in by dogs.
• Frankenstein's Monster: A rare fit and attractive example of this trope.
• Genre Savvy: Within moments of being brought to life, Rocky is already singing about how he suspects his story will end. He's right.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: He's the only character (besides Columbia and the Criminologist) that really doesn't do anything wrong. He's basically jerked around (and off) by everyone else and for the most part has no idea what's going on.
• Heroic Mime: Doesn’t talk. Except when he’s singing.
• He's Just Hiding: There were plans for a sequel where he was revealed to be in a Convenient Coma rather than dead, but it was rewritten into Shock Treatment where this never happened.
• Jabba Table Manners: Eats using his hands. Well, it’s not like anyone taught him proper dining etiquette during his first few hours of life anyway...
• "King Kong" Climb: Rocky carries Frank up the RKO tower as a nod to the Trope Namer.
• Lightning Can Do Anything: Brings him to life in the remake as a nod to the Frankenstein movies.
• Made of Iron: It takes several shots from Riff Raff's antimatter gun to kill him.
• Mr. Fanservice: Created by Frank especially for this. He spends most of his screentime in the movie wearing only a tiny pair of gold shorts and matching gold boots. He apparently becomes aware of this as he refers to himself as "truly beautiful to behold" in the Floor Show sequence.
• Mummy: How he's originally dressed when he's born until Magenta and Columbia cut him out of his bandages.
• No Navel, Novel Birth: His lack of navel is an indication that he's artificial. The remake didn't bother with this.
• Non-Singing Voice: Peter Hinwood couldn't sing, so his singing voice was dubbed by Australian singer Trevor White.
• Only Mostly Dead: An early idea for a sequel would have had him waking up nine months after the first film.
• Really Gets Around: He sleeps around quite a bit. To be fair, though, it's not like anyone gives him much of a choice. "Rose Tint My World" at least acknowledges his budding sexuality, where he mentions that thanks to the events of the night he's gained an "uncontrollable libido".
• Really Was Born Yesterday: "I'm just seven hours old..."
• Screaming Birth: Is born screaming in the play.
• Shooting Superman: The first few times Riff Raff shoots him with his Ray Gun, they just bounce off him, irritating him. But Riff manages to kill him after a few hits.
• The Singing Mute: Rocky is mute (with the exception with some unintelligible grunting) when he is not singing. This is in contrast to the original stage musical where he actually could talk.
• Sword of Damocles: It's the name of the song he sings after being born.
• Taken for Granite: Gets turned to stone by the Medusa device while showing off his muscles for no apparent reason.
• Too Hungry to Be Polite: Rocky tears into his dinner with his hands, prompting Columbia to remind him to use a fork. This is likely his first ever meal.
• Troubled Fetal Position: Rocks back and forth in this position in his freezer after singing "The Sword of Damocles" in the remake.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Pantsless, too: all he wears is gold briefs.
• Zombie Gait: Walks with a Frankenstein's Monster type shuffle in the remake.

Columbia

A groupie

A groupie who is both Frank's and Eddie's ex-girlfriend. She starts off as being extremely loyal to Frank. Though, she quickly realizes that he's simply using her and turns on him. In the end, she's killed by Riff Raff. Played by:

• "Little Nell" Campbell in the original
• Annaleigh Ashford in Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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• Accidental Pervert: Columbia is supposed to come across this way. Emphasis on supposed - most plays and the film just turn her into an outright pervert, with the film's actress deliberately sexing her up and purposefully putting in nipple slips when she could.
• Adaptational Dye-Job: Columbia sports pink hair instead of the traditional red in the remake.
• Adaptational Modesty: In the remake, Columbia is fully clothed for her "Rose Tint My World" number because Annaleigh Ashford was pregnant at the time.
• All Take and No Give: Columbia's relationship with Frank pretty much falls under this. She even points out how selfish he is.
• Ambiguously Human: It's not clear if she is an Earthling or a Transylvanian, and if it's the former, she doesn't seem to mind that Frank and the servants are aliens.
• Ambiguously Jewish: Has a Yiddish accent in the remake.
• And You Were There:
  • She one of the workers in the church at the start.
  • In the remake as well as appearing at the funeral, she's the girlfriend of Reeve Carney's character in the cinema during "Science Fiction Double Feature".
• Attention-Deficit Disciple: Usually dances along when other characters are singing.
• Audience Participation: In-universe, she yells abuse and asks questions to the screen while she's watching Janet seduce Rocky.
• Big "NO!": When she leaves the dining room after finding out that they ate Eddie. Toward the end of the remake, she also does this in her attempt to get Frank to run away before Riff Raff makes her his first casualty.

• Covert Pervert: All of Columbia's nipple-slips were done intentionally by Campbell.^note There goes our PG-13 rating!
• Depraved Bisexual: Hopelessly devoted to Frank and also loves Eddie, but has an, erm, encounter with Magenta while they watch Janet seduce Rocky on hidden camera. During the Floor Show, she can be seen kissing Janet in the pool.
• The Dog Bites Back: She stands up to Frank for how he mistreat her. It completely backfires, but it was nice while it lasted.
• Dropped a Bridge on Her: In the 1975 film version, her death is a cheap accident; she screams which startles Riff Raff into shooting her. In the stageplay and the remake, it's more appropriate, she either jumps in front of a blast meant for Frank or screams in her attempt to get him to run before Riff Raff makes her his first casualty.
• Dull Surprise: Her face saying "Janet" during Dammit Janet.
• Fangirl: Columbia, for Frank, then for Eddie, then for Frank again...
  "EDDIE!!!"
• Fiery Redhead: For the most part averted, but in her "Reason You Suck" speech to Frank, she shows she does have it in her.
• Hysterical Woman: Overlapping with Screaming Woman after she finds out they had Eddie for dinner.
• I Kiss Your Hand: She kisses Eddie's near the start of Hot Patootie.
• Mad Love:
  • Columbia is hopelessly devoted to Frank despite the fact that he considers her to be nothing more than his "groupie".
  • Of course, this is later subverted when Columbia (after witnessing Frank brutally murder Eddie, another man she loved deeply) realizes that Frank doesn't love her back at all and berates him for being such a heartless jerk.
• Meaningful Name: Named for Columbia Pictures.
• Nipple and Dimed: Happens with Columbia during a few scenes. When she's in pajamas, during the scene where she confronts Frank, she has a hole in her top and one nipple makes a covert^note not really; at one point she tugs her shirt tight and it actually pops out appearance. During the "Rose Tint My World" and "Don't Dream It, Be It" scenes, when she's wearing a corset, her nipples are intermittently visible above the bodice. O'Brien and Quinn discuss it on the commentary as a form of exhibitionism on the actress' part. (When not allowed to do it in Shock Treatment, Little Nell decided Panty Shots were a good substitution.)
• Oral Fixation: Sucks on lollipops through most of the remake, leaving her tongue blue. She also sucks on lollipops constantly in some stage productions.
• Patter Song: Her verse of "Time Warp".
• The Peeping Tom: She and Magenta watched Janet seduce Rocky. And enjoyed it quite a bit.
• Perky Female Minion: As one of the villain's acolytes, she's pretty bubbly upbeat compared to Riff Raff and Magenta until Eddie dies.
• Quirky Girl, Quirky Tux: Columbia wears the fishnet stocking variant during the "Time Warp" number. Her tailcoat and top hat are covered in gold sequins, and her red bow tie is likewise sparkly, all showing off her freakish nature in line with her place in Frank's household.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Columbia gives one to Frank N. Furter, telling how he's All Take and No Give, right before she's Taken for Granite.
• Screaming Woman: Columbia either before (remake) or after Frank's death (1975 film). Riff Raff, either startled or annoyed, immediately kills her either first or second depending on which film version you watch.
• Senseless Sacrifice: In both the original play and the 2016 film remake.
• Shrine to the Fallen: She cries over a huge, wall-sized poster of Eddie in her bedroom.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Riff Raff doesn't kill her in the Comic-Book Adaptation, she's never seen again after she takes control of the camera when Frank sings "I'm Going Home".
• Stockholm Syndrome: Due to being in a toxic abusive relationship with Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Most likely. She is mistreated by Frank many times, as he's slept with her, then threw her aside for her boyfriend Eddie. Despite his abuse, Columbia still stays devoted to him because she loves him.
• Taken for Granite: Gets turned to stone by the Medusa device, revealing that one of her breasts is significantly larger than the other.
• Take That!: Shouts "Eat your heart out, Ann Miller"^note A famous dancer that appeared in movies in the '40s and '50s on the Roxy cast soundtrack.
• Taking the Bullet: In the play she jumps in front of the laser blast that Riff Raff shoots at Frank.
• Too Kinky to Torture: In the play, when Riff Raff sprays her with the transducer, she asks him to spray her again, then dances around caterwauling for over a minute.
• Wardrobe Malfunction: Near the end of the floorshow, Columbia's breasts slip out of her top. Little Nell did this on purpose and you can play a drinking game out of how many times she gets her nips on screen.

Dr. Everett Scott

A rival scientist

Brad's former science teacher and close friend. He ends up at the castle while looking for his nephew, Eddie. Played by:

• Jonathan Adams in the original
• Ben Vereen in Let's Do the Time Warp Again

He also appears in an early draft of Shock Treatment called The Brad and Janet Show but due to Adams not wanting to reprise the role, the finished film has the Suspiciously Similar Substitute Bert Schnick.

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• Accent Adaptation: In the play, he speaks in an American accent because he's a German pretending to be American, but in the film, Director Jim Sharman insisted that he speak only in a German accent. O'Brien was furious about this.
• Banana Peel: Claims in his police report that slipping on one of these is the reason that he's in a wheelchair.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: Ben Vereen has a bushy pair stuck on in the remake.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: During the dinner, Dr. Scott speaks this line directly to the audience:
  Dr. Scott: I knew he was in with a bad crowd, but this is worse than I've imagined.
• Captain Ersatz: Of Dr. Strangelove. They're both wheelchair-bound, former Nazi scientists working for the American government.
• Cool Teacher: He got Brad and Janet together and they stayed friendly after they finished high school.
• Corrupt the Cutie: Ends up under Frank's mind-control spell in "Rose Tint My World". Though he tries to resist, his legs end up being used in stockings and heels for the show.
  Dr. Scott:
• Depraved Homosexual: Some of the unmade sequels would have said that the events of the first film turned him gay. Rocky Horror Shows His Heels has him shacking up with Brad Majors.
• Doctor von Turncoat: Strongly implied. He works for the American government, is an expy of Doctor Strangelove and Frank implies he's an ex-Nazi.
• Evil Cripple: In The Brad And Janet Show script, he's a villain helping Farley steal Janet from Brad.
• Expositing the Masquerade:
  Dr. Scott: This sonic transducer... it is, I suppose, some kind of audio-vibratory-physio-molecular transport device?
  Brad: You mean...?!^note A vibrator!
  Dr. Scott: Yes, Brad, it's something we ourselves have been working on for quite some time.^note A working vibrator? But it seems our friend here has found a means of perfecting it.^note A PERFECT vibrator! A device which is capable of breaking down solid matter^note How can it be perfect if it breaks? and projecting it ^note Through space? through space... ^note And time? and who knows, perhaps even time ^note Itself? itself!^note DOCTOR WHO'S VIBRATOR?!
• Funny Foreigner: Pronounces things wrong in a German accent.
• Genius Cripple: He's a scientist in a wheelchair.
• Given Name Reveal:
  Frank: Dr. Scott—or should I say, Dr. von Scott!
• Gratuitous German: In the film, he says "und" instead of "and".
• Herr Doctor: Dr. Scott.
  "Go on, Dr. Scott. Or, should I say, Dr. Von Scott!"^note SIEG HEIL!
• Historical In-Joke: Check out "Operation Paperclip" on Wikipedia. ^note Almost immediately after Goebbels surrendered to the Russian Army, the US and Soviet governments began smuggling Nazi scientists out of the country for their knowledge about rocketry and launched missile weapons. Werner von Braun is one of the most famous examples. The American plan to recruit former Nazi scientists was called Operation Paperclip. This is why Frank calls Dr. Scott out on his accent.
• If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: Sings this along with Brad— while they're both paralysed, so he can't stop Frank anyway.
• I Can't Feel My Legs!: After Frank paralyses them all, Dr Scott complains that he can't move his wheels.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall:
  • Does this in the dining room scene when he says:
  I knew he was in with a bad crowd, but it is even worse than I imagined! ^note WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING TO? WHO THE FUCK ARE WE TALKING TO?!
  • In the remake, Brad gives a confused look into the camera as if he's trying to work out who Scott's talking to.
• The Men in Black: Doesn't dress like this trope but works for "the bureau of investigation of that which you call UFO's!!!". The text below his photograph in The Criminologist's file calls it "THE OFFICIAL ORGAN. OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS INTERNATIONAL.".
• Nazi Grandpa: Frank's comments calling him Dr Von Scott and Brad's outrage imply him to be an ex-nazi.
• Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Ben Vereen in the remake.
  • Though this might be deliberate as Richard O'Brien prefers Dr Scott to speak in an American accent because he's pretending to be American. It was Jim Sharman who insisted that he have a german accent in the first movie.
• Obfuscating Disability:
  • The Brad and Janet Show was going to reveal that Scott was faking his disability. Adams didn't want to reprise his role for The Brad and Janet Show, so what it eventually became replaced him with a similar character who's pretending to be blind.
• Organ Autonomy: Some versions of the play have his arm doing Nazi salutes against his will as a nod to Dr. Strangelove.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: He's a German, pretending to be American, that talks in a German accent.
• The Peeping Tom: In an early draft of Shock Treatment, he gets hit in the face with a door when trying to watch Janet shower through a keyhole.
• Race Lift: Played by the black Ben Vereen in the remake.
• Rape and Switch: The unmade sequel Rocky Horror Shows His Heels, would have said that the events of the first film turned him and Brad gay.
• Sanity Slippage: Dr. Scott feels that's what is happening to him in "Don't Dream It, Be It":
  Ach!^note CHOO! We've got to get^note THE FUCK out of this trap
  Before this decadence saps our wills.
  I've got to be strong, and try to hang on
  Or else my mind may well snap^note CRACKLE POP!
  And my life will be lived^note IN A BOWL OF RICE KRISPIES for the thrills.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In the original play (and some subsequent versions), after Riff announces the castle is about to blast off into space, Dr. Scott immediately wheels out, leaving Brad and Janet behind. In the movie though, they all leave together.
• Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome: Seems to be on Brad and Janet's side in the first film but in The Brad and Janet Show, he falsely commits Brad to a mental institution and helps Farley try to steal Janet.
• Stuka Scream:
  • When the electromagnet has him rolling down the ramp, a sound effect that's a bit like an air plane about to crash is played.
  • We hear the same effect again later on when the RKO tower falls into the swimming pool.
• Taken for Granite: Gets turned to stone by the Medusa device along with his wheelchair, oddly enough.
• Technology Marches On: The only thing that sets the remake in modern day is the fact that his wheelchair is motorised.
• Those Wacky Nazis: Frank implies that he was a Nazi and he now works for a government agency investigating UFOs.
• Throwing Off the Disability: As mentioned above, the shooting script would have him get up and start walking when his wheelchair was damaged and The Brad and Janet Show would have had him get up and walk during the song "Shock Treatment", pretending the shock treatment had cured him.
• Tuckerization: His police statement gives his middle name as "Zanuck" after film producer Darryl F. Zanuck.
• The Von Trope Family: "Or should I say, Dr. von Scott!"
• Wheelchair Antics:
  • Played with, somehow, in the Floor Show part: Dr. Scott is de-Medusa'd to find that he can move his legs, but whilst wearing fishnet stockings. He then joins the ongoing chorus line, but instead of getting out of the wheelchair, he just flails his legs around helplessly.
  • The Brad And Janet Show would have had him being dragged along by a rope attached to a car.
• Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?:
  • Was implied to be a Nazi scientist before becoming a science teacher and then joining a government bureau that investigates what we call U.F.O.s.
  • The Brad and Janet Show started with him managing a TV station and ended with him directing a mental institution.

Eddie

An ex-delivery boy

A former delivery boy who was Columbia's ex-boyfriend (in the stage show he was also Frank's). Half of his brain was used to create Rocky. After escaping from the freezer (and singing a song), Eddie is promptly killed by Frank. One of the earliest roles for Meat Loaf. Played by Adam Lambert in Let's Do the Time Warp Again.

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• Adaptational Villainy: In the video games, he tries to run Brad and Janet down with his motorcycle.
• Badass Biker: He rides around Frank's lab on a motorcycle, even enters the castle through a Super Window Jump in the remake.
• Bloodless Carnage: In the remake Frank stabs him but we never see any blood.
• Boisterous Weakling: He presents himself as a macho punk, but he doesn’t even try to put up a fight when Frank butchers him.
• Comically Cross-Eyed: His corpse when it's revealed inside the table in the remake.

• Couldn't Find a Pen: He sent Dr. Scott a letter for help written in blood.
• Crowd Surfing: Does it with the Transylvanians while singing "Hot Patootie" in the remake.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: The libretto never specifies how Frank kills Eddie (other than "violently"), so productions vary. The 2001 revival has Frank use a chainsaw, while the movie uses an axe. In the remake, Frank stabs him with a knife and pushes him out of a window.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Downplayed; Eddie and his mom argued all the time, but it’s heavily implied that he never got over her death and that he turned to hedonism to fill the void.
• Greaser Delinquents: Let's see... leather jacket? Check. Ducktail haircut with long sideburns? Check. Rides a motorcycle? Check. Loves rock n roll? To be expected from Meat Loaf. Carries a switchblade? Check. Has zero regard for authority? All present and correct.
• Handicapped Badass: Is able to ride a motorbike while singing with half his brain missing.
• Harmless Freezing: He comes out of a freezer and starts riding a motorcycle while singing. The next time he goes in Frank kills him.
• The Hedonist: He lives a life of rock n roll, porn, motorbikes, and drugs. Then he got involved with Dr. Furter...
• Hell-Bent for Leather: He wears a leather jacket.
• Hot-Blooded Sideburns: He has sideburns and is quite ecstatic.
• Hot Potato: The characters do this with a bag of his remains in the play.
• Identical Grandson:
  • In the stage plays, Eddie and Dr. Scott (nephew and uncle) are played by the same actor.
  • A photograph of his mother is seen in the film and she's also played by Meat Loaf/Lambert.
• Kick The Son Of A Bitch: The musical number "Eddie’s Teddy" happens sort of randomly to establish that he was a low-down cheap little punk.^note Yay, punks!
• Killed Offscreen: In the play, Frank chases him backstage with a chainsaw and comes back covered in blood. In the film, we see Frank swinging an axe from Eddie's point of view. In the remake Frank stabs him and pushes him out of a window.
• Knuckle Tattoos: Eddie has the same "Love/Hate" tattoos as Preacher Powell.
• Minor Character, Major Song: "Hot Patootie" is one of the more catchy songs, but Eddie is only alive in the film for the song's duration.
• One-Scene Wonder: Bursts out of the freezer, gives one of the best songs in the show/film, dies immediately.
• Only One Name: In the play, Scott says that Eddie is his sister's son, meaning that unless Eddie has his mother's surname then we don't know what it is.
• Putting on the Reich: Wears a German World War II style helmet and an Iron Cross ring. Has an Iron Cross tattoo in the 40th anniversary play.
• Rouge Angles of Satin: Starts his note to Doctor Scott with "I'M OUT OF MY HED. O HURRY...".
• Rule-Abiding Rebel: In the video games, you can stop him charging at the player by holding up a speeding ticket.
• Sleeves Are for Wimps: He wears a sleeveless leather jacket to complete his “tough guy” image. Didn’t do him much good when Frank chopped him up.
• Sound-Only Death: We don't see what happens to him, but we sure do hear his screams and Frank's pick-axe hacking him to pieces.
• Super Window Jump: In the remake, he enters the castle by riding his motorcycle in through a window.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Dr. Scott first suspected that something was wrong with his nephew when a young Eddie said he didn’t like his childhood teddy bear.
• Would Hit a Girl: In the shooting script when The Criminologist calls him "a low down cheap little punk", he turns to a newspaper clipping in his book that says "Thug bashes woman".

The Criminologist

An expert

Mr. Exposition. Played by:

• Charles Gray in the original
• Tim Curry in Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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• All-Knowing Singing Narrator: He's the one from whom we hear the details of the play and movie, though he doesn't actually have any songs to himself (the most he does is sing brief parts of "Time Warp" and "Eddie's Teddy"). Tim Curry's version actually sings at one point in the remake.
• Butt-Monkey: Thanks to Original Cast Precedent, should you be portraying the Criminologist, get ready for a load of neck-related jokes, from "THAT MAN HAS NO NECK!" to your every line being greeted with "WHERE'S YOUR FUCKING NECK?"
• Canon Foreigner: The play had a more generic narrator who had nothing to do with the story. The movie makes him a criminologist investigating the events afterwards.
• Celebrity Voice Actor: Christopher Lee plays him in The Rocky Interactive Horror Show Game.
  • Since Charles Gray played both the Criminologist and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever, there have been some instances of the audience being like "Do you expect us to talk, Blofeld?" "No, Mister Bond. I expect you to die!"

• Decomposite Character:
  • The Rocky Horror Show Live simulcast had the narrator role split between Emma Bunton, Ade Edmondson, Mel Giedroyc, Anthony Head, Stephen Fry, and O'Brien himself.
  • Due to Curry's stroke, the remake gives him a butler played by Jayne Eastwood to turn pages and do his dance moves.
• Don't Explain the Joke: A recent Broadway revival had Dick Cavett as the Narrator, and would sometimes interrupt the show to discuss some of the audience riffs, such as the "describe your balls!" directed at him.
• Dramatic Pause: Very fond of these... which gives the audience plenty of opportunities to mock him.
• Fauxlosophic Narration: A lot of his non-expositional narration is littered with Purple Prose and Meaningless Meaningful Words (though there's still a lot of that in the exposition as well...)
• Fictional Document: ''The Denton Affair", a file he uses to show pictures of the characters, their police statements and various artwork.
• Finger Wag: Does it while telling us to "Don't dream it. Be it" in the remake.
• Full-Name Basis: It's notable that when he talks to Rocky during "The Sword of Damocles", it's the only time anybody ever refers to him as "Rocky Horror". The verse in question is cut from the film version of the song, making the end credits the only thing to refer to Rocky by his full name.
• Gratuitous French: Says "However informal it might appear, you can be sure that there was to be very little.. bonhommie." ^note Friendly atmosphere before the dinner scene.
• Greek Chorus: In the play, he tends to appear in person in the scenes he narrates, but none of the characters ever acknowledge his existence.
• Horror Host: He narrates the film in this style from his office.
• Humans Are Insects: Refers to us as insects during his closing narration.
• Interactive Narrator: Joins in with a lot of the songs, even though in the movie he seems to be narrating from some point after the other events are over.
• Lemony Narrator: He explains the dance steps for "The Time Warp". "It's just a jump to the left—" The viewer could easily get the feeling the Criminologist wishes he were physically present for the insanity he's narrating.
• Magical Security Cam:
  • Has black and white photographs of earlier scenes in the film. Some could be explained as pictures the wedding photographer took but it's unlikely he followed our heroes all the way through "Dammit Janet".
  • In the remake, he has photographs of Brad and Janet during "The Time Warp" in Frank's castle.
• Mr. Exposition: Without him, it would be hard for the audience to understand what's going on.
• Named by the Adaptation: If you can call Criminologist a name.
• Narrator: Listed as this in the original play.
• No-Neck Chump: His lack of a visible neck is pointed out several times during the audience participation.^note THE MAN YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE HAS NO FUCKING NECK!
• Not So Above It All: Throughout most of the movie, he maintains a serious personality and describes the mysterious events of the evening in a somber tone... except for the Time Warp scene, where he gets up on his desk to demonstrate the dance and seems to be enjoying himself.
• Only Sane Man: By the end, he's the only character in the film with demonstrable rationality and common sense. This isn't surprising considering he's completely removed from the main action . . .
• Pet the Dog: In the play he sings part of Sword of Damocles where he reassures Rocky. It's the only time he directly speaks to another character.
• Remake Cameo: He's played by Tim Curry in the remake.
• Straw Nihilist: "And crawling on the planet's face,^note  WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR LUNCH? some insects^note WHY'S YOUR PHONE BILL SO HIGH? called the human race,^note  WHERE'S YOUR FUCKING NECK?! lost in time, and ^note WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? lost in space, and ^note WHAT DOES THIS FILM LACK? meaning."
• A Storm Is Coming: The Criminologist invokes the trope directly: "It's true, there were dark storm clouds — ^note  DESCRIBE YOUR BALLS! heavy, black, and pendulous — towards which they were driving...".
• V-Sign: Curry does a peace sign the first time he appears on screen.
• Written-In Infirmity: In the remake, the Criminologist remains in his chair the entire time, as Tim Curry was rendered paraplegic by a stroke a few years earlier (his limited facial movement is also quite visible).

^note Say ''goodbye'', Mister BOOONNNNND!!!!!!!

The Transylvanians

Party-goers from the planet Transexual who've come to Frank's Castle to see Rocky being unveiled.

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• Adaptational Attractiveness: They were meant to invoke a freak show in the original film, but are all young and good looking in the remake.
• Adaptation Name Change: Are called Phantoms rather than Transylvanians in the play.
• Aliens Among Us: The shooting script says that they are Transylvanian secret agents assembled from all over the world.
• Aliens of London: The only time we we hear one speak outside of a song is in a German accent "A pleasure to meet you, Dr. Furter".
  • Another one says "Very nice to meet you, sir" in a British accent.
• And You Were There:
  • They're played by most of the same actors as the wedding guests, though the shooting script refers to them as different characters rather than being Frank and co. in disguise like the cleaners in the church.
  • The funeral procession in the remake is made up by a few Transylvanians alongside Frank and co.
• Badass Biker: How they get to the castle in the first place. They are shown riding on motorcycles which Janet mistook for the same one.
• Camera Fiend: A couple of them take snap shots of Rocky in the remake.
• Canon Foreigner: Their counterparts in the play are called phantoms and don't take part in the story in any way. The movie has them as Frank's party guests.
• Equal-Opportunity Evil: There are both men and women in the group, there is also one black man (who wears a turqoise suit collar and a tiny yellow boater hat) and two Asians (A man with silver hair wearing a blue vest and a grey party hat, and a short woman with long hair who wears a white vest with a pink undershirt and has a tiny green sombrero). They also range in body type including little people, very tall people, fat people, etc.
• Evil Laugh: In the play they do a lot of cackling during Over At The Frankenstein Place and back up Riff's laugh when he lets Brad and Janet into the castle.
• Fan Convention: A banner saying "ANNUAL TRANSYLVANIA CONVENTION" is hanging in the ballroom when they dance the Time Warp. Frank even calls them unconventional conventionists at one point.
• The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: In the play, Phantoms tend to harass audience members when they're not needed on stage.
• Glasses Pull:
  • The woman played by Imogen Claire removes her glasses and replaces them with opera glasses during Brad's The Glasses Come Off moment.
  • Most of the ones that Rocky approaches during "The Sword of Damocles" do it.
• Human Aliens: They are from planet Transylvania and look just like humans.
• Little People Are Surreal: One of them is played by Sadie Corré.
• Named After Their Planet: Actually named after the galaxy they come from.
• Naughty Nurse Outfit: They wear these in some versions of the play during Sword Of Damocles.
• No Name Given: None of them are given any names.
• Quirky Girl, Quirky Tux: A few of the women wear weird tuxedos.
• Studio Audience: Word of God says they’re supposed to invoke this in Frank’s lab. The raised area they stand in is opposite from the stage like area where Frank delivers his speech.
• Sunglasses at Night: They wear them inside, it can be considered Fridge Brilliance because the planet Transexual is implied to have no sun so they're probably not used to the light.

The Usherette

An Usherette who introduces the play by singing Science Fiction-Double Feature. Playwise, she's usually played by the same actress who plays Magenta but in the remake she's played by Ivy Levan.

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• Adapted Out:
  • The film replaced her with Patricia Quinn's lips and Richard O'Brien's voice singing the opening song.
  • The comic book omits the lips singing "Science Fiction Double Feature" and its dark reprise.
• Ambiguously Gay: Sings that she "really got hot, when I saw Janette Scott fight a triffid that spits poison and kills".^note WHAT THE FUCK'S A TRIFFID?
• Book Ends: The play ends starts and ends with her singing "Science Fiction-Double Feature".
• Dark Reprise: Her melancholy reprise of "Science Fiction-Double Feature" at the end.
• Decomposite Character: The film replaces her with a pair of lips^note Magenta's but the remake has her singing at the start and two pairs of lips^note  Frank's and the Usherette's singing the Dark Reprise at the end.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Usually just called The Usherette but some productions have called her Miss Strawberry Time or Trixie. The show's run in the Belasco Theatre called her The Belasco Popcorn Girl.
• Foot Popping: Doesn't kiss anyone but does the pose before walking offstage at the end of "Science Fiction Double Feature" in the 2015 live version.
• Gender Flip: Several times:
  • From 1995 to 2000, drag queens Daiya and Ruby Takara played the role on the Japanese Tour.
  • While mostly averted in the Broadway Revival, having two women (the same actresses playing Magenta and Columbia) play the Usherette(s), Sebastian Bach (Riff Raff) took over the Columbia performer’s portion of the Science Fiction Double Feature when he joined the show.
  • Richard O'Brien played her role for one week in 2007 at the New Wimbledon Theatre.
  • A few emergency covers for her have also been male. Examples include David Dale (Frank on the KMT/Hanley Tour, 1985), and David Nehls (Riff Raff on the European Tour, on and off from 1996 to 2000).
• Greek Chorus: Is meant to be a worker in the theatre/cinema you're watching it in and doesn't exist in universe.
• Horror Host: One of the more upbeat examples.
• Scary Flashlight Face: Does it while singing "Science Fiction Double Feature" in the remake.
• Unabashed B-Movie Fan: Her only song is about how she loves various B-movies.

Ralph Hapschatt

An old high school friend of Brad and Janet's who gets married at the start of the first movie and divorced by the time of the second. Played by:

• Jeremy Newson in the original and Shock Treatment
• Jeff Lillico in Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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• Ascended Extra: Only appears in the first few minutes of the first film but is a more major character in the sequel.
• Bait-and-Switch: Gets everybody to stand by announcing the president. Then they all sit back down again when they realize it's the president of Lapsey Autos.
• Bit Character: Has four lines in the first film.
• Broken Smile: He does this when Farley kisses Macy, only trying to keep smiling because he's on TV.
• Canon Foreigner: Is only mentioned in the play but seen in the films.
• Double Take: Does this when Bert mutters that Brad and Janet should be sent down the Danube at dawn.
  Ralph: What?
  Bert: Just memories.
• Face–Heel Turn: Was an old friend of Brad and Janet's but spends most of the sequel helping Farley.
• Handshake Substitute: Fist bumps with Brad in the remake.
• I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One on TV: He and some of the other characters dress like doctors for Farley's Faith Factory broadcast.
• Small Town Boredom: Implied in "Look What I Did to My Id" where he optimistically sings about a whole new career that could take him and Macy "to a town that's nowhere near here".

• Working with the Ex: Has to work with Betty at DTV after they split up.

Betty Munroe Hapschatt

Marries Ralph at the start of the first movie but has divorced him by the second. Played by:

• Hilary Farr in Rocky Horror
• Ruby Wax in Shock Treatment
• Kelly Van der Burg in Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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• Ascended Extra: Only appears in the first few minutes of the first film but is a more major character in the sequel.
• Bouquet Toss: Throws her wedding bouquet and Janet catches it.
• Canon Foreigner: Is only mentioned in the play but seen in the films.
• Chekhov's Skill: Betty is really good at picking locks. Becomes a Brick Joke when she hotwires the convertible at the end.
• Forgot About Her Powers: When she's locked out of her office, it doesn't occur to her to use her Hairpin Lockpick.
• Genius Book Club: Likes poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge but thinks his name is "Coleridge Taylor".
• Hairpin Lockpick: Betty is extremely handy with one.
• Hassle-Free Hotwire: Betty can somehow hotwire a car with her hairpin by sticking it under the hood.
• Karmic Thief: Hotwires the car that Irwin Lapsey gave Janet so that the heroes can all get away after Cosmo swipes the keys.
• Kent Brockman News: The Denton Dossier show she works on.
• Likes Older Men: When Oliver asks if she minds being seen with an older man she says she looks for maturity in a man.
• Phoney Call: She and Oliver at adjacent pay phones to cover up the fact that they're actually talking to each other while listening in on a conversation between some nearby bad guys.
• Screaming Woman: Screams when Vance shows her a dead sea gull.
• Spear Carrier: All she does in the original film is say "Okay you guys, this is it! Ready?!" and toss her bouquet.
• True Blue Femininity: Wears a blue blouse in Shock Treatment.
• Working with the Ex: Has to still work with Ralph after they divorced.

Characters introduced in Shock Treatment.

Cosmo McKinley

Played by: Richard O'Brien

Runs the Dentonvale mental home show with his sister Nation.

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• Artistic License – Medicine: Checks Brad's heart rate by putting a stethoscope to his forehead and shines a light into his eyes without removing his glasses. This might be Foreshadowing that he isn't really a doctor.
• Bald of Evil: O'Brien has even less hair than he had in the first film.
• Brother–Sister Incest: Between him and Nation. Justified because they're only actors pretending to be brother and sister.
  • Possibly Double Subverted in Revenge of the Old Queen, which contains a line hinting that Riff Raff and Magenta may have been Cosmo and Nation all along, just in disguise.
• Camp Straight: Cosmo must be straight, or at least bi, as he sleeps with Nation; but in "Little Black Dress" he sings about how his favourite thing to do as a child was to make and wear women's clothes. Though, this song was originally intended to be sung by Dr Frank N. Furter in an earlier draft.
• Character Name Alias: Cosmo and Nation turn out to be using these and aren't really doctors, just character actors.
• Enigmatic Minion: It's not really clear why he's helping Farley. He doesn't know he exists at the start of the film, is furious when he finds out that Farley is Dentonvale's new sponsor but then spends the rest of the movie helping him. It made more sense in The Brad and Janet Show script where he and Nation can't pay their rent but Farley covers it.
• Expy: Of Riff Raff.
• Fourth-Wall Observer: Not in the film, but in the trailer he tells viewers to watch the movie.
• I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One on TV: He and Nation are revealed to be actors with no actual medical background.
• Kinky Spanking: Smacks Nation's ass with a riding crop during "Lullaby".

• Psycho Psychologist: He and Nation make up a duo of these. They keep Brad sedated in a cage, while also manipulating Janet (also with drugs) under the guise of turning her into a star. Subverted by the fact that neither of them are actually doctors.
• Synchro-Vox: The trailer uses his image from the poster and edits O'Brien's moving mouth onto it.
• Trust Me, I'm a Doctor: Said by Cosmo at the end of the trailer, when assuring "You'll be pathetically crazy about Shock Treatment."
• You Look Familiar: O'Brien plays Riff Raff in the original film. invoked

Nation McKinley

Played by: Patricia Quinn

Runs the Dentonvale mental home show with her brother Cosmo.

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• Brother–Sister Incest: Nation has a sexual relationship with her brother Cosmo. Justified as they're only actors pretending to be brother and sister.
• Condescending Compassion: She and Cosmo both count as examples of this, but she is slightly more so just because she interacts with Janet more. Whenever Janet begins to deviate from the plan, have second thoughts, or otherwise start to get suspicious, Nation is usually the one to deflect her concerns with a smile and a few sickly-sweet words to let her know that they know what’s best for her so she just needs to shut up and roll with it.
• Deadpan Snarker: Downplayed. She maintains a relatively cheery disposition around Janet, but definitely has her moments here and there. For example: before Janet is about to go on the show, a couple of the band members give her a pill to make her “feel better.” Nation examines the pill for a few seconds before tossing it away in disgust and rolling her eyes, scoffing “Amateurs,” as she reaches into her pocket, grabs a handful of her own pills, and shoves them down Janet’s throat.
• Kinky Spanking: Gets her ass smacked with a riding crop by her brother Cosmo during "Lullaby".
• Perky Female Minion: ALSO downplayed. While she’s not quite as excitable as Nurse Ansalong, she also has her moments; she gets visibly excited when Janet’s parents win on Happy Homes, when Janet has her big makeover in “Little Black Dress,” and is seen dancing in the background with her coworkers during “Me of Me.” She is also the staff member that Janet interacts with the most, and is almost always showering her with praise (either directly or to the DTV audience) or pretending to dote on her or otherwise show concern for her well-being in order to play her right into Farley’s scheme.
• Psycho Psychologist: Along with Cosmo. They keep Brad locked up with the idea that he’s lost his mind and needs help, while molding Janet into a celebrity and keeping her complacent with drugs under the guise that they’re helping her become her best self. Subverted by the fact that neither she nor her brother (if he even is her brother) are actual doctors.
• Slipping a Mickey: Nation drugs Janet's drink after Janet leaves her dressing room to soak up more adoration from the fans. After this instance, however, all Nation needs to do is pour pills down Janet's throat and snap her mouth shut.
• You Look Familiar: Patricia Quinn plays Magenta in the original film. invoked

Farley Flavors

Played by: Cliff De Young

"Local boy turned billionaire" who recently returned home and bought the DTV station.

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• The Ace: Repeatedly calls himself this during "Farley's Song".
• Alliterative Name: Cosmo also calls him "Fast Food Farley".
• Betty and Veronica: He's Janet's Veronica.
• Call-and-Response Song: "Duel Duet" between him and Brad.
• Cigar Chomper: Farley is seen smoking one during "In My Own Way".
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Made his fortune selling TV dinners, and wants to enslave the population of the world with his television programming.
• Decoy Protagonist: To hear the Opening Narration, you'd think he was the main character.
• Evil Twin: To Brad.
• Eye Patch Of Power: Wears one in The Brad and Janet Show script but not Shock Treatment.
• Fake Shemp: The freeze frame of him that we see at the start is actually a stand-in, rather than Cliff De Young.
• Hannibal Lecture: He tries this on Brad in "Duel Duet". Brad doesn't go along with it.
• "I Am Great!" Song: Farley's Song.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: De Young based his performance on Jack Nicholson.
• Ominous Multiple Screens: Spends most of the film watching these in his office.
• Polar Opposite Twins: He's the evil rich twin, to Brad's nice, middle-class twin.
• Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor: Janet's rich suitor.
• Separated at Birth: He and Brad were adopted by different families when their parents died in a car crash.
• Suicide Dare: When singing "Duel Duet", he tells Brad "The best thing you could ever do is die.". Brad sings it back at him as well.
• The Tape Knew You'd Say That: A video recording of him sings "Farley's Song" and pauses for other characters who are in the room with the TV to sing his back up vocals.
• Villain in a White Suit: Wears a white suit through a lot of the film, and fits the archetype as a Corrupt Corporate Executive and the main antagonist.
• Villainous Breakdown: Watch the expression on Farley's face after he retorts "Because of you, sir!" to Brad's Armor-Piercing Question "Then why did you accuse her?"
• Villain Song: "Farley's Song" and his lines during "Duel Duet".
• Villain with Good Publicity: Is liked by most of the townspeople.

Bert Schnick

Played by: Barry Humphries of Dame Edna fame

The blind, German Game Show Host who works for Farley.

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• Captain Ersatz: Like Dr. Scott, he has similarities to Dr. Strangelove. (When he reveals he's not blind, you expect him to say, "Mein Fuhrer! I can see!") Also the production notes say that Humphries played the part in the style of Dr. Caligari from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
• Character Catchphrase: Uses "Hoopla!" as a greeting. It's a reference to Frank saying it as he pulls the cover off Rocky's tank in Rocky Horror.
• Cloud Cuckoolander: Without a script or orders from Farley, Bert tends to drift into his own world.

• Funny Foreigner: Like Scott, he Pronounces words wrong in a German accent and is generally weird.
• Game Show Host: Hosts Marriage Maze on DTV.
• Gratuitous French: Refers to Cosmo and Nation as "neuro-specialist par excellence.".
• Gratuitous German: During "Little Black Dress", Bert sings "Ever since I was the ein klein herren". Which translates as "a a small man".
• Immoral Reality Show: Has Brad put in a mental home and tries to split him and Janet up when they appear on Marriage Maze.
• Obfuscating Disability: Bert isn't actually blind.
• The Peeping Tom: The first clue we get that Bert isn't really blind is when Nation catches him watching Janet in the shower.
• Phrase Catcher: People tend to greet him with his "Hoopla!" catch phrase.
• Shoe Phone: Bert's walking stick conceals an antenna and doubles as a phone/radio that he can use to talk to Farley.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: This role was originally intended for Dr. Scott but Bert was created when Adams didn't want to reprise the role.
• Those Wacky Nazis: It's vaguely implied that he was a Nazi when he said that Brad and Janet should be sent down the Danube at dawn.
  Ralph: What?
  Bert: Just memories.
• Throwing Off the Disability: Bert's blindness is Obfuscating Disability, but he stops wearing the dark glasses and pretends to be cured during the title song and claims the "miracle" is all thanks to Farley and company during the Faith Factory telecast.

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