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At this point, Dr. Scott appears looking for his nephew Eddie, and Janet and Rocky are found together. Frank N. Furter invites them all to dinner...
There is a (spiritual) sequel ''[[Shock Treatment]]'' (1981) focusing on the bizarre turns Brad and Janet's lives take upon their return to Denton after their adventure in ''Rocky Horror'', but it was not as popularly received as its predecessor and is thus both obscure and hard to find. The fact that the makers weren't happy with how it turned out, due to many compromises made during its production, such as character re-castings and a drastically cut budget, doesn't help (it's also harder to stage as an [[Audience Participation]] show due to a bigger cast of characters). Although it was just recently{{when}} released on DVD.
''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' was added to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2005.
In 2008, a remake was planned by MTV. Richard O'Brien was not involved and not happy, and perhaps fortunately for everyone involved the project was [http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/02/no-rocky-horror-remake-not-yet-anyway/ cancelled]. In 2016 though, spurred by the success of their broadcast of a live production of ''[[Grease]]'', [[FOX]] greenlit [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1267299/ a new remake], which was eventually broadcast on on 18 October 2016. As a nod to the original, the cast included [[Tim Curry]] as the Criminologist.▼
▲In 2008, a remake was planned by MTV. Richard O'Brien was not involved and not happy, and perhaps fortunately for everyone involved the project was [https://web.archive.org/web/20100722023749/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/02/no-rocky-horror-remake-not-yet-anyway/ cancelled]. In 2016 though, spurred by the success of their broadcast of a live production of ''[[Grease]]'', [[FOX]] greenlit [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1267299/ a new remake], which was eventually broadcast on on 18 October 2016. As a nod to the original, the cast included [[Tim Curry]] as the Criminologist.
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** "Go on, Dr. Scott. Or, should I say, [[The Von Trope Family|Dr. Von Scott!"]]
** Interestingly enough, Dr. Frank-N-Furter himself originally had a German accent in the early days of the stage show. For reasons unknown, the idea was quickly dropped.
* [[Historical In-Joke]]: Almost immediately after Goebbels surrendered to the Russian Army, the US and Soviet governments began smuggling Nazi scientists out of the country. Werner von Braun is one of the most famous examples. In exchange for a pardon, they would work for them now. It was called {{
* [[Human Aliens]]: Frank, Magenta, Riff Raff and all the other Transylvanians look like human beings.
* [["I Am" Song]]/[["I Want" Song]]: "Sweet Transvestite" can count for both. Frank's describing himself as a [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|sweet transvestite]], yet he's also asking (or demanding because he never gave them the option) Brad and Janet to "stay for the night".
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