History Creator / JohnWaters

[[caption-width-right:317:Not SteveBuscemi.]]

* ''Hag in a Black Leather Jacket''
* ''Roman Candles''
* ''Eat Your Makeup''
* ''Mondo Trasho''
* ''The Diane Linkletter Story''
* ''Multiple Maniacs''

* ''Female Trouble''
* ''Desperate Living''
* ''Polyester''

* ''SerialMom''

* ''A Dirty Shame''

** The Chicken Rape in PinkFlamingos. Made even worse by the fact that ''they '''actually''' raped that chicken.''

** The Chicken Rape in PinkFlamingos. Made even worse by the fact that ''they 'actually' raped that chicken.''

* AlternateDVDCommentary: Provides it for ''Film/ChristmasEvil'', of all things. Also provided one for ''Film/MommieDearest''.

* InsultBackfire: A long-delayed example, but it counts. Rex Reed had hated ''Female Trouble'', to the point that in his review he had asked, "Where do these people come from? Where do they go when the sun goes down? Isn't there a law or something?" When ''Female Trouble'' was released on [=DVD=] as part of the ''Very Filthily Yours'' box set, this quote was on the front of its box.

* PromotedFanboy: A fan of the works of Herschell Gordon Lewis, especially ''Film/BloodFeast'', the sequel to which he got a part in.

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* AlternateDVDCommentary: Provides it for ''Christmas Evil'', of all things. Also provided one for ''Film/MommieDearest''.

* AlternateDVDCommentary: Provides it for ''Christmas Evil'', of all things. Also provided one for ''Literature/MommieDearest''.
* AffectionateParody: Of SoBadItsGood [[{{BMovie}} B-Movies]].

* SelfDeprecatingHumour: Appears at the start and end of Music/TheLonelyIsland's song "The Creep", as apparently, to be a certified creeper, you need to look like John Waters.

* TheDanza: He voiced the CampGay John in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E15HomersPhobia "Homer's Phobia"]].
** On the episode's commentary he notes what an odd experience it was to voice a character whose name was John, who looked like him, and was gay, but wasn't actually him.

* AlternateDVDCommentary: Provides it for ''Christmas Evil'', of all things. Also provided one for MommieDearest.

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!!Tropes common to his works include:

* BlackComedyRape: In "Multiple Maniacs," Lady Divine is raped by a giant lobster called Lobstora.

* VulgarHumor: All over the place.

Director, actor, writer, and owner of a [[GoodHairEvilHair badass pencil moustache]]. He spent much of the 70s-80s making low budget exploitation films, such as ''Film/Pink Flamingos'' and ''Female Trouble''. He achieved relative mainstream acceptance with ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', in 1988.

Director, actor, writer, and owner of a [[GoodHairEvilHair badass pencil moustache]]. He spent much of the 70s-80s making low budget exploitation films, such as ''[[{{Film/Pink Flamingos}} Pink Flamingos]]'' and ''Female Trouble''. He achieved relative mainstream acceptance with ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', in 1988.

* ''{{Pink Flamingos}}''

* ''{{Cecil B Demented}}''

* {{Alliterative Name}}: Tracy Turnblad, Francine Fishpaw, Dawn Davenport, etc.
* {{Alternate DVD Commentary}}: Provides it for ''Christmas Evil'', of all things. Also provided one for MommieDearest.

* AscendedFanboy: A fan of the works of Herschell Gordon Lewis, especially ''Film/BloodFeast'', the sequel to which he got a part in.
* {{Black Comedy Rape}}: In "Multiple Maniacs," Lady Divine is raped by a giant lobster called Lobstora.

* {{Camp Gay}}/{{Straight Gay}}: One of the few people who manages to somehow embody both aspects at once.
* {{City of Weirdos}}: Baltimore
* {{Cloud Cuckoo Land}}: Baltimore and its suburbs.
* {{Creator Provincialism}}: All of his movies are set in Baltimore.
* {{Cringe Comedy}}
* TheDanza: He voiced the CampGay John in [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Homer's Phobia"]].

* {{Exploitation Film}}
* {{Grossout Show}}: Many of his movies would qualify. Especially Pink Flamingos.

* SelfDeprecatingHumour: Appears at the start and end of the LonelyIsland's song "The Creep", as apparently, to be a certified creeper, you need to look like John Waters.
* {{Stylistic Suck}}: His movies are intentionally trashy

* ''Serial Mom''

* {{Alternate DVD Commentary}}: Provides it for ''Christmas Evil'', of all things. Also provided one for MommieDearest.

* {{Refuge In Vulgarity}}

* {{Cloud Cuckoo Land}}: Baltimore and it's suburbs.

* {{Dead Baby Comedy}}

Director, actor, writer, and owner of a [[GoodHairEvilHair badass pencil moustache]]. He spent much of the 70s-80s making low budget exploitation films, such as ''[[{{Film/Pink Flamingos}} Pink Flamingos]]'' and ''Female Trouble''. He achieved relative mainstream acceptance with ''{{Hairspray}}'', in 1988.

* ''{{Hairspray}}''

Director, actor, writer, and owner of a [[GoodHairEvilHair badass pencil moustache]]. He spent much of the 70s-80s making low budget exploitation films, such as ''{{Pink Flamingos}}'' and ''Female Trouble''. He achieved relative mainstream acceptance with ''{{Hairspray}}'', in 1988.

* ''{{Female Trouble}}''

8 {{City of Weirdos}}: Baltimore

8 {{City of Weirdos}}

* TheDanza: He voiced the CampGay John in [[TheSimpsons "Homer's Phobia"]].