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* VoodooShark: The drug dealer scene, which apparently exists only to give Johnny a gun, raises far more questions than it answers. Why does the adopted child of a millionaire banker who funds his every whim need to sell drugs to make ends meet? If the dealer's going to jail, why don't the police need his gun for evidence? Why is this never mentioned again?

A RiffTrax of the film is [[http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/room now available]], which will hopefully spread it to an even larger audience. In fact, [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses the Nostalgia Critic]] even reviewed it [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/25743-the-room here]] due to a special request; it had previously [[http://obscuruslupapresent.blip.tv/file/3936066/ been reviewed]] by Obscurus Lupa, also of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com. Unfortunately, as of 15th July, both reviews have been removed, due to [[http://nostalgiacritic.blip.tv/file/3906636/ a copyright claim by Wiseau Films]]. [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/community/blog/25842 Hitler is displeased.]]

* InternetBacklash: Look at the Facebook page for this movie and see how many wall posts are bashing him for [[strike: taking down the [[{{ThatGuyWithTheGlasses}} Nostalgia Critic]] review]] being an absolute asshole in making his questionable copyright claim against the review.

** This troper suspects that Johnny's core character concept would have been easier (not easy, but easier) to swallow if portrayed by someone other than Mr. Wiseau.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Sort of. Lisa may not live up to her hype but she's still too good-looking for the ghoulish Johnny. There are undoubtedly less handsome men than Tommy Wiseau, but this troper is hard pressed to think of any that weren't th

''Go [[SilentHill4 here]] if you are looking for the SilentHill game. Believe us, it's a much better story.''

[[CatchPhrase Oh hi, troper.]] Describe TheRoom here, huh.

'''Johnny:''' [[CatchPhrase Ha ha ha]]. What a story, Mark!

* YouFailSexEdForever: "Is he fucking her belly button? Cause it looks like he's fucking her belly button! Dude, I don't know how many times you had sex, but it's ''not that tight''!

* YouFailLawForever: This isn't the first time Wiseau has taken down a review for copyright infringement. And it won't be the last, either; [[FanFic/PrettyCureFanFicFeatures two fictitious reviewers portrayed by their creators]] refuse to review the movie as a result.

** "I just like to watch you guys."

* UglyGuyHotWife: Sort of. Lisa may not live up to her hype but she's still too good-looking for the ghoulish Johnny.

*InternetBacklash: Look at the Facebook page for this movie and see how many wall posts are bashing him for taking down the [[{{ThatGuyWithTheGlasses}} Nostalgia Critic]] review.

*TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: "I fed up with this world."

Certain, particularly "memorable" parts come from the film's {{Big Lipped Alligator Moment}}s -- for example, the characters will have sudden, out-from-left-field conversations about each others' sex lives and pizza, right in the middle of more serious topics. A scene occurs where one of the characters is confronted by a drug pusher and rescued by his friends; this incident is never brought up ever again. Yet another scene in the middle of the film features all the male characters in tuxedos playing an impromptu game of football. The dialogue indicates that they're going to the main character's wedding, but by the end of the film the main characters are still not wed. [[SoYeah Yeah.]]

** This is particularly hilarious at the party, when a nameless character comments that "Lisa looks hot tonight". This is ''his only line in the entire film'', except yelling "surprise!" in unison from everyone else when Johnny comes home.

*HollywoodPudgy: Inverted. Lisa is chubby even by real life standards, but in this movie she is supposedly the ideal of beauty.

**And then the longtime fans of Wiseau begin bashing the Nostalgia Critic fans for being whiny trolls or spammers, causing the internet backlash to have its ''own'' backlash. Then there are those of us who have enjoyed both the Critic and The Room for a long time, and wish all the name calling would just stop.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[KubrickStare He's staring into your soul... and missing.]]]]

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: If the StreisandEffect theory is true, we may never see the review on the official site again.
** [[http://nostalgiacritic.blip.tv/file/3906636/ Sadly, it's true.]]

* TooGoodToLast: Everyone had waited years for Doug to review this movie. Finally on July 2010 they finally got their wish. However, just a mere hours on there it was taken down by Wiseau Films for copyright infringement (Along with Obscurus Lupa's review). This has given anyone that is a NC fan [[{{Understatement}} severe]] [[{{Hatedom}} hatred]] for Wiseau, sending them TONS of hate mails and making nasty edits to his [[{{Wikipedia}} Wikipedia]] page. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocFumueZq0Y You can still watch it]] on [[YouTube Youtube]], interestingly.

***A lot of Mark's behavior seems to make more sense if you assume that the rooftop confrontation with Peter was ''not'' the only time he'd been high.

Oh hi, troper. Describe TheRoom here, huh.

A RiffTrax of the film is [[http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/room now available]], which will hopefully spread it to an even larger audience. In fact, [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses the Nostalgia Critic]] even reviewed it [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/25743-the-room here]] due to a special request; it had previously [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/olp/23496-the-room been reviewed]] by Obscurus Lupa, also of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com. Unfortunately, as of 15th July, both reviews have been removed, due to [[http://nostalgiacritic.blip.tv/file/3906636/ a copyright claim by Wiseau Films]]. [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/community/blog/25842 Hitler is displeased.]]
The Critic's original review can still be seen [[http://vodpod.com/watch/4018770-nostalgia-critic-the-room here]]; Lupa's has been uploaded [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPp3XmCjsOg here]]. The Nostalgia Critic [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/26252-the-tommy-wiseau-show aimed a savage]] TakeThat at the studio claiming copywright infringement. And then fellow TGWTG contributor TheCinemaSnob ''also'' released a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/bj/bs/26451-brad-the-room parody video]] where some of the more noteworthy scenes are ''acted out'', instead of using clips. It seems that [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Channel Awesome]] won't let this go by unnoticed...