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** All we learn about Mark's job is that he's making some good money (see above). The first time Lisa calls him, he says he's busy, though whether that has anything to do with his job is ambiguous.

* YouOweMe: "I want to talk, right now. [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre You owe me one anyway]]."

* DawsonCasting: Inverted - Lisa has been together with Johnny for seven years, yet was played by an 18-year-old actress who looked barely old enough to graduate high school. Though her character was probably meant to be older, the contrast of the actress's age with Johnny's Tommy Wiseau being in his late 40s made this all the more noticeable.

-->'''Mark:''' I don't think so. [[{{Understatement}} It's... it's an awkward situation.]]

Not to be confused with ''SilentHill [[SilentHill4 4: The Room]]'', a sealed room ([[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere strangely absent]]), a room {{you wake up in|ARoom}}, or with ''Room'' by Emma Donoghue, ''The Room'' by HaroldPinter (which isn't quite as awkward), ''The Room'', a Hubert Selby Jr. novel.

Not to be confused with ''SilentHill [[SilentHill4 4: The Room]]'', a sealed room ([[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere strangely absent]]), a room {{you wake up in|ARoom}}, or with ''Room'' by Emma Donoghue, ''The Room'' by HaroldPinter (which isn't quite as awkward), ''The Room'', a Hubert Selby Jr. novel, or DougWalker's first short film ([[TheNostalgiaCritic especially if you've been asked to review the movie]]).

Not to be confused with ''SilentHill [[SilentHill4 4: The Room]]'', a sealed room ([[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere strangely absent]]), a room {{you wake up in|ARoom}}, or with ''Room'' by Emma Donoghue, ''The Room'' by HaroldPinter (which isn't quite as awkward), or ''The Room'', a Hubert Selby Jr. novel, or DougWalker's first short film ([[TheNostalgiaCritic especially if you've been asked to review the movie]]).

* {{Angrish}}: During his AngerMontage, Tommy screams like this.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Denny.

* {{Non-indicative Name}}: ''The Room''. Despite the title, the characters are neither [[ClosedCircle trapped in a room]] nor is there anything particularly strange about their apartment.

* NonIndicativeName: ''The Room''. Despite the title, the characters are neither [[ClosedCircle trapped in a room]] nor is there anything particularly strange about their apartment.

''The Room'' continues to be screened in L.A. and other cities, becoming a [[CultClassic cult phenomenon]] of sorts. Showings include interactive affairs à la ''TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', which are often accompanied with guests throwing plastic spoons at the film (which has a recurring spoon motif), blurting the film's dialogue back at the characters, tossing footballs (themes of [[AuthorAppeal touch football]] are [[PlayingWith explored]] in the film) and dressing up as their favorite character.

Not to be confused with ''SilentHill [[SilentHill4 4: The Room]]'', a sealed room ([[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere strangely absent]]), a room [[YouWakeUpInARoom you wake up in]], or with ''Room'' by Emma Donoghue, ''The Room'' by HaroldPinter (which isn't quite as awkward), or ''The Room'', a Hubert Selby Jr. novel, or DougWalker's first short film ([[TheNostalgiaCritic especially if you've been asked to review the movie]]).

* AngerMontage: Quite possibly one of the wimpiest, most half-hearted Anger Montages in the history of film, right at the end, culminating with Johnny tossing a television set through his window. It's especially silly because, in many ways, the scene mirrors a similiar scene from ''CitizenKane''. It's just... not done quite as well.

* DoingItForTheArt: Tommy Wiseau. The man spent years raising six million dollars to write, produce, direct and advertise his dream project with absolutely no studio support. The amount of time and effort he poured into making it a reality is nothing short of astonishing - perhaps even inspiring.

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Greg Sestero is [[FanNickname called]] "Sestosterone" for a reason. He is - let's face it - a very handsome man.

* MoodWhiplash: Thanks to Wiseau's dialogue and direction, viewers are ''never'' sure where a scene is going. The best example of this is: "I did not hit her! It's not true! It's bullshit, I did not hit her! I did NAAHHT!... Oh, hi Mark"

* ParodyRetcon: The director and star claimed his film was actually a "[[BlackComedy black comedy]]" after it became the [[SoBadItsGood so-bad-it's-good]] hit of 2003. Trailers were even hastily edited to reflect this. No one was fooled, except maybe Wiseau. The rest of the cast and the script supervisor knew exactly what they were making.

* PsychopathicManChild: Denny seems to be hinted as being one, with his creepy fascination with Lisa and his affinity for "[[ThePeepingTom watching]]" Lisa and Johnny. However, his strange personality never pans into anything.

* YouOweMe: "I want to talk, right now. [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean You owe me one anyway]]."

Not to be confused with ''SilentHill [[SilentHill4 4: The Room]]'', a sealed room ([[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere strangely absent]]), a room [[YouWakeUpInARoom you wake up in]], or with ''Room'' by Emma Donoghue, ''The Room'' by HaroldPinter (which isn't quite as awkward), or ''The Room'', a Hubert Selby Jr. novel.

* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: Chris-R.

** The flash game mocks this by having Peter get run over on the way to the party by Chris-R. having just carjacked someone.

* FanDisservice: Grab the BrainBleach after the first gratuitous sex scene, you're gonna see [[spoiler: Johnny's pasty white ass]]. '''Ew.'''

** Marc repeats "What's going on?" every time Lisa tries to sleep with him.

* ChekhovsGun: The gun that Mark takes off Chris-R somehow winds up in Johnny's possession.

-->'''[[spoiler: Lisa]]''': [[spoiler: I lost him, but I still have you, right? Right?"]]

-->'''[[spoiler: Lisa]]''': [[spoiler: I lost him, but I still have you. Right?"]]

* MilkingTheGiantCow: Truly wild example - ''"You are tearing me apart Lisa!"''

* {{Narm}}: The whole movie is one.

* MoodWhiplash: Thanks to Wiseau's dialogue and direction, viewers are ''never'' sure where a scene is going. The best example of this is: "I did not hit her! It's not true! It's bullshit, I did not hit her! I did NOOOOT! ... Oh, hi Mark!"