| 1 | Characters in ''Film/{{The Room|2003}}''. |
| 2 | ---- |
| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder:Johnny]] |
| 6 | !!Johnny |
| 7 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_room_1200.jpg]] |
| 8 | [[caption-width-right:350:The man, the myth, the legend.]] |
| 9 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/TommyWiseau |
| 10 | |
| 11 | -> ''"What a story, Mark!"'' |
| 12 | |
| 13 | A wealthy Banker, the future husband of Lisa and Mark's Best Friend. |
| 14 | ---- |
| 15 | * AllLovingHero: Pays Denny's tuition and rent, lavishes his girlfriend with gifts, brings in lots of clients to his bank, and just cares so much about everybody. Everyone praises Johnny, even those who betray him. |
| 16 | --> "He's a ''wonderful'' person!" |
| 17 | * {{Angrish}}: During his AngerMontage, Johnny screams like this. |
| 18 | * AteHisGun: Shoots himself in despair after he locks himself in the titular room and trashes the place. |
| 19 | * AuthorAvatar: And painfully obvious at that. |
| 20 | * BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Mark's Veronica for Lisa's Archie |
| 21 | * {{Catchphrase}}: |
| 22 | ** Oh hai, X. |
| 23 | ** That's the idea! |
| 24 | ** "Don't worry about that/it." Says this to things people would typically worry about, with variations. |
| 25 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mainly due to being played by the eccentric and overly dramatic Tommy Wiseau. |
| 26 | * ColdHam: Tommy Wiseau manages to overreact and underreact simultaneously. It's especially noticeable when he's trashing his house, throwing things around and screaming in pain while still putting no emotion into the actual dialogue. |
| 27 | * ComedicSociopathy: Mark once knew this girl who had a dozen guys... |
| 28 | -->'''Mark''': One of them found out about it... beat her up so bad she ended up at a hospital on Guerrero Street. |
| 29 | -->'''Johnny''': [[DissonantLaughter Ha ha ha]]. What a story, Mark. |
| 30 | * DespairEventHorizon: Johnny crosses it [[spoiler: and commits suicide]] at the end of the movie. |
| 31 | * DiedOnTheirBirthday: Johnny is DrivenToSuicide and blows his brains out with a handgun on his birthday. |
| 32 | * DullSurprise: "I did not hit her, it's not true. It's bullshit, I did not hit her! I did NAAAGHT... Oh hi, Mark." Sestero joked about doing yoga to perfect Mark's boringness. |
| 33 | * ExtremeDoormat: Despite knowing Lisa is cheating on him and is spreading false rumors that he is abusive towards her, Johnny refuses to confront her on her lies and infidelity. Likewise, he also refuses to confront Mark despite suspecting him of being the one sleeping with Lisa. It takes the two of them getting intimate right in front of him for him to take action, and even then it's Lisa who ends their relationship. |
| 34 | * EyesAlwaysShut: His eyes are usually halfway closed for whatever reason. |
| 35 | * FlowersOfRomance: He buys roses for Lisa so much he's the flower shop's favourite customer. |
| 36 | * FunnyForeigner: Johnny, and Tommy Wiseau himself, unintentionally. WebVideo/ObscurusLupa described Wiseau as "the French ''Film/{{Borat}}'', if he didn't know he was the French Borat", while IFC.com described his voice in the film as "Borat trying to do an impression of Creator/ChristopherWalken playing a mental patient." Made even funnier because in RealLife Tommy Wiseau claims to be from UsefulNotes/NewOrleans. Turns out that he's [[http://iwatchstuff.com/2014/01/tommy-wiseaus-point-of-origin-finally-fi.php likely from Poland]], which was later confirmed by Rick Harper, who researched Tommy's background for his documentary ''Room Full of Spoons''. |
| 37 | * TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Johnny is DrivenToSuicide by his fiancée's infidelity with his best friend.]] |
| 38 | * HongKongDub: A lot of his lines obviously don't match up with his mouth movements. |
| 39 | * HulkingOut: He's so angry during his [[spoiler:suicidal]] tantrum, that he's strong enough to effortlessly lift up an old, ''heavy-looking'' CRT TV and toss it out the window. |
| 40 | * TheHyena: "Ts-Hahahahahahahahaha." He even laughs at a story about domestic violence. |
| 41 | * HypocriticalHumor: |
| 42 | ** "I cannot tell you, it's confidential. Anyway, how is your sex life?" |
| 43 | ** Johnny begins a scene visibly (?) frustrated over the accusations of him hitting Lisa and gets upset when Mark even asks him about it. ''In this very same scene'', Mark tells him about a woman who ended up in a hospital as a result of domestic violence and Johnny [[DissonantLaughter finds this amusing]]. |
| 44 | * InformedAbility: |
| 45 | ** Johnny is supposed to be an excellent banker, despite his limited English and vampiric appearance. |
| 46 | ** Claudette, Lisa's mom, explains many great things about Johnny to (ahem, us) Lisa that we see no evidence for. |
| 47 | * InformedFlaw: Lisa complains that Johnny is "boring" the first time she talks with her mother. Johnny has a number of flaws (probably unintentionally so), but being boring is definitely not one of them. |
| 48 | * InformedKindness: He's ostensibly an emotionally fragile NiceGuy who buys Lisa red roses often enough to be the flower shop lady's favorite customer, and would do anything for Lisa and seems to only want to make her happy. He also pays for Denny's college and tuition without asking for anything in return, and is constantly admired and praised by everyone (except Lisa) wherever he goes. This shilling is kind of undermined by some of the other kinks in his character, such as laughing at domestic abuse that landed someone in the hospital, his covert taping of Lisa to determine whether or not she was having an affair instead of coming out and asking her about it, shoving Lisa onto a couch at one point and later getting into a physical confrontation with Mark in front of all his party guests, and his destructive meltdown at the end where he completely trashes his apartment. |
| 49 | * LargeHam: Somehow manages to overlap this with DullSurprise. |
| 50 | * LooksLikeCesare: Black hair, and an appearance that suggests he doesn't go outside much. |
| 51 | * {{Mentor|s}}: Johnny is Denny's foster father in all but legal status. As such, Denny comes to him for advice, which Johnny is happy to give. Though given the writing, said advice tends to be... bizarre. |
| 52 | -->'''Denny:''' So what sort of movie are we gonna see? |
| 53 | -->'''Johnny:''' Well, we'll see... Denny, don't plan too much, it may not come out right. |
| 54 | * MesACrowd: One of the few things we know about the planned musical is that Wiseau wants ten Johnnies on stage at once, either singing or playing football. |
| 55 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Towards the end, he drops his accent and calmly asks Mark to leave. This precedes the ensuing fight. |
| 56 | * ParentalSubstitute: To Denny, a neighboring high school student whom Johnny financially supports and "loves like a son". |
| 57 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: University College Dublin Dramsoc adapted the movie into a play that ended with Johnny singing "I Will Survive". |
| 58 | ** In the true ending to VideoGame/TheRoomTheGame, [[spoiler: he [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]] since he was actually an alien being.]] |
| 59 | * SpurnedIntoSuicide: Johnny kills himself because Lisa has been horrible to him but is still relying on him for cash, whilst cheating on him with his best friend. He finds all this out on his BIRTHDAY! |
| 60 | * TheTeetotaler: Supposedly. He gives up a token resistance to drinking, goes along with it after Lisa finally brings out out the whiskey-vodka, and won't stop. Although he appeared to drink champagne at the party, so there's another plot hole for you. |
| 61 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: "I'm fed up with this '''WARULD'''!" |
| 62 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Towards the end of the movie, starting with the fight between him and Mark as he discovers that Lisa is cheating on him during his birthday party. |
| 63 | * UnexplainedAccent: Has a thick accent, yet no one ever mentions it or where Johnny came from. The closest Johnny comes is recalling when he arrived in San Francisco, and problems with cashing a cheque from an out-of-state bank. Wiseau's original nationality was the subject of much scrutiny, as Wiseau makes contradictory claims to be from either France or New Orleans. A failed lawsuit from Wiseau regarding a documentary on The Room eventually forced him to reveal that he is Polish-American, with relatives in Louisiana. |
| 64 | * UnstoppableRage: The scene where Lisa leaves him, causing him to go into a rage and trash his entire apartment, including mustering the strength to throw a massive CRT television (those things are heavy!) straight out the window. |
| 65 | * VerbalTic: |
| 66 | ** "Huh?", which he uses at the endings of some of his sentences. |
| 67 | ** Also a recurring [[MirthlessLaughter nervous giggle]]. |
| 68 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Especially funny since it's Tommy Wiseau's natural accent. Turns out that (as was long suspected by internet scuttlebutt) Tommy was born in Poland, and (as revealed in ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist'') spent some time living in France and New Orleans, and his accent is likely a bizarre combination of all three. |
| 69 | * YouNoTakeCandle: Slips into this at times, most notably "Everybody betray me! I fed up with this world!" |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Lisa]] |
| 73 | !!Lisa |
| 74 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_room_lisa.jpg]] |
| 75 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't want to talk about it."'']] |
| 76 | !!!'''Played By:''' Juliette Danielle |
| 77 | |
| 78 | Johnny's future wife. She begins an affair with Mark; Johnny's best friend, out of boredom. |
| 79 | ---- |
| 80 | * AngerBornOfWorry: She flips out on Denny when she finds out about his situation with Chris-R, and is clearly worried about him. At the end of the scene, she assures Denny that she and Johnny are his friends and they'll help him. |
| 81 | * BeautyIsBad: She's as pretty as she is reprehensible. |
| 82 | * BigBad: Drives the plot by TEARING JOHNNY APART! |
| 83 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems nice, at first. Then we find out that she's cheating on her loving [[InsistentTerminology future spouse]] because she's ''bored'' with him. As the film goes on, it's implied that this is the result of Claudette's parental advice, which becomes progressively immoral throughout. |
| 84 | * BrainlessBeauty: Her schemes aren't very well thought out. |
| 85 | * {{Catchphrase}}: |
| 86 | ** "I don't want to talk about it" |
| 87 | ** "Don't worry about it." |
| 88 | * CharacterShilling: Many characters will stop whatever momentum the movie has in order to talk about how great Lisa is. |
| 89 | * DisproportionateRetribution: She's cheating on Johnny because ''she thinks he's boring''. |
| 90 | * DudeMagnet: Besides Johnny and Mark, even Denny was secretly in love with her. Not to mention the guy at the party whose sole purpose seems to be saying that "Lisa looks hot tonight". |
| 91 | * DumbBlonde: In a way. Most notably not caring about the fact that if she continues cheating, she's going to destroy Johnny, despite Steven's serious words to her. |
| 92 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She is genuinely shocked to learn that her mother only married her father because he had money and that she never really loved him; even her own cheating is done on the grounds that she isn't actually in love with Johnny despite him having money, and she is [[{{Downplayed}} initially]] uncomfortable to hear her mother advise her to marry Johnny regardless of her feelings for him simply because he is financially secure. |
| 93 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: Blonde, love interest of TheHero, and resident DudeMagnet. |
| 94 | * FemmeFatale: Is conceived as a breathtakingly beautiful woman who cheats on her fiancé with his best friend, then flat-out lies about being abused by her fiancé to justify breaking off the engagement, but she falls victim to the Wiseau brand of {{Narm}}. |
| 95 | * ForTheEvulz: Lisa is originally just interested in Johnny's cash, but after a while she starts to flaunt her affair with Mark, and lies to Johnny about being pregnant just to "make things interesting". |
| 96 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Choleric. |
| 97 | * FreudianExcuse: Her mother has divorced several times (including Lisa's father), implying that Lisa grew up in a dysfunctional household. Her mother also definitely has breast cancer. Downplayed/subverted in the sense that Lisa doesn't seem too bothered by any of this ([[EvenEvilHasStandards though she is genuinely unnerved]] to learn that her mother only married her father for money rather than love). |
| 98 | * TheGadfly: Is originally just interested in [[StealthPun Johnny's cash]], but after a while she starts to flaunt her affair with Mark, and lies to Johnny about being pregnant just to "make things interesting". |
| 99 | * {{Gaslighting}}: Attempts it on Johnny, getting him drunk and then telling him that he hit her. But he did naht hit her, he did NAHT! |
| 100 | * HeadTurningBeauty: Barely a scene goes by where someone doesn't comment on her attractiveness. |
| 101 | * InformedAttractiveness: Lisa is regarded as incredibly beautiful and irresistible by the men. Though she is by no means ''unattractive'', her looks simply do not stand out much from the rest of the cast. |
| 102 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Case in point, after her future spouse [[spoiler:commits suicide]], her first action is to tell the guy she was cheating on him with (who also happened to be his best friend) that they can finally be together. Mark rightfully calls her out on this. |
| 103 | * {{Jerkass}}: She cheats on her loving future spouse with his best friend just because she's bored with him, was implied to have just been using him for money in the first place, lies about him abusing her to justify it and [[spoiler:''tells his best friend that now there is nothing to keep them apart after Johnny kills himself'']]. At the end, Mark finally grows a spine and tells her off for it. |
| 104 | * LackOfEmpathy: She has no moral qualms about lying and cheating and she is completely unmoved when her mother tells she has breast cancer. |
| 105 | * LargeHam: Perhaps not as obscene as Johnny or Chris-R, but she has her moments. |
| 106 | -->'''Lisa''': "What kind of drugs did you take!?!?!"\ |
| 107 | '''Denny''': "It's nothing like that...!"\ |
| 108 | '''Lisa''': "'''''WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?'''''" |
| 109 | * ManipulativeBitch: She is actually called "manipulative" a couple of times in the film. She no longer wants to marry Johnny, so she has an affair with Mark, then gets Johnny drunk, but turns around and falsely accuses him of hitting her. |
| 110 | * PetTheDog: Despite her nastiness, Lisa seems to genuinely care for Denny. |
| 111 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: As the girlfriend, her scenes are limited to having sex and sitting on a pedestal. As the antagonist, she's the axis of the whole film. |
| 112 | * SmugSnake: Sure Lisa, be all secretive and paper thin with your lies and cheating. Johnny will ''[[SarcasmMode never]]'' find out. |
| 113 | * TheSociopath: Peter speculates that she is one based on her behaviour. Although her characterization is so inconsistent that it's unclear if she really is. |
| 114 | * StupidEvil: Lisa decides that the best place to have her romps with Mark is within her and Johnny's own home...even when there's an entire party of people around. Naturally, the two of them are caught. |
| 115 | * UglyGuyHotWife: More like ''future wife'' [[InsistentTerminology as everyone likes to point out.]] |
| 116 | * TheUnfairSex: {{Inverted|Trope}}; everyone acts like the affair is her fault while downplaying Mark's role. Though she was the one throwing it in people's faces. |
| 117 | * UngratefulBitch: Lampshaded by Johnny after she calls him "little prick" and tells him that she put up with him for seven years. |
| 118 | -->'''Johnny''': I treat you like a princess and you stab me in the back. I love you and I did anything for you to just please you and now you betrayed me. |
| 119 | [[/folder]] |
| 120 | |
| 121 | [[folder:Mark]] |
| 122 | !!Mark |
| 123 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_room_mark.jpg]] |
| 124 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Leave your '''stupid''' comments in your pocket!"'']] |
| 125 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GregSestero |
| 126 | |
| 127 | Johnny's best friend. He begins an affair with Lisa; Johnny's future wife. |
| 128 | ---- |
| 129 | * BeautyIsBad: He's noted to be handsome and he's having an affair with his best friend's [[InsistentTerminology future wife.]] Less so compared to Lisa as he at least feels a pang of guilt about what's going on. |
| 130 | * BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Johnny's Betty for Lisa's Archie |
| 131 | * BrainlessBeauty: He certainly gives off that "Himbo" vibe when Lisa talks him into sex. |
| 132 | -->'''Mark''': "What are you doin'? What's goin' on here? *derp*" |
| 133 | * DullSurprise: His reaction every time Lisa invites him over "[[SexualEuphemism to talk]]" and then winds up trying to sleep with him. As he explained in ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist,'' there was no way for Greg to make his performance seem convincing, so he didn't even try. |
| 134 | * EasilyForgiven: Mark nearly shoves Peter over the edge of the roof and is forgiven almost instantly in an awkward fashion. |
| 135 | * EveryoneHasStandards: His disgust at the very end of the film when Lisa comes on to him ''over Johnny's corpse.'' His reaction could be seen as a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. |
| 136 | * FlatCharacter: [[WordOfSaintPaul Greg Sestero himself]] views Mark this way. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1nbna6/oh_hai_mark_greg_sestero_mark_from_the_room_here/cch41ra?context=1 According to him, any time he tried to add any depth to the role, Tommy would accuse him of trying to be king of the world.]][[invoked]] |
| 137 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Phlegmatic. |
| 138 | * HeManWomanHater: He doesn't have a high opinion of women in general. |
| 139 | -->'''Mark:''' Oh man, I just can't figure women out. Sometimes they're just too smart. Sometimes they're just flat-out stupid. Other times they're just evil. |
| 140 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Johnny are best friends and we know this because the characters remind us of this every five seconds. |
| 141 | * ImAManICantHelpIt: He seems incapable of resisting Lisa's advances, even after protesting how much it's betraying Johnny. |
| 142 | * ImportantHaircut: Subverted. He shaves his beard and everyone makes a big deal out of it, but it doesn't signal a change in character. |
| 143 | * KarmaHoudini: For some reason, Mark is ''blameless'' when Lisa cheats on Johnny with him -- all four times. [[spoiler:When Johnny commits suicide, Mark is indignant at ''her''.]] It takes two to tango, and he tangoed four times ''knowingly'' with his best friend's steady girlfriend and fiancée. |
| 144 | * TheLancer: He's Johnny's ''best friend''. |
| 145 | * MarijuanaIsLSD: Becomes uncharacteristically violent and belligerent after taking just a couple hits from a joint. |
| 146 | * MrFanservice: Mark's a good-looking guy and he knows it, wearing a couple sleeveless shirts and a form-fitting longsleeve. [[http://www.maxtalent.com/talentPhotos/1/185/gregsestero21.jpg He is]]--let's face it--[[https://31.media.tumblr.com/3026f94519693b82387d594dbf11c895/tumblr_inline_nifnzlUJgA1sztdkw.jpg a very handsome man]]. He worked as [[http://oi68.tinypic.com/tao2uf.jpg a model for Gucci and Ferré]] before starting his acting career. |
| 147 | * NeverMyFault: Mark apparently refuses to accept responsibility for sleeping with Lisa knowing she was in a relationship, or for [[spoiler:accidentally driving Johnny to suicide]], instead putting all the blame on Lisa both times. Probably because Lisa convinced him to begin with, but it was still out of his own volition. |
| 148 | * ObliviousToHints: On almost a spiritual level. You'd think that Mark would sort of get the hint as to what Lisa wants from him about the ''third'' time he is unwittingly seduced by her. |
| 149 | -->'''Mark''' (after Lisa leads him upstairs by the hand and holds him close): "What's going on here?" |
| 150 | * PrettyBoy: Especially after he shaves. Johnny even calls him a "babyface". |
| 151 | * TheReveal: Mark shows up at the apartment where Johnny, Denny, and Peter have been waiting for him in tuxedos, [[spoiler:wearing one just as well...and ''shaven'']]. It is one of the most dramatic, bizarre twists of the movie. |
| 152 | * TheStoner: A hilariously ill-written variation. See MarijuanaIsLSD above. |
| 153 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Throughout most of the film, Mark is torn up about his affair with Lisa, and worried about potentially ruining his friendship with Johnny. But during Johnny's birthday party, he suddenly becomes angry and abrasive towards Johnny and is more than happy to be openly intimate with Lisa. |
| 154 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Attempted. According to ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist'', Tommy named Mark after the lead actor of ''Film/TheTalentedMrRipley'', "[[Creator/MattDamon Mark Damon]]". Hilariously, there is an actual actor whose name is indeed [[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0198941/ Mark Damon]]. |
| 155 | * TheUnfairSex: {{Inverted|Trope}}; everyone acts like the affair is entirely Lisa's fault. Yes, she may have been the one who seduced him to begin with, but he still went with it anyway. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Denny]] |
| 159 | !!Denny |
| 160 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_room_denny.jpg]] |
| 161 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[ShipperOnDeck "I just like to watch you guys."]]'']] |
| 162 | !!!'''Played By:''' Philip Haldiman |
| 163 | |
| 164 | A teen (possibly) under the care of Johnny, who pays for his school tuition and rent. |
| 165 | ---- |
| 166 | * NinetiesHair: In TheOughties. |
| 167 | %%* CloudCuckoolander: When he isn't acting like a StalkerWithACrush, he's this. |
| 168 | * CompressedVice: His drug dealings with Chris-R are brought up once and then never mentioned afterwards. |
| 169 | * DirtyKid: An unintentional example. He jumps into bed with Johnny and Lisa before they have sex, and tells Johnny that he "just likes to watch them." |
| 170 | * EveryoneHasStandards: For all his strange behavior, he's upset enough about Johnny's suicide to lash out at Lisa and Mark for probably having something to do with it. |
| 171 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Sanguine. |
| 172 | * KidAppealCharacter: The only kid-like character in the movie (he is 18 years old, but looks and acts ''much'' younger). Not that kids are even supposed to be seeing this movie, which is rated R, making him even ''more'' inexplicable. |
| 173 | * KiddieKid: To a degree. He keeps trying to go upstairs with Johnny and Lisa when he knows they're going to have sex, and presumably wants to join in, then follows them upstairs and jumps on the bed. He also talks about how he's "in love" with Lisa like a 7-year old, and fawns over her to a creepy effect. |
| 174 | * NiceGuy: While his behavior is quite unusual, he makes up for it by being one of the only characters in the movie who isn't an amoral asshole. |
| 175 | * NoSocialSkills: He admits to liking to watch Johnny and Lisa engage in foreplay, which is, to put it lightly, not something you should mention in polite conversation. |
| 176 | * PhraseCatcher: "Oh hai, Denny!" |
| 177 | * PrecisionFStrike: Against Claudette. "You're not my fucking ''mother''!" |
| 178 | * PrecociousCrush: Has one on Lisa. |
| 179 | * StalkerWithACrush: Not only does he tell Johnny that he likes to watch him and Lisa during their love-making sessions, but he also admits to him that he thinks he's in love with Lisa. Johnny is unbothered by this. |
| 180 | * TagalongKid: Denny doesn't have much importance to the plot. |
| 181 | * ThirdWheel: Hangs around Lisa and Johnny while the two want to be alone. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Claudette]] |
| 185 | !!Claudette |
| 186 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_room_claudette.jpg]] |
| 187 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Everything goes wrong all at once. Nobody wants to help me, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and I'm dying.]]"'']] |
| 188 | !!!'''Played By:''' Carolyn Minnott |
| 189 | |
| 190 | Lisa's mother and a selfish, greedy, awful person in general. |
| 191 | ---- |
| 192 | * AngerBornOfWorry: She tears into Denny after she discovers that he was nearly killed by a drug dealer that he owed money to, though she seems to care for Denny's wellbeing in the end. |
| 193 | * AudienceSurrogate: Probably unintentional, but she asks questions the viewers are probably wondering, such as asking [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall "What are these characters doing here?"]] when she walks in on Mike and Michelle making out, and asking Denny numerous questions about his relationship with Chris-R (none of which are ever answered). |
| 194 | * BrutalHonesty: She flat-out admits to Lisa that she hated her ex-husband, who happens to be Lisa's father. |
| 195 | * DoesNotLikeMen: "All men are assholes. Men and women use and abuse each other all the time. There's nothing wrong with it. Marriage has nothing to do with love." |
| 196 | * EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Understated, but a definite development: Claudette is for the majority of the film Lisa's voice of reason, but in their biggest talk about Johnny, Claudette reveals she only married Lisa's father for the money, thinks abuse of men and women is the norm, and doesn't give a damn about Lisa's happiness, so long as she marries Johnny for his wealth.]] |
| 197 | * GoldDigger: Lisa's mother guiltlessly, but only [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor occasionally]], insists that Lisa take advantage of [[MealTicket Johnny]] for financial reasons, as she seems to have done with her previous husbands. She gets in on the action by trying to bilk the down payment on a house out of Johnny. She has a tendency to touch her finger to Lisa's nose in an awkward facsimile of maternal tenderness. |
| 198 | * GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Probably unintentionally. It is implied Lisa's immoral attitude stems from Claudette, as the mother discloses a clear disregard for love. Michelle alludes to this when she claims Lisa is acting like her mother in being manipulative.]] |
| 199 | * HypocriticalHumour: She states in one sentence how much she [[StrawFeminist dislikes men]], and states in the next sentence that men and women exploit each other. |
| 200 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: She is really casual about her breast cancer. |
| 201 | * MetaGuy: She actually refers to Mike and Michelle as "characters", wonders why they're in the story (just like we are), and makes some other comments that just happen to be the same thing the audience is thinking (pointing out the DramaticIrony of Lisa's claim about Johnny getting drunk, then later {{Lampshading}} the absurdity of Lisa bringing up a topic she doesn't want to talk about). It's not intentional, but she sure seems like she knows that she's a fictional character in a ludicrous film. |
| 202 | * TheMentor: The closest thing this movie has to one. Naturally, she's very horrible at it. |
| 203 | * OnlySaneByComparison: She may be an immoral, self-absorbed hypochondriac, but she's also the only character in this movie who seems even remotely aware of how absurd the plot is. |
| 204 | * PetTheDog: She's clearly concerned about Denny after the Chris-R incident, showing that she's not ''completely'' heartless. |
| 205 | * PragmaticVillainy: She wants Lisa to marry and be faithful to Johnny so that she can [[GoldDigger live off]] a stable life with him. This ends up with an extreme case of VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: If Lisa had listened to her mother, it would have been for the better for ''everyone involved!'' [[DrivenToSuicide Johnny wouldn't have committed suicide]], he and Mark would still be friends, Denny would still receive college tuition, Lisa would, again, live a good life, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the flower shop would still have their favourite customer]].]] |
| 206 | * ReallyGetsAround: Implied. She married and divorced several men, one of them being Lisa's father. |
| 207 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: Yeah, she's absolutely right that Lisa should stay faithful to Johnny if she's in a relationship with him... but the reason she advises Lisa to do so is so she can be a GoldDigger. |
| 208 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: She's pro-Johnny and wants Lisa to stay with him, not because she's a fan of their romance but because she wants her daughter to marry so she can benefit from this. |
| 209 | * StrawFeminist: She has a very low opinion about men, but she's at least open-minded enough to know that women can also be manipulative. |
| 210 | * VillainHasAPoint: While her advising Lisa to stay faithful to Johnny so she can live off his money is very cold-blooded and insensitive, [[spoiler:''everybody'' would've been better off had Lisa listened to her]]. |
| 211 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her breast cancer. It comes up once, then is never mentioned again. |
| 212 | --> "They have cures for everything." |
| 213 | ** WordOfGod confirms that [[spoiler:she'll live through it]]. |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Mike]] |
| 217 | !!Mike |
| 218 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mike_the_room.jpg]] |
| 219 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"She's showing everybody... me underwears."'']] |
| 220 | !!!'''Played By:''' Scott Holmes (credited as Mike Holmes in the film, due to Wiseau forgetting the actor's name) |
| 221 | |
| 222 | %%--> ''"She's showing everybody... me underwears."'' |
| 223 | |
| 224 | One of Johnny and Mark's friends and Michelle's boyfriend. |
| 225 | ---- |
| 226 | * BetaCouple: With Michelle. |
| 227 | * BlatantLies: He had to run back into the apartment after being caught having sex with Michelle and get his ... book. (That is, his underwear.) |
| 228 | * TheBroCode: Chooses to stay to play football with the guys rather than make out with his girlfriend. |
| 229 | * TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Not seen on screen together with Peter. |
| 230 | * LargeHam: He's no louder than the rest of the cast, but his exaggerated facial expressions and non-stop mugging have to be seen to be believed. |
| 231 | * PluckyComicRelief: Not involved in the romantic "drama", and he is mainly remembered for telling his friends a silly story about his underwear. |
| 232 | * TooMuchInformation: In one scene, he tells the rest of the guys he has to leave so he can make out with Michelle. |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Michelle]] |
| 236 | !!Michelle |
| 237 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/michelle_the_room.jpg]] |
| 238 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 239 | !!!'''Played By:''' Robyn Paris |
| 240 | |
| 241 | One of Lisa's friends, confidant, and Mike's girlfriend. |
| 242 | ---- |
| 243 | * AllWomenAreLustful: She's very horny when she sneaks into the apartment with Mike for a quickie. |
| 244 | * BetaCouple: With Mike. |
| 245 | * ChocolateOfRomance: Which she feeds to Mike. |
| 246 | * {{Foil}}: She exists mainly to be the decent counterpoint to her amoral friend Lisa. |
| 247 | * TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Not seen on screen together with Peter. |
| 248 | * GoodCannotComprehendEvil: When Lisa won't listen to reason regarding her affair with Mark and also admits she lied about being pregnant just for the hell of it, Michelle's response is to remark, "I don't understand you, Lisa" as Lisa walks away. |
| 249 | * TokenGoodTeammate: The only female character who seems to be a decent person. She knows how destructive Lisa's infidelity is and tries to talk her out of it several times. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Chris-R]] |
| 253 | !!Chris-R |
| 254 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chris_r.png]] |
| 255 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Where's my fucking money?"'']] |
| 256 | !!!'''Played By:''' Dan Janjigian |
| 257 | |
| 258 | An aggressive drug-dealer with a past history with Denny. |
| 259 | ---- |
| 260 | * AxCrazy: So much so that his actor actually ended up scaring the rest of the crew with his performance. |
| 261 | * TheAggressiveDrugDealer: Aggressive both in how he talks and how he threatens people with weapons. |
| 262 | * BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee, and is an aggressive drug dealer. |
| 263 | * ChandlersLaw: He starts the first violent part of the movie. |
| 264 | * ChekhovsGun: His gun is probably supposed to be this, as it's clearly intended to be the same gun Johnny uses to commit suicide, but given the type of film this is, the make and model changes by the time Johnny uses it. |
| 265 | * ClusterFBomb: He wants his ''fucking'' money right now, not in five ''fucking'' minutes, or else Denny is ''fucking'' dead. |
| 266 | * DiabolusExNihilo: He isn't even referenced until he shows up to try and get Denny to pay him. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse After that, he is never mentioned or referenced again]]. |
| 267 | * FauxAffablyEvil: When we first see him, he calmly says "hi" to Denny, but quickly drops the act by becoming increasingly more intimidating, then [[AxCrazy ultimately going ballistic.]] |
| 268 | ** Emphasized in the deleted alleyway version of his scene, where he approaches Denny with an almost friendly-sounding "Denny boy!" and asks him how his basketball shot is coming along. Like in the final version, things go south when he asks Denny for his money. |
| 269 | * GangstaStyle: Like any good movie gangsta, Chris-R holds his gun sideways. |
| 270 | * HairTriggerTemper: His first reaction when Denny tells him to wait for his money is to ''pull a gun on him'' and threaten his life. To be fair, he's a drug dealer, so he was probably high on something at the time. |
| 271 | * HotBlooded: Definitely not an even-tempered guy. |
| 272 | * KnightOfCerebus: The main antagonists of the movie consist of an adulterer and her abusive GoldDigger mother, but Chris-R stands out in terms of villainy due to being TheAggressiveDrugDealer who almost kills Denny, [[WouldHurtAChild who's pretty much a child]]. His acting is also decently terrifying compared to the main cast. |
| 273 | * LargeHam: According to ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist'', Dan gave what's considered the most passionate performance in the movie. |
| 274 | * NoIndoorVoice: To be fair, he was outside when he was doing all his yelling. Though presumably being inside wouldn't have stopped him. |
| 275 | * PlotIrrelevantVillain: He has absolutely nothing to do with the main plot of the movie at all, and only appears in one scene. |
| 276 | * SirSwearsalot: All the dialogue in his one scene is a ClusterFBomb. |
| 277 | * SleevesAreForWimps: Wears a tank-top in his scene. |
| 278 | * VillainousBreakdown: When Denny tells him that he doesn't have the money to pay him with at the moment, he ''immediately'' pulls a gun out on him, rabidly shouting at him before being taken away by Johnny and Mark, kicking and screaming. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Peter]] |
| 282 | !!Peter |
| 283 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peter_the_room.png]] |
| 284 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"People are people. Sometimes they just can't see their own faults."'']] |
| 285 | !!!'''Played By:''' Kyle Vogt |
| 286 | |
| 287 | One of Johnny and Mark's friends and professional psychologist. |
| 288 | ---- |
| 289 | * AlliterativeName: His name and his profession (psychologist) begin with the same letter (although the two "P"s aren't pronounced the same). |
| 290 | * BusmansHoliday: Is still "playing the psychologist" even when he's off-duty. |
| 291 | * ButtMonkey: Seems to be the butt of jokes in Johnny's inner circle. He is called a chicken at least two times, trips over in a tuxedo football match [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and is almost thrown off the roof by Mark]]. |
| 292 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mysteriously disappears midway through the movie, and is never mentioned again. This is because the actor had to leave to do another movie. Rather than film the important party scenes on his last day, Tommy instead filmed the pointless "football in tuxedos" scene. |
| 293 | * TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Not seen on screen together with Claudette, Mike, Michelle, or (obviously) Steven. |
| 294 | * IgnoredExpert: Johnny asks him for some advice about his relationship, which he gives him (for free, even!) and then Johnny gets annoyed and doesn't follow it because he doesn't feel like it. He also tells Mark that he should lay off the drugs, which he doesn't do for the same reason. On top of that, he also (probably correctly) diagnoses Lisa as a sociopath, which doesn't go anywhere either. |
| 295 | * NiceGuy: He only appears in a few scenes, but they all portray him as a calm, sensible person who's concerned for the well-being of others. He may be a bit too nice, considering how quick he is to dismiss the issue after [[DisproportionateRetribution Mark tries to push him off a rooftop]]. |
| 296 | * OnlySaneMan: Peter is the only one who hesitates to play football in a tuxedo. He also points out how manipulative and two-faced Lisa is and tries to stop Mark from doing drugs, which would only aggravate the situation even further. Moreover, he tells Mark to take responsibility for his affair with Lisa and to stop seeing her. Given that he's a psychologist, it's not all that surprising that he is the only person with common sense. |
| 297 | --> You guys proved my point. You’re ''both'' weird. |
| 298 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Not as much as his replacement below, but he still comes out of nowhere without being properly introduced, a little over halfway into the movie. |
| 299 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: The most highly educated character and also the only one in the male cast who wears glasses. |
| 300 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His actor quit mid-movie, so he disappears and Steven takes his place. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/29l7lt/iama_actor_in_the_room_ama_im_kyle_vogt_and_i/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=comment_list According to Kyle Vogt]], Peter was at the police station giving details about everybody after the Chris-R incident. |
| 301 | [[/folder]] |
| 302 | |
| 303 | [[folder:Steven]] |
| 304 | !!Steven |
| 305 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steven_the_room.png]] |
| 306 | [[caption-width-right:340:''"I feel like I'm sitting on an atomic bomb waiting for it to go off!"'']] |
| 307 | !!!'''Played By:''' Greg Ellery |
| 308 | |
| 309 | One of Johnny and Mark's friends concerned about Lisa's infidelity and affair with Mark. |
| 310 | ---- |
| 311 | * ActorSwap: He only exists because Peter's actor quit. |
| 312 | * AllThereInTheScript: His name is only known by the credits. |
| 313 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Appears as one of the many party guests before walking in on Mark and Lisa. |
| 314 | * EleventhHourRanger: He is introduced late in the movie, having never been mentioned beforehand. |
| 315 | * TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: For obvious reasons, not seen on screen together with Peter. |
| 316 | * LargeHam: He's basically a more melodramatic version of Peter. For a guy who shows up out of nowhere, he acts ''far'' more involved with the plot then he should. |
| 317 | * OnlySaneMan: Like Peter before him, he has enough sense to realize how toxic Lisa is and to foresee the consequences of her affair. He and Michelle sit down with Lisa and try (in vain) to talk her out of it. |
| 318 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives one to Lisa after he catches her making out with Mark. |
| 319 | * RememberTheNewGuy: An impossibly lazy example. With about 20 minutes left in the movie, a new character suddenly appears and becomes deeply involved in the plot. Presumably, we're not supposed to notice that he appeared from nowhere without an introduction. WordOfGod is that Steven is supposed to be a replacement for the psychologist character Peter (whose actor left the production), but the audience is given no hint of this; indeed, Steven looks nothing like Peter. |
| 320 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Originally, Peter had Steven's role, but his actor quit during filming, leading to Steven's creation. |
| 321 | * YesMan: When Michelle tells Lisa to come clean to Johnny, Steven backs up Michelle with an emphatic "I agree with that". |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[folder:"Doggy"]] |
| 325 | !!"Doggy" |
| 326 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hi_doggy.jpg]] |
| 327 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 328 | !!!'''Played By:''' Himself |
| 329 | ---- |
| 330 | * AsHimself: Tommy didn't notice him until during the middle of a take. Later, he would ask the dog's owner if it was a 'real thing', perhaps not convinced it was a real animal. |
| 331 | * NoNameGiven: The dog doesn't have an official name in the movie and is just referred to as "Doggy" by Johnny. |
| 332 | * OldDog: According to his owner, he was very old. This may explain why he sat so quietly on the counter that Tommy Wiseau didn't initially notice his presence. |
| 333 | * PreciousPuppy: Well, maybe not so much a puppy anymore. But definitely precious. |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder:Flower Shop Lady]] |
| 337 | !!Flower Shop Lady |
| 338 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flower_shop_lady.jpg]] |
| 339 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"You're my favorite customer!"'']] |
| 340 | !!!'''Played By:''' Herself |
| 341 | ---- |
| 342 | * AsHerself: The owner of the flower shop in real life (it has since closed). She was allowed to appear as herself, as Tommy didn't have any extras to spare for the scene. |
| 343 | * FailedASpotCheck: She fails to recognize Johnny until he takes off his sunglasses, despite his distinct appearance. |
| 344 | [[/folder]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | %%[[folder:Harold]] |
| 347 | %%Claudette's brother, who wants her to give him a share of her house. Claudette is less than willing to do this. |
| 348 | %%---- |
| 349 | %%* TheGhost: Along with Shirley Hamilton. |
| 350 | %%* {{Jerkass}}: According to Claudette. |
| 351 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | %%[[folder:Shirley Hamilton]] |
| 354 | %%Claudette's friend, who wants to buy a new house. Claudette asks Johnny to help her with a down payment, only for him to tell her it's an awkward situation. She expected him to be more generous. The only character in the entire movie to have a surname, yet she's entirely offscreen. |
| 355 | %%---- |
| 356 | %%* TheGhost: Along with Harold. |
| 357 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 358 | |
| 359 | %%[[folder: Edward]] |
| 360 | %%Claudette's ex-husband, and possibly Lisa's father. |
| 361 | %%---- |
| 362 | %%* TheGhost: Only referred to once in dialogue |
| 363 | %%* JerkAss: According to Claudette, anyway. |
| 364 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 365 | |
| 366 | [[folder:Party Guest]] |
| 367 | !!Party Guest |
| 368 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/who_are_you.png]] |
| 369 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Lisa looks hot tonight."]] |
| 370 | |
| 371 | Some random guy who appears at Johnny's party with his wife(?). |
| 372 | ---- |
| 373 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Not only is he [[AdaptationalJobChange Johnny's boss at the bank]] in the tribute game, but [[spoiler:he also hasn't been paying Johnny or giving him his promotion seemingly ForTheEvulz, and acts as if he's the FinalBoss of the game. [[CurbStompBattle It doesn't end well for him, though.]]]] |
| 374 | * AllMenArePerverts: His only scene features him commenting on how [[InformedAttractiveness he finds Lisa hot]] in front of a woman who may be his own ''wife.'' |
| 375 | * MayDecemberRomance: His partner appears to be an older woman. |
| 376 | * NoNameGiven: We never find out what his name is. |
| 377 | * UnknownCharacter: We only see him attending Johnny's birthday party, and serves no other purpose other than to call Lisa hot. We never know his name or what his relationship to Johnny is. He's just... there. |
| 378 | [[/folder]] |
| 379 | |
| 380 | ---- |
| 381 |
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