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Act I
The Usherette in a derelict cinema introduces tonight's film in a song ("Science Fiction/Double Feature"), with masked Phantoms providing the backing vocals.
After attending the wedding of Betty Munroe and Ralph Hapshatt, Brad Majors confesses his love to Janet Weiss ("Dammit, Janet!") and the two become engaged. The Narrator appears to explain that Brad and Janet are leaving Denton to visit Dr. Everett Scott, their former science tutor, while driving into a rainstorm. During the trip their car has a flat tire, and they are forced to walk through the rain to seek a telephone in an old castle ("Over at the Frankenstein Place").
As Brad and Janet arrive, they are greeted by Riff Raff, the hunchbacked handyman, who leaves to fetch his master. The Narrator explains that Brad and Janet are feeling "apprehensive and uneasy," but must accept any help they are offered. While they dry off, Frank-n-Furter, a bisexual mad scientist, arrives. He introduces himself as "a Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual Transylvania" and invites Brad and Janet to his laboratory ("Sweet Transvestite"). Magenta, the maid and Riff Raff's sister, and Columbia, Frank-n-Furter's "groupie," help Riff Raff strip Brad and Janet to their underwear. They speak briefly of an unlucky delivery boy named Eddie before performing the show's big dance number "Time Warp"..
Brad and Janet enter the laboratory, where Frank-n-Furter gives them lab coats to wear. Frank-n-Furter announces that he has discovered the secret to life itself. He unveils his creation, a blonde, well-built man named Rocky Horror, who is brought to life. As his bandages are removed, Rocky Horror worries about his predicament ("The Sword of Damocles"). Frank-n-Furter admires Rocky's physique by singing a tribute to muscle builders ("I Can Make You a Man"). A Coca-Cola freezer in the laboratory opens to reveal Eddie, a biker covered in surgical scars, who performs "Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul" for the group before being sent back into the freezer by Frank-n-Furter. Frank tells Rocky that he prefers him to Eddie ("I Can Make You a Man (Reprise)"). Brad and Janet are then ushered to separate bedrooms for the night.
Act II
The Narrator explains that Brad and Janet may not be quite safe. Janet enjoys Brad's advances in her darkened bedroom before realizing that Frank-n-Furter has tricked her. Frank-n-Furter convinces Janet that pleasure is no crime, and when she asks him to promise not to tell Brad, they resume their lovemaking. The scene changes to Brad's darkened bedroom, where Brad makes love to Janet before discovering that Frank-n-Furter has tricked him. Frank-n-Furter promises not to tell Janet, but as they resume, Riff Raff interrupts on the TV monitor with a message that Rocky Horror has escaped. Janet searches for Brad in the laboratory, and discovers Rocky Horror hiding there. Checking the TV monitor, Janet finds Brad in bed with Frank-n-Furter, and seduces Rocky Horror ("Touch-a-Touch-a-Touch-a-Touch Me"). While searching the TV monitor for Rocky, the rest of the group discovers that Janet is sleeping with him, and Brad becomes hurt and angry ("Once in a While"). Riff Raff then notifies Frank-n-Furter there is another visitor entering the castle: Dr. Everett Scott, the wheelchair-bound science tutor Brad and Janet intended to visit.
Dr. Scott is pushed into the laboratory by Columbia, and Frank-n-Furter accuses him and Brad of trying to investigate his castle. Dr. Scott assures him he has come in search of Eddie, his nephew. Frank-n-Furter shows the "defrosted" Eddie in a plastic bag and restrains Brad, Janet, and Dr. Scott electronically to the floor when Brad attacks. Dr. Scott explains the potential uses of Frank-n-Furter's sonic transducer, and Frank-n-Furter scolds Janet for sleeping with his creation ("Wise Up Janet Weiss"). The three visitors and Columbia are then drugged by Riff Raff, as is Magenta, who recovers to ask when they will return to Transylvania. Frank-n-Furter rebuffs her and insists on performing a "floor show" with his captive guests.
Columbia, Rocky, Brad and Janet each perform a segment of "Rose Tint My World" for Frank-n-Furter's floor show, dressed in revealing underwear and fishnets. Frank-n-Furter performs "Don't Dream It - Be It" with the help of the other four, enticing them all to give themselves to "absolute pleasure." The cast of the floor show then performs "Wild and Untamed Thing," when they are interrupted by Riff Raff and Magenta, clad in space suits. Riff Raff wields a laser gun and explains they wish to return to their home planet and do not agree with Frank-n-Furter's extreme lifestyle, although he tries to explain himself to them ("I'm Going Home"). Unimpressed, Riff Raff announces that Frank-n-Furter will not be returning with them. Attempting to save Frank-n-Furter, Columbia steps between him and Riff Raff, but she, along with Frank-n-Furter and Rocky, are killed by the laser gun. Dr. Scott commends Riff Raff's actions, and Riff Raff orders the earthlings to leave. As Riff Raff and Magenta rejoice, the castle blasts off to return to the planet Transsexual, in the galaxy of Transylvania.
Dr. Scott, Brad and Janet leave the castle confused and unsure about themselves ("Superheroes"). The Narrator says "and crawling on the planets face, tiny insects called the human race, lost in time, and lost in space - and meaning." As the film ends, The Usherette returns to sing "Science Fiction - Double Feature (Reprise)."
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