A character in
The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Credited as "an ex-delivery boy," he was played by
Meatloaf in the movie.
Eddie was supposedly an ex-lover of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, who was jilted by Frank for Frank's next Frankenstein-like creation, Rocky. Eddie was thrown into Cryogenic storage with his motorcycle and half of his brain was taken to be put in Rocky. Midway into the movie, he escapes the freezer, and begins singing and dancing "Hot Patootie" until Frank stops him.
He's the nephew of Dr. Everett von Scott, who shows up looking for him. After the cast sits to dinner, Dr. Scott describes Eddie (with some Music):
Dr. Scott: From the day he was born
He was trouble
He was the thorn
In his mother's side
She tried in vain
Criminologist: But he never caused her nothing but shame
Dr. Scott: He left home the day she died
From the day she was gone
All he wanted
Was rock and roll porn
And a motorbike
Shooting up junk
Criminologist: He was a low down cheap little punk!
Dr. Scott: Taking everyone for a ride
Chorus: When Eddie said he didn't like his teddy
You knew he was a no good kid
But when he threatened your life
With a switch blade knife
Dr. Frank-N-Furter: What a guy
Janet Weiss: Makes you cry
Dr. Scott: And I did
Columbia: Everybody shoved him
I very nearly loved him
I said hey listen to me
Stay sane inside insanity
But he locked the door
And threw away the key
Dr. Scott: But he must've been drawn
Into something
Making him warn me
In a note which reads
Chorus: What's it say? What's it say?
Eddie: I'm out of my head
Oh hurry, or I may be dead
They mustn't carry out their evil deeds
Chorus: When Eddie said he didn't like his teddy
You knew he was a no good kid
But when he threatened your life
With a switch blade knife
Dr. Frank-N-Furter: What a guy
Janet Weiss: Makes you cry
Dr. Scott: And I did
Chorus: When Eddie said he didn't like his teddy
You knew he was a no good kid
But when he threatened your life
With a switch blade knife
Dr. Frank-N-Furter: What a guy
Chorus: Whoa ho ho
Janet Weiss: Makes you cry
Chorus: Hey hey hey
Dr. Scott: And I did.
Chorus: Eddie........
(Frank gets up and shows the room Eddie's corpse. Everyone screams in suprise.)
Interesting facts:
In the play, Dr. Scott and Eddie are played by the same person, as they're supposed to look similiar.
Richard O'Brien wrote this song last, as the directors wanted an additional song to make it complete, which he said he did overnight.
Meatloaf was perfect for the part of Eddie, as he is one of the few if only people who can sing all the words to Hot Patootie that quickly.
During the filming of the movie, nobody told the cast about Eddie's corpse appearing, so when Frank pulls away the cloth revealing the partially eaten remains, the cast did scream for real in shocking horror.