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** The reason Audrey II calls Audrey on the phone (instead of her just showing up at the shop) is that he likes to think that he cleverly planned to have her come and orchestrated lured her death himself. in so he could kill her. Alternatively, if you believe the theory that he can control minds/plant thoughts into people's heads, the telephone merely symbolizes the mental connection he sets up with Audrey to get her to come--from come to the shop--from his perspective, it's like dialing a phone.
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** The "Little Shop" cartoon series is from the point of view of Crystal, Chiffon and Ronette. The reason Seymour, Audrey and Orin are in high school is that, for the three girls, time stopped after fifth grade ("We went to school until the fifth grade, then we split"), which they presumably attended on Skid Row. As evidenced by the dialogue in the musical, they don't really know Orin's name, so they call him Paine Driller to make fun of him and imagine him with huge goofy braces. They imagine Audrey as a well-adjusted girl with a loving dad (Mushnik) because that's what they want for her, and they imagine themselves as singing flowers. Lots of emphasis is given to Seymour's crush on Audrey because the girls are [[ShipperOnDeck Audrey/Seymour shippers]]. The plant keeps his personality because the girls, as the play's GreekChorus, know all about him--but he's harmless and cartoony, because to them, he is. He can't eat them because they're partly outside the story.
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** The "Little Shop" cartoon series is from the point of view of Crystal, Chiffon and Ronette. The reason Seymour, Audrey and Orin are in high school is that, for the three girls, time stopped after fifth grade ("We went to school until the fifth grade, then we split"), which they presumably attended on Skid Row. As evidenced by the dialogue in the musical, they don't really know Orin's name, so they call him Paine Driller to make fun of him and imagine him with huge goofy braces. They imagine Audrey as a well-adjusted girl with a loving dad (Mushnik) because that's what they want for her, and they imagine themselves as singing flowers.flowers and add plenty of musical numbers because, for them, it's all about the singing. Lots of emphasis is given to Seymour's crush on Audrey because the girls are [[ShipperOnDeck Audrey/Seymour shippers]]. The plant keeps his personality because the girls, as the play's GreekChorus, know all about him--but he's harmless and cartoony, because to them, he is. He can't eat them because they're partly outside the story.
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** The reason Audrey II calls Audrey on the phone (instead of having her just showing up) is that he likes to think that he orchestrated her death through sheer brilliance. Alternatively, if you believe the theory that he can control minds/plant thoughts into people's heads, the telephone might merely symbolize the mental connection he sets up with Audrey to get her to come--from his perspective, it's like dialing a phone.
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** The reason Audrey II calls Audrey on the phone (instead of having her just showing up) up at the shop) is that he likes to think that he cleverly planned to have her come and orchestrated her death through sheer brilliance. himself. Alternatively, if you believe the theory that he can control minds/plant thoughts into people's heads, the telephone might merely symbolize symbolizes the mental connection he sets up with Audrey to get her to come--from his perspective, it's like dialing a phone.
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** The reason Audrey II calls Audrey on the phone (instead of having her just showing up) is that he likes to think that he orchestrated her death through sheer brilliance. Alternatively, if you believe the theory that he can control minds/plant thoughts into people's heads, the telephone might merely symbolize the mental connection he sets up with Audrey to get her to come--from his perspective, it's like dialing a phone.
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** The "Little Shop" cartoon series is from the point of view of Crystal, Chiffon and Ronette. The reason Seymour, Audrey and Orin are in high school is that, for the three girls, time stopped after fifth grade ("We went to school until the fifth grade, then we split"), which they presumably attended on Skid Row. As evidenced by the dialogue in the musical, they don't really know Orin's name, so they call him Paine Driller to make fun of him and imagine him with huge goofy braces. They imagine Audrey as a well-adjusted girl with a loving dad (Mushnik) because that's what they want for her, and they imagine themselves as singing flowers. Lots of emphasis is given to Seymour's crush on Audrey because the girls are [[ShipperOnDeck Audrey/Seymour shippers]]. The plant keeps his personality because the girls, as the play's GreekChorus, know all about him--but he's harmless and cartoony, because to them, he is. He can't eat them because they're partly outside the story.
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** You might be onto something there...in the original movie, the plant could hypnotize people into going out and finding it food. And in the "Little Shop" cartoon, Audrey II explicitly has the power to temporarily "plant" the "seeds" of ideas into people's heads.
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** You might be onto something there...in Further evidence to support this theory:
*** In the original movie, the plant could hypnotize people into going out and finding it food.And in In the "Little Shop" cartoon, Audrey II explicitly it has the power to temporarily "plant" the "seeds" of ideas into people's heads.
heads. So that's two incarnations against one where the plant is explicitly able to control minds.
*** The entire "Suppertime" song is heard by Seymour only--because it's all in his head.
*** In the dialogue prior to "Feed Me (Git It)", Audrey II says, "You think this is all coincidence, baby? The sudden success around here? Your adoption papers?" (It then sings about being able to get Seymour anything--including whatever girl he wants--and Seymour believes every word.)
*** In the film, Seymour tells Audrey, "I never meant to hurt anybody. It's just that, somehow, [Audrey II] makes things happen--terrible things."
*** In the original movie, the plant could hypnotize people into going out and finding it food.
*** The entire "Suppertime" song is heard by Seymour only--because it's all in his head.
*** In the dialogue prior to "Feed Me (Git It)", Audrey II says, "You think this is all coincidence, baby? The sudden success around here? Your adoption papers?" (It then sings about being able to get Seymour anything--including whatever girl he wants--and Seymour believes every word.)
*** In the film, Seymour tells Audrey, "I never meant to hurt anybody. It's just that, somehow, [Audrey II] makes things happen--terrible things."
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** If you want further evidence for that, there's the deleted song that was supposed to be in the film's end credits, "Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon":
--> ''Where did the girls go? Where are they now?''
--> ''...How can the magic disappear and be gone,''
--> ''Like Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon?''
--> ''Where did the girls go? Where are they now?''
--> ''...How can the magic disappear and be gone,''
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[[WMG: Adding to the above theory, Mushnik is their dad.]]
Seymour really ''is'' his son, but he doesn't know. He knows he's Audrey's dad, which is why he's so protective of her, but she has no idea. (The cartoon series explicitly has Audrey as Mushnik's daughter.)
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** Not that it's canon, but it's worth mentioning that, You might be onto something there...in the original movie, the plant could hypnotize people into going out and finding it food. And in the "Little Shop" cartoon, Audrey II explicitly has the power to temporarily "plant" the "seeds" of ideas into people's heads.
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** Alternatively...
[[WMG: The Urchins are dead, and are telling the story of how they died.]]
Every scene containing the Urchins can be classified as either "narration" or "actually doing something". In the latter scenes, they are actually there, but in the former, the Urchins are ghosts leading the audience through their last months alive.
* In the title song, they're dead.
* In Skid Row, they're probably alive, at least most of the time.
* In Da Doo, they're definitely dead.
* In Ya Never Know, they're almost certainly alive. Somewhere That's Green, too, and at least the beginning of Dentist!. They might be dead during the main bulk of Dentist!, when they're backing Orin up, though.
* In Feed Me, they're dead. Coda, too.
* In the scene that starts Act Two, they're alive, but in Suddenly Seymour, they're probably dead. In Suppertime, they're dead too.
* They're alive during most of The Meek Shall Inherit (this would suggest that they're evil, but remember, they don't know that the plant's carnivorous at this point) but they're dead in the last verse.
* They're alive in the scene prior to Don't Feed The Plants, but when the song actually starts, they're dead.
[[WMG: The Urchins are dead, and are telling the story of how they died.]]
Every scene containing the Urchins can be classified as either "narration" or "actually doing something". In the latter scenes, they are actually there, but in the former, the Urchins are ghosts leading the audience through their last months alive.
* In the title song, they're dead.
* In Skid Row, they're probably alive, at least most of the time.
* In Da Doo, they're definitely dead.
* In Ya Never Know, they're almost certainly alive. Somewhere That's Green, too, and at least the beginning of Dentist!. They might be dead during the main bulk of Dentist!, when they're backing Orin up, though.
* In Feed Me, they're dead. Coda, too.
* In the scene that starts Act Two, they're alive, but in Suddenly Seymour, they're probably dead. In Suppertime, they're dead too.
* They're alive during most of The Meek Shall Inherit (this would suggest that they're evil, but remember, they don't know that the plant's carnivorous at this point) but they're dead in the last verse.
* They're alive in the scene prior to Don't Feed The Plants, but when the song actually starts, they're dead.
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* The "Little Shop" cartoon is from the point of view of the GreekChorus. They add lots of songs, imagine themselves as flowers, and generally think that Audrey II is friendly and everything is great!
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** Not that it's canon, but it's worth mentioning that, in the "Little Shop" cartoon, Audrey II explicitly has the power to temporarily "plant" the "seeds" of ideas into people's heads.
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** Their When they're questioned at the beginning of the show, their backgrounds go pretty much unexplained, and they just hang around on the streets for no particular reason.
** The girls and Audrey II are typically played and voiced as [[SassyBlackWoman Sassy Black Women]] and a ScaryBlackMan, respectively. Plus, in the "Little Shop" cartoon, the girls are, not human beings, but singing plants. Makes you wonder if they're somehow members of Audrey II's species...
** The girls and Audrey II are typically played and voiced as [[SassyBlackWoman Sassy Black Women]] and a ScaryBlackMan, respectively. Plus, in the "Little Shop" cartoon, the girls are, not human beings, but singing plants. Makes you wonder if they're somehow members of Audrey II's species...
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* Holy...I was just going on here to add this. They totally orchestrated the entire thing. Further evidence:
** They (very cheerfully) sing the title song--"Shing-a-ling, what a creepy thing to be happening", etc.--as if they know what's going to happen before it happens.
** They're the ones who get all the agents in "The Meek Shall Inherit" to tempt Seymour with their contracts. (They even show them where Seymour is.)
** As already stated, they support everything that Seymour gains because of Audrey II. They're determined to set Audrey up with Seymour, and it's because of her that he murders Orin and, later, decides not to kill the plant.
** Their backgrounds go pretty much unexplained, and they just hang around on the streets for no particular reason.
** They (very cheerfully) sing the title song--"Shing-a-ling, what a creepy thing to be happening", etc.--as if they know what's going to happen before it happens.
** They're the ones who get all the agents in "The Meek Shall Inherit" to tempt Seymour with their contracts. (They even show them where Seymour is.)
** As already stated, they support everything that Seymour gains because of Audrey II. They're determined to set Audrey up with Seymour, and it's because of her that he murders Orin and, later, decides not to kill the plant.
** Their backgrounds go pretty much unexplained, and they just hang around on the streets for no particular reason.
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[[WMG: Seymour and Audrey are unknowingly incestuous.]]
Seymour never knew his parents, and everything overwhelmingly points out that this was abandonment, not death. Further, Audrey's "daddy left early, mama was poor". The narrative that this forms in my head is that Audrey's father begrudgingly stayed around after his first child, but when Audrey's mother got pregnant again, he left, because he didn't want to take care of two children. Audrey's mother didn't either, so when her second child, a son, was born, she dropped him at the doorstep of the Skid Row Home For Boys. That child was Seymour. This adds yet another layer of irony to their tragic relationship.
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[[WMG: Audrey II is no more intelligent than a simple animal and can not talk. His dialogue symbolizes the desires of the people around him.]]
Okay, let's go through his appearances.
*Appearance One:He's just an immobile plant, until he senses blood and opens his pod. Hell, this is barely more intelligent than some real plants.
*Appearance Two:Lunging at moving objects. This is a fairly simple action for a predator to perform.
*Appearance Three:This is his first talking appearance, but his demands that Seymour feed him could merely be Seymour thinking about how he should feed him. His descriptions of the success Seymour will get could simply be Seymour thinking about the success he could get, and his suggestion of murdering Orin could just be Seymour devising the plan and deciding to do it.
*Appearance Four:Here he's telling Seymour that he needs to kill Mushnik to avoid arrest, but this could ''easily'' be Seymour's own stress over this fact.
*Appearance Five:Here he whines at Seymour to feed him, but Seymour doesn't want to. This is just Seymour's angst over the fact that he needs to feed it if he wants his success to continue.
*Appearance Six:Ditto to Appearance Five, and then Seymour leaves and Audrey comes in. Audrey tries to feed the plant not because it's screaming at her and she's sleepy, but because she wanders into the shop and notices how dry and unhealthy the plant looks. The plant attacks her not as part of a plan, but merely because it's ''really'' hungry and she got too close to it.
*Appearance Seven:In the stage version, the plant doesn't really do anything here. It does gloat at Seymour, but this could just be Seymour's horror at realizing what he's done. In the film, it gloats at Seymour and attacks him, so same thing.
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[[WMG: Seymour wasn't being TooDumbToLive in the original Broadway ending]]
He's a DeathSeeker. After all, he's already lost Audrey. Hell, in the original 86 ending, he's about to commit suicide when he finds out about the clippings about to be taken. When he can't kill Audrey II, he figures he's got nothing else to do and gets eaten, figuring he probably can't kill it period and doesn't deserve to live, anyway ("You're a monster, and so am I!"). At least this way he gets to be with Audrey.
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** How often does one see such a strange and interesting plant such as that growing in a skid row florists shop. Anyway, the original movie was alot less realistic having the plant sit on a table in the middle of the shop.
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[[WMG: Audrey II is part of a species of plants which includes the [[DoctorWho Krynoids]] and the [[DayOfTheTriffids Triffids]].]]
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[[WMG: Audrey II was, at one point, in the possession of the E.T.s]]
It's an alien plant. The ET's must have been carrying it until they found out just how bad it was. They jettisoned it into deep space, but its survival instincts kicked in and it steered itself towards Earth. Which leads to...
[[WMG: Audrey II is part of a species of plants which includes the [[DoctorWho Krynoids]] and the [[DayOfTheTriffids Triffids]].]]
They all have either a solipsistic survival mechanism or a really massive hate-on for humanity, so...
It's an alien plant. The ET's must have been carrying it until they found out just how bad it was. They jettisoned it into deep space, but its survival instincts kicked in and it steered itself towards Earth. Which leads to...
[[WMG: Audrey II is part of a species of plants which includes the [[DoctorWho Krynoids]] and the [[DayOfTheTriffids Triffids]].]]
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** Nah, Audrey II wanted to take over the world anyway. Seymour was just the patsy it needed.
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* The unreleased but shot version of the 1986 film, abandoned due to test audience reaction, is from Audrey II's point of view. Audrey II cuts straight to the point, so he removed several of the songs that weren't necesarry. The reason that it uses "Some Fun Now" instead of "Ya Never Know" is that they are both success songs- "Ya Never Know" from the stage version is about Seymour's financial success due to the plant, and "Some Fun Now" from the film is about Audrey II's success at getting blood out of Seymour. "Now (It's Just The Gas)" was removed because Audrey II wasn't actually there, so all he knows is what Seymour told him-the dentist asphyxiated. "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" is added because Audrey II enjoys bragging about how awesome he is. "Don't Feed The Plants" is extended because for Audrey II, this is what the story has been leading up too-this is the real story, Audrey II's takeover of the world.
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* The unreleased but shot version of the 1986 film, abandoned due to test audience reaction, is from Audrey II's point of view. Audrey II cuts straight to the point, so he removed several of the songs that weren't necesarry. The reason that it uses "Some Fun Now" instead of "Ya Never Know" is that they are both success songs- "Ya Never Know" from the stage version is about Seymour's financial success due to the plant, and "Some Fun Now" from the film is about Audrey II's success at getting blood out of Seymour. "Now (It's Just The Gas)" was removed because Audrey II wasn't actually there, so all he knows is what Seymour told him-the dentist asphyxiated. "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" is added because Audrey II enjoys bragging about how awesome he is. "Don't Feed The Plants" is extended because for Audrey II, this is what the story has been leading up too-this to-this is the real story, Audrey II's takeover of the world.
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* The released version of the 1986 film is from Audrey's point of view. The reason that it is most similar to Audrey II's point of view is that after being assimilated into the plant, Audrey underwent Stockholm Syndrom and assumed most of its perceptions of the previous events. However, there is some major FridgeHorror here-the reason that this film has a happy ending where Seymour and Audrey move Somewhere That's Green is because Audrey undergoes major cognitive dissonance and convinces herself that being eaten by a plant really is the same thing.
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* The released version of the 1986 film is from Audrey's point of view. The reason that it is most similar to Audrey II's point of view is that after being assimilated into the plant, Audrey underwent Stockholm Syndrom Syndrome and assumed most of its perceptions of the previous events. However, there is some major FridgeHorror here-the reason that this film has a happy ending where Seymour and Audrey move Somewhere That's Green is because Audrey undergoes major cognitive dissonance and convinces herself that being eaten by a plant really is the same thing.
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** The YouTube video "REALLY Little Shop of Horrors" is the story from Orin's point of view. Orin is so fucked up he actually sees everything as comedic farce in one form or another. This would explain why he's played by Steve Martin in the film.
*** Then why does it continue after he's dead as normal, and why is it closest to Audrey's point of view?
**** See the Audrey's point of view one. He'd assume what the plant perceives happens, too.
*** Then why does it continue after he's dead as normal, and why is it closest to Audrey's point of view?
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*** Then why does it continue after he's dead as normal,film. The similarities to Audrey II's viewpoint and why is it closest to Audrey's point viewpoint is similarly because of view?
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*** Then why does it continue after he's dead as normal,
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Rashómon: Gotta hear \'em all
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[[WMG: Audrey II was sold to Seymour by [[PetShopOfHorrors Count D]]]]
Seymour got Audrey II from a Chinese guy who sometimes sold him weird and exotic cuttings. Considering who Count D is it makes sense that he would know what Audrey II was and when it was going to appear. Also considering how {{Anvilicious}} D is he would probably still sell it to Seymour even though he knew it would try to eat the entire human race.
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[[WMG: The Doo-wop singers are agents of Audrey II]]
Come on - they sing "Suppertime", then they pop straight into "The Meek Shall Inherit" They sing about how much Skid Row sucks and they support all of the things Seymour has because of Audrey II. They were there the day Seymour got Audrey II, and at the end they pass by as Seymour enters the house with Audrey - how do we know ''they'' didn't place that plant in the garden?
Come on - they sing "Suppertime", then they pop straight into "The Meek Shall Inherit" They sing about how much Skid Row sucks and they support all of the things Seymour has because of Audrey II. They were there the day Seymour got Audrey II, and at the end they pass by as Seymour enters the house with Audrey - how do we know ''they'' didn't place that plant in the garden?
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** No, no, because to do that the one who dies would have to be the one who covers New York in plant life. The true ending, then, would involve Gnorga almost losing to Stanley after an awesome VillainSong, only for Stanley to be electrocuted to death by a stray wire.
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[[WMG: The doo-wop singers of the musical movie are witches.]]
Compare to that play about the Scottish King... Three women... prophesising... acknowledged but more or less ignored by most of the characters...
Compare to that play about the Scottish King... Three women... prophesising... acknowledged but more or less ignored by most of the characters...
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I ruined something perfect.
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* The YouTube video "REALLY Little Shop of Horrors" is the story from Orin's point of view. Orin is so fucked up he actually sees everything as comedic farce in one form or another. This would explain why he's played by Steve Martin in the film.
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*The Roger Corman film is from Mushnik's point of view. The plant name is wrong because frankly Mushnik doesn't care what the name of the plant is so long as it makes him money. The reason that large numbers of the murders are not in any of the other versions, and the murder of the dentist is not the same as in any of the other versions is that when Mushnik saw Seymour chopping up the body, his imagination went wild. Mushnik was smart enough to determine that the murders might have something to do with the plant, hence the fact that that appears, but he didn't tell Seymour because he didn't want to sound insane. The ending is Mushnik's idea of poetic justice towards Seymour-Audrey doesn't die because she did nothing wrong and Mushnik was constructing his idea of the ending based entirely on what he thought was right. The girls are rich and white because Mushnik sees them as irritating nuisances, and he sees rich white people as irritating nuisances, so voila! Mushnik doesn't die because he imagined everything before he died, although as Seymour tricked Mushnik into the plant, he incorporated the dialogue into his imagination, blaming himself (hence the scene with the robber). This version is not a musical because Mushnik is not a very cheerful person, and cheer is the quality that makes one imagine music.
*The stage version is from Seymour's point of view. Seymour has the most complete view of the story, hence this version being the most complete version in terms of the story's chronology. This is the only version of the story where Mushnik doesn't see Seymour feeding Orin to the plant, because Seymour didn't see Mushnik watching. Seymour blames himself, which is why this is the version of the story where he is perhaps the most immoral. Factual accounts of things in the story come most accurately from this version of the story.
*The unreleased but shot version of the 1986 film, abandoned due to test audience reaction, is from Audrey II's point of view. Audrey II cuts straight to the point, so he removed several of the songs that weren't necesarry. The reason that it uses "Some Fun Now" instead of "Ya Never Know" is that they are both success songs- "Ya Never Know" from the stage version is about Seymour's financial success due to the plant, and "Some Fun Now" from the film is about Audrey II's success at getting blood out of Seymour. "Now (It's Just The Gas)" was removed because Audrey II wasn't actually there, so all he knows is what Seymour told him-the dentist asphyxiated. "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" is added because Audrey II enjoys bragging about how awesome he is. "Don't Feed The Plants" is extended because for Audrey II, this is what the story has been leading up too-this is the real story, Audrey II's takeover of the world.
*The released version of the 1986 film is from Audrey's point of view. The reason that it is most similar to Audrey II's point of view is that after being assimilated into the plant, Audrey underwent Stockholm Syndrom and assumed most of its perceptions of the previous events. However, there is some major FridgeHorror here-the reason that this film has a happy ending where Seymour and Audrey move Somewhere That's Green is because Audrey undergoes major cognitive dissonance and convinces herself that being eaten by a plant really is the same thing.
*The Roger Corman film is from Mushnik's point of view. The plant name is wrong because frankly Mushnik doesn't care what the name of the plant is so long as it makes him money. The reason that large numbers of the murders are not in any of the other versions, and the murder of the dentist is not the same as in any of the other versions is that when Mushnik saw Seymour chopping up the body, his imagination went wild. Mushnik was smart enough to determine that the murders might have something to do with the plant, hence the fact that that appears, but he didn't tell Seymour because he didn't want to sound insane. The ending is Mushnik's idea of poetic justice towards Seymour-Audrey doesn't die because she did nothing wrong and Mushnik was constructing his idea of the ending based entirely on what he thought was right. The girls are rich and white because Mushnik sees them as irritating nuisances, and he sees rich white people as irritating nuisances, so voila! Mushnik doesn't die because he imagined everything before he died, although as Seymour tricked Mushnik into the plant, he incorporated the dialogue into his imagination, blaming himself (hence the scene with the robber). This version is not a musical because Mushnik is not a very cheerful person, and cheer is the quality that makes one imagine music.
*The stage version is from Seymour's point of view. Seymour has the most complete view of the story, hence this version being the most complete version in terms of the story's chronology. This is the only version of the story where Mushnik doesn't see Seymour feeding Orin to the plant, because Seymour didn't see Mushnik watching. Seymour blames himself, which is why this is the version of the story where he is perhaps the most immoral. Factual accounts of things in the story come most accurately from this version of the story.
*The unreleased but shot version of the 1986 film, abandoned due to test audience reaction, is from Audrey II's point of view. Audrey II cuts straight to the point, so he removed several of the songs that weren't necesarry. The reason that it uses "Some Fun Now" instead of "Ya Never Know" is that they are both success songs- "Ya Never Know" from the stage version is about Seymour's financial success due to the plant, and "Some Fun Now" from the film is about Audrey II's success at getting blood out of Seymour. "Now (It's Just The Gas)" was removed because Audrey II wasn't actually there, so all he knows is what Seymour told him-the dentist asphyxiated. "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" is added because Audrey II enjoys bragging about how awesome he is. "Don't Feed The Plants" is extended because for Audrey II, this is what the story has been leading up too-this is the real story, Audrey II's takeover of the world.
*The released version of the 1986 film is from Audrey's point of view. The reason that it is most similar to Audrey II's point of view is that after being assimilated into the plant, Audrey underwent Stockholm Syndrom and assumed most of its perceptions of the previous events. However, there is some major FridgeHorror here-the reason that this film has a happy ending where Seymour and Audrey move Somewhere That's Green is because Audrey undergoes major cognitive dissonance and convinces herself that being eaten by a plant really is the same thing.
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[[WMG: A film-hating wizard created a curse to switch the endings of LittleShopOfHorrors and ATrollInCentralPark.]]
Of course this doesn't really make ATrollInCentralPark any better, as the true ending involves Stanley almost losing to Gnorga after an awesome VillainSong, only for Gnorga to be electrocuted to death by a stray wire, and Stanley and Rosie go and live in the suburbs somewhere.
Of course this doesn't really make ATrollInCentralPark any better, as the true ending involves Stanley almost losing to Gnorga after an awesome VillainSong, only for Gnorga to be electrocuted to death by a stray wire, and Stanley and Rosie go and live in the suburbs somewhere.
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The characters themselves were wiped out by the plantocalypse, and
