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[[WMG: Audrey II's species consists of other carnivorous plants.]]
This troper read somewhere that WordOfGod had confirmed the plant to come from an alien species whose goal is to conquer other worlds in the same way Audrey II attempted. If that's true, then there's probably more than just flytraps. There's pitcher plants, sundews, butterworts, bladderworts, cobra lilies, and more. All of them have personalites similar to Audrey II (manipulative, foul-mouthed, and perverted.) and they also have different genders.
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[[WMG:There was more than one Audrey II sent to Earth.]]
Assuming Audrey II was sent from a distant planet to take over the world, it'd be pretty dumb to only send ''one''. Suppose someone besides Seymour found it but never figured out what it ate? So, let's say they sent one hundred Audrey II plants to Earth. Ninety of those plants die because no one figured out how to take care of them. Of the ten people that figure it out, five of them simply don't feed it and purposely let it die, because, you know, ''must be blood''. Of the five remaining, four of them don't give their plants anymore blood than what they can suckle from their finger. Once they realize people need to die to keep feeding the plants, they let them starve. But that still leaves ''one'' person who's willing to kill someone to keep the plant alive -- and just one person is enough to screw everyone else over. That one person was Seymour.
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**** The original script states that the plant only sings in that scene when Mushnik is not present (the first two verses while he's interrogating Seymour outside the shop, the final verse while Mushnik is locking up in another room.) A lot of productions I've seen line up with this, to the point where the Broadway production extends the musical interlude between the second and third verses so that Mushnik can get through before the plant starts singing again.
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[[WMG: Partway through ''Don't Feed the Plants'' the victims made a FaceHeelTurn]]
After singing two verses of warning people not to feed the plants, they sang "Here I come for you!" with Audrey II. This is a sign that after trying in vain to keep people from feeding the plants, they realized HumansAreTheRealMonsters and hopped on Audrey II's bandwagon. They do later sing one last warning, but this is just them giving humanity one last chance.
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[[WMG: Audrey II's clippings were used to make the wreath from ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.]]

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* If this is true, then that moment when Audrey II says "No shit, Sherlock!" (especially how it was said in the film) could be [[HilariousinHindsight Hilarious in Hindsight]] once it heard Seymour say that every household in America would have thousands of Audrey IIs eating, and it could've had a split second to think it over like this:
--> ''Audrey II:'' "Noooooo... (Wait a minute. Hordes of little mes everywhere? Eating whoever I want as much as I want? [[PrecisionFStrike Shit,]] why didn't I think of that?! Okay, I gotta act casual and pretend I wanted that all this time.) ...ooooo [[PrecisionFStrike shit, Sherlock!]]"

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* If this is true, then that moment when Audrey II says "No shit, Sherlock!" (especially how it was said in the film) could be [[HilariousinHindsight Hilarious in Hindsight]] once it heard Seymour say that every household in America would have thousands of Audrey IIs eating, and it could've had a split second to think it over like this:
--> ''Audrey II:'' "Noooooo... (Wait a minute. Hordes of little mes everywhere? Eating whoever I want as much as I want? [[PrecisionFStrike Shit,]] why didn't I think of that?! Okay, I gotta act casual and pretend I wanted that all this time.) ...ooooo [[PrecisionFStrike shit, Sherlock!]]"
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* If this is true, then that moment when Audrey II says "No shit, Sherlock!" (especially how it was said in the film) could be HilariousinHindsight once it heard Seymour say that every household in America would have thousands of Audrey IIs eating, and it could've had a split second to think it over like this:

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* If this is true, then that moment when Audrey II says "No shit, Sherlock!" (especially how it was said in the film) could be HilariousinHindsight [[HilariousinHindsight Hilarious in Hindsight]] once it heard Seymour say that every household in America would have thousands of Audrey IIs eating, and it could've had a split second to think it over like this:
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--> ''Audrey II:'' "[[PrecisionFStrike Noooooo...]] (Wait a minute. Hordes of little mes everywhere? Eating whoever I want as much as I want? [[PrecisionFStrike Shit,]] how come I didn't think of that?! Okay, I gotta act casual and pretend I wanted this to happen all along.) [[PrecisionFStrike ...ooooo shit, Sherlock!]]"

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--> ''Audrey II:'' "[[PrecisionFStrike Noooooo...]] "Noooooo... (Wait a minute. Hordes of little mes everywhere? Eating whoever I want as much as I want? [[PrecisionFStrike Shit,]] how come I why didn't I think of that?! Okay, I gotta act casual and pretend I wanted that all this to happen all along.) [[PrecisionFStrike ...time.) ...ooooo [[PrecisionFStrike shit, Sherlock!]]"

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* If this is true, then that moment when Audrey II says "No shit, Sherlock!" (especially how it was said in the film) could be HilariousinHindsight once it heard Seymour say that every household in America would have thousands of Audrey IIs eating, and it could've had a split second to think it over like this:
--> ''Audrey II:'' "[[PrecisionFStrike Noooooo...]] (Wait a minute. Hordes of little mes everywhere? Eating whoever I want as much as I want? [[PrecisionFStrike Shit,]] how come I didn't think of that?! Okay, I gotta act casual and pretend I wanted this to happen all along.) [[PrecisionFStrike ...ooooo shit, Sherlock!]]"
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[[WMG: Audrey didn't die before being fed to the plant.]]
When Seymour feeds Audrey to the plant in the theatrical version, beforehand Audrey took a sleeping pill and tea and heavily implies that the only thing that's keeping her awake is that she knows something is wrong with Seymour, but she doesn't know what, as revealed in Sominex/Suppertime II. Cue Seymour pretty much being forced to tell her, and, thanks to the sleeping pills and tea, she goes into a deep sleep right after Somewhere That's Green (Reprise).
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[[WMG: Audrey didn't die before being fed to the plant.]]
When Seymour feeds Audrey to the plant in the theatrical version, beforehand Audrey took a sleeping pill and tea and heavily implies that the only thing that's keeping her awake is that she knows something is wrong with Seymour, but she doesn't know what, as revealed in Sominex/Suppertime II. Cue Seymour pretty much being forced to tell her, and, thanks to the sleeping pills and tea, she goes into a deep sleep right after Somewhere That's Green (Reprise).
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... but The Doctor was keeping an eye on Audrey II. Seymour passes a set of Tardis-blue doors set into a building during "Skid Row" - that's the Tardis. The Doctor saw that Seymour had things in hand and chose not to interfere.----

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... but The Doctor was keeping an eye on Audrey II. Seymour passes a set of Tardis-blue doors set into a building during "Skid Row" - that's the Tardis. The Doctor saw that Seymour had things in hand and chose not to interfere.interfere.
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[[WMG: No one in the movie is a TimeLord...]]
... but The Doctor was keeping an eye on Audrey II. Seymour passes a set of Tardis-blue doors set into a building during "Skid Row" - that's the Tardis. The Doctor saw that Seymour had things in hand and chose not to interfere.
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*** Seymour blows up Audrey II because Orin had more fun imagining them inflicting pain on each other than if Audrey II just won. Audrey doesn't get swallowed so she can marry Seymour, to represent how she cut off from Orin even in the afterlife. The couple literally moves into a picture out of ''Better Homes and Gardens'' magazine instead of a real suburb to reflect how Audrey deluded herself into thinking her dream came true, as mentioned above.

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*** Seymour blows up Audrey II because Orin had more fun imagining them inflicting pain on each other than if Audrey II just won. Audrey doesn't get swallowed so she can marry Seymour, to represent how she cut off from Orin even in the afterlife. The couple literally moves into a picture out of ''Better Homes and Gardens'' magazine instead of a real suburb to reflect how Audrey deluded herself into thinking her dream came true, as mentioned above. Now if only someone could explain how Orin knew about works like ''Litreature/HarryPotter'' and ''VideoGame/LogicalJourneyOfTheZoombinis''.
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After Seymour electrocuted Audrey II and killed it, the explosion of the electrocution had left some Audrey II clippings around the shop. Before leaving Skid Row, Seymour and Audrey made sure to collect every clipping found in the shop so no Audrey IIs get sold in stores across the country. However, instead of destroying the clippings, Seymour decided he wanted to fully study this new unearthly Audrey II species and kept them for research. He would plant Audrey II's in front of their new home as seen in the FocusGroupEnding. Of course, after experiencing the events of the film, Seymour wouldn't dare to feed the plant anymore blood than the it needed. If it died, he still had several other clippings to go through. Eventually, Seymour's experiments and cross-breeding would lead him to creating an Audrey II that doesn't live off on human blood, can't grow to colossal sizes, and is much less hostile. The plant would serve nothing more than a talking companion, even ''if'' it still has a lot of sass.

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After Seymour electrocuted Audrey II and killed it, the explosion of the electrocution had left some Audrey II clippings around the shop. Before leaving Skid Row, Seymour and Audrey made sure to collect every clipping found in the shop so no Audrey IIs II's get sold in stores across the country. However, instead of destroying the clippings, Seymour decided he wanted to fully study this new unearthly Audrey II species and kept them for research. He would plant Audrey II's in front of their new home as seen in the FocusGroupEnding. Of course, after experiencing the events of the film, Seymour wouldn't dare to feed the plant anymore blood than the it needed. If it died, he still had several other clippings to go through. Eventually, Seymour's experiments and cross-breeding would lead him to creating an Audrey II that doesn't live off on human blood, can't grow to colossal sizes, and is much less hostile. The plant would serve nothing more than a talking companion, even ''if'' it still has a lot of sass.
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[[WMG:: Seymour intentionally planted the baby Audrey II in the FocusGroupEnding for research.]]

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[[WMG:: Seymour intentionally planted the baby Audrey II in the FocusGroupEnding for research.]]
After Seymour electrocuted Audrey II and killed it, the explosion of the electrocution had left some Audrey II clippings around the shop. Before leaving Skid Row, Seymour and Audrey made sure to collect every clipping found in the shop so no Audrey IIs get sold in stores across the country. However, instead of destroying the clippings, Seymour decided he wanted to fully study this new unearthly Audrey II species and kept them for research. He would plant Audrey II's in front of their new home as seen in the FocusGroupEnding. Of course, after experiencing the events of the film, Seymour wouldn't dare to feed the plant anymore blood than the it needed. If it died, he still had several other clippings to go through. Eventually, Seymour's experiments and cross-breeding would lead him to creating an Audrey II that doesn't live off on human blood, can't grow to colossal sizes, and is much less hostile. The plant would serve nothing more than a talking companion, even ''if'' it still has a lot of sass.
* In other words, Audrey Junior from the Little Shop cartoon.
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* Most people say that Audrey II was having a "relationship" with Seymour and that it was jealous of Audrey. It indeed makes sense and could be try, but the question remains..why would Audrey II want a relationship with Seymour? Was there more to that man-eating plant than we thought?
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* Or Audrey II is a very early scout for the ''{{Species}}" race, and the originals just do not like what they see down here.

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* Or Audrey II is a very early scout for the ''{{Species}}" ''{{Species}}'' race, and the originals just do not like what they see down here.
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* Or Audrey II is a very early scout for the ''{{Species}}"
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* Or Audrey II is a very early scout for the ''{{Species}}"
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* Or Audrey II is a very early scout for the ''{{Species}}"" race, and the originals just do not like what they see down here.

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* Or Audrey II is a very early scout for the ''{{Species}}"" race, and the originals just do not like what they see down here.
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*** Seymour blows up Audrey II because Orin had more fun imagining them inflicting pain on each other than if Audrey II just won. Audrey doesn't get swallowed so she can marry Seymour, to represent how she cut off from Orin even in the afterlife. The couple moves into a magazine spread instead of a real suburb to reflect how Audrey deluded herself into thinking her dream came true, as mentioned above.

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*** Seymour blows up Audrey II because Orin had more fun imagining them inflicting pain on each other than if Audrey II just won. Audrey doesn't get swallowed so she can marry Seymour, to represent how she cut off from Orin even in the afterlife. The couple literally moves into a picture out of ''Better Homes and Gardens'' magazine spread instead of a real suburb to reflect how Audrey deluded herself into thinking her dream came true, as mentioned above.
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*** Seymour blows up Audrey II because Orin had more fun imagining them inflicting pain on each other than if Audrey II just won. Audrey doesn't get swallowed so she can marry Seymour, to represent how she cut off from Orin even in the afterlife. The couple moves into a magazine spread instead of a real suburb to reflect how Audrey deluded herself into thinking her dream came true, as mentioned above.
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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 to-this is the real story, Audrey II's takeover of the world.

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* The unreleased but shot version director's cut of the 1986 film, abandoned due to test audience reaction, film 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 to-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 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 released theatrical 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 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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[[WMG: Audrey II's clippings were used to make the wreath from Nightmare Before Christmas.]]

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[[WMG: Audrey II's clippings were used to make the wreath from Nightmare Before Christmas.]]
The wreath also comes to life and tries to consume humanity using it's 'mouth' and long vines.
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[[WMG: Audrey II is part of a species of plants which includes the [[Series/DoctorWho Krynoids]] and the [[TheDayOfTheTriffids Triffids]].]]

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[[WMG: Audrey II is part of a species of plants which includes the [[Series/DoctorWho Krynoids]] and the [[TheDayOfTheTriffids [[Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids Triffids]].]]
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[[WMG: Audrey II was in love with Seymour.]]
Why else would it go through all the trouble to make him famous when he coulda made the chinese guy that sold him it famous or some other poor sap. Why else would it go after Audrey 1. She was an obstacle.

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