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* FamousLastWords:
--> Orin: What'd I ever do to you?
--> Seymour: Nothing. It's what you did to her.
--> Orin: Her who? (pause) Oh. ''Her''. (dies)
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness: In the movie to Seymour. In the theatrical ending, he brings down the building and it almost crushes him. In the original ending, he grabs Seymour and devours him.

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In the movie to Seymour. In the theatrical ending, he brings down the building and it almost crushes him. In the original ending, he grabs Seymour and devours him.

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* DefeatByModesty: In both versions of the film, Audrey II thwarts Seymour's attempt to axe it by pantsing him, prompting Seymour to drop the axe and duck behind a counter.

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* CorruptTheCutie: He agrees to feed people to Audrey II to keep it alive and win Audrey's affections. However, after he feeds Audrey and realizes what Audrey II is planning, he decides to try destroying it. He fails in the plays, but succeeds in the movie.
* DefeatByModesty: In both versions of the film, Audrey II thwarts Seymour's attempt to axe ax it by pantsing him, prompting Seymour to drop the axe ax and duck behind a counter.



* BigBadFriend: Obviously to Seymour.



* ManEatingPlant: He devours so many humans, especially in the Director's Cut, that he provides the page image.

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* ManEatingPlant: He devours so many humans, especially in the Director's Cut, that he currently provides the page image.




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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness: In the movie to Seymour. In the theatrical ending, he brings down the building and it almost crushes him. In the original ending, he grabs Seymour and devours him.
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* {{Asexual}}: Well, it ''is'' a plant.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The film gradually leads Seymour to this. He's horrified that he chopped up Scrivello and he led his boss into Audrey II's jaws. Eventually, he realizes that he's gone too far and doesn't want to continue with what he's been doing.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: Audrey II doesn't eat her in the FocusGroupEnding. Note that she has a recursive case of this, as she [[DeathByAdaptation didn't die in the original film that the musical itself was based on]].

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Audrey II doesn't eat her in the FocusGroupEnding. He attempts to and even lured her over, but Seymour saves her in time. Note that she has a recursive case of this, as she [[DeathByAdaptation didn't die in the original film that the musical itself was based on]].
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* YouKnowTooMuch: He saw Seymour chopping up Scrivello's body and was about to learn what Audrey II eats when he was KilledOffForReal.
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* BerserkButton: Don't abuse Audrey or you will get it.

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* DomesticAbuser

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* DomesticAbuserDomesticAbuser: He has a habit of beating Audrey, making others close to her concerned about her refusal to dump him.



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* GreekChorusGreekChorus: An interesting example, going back and forth between standing outside the action and commenting on it to the audience, and interacting with the other cast members using no special out-of-character knowledge. You can keep track by the costumes; when they're characters the girls wear worn-down clothing appropriate to residents of Skid Row, and when they're a Greek Chorus they've changed into sparkly dresses.
* ShipperOnDeck: They encourage Audrey to dump abusive Orin for Seymour.
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*** The Director's Cut makes it pretty clear that he didn't get away with anything, even if you don't count his death. Orin and Mushnik died only because Seymour doesn't ''prevent'' their deaths, and they both would have harmed him (Orin with dental sadism, Mushnik through blackmail) even if he had saved them. [[spoiler: Audrey, on the other hand, he ''consciously'' fed to the plant, even if it was at her own selfless request. If he hadn't done it, Audrey II might not have been strong enough to tear down the building and eat Seymour whole.]]

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*** The Director's Cut makes it pretty clear that he didn't get away with anything, even if you don't count his death. Orin and Mushnik died only because Seymour doesn't ''prevent'' their deaths, and they both would have harmed him (Orin with dental sadism, Mushnik through blackmail) even if he had saved them. [[spoiler: Audrey, on the other hand, he ''consciously'' fed to the plant, even if it was at her own selfless request. If he hadn't done it, Audrey II might not have been strong enough to tear down the building and eat Seymour whole.]]
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** It can be argued that Seymour [[spoiler:finally standing up to and destroying the plant thus preventing the destruction of the human race]] pretty much makes up for the world being less one sadistic dentist (which WASN'T his fault, despite intentions to the contrary) and one greedy, albeit somewhat kind, shopkeep (which may not have been entirely on purpose whatever the plant said). Both deaths are made a lot more ambiguous in the film than the play, and can be interpreted as due to Seymour's actions or not.
*** The Director's Cut makes it pretty clear that he didn't get away with anything, even if you don't count [[spoiler: his death.]] Orin and Mushnik died only because Seymour doesn't ''prevent'' their deaths, and they both would have harmed him (Orin with dental sadism, Mushnik through blackmail) even if he had saved them. [[spoiler: Audrey, on the other hand, he ''consciously'' fed to the plant, even if it was at her own selfless request. If he hadn't done it, Audrey II might not have been strong enough to tear down the building and eat Seymour whole.]]

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** It can be argued that Seymour [[spoiler:finally finally standing up to and destroying the plant thus preventing the destruction of the human race]] race pretty much makes up for the world being less one sadistic dentist (which WASN'T his fault, despite intentions to the contrary) and one greedy, albeit somewhat kind, shopkeep (which may not have been entirely on purpose whatever the plant said). Both deaths are made a lot more ambiguous in the film than the play, and can be interpreted as due to Seymour's actions or not.
*** The Director's Cut makes it pretty clear that he didn't get away with anything, even if you don't count [[spoiler: his death.]] death. Orin and Mushnik died only because Seymour doesn't ''prevent'' their deaths, and they both would have harmed him (Orin with dental sadism, Mushnik through blackmail) even if he had saved them. [[spoiler: Audrey, on the other hand, he ''consciously'' fed to the plant, even if it was at her own selfless request. If he hadn't done it, Audrey II might not have been strong enough to tear down the building and eat Seymour whole.]]

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'''WARNING: This character sheet includes some unmarked spoilers!'''



* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation]]: In the FocusGroupEnding.

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* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation]]: In SparedByTheAdaptation: Audrey II doesn't eat him in the FocusGroupEnding.



* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: [[spoiler: You can tell when the FocusGroupEnding kicks in when the dress becomes a lot less blood stained.]]

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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: [[spoiler: You can tell when the FocusGroupEnding kicks in when the dress becomes a lot less blood stained.]]



* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation]]: In the FocusGroupEnding. Note that she has a recursive case of this, as [[spoiler:she [[DeathByAdaptation didn't die in the original film that the musical itself was based on]]]].

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* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation]]: In SparedByTheAdaptation: Audrey II doesn't eat her in the FocusGroupEnding. Note that she has a recursive case of this, as [[spoiler:she she [[DeathByAdaptation didn't die in the original film that the musical itself was based on]]]].
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[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/audreyII_2561.jpg]]

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* [[spoiler:DeathByAdaptation]]: In the FocusGroupEnding.

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* [[spoiler:DeathByAdaptation]]: In DeathByAdaptation: Seymour blows him up in the FocusGroupEnding.



* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* [[spoiler:KilledMidSentence]]
* ManEatingPlant

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* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
KarmicDeath: In the FocusGroupEnding.
* [[spoiler:KilledMidSentence]]
KilledMidSentence: In the FocusGroupEnding.
-->Oh, shit!
* ManEatingPlantManEatingPlant: He devours so many humans, especially in the Director's Cut, that he provides the page image.
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Since this character sheet seems related more strongly to the movie than to the play, here\'s a picture from the movie.


[[quoteright:193:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/audrey-ii.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:193:[[ToServeMan It's Suppertime]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:193:[[ToServeMan [[caption-width-right:300:[[ToServeMan It's Suppertime]].]]
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* PetTheDog: When he first meets Seymour, he bullies him a bit, however in two instances he was nice to him in his own depraved way. Before knowing who he is, he offers him some Nitrous Oxide, something he doesn't even give his patients. When he does know him he acts starstruck and is genuinely amazed that Seymour was able to have a plant as big as Audrey 2.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he is a Masochist, he understands not everyone is as enthusiastic to pain as he is. And since he opted for the most painful procedure on himself, he honestly considers the poor kid with the wired jaw to be considered lucky.


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* MotorMouth: When he's not being a Masochist he's actually a motor mouth.
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[[caption-width-right:193:[[ToServeMan It's Suppertime]].]]
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* DepravedDentist

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* DepravedDentistDepravedDentist: He gets an entire musical number spelling it out too.

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* AssholeVictim: It's hard to feel sorry for him when Seymour feeds him to the Audrey II.



* EnfanteTerrible[=/=]CreepyChild: "When I was young and just a bad little kid, my Momma noticed funny things like shooting puppies with a BB gun, I'd poison guppies and when I was done, I'd find a pussy cat and bash it's head, that's when my Momma said..."

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* EnfanteTerrible[=/=]CreepyChild: "When I was young and just a bad little kid, my Momma noticed funny things I did, like shooting puppies with a BB gun, I'd poison guppies and when I was done, I'd find a pussy cat and bash it's head, that's when my Momma said..."
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* LaughablyEvil: A truly terrible person, but also truly hilarious.
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* EvilIsHammy[=/=]LargeHam

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* EvilIsHammy[=/=]LargeHamEvilIsHammy[=/=]LargeHam: The one character who isn't made of actual meat is the hammiest character in the film.



* ScaryBlackMan

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* ScaryBlackMan
ScaryBlackMan: Or rather, scary green plant with a scary black voice.



* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas

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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamasEvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Oh, Mama...



* TooKinkyToTorture

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* TooKinkyToTortureTooKinkyToTorture: "CANDY BAAAAAAR. THAAAANK YOUUUUUU..."
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* EnfanteTerrible[=/=]CreepyChild: "When I was young and just a bad little kid, my Momma noticed funny things like shooting puppies with a BB gun, i'd poison and when I was done, i'd find a pussy cat and bash it's head, that's when my Momma said..."

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* EnfanteTerrible[=/=]CreepyChild: "When I was young and just a bad little kid, my Momma noticed funny things like shooting puppies with a BB gun, i'd I'd poison guppies and when I was done, i'd I'd find a pussy cat and bash it's head, that's when my Momma said..."
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* KarmaHoudini: Seymour killed two people (he let Orin die despite making it clear that he could have helped him and he backed Mushnik into the plant) and considered going even further (he signed the contracts in "The Meek Shall Inherit", implicitly agreeing to kill others in the future. This is made clearer in the play where the song is extended, but the actions remain the same in the film.) but he gets away with absolutely no punishment whatsoever-Audrey likely never even learns that he is a murderer.

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* KarmaHoudini: Seymour killed two people (he let Orin die despite making it clear that he could have helped him and he backed Mushnik into the plant) and considered going even further (he signed the contracts in "The Meek Shall Inherit", implicitly agreeing to kill others in the future. This is made clearer in the play where the song is extended, but the actions remain the same in the film.) but in the theatrical cut, he gets away with absolutely no punishment whatsoever-Audrey likely never even learns that he is a murderer.

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* DefeatByModesty: In both versions of the film, Audrey II thwarts Seymour's attempt to axe it by pantsing him, prompting Seymour to drop the axe and duck behind a counter.
* KarmaHoudini: Seymour killed two people (he let Orin die despite making it clear that he could have helped him and he backed Mushnik into the plant) and considered going even further (he signed the contracts in "The Meek Shall Inherit", implicitly agreeing to kill others in the future. This is made clearer in the play where the song is extended, but the actions remain the same in the film.) but he gets away with absolutely no punishment whatsoever-Audrey likely never even learns that he is a murderer.
** It can be argued that Seymour [[spoiler:finally standing up to and destroying the plant thus preventing the destruction of the human race]] pretty much makes up for the world being less one sadistic dentist (which WASN'T his fault, despite intentions to the contrary) and one greedy, albeit somewhat kind, shopkeep (which may not have been entirely on purpose whatever the plant said). Both deaths are made a lot more ambiguous in the film than the play, and can be interpreted as due to Seymour's actions or not.
*** The Director's Cut makes it pretty clear that he didn't get away with anything, even if you don't count [[spoiler: his death.]] Orin and Mushnik died only because Seymour doesn't ''prevent'' their deaths, and they both would have harmed him (Orin with dental sadism, Mushnik through blackmail) even if he had saved them. [[spoiler: Audrey, on the other hand, he ''consciously'' fed to the plant, even if it was at her own selfless request. If he hadn't done it, Audrey II might not have been strong enough to tear down the building and eat Seymour whole.]]




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* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation]]: In the FocusGroupEnding.



* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: [[spoiler: You can tell when the FocusGroupEnding kicks in when the dress becomes a lot less blood stained.]]




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* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation]]: In the FocusGroupEnding. Note that she has a recursive case of this, as [[spoiler:she [[DeathByAdaptation didn't die in the original film that the musical itself was based on]]]].




* CardCarryingVillain
* [[spoiler:DeathByAdaptation]]: In the FocusGroupEnding.



* KarmaHoudini: He doesn't get punished for the murders in the Director's Cut, but that is treated as a DownerEnding rather than a HappilyEverAfter, so that would be a case of TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste.
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* [[spoiler:KilledMidSentence]]




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* ScaryBlackMan



* AxCrazy
* CardCarryingVillain



* EvenEvilHasStandards: A variation: the gleefully sadistic, completely heartless Orin Scrivello is so disgusted by his encounter with the masochist that he ends up kicking him out of doors.
--> '''Orin:''' Get out of here! Go on, get out of here!...''Goddamn sicko!''
** It's not so much due to moral outrage as it is frustration that, being a full-blown sadist, he can't get any pleasure from torturing a patient who's actually ''into'' that sort of thing.




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* ShrineToTheFallen: Played for laughs--Orin has a closet shrine [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas to his dearly departed mom]].




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* UnlimitedWardrobe: The Greek Chorus have a better dresser than Michelle Obama.


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* MeaningfulName: Arthur ''Denton'' loves getting painful dental work done...
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* EnfanteTerrible[=/=]CreepyChild: "When I was young and just a bad little kid, my Momma noticed funny things like shooting
puppies with a BB gun, i'd poison and when I was done, i'd find a pussy cat and bash it's head, that's when my Momma said..."

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* EnfanteTerrible[=/=]CreepyChild: "When I was young and just a bad little kid, my Momma noticed funny things like shooting
shooting puppies with a BB gun, i'd poison and when I was done, i'd find a pussy cat and bash it's head, that's when my Momma said..."

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-->'''Played By:''' Vincent Gardenia



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-->'''Played By:''' Vincent Gardenia

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* NiceGuy



* DumbBlonde




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* CoolOldGuy
* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his gruff attiude, he still cares for his employees.
* ParentalSubstitute: For Seymour.




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* EvilIsHammy[=/=]LargeHam



* DomesticAbuser




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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Brunette in the 1960 movie, blond in the musical version.




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* {{Expy}}: Of Wilbur Force, a masochistic dental patient Creator/JackNicholson portrayed in the 1960 movie.
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* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: This is how she ended up with Scrivello.


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* ShoutOut: All three are named after girl groups from the early sixties.

!!Arthur Denton

-->'''Played By:''' Creator/BillMurray

* TooKinkyToTorture
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* SadisticDentist

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DepravedDentist

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All the main characters, I think



* Seymour Krelborn (RickMoranis)

* Adorkable: As one would expect from a character played by Rick Moranis.

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\n!!Seymour Krelborn

-->'''Played By:''' Creator/RickMoranis

* Seymour Krelborn (RickMoranis)

* Adorkable:
{{Adorkable}}: As one would expect from a character played by Rick Moranis.



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!!Audrey

-->'''Played By:''' Ellen Greene

!!Mr. Mushnik

-->'''Played By:''' Vincent Gardenia

!!Audrey II

-->'''Played By:''' Levi Stubbs

* ManEatingPlant

!!Dr. Orin Scrivello, DDS

-->'''Played By:''' Creator/SteveMartin

* SadisticDentist

!!Crystal, Ronette, and Chiffon

-->'''Played By:''' Tichina Arnold, Michelle Weeks, and Tisha Campbell-Martin

* GreekChorus

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* Seymour Krelborn (RickMoranis)

* Adorkable: As one would expect from a character played by Rick Moranis.
* BewareTheNiceOnes
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