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“You see, sir, if you were to put a plant like this in the window, then maybe…” - Seymour Krelborn
Seymour Krelborn is the main character all of the versions of Little Shop of Horrors. He was the owner of Audrey II. Seymour has had a longtime crush on Audrey, wanting to marry her ever since she came to work. But he could never voice his opinions due to his shyness and the fact that she had a boyfriend. In the movie he’s an orphan and was taken in by Mr. Mushnik when he was a kid.
1986 Film[]
Seymour is a genuine, well-meaning man who’s taken for granted because of his clumsiness, kind nature and poor social skills.
At Mushnik's Flower Shop, Seymour is a floor sweeper and puts the flower pots in range. He doesn't get paid because of how clumsy he is and because of that he’s constantly being treated horribly by Mr. Mushnik. The movie starts off with him already owning Audrey II. He brought the plant from a Chinese flower shopowner, who gives him many exotic and strange plants. Seymour didn’t know but during some sort of eclipse, the plant is striked giving itself life in a form that develops into a human like creature that is carnivorous (eats meat). But he had no idea how to take care of it, as he sings in Grow for Me However, when accidentally cutting himself on the rose thorns he noticed the plants immediate response to the blood. He reluctantly squeezes some blood into the plant's mouth which results in Audrey II growing larger. Because of his plant, the flower shop gains more business and Mr. Mushnik treats Seymour a tad nicer.
Soon, after meeting the sadistic Orin Scrivello, D.D.S, Seymour sees the cruel dentist abuse Audrey for ridiculous reasons (falling off of the motorcycle, not calling him by his full professional title). At first, he doesn't act on it but is persuaded by Audrey II to kill him. The next day, he goes to his office, pretending that he wants a checkup. Orin, who gets off on the pain he inflicts, decides to make the situation more enjoyable by wearing a mask that emits nitrous oxide. Hysterical and deluded, Orin accidentally breaks the valve on his mask, releasing even more N2O into his lungs. Seymour takes advantage of the situation by confronting him with a gun, the entire event Orin isn't even taking seriously. Orin soon collapses in laughter and in his final moments Seymour reminds him of his abuse towards Audrey. Seymour puts his body in a bag, drags him back to the shop and forces himself to chop up the body to feed to the ever-growing Audrey II. Unfortunately for Seymour, Mr. Mushnik was making an early trip to his shop that morning - where he witnessed the whole thing. Upon hearing about the disappearance of her boyfriend, Audrey grieves in guilt, but eventually admits to Seymour that she isn't sad. In fact, she's quite relieved. Seymour's feelings are mutual and he’s happy that Audrey no longer needs to suffer, to which they reveal their inner feelings towards each other in the song Suddenly, Seymour.
Upon returning to the shop, he runs into Mr. Mushnik who threatens to blackmail Seymour in exchange for Audrey II and leave Skid Row for about 50 years or else he’ll turn him in to the police. Unbeknownst to Mushnik, Audrey II signals Seymour to lure Mr. Mushnik into its deathly trap and swallows him whole. After that rather large meal, Audrey II grew to an impressive size, but still craved blood. Not being able to handle the pressures with the press and the plant, Seymour tells Audrey to run away with him and get married so they can escape Skid Row. Audrey II hears of this, it gets a hold of the flower shop’s telephone and calls Audrey to try and get one last meal.
The Following Information is non-Canon. The theatrical ending of the 1986 film is not canon to the Little Shop of Horrors musical.
Theatrical Ending[]
Audrey heads over to the flower shop and can’t believe what she’s seeing, Audrey II tells her that it needs watered. She grabs a watering can and prepares to water Audrey II. The plant grabs her and thrusts her into its mouth. Seymour rushes over from the butcher shop with meat for Audrey II. He sees that Audrey II is attempting to eat Audrey and saves her. Seymour realizes that he made a mistake giving Audrey II his blood in the first place. Seymour rushes to defeat Audrey II and stop its rampage. During their fight the plant reveals that it’s from outer space. Audrey II takes its vines and pulls apart the flower shop, causing it to collapse. An exposed electrical wire is just in Seymour’s reach. He successfully grabs it and puts it on one of the plant’s vines. Audrey II is electrocuted and explodes. Seymour gets out of the rubble of what was once the flower shop and rushes to Audrey, who had been watching the fight from the window. They get married and live happily ever after in Audrey’s dream home.
Original Ending[]
Audrey heads over to the flower shop and can’t believe what she’s seeing, Audrey II tells her that it needs watered. She grabs a watering can and prepares to water Audrey II. The plant grabs her and thrusts her into its mouth. Seymour rushes over from the butcher shop with meat for Audrey II. He sees that Audrey II is attempting to eat Audrey and pulls her out from its mouth. Audrey is fatally wounded and in her last few minutes tells Seymour to feed her to Audrey II. Seymour realizes that he made a mistake giving Audrey II his blood in the first place. He then takes Audrey after she had passed away and carefully sets her inside the plants mouth. Devastated, he runs through town and rushes up to the top of a building. A man, Patrick Martin, stops him and explains his idea to make seeds of Audrey II and sell them all over the world. Seymour says no but the man does it anyway. Seymour goes to try and destroy Audrey II. The plant causes the flower shop to collapse and just before Seymour can run away Audrey II grabs him with its vines and slowly lifts him into its mouth. The world is later taken over by Audrey II and its clones.
Little Shop[]
In the 1991 children's TV show "Little Shop", Seymour appears as the protagonist but re-designed, as a red & white cap-wearing kid who is a 13-year-old instead of a young adult in his mid-20s. He still wears glasses and has a more stereotypical nerdy demeanor than his live-action counterpart.
Seymour is first shown in the pilot episode, Bad Seed. He is still was in love with Audrey, but Audrey didn't like him romantically. He discovers a plant and he names the plant Audrey Junior. Trying to show Audrey the plant in hopes of gaining her affection, she’s disgusted and dismisses him. After this, he realizes that Junior eats meat. Junior orders a triple-pepperoni pizza with anchovies. However, Seymour doesn't have any money to pay for it and is in debt for most of the episode for the pizza resulting in Mr. Mushnik being angry at Seymour and blaming him for the pizza. Junior helps Seymour by bringing the flowers in the shop back to life and the shop made enough money to pay for the pizza.
Original Script Character Description[]
The Script describes Seymour as follows:
"Mid-twenties and perhaps balding a little. Our insecure, naive, put-upon, florist's clerk hero. Above all, he's a sweet and well-meaning little man. He is not a silly, prat-falling nerd and therefore should not be played as the hero of a Jerry Lewis film."[1]
Trivia[]
- Seymour wears boxer shorts, as evidenced by when Audrey II pulls his pants down during Mean Green Mother From Outer Space.
- In the 1960 movie Seymour has parents rather than being an orphan.
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References[]
- ↑ Ashman, Howard (1982). "Little Shop Of Horrors", p. 8. Samuel French, Inc. New York. ISBN 0573681821