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Desire for sustenance expressed by Audrey II
Audrey II
I'm starving!
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A Disagreement Over Feeding Choices
Audrey II
Feed me.
Seymour
Under no circumstances.
Audrey II
Feed me.
Seymour
I will not, so stop asking.
Audrey II
Feed me!
Seymour
No! No more! I can't take living with the guilt.
Audrey II
Tough titty.
Seymour
Watch your language.
Audrey II
Ah, cut the crap! Bring on the meat!
Seymour
I'll run to the corner, pick you up some nice ground round. How about that?
Audrey II
Don't do me no favors!
Seymour
Well?
Audrey II
Hmm…?
Seymour
It's my last offer. Yes or no?
Audrey II
You sure do drive a hard bargain.
Seymour
Done! Fine. Great. Don't think you're getting dessert!
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Desire for Audrey and Sustenance
Audrey II
Money? Girls? One par-ticu-lar girl! How bout that Aaaaauuuudrey? Think it over! There must be someone you can 86 real quiet-like, and get me some LUNCH!!!
[''asking Seymour what he wants'']
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A Plant's Demand for Nourishment
Audrey II
Feed me!
[meekly]
Seymour
I beg your pardon?
Audrey II
Feed me!
[gloomily]
Seymour
Tuey! You talked! You opened up your - trap, your thing, you said--
Audrey II
FEED ME KRELBOURN! FEED ME NOW!
[suddenly aggressive]
Seymour
I can't!
Audrey II
I'm starvin'!
Seymour
Look, maybe I can squeeze a little out of this one,
Audrey II
More, more, more, more, more!
Seymour
There isn't any more! Whaddya want me to do, slit my wrists?! Oh boy Look. I got an idea. I'll run down to the corner, and pick you up some nice chopped sirloin.
[The plant sighs, almost saying "Well..."]
Audrey II
Must be blood!
Seymour
Tuey, that's disgusting.
[creeped out]
Audrey II
Must be fresh!
Seymour
I don't wanna hear this!
[covering his ears]
Audrey II
Feed me!
Seymour
Does it have to be human?
Audrey II
Feed me!
Seymour
Does it have to be mine?
Audrey II
Fee-eed me!
Seymour
Where am I supposed to get it?
Audrey II
Feed me, Seymour / Feed me all night long - That's right, boy! - You can do it! Feed me, Seymour / Feed me all night long / Ha ha ha ha ha! / Cause if you feed me, Seymour / I can grow up big and strong.
[singing]
Seymour
You eat blood, Audrey II, let's face it! How am I supposed to keep feeding you, kill people?
Audrey II
I'll make it worth your while!
Seymour
What?
Audrey II
You think this's all a coincidence, baby? The sudden success around here? The press coverage?
Seymour
Look, you're a plant; an inanimate object!
[Audrey II then pulls a chair up from under Seymour, bring him closer to the plant]
Audrey II
DOES THIS LOOK "INANIMATE" TO YOU, PUNK?! If I can talk, and I can move, who's to say I can't do anything I want?
Seymour
Like what?
Audrey II
Like deliver, pal! Like see you get everything your sick, greasy little heart desires! Would you like a Cadillac car?/ Or a guest shot on "Jack Parr"?/ How about a date with Hedy Lamarr?/ You gonna get it! If you want it, baby./ How would you like to be a big wheel?/ Dinin out for every meal./ I'm the plant (that) can make it all real!/ You gonna get i-i-it../ Hey, I'm your genie, I'm your friend! I'm your willing slave.../ Take a chance, feed me, yeah./ You know the kind of eats, the kinda red hot treats, the kinda sticky-licky sweets I craa-aave, Oh!
[singing]
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A Brief Exchange Between Mr. Mushnik and Seymour
Mr. Mushnik
Seymour, what is going on down there?
Seymour
Very little Mr. Mushnik!
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A Mean Green Mother from Outer Space
Audrey II
I'm just a mean, green mother from outer space and I'm bad!
[singing]
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Demand for nourishment and directness
Audrey II
Tough titty. Aw, cut the crap. Bring on the meat!
[Seymour says he won't feed the plant, due to the guilt; Seymour then tells him to watch his language.]
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Audrey II's Sarcastic Insight
Audrey II
No SHIT, Sherlock!
[after Seymour deduces that Audrey II wants to take over the planet]
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The Power of a Unique Plant Display
Seymour
You see, sir, if you were to put a plant like this in the window, then maybe…
Mr. Mushnik
Maybe what? Maybe what! Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound? Just because you put a strange and interesting plant in the window, people don't suddenly…
Customer
Excuse me. I couldn't help noticing that strange and interesting plant. What is it?
Seymour
It's an Audrey…II!
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Caution Against Feeding the Plants
Taglines
Don't feed the plants.
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Health Concerns About Audrey II and I
Seymour
The Audrey II is not a healthy girl.
Mr. Mushnik
Strictly between us, neither is the Audrey I.
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A Deadly Threat Emerges from Innocence
Narrator
On the twenty-third day in the month of September, in an early year of a decade not too long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence. And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the most seemingly innocent, and unlikely, of places...
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Return of the Mean Green Mother
Taglines
I'm a mean green mother from outer space... And I'm back!
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Seymour's Determination in a Unique Conflict
Seymour
Wait for me, Audrey. This is between me and the vegetable!
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Dreaming of a Simple Life
Audrey
With a washer and a dryer, and an ironing machine…somewhere that's green.
[''singing about her dream house'']
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Defying Expectations of Life and Agency
Audrey II
DOES THIS LOOK "INANIMATE" TO YOU, PUNK?! If I can talk and I can move, who's to say I can't do anything I want?!
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Self-Reflection on Personal Flaws
Seymour
And he calls me a slob, which I am …
[''singing about Mr. Mushnik'']
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Unique Characters in a Dark Musical Comedy
Taglines
A Singing Plant. A Daring Hero. A Sweet Girl. A Demented Dentist.
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Unexpected Delays in Excitement
Audrey
Seymour's first radio broadcast! I wanted to hear it so bad. I tried to be on time, but…
Mr. Mushnik
Don't tell me. You got tied up.
Audrey
No. Just handcuffed a little.
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Ambitions of a Carnivorous Plant
Seymour
Every household in America. Thousands of you, eating. That's what you had planned all along, isn't it?!
Audrey II
Noooooooooo shit, ]!
[smugly; [w:Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock]
Seymour
We're not talking about one hungry plant here. We're talking about world conquest!
Audrey II
And I wanna thank you!
Seymour
You won't get away with this! Your kind never does! I don't care what it takes, only one of us gets out of here alive!
[Audrey II laughs maniacally]
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Life on Skid Row: A Cry for Help
Seymour
Poor! All my life I've been poor! I keep asking God what I'm for! And he tells me "Gee, I'm not sure! Sweep that floor, kid!" Oh I started life as an orphan, child of the street, here on Skid Row. He took me in, gave me a shelter, a bed, a crust of bread and a job... treats me like dirt. Calls me a slob, which I am. ] So I live... downtown... That's my home address. So I live. Where my life's a mess. So I live Where depression's just status quo. Down on Skid Row.... Someone show my the way to get outta here, Cos I'm constantly praying I'll get out of here, someone give me one shot, or I'll rot here.
[''singing''; ''Mushnik glares at him the moment he stops work so he hastily resumes''; he walks dejectedly along the streets with the passers-by as his backup singers; ''all'': "downtown"; ''all'': "Downtown."; ''all:'' "Downtown."; ''wanders into an alley''; ''beggars slowly appear from nowhere and climb the gateway at the end of the alley'']
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