Little Shop
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Little Shop was an animated television series about a teenager and a giant indoor plant that ate everything in sight. It was created by Frank Oz and debuted in 1991. Little Shop was based on the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors, and was originally intended to be the title of its sequel.
Following the success of the 1986 theatrical film, Frank Oz developed an idea for a prequel with Seymour as a junior high school student. After Warner Brothers turned down the concept, the idea was made into an animated children's cartoon with the following voice-over cast:
- Seymour - Jana Lexxa
- Audrey - Jennie Kwan
- Mr. Mushnick - Michael Rawl
- Junior (voice) - Terry McGee
- Paine - Mark Ryan
Despite the gruesome theme of murder and abuse presented in previous versions of the story, this version of Little Shop was aimed at children and thus not violent. The plant (called Junior) doesn't eat humans and blood, but a variety of foods. The main characters were schoolkids, and the cruel dentist was substituted by the neighborhood bully. Audrey II was also given eyes. While based mainly on the 1986 film, the plant did retain its ability to hypnotize people, as it did in the 1960 original. Audrey II was also on Seymour's side, though more often than not, would help Seymour without Seymour's knowledge (often because its actions were generally cheating—sometimes by using its hypnotic abilities). While Seymour was well aware that Audrey II could talk, no one else seemed to know.
The 30-minute program aired on FOX from September of 1991 to September of 1992. It was paired with an animated version of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.