Little Shop was a 1991 animated television series that aired on Saturday morning about a teenager and a giant talking plant that eats everything in sight. Little Shop was based on the off-broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors, which was based on the 1960 Roger Corman film The Little Shop of Horrors. The concept of the adaptation is credited to Ellen Levy and Mark Edward Edens, and the series was produced by Tom Tataranowicz. The horror elements in previous versions of the story, in which characters are eaten by the plant, are toned down for children in this series.
Production Companies
Marvel Productions
Saban International
20th Century Fox Television
Episodes
Cast
Season 1
1. Bad Seed
30min
7th Sep 1991
Seymour finds a seed from 200 million years ago and helps it grow into the plant known as Junior. The plant tries to return home but, upon finding that he cannot, stays with Seymour and helps Mr. Mushnik's flowers grow.
2. Real Men Aren't Made of Quiche
30min
14th Sep 1991
Seymour joins a home economics class where he and Junior conspire to make a human–plant hybrid a la Frankenstein. Meanwhile, Audrey decides she wants to be a refrigerator repairman.
3. Back to the Fuschia
30min
21st Sep 1991
A trip to the Skid Row Museum of Uninteresting History inspires Junior to travel in time to warn plants about the rise of the dinosaurs and keep his place in the food chain.
4. Unfair Science
30min
28th Sep 1991
Seymour's science project, which was made by Junior, wins a science fair and attention from Seymour's favorite celebrity. However, the scientist wants to steal Seymour's project and use it for himself.
5. Stage Blight
30min
5th Oct 1991
Failed playwright Thespian Chinless produces Junior's play "Flower Town" and Seymour finds himself as the romantic lead. Meanwhile, Mr. Mushnik becomes a stage-dad.
6. I Loath a Parade
30min
12th Oct 1991
Seymour brings home a female Venus flytrap, which Junior falls in love with.
7. Air Junior
30min
19th Oct 1991
Junior persuades Seymour to buy a new pair of shoes and makes them fly.
8. Untitled Halloween Story
30min
26th Oct 1991
Infuriated by the tradition of jack-o-lantern carving, Junior joins Seymour and Audrey's trick or treating to steal them back via his vegetable magnetism abilities.
9. It's a Wonderful Leaf
30min
2nd Nov 1991
A reaper shows Seymour a future where the Mushnicks own a yogurt shop, Paine is winning awards, and Seymour is a politician. Meanwhile, Junior dreams that he runs a hotel for flowers.
10. Tooth or Consequences
30min
9th Nov 1991
Seymour and Junior learn the hard way about lies when Mrs. Krelborn's low-fat ice cream disappears.
11. Walk Like a Nerd
30min
16th Nov 1991
Weary of the limitations that come with having roots, Junior tries to give himself legs and inadvertently winds up sharing a body with Seymour.
12. Pulp Fiction
30min
23rd Nov 1991
Junior watches in horror as the oldest tree in the world is turned into paper and leads a revolt composed of used paper products that swamps Skid Row.
13. Married to the Mush
30min
30th Nov 1991
Paine's aunt starts to date Mr. Mushnik under the delusion that he is a rich dude. Dismayed from the news, the usually career-oriented Audrey expresses her desire to become a housewife.