Little Shop of Horrors began as a 1960 film and became best known through the 1982 stage musical and its 1986 film version, centred on Seymour and the talking, man-eating plant Audrey II. The wilting idea plays against Audrey II's usual power and hunger, turning a monstrous plant into a weak, drooping joke. Short plant and deflation effects linked to the show have since circulated on soundboards and in meme edits, where the clip is reused far beyond the musical for any sad, shrinking or failing moment.