Seymour (Fallout 2)

Seymour is an intelligent spore plant living in Broken Hills in 2241.
==Background==
The result of the Professor's experiments into applied intelligence testing, Seymour is set apart from other spore plants by having reasoning and cognitive abilities equal to that of a human,The Chosen One: "{107}{}{Are you connected with that scientist in any way?}"Seymour: "{133}{}{Oh, yes, the Professor. He grew me from a tiny spore and nurtured me... but I realized from an early age that if I were to act as smart as I truly am, he'd cut me into pieces to examine me. So, I played dumb and got planted out here. It's nice... but I'd like to branch out a little. Y'know, maybe get planted someplace else...}"(Seymour's dialogue) and the ability to speak words, better than the level of some humans.The Chosen One: "{104}{}{Yoo talk?}"Seymour: "{109}{}{Yes, I do talk. Better than some people, it seems. I'd smile at you right now, but I just don't have a mouth. [it laughs] Say, could you do me a big favor?}"(Seymour's dialogue) Seymour was raised and nurtured from a tiny spore by the Professor, who applied chemical compounds to the plant in order to increase his intelligence, a process that bore fruitful results.The Chosen One: "{107}{}{Who are you? And what's with the scorpion?}"The Professor: "{135}{}{I am the Professor. What I do is applied intelligence testing. I create chemical compounds to increase intelligence. I'm trying some out on this radscorpion here, after my failure with the plant.}"(The Professor's dialogue) 
While under the Professor's wing, Seymour grew well acquainted with the scientist's radscorpion, another subject of his that possessed intelligence far greater than a human. The two shared an apparent rivalry of sorts,The Chosen One: "{134}{}{"Branch out." Indeed.}"Seymour: "{137}{}{So does he still have the scorpion? That thing is a mean chess player... it has a lot of bark and plenty of bite, if you know what I mean... but I know how to beat him. If you do me a favor, I'll tell you how.}"The Chosen One: "{138}{}{Really? How?}"Seymour: "{140}{}{My fine friend, if you will replant me near the ghouls' home over there, I will be happy to impart my deep-rooted knowledge of chess.}"(Seymour's dialogue)The Chosen One: "{145}{}{All right, all right. Say, I'd like to try out my skills against your scorpion.}"The Professor: "{121}{}{You wish to take a test, eh? Do you want to test your manual dexterity, your perception, or your intelligence?}"The Chosen One: "{124}{}{How about my smarts?}"The Professor: "{132}{}{You and the scorpion will be playing a game of my own devising. I call it "chess". Are you ready?}"The Chosen One: "{134}{}{Yep. I'm ready.}"The Chosen One: "{404}{}{and...checkmate!}"Professor's radscorpion: "{406}{}{::chitter:: Kill plant! ::click-clack-click::}"The quest's description: "{407}{}{You have proven that you can subvert a radscorpion that is more intelligent than you.}"The Professor: "{147}{}{How... how could you kill my scorpion like that? I was close... so close...}"(The Professor's dialogue) with the plant developing a technique to defeat the radscorpion in a game of chess known as the Flying Liver Attack.Seymour: "{160}{}{Oooh... the soil here feels so... different. Cleaner, somehow. Probably because I don't have to share it with those other plants. Ahhh. Oh! Yes! If you ever run across the Professor and his scorpion, remember this chess maneuver: It's called the Flying Liver Attack, and the scorpion cannot stand against it.}"(Seymour's dialogue)
From an early age, however, Seymour realized that showing his full intellect would open the possibility of being cut into pieces and examined by the scientist, an outcome he was not willing to chance. Instead, he "played dumb" enough for the Professor to deem him a failure, prompting the disgruntled scientist to plant him in a crop field by the Old Ghouls' Home.
The plant has no dislike for his current accommodation, though he expresses a need to "branch out a little" into a new setting.The Chosen One: "{135}{}{Right. What do you want?}"Seymour: "{112}{}{I'm looking for a better place to be. Right here is nice and all, but frankly, these plants aren't much for conversation. I was thinking over there, by the building with all the ghouls in it... Would you replant me?}"(Seymour's dialogue) Additionally, the other plants that occupy the same crop cloud the soil and "aren't much for conversation." He wishes for a new home in the soil by the Old Ghouls' Home.
===Feats of intelligence===
Beyond the ability to speak as a human would, Seymour possesses great knowledge in several areas. He has an intimate, deep-rooted knowledge of chess, enough to impart a technique to defeat the seemingly incontestable radscorpion owned by the Professor. He is aware of the writings of Hegel and is no stranger to discussing Hegelian dialectics.Seymour: "{300}{}{But Hegel's dialectic doesn't account for...}"Typhon: "{301}{}{Hegel, Hegel, Hegel! You're always on about Hegel!}"(Typhon and Seymour's dialogue) Along with that, he is well acquainted with the field of philosophy.Seymour: "{308}{}{But it's completely apparent that this is a philosophical dead end!}"Typhon: "{309}{}{That's only because you haven't examined all the ramifications of it. Now, if you...}"(Typhon and Seymour's dialogue) He knows of several other written works, such as The Giving Tree, Jack and the Beanstalk and Catcher in the Rye.Typhon: "{334}{}{Want me to read you a story?}"Seymour: "{335}{}{How about The Giving Tree? Jack and the Beanstalk? Catcher in the Rye?}"(Typhon and Seymour's dialogue) He also knows of the Garden of Eden Creation Kit, of which he will discuss with Typhon.Typhon: "{336}{}{A GECK? Yeah, there was a guy who...}"Seymour: "{337}{}{Shhh! Shh! Someone's listening!}"(Typhon and Seymour's dialogue)
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
===Quests===
* Defeat the professor's radscorpion in three challenges: Seymour can help the Chosen One beat the Professor's radscorpion at chess, telling them to use the Flying Liver Attack once the Chosen One uses a shovel to replant Seymour.
==Notes==
* Later in the game, Typhon can be found chatting with Seymour.
* It was mentioned during these conversations that he wonders about the wellbeing of his cousins in Arroyo.
* Seymour shares stats with common spore plants.
==Appearances==
Seymour appears only in Fallout 2.
==Behind the scenes==
The plant is a reference to Audrey II, the man-eating plant from Little Shop of Horrors. The protagonist of the film is named Seymour.
==Gallery==
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FO2 Plant target.png |Seymour under Targeted Shot
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==References==
Category:Broken Hills characters
Category:Fallout 2 characters
Category:Flora
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