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11	->''"When a mallet hits my head, my long, toned legs turn into a spring! Not great, but it lets me jump amazingly high!"''
12	-->-- '''Wario''', ''VideoGame/WarioLand4 manual''
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14	Want to have [[InASingleBound incredible jumping powers]] without having any superpowers in the first place? Why, look no further than wearing the good old spring coil.
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16	In fiction, the spring coil is a guaranteed way to reach high places, among other things such as a powerful attack or pushing back enemies. A RubberMan may be able to reshape himself into a spring coil. Sometimes part of TrickedOutShoes.
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18	Often accompanied by a notable StockSoundEffects from string instruments.
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20	See also SpringsSpringsEverywhere for when springs are part of the background, SpringJump, and HoppingMachine.
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23	!!Examples:
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26	[[folder: Anime and Manga]]
27	* Played with in ''Manga/OnePiece'', Bellamy's [[AppliedPhlebotinum Devil Fruit Power]] ''is'' being able to turn his body into springs, which he uses to jump around and increase the power of his attacks.
28	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': Lagann used springs from its legs in the first episode to move around quickly. They seem to be [[ThisIsADrill drills]] stretching.
29	%%* Shurimon in ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''.
30	* PlayedForHorror ([[BlackComedy predominantly, anyway]]) in a chapter of ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}'', using the spring as another form of [[ArcSymbol the omnipresent spiral shape]] as a source of scares. After [[StalkerWithACrush Jack]] gets killed in a horrific car accident, Kirie and Shuichi dig up his grave to stake his corpse, only for it to suddenly come alive and ''bouncing'' after them as ''[[BodyHorror his entire lower half disintegrates]]'', using a spring stuck in his spine to chase after them. However, once he completely falls apart, the two realize the spring was part of the car suspension that wasn't removed from his body -- [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it's left unclear]] if his corpse was merely propelled by escaping gas or if it was the result of something supernatural turning him into [[VisualPun a literal Jack-in-the-box]].
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33	[[folder: Comic Books]]
34	* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'': The Flying Smurf tears another Smurf's couch to tie the springs under his shoes in one of his several (failed) attempts to fly.
35	* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': Spring boots are one of the trademark gadgets of Donald Duck's Italian superhero identity Paperinik.
36	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': While he rarely does it, The ComicBook/{{Scorpion}} can coil his mechanical tail to use as an improvised spring.
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39	[[folder: Fan Works]]
40	* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': The Quirk "Springlike Limbs" allows Darwin to coil his bones and muscles like springs, giving them heightened resistance to drawback, knock-back, or kickback to any of their attacks. He can also launch his limbs outward around 5 feet from his body, and recall them back. [[InASingleBound His power can also be used to jump high altitudes]]. [[spoiler:Luz steals this Quirk before killing him.]]
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43	[[folder: Film]]
44	* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': after Judge Doom is revealed as a Toon, he uses Toon springs on his feet to jump after Eddie Valiant.
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47	[[folder: Folklore]]
48	* The mysterious figure [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Heeled_Jack Spring Heeled Jack]] was given that name due to his incredible jumping ability. ''Magazine/ForteanTimes'' has revisited these stories frequently.
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51	[[folder: Literature]]
52	* In ''Literature/TheAnubisGates'', Doctor Romany wears spring-soled shoes, which let him move rapidly and also keep him from coming into contact with the ground -- as a sorcerer he's basically become allergic to the ground, so minimizing the time he spends in contact with it is a good idea..
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55	[[folder: Live Action TV]]
56	* In ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' short "Hoi Polloi" (1935), Curly gets a spring stuck on his rear end while he's dancing. Every time one of the other dancers would bump into him and knock him down, he'd spring back to his feet again.
57	* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ran the institutional short "A Case of Spring Fever" featuring Coily the Spring Sprite who...pretty much does nothing but admonish some poor shlub about the importance of springs.
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60	[[folder: Newspaper Comics]]
61	* In a couple of issues of ''ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}}'', an experimental cat treat allows Heathcliff to become the incredibly bouncy and flexible Elasticat! A springy coil is, of course, one of the things he shapes himself into.
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64	[[folder: Puppet Shows]]
65	* ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'': In the first Seuss story in "Walkin' With the Cat", The Cat in the Hat observes the various creatures in the Wubbulous World and how they move around. The first creature he observes is the Spring-a-Ling Snake, a snake that uses its coils to bounce to high places.
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68	[[folder: Theme Parks]]
69	* One of the Things in ''Ride/TheCatInTheHat'' ride at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's Islands of Adventure]] uses a coil from inside a sofa to bounce around.
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72	[[folder: Video Games]]
73	* ''VideoGame/WarioLand'': Wario can turn into a spring that allows him to reach high areas.
74	* ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'' has spring boots used for jumping.
75	* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': The protagonist, Chell, has a different type of spring (linear-flex) attached below her knees (via a brace). Rather than assist with jumping, these are meant to explain why the player never takes FallingDamage.
76	* Jevil of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' has a spring instead of a neck attaching his head to his body, which is only revealed when he takes damage.
77	* In ''VideoGame/Portal2'', these springs have been incorporated into her boots, highlighted by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX9Sc88qreg this]] advertisement.
78	* ''VideoGame/SplatterMaster'' have imps with spring coils in place for feet in later levels, who bounces all over the area.
79	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
80	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' has the Spring Mushroom, which encases Mario's whole body in a spring. Notably, while it's active, Mario's only way of moving is bouncing around.
81	** ''VideoGame/MarioParty8'': Upon being eaten, the Springo Candy turns a character's lower body into a spring that allows them to bounce in one huge leap onto another character's location.
82	* In the first ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen'' game, ''Marooned on Mars'', you can only jump normally until you find the pogo stick. Then you can "jump" while on the pogo stick to jump really high, at the cost of horizontal mobility. You get to keep the pogo stick in future games.
83	* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
84	** Spring Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan7''. In the Japanese version, when [[PowerCopying you get Spring Man's weapon]], Auto makes a joke about attaching the coils to his feet so that he could be "Super Auto".
85	** The first ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' game has the hero use a set of coils on his leg armor to power up his jump.
86	%%(ZCE)* Coily in ''VideoGame/QBert''.
87	* In the final stage of ''VideoGame/{{Plok}}'', the "Secret Super Weapon" you have to fight the Flea Queen with a helmet, a can of Flea spray and a pair of spring boots. While they ''do'' boost your jump height, [[PowerUpLetdown they have the problem of turning]] ''[[ThatOneLevel every step into a jump]].''
88	%%(ZCE)* One of the powerups in ''VideoGame/SeriousSam II'' found in one of the boss stages has them.
89	* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Spoink has this as its tail. [[ExaggeratedTrope Taken further]] in its Pokédex entry, in that the bouncing regulates its heartbeat. In other words, if it doesn't keep bouncing all the time, it will die. Its evolution Grumpig has one as its tail as well.
90	* ''Thing On A Spring'': An obscure Platform/Commodore64 platformer featuring a little frog-headed slinky toy thing. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
91	* In ''VideoGame/{{Gruntz}}'', this is one of the tools your gruntz can get. It allows them to jump over small obstacles.
92	* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''
93	** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' features Rattly the Rattlesnake, [[PowerupMount an animal buddy]] that's a permanently coiled-up snake. It moves around by bouncing in short hops, can jump very high as a normal jump, and with a charged-up leap, it can reach even higher.
94	** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' has the Re-Koil enemy, an orange crocodile who bounces on his springy tail, not unlike [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Tigger]].
95	* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'': The Spring Bean bounces a zombie back once before needing to recharge. In the Pirate Level, it is able to launch zombies into the water to instantly kill them depending on their position.
96	* In ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 3'', the [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wTXeLGgATmM/mqdefault.jpg Springinator]] powerup that [=OddSock=] can use, which is a spring that attaches to his butt.
97	* One of the five types of feet in ''VideoGame/LogicalJourneyOfTheZoombinis'' is a bright orange spring. Zoombinis that have it will bounce forward instead of walking.
98	* The Bouncy enemy from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series moves around by bouncing on its spring. A similar enemy named Boinger appears in ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'', which are {{Helpful Mook}}s whose bounciness causes {{Spring Jump}}s when the [[GoombaSpringboard player character lands on it]].
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101	[[folder: Web Original]]
102	* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': This is one of the power-ups in the game Frog and Andy play in [='VRcade'=].
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105	[[folder: Western Animation]]
106	* One of the many AcmeProducts used by Ralph Wolf (Wile. E. Coyote's progenitor in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''), in the cartoon "Ready, Woolen and Able." [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. himself]] used this gimmick once or twice, and Bugs Bunny also used it at least once.
107	* "Coil Man" from Creator/HannaBarbera's ''[[WesternAnimation/FrankensteinJr The Impossibles]].''
108	* In the Ruby-Spears ''WesternAnimation/{{Mega Man\|RubySpears}}'' cartoon, a cosmetics robot had springs built into her ankles.
109	* Spring coils from the [[TrickedOutShoes shoes]], legs, and hat are some of the many, many gadgets in the arsenal of ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''.
110	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' (1973) episode "The Ultra Scam", one of the villain's has shoes with springs in the sole that he uses to bounce around.
111	* [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Tigger's]] tail has a spring inside, enabling him to bounce on it.
112	* And then there's Wubbzy from ''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy'', who can coil his PrehensileTail like a spring and bounce on it, quite similar to Tigger.
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115	[[folder: Real Life ]]
116	* Rob Cockerham from Cockeyed.com built a [[http://cockeyed.com/incredible/shoes/shoes.html real-life pair of spring shoes]] out of mattress springs and Chuck Taylors.
117	* The Powerbocks, Airtrekkers and all of the other [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iATQCeHHh0 spring-based jumping stilts.]]
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