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** They also get into ProductPlacement problems. "I'm Coily with a Y." "I'm Coilee with an EE."
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** Also during the identification process, Crow says, [[{{Hamlet}} "It belongs to a guy named Al P. Yorick."]]

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** Also during the identification process, Crow says, says [[{{Hamlet}} "It belongs to a guy named Al P. Yorick."]]



** Even more amusing, is he once wrote an angry e-mail for The Brains telling them how they were idiots for riffing his movie. That's bad enough, but he [[WhatAnIdiot sent his e-mail to an MST3K fan site]]. The fans who received the e-mail had a field day with this.

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** Even more amusing, is amusing is, he once wrote an angry e-mail for The Brains telling them how they were idiots for riffing his movie. That's bad enough, but he [[WhatAnIdiot sent his e-mail to an MST3K fan site]]. The fans who received the e-mail had a field day with this.



** Kevin even quotes the, "No springs!" after a goofy spring sound effect in the short "One Got Fat" released through ''{{Rifftrax}}''.

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** Kevin even quotes the, the "No springs!" after a goofy spring sound effect in the short "One Got Fat" released through ''{{Rifftrax}}''.



-->'''Mike:''' So, one clod says one thing and the whole world pays?

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-->'''Mike:''' So, one ''one'' clod says one ''one'' thing and the whole world pays?
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[[TheStinger "Now you're gonna be the worm face!"]]

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[[TheStinger "Now you're gonna be the worm face!"]]face!"]]
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* CallBack, RunningGag: Coily was the inspiration for Willy the Wonderful Waffle Guy way back in Season 3; they'd been wanting to riff the short since back then and simply weren't able to get the rights until the show's final season. Also, references to Coily (along with his spring sound) are imitated in a host segment ("Mikey the Mike Sprite, they call me") and even a riff in the movie {{Squirm}}.

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* CallBack, RunningGag: Coily was the inspiration for Willy the Wonderful Waffle Guy way back in Season 3; they'd been wanting to riff the short since back then and simply weren't able to get the rights until the show's final season. Also, references to Coily (along with his spring sound) are imitated in a host segment ("Mikey the Mike Sprite, they call me") and even a riff in the movie {{Squirm}}.''Squirm''.
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->''"Squirm".''.\\
'''Mike:''' Well... I don't know why, but okay! ''([[LiteralMinded Mike and the 'Bots wriggle in their seats.]])''
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]] According to Mike and the Bots, Nick isn't just interested in antiques as a hobby, he's obsessed with them.
* BatDeduction: After Nick announces he thinks Roger's father is off the hook for the murders:

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]] According to Mike and the Bots, Nick Mick isn't just interested in antiques as a hobby, he's obsessed with them.
* BatDeduction: After Nick Mick announces he thinks Roger's father is off the hook for the murders:



* EyeScream: Nick suggests the worms did something to Roger's eyes.

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* EyeScream: Nick Mick suggests the worms did something to Roger's eyes.



*** Much better than raw

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*** Much better than rawfresh worms.



'''Crow:''' And if you have red hair, do not mate.

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'''Crow:''' And if you have red hair, do not mate. Ever.
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* OddJobGods: Parodied when the trio invoke Mikey, the Mike sprite, and Mike's Socksy, the Mike's socks sprite.
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* IndecisiveParody: Sort of. The first half of the short is teaching the main character how important springs are, but then the second half has him preaching non-stop about how important springs are to his friends, who are clearly annoyed by him.
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** The man went on to direct ''TheNeverEndingStory III''. '''[='Nuff said.=]'''

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** The man went on to direct write the screenplay of ''TheNeverEndingStory III''. '''[='Nuff said.=]'''
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* ThatCloudLooksLike: The patches on the rear of the sister's pants as she climbs through a window prompts them to point out that it looks like a face with a mustache.

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* UnfortunateNames: "Coily? Eww."
** The rough cut of ''Film/ItLivesByNight'' takes this BeyondTheImpossible, with Mike, Kevin, and Bill coming up with TheLongList of scatological sprites like "Fecey", "[=BMey=]", and many more.

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* UnfortunateNames: "Coily? UnfortunateNames:
**"Coily?
Eww."
** The rough cut of ''Film/ItLivesByNight'' takes combines this BeyondTheImpossible, with SerialEscalation: Mike, Kevin, and Bill coming come up with TheLongList of scatological sprites like "Fecey", "[=BMey=]", and many more.
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** The rough cut of ''Film/ItLivesByNight'' takes this BeyondTheImpossible, with Mike, Kevin, and Bill coming up with TheLongList of scatological sprites like "Fecey", "[=BMey=]", and many more.
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** Even then, nature and many objects rely on the Law of Elasticity. Things would even more seriously fucked than even portrayed in the short if there were no Hooke's Law, starting with [[BodyHorror the human body]]. {{Squick}}.

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* CallBack, RunningGag: Coily was the inspiration for Willy the Wonderful Waffle Guy way back in Season 3. Also, references to Coily (along with his spring sound) are imitated in a host segment ("Mikey the Mike Sprite, they call me") and even a riff in the movie {{Squirm}}.

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* CallBack, RunningGag: Coily was the inspiration for Willy the Wonderful Waffle Guy way back in Season 3.3; they'd been wanting to riff the short since back then and simply weren't able to get the rights until the show's final season. Also, references to Coily (along with his spring sound) are imitated in a host segment ("Mikey the Mike Sprite, they call me") and even a riff in the movie {{Squirm}}.
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*** Much better than raw
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** "Southern Maaaaan!"
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** Also while during the identification process, Crow says, [[{{Hamlet}} "It belongs to a guy named Al P. Yorick."]]

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** Also while during the identification process, Crow says, [[{{Hamlet}} "It belongs to a guy named Al P. Yorick."]]



'''Crow:''' And if you have red hair, do not mate.\\

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'''Crow:''' And if you have red hair, do not mate.\\

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* BatDeduction: After Nick announces he thinks Roger's father is off the hook for the murders:
-->'''Mike:''' "I deduced that by ''not'' opening the door."
* BehindTheBlack: "Oh, I didn't see you."
* BrickJoke: "Sufficient springs!" and "No springs!"



* EyeScream: Nick suggests the worms did something to Roger's eyes.
-->'''Crow:''' "If Roger can see?" Do worms routinely blind people?



* [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight I Know You're Not Southern!]]

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* [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight I Know You're Not Southern!]]Southern!]]: Mike and Crow trying to shake Servo out of extreme Southern Belle-ness.



* NoisyNature: "Steven Tyler worm!"



** Also while during the identification process, Crow says, [[{{Hamlet}} "It belongs to a guy named Al P. Yorick."]]



* SpoofAesop: As the movie ends.
-->'''Servo:''' Please, folks, remember to worm your dog.\\
'''Mike:''' And if you do start a worm farm, do not raise flesh-eating, intelligent millipedes by mistake.\\
'''Crow:''' And if you have red hair, do not mate.\\




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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
-->'''Crow:''' Now, whatever happened with guy running around with a newspaper on his head in the rain? That was kind of a loose end.\\
'''Mike:''' Yeah, that went nowhere.
* TheWormThatWalks: What becomes of Roger.
-->"Yes, I'm fully a worm now, but they let me keep my arms and legs."



* TechnologyMarchesOn: A decent number of the mentioned uses for springs have since been made obsolete thanks to computer technology, so the riffing lampshades it.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: A [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooke%27s_law Hooke's Law]] notwithstanding, a decent number of the mentioned uses for springs have since been made obsolete thanks to computer technology, so the riffing lampshades it.



** However, the entire film is an educational short about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooke%27s_law Hooke's Law]], and unless the very laws of physics are changed, that'll '''''never''''' change.
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** However, the entire film is an educational short about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooke%27s_law Hooke's Law]], and unless the very laws of physics are changed, that'll '''''never''''' change.
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* BrickJoke: Early on, Crow asks where Coily fits into God's plan. Later, as Gilbert won't shut up about springs.
-->'''Gilbert:''' Why, it's practically impossible to name a single thing in which some sort of spring isn't essential in one way or another. ''(looks up)''\\
'''Crow:''' Oh look, God has a spring!
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** The man went on to direct ''TheNeverEndingStory III''. '''[='Nuff said.=]'''
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Coily removing all springs from the world just because of what Gilbert said.
-->'''Mike:''' So, one clod says one thing and the whole world pays?
* EasilyForgiven: Coily reversing the wish.
-->'''Servo:''' So, Coily waited all eternity for this moment, and he backs down almost instantly?
* EvilLaugh: Coily's laugh comes off this way.
-->'''Servo:''' ''(as Coily)'' You'll be the first to die!
* EndingFatigue: Discussed InUniverse, as the short keeps going after Coily reverses Gilbert's wish.
-->'''Servo:''' Shouldn't this be over?
* TechnologyMarchesOn: A decent number of the mentioned uses for springs have since been made obsolete thanks to computer technology, so the riffing lampshades it.
-->'''Servo:''' ''(as Gilbert)'' I'll show Coily. I'm gonna digitize everything.
* UnfortunateNames: "Coily? Eww."



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* CallBack: The entire ItsAWonderfulPlot is a Call Back to an episode involving waffles. Several ''years'' before.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: According to Mike and the Bots, Nick isn't just interested in antiques as a hobby, he's obsessed with them.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]] According to Mike and the Bots, Nick isn't just interested in antiques as a hobby, he's obsessed with them.them.
* CallBack: The entire ItsAWonderfulPlot is a Call Back to an episode involving waffles. Several ''years'' before.

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Films watched: ''Film/ACaseOfSpringFever'' (short) and ''{{Squirm}}''

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Films watched: ''Film/ACaseOfSpringFever'' (short) and ''{{Squirm}}''
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Films watched: ''ACaseOfSpringFever'' (short) and ''{{Squirm}}''

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Films watched: ''ACaseOfSpringFever'' ''Film/ACaseOfSpringFever'' (short) and ''{{Squirm}}''
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: According to Mike and the Bots, Nick isn't just interested in antiques as a hobby, he's obsessed with them.
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* DeepSouth: A major source of their humor.
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Films watched: ''ACaseOfSpringFever'' (short) and ''{{Squirm}}''

!!The [=MST3K=] treatment of ''Squirm'' provides examples of:
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
--> "I just don't want you to be disappointed if he doesn't come."
--> '''Crow''': Mother, that's private!
* [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight I Know You're Not Southern!]]
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: In a spoof of the educational film "A Case of Spring Fever", Mikey the Mike Sprite tries to show the Bots the horror of a world without Mike. It backfires - Tom and Crow enjoy life without Mike quite a bit.
** Mike does care about his socks, though. "No Mike's socks!" ''(whistle)''
* LethalChef: Pearl's recipe for pickles involves cucumbers and Windex. Bobo's Ape Hair is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, battered and fried.
** Subverted with Mike's electrically fried worms. The bots react with disgust as he tries one, but it turns out they are ''delicious''.
* OddJobGods: Apparently there's a sprite dedicated to Mike (or possibly Mikes in general), and another to Mike's socks.
* RunningGag: "Mr. Beardsley?"
* ShoutOut: When Alma and Mick are at the dentist's office looking thorough the records to identify a skull, a worm crawls out of it. Tom comments "Come on down to the snout. We got a pinochle game going!" This is a reference to a line in an old school yard jump rope chant. "''The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play pinochle on your snout.''"
* SmallNameBigEgo: Lots of directors were upset that their films wound up on {{MST3K}}, but Jeff Lieberman was particularly miffed, even peppering his DVD commentary on ''Squirm'' with limp {{Take That}}s at the show.
** Even more amusing, is he once wrote an angry e-mail for The Brains telling them how they were idiots for riffing his movie. That's bad enough, but he [[WhatAnIdiot sent his e-mail to an MST3K fan site]]. The fans who received the e-mail had a field day with this.
* TheUnsmile: "''ANYWAY'' YOU CAN'T BOTHER ME TODAY BECAUSE I'M ''VERY'' HAPPY!"

!!The ''{{MST3K}}'' presentation of ''A Case Of Spring Fever'' has examples of:
* CallBack, RunningGag: Coily was the inspiration for Willy the Wonderful Waffle Guy way back in Season 3. Also, references to Coily (along with his spring sound) are imitated in a host segment ("Mikey the Mike Sprite, they call me") and even a riff in the movie {{Squirm}}.
** Kevin even quotes the, "No springs!" after a goofy spring sound effect in the short "One Got Fat" released through ''{{Rifftrax}}''.
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