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  • Elvis killing the mummy's pet scarab by stabbing it with a fork and then shoving it into an electric heater, setting it on fire in the process.
    Elvis: Even a big bitch cockroach like you should know...Never...but never fuck with the King.
  • TCB, baby. WHACK
  • Elvis getting an erection after years of being flaccid upon realizing that he suddenly has found something to interest him when remembering the mystery he found himself in due to the mummy.
  • Elvis finally snapping and cursing out his patronizing nurse.
  • Kemosabe, upon finding the mummy attacking his roommates seemingly chases him off with a pair of cap guns he kept under his pillow even while his heart gave out doing so.
    • "Asshole. Asshole! Asshole! ASSHOLE!"
  • The slow motion shot of Elvis and JFK heading down the hall toward their battle with the mummy, as a very powerful rendition of the movie's main theme plays.

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