YMMV / A Case of Spring Fever

• Alternate Character Interpretation: At the end, have Gilbert's experiences left him with a newfound appreciation and respect for springs? Or has he been cursed or even possessed by Coily?
• Anvilicious: The short absolutely goes out of its way to drill the importance of springs into the viewer's head by showing in what ways they're used for everyday contraptions.
• Ending Fatigue: Yes, even something this short can have it, as Coily restores things to normal with more than half of the film's eight-minute run time left to go. Tom Servo notes "Shouldn't this be over?" Even the characters in the short are visibly annoyed.
• Memetic Mutation: "NOOO SPRINGS!" <bweep-bwop>. Coily is the iconic "take away the thing you complain about" character.
• Older Than They Think: Weirdly, this is the third short about springs Jam Handy produced for Chevrolet, after "Spring Harmony" and "Over the Waves," though in comparison to Spring Fever they're much more conventional industrial films. Someone at Chevy must have been extremely proud of their cars' spring systems.
• Parody Displacement: Prior to MST3K this short was probably best-known for inspiring parodies of its "world without X" concept, notably the "Zinc Oxide and You" sketch in The Kentucky Fried Movie and "A World Without Zinc" in The Simpsons. MST3K itself parodied Coily as "Willy the Waffle" in an earlier season of the show, years before actually airing ''Spring Fever."
• Special Effects Failure: Coily is so poorly animated that his body occasionally disappears completely for a moment, leaving only his head.