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A Case of Spring Fever
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A Case of Spring Fever (1940) is an educational short produced by The Jam Handy Organization and famous for its lampooning on Mystery Science Theater 3000.Grouchy middle-aged man Gilbert Willoughby, in the middle of repairing his couch, wishes that he'd never see another spring again. His wish is granted by "Coily the Spring Sprite," an animated creature who removes all springs from the world, forcing Gilbert to realize how much of his day-to-day life depends on springs. Gilbert takes back his wish, and spends the rest of the short espousing his newfound appreciation for springs to his decidedly uninterested friends.According to animation historian Jonathan A. Boschen, Spring Fever was one in a series of shorts produced for Chevrolet by Jam Handy in the late '30s and early '40s, highlighting specific aspects of their automobile designs. This short stresses the comfort and safety afforded to Chevy drivers by their car's advanced spring system.note The car featured in Spring Fever is a 1941 Special Deluxe Sports Sedan, referred to by Tom Servo as the "Dull Gray Mobile." Unusually however, the short makes no overt reference to its sponsor and thus the advertising content is nearly invisible,note Another well-known cartoon in the series, "Down the Gasoline Trail," does this as well, although Chevrolet is acknowledged as a sponsor in the credits. causing Spring Fever to seem like a weirdly didactic lecture about the virtues of springs. Years later, science teachers often repurposed the short to teach high school students a physics lesson in Hooke's Law.This short is public domain and viewable at the Internet Archive.For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version, please go to the episode recap page. This was the only short from the tenth season and the final short ever done during MST3K's initial run... and let it be said that they went out on a high note. And then riffed it again as the short before RiffTrax Live: Sharknado; it was later released as a VOD on the official site. | |
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The Trickster | |
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The Trickster: Coily, who creates a world without springs, and takes mischievous delight in seeing Gilbert unable to use normal items now that they lack this vital part. He returns things to normal once Gilbert has learned his lesson. | |
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Ironic Hell | |
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Ironic Hell: According to Coily, only Gilbert would experience a world without springs. | |
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Reality Warper | |
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Reality Warper: Coily has the ability to miraculously remove all springs from the world in seconds flat. He also appears able to be able to rewind time in order to restore the world to its previous state. That is, assuming the whole thing isn't an elaborate Mind Rape for Gilbert. | |
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Pun-Based Title | |
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Pun-Based Title: The "Spring Fever" of the title refers to mechanical springs. | |
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Disproportionate Retribution | |
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Disproportionate Retribution: Coily removes all springs from the world just because Gilbert verbally expressed mild frustration while trying to fix the springs in the couch. | |
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Educational Short | |
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Educational Short: The short illustrates the many objects that use springs and are vital to everyday life. | |
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It's a Wonderful Plot | |
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It's a Wonderful Plot: The first half pretty much consists of Gilbert seeing what the world would be like without springs. | |
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Public Domain Soundtrack | |
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Public Domain Soundtrack: Strauss' "Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257" plays as Gilbert, with childlike wonder, finally appreciates the joys that a world of springs has to offer. | |
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Character Filibuster | |
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Character Filibuster: Gilbert gushing about springs. | |
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Cartoon Creature | |
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Cartoon Creature: Coily is an animated, anthropomorphic spring with a goblin's head. | |
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Idiosyncrazy | |
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Idiosyncrazy: Gilbert becomes obsessed with springs after seeing the effects of his wish, and constantly preaches to his friends about their importance. | |
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Catchphrase | |
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Catchphrase: Coily yells "NO SPRINGS!" whenever Gilbert finds another item that no longer works due to losing its springs. | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For: Gilbert wishes to never see another spring ever again out of spite when fixing a couch forces him to miss a golf game with his friends. Then he finds out that this means he can no longer use his watch, phone, doors, or his car, which makes him regret this. | |
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Otaku | |
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Otaku: Gilbert learns to love springs so much that he will go on and ON about them, to the absolute detriment of conversation. | |
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Hair-Trigger Sound Effect | |
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Hair-Trigger Sound Effect: Every time Coily vanishes and says "No springs!", it's accompanied by a strange springy whistle. | |
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Driven to Madness | |
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Driven to Madness: Gilbert giving sermons about springs seems to give this vibe. | |
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Odd Job Gods | |
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Odd Job Gods: Coily is a "spring sprite". | |
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Easily Forgiven | |
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Easily Forgiven: Coily reversing Gilbert's wish just as quickly as he made it. | |
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Easy Evangelism | |
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Easy Evangelism: Conspicuously averted. Gilbert's spring-centric proselytizing does nothing more than annoy his golf buddies, who obviously couldn't give a rat's ass about the thousands and thousands of everyday uses for springs. | |
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