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Sprite Fright

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Sprite Fright	label	Sprite Fright
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Sprite Fright	comment	Sprite Fright is a 2021 animated slasher Horror Comedy and produced as the thirteenth Blender Foundation Open Movie.A group of rowdy, city-slicking teens set camp in a secluded part of the woods for their biology project. There, they encounter mushroom-like, gnome beings called Sprites who are the peaceful and cheery protectors of the woods. However, as night falls, the campers discover how cruel nature can be.Due to the movie's short runtime of around ten minutes, spoilers will be left unmarked.The short film can be watched on YouTube in full here.
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Sprite Fright / int_17ce80aa	type	All There in the Manual
Sprite Fright / int_17ce80aa	comment	All There in the Manual: Although Ellie does look vaguely Asian in the film, her half-Asian ethnicity is only confirmed in the film's production notes on the Blender Foundation website.
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Sprite Fright / int_1c1d21c6	type	Cute Is Evil
Sprite Fright / int_1c1d21c6	comment	Cute Is Evil: The Sprites appear to be adorable Smurf-like gnomes and are initially friendly. But during the night, they abduct the teens except Ellie to execute them for harming nature. When Ellie tries to save her classmates, the Sprites consider her fair game too.
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Sprite Fright / int_1e584efa	type	Cruel and Unusual Death
Sprite Fright / int_1e584efa	comment	Cruel and Unusual Death: The various ways the characters die all reflect how they treated the environment around them. Phil is Killed Offscreen and his body is doused in oil and set alight similar to how he accidentally killed some butterflies by lighting the grill. Victoria, Rex's girlfriend who was shown almost killing a spider with hairspray, is killed after being blinded by her hairspray, getting stuck in a web and being All Webbed Up, smothering her to death. Rex, who crushed a snail in the short's establishing shot, is killed shortly after when he's shot with snails and experiences Orifice Invasion. Jay, who urinated on some of the Sprites, gets cornered in a hollow tree that the Sprites fill with urine and drown him in.
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Sprite Fright / int_1f518822	type	Androcles' Lion
Sprite Fright / int_1f518822	comment	Androcles' Lion: The bird Ellie helps at the beginning comes back to save her from the Elder Sprite at the last moment.
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Sprite Fright / int_22a27b19	type	Alpha Bitch
Sprite Fright / int_22a27b19	comment	Victoria, Rex's girlfriend who was shown almost killing a spider with hairspray, is killed after being blinded by her hairspray, getting stuck in a web and being All Webbed Up, smothering her to death.
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Sprite Fright / int_2764d432	type	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Sprite Fright / int_2764d432	comment	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: The sprites seem cute at first, but are really cruel and murderous creatures.
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Sprite Fright / int_2a07adf3	type	Use Their Own Weapon Against Them
Sprite Fright / int_2a07adf3	comment	Use Their Own Weapon Against Them: The Sprites use the humans' tools against them if given the chance. They turn Victoria's hairspray on her to blind her and lead her into a spider web and steal Ellie's Swiss army knife, which the Elder Sprite later attempts to kill her with.
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Sprite Fright / int_2e90b7fb	type	TheBadGuysWin
Sprite Fright / int_2e90b7fb	comment	The Bad Guys Win: The Sprites succeed at killing Ellie's classmates, and while Ellie does escape, they were already planning to let her go before she tried to help. The Sprites that were seemingly killed by Ellie are seen happily moving along again at the end of the film. All in all, the Sprites got what they wanted without losing anything, it just took a bit of extra effort.
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Sprite Fright / int_33029735	type	Dies Wide Open
Sprite Fright / int_33029735	comment	Dies Wide Open: Phil was Killed Offscreen, and this indicates his death to Ellie and the audience.
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Sprite Fright / int_34bd7be2	type	Super Drowning Skills
Sprite Fright / int_34bd7be2	comment	Super Drowning Skills: Jay exclaims he can't swim when the Sprites are filling up the hole he's hiding in with piss. He drowns the moment the liquid reaches over his head.
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Sprite Fright / int_36ae9f5d	type	Traumatic Haircut
Sprite Fright / int_36ae9f5d	comment	Traumatic Haircut: After getting stuck in the web, Victoria ends up having her hair eaten by spiders to her horror. It doesn't last too long, as she's quickly killed off after that. Ellie is forced to chop off her hair to free herself when it got caught by the sprites.
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Sprite Fright / int_3a20231e	type	Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness
Sprite Fright / int_3a20231e	comment	Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: The Sprites' normally white eyes glow ominously yellow in the dark to reveal their true nature as murderous little gremlins.
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Sprite Fright / int_3c8be88f	type	Bird-Poop Gag
Sprite Fright / int_3c8be88f	comment	Bird-Poop Gag: The bird that Ellie saves, in the beginning, returns the favor by pooping in the Elder Sprite's eyes when he tries to kill her, blinding him and allowing Ellie to get away.
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Sprite Fright / int_3e2125f5	type	Scary Teeth
Sprite Fright / int_3e2125f5	comment	Scary Teeth: The Sprites at nighttime have serrated teeth when attempting to murder the campers.
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Sprite Fright / int_41dd77d	type	Zerg Rush
Sprite Fright / int_41dd77d	comment	Zerg Rush: The Sprites' main method of combat. One Sprite alone is merely a nuisance, but their massive numbers along with their cruelty, usage of environment, opportunistic usage of their opponents' weapons, and equally large numbers of critter allies make them a formidable threat capable of killing off Ellie's classmates and nearly killing Ellie.
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Sprite Fright / int_423f5a19	type	Killed Offscreen
Sprite Fright / int_423f5a19	comment	Killed Offscreen: Phil and an unknown trespasser's deaths aren't shown onscreen.
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Sprite Fright / int_471bde4	type	All Webbed Up
Sprite Fright / int_471bde4	comment	All Webbed Up: Victoria ends up wrapped in webs like a mummy as poetic justice for the spider she attempted to kill earlier in the short.
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Sprite Fright / int_49fb5ccb	type	Combat Pragmatist
Sprite Fright / int_49fb5ccb	comment	Combat Pragmatist: The Sprites are not above setting up traps and using the teenagers' own weapons and tools against them.
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Sprite Fright / int_4d97e2b9	type	Urine Trouble
Sprite Fright / int_4d97e2b9	comment	Urine Trouble: Jay pisses on a dormant Sprite early on, knocking the ladybug on top off. The Sprites kill him by peeing on him while he's trapped in a tree log, drowning him in their urine.
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Sprite Fright / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
Sprite Fright / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: After the friendly-looking Sprites introduce themselves, Ellie notices two of them trying to drag away a discarded trainer with bloodstains on it, indicating that they're not as friendly as they seem...
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Sprite Fright / int_4f6bd2da	type	Nature Is Not Nice
Sprite Fright / int_4f6bd2da	comment	Nature Is Not Nice: What the Sprites and most of the critters represent. They are small, and can accidentally be overlooked, but mistreat them and they will destroy you.
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Sprite Fright / int_502c9edd	type	Mushroom Man
Sprite Fright / int_502c9edd	comment	Mushroom Man: The Sprites are small green-skinned humanoids with mushroom caps on their heads. They're described as if "a gnome shagged a mushroom" by Jay, whose bucket hat and lanky body structure make him resemble a mushroom himself.
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Sprite Fright / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
Sprite Fright / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: The Sprites tried to kill Ellie just for trying to free her classmates.
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Sprite Fright / int_537dd8fe	type	Affably Evil
Sprite Fright / int_537dd8fe	comment	Affably Evil: The Sprites are friendly and cute towards anyone who treats nature well... and will make no hesitation at killing those who harm the environment, as well as anyone who tries to aid those who do so.
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Sprite Fright / int_56b53152	type	Green Aesop
Sprite Fright / int_56b53152	comment	Green Aesop: Don't treat nature like your own personal rubbish dump, it will come back to haunt you. However, you are part of nature yourself, so you have the right to self-defense by turning on your ancient instincts... Right, Ellie?
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Sprite Fright / int_5f146203	type	Dissonant Serenity
Sprite Fright / int_5f146203	comment	Dissonant Serenity: At the end, the sprites are still marching and singing their happy song while they're bearing the many salt-inflicted injuries from Ellie's assault. Also, the Elder cheerfully said, "Let's burn the bodies and have some peppermint tea!".
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Sprite Fright / int_5fcedca	type	Big Eater
Sprite Fright / int_5fcedca	comment	Phil is Killed Offscreen and his body is doused in oil and set alight similar to how he accidentally killed some butterflies by lighting the grill.
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Sprite Fright / int_63ee8101	type	Reclaimed by Nature
Sprite Fright / int_63ee8101	comment	Reclaimed by Nature: The closing credits show all of the campers' belongings becoming one with the forest, with Sprites and animals making their homes there.
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Sprite Fright / int_64536542	type	[Verb] This!
Sprite Fright / int_64536542	comment	[Verb] This!: Rex shouts "Sprite this!" at one point when batting them away with his cricket bat.
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Sprite Fright / int_6860368a	type	Mook Horror Show
Sprite Fright / int_6860368a	comment	Mook Horror Show: Once Ellie discovers the Sprites' weakness to salt, she turns the tables on the Sprites, massacring them by the numbers with nothing but salted snacks. Most of the Sprites quickly go from sporting a malicious grin to an Oh, Crap! expression as they're maimed and killed.
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Sprite Fright / int_68f6e811	type	Made of Plasticine
Sprite Fright / int_68f6e811	comment	Made of Plasticine: The Sprites are very easily dismembered by salted foods. Potato chips and pretzels carve into them like huge shurikens, pretzel sticks impale them through, and swinging a salted meat stick cuts them in half like nobody's business. This contrasts their reactions to other weapons, such as Rex's bat sending one flying into the distance (but still fully intact), or Victoria's hairspray merely knocking them away.
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Sprite Fright / int_69ff3fba	type	Beehive Hairdo
Sprite Fright / int_69ff3fba	comment	Beehive Hairdo: Victoria has a multicolored one she constantly maintains with hairspray and is incredibly distraught when the spiders eat it and make her bald.
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Sprite Fright / int_7276d0de	type	Mugging the Monster
Sprite Fright / int_7276d0de	comment	Mugging the Monster: Rex, Victoria, Phil, and Jay go out into the Sprites' clearing to catch one in a jar. When Ellie finds the four, they're all Bound and Gagged, with the Sprites preparing to immolate Phil's already-dead body.
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Sprite Fright / int_74c9cf33	type	Two Girls to a Team
Sprite Fright / int_74c9cf33	comment	Two Girls to a Team: Ellie and Victoria are the only girls out of the campers.
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Sprite Fright / int_77922c8c	type	Batter Up!
Sprite Fright / int_77922c8c	comment	Batter Up!: Rex uses his cricket bat against the Sprites.
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Sprite Fright / int_801a35a5	type	Only the Leads Get a Happy Ending
Sprite Fright / int_801a35a5	comment	Only the Leads Get a Happy Ending: Ellie's classmates are all killed by the Sprites. However, Ellie survived thanks to her love of nature, salty weapons to kill the sprites, the bird saving her from being killed by the chief sprite, and Ellie using her waist pouch to escape the falling tree log bridge. By destroying the tree log bridge between her home and the home of the sprites, no future passengers would enter the Sprites' home and get killed by them. Also, the sprites that were seemingly killed were shown to still be alive but without certain limbs implying that they can grow them back.
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Sprite Fright / int_859ec5d8	type	The Fair Folk
Sprite Fright / int_859ec5d8	comment	The Fair Folk: The Sprites appear to be cutesy, nature-loving gnome-like beings, but are all too willing to use lethal force on humans who harm nature.
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Sprite Fright / int_863fac26	type	Jerk Jock
Sprite Fright / int_863fac26	comment	Jerk Jock: Before the Sprites are shown to be evil, Rex is shown being dismissive and overall cruel towards Ellie and nature as a whole; stepping on a snail and wanting to trap one of the Sprites.
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Sprite Fright / int_8c41d6e9	type	Nameless Narrative
Sprite Fright / int_8c41d6e9	comment	Nameless Narrative: All of the characters except Phil (the fat guy) go nameless throughout the story with their names only being found in behind-the-scenes documentation.
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Sprite Fright / int_8f612013	type	Token Good Teammate
Sprite Fright / int_8f612013	comment	Token Good Teammate: Ellie. The fact that she's the only Nice Girl among her Jerkass classmates is why the Sprites don't immediately catch her in an inescapable death trap unlike the others, allowing her the chance to escape.
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Sprite Fright / int_90d44f44	type	Karmic Death
Sprite Fright / int_90d44f44	comment	Karmic Death: Every member of the teen group save Ellie is killed in either a similar way they mistreated nature, or by the very type of animal they mistreated. Phil, who burned butterflies on the barbecue, is doused in lighter fluid by the same Sprite he accidentally sprinkled salt on, and immolated. Victoria, who sprayed a spider with insecticide, is killed by being webbed up and suffocated by spiders. Rex, who callously crushed a snail, is killed by having a snail enter his ear and choked by a large one shot into his mouth. Jay, who urinated on the Sprites, is killed by getting trapped in a hole and urinated upon by the Sprites until he drowns.
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Sprite Fright / int_912714cc	type	Edible Bludgeon
Sprite Fright / int_912714cc	comment	Edible Bludgeon: A Salty Meat Stick slices right through the Sprites like a lightsaber.
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Sprite Fright / int_91cab736	type	Major Injury Underreaction
Sprite Fright / int_91cab736	comment	Major Injury Underreaction: Several of the Sprites who survived Ellie are happily dancing and singing back to their home, while sporting very grievous injuries. This includes one completely impaled by loads of pretzel sticks and one who's reduced to a head and arms, dragging itself across the ground.
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Sprite Fright / int_922ec657	type	Corrupted Character Copy
Sprite Fright / int_922ec657	comment	Corrupted Character Copy: The Sprites are one to The Smurfs. They are tiny, friendly and colorful creatures who enjoy nature and are led by a white-bearded elder dressed in red. However, the similarities stop there as they're not above trying to kill people who destroy nature, and even try to kill an innocent nature-loving girl just for trying to free her obnoxious classmates who mistreated the environment.
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Sprite Fright / int_970c07d4	type	Nature Lover
Sprite Fright / int_970c07d4	comment	Nature Lover: Ellie. She's interested in only cataloging what she finds and isn't destructive to nature around her. This is possibly the reason she survives.
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Sprite Fright / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
Sprite Fright / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: In one night in a fairy-tale forest, Ellie turns from a sweet and timid schoolgirl into a desperate and unstoppable survivalist...
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Sprite Fright / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Sprite Fright / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: When Ellie's four classmates walk across the tree log, it noticeably creaks and sinks a bit. Sure enough, when Ellie walks across it to escape the Sprites' forest, it gives way and almost sends her falling to her death. Phil accidentally spilling salt that dissolves a Sprite's mushroom cap turns out to be the key to finding the Sprites' weakness. Ellie noticing one of the Sprites drag a bloodied shoe into their home hints to us about the Sprites' true nature.
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Sprite Fright / int_a18042f1	type	Left the Background Music On
Sprite Fright / int_a18042f1	comment	Left the Background Music On: The '80s inspired music when the teenagers are setting up camp and during the chase sequence was provided by Jay's boombox.
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Sprite Fright / int_ad4c74ed	type	Final Girl
Sprite Fright / int_ad4c74ed	comment	Final Girl: Ellie is the only survivor of the Sprites, manages to kill many of them and escape.
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Sprite Fright / int_ad8df7ab	type	Don't Celebrate Just Yet
Sprite Fright / int_ad8df7ab	comment	Don't Celebrate Just Yet: After Ellie escapes the Sprites, including the Elder, she quickly escapes their forest area by running across the tree log bridge... which proceeds to break and fall, threatening to plunge her into the chasm. Fortunately, Ellie uses her waist pouch as a makeshift grappling hook on a tree branch to swing to the other side.
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Sprite Fright / int_b0218885	comment	Mickey Mousing: The scene of Rex trying to kill a Sprite that's popping in and out of a log like a whack-a-mole game is timed so his swings are synced to the background music.
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Sprite Fright / int_c09dbbbb	type	Weaksauce Weakness
Sprite Fright / int_c09dbbbb	comment	Weaksauce Weakness: The Sprites are vulnerable to salt and quickly dissolve in contact with it. This makes several kinds of junk food lethal on contact with them, easily melting their bodies apart.
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Sprite Fright / int_c10da874	type	The '80s
Sprite Fright / int_c10da874	comment	The '80s: Because of the cast's fashion choices, music, and the Sprites being a parody of smurfs, the film could indicate to take place somewhere in the '80s.
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Sprite Fright / int_c145f69b	type	Subverted Trope
Sprite Fright / int_c145f69b	comment	However, you are part of nature yourself, so you have the right to self-defense by turning on your ancient instincts... Right, Ellie?
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Sprite Fright / int_c6bc89f7	type	Curb-Stomp Cushion
Sprite Fright / int_c6bc89f7	comment	Curb Stomp Cushion: It's clear staying in the forest and trying to fight back means certain death. Still, Victoria, Rex and Ellie are able to fend off the Sprites with their various means, although only Ellie's last her long enough to actually escape.
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Sprite Fright / int_cec8b87a	type	This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!
Sprite Fright / int_cec8b87a	comment	This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: "You picked the wrong camping spot, bitches."
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Sprite Fright / int_d41d2359	type	Edible Ammunition
Sprite Fright / int_d41d2359	comment	Edible Ammunition: Thrown pretzels are surprisingly effective weapons against the sprites, thanks to their weakness to salt.
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Sprite Fright / int_d71073b5	type	Subverted Kids' Show
Sprite Fright / int_d71073b5	comment	Subverted Kids' Show: The animation style is overall very cutesy and the Sprites look like The Smurfs, but the characters are a lot more foul-mouthed than in a typical cartoon, and all of the teenage characters save for Ellie, the nature-loving girl die horrible deaths. A lot of commenters lampshade this as a result.
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Sprite Fright / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
Sprite Fright / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: The bird that Ellie saves in the opening returns the favor by pooping on the eyes of the chief Sprite.
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Sprite Fright / int_dcd423d2	type	Affectionate Nickname
Sprite Fright / int_dcd423d2	comment	Affectionate Nickname: Victoria calls Rex, her boyfriend, "Sugar Buns" who in turn calls her equally mushy nicknames like "Sweet Cakes" and "Love Muffin".
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Sprite Fright / int_e21faf11	type	Friend to All Living Things
Sprite Fright / int_e21faf11	comment	Friend to All Living Things: The Sprites are shown to be exceptionally kind to wildlife, with the wildlife being friendly towards them in return. This also means that the spiders and snails are also very willing to help the Sprites kill Victoria and Rex.
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Sprite Fright / int_e3a7d2e6	type	Karmic Jackpot
Sprite Fright / int_e3a7d2e6	comment	Karmic Jackpot: Ellie on the other hand has her good deeds repay her, as the Yellow Wagtail Ellie rescued from the six pack ring at the beginning of the short gives back later on, blinding Elder Sprite via Bird-Poop Gag just before he could land a killing blow on Ellie with her own pocket knife.
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Sprite Fright / int_e9e35e8f	type	Exact Words
Sprite Fright / int_e9e35e8f	comment	Exact Words: Elder Sprite lets the campers use the area where the Sprites reside as camping grounds since "A friend of the forest is a friend of the Sprites". Since all the campers except Ellie don't care about and willy-nilly destroy nature, the Sprites found a reason to kill them and spare Ellie (until she tried to rescue her classmates).
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Sprite Fright / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
Sprite Fright / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: Just when Ellie is about to be killed by the chief Sprite just for trying to save her classmates who mistreated nature, the bird that Ellie saved in the opening saves her by pooping on the chief Sprite's eyes.
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Sprite Fright / int_ee05de54	type	Salt Solution
Sprite Fright / int_ee05de54	comment	Salt Solution: Salt dissolves the Sprites. This becomes important later on as it allows Ellie to fight back against the Sprites.
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Sprite Fright / int_eeb4f505	type	Lilliputians
Sprite Fright / int_eeb4f505	comment	Lilliputians: The Sprites are adorable, little mushroom gnomes who are only three apples high. However, their adorableness goes out the window once night falls for the campers.
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Sprite Fright / int_f56b24c4	type	Adorable Evil Minions
Sprite Fright / int_f56b24c4	comment	Adorable Evil Minions: The little Sprites appear to be innocent at first, but their looks are deceiving.
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Sprite Fright / int_f6f24e4b	type	Disguised Horror Story
Sprite Fright / int_f6f24e4b	comment	Disguised Horror Story: If you thought this was just a lighthearted Slice of Life comedy story featuring a group of careless jocks who get away with mistreating nature For the Lulz, you would be wrong.
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Sprite Fright / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
Sprite Fright / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: The Sprites leave Ellie alone instead of capturing and killing her because she never mistreated nature. That is until she tried to free her classmates.
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