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The Worm Turns

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21 feature instances
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The Worm Turns	label	The Worm Turns
The Worm Turns	page	TheWormTurns
The Worm Turns	comment	The Worm Turns is a 1937 Mickey Mouse cartoon, directed by Ben Sharpsteen.Mickey finds a formula for a "Courage Builder" in an old book. He whips some up and discovers it has the power to turn the food chain upside-down, allowing prey to turn on and overcome their predators, as seen when he tests it on various animals.
The Worm Turns	fetched	2023-09-26T17:45:39Z
The Worm Turns	parsed	2023-09-26T17:45:39Z
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The Worm Turns / int_1b80d3cf	type	Cartoon Bug-Sprayer
The Worm Turns / int_1b80d3cf	comment	Cartoon Bug-Sprayer: What Mickey uses to dispense the formula on Pluto.
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The Worm Turns / int_1e4ad177	type	Technicolor Science
The Worm Turns / int_1e4ad177	comment	Technicolor Science: Mickey's lab is full of inexplicable, multicolored, bubbling liquids.
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The Worm Turns / int_27a40541	type	Furry Confusion
The Worm Turns / int_27a40541	comment	Furry Confusion: Mickey has a real mouse in his house, which he uses his Courage Builder on when it's threatened by a cat. In a similar way, there's Pete, an anthropomorphic cat, and a non-anthropomorphic cat, the same cat as the one who have been chased by the mouse and Pluto.
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The Worm Turns / int_3517000d	type	Mad Scientist
The Worm Turns / int_3517000d	comment	Mad Scientist: Mickey plays at one, recreating a potion found in a book of "Ancient Formulae".
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The Worm Turns / int_374c339d	type	I'll Kill You!
The Worm Turns / int_374c339d	comment	I'll Kill You!: As Pluto resists Pete's attempts to capture him, the latter flat-out yells death threats at the dog as he pursues him with a shotgun, saying things like "I'm gonna fill ya full of lead!" and "I'm gonna blow your head off!"
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The Worm Turns / int_471bde4	type	All Webbed Up
The Worm Turns / int_471bde4	comment	All Webbed Up: Mickey's first test subject for the Courage Builder is a fly trapped in a spider's web. The fly manages to not only escape, but pummel the spider and trap him in his own web.
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The Worm Turns / int_4b1afa0d	type	Spiteful Spit
The Worm Turns / int_4b1afa0d	comment	Spiteful Spit: After beating up the spider, the fly sees a bottle of fly spray and spits on it so hard it shatters.
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The Worm Turns / int_5f70322e	type	Public Domain Soundtrack
The Worm Turns / int_5f70322e	comment	Public Domain Soundtrack: The overture to Franz von Suppé's operetta Light Cavalry is played whenever a character takes the Courage Builder.
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The Worm Turns / int_68c9423c	type	Gale-Force Sound
The Worm Turns / int_68c9423c	comment	Gale-Force Sound: After getting sprayed by the Courage Builder, the cat screams at Pluto loud enough to blow him away.
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The Worm Turns / int_7b448838	type	Human Hammer-Throw
The Worm Turns / int_7b448838	comment	Human Hammer-Throw: The mouse dispatches the cat by grabbing him by the tail, swinging him around, and throwing him out the window. Pluto disposes of Pete in a similar manner by biting him in the rear and swinging him around with his teeth before throwing him into the back of his own truck.
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The Worm Turns / int_8a53606f	type	Dogs Love Fire Hydrants
The Worm Turns / int_8a53606f	comment	Dogs Love Fire Hydrants: After Pluto defeats Pete, he stops to sniff at a fire hydrant. Mickey sprays Courage Builder on the hydrant, and it attacks Pluto with a Hydrant Geyser.
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The Worm Turns / int_8fcb5843	type	The Hunter Becomes the Hunted
The Worm Turns / int_8fcb5843	comment	The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: The Courage Builder allows any creature it's used on to become brave and fearsome, allowing flies to turn on spiders, mice to beat up cats, cats to terrorize dogs, and dogs to viciously attack dogcatchers.
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The Worm Turns / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
The Worm Turns / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: When Pluto resists Pete trying to capture, Pete winds up accidentally opening the door of his dog catcher's truck and releasing all the dogs imprisoned in it, after which Pete resorts to taking a shotgun and simply trying to shoot Pluto with it, all while yelling death threats at the dog!
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The Worm Turns / int_965a0be2	type	Butt Biter
The Worm Turns / int_965a0be2	comment	Butt Biter: Pluto does this to Pete when he takes the formula.
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The Worm Turns / int_ad163079	type	Diabolical Dog Catcher
The Worm Turns / int_ad163079	comment	Diabolical Dogcatcher: Pete takes the role of a cackling, evil dogcatcher roaming around to kidnap people's pets, stuff them in his wagon and take them to the pound. When Pluto tries to escape, he even pulls out a shotgun while chasing him, intending to flat-out murder the dog while yelling death threats at him.
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The Worm Turns / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Worm Turns / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: The predators' typical reaction to the prey turning on them, thanks to the Courage Builder.
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The Worm Turns / int_cfe31421	type	Primal Chest-Pound
The Worm Turns / int_cfe31421	comment	Primal Chest-Pound: The first thing the mouse does under the effect of the Courage Builder is pounding his chest and letting out a Mighty Roar.
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The Worm Turns / int_e64b307e	type	Shake Someone, Objects Fall
The Worm Turns / int_e64b307e	comment	Shake Someone, Objects Fall: When Pluto bites Pete on the rump and shakes him, various things fall out of Pete's pockets, including a blackjack, a steak, a handkerchief, a coin purse, and a pocket watch.
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The Worm Turns / int_f1a15f4b	type	Cats Have Nine Lives
The Worm Turns / int_f1a15f4b	comment	Cats Have Nine Lives: When Pluto corners the cat and closes in for the kill, the cat's nine lives emerge from its body, in the form of cat ghosts, each adorned with the numbers 1 through 9 on it. Mickey sprays the formula on the cat just as the last life is coming out, and all the other eight jump back in as the cat gets a boost of courage and goes on the offensive against Pluto.
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The Worm Turns / int_fb3576b2	type	The Dog Bites Back
The Worm Turns / int_fb3576b2	comment	The Dog Bites Back: Happens when any and all prey takes the Courage Builder. Pluto is a literal example when he takes it, biting Pete in the rear as he does so.
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