History Main / SpringCoil

* "Coil Man" from Creator/HannaBarbera's ''TheImpossibles''

* [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] ran the institutional short "A Case of Spring Fever" featuring Coily the Spring Sprite who...pretty much does nothing but admonish some poor shlub about the importance of springs.

* Who can forget the Powerbocks or Airtrekkers or all of the other [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iATQCeHHh0 spring-based jumping stilts?]]

* MST3K ran the institutional short "A Case of Spring Fever" featuring Coily the Spring Sprite who...pretty much does nothing but admonish some poor shlub about the importance of springs.

** The first ''MegaManLegends'' game has the hero use a set of coils on his leg armor to power up his jump.

* ''[[{{Banjo-Kazooie}} Banjo Tooie]]'' had spring boots used for jumping.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', these springs have been incorporated into her boots, highlighted by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX9Sc88qreg this]] advertisement.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'': the Spring Mushroom. That encases Mario's whole body in a spring.

* Spring Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan7''.
** In the Japanese version, when [[MegaManning you get Spring Man's weapon]], Auto makes a joke about attaching the coils to his feet so that he could be "Super Auto".

* The ''{{Pokemon}}'' Spoink has this as its tail. Taken UpToEleven in its Pokédex entry; in that the bouncing regulates its heartbeat. [[FridgeHorror In other words, if it doesn't keep bouncing all the time, it will die.]]
** Its evolution Grumpig has one as its tail as well.

* In a couple of issues of ''{{Heathcliff}}'', an experimental cat treat allows Heathcliff to become the incredibly bouncy and flexible Elasticat! A springy coil is, of course, one of the things he shapes himself into.

* "Coil Man" from HannaBarbera's ''TheImpossibles''

* "Coil Man" from HannaBarbera'a ''TheImpossibles''

Want to have [[InASingleBound incredible jumping powers]] without having any [[StockSuperpowers superpowers]] in the first place? Why look no further than wearing the good old spring coil.

* One of the tools your gruntx could get in ''VideoGame/{{Gruntz}}''.

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* Rob Cockerham from Cockeyed.com built a [[http://cockeyed.com/incredible/shoes/shoes.html real-life pair of spring shoes]] out of mattress springs and Chuck Taylors.

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* Played with in ''Manga/OnePiece'', Bellamy's [[AppliedPhlebotinum Devil Fruit Power]] ''is'' having springs for legs, which he uses to jump around and increase the power of his attacks.

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In fiction, the spring coil is a guaranteed way to reach high places, among other things such as a powerful attack. A RubberMan may be able to reshape himself/herself into a spring coil. Sometimes part of TrickedOutShoes.

** Its evolution Grumpig has a SpringCoil as its tail as well.

* The ''{{Pokemon}}'' Spoink has this as its tail. Taken UpToEleven in its Pokédex entry; in that the bouncing regulates its heartbeat. In other words, if it doesn't keep bouncing all the time, it will die.

* The ''{{Pokemon}}'' Spoink has this as its tail. Taken UpToEleven, in its Pokédex entry; in that the bouncing regulates its heartbeat. In other words, if it doesn't keep bouncing all the time, it will die.

* The ''{{Pokemon}}'' Spoink has this as its tail. TakenUpToEleven, in its Pokédex entry; in that the bouncing regulates its heartbeat. In other words, if it doesn't keep bouncing all the time, it will die.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'': Spoink

* In the ''ThreeStooges'' short "Hoi Polloi" (1935), Curly gets a spring stuck on his rear end while he's dancing. Every time one of the other dancers would bump into him and knock him down, he'd spring back to his feet again.

* ''DonkeyKongCountry 2'' features Rattley the Rattlesnake, [[PowerupMount an animal buddy]] who utilizes this.

* One of the tools your gruntx could get in '''{{Gruntz}}''

* Spring Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan 7''.

* One of the many AcmeProducts used by Ralph Wolf (Wile. E. Coyote's progenitor in ''LooneyTunes''), in the cartoon "Ready, Woolen and Able"

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* ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': after Judge Doom is revealed as a Toon, he uses Toon springs on his feet to jump after Eddie Valiant.

* Rob Cockerham from Cockeyed.com built a [[http://cockeyed.com/incredible/shoes/shoes.html real-life pair of spring shoes]] out of mattress springs and Chuck Taylors.

* ''DonkeyKongCountry 2'' features Rattley the Rattlesnake, [[PowerupMount an animal buddy]] who utilizes this.

* Played with in'' OnePiece'', Bellamy's [[AppliedPhlebotinum Devil Fruit Power]] ''is'' having springs for legs, which he uses to jump around and increase the power of his attacks.
* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': Lagann used springs from its legs in the first episode to move around quickly. They seem to be [[ThisIsADrill drills]] stretching.

* In the Ruby-Spears Series/MegaMan cartoon, a cosmetics robot had springs built into her ankles.
* Spring coils from the [[TrickedOutShoes shoes]], legs, and hat are some of the many, many gadgets in the arsenal of InspectorGadget.
* In the ''SuperFriends'' (1973) episode "The Ultra Scam", one of the villain's has shoes with springs in the sole that he uses to bounce around.