History WesternAnimation / SpriteFright

* TheEighties: 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=].

* PetTheDog: The Sprites leave Ellie alone instead of capturing and killing her because [[NatureLover she never mistreated nature]]. That is until she tried to free her classmates.

* MuggingTheMonster: 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 BoundAndGagged, with the Sprites preparing to immolate Phil to death.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: The sprites seem cute at first, but are really cruel and psychotic when it comes to protecting nature.

%%* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:The sprites]]

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, they discovered how cruel nature can be.

* AllWebbedUp: Victoria ends up wrapped in webs as poetic justice for the spider she killed earlier in the short.

* BeehiveHairdo: Victoria has a [[MulticoloredHair multicolored]] one she constantly maintains with hairspray and is incredibly distraught when the spiders ate it and made her bald.
* BigDamnHeroes: Just when Ellie was about to be killed by the chief Sprite just for trying to save her classmates who mistreated nature, the bird(that Ellie saves in the opening) managed to save Ellie by pooping on the eyes of the chief Sprite.
* BigEater: Phil is always seen munching away on something in every scene he's in and loaded his entire pack with salty snacks so he never run out. His snack supply manages to save Ellie from certain death when the Sprites' weakness turns out to be salt.

* ChekhovsGunman: The bird that Ellie saves in the opening returns the favour by pooping on the eyes of the chief Sprite.

** [[BigEater 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.
** [[AlphaBitch Victoria]], Rex's girlfriend who was shown killing a spider with hairspray, is killed after being blinded by her hairspray, getting stuck in a web and suffocating to death.

* MushroomMan: 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.

->'''[=YouTube=] commenter:''' "Oh, what a cool nature movie!"\\

"Oh, it’s about '''murder.'''"
->'''Another [=YouTube=] commenter:''' "I love how this story turned from respecting nature to mushroom smurfs committing war crimes within one minute."

* WeaksauceWeakness: The Sprites are [[SaltSolution vulnerable to salt]] and quickly dissolve in contact with salt. This makes several kinds of junk food lethal on contact with them, [[MadeOfPlasticine easily tearing their bodies apart]].

-->'''Rex''': "We were just gonna catch one! But they're ''psycho''!"

* AssholeVictim: All four of Ellie's classmates are shown to be jerks who are either callous or actively malicious towards the environment, while treating Ellie without respect. All four of them [[KarmicDeath die in a manner related to]] how they mistreated the environment.
* BatterUp: Rex uses his cricket bat against the sprites.

* BigEater: Phil is always seen munching away on something in every scene he's in and loaded his entire pack with salty snacks so he never run out. His snack supply manage to save Ellie from certain death when the Sprites weakness turns out to be salt.

* ChekhovsGunman: The bird that Ellie saves in the opening [[spoiler:saves her by pooping on the eyes of the chief Sprite.]]

* EdibleAmmunition: [[spoiler:Thrown pretzels are surprisingly effective weapons against the sprites, thanks to their weakness to salt.]]

* TheFairFolk: 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.
* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:Ellie, the nature-lover, is the only main character to make it out alive.]]

** When Ellie's four classmates walk across the tree log, it noticeably creaks and sinks a bit. [[spoiler:Sure enough, when Ellie runs across it to escape the Sprites' forest, it gives way and almost sends her falling to her death]].

* NatureLover: Ellie. She's interested in only cataloguing what she finds and isn't destructive to nature around her. This is possibly the reason she survives.

Produced as another ''Creator/BlenderFoundation'' Open Movie, '''Sprite Fright''' is a 2021 animated [[SlasherMovie slasher]] HorrorComedy that's cuter than most about a group of rowdy teens on a biology trip to study nature. Encountering gnome-like beings, they camp for the night. Terror ensues!

The short film can be watched on [=YouTube=] in full [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cMxraX_5RE here]].

* TheEighties: Because of the cast’s fashion choices, music and the Sprites being a parody of smurfs, the short movie could indicate to take place somewhere in the 80’s.

* AffablyEvil: The Sprites are friendly and cute towards anyone who treats nature well... [[spoiler:and will make no hesitation at ''killing'' those who harm the environment, as well as anyone who tries to aid those who do so]].

* AllWebbedUp: [[spoiler:Victoria ends up wrapped in webs as poetic justice for the spider she killed earlier in the short.]]
* AndroclesLion: [[spoiler:The bird Ellie helps at the beginning comes back to save her from the Elder Sprite at the last moment.]]
* AssholeVictim: All [[spoiler:four of Ellie's classmates are shown to be jerks who are either callous or actively malicious towards the environment, while treating Ellie without respect. All four of them [[KarmicDeath die in a manner related to]] how they mistreated the environment]].

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Just when Ellie was about to be killed by the chief Sprite just for trying to save her classmates who mistreated nature, the bird(that Ellie saves in the opening) managed to save Ellie by pooping on the eyes of the chief Sprite.]]
* BigEater: Phil is always seen munching away on something in every scene he's in and loaded his entire pack with salty snacks so he never run out. [[spoiler:His snack supply manage to save Ellie from certain death when the Sprites weakness turns out to be salt.]]
* BirdPoopGag: The bird that Ellie saves in the beginning [[spoiler:saves her in return by pooping in the Elder Sprite's eyes when he tries to kill her, blinding him and allowing Ellie to get away]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Ellie lost all her classmates and implied to be traumatized from her experience with the Sprites. However, Ellie survived thanks to her love of nature, [[SaltSolution 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.]]

* CombatPragmatist: The Sprites [[spoiler:are not above setting up traps and [[UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem using the teenagers' own weapons and tools against them]]]].
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: The Sprites are one to ComicBook/TheSmurfs. They are tiny, friendly and colourful creatures who enjoy nature and are lead by an elder. [[spoiler:But unlike the Smurfs, They aren’t 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.]]
* CuteIsEvil: 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. [[spoiler:And when Ellie tries to save her classmates, the Sprites [[DisproportionateRetribution consider her fair game too]]]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:The various ways the characters die all reflect [[KarmicDeath how they treated the environment around them]].]]
** [[spoiler:[[LethalChef 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.]]
** [[spoiler:[[AlphaBitch Victoria]], Rex's girlfriend who was shown killing a spider with hairspray, is killed after being blinded by her hairspray, getting stuck in a web and suffocating to death.]]
** [[spoiler:[[JerkJock Rex]], who crushed a snail in the short's establishing shot, is killed shortly after when he's shot with snails and experiences [[OrificeInvasion orifice invasion.]] ]]
** [[spoiler:Jay who urinated on some of the sprites is killed last and gets cornered into a deep pit where the Sprites urinate on him and cause him to drown in their urine.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:The sprites tried to kill [[NatureLover Ellie]] just for trying to free her classmates.]]
* DissonantSerenity: At the end, [[spoiler: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 saying "let's burn the bodies and have some peppermint tea!"]]
* DontCelebrateJustYet: After Ellie [[spoiler: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]].

* EdibleBludgeon: [[spoiler:A Salty Meat Stick slices right through the Sprites like a Lightsaber.]]

** Phil accidentally spilling salt that dissolves a Sprite's mushroom cap [[spoiler:turns out to be key in finding the [[SaltSolution Sprites' weakness]]]].
** Ellie noticing one of the Sprites drag a bloodied shoe into their home [[spoiler:hints to us about the Sprites' true nature]].
* FriendToAllLivingThings: The Sprites are shown to be exceptionally kind to wildlife, with the wildlife being friendly towards them in return. This also means that the [[spoiler:spiders and snails are also ''very'' willing to help the Sprites ''kill'' Victoria and Rex]].

* KarmicDeath: Every [[spoiler: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 oil 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]].

* MadeOfPlasticine: The [[spoiler:Sprites are ''very'' easily dismembered by [[SaltSolution salted foods]]. Potato chips and pretzel snacks 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]].
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Several of the Sprites [[spoiler:who survived Ellie are happily dancing and singing back to their home, while sporting ''very'' grievous injuries. This includes one [[HumanPincushion completely impaled by loads of pretzel sticks]] and one who's [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe reduced to a head and arms]], dragging itself across the ground]].

* MookHorrorShow: Once [[spoiler: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 OhCrap expression as they're maimed and killed]].
* MushroomMan: The sprites are small green-skinned humanoids with mushroom caps on their heads. They're described as if "a gnome shagged a mushroom."
* MuggingTheMonster: Rex, Victoria, Phil and Jay go out into the Sprites' clearing to catch one in a jar. [[spoiler:When Ellie finds the four, they're all BoundAndGagged, with the Sprites preparing to immolate Phil to death]].

* NatureIsNotNice: What the Sprites and most of the critters represent. They are small, can accidentally be overlooked, but mistreat them and they '''will''' destroy you.
* NatureLover: Ellie. She's interested in only cataloguing what she finds and isn't destructive to nature around her. [[spoiler:This is possibly the reason she survives.]]
* NiceGirl: Ellie is a friendly person overall and the only one nice towards nature. She [[spoiler:even avoids trying to kill the Sprites until they refuse to back down, after which she uses lethal force via salted snacks to defend herself]].
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:The Sprites leave Ellie alone instead of capturing and killing her because [[NatureLover she never mistreated nature]]. That is until she tried to free her classmates.]]
* SaltSolution: Salt dissolves the Sprites. [[spoiler:This becomes important later on as it allows Ellie to fight back against the sprites.]]
* SubvertedKidsShow: The animation style is overall very cutesy and the Sprites look like ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'', but the characters are a lot more foul mouthed than in a typical cartoon and [[spoiler:all of the teenage characters save for Ellie, the nature-loving girl die horrible deaths.]]

"Oh, it’s about saving the environment"\\
"Oh, it’s about fungus creatures"\\
"Oh, it’s about '''murder'''"
->'''Another [=YouTube=] commenter:''' "I love how this story turned from respecting nature to mushroom Smurfs committing war crimes within one minute."

** [[spoiler:After getting stuck in the web, Victoria end up having her hair eaten by spiders to her horror. It doesn't last too long, as she's quickly killed off after that.]]
** [[spoiler:Ellie is forced to chop off her hair to free herself when it got caught by the sprites.]]
* UrineTrouble: Jay pisses on a dormant Sprite early on, knocking the ladybug on top off. [[spoiler:The Sprites kill him by peeing on him while he's trapped in a tree log, drowning him in their urine]].
* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: 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 [[spoiler:which the Elder Sprite later attempts to kill her with]].

* WeaksauceWeakness: The [[spoiler:Sprites are [[SaltSolution vulnerable to salt]] and quickly dissolve in contact with salt. This makes several kinds of junk food lethal on contact with them, [[MadeOfPlasticine easily tearing their bodies apart]]]].
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: The Sprites normally white eyes glow yellow in the dark to reveal their true nature as murderous little gremlins.

** [[spoiler:Despite being one with nature and supposedly knows all the animals' genders, The Elder Sprite misgendered the bird by calling her "Brother Bird". However, Ellie recognizing it as a female wagtail, and the bird being shown to have a nest with eggs inside Ellie's discarded waist pouch during the credits. It's an early clue that the elder sprite [[FauxAffablyEvil is not as nice as he appears in his first scene.]] ]]

** [[spoiler:[[AlphaBitch Victoria]], Rex's girlfriend who was shown killing a spider with spray, is killed after being blinded by her hairspray, getting stuck in a web and suffocating to death.]]

** [[spoiler:Despite being one with nature and supposedly knows all the animals' genders, The Elder Sprite misgendered the bird by calling her "Brother Bird". However, Ellie recognizing it as a female wagtail, and the bird being shown to have a nest with eggs inside Ellie's discarded waist pouch during the credits. It an early clue that the elder sprite [[FauxAffablyEvil is not as nice as he appears in his first scene.]] ]]

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Several of the Sprites [[spoiler:who survived Ellie are happily dancing and singing back to their home, while sporting ''very'' grievous injuries. This includes one [[HumanPincushion completely impaled by loads of pretz sticks]] and one who's [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe reduced to a head and arms]], dragging itself across the ground]].

Produced as another ''Creator/BlenderFoundation'' Open Movie, '''Sprite Fright''' is a 2021 animated [[SlasherMovie slasher]] [[HorrorComedy horror comedy]] that's cuter than most about a group of rowdy teens on a biology trip to study nature. Encountering gnome-like beings, they camp for the night. Terror ensues!

The short movie can be watched on [=YouTube=] in full [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cMxraX_5RE here]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Ellie lost all her classmates and there are chances she’s implied to be traumatized from her experience with the Sprites. However, Ellie survived thanks to her love of nature, [[SaltSolution 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.]]

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: The Sprites are one to ComicBook/TheSmurfs. They are tiny, friendly and colourful creatures who enjoy nature and are lead by an elder. [[spoiler:But unlike the Smurfs, They aren’t 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.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Ellie lost all her classmates and there are chances she’s implied to be traumatized from her experience with the sprites. However, Ellie survived thanks to her love of nature, [[SaltSolution 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.]]

* CombatPragmatist: The Sprites [[spoiler:are not above setting up traps and using the teenagers' own weapons and tools against them]].

* EdibleBludgeon: [[spoiler:A Salty Meat Stick slices right through the sprites like a sword.]]

** Phil accidentally spilling salt that dissolves a Sprite's mushroom cap [[spoiler:turns out to be key in finding the [[SaltSolution sprites' weakness]]]].
** Ellie noticing one of the sprites drag a bloodied shoe into their home [[spoiler:hints to us about the sprites' true nature]].

* MadeOfPlasticine: The [[spoiler:Sprites are ''very'' easily dismembered by [[SaltSolution salted foods]]. Potato chips and pretzel snacks carve into them like huge shurikens, Pretz 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 insecticide merely knocking them away]].
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Several of the Sprites [[spoiler:who survived Ellie are happily dancing and singing back to their home, while sporting ''very'' grievous injuries. This includes one [[HumanPincushion completely impaled by loads of pretz sticks]] and one who's reduced to a head and arms, dragging itself across the ground]].
* MickeyMousing: The scene of Rex trying to kill a sprite that's popping in and out of a log is timed so his swings are synced to the background music.

* NamelessNarrative: All of the characters go nameless throughout the story with their names only being found in behind-the-scenes documentation.

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:The sprites leave Ellie alone instead of capturing and killing her because [[NatureLover she never mistreated nature]]. That is until she tried to free her classmates.]]
* SaltSolution: Salt dissolves the sprites. [[spoiler:This becomes important later on as it allows Ellie to fight back against the sprites.]]

* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: The Sprites use the humans' tools against them if given the chance. They turn Victoria's insecticide spray on her to blind her and lead her into a spider web, and steal Ellie's Swiss army knife [[spoiler:which the Elder Sprite later attempts to kill her with]].

* MadeOfPlasticine: The [[spoiler:Sprites are ''very'' easily dismembered by [[SaltSolution salted foods]]. Pretz sticks impale them through, and Ellie swinging a salted meat stick cuts them in half like nobody's business.]]

* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: The Sprites [[spoiler:use the humans' tools against them if given the chance. They turn Victoria's insecticide spray 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]].

* ZergRush: The [[spoiler:Sprites' main method of combat. One Sprite alone is merely a nuisance, but their massive numbers along with their cruelty, usage of environment, [[UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem 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]].

* WeaksauceWeakness: The [[spoiler:Sprites are [[SaltSolution vulnerable to salt]] and quickly dissolve in contact with salt. This makes several kinds of junk food lethal on contact with them, [[MadeOfPlasticine easily tearing their bodies apart]]]].

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Sprites are friendly and cute towards anyone who treats nature well... [[spoiler:and will make no hesitation at ''killing'' those who harm the environment, as well as anyone who tries to aid those who do so]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Ellie lost all her classmates and there are chances she’s implied to be traumatized from her experience with the sprites. However, Ellie survived thanks to her love of nature, [[SaltSolution salty weapons to kill the sprites]] and the bird saving her from being killed by the chief sprite. Ellie also destroyed the tree log that is a bridge between her home and the home of the sprites so no future passengers would enter the Sprites’s home and get killed by Sprites.]]

* DontCelebrateJustYet: After Ellie [[spoiler: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 sling pouch as a makeshift grappling hook on a tree branch to swing to the other side]].

* DontCelebrateJustYet: After Ellie [[spoiler: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 coat as a makeshift grappling hook on a tree branch to swing to the other side]].

** [[spoiler:after getting stuck in the web, Victoria end up having her hair eaten by spiders to her horror.]]

* PaintingTheFrostOnWindows: The sprites are shown painting spots on ladybugs.

** [[spoiler:Ellie is forced to chop off her hair to free herself when it got caught by the sprites.]]

* CuteIsEvil: 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.

* DontCelebrateJustYet: After Ellie [[spoiler:escapes the Sprites including the Elder, she quickly escapes their forest area by running across the tree log... which proceeds to break and fall, threatening to plunge her into the chasm. Fortunately, Ellie uses her sweater as a makeshift grappling hook on a tree branch to swing to the other side]].

* KarmicDeath: Every [[spoiler:member of the teen group save Ellie is killed in a similar way they mistreated nature. Phil, who burned butterflies on the barbecue, is doused in oil 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]].

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:The various ways the characters die all reflect how they treated the environment around them.]]

** [[spoiler:the [[AlphaBitch Victoria]], Rex's girlfriend who was shown killing a spider with spray, is killed after being blinded by her hairspray, getting stuck in a web and suffocating to death.]]