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A prominent variation is being composed of [[Nothing but Skulls|just a skull without a body]]. In this case, their ability to attack may be a simple bite, or through magic spells. They may or may not also have the power to defy gravity to compensate for the lack of legs. As trope examples indicate, there are a noticeably greater number of friendly talking skulls compared with the rare friendly skeleton.
In video games, skeletal foes will often [[Ballistic Bone|attack by throwing bones]]. One cannot help but wonder where they get ''[[
In [[Mexico]], Dem Bones are called ''calacas'' and are associated with the Day of the Dead holiday much the same way bunnies are associated with Easter, making them less common as stock spooky elements (they tend to be more comedic). It helps that said calacas are made of sugar and chocolate.
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== Literature ==
* The Osteomechs from ''[[Dark World Detective]]''. They use advanced computers stored in their skulls and micro tractor/pressor beams as muscles. Strong as hell, but very light.
* There's a "very old zombie" in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[
** And now there's Charlie, the Department of Necr- Post-Mortem Communications' resident skeleton, who's been there "forever".
* The [[Andre Norton]] novel ''Quag Keep'', which was based on [[Dungeons & Dragons]].
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* One episode of [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Disney's Aladdin]] TV show featured a big bad with skeleton minions. Aladdin and crew pulled off the standard "knock the minions together" knockout, only for the skeletons to [[Pulling Themselves Together|pull themselves]] [[Invincible Minor Minion|back together]] into ''new shapes''. Two got [[Grievous Harm with a Body|smashed together]] to form a centaur with four arms and two heads.
* In the ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' episode "The Phantom Brigade" a skeleton rises up from the floor to threaten Cobra Commander into giving up control of three spirits. The Commander is resonably freaked out and even the Joes who walk in on the scene can't believe what they're seeing.
* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' fought an army of skeletons in "Bustman's Holiday" and a crew of skeletal [[Ghost Pirate]]s in "Sea Fright". In both cases, these skeletons seemed to be incorporeal spirits rather than animated bones.
== Multiple Media ==
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