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If the [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|skeleton is really a robot]], see [[Skele Bot 9000]].

== Anime ==

* Used by a [[Nightmare Fuel ~~Stationattendant~~|Faust VII]] in ''[[Shaman King]]'', quite drastically - in his fight against the main character, he insisted it be held on a Western (Christian) graveyard, where the dead were not cremated, so he could use their skeletons to launch a mass attack at our protagonist. On top of it, he carried his deceased wife's skeleton under his clothes and used it as a secret weapon.

* Used by a [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant|Faust VII]] in ''[[Shaman King]]'', quite drastically - in his fight against the main character, he insisted it be held on a Western (Christian) graveyard, where the dead were not cremated, so he could use their skeletons to launch a mass attack at our protagonist. On top of it, he carried his deceased wife's skeleton under his clothes and used it as a secret weapon.

* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'': In the Thriller Bark arc, the Straw Hats meet Brook, who's eaten a Devil Fruit that lets him come back to life once. But due to the fog in the area he was in, he got lost on his way back to his mortal body. By the time he found it, it was nothing but bones. Although initially freaked out by his own appearance, he eventually adapted and grew a habit of making [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]] about it. Constantly.

* Morborgran of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', the massive, [[Multi Armed and Dangerous]], skeletal demon member of the Canis Niger bounty hunters in the Magic World. He's actually a pretty friendly guy, though with a bit of a complex about his appearance.

* Morborgran of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', the massive, [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]], skeletal demon member of the Canis Niger bounty hunters in the Magic World. He's actually a pretty friendly guy, though with a bit of a complex about his appearance.

* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'': Barragan Luisenbarn turns into a skeleton dressed in a crown and robes upon releasing his zanpakuto. This is to symbolize {{spoiler|his power over old age and decay, which lets him rot ''other'' people into skeletons. The dead kind.}}

* Shiro from ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]''. His true form, though, is a [[Bishonen]].

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* Extraordinarily common in early cinema. Sprightly, dancing and otherwise animated skeletons appear with great regularity in the trick films of Georges Méliès and his contemporaries.

* In a memorable film example, [[Ray Harryhausen]]'s animated skeletons make up half of a [[Chroma Key]] battle scene in ''[[Jason and The Argonauts (Film)|Jason and The Argonauts]]'', after they sprout from the earth where hydra teeth are sown. This depiction is likely to yet further [[Sadly Mythtaken|simplify the original story]] by letting Jason kill [[What Measure Is a Non Human|apparently]] mindless [[Mooks]], since in the original myths, the dragon's teeth grow into the perfectly sentient warriors called ''[http://www.theoi.com/Gigante/Spartoi.html spartoi]'', none of whom Jason left alive.

* In a memorable film example, [[Ray Harryhausen]]'s animated skeletons make up half of a [[Chroma Key]] battle scene in ''[[Jason and The Argonauts (Film)|Jason and The Argonauts]]'', after they sprout from the earth where hydra teeth are sown. This depiction is likely to yet further [[Sadly Mythtaken|simplify the original story]] by letting Jason kill [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|apparently]] mindless [[Mooks]], since in the original myths, the dragon's teeth grow into the perfectly sentient warriors called ''[http://www.theoi.com/Gigante/Spartoi.html spartoi]'', none of whom Jason left alive.

** Another Ray Harryhausen movie example: ''[[The 7th Voyage of Sinbad]]''. The Skeleton was later re-used in the aforementioned film.

** There (used to be) a ''most'' amusing video online of Phil Tippett, Harryhausen's [[Spiritual Successor]] of a sort, singing "Happy Birthday To Ray" - accompanied by the Skeletons.

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** Somewhat subverted in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games]]'' featured skeleton pirates who were ''good guys''.

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'' had the boss Skeldrich, which was basically a giant humanoid skull with an absurdly long neck.

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' gives us Staldra - three-headed reptilian monstrosities from a bygone age whose heads must be destroyed simultaneously - and the Stalmaster - a four-armed and fully equipped Stalfos - in addition to regular Stalfos. The latter two [[Demonic Spiders|do not screw around]].

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' gives us Staldra - three-headed reptilian monstrosities from a bygone age whose heads must be destroyed simultaneously - and the Stalmaster - a four-armed and fully equipped Stalfos - in addition to regular Stalfos. The latter two [[Demonic Spiders|do not screw around]].

* The ''[[Castlevania]]'' series is an obligatory mention here - there are dozens of varieties in each game, including a lot of simple [[Underground Monkey]] recolors. The red ones keep getting back up.

** Don't forget the laser-firing skeletons, the armor-wearing blade Masters, and the amusing skeletons in ''Aria of Sorrow'' that kick their skulls at you. There's even a medal-wearing champion runner Skeleton in ''Circle of the Moon'', the Skeleton Bartender who tosses drinks at you in ''Portrait of Ruin'', the Farmer Skeleton, the Waiter Skeleton, the [[Kamen Rider|Rider Kicking]] Skeleton, and the Ape skeleton that [[Donkey Kong|throws barrels at you]].

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** While their top tier unit is usually a skeleton ''dragon''. Like most undeads, they tend to be weaker than their live version but come in greater numbers.

* Gruntilda in ''Banjo-Tooie''.

** The Limbos in ''[[Banjo Kazooie]]''. Like Dry Bones, they'll get right back up after a few seconds. The only way to kill them for good is with [[Invincibility Power Up|Wonderwing]].

** The Limbos in ''[[Banjo Kazooie]]''. Like Dry Bones, they'll get right back up after a few seconds. The only way to kill them for good is with [[Invincibility Power-Up|Wonderwing]].

* In the 1990s PC fantasy kingdom sim ''[[Majesty (Video Game)|Majesty]]'', your Priestesses of the Death Goddess Krypta had the ability to re-animate skeletons for use as partners in combat; walking skeletons were sometimes also used as enemy monsters.

* There's one skeleton enemy type in ''[[Nethack]]'', but while the game is swarming with low level zombies and mummies, the skeleton is a high level enemy encountered near the end who steals speed from the player.

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* The Lich class in ''[[Nexus War]]'' can raise skeletons as pets, or combine five skeletons into a fossil monster (essentially a bone golem). The Necrotic Tower, which was the home of the first Lich, is built entirely out of bone.

* Skeleton enemies appear sometimes in the ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]]'' series, with the skeletal ghosts in ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]] 4'' and the aptly named Recapitators in ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]]: Shake It''. The former shoot some kind of ectoplasm that turns Wario into a zombie, the latter actually use their head as a boomerang, and reassemble if destroyed with the head intact.

* ''[[Wario World (Video Game)|Wario World's]]'' [[Big ~~Boos~~ Haunt|Horror Manor]] has enemies that are skeletal versions of the enemies from the first two levels.

* ''[[Wario World (Video Game)|Wario World's]]'' [[Big Boo's Haunt|Horror Manor]] has enemies that are skeletal versions of the enemies from the first two levels.

* In ''[[Light Crusader]]'', the only way you can kill this type of enemy is the "Turn Undead" spell or kill the wizard controlling them.

* In ''[[Runescape]]'', in addition to the [[Mook|Mooks]], there is a skull postman.

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** The early Merrie Melodie ''Hittin' the Trail to Hallelujah Land'' (1931) features dancing skeletons too.

** [[Columbia Cartoons]] had the [[Ub Iwerks]]-directed remake of The Skeleton Dance, called "Skeleton Frolic" (1937).

* ''[[He Man and The Masters of The Universe]]'': The ever-cheesy, [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16/ ever-ineffectual] [[Big Bad]] Skeletor -- although he had a human body with a skull head. Wherever there's actual muscles under his suit or just a [[Paper Thin Disguise]] (a la [[Earthworm Jim (Video Game)|Earthworm Jim]]) is never addressed.

* ''[[He Man and The Masters of The Universe]]'': The ever-cheesy, [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16/ ever-ineffectual] [[Big Bad]] Skeletor -- although he had a human body with a skull head. Wherever there's actual muscles under his suit or just a [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] (a la [[Earthworm Jim (Video Game)|Earthworm Jim]]) is never addressed.

** In the reboot, his face was dissolved by acid in the first episode.

* ''[[Swat Kats (Animation)|Swat Kats]]'' had a recurring villain, Past Master. One of his shticks was reanimating skeletons, as he demonstrated in his first appearance. It wasn't very effective, as a patrolling police helicopter sees them, asks them to stand down, and then delivers a [[Bond One Liner|parody on the Miranda Rights]] right before shredding them to bits with the on-board Gatling:

* ''[[Swat Kats (Animation)|Swat Kats]]'' had a recurring villain, Past Master. One of his shticks was reanimating skeletons, as he demonstrated in his first appearance. It wasn't very effective, as a patrolling police helicopter sees them, asks them to stand down, and then delivers a [[Bond One-Liner|parody on the Miranda Rights]] right before shredding them to bits with the on-board Gatling:

* ''[[Skeleton Warriors (Animation)|Skeleton Warriors]]''. In this one, the "curse" of becoming a skeleton could be reversed by removing a ruby in their chest, as they were immortal otherwise.