Dem Bones: Difference between revisions

 

== Anime ==

* ''[[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.

== Mythology ==

* The Gashadokuro from [[Japanese Mythology]] is a super sized version of this. This monster is created from collecting the skeletons of people who have died of starvation. It is known to bite the heads off humans it encounters and to be forwarned by a ringing in the ears. They often grow up to 15 times larger than a man.

 

 

* Skeletons are the basic grunt troops of the undead armies in the wargame/[[Tabletop Games|Tabletop RPG]] ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]''; serving the factions of [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampire Counts]] and [[Mummy|Tomb Kings]].

** To specify. The Vampire Counts use [[Dem Bones]] as expendable meat(bone?)shields, and that would be about it. The Tomb Kings are a army of nothing but skeletons, with some mummies, animated statues and ancient, immortal priests to taste.

** Floating servo-skulls -- although they're robotic rather than undead.

** Not to mention the Necrons. No really, don't mention them.

* In the arcade game ''Warzaid'' the objective is to stop these from taking over the world.

* The Fiend tribe of demons in the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' franchise, including the Four Horsemen (Red, Black, White, and [[The Grim Reaper|Pale Rider]]s,) Mother Harlot, [[That One Boss|Matador]], David the Violinist, and the Trumpeter of the Apocalypse. They're usually among the most difficult foes you will ever encounter in each game. ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' being what it is, you can also enlist them as allies against greater foes.

* In ''[[Skate|Skate 3]]'' Dem Bones is the name of a playable character model in free-skate mode. He is unlocked after completing half of the Hall Of Meat challenges in the career.

* Skeletal undead are seen in both the original ''[[Guild Wars]]'' campaign and the third campaign, ''Nightfall''. However, they are still garbed in the armor or clothes they wore in life, which can add or subtract from their horror.

* Most undead in ''[[Adventure Quest]]'', ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds]]'' and ''[[Dragon Fable]]'' are of this kind.

* The [[DLC]] "Old World Blues" of ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' provides us with the [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Y-17_Trauma_Override_Harness Y-17 Trauma Override Harness] automated suits, which were designed to evacuate wounded soldiers from the battlefield by taking over their motor functions; however due to several malfunctions, they end up wrecking havoc and killing anything on sight while still carrying inside the long-dead skeletons of their previous users, [[And I Must Scream|which were trapped in them]].

* Skeletons are a common foe in the [[Ultima]] series, but only gained the ability to revive continuously in Ultima 8 if the player did not kill them with the [[Turn Undead|Grant Peace spell]]. Taken to ridiculous heights in the horribly broken Ultima 9, where a defeated skeleton would break into its component parts and could reform again if there were enough parts for a whole skeleton. Cue frantic body-part looting mid-battle in a game where inventory space was already at a premium, and the skeletons kept respawning whenever you returned to the area.

* ''Blood Omen: [[Legacy of Kain]]:'' Animated skeletons are encountered. Some of them walk in a fixed route and explode on contact with you. Others can [[Pulling Themselves Together|pull themselves together]] and need to be destroyed [[Ludicrous Gibs|more]] [[Kill It with Fire|thoroughly]].

* ''Montezuma's Revenge'' had rolling skulls as enemies.

* The skeletons in ''[[Dark Souls]]'' aren't that tough. However, nearby necromancers (which fortunately don't respawn if you rest at a bonfire) will revive them if they aren't slain with a Divine weapon. The ''giant'' skeletons are much tougher but fortunately don't revive immediately like their weaker cousins.

 

 

* ''[[Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil]]'': Becky, Satan's administrative assistant.

* 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.

 

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