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* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'': Season 1 gives us Bones, Season 3 gives us Rita Repulsa's halfwit brother Rito Revolto. Who's based on Gasha Dokuro from ''[[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]]'', who's based on an actual folklore creature of a gigantic skeleton. |
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'': Season 1 gives us Bones, Season 3 gives us Rita Repulsa's halfwit brother Rito Revolto. Who's based on Gasha Dokuro from ''[[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]]'', who's based on an actual folklore creature of a gigantic skeleton. |
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* Erm....does [[The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson|Geoff Peterson]] count? |
* Erm....does [[The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson|Geoff Peterson]] count? |
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* Pierce hallucinates these during a [[Mushroom Samba]] in the ''[[Community]]'' episode "[[Community/Recap/S1 |
* Pierce hallucinates these during a [[Mushroom Samba]] in the ''[[Community]]'' episode "[[Community/Recap/S1/E07 Introduction to Statistics|Introduction to Statistics]]". |
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{{quote|'''Pierce:''' "Those floating Mexican skeletons are right! My life is over!" |
{{quote|'''Pierce:''' "Those floating Mexican skeletons are right! My life is over!" |
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'''Jeff:''' "Well, when we go to floating skeletons with our problems, we get what we pay for, don't we?" }} |
'''Jeff:''' "Well, when we go to floating skeletons with our problems, we get what we pay for, don't we?" }} |
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* Dry Bones from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]].'' are skeletal Koopa Troopas. Using the [[Goomba Stomp]] on them makes them collapse for a few seconds, and then they reassemble. Usually, you have to either make the head roll into lava or a pit, smash them some other way or make sure all of the enemies on screen are dead to beat them, depending on the game/series in question. |
* Dry Bones from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]].'' are skeletal Koopa Troopas. Using the [[Goomba Stomp]] on them makes them collapse for a few seconds, and then they reassemble. Usually, you have to either make the head roll into lava or a pit, smash them some other way or make sure all of the enemies on screen are dead to beat them, depending on the game/series in question. |
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** Of course, that's not counting the part where Bowser gets [[Stripped to the Bone]] and reanimated as a Skeleton. ''[[Mario Kart]] Wii'' calls this "Dry Bowser". |
** Of course, that's not counting the part where Bowser gets [[Stripped to the Bone]] and reanimated as a Skeleton. ''[[Mario Kart]] Wii'' calls this "Dry Bowser". |
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** There's also Kingfin in Super Mario Galaxy, a skeletal shark ([[Art Major Biology|Yeah, we know]]) with [[Glowing Eyelights of |
** There's also Kingfin in Super Mario Galaxy, a skeletal shark ([[Art Major Biology|Yeah, we know]]) with [[Glowing Eyelights of Undeath]]. That apparently summons robotic piranha fish. |
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* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' has floating skulls as enemies. |
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' has floating skulls as enemies. |
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* ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]'' and ''[[Escape from Monkey Island]]'' had the fearsome Murray, the demonic animated skeleton with plans to conquer the world, who would have been significantly more fearsome if he wasn't just a skull and unable to move around by himself. Still, with lines like this, it's no wonder "Murray the Mighty Demonic Skull" is [[Ensemble Darkhorse|so popular]]: |
* ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]'' and ''[[Escape from Monkey Island]]'' had the fearsome Murray, the demonic animated skeleton with plans to conquer the world, who would have been significantly more fearsome if he wasn't just a skull and unable to move around by himself. Still, with lines like this, it's no wonder "Murray the Mighty Demonic Skull" is [[Ensemble Darkhorse|so popular]]: |