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'''Skeleton:''' (in a distant cave) THAT WOULD BE ME. }}
 
A 2001 [[Affectionate Parody]] of campy 1950s [[B -Movie|B Movies]], complete with nonsensical plot, stilted acting and cheap [[Special Effects]]. Directed by, written by and starring Larry Blamire, who has completed a sequel, ''The Lost Skeleton Returns Again'', which was released on DVD in August, 2010.
 
The plot revolves around Dr. Paul Armstrong (a man OF SCIENCE), [[Morally -Ambiguous Doctorate|Dr.]] Roger Fleming (a man OF EVIL), and Kro-Bar and Lattis (aliens FROM OUTER SPACE), all of whom wish to acquire the rare radioactive element "[[Unobtainium|atmosphereum]]" for various reasons: [[For Science!|to do science,]] to revive a [[Dem Bones|mysterious lost skeleton]] and to [[Applied Phlebotinum|power their spaceship,]] respectively. A mutant (WHO KILLS FOR KICKS!) and a [[Petting Zoo People|petting zoo person]] factor in here somehow also.
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* [[Agent Scully]]: Dr. Fleming is a scientist; he doesn't believe in ''anything''.
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* [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp]]: Used inconsistently. Cranberries on the planet Marva are "cranberroids", cherries are "linbooba", but grapes are just grapes.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Seems like it's a day for Catch Phrases! Oh well.
* [[Cluster F -Bomb]]: Not in the film's final cut, but the actor in the Mutant costume swore up a storm during his fight with the skeleton.
* [[Compelling Voice]]: The Skeleton, used on Kro-Bar.
* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]: After their [[Heel Face Turn]], Kro-Bar and Lattis invite the Armstrongs over for dinner, and discuss the differences between Earth and the planet Marva, even though a mutant (WHO KILLS FOR KICKS) and an evil skeleton are running around.
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* [[The End or Is It]]: Parodied.
{{quote| THE END? {{spoiler|OR IS IT? ISN'T IT MORE LIKE A KIND OF BEGINNING IN A WAY? LIKE A NEW BEGINNING? FOR EVERYONE? HM... I WONDER... OH WELL.}}}}
* [[EverythingsEverything's Worse With Bears]]: "I've seen bears do things that even a bear wouldn't do."
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Dr Fleming, when he finds the Skeleton. Also an [[Overly Long Gag]].
* [[The Fifties]]
* [[Fighting From the Inside]]: Kro-Bar against the Skeleton's [[Compelling Voice]]... though not very effectively.
{{quote| I ''won't'' like it!}}
* [[For Science!|For SCIENCE!]]: Paul's motivation in locating the atmosphereum.
* [[For the Evulz]]: Dr. Fleming never gives any reason at all for wanting to resurrect the Lost Skeleton, so this trope seems to be his only motivation.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]
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* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: Armstrong is now disillusioned with Science after a colleague took credit for the discovery of a new metal and named it after himself (Armstrong had planned to name it after ''himself!'')
* [[Economy Cast]]: The Cantaloupe Tribe, all three of them. When you can see them at all (they're very good at hiding).
* [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Dinosaurs|Everything's Better With Trilobites]]
* [[Evil Chancellor]]: Averted, although the character of Bentivegitantus was made to be a tongue-in-cheek reference to this trope.
* [[Evil Twin]]: Averted in Peter Fleming's case. He's good, and hoping to clear the name of his villainous brother Roger, but the Skeleton is controlling him too.
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* [[People in Rubber Suits]]: Two this time. The gralmanopidon and the dreaded Magraclop.
* [[The Pollyanna]]: Betty
* [[Retraux]]: Meant to look like a studio [[B -Movie]] of [[The Sixties]], as opposed to the independent cheapy-look of ''Cadavra''.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Peter Fleming, now free of the skull's influence, saves Lattis from a [[Man -Eating Plant]] but is fatally injured.}}
* [[Weirdness Censor]]: ''Still'' in place for the Armstrongs, who recognize Animala, but as "Pammy," and think Peter Fleming is "Rudolf Yaber," not the evil Dr. Roger Fleming who used that as his [[Sue Donym]].
* [[You Look Familiar]]: All the actors from the first movie turn up again.
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