History Main / FriendlySkeleton

[[folder:Tabletop RPG]]

* ''VideoGame/CardCityNights1'': The Freezing Ghost. A blue skeleton in a ship's captain costume that you can talk to and play card games with.

[[folder:Web Original]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has the skeleton brothers Sans and Papyrus, who are well liked in their MonsterTown and can become friends with the human PlayerCharacter. Papyrus refuses to kill the human even when they're hostile to him, and the player even has the option to go on a date with him. Sans is friendly [[spoiler:unless you choose the genocide route, in which case you’re already as good as dead]], and often [[PungeonMaster makes skeleton puns]], much to his brother's annoyance.

* ''TabletopRPG/{{Pathfinder}}'': Catrinas are psychopomps with the appearence of skeletons garbed in gaudy clothes. They are known to be the nicest and most welcoming of psychopomps, and their duty is to [[DontFearTheReaper appease the souls of the recently deceased]], so that they can more easily accept their own deaths.

* The titular character from ''VideoGame/{{Skully}}'' is a heroic ''skull''. No surprise given the name.

* In ''Anime/SkullFaceBooksellerHondaSan'' the creator depicts himself as a skeleton. As a retail worker, he's kind and polite, though maybe not the typical happy skeleton.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* The ''Raid: Shadow Legends'' commercials features Death Knight as a nice guy talking to the audience espousing how awesome it is to use Death Knight ([[{{Mooks}} an undead mook]]) and a following commercial has him despondent at how much of a loser he is and not a champion, before he goes to sleep and is remade into Ultimate Death Knight. In the actual video game, Death Knight was an evil monster before he grew into what was portrayed in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e_nasGNTio commercial]].

* The ''Raid: Shadow Legends'' commercials features Death Knight as a nice guy talking to the audience espousing how awesome it is to use Death Knight ([[{{Mooks}} an undead mook]]) and a following commercial has him despondent at how much of a loser he is and not a champion, before he goes to sleep and is remade into Ultimate Death Knight. In the actual video game, Death Knight is an evil monster.

* ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' ran into their share of animated skeletons. Most were more grouchy than evil, but [[IncrediblyLamePun 'Red' Skeleton]] was a friendly if scary guy.

Whilst skeletons have the potential to be a little bit creepy, they're also quite [[JustForPun humerus]]. There are a lot of funny skeleton classic one liner jokes such as "A skeleton walks into a bar and says to the bartender "I'll have a beer please, and a mop". They also bring us really funny puns too like "What is a skeleton's favorite thing to do with their mobile phone? Take skelfies." source: https://www.keeplaughingforever.com/skeleton-jokes

A subtrope of DemBones, Skeletons are often symbols of death, but in recent years, especially in much of the West, Skeletons have also become a symbol for revelry and good old fashioned spooky fun. Skeletons in fiction will often be portrayed as funny, jolly, and sometimes clever. They will often dress in dapper suits, and may be graceful and agile. Bone and skeleton puns are almost guaranteed, as are scenes of [[XylophonesForWalkingBones rib cages being used like xylophones]] or skulls being juggled and tossed about. The skeleton in question will usually either be on the hero's side, be the hero, or at least be a [[AffablyEvil really fun antagonists]]. Can often be a SkeletalMusician.

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has the skeleton brothers Sans and Papyrus, who are well liked in their MonsterTown and can become friends with the human PlayerCharacter. Papyrus refuses to kill the human even when they're hostile to him, and the player even has the option to go on a date with him. Sans is friendly [[spoiler:unless you choose the genocide route]], and often [[PungeonMaster makes skeleton puns]], much to his brother's annoyance.