Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Main / SkeletalTropes

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:

Added DiffLines:

* ForebodingCarcass: The presence of a skeleton is used to foreshadow that death and/or danger is coming.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* SinisterDeerSkull: Deer skulls are creepy and usually signs of malevolence.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-> ''"The skull is nature's sculpture."''

to:

-> ''"The skull is nature's sculpture.{{sculpture|s}}."''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* {{Dracolich}}: A skeletal dragon.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* WalkingOssuary: An undead being created from parts of multiple mix-and-matched skeletons.
Willbyr MOD

Added: 240

Changed: 61

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


%%Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16660649010.84577500
%%Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread.

to:

%%Image %% Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16660649010.84577500
%%Please %% Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread.



[[caption-width-right:350:[-''Dance of Death'' by Michael Wolgemut-]]]

to:

[[caption-width-right:350:[-''Dance [[caption-width-right:350:Prepare for skele-puns by the skele-ton.\\
[-''Dance
of Death'' by Michael Wolgemut-]]] Wolgemut-]]]
%%
%% Caption selected per above IP thread. Please do not replace or remove without discussion in the Caption Repair thread:
%% https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1404492079030138900
%%



Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

%%
%%Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16660649010.84577500
%%Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread.
%%
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/danse_macabre_by_michael_wolgemut_6.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[-''Dance of Death'' by Michael Wolgemut-]]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Image was added before consensus was reached.


%%
%% Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16660649010.84577500&page=1#comment-1page=1
%% Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread.
%%
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wad_6.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[https://omnybus.tumblr.com/post/698415207325843456/a-buncha-boneheads-final Original art by Omny37.]]]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

%%
%% Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16660649010.84577500&page=1#comment-1page=1
%% Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread.
%%
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wad_6.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[https://omnybus.tumblr.com/post/698415207325843456/a-buncha-boneheads-final Original art by Omny37.]]]]

Added: 144

Changed: 175

Removed: 137

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Example Indentation In Trope Lists: All tropes in a list should be at the same level of indentation, and in alphabetical order. Subtropes should not be listed in sub-bullets beneath their parent tropes.


** BallisticBone: Bones are used as a projectile weapon.

to:

** * BallisticBone: Bones are used as a projectile weapon.



** SkeletalMusician: An animated skeleton that's also a musician.
** UndeadFossils: Remains of prehistoric animals that move on their own.



* SkeletalAppendage: Part of a living character's skeleton is exposed, usually following a gruesome accident.
** SkullForAHead: A creature that isn't a skeleton has a skull for a head.

to:

* SkeletalAppendage: Part A living, otherwise non-skeletal character has part of a living character's their skeleton is exposed, usually following a gruesome accident.
** SkullForAHead: A creature that isn't a
visible.
* SkeletalMusician: An animated
skeleton has who's also a skull for a head.musician.



* SkullForAHead: A creature that isn't a skeleton has a skull for a head.



* UndeadFossils: Remains of prehistoric animals that move on their own.



[[MemeticMutation Thank Mr. Skeltal for this index.]]

to:

[[MemeticMutation ->[[MemeticMutation Thank Mr. Skeltal for this index.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* {{Gashadokuro}}: Giant skeleton youkai, made from the bones of a mass of people who never had proper burials.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

-> ''"The skull is nature's sculpture."''
-->-- '''David Bailey'''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* BonesDoNotBelongThere: Bones in soft organs, or animals that don't have them in real life.

Added: 95

Changed: 17

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added Creepy Cemetery


Compare the MuscularIndex. See also ArtisticLicenseBiology, DeathTropes, HorrorTropes, and UndeadIndex.

to:

Compare ''and'' contrast the MuscularIndex. See also ArtisticLicenseBiology, DeathTropes, HorrorTropes, and UndeadIndex.


Added DiffLines:

* CreepyCemetery: An unusually scary cemetery with skeletons, and maybe other monsters, abound.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added a new trope

Added DiffLines:



Added DiffLines:

** UndeadFossils: Remains of prehistoric animals that move on their own.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added content


* SkeletalAppendage: Part of a living character's skeleton is exposed, usually a hand that may or may not be popping out of a grave.

to:

* SkeletalAppendage: Part of a living character's skeleton is exposed, usually following a hand that may or may not be popping out of a grave.gruesome accident.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added content


* {{Calacas}}: Skeletons representing the dead in Mexican culture.

to:

* {{Calacas}}: Skeletons representing the dead in Mexican culture. Usually highly decorated with designs painted on their skulls.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added content


* DesertSkull: The stock "animal skull in the desert".

to:

* DesertSkull: The stock "animal skull in the desert".desert", typically a bovine.



* ElephantGraveyard: A place that large animals naturally go to when they die, often containing their skeletons.
* ExpressiveSkull: Skulls that can perform facial movements as if they had flesh and muscle.

to:

* ElephantGraveyard: A place that large animals (not necessarily elephants) naturally go to when they die, often containing their skeletons.
* ExpressiveSkull: Skulls that can perform facial movements as if they had flesh and muscle. Typical in Halloween productions.



* NothingButSkinAndBones: A character's so thin that you can actually see their bones under their flesh.

to:

* NothingButSkinAndBones: A character's so thin that you can actually see their bones under their flesh. Typically used for zombies or starvation victims.



* RibcageStomach: The ribcage is visible in the stomach.
* ScarySkeleton: Malicious skeletons and skeleton-like creatures that are PlayedForHorror

to:

* RibcageStomach: The ribcage is visible in the stomach.
stomach, similar to NothingButSkinAndBones.
* ScarySkeleton: Malicious skeletons and skeleton-like creatures that are PlayedForHorrorPlayedForHorror.



* SkeletalAppendage: Part of a living character's skeleton is exposed.

to:

* SkeletalAppendage: Part of a living character's skeleton is exposed.exposed, usually a hand that may or may not be popping out of a grave.



* StockFemurBone: When non-skull bones are automatically femur bones.

to:

* StockFemurBone: When non-skull bones are automatically femur bones. Typically used in cartoons.



* UnbreakableBones: A character's bones can't be destroyed.
* WaitingSkeleton: A character waits so long that they've been reduced to a skeleton.

to:

* UnbreakableBones: A character's bones can't be destroyed.
destroyed. Common with superheroes or monsters.
* WaitingSkeleton: A character waits so long that they've been reduced to a skeleton. Sometimes used for comedic effect.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:


Compare the MuscularIndex. See also ArtMajorBiology, DeathTropes, HorrorTropes, and UndeadIndex.

to:

Compare the MuscularIndex. See also ArtMajorBiology, ArtisticLicenseBiology, DeathTropes, HorrorTropes, and UndeadIndex.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ScarySkeleton: Malicious skeletons and skeletal-like creatures that are PlayedForHorror

to:

* ScarySkeleton: Malicious skeletons and skeletal-like skeleton-like creatures that are PlayedForHorror
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ScarySkeleton: Malicious skeletons and skeletal-like creatures that are PlayedForHorror

Added: 55

Changed: 1

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BewareTheSkullBase: Villain lairs shaped like skulls.






[[MemeticMutation Thank Mr Skeltal for this index.]]

to:

[[MemeticMutation Thank Mr Mr. Skeltal for this index.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Unlaunched and discarded.


* SkeletalAbomination: An ({{undead|Abomination}}) EldritchAbomination which seems to resemble a [[DemBones walking skeleton]].

Top