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'''Basic Trope''': Attacking by throwing a bone at the target.
* '''Straight''': [[DemBones Skully]] attacks by detaching one of his bones and throwing it at the enemy.
* '''Exaggerated''': Skully can throw his entire ribcage as an attack.
* '''Downplayed''': Skully can throw one of his very small ear bones.
* '''Justified''':
** Skully is a skeleton of an alien species with [[BizarreAlienBiology many more bones than usual,]] most of which are not essential, so he can afford to lose a few by attacking.
** Skully's bones are hard enough that, after the fight, he can simply pick them up and put them back in his body, so he won't ever run out.
* '''Inverted''': Skully [[HealThyself heals from an injury]] by pulling out one of a defeated RedShirt's bones and attaching it to himself.
* '''Subverted''': Skully pulls out one of his bones... only to simply [[BadWithTheBone run up to the opponent and whack them with it,]] instead of throwing it.
* '''Double Subverted''': Skully's foe tries to runs away, and he responds by tossing the bone at them.
* '''Parodied''': Skully pulls out a bone and prepares to throw it... but it turns out that he ''needed'' that bone to stay together, and collapses.
%%* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Skully fights the same way that all the other characters do, and never even considers throwing his own bones.
* '''Enforced''': Skully's [[MerchandiseDriven action figure]] has detachable bones, and the show needs to portray this in some way.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You think I can't get you from over here, eh? Well... I've got a ''bone'' to pick with you!"
* '''Invoked''': Before a fight, Skully is shown pulling at a few of his bones to loosen them, so he can pull them out and throw them if he's disarmed.
* '''Exploited''': Skully's opponent baits him into throwing his bones until he can't anymore and falls apart.
* '''Defied''': Skully's opponent [[StickySituation covers him with glue,]] preventing him from detaching and throwing his bones.
* '''Discussed''': "Skully is a dangerous fighter, and don't rest easy even if you disarm him; he'll throw his own bones at you to gain the upper hand."
* '''Conversed''': "Skully's been throwing his bones for half the episode, but he still looks the same. Where is he getting new ones from?"
* '''Implied''': Skully is shown in the BigBad's castle after a fight, and while he looks relatively unharmed, he's missing several bones.
%%* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in a way that shows various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems raised by the {{deconstruction}} dealt with or addressed.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Skully rummages around inside his body and tosses out a StockFemurBone, even though his legs are untouched.
%%* '''Played for Drama''': The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.
* '''Played for Horror''': Skully still has bits of flesh on him. BodyHorror ensues as he viscerally pulls off a bloodied bone from his body and throws it at his next victim.
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* '''Straight''': [[DemBones Skully]] attacks by detaching one of his bones and throwing it at the enemy.
* '''Exaggerated''': Skully can throw his entire ribcage as an attack.
* '''Downplayed''': Skully can throw one of his very small ear bones.
* '''Justified''':
** Skully is a skeleton of an alien species with [[BizarreAlienBiology many more bones than usual,]] most of which are not essential, so he can afford to lose a few by attacking.
** Skully's bones are hard enough that, after the fight, he can simply pick them up and put them back in his body, so he won't ever run out.
* '''Inverted''': Skully [[HealThyself heals from an injury]] by pulling out one of a defeated RedShirt's bones and attaching it to himself.
* '''Subverted''': Skully pulls out one of his bones... only to simply [[BadWithTheBone run up to the opponent and whack them with it,]] instead of throwing it.
* '''Double Subverted''': Skully's foe tries to runs away, and he responds by tossing the bone at them.
* '''Parodied''': Skully pulls out a bone and prepares to throw it... but it turns out that he ''needed'' that bone to stay together, and collapses.
%%* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Skully fights the same way that all the other characters do, and never even considers throwing his own bones.
* '''Enforced''': Skully's [[MerchandiseDriven action figure]] has detachable bones, and the show needs to portray this in some way.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You think I can't get you from over here, eh? Well... I've got a ''bone'' to pick with you!"
* '''Invoked''': Before a fight, Skully is shown pulling at a few of his bones to loosen them, so he can pull them out and throw them if he's disarmed.
* '''Exploited''': Skully's opponent baits him into throwing his bones until he can't anymore and falls apart.
* '''Defied''': Skully's opponent [[StickySituation covers him with glue,]] preventing him from detaching and throwing his bones.
* '''Discussed''': "Skully is a dangerous fighter, and don't rest easy even if you disarm him; he'll throw his own bones at you to gain the upper hand."
* '''Conversed''': "Skully's been throwing his bones for half the episode, but he still looks the same. Where is he getting new ones from?"
* '''Implied''': Skully is shown in the BigBad's castle after a fight, and while he looks relatively unharmed, he's missing several bones.
%%* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in a way that shows various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems raised by the {{deconstruction}} dealt with or addressed.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Skully rummages around inside his body and tosses out a StockFemurBone, even though his legs are untouched.
%%* '''Played for Drama''': The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.
* '''Played for Horror''': Skully still has bits of flesh on him. BodyHorror ensues as he viscerally pulls off a bloodied bone from his body and throws it at his next victim.
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Return to BallisticBone
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