Skeleton Physiology

Skeleton Physiology
Brook (One Piece), the Gentleman Skeleton
Power/Ability to:	Become a skeletal being.

"A walking skeleton, the basic frame of the human body, can inspire more fear in the common man than an excessively armed soldier or knight."

― Jacob Deegan, Dominic Deegan

"I am just dead and bones only Brook!! It's a Pleasure!!!"

― Brook to the Straw Hat Pirates (One Piece)

The power to take the form of a living skeleton. Variation of Undead Physiology. Not to be confused with Bone Mimicry.

Also Called

• Skeletal Physiology
• Skeleton Mimicry

Capabilities

The user with this ability either is or can transform into a skeleton, a type of physically manifested undead often found in fantasy, horror fiction, and mythical art. Though most are human skeletons, they can also be from any creature or fantasy race found on Earth or in a fantasy world.

Users with this power lack physical weaknesses, such as pain, need to rest, vulnerability to environmental effects, etc. Biological functions available to the skeleton vary but most are gone, remaining such as sight, smell, hearing, and touch are done through mystical means even if they lack the necessary organs to do so.

Being only bones, they tend to be more fragile than other undead, but their relatively small body-mass may make actually hitting them a problem. They are often fast and agile, which is justified by their low weight. Most are mindless and rather low-level opponents, but others are not only sentient but very powerful indeed.

Applications

• Apathy
• Decelerated Aging/Semi-Immortality/Immortality
• Defunct Physiology
• Environmental Adaptation
• Muscleless Body

Variations

• Anatomical Liberation
  • Head Liberation
  • Head Reattachment
  • Limb Reattachment
• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Dexterity
• Enhanced Speed
• Fear Inducement

Types of Skeletons

• Gashadokuro Physiology
• Skeleton Dragon Physiology

Associations

• Bone Manipulation
  • Fossil Manipulation
  • Osteokinetic Creature Creation
• Day of the Dead Entity Physiology
• Grim Reaper Physiology
• Hone-Onna Physiology
• Necromancy
• Undead Physiology

Limitations

• May be difficult, or impossible to revert back to a normal form.
• Blunt attacks may be particularly damaging.
• Bone Manipulation, Dark Arts, Necromancy and other forms of Magic may be used to control the user.
• May lack any regenerative functions and thus must rely on grave robbing and skeleton scavenging for bone replacement.

Known Users

See Also: Dem Bones.

Mythology/Folklore

• The Grim Reaper (European Folklore)
• Gashadokuro (Japanese Mythology/Folklore)
• Calaca (Mexican Folklore)
• Skeletons (Mythology/Folklore)

Movies

• Rexxy (Night at the Museum)
• El Diablo (Suicide Squad)
• Yorick (Monster Mash)

Literature

• Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant)

Cartoons

• The Lich (Adventure Time)
• Kevin (The Baskervilles)
• Calaca (The Book of Life)
• Mickey and Monaco (Casper's Scare School)
• Skeletons (Coco)
• Jango of the Dead (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
• Sartana of the Dead (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
• Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
• Skelator (He-Man)
• Skelita Calaveras (Monster High)
• Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
• A Real Magic Skeleton (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
• Skull Boy (Ruby Gloom)
• The Skele-Tunes (Ruby Gloom)
• Homer Simpson (The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror)
• Dancing Skeletons (The Skeleton Dance)
• Skeleton Warriors (Skeleton Warriors)
• Multi-Farious (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
• Senor Hueso (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Comics

• El Diablo (Marvel Comics)
• Ghost Riders (Marvel Comics)
• Skinner (Marvel Comics)
• Xygon (The Order of the Stick)
• Jon Webb (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose); temporary

Manga/Anime

• Baraggan Louisenbairn (Bleach)
• SkullGreymon (Digimon)
• SkullSatamon (Digimon)
• Klodoa (Fairy Tail)
• Bone/Skeleton Tribe (Kou 1 Desu Ga Isekai De Joushu Hajimemashita); they are considered as living beings instead of undead
• Morborgran (Mahou Sensei Negima!)
• Guardian ÄRM, X (Zehn) (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Skeleton (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
• Brook (One Piece)
• Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
• 20-Ton Calcium Giant (Shaman King)

Tabletop Games

• Skeletons (RPGs)

Video Games

• Limbos (Banjo-Kazooie)
• Bone Eels (Blood)
• Skeletons (Castlevania)
• Skeletons (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
• Skeletons (Dark Souls series)
  • Bonewheel Skeletons/Skeleton Wheels (Dark Souls series)
  • Baby Skeletons (Dark Souls)
  • Giant Skeletons (Dark Souls)
  • Skeletal Beasts (Dark Souls)
  • Skeleton Swordsmen (Dark Souls III)
• Gravelord Nito (Dark Souls)
• Vamos (Dark Souls)
• Skeleton Lords (Dark Souls II)
• High Lord Wolnir (Dark Souls III)
• Bone Arbalist (Darkest Dungeon)
• Bone Bearer (Darkest Dungeon)
• Bone Captain (Darkest Dungeon)
• Bone Courtier (Darkest Dungeon)
• Bone Defender (Darkest Dungeon)
• Bone Rabble (Darkest Dungeon)
• Bone Soldier (Darkest Dungeon)
• Bone Spearman (Darkest Dungeon)
• King Leoric/The Skeleton King (Diablo)
• Skeletons (Diablo)
• Skeletons (The Elder Scrolls)
• Cursed Remains (God of War)
• Spinal (Killer Instinct)
• Stalfos (The Legend of Zelda)
• Stalmaster (The Legend of Zelda)
• Sir Daniel Fortesque (MediEvil)
• Skeletons (Realms of the Haunting)
• Boneclangs (Shovel Knight)
• Super Skeletons (Shovel Knight)
• Red (Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment)
• Scarlet (Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment)
• Bone Chompy (Skylanders)
• Chop Chop (Skylanders)
• Fiesta (Skylanders)
• Funny Bone (Skylanders)
• Bony Beetles (Super Mario)
• Dry Bones (Super Mario)
• Dry Bowser (Super Mario)
• Fish Bones (Super Mario)
• Kingfin (Super Mario Galaxy)
• Skeletons (Team Fortress 2)
• Skeletron (Terraria)
• Skeleton Merchant (Terraria)
• Papyrus (Undertale)
• Sans (Undertale)
• Skeletons (Veil of Darkness)
• Dazzabel (Yo-kai Watch)
• Gutsy Bones (Yo-kai Watch)
• Gustaf (Yo-kai Watch)
• Nummskull (Yo-kai Watch)
• Rattelle (Yo-kai Watch)
• Skelebella (Yo-kai Watch)

Web Original

• SCP-060-Alpha - Infernal Occult Skeleton (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-250 - Most of an Allosaurus (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1120 - Freeze Tag (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1382-3 - Save Our Souls (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2863 - がしゃどくろ (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-3114 - Wouldn't it be Chilly? (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-3477-8 - Will the Real Harold Holt Please Stand Up? (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-3637 - Many Waters Cannot Quench Love, Nor Can The Floods Drown It (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-3988 - Napoleon Bonyparts, Superstar Skeleton (SCP Foundation)

Other

• Ronnie the Skeleton (The Irate Gamer)
• Deadwest (Screaming Soup)
• Long Horse (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
• Skeleton-themed villains (Power Rangers series)

Gallery

Baraggan Lousenbairn (Bleach), the former ruler of Hueco Mundo.

Souls that go to the Land of the Remembered appear as Calaca (The Book of Life) bearing skeletal anatomies with markings along with their bodies that reflect the festive nature of the world.

Skeletons (Coco)

Gravelord Nito (Dark Souls) is made out of many skeletons.

Death (Discworld)

Ghost Rider (Ghost Rider)

Gashadokuro (Japanese Mythology/Folklore)

Spinal (Killer Instinct)

Stalfos (The Legend of Zelda)

Stalmaster (The Legend of Zelda)

Guardian ÄRM, X (Zehn) (Marchen Awakens Romance) takes the form of a skeletal hooded phantom.

Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)

Skinner's (Marvel Comics) true form.

When people die, their souls become Calaca, (Mexican Folklore) skeletal beings that return to the land of the living on the Day of the Dead to celebrate with their still-living loved ones.

Skelita Calaveras (Monster High)

The Skeleton (Monster Girl Encyclopedia) are curious and rather docile lovers with bodies surprisingly soft for such brittle structures.

Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)

Skull Boy (Ruby Gloom)

Funny Bone (Skylanders Trap Team)

Bone Chompy (Skylanders Trap Team)

Dry Bowser (Super Mario)

Sans (Undertale)

Senor Hueso (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is a skeleton who works as a manager for Run of the Mill Pizza

SkullGreymon (Digimon)

SkullSatamon (Digimon)

Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)