List of sentient skeletons
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This is a list of characters that are skeletons.
Introduced in the 1920s
- The dancing skeletons (Disney's The Skeleton Dance from the Silly Symphonies)
Introduced in the 1960s
- Horned King (The Chronicles of Prydain book series and the Disney film The Black Cauldron)
Introduced in the 1970s
- Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
Introduced in the 1980s
- Death (Discworld)
- Dry Bones (Mario)
- Skeletor (Masters of the Universe)
- Skeleton (Dragon Quest video games)
Introduced in the 1990s
- Horrorman (Anpanman)
- Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
- Manuel "Manny" Calavera (Grim Fandango)
- Mr. Skeltal / Skull Trumpet (internet meme)
- Skeleton T (Puyo Puyo)
- SkullGreymon (Digimon)
- Skull Knight (Berserk)
- Skull Servant and Summoned Skull (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Skully Pettibone (Scary Godmother)
Introduced in the 2000s
- Baraggan Louisenbairn becomes a skeleton when using the Arrogante power; he was also shown as a skeleton in the backstory (Bleach)
- Brook (One Piece)
- Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
Introduced in the 2010s
- Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord books, manga, and anime)
- Héctor, Imelda, and Ernesto de la Cruz (Coco)
- Lewis Pepper (Mystery Skulls)
- Lord Hater (Wander Over Yonder)
- Manolo Sánchez (The Book of Life)
- Sans and Papyrus (Undertale)
- Skeleton (Minecraft)
Introduced in the 2010s
- Skelly (Hades)
- Skully and Elzedon (Skelattack)