Board 8 > Best of the Trope Season 2: Day 196 - Dem Bones

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GavsEvans123 07/04/19 5:29:59 PM #1:	Hello everyone, and welcome back to Best of the Trope! Here are the rules. Each day, I will post a trope from TV Tropes, and each poster can name up to three examples of that trope. Whichever nomination gets the most mentions wins! Posters may also name as many Honourable Mentions as they like, but they are purely optional and will not count towards the running score. You may look at the TV Tropes page for that day's trope for examples, but you do not have to pick all your examples from the page. You can nominate whatever examples you like, as long as they qualify for the trope. Each trope will last around 24 hours before the next one goes up. Posters may also nominate any tropes they wish to see come up during the series. This is optional, and you don't have to do it every day, or at all. Tropes will be randomly selected from the list each day, except for some occasions where I will pick a thematically appropriate trope that may or may not be on the list. Here's the list of previous tropes, so if you wish to nominate some tropes, check on here that it wasn't previously done. http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_the_Trope Trope list: Game-Breaker Storming the Castle Mentor Occupational Hazard Acrofatic Fat B**** Names to Run Away From Really Fast Fluffy the Terrible Deathbringer the Adorable BFS Torch the Franchise and Run Trash the Set Grand Finale <cite>GavsEvans123 posted [p:924248967] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Hello everyone, and welcome back to Best of the Trope! Here are the rules. Each day, I will post a trope from TV Tropes, and each poster can name up to three examples of that trope. Whichever nomination gets the most mentions wins! Posters may also name as many Honourable Mentions as they like, but they are purely optional and will not count towards the running score. You may look at the TV Tropes page for that day's trope for examples, but you do not have to pick all your examples from the page. You can nominate whatever examples you like, as long as they qualify for the trope. Each trope will last around 24 hours before the next one goes up. Posters may also nominate any tropes they wish to see come up during the series. This is optional, and you don't have to do it every day, or at all. Tropes will be randomly selected from the list each day, except for some occasions where I will pick a thematically appropriate trope that may or may not be on the list. Here's the list of previous tropes, so if you wish to nominate some tropes, check on here that it wasn't previously done. http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_the_Trope Trope list: Game-Breaker Storming the Castle Mentor Occupational Hazard Acrofatic Fat B**** Names to Run Away From Really Fast Fluffy the Terrible Deathbringer the Adorable BFS Torch the Franchise and Run Trash the Set Grand Finale</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GavsEvans123 07/04/19 5:31:18 PM #2:	The winners of yesterday's trope, Magic Knight, were Geralt (The Witcher), Bayonetta, Booker Dewitt (Bioshock Infinite) and Jedi (Star Wars), who got 2 votes each. Previous Winners: Day 161 Onwards Stone Wall - Shuckle (Pokemon) One Scene Wonder - The Black Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) Magikarp Power - Magikarp (Pokemon) / Pawn (Chess) Joke Character - Pichu (Super Smash Bros Melee) / Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter) Lethal Joke Character - L-Block (GameFAQs Contests) Stupid Statement Dance Mix - They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard / All Your Base Giant Space Flea from Nowhere - Necron (Final Fantasy IX) Roaring Rampage of Revenge - The Punisher (Marvel Comics) / John Wick / The Bride (Kill Bill) Glass Cannon (Redux) - Tracer (Overwatch) / Hypno Disc (Robot Wars) / Nightmare (Battlebots) Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome - Marie (The Bourne Supremacy) Even the Girls Want Her - Lana Kane (Archer) Even the Guys Want Him - Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) / Big Boss (Metal Gear Solid) Mighty Glacier - Tohru (Jackie Chan Adventures) Breather Boss - Morpha (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) / Gi Nattak (Final Fantasy VII) Big Bad Friend - Big Smoke (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) Launcher of a Thousand Ships - Nightwing (DC Comics) Evil Cripple - Mr. Glass (Unbreakable) Breather Level - 100 Acre Wood (Kingdom Hearts) Beef Gate - Automatic 4-Star Wanted Level (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) One True Love - Buttercup and Westley (The Princess Bride) / Shrek and Fiona (Shrek) Cliffhanger - The Snap (Avengers: Infinity War) Anti-Climax Boss - Yu Yevon (Final Fantasy X) Lights Off, Somebody Dies - Devil / Anthology of Interest (Futurama) / And Then There Was Shawn (Boy Meets World) Broken Base - Sub VS Dub (Anime) / Original VS Reboot (Devil May Cry) / Country VS Pop (Taylor Swift) / Casual VS Competitive (Super Smash Bros) / Genwunners (Pokemon) Difficult But Awesome - Ana (Overwatch) Disc One Nuke - Hawlucha (Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon) Lampshade Hanging - How did Yzma and Kronk get there first? (The Emperor's New Groove) Tier Induced Scrappy - Meta Knight (Super Smash Bros Brawl) Squishy Wizard - Alakazam (Pokemon) Clipped Wing Angel - Genie Jafar (Aladdin) Cruel and Unusual Death - Executions (Danganronpa) That One Level - Escape from the Water Slums (Jak II) / Water Temple (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence - Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) The Reason You Suck Speech - Quagmire to Brian (Family Guy) <cite>GavsEvans123 posted [p:924249008] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>The winners of yesterday's trope, Magic Knight, were Geralt (The Witcher), Bayonetta, Booker Dewitt (Bioshock Infinite) and Jedi (Star Wars), who got 2 votes each. Previous Winners: Day 161 Onwards Stone Wall - Shuckle (Pokemon) One Scene Wonder - The Black Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) Magikarp Power - Magikarp (Pokemon) / Pawn (Chess) Joke Character - Pichu (Super Smash Bros Melee) / Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter) Lethal Joke Character - L-Block (GameFAQs Contests) Stupid Statement Dance Mix - They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard / All Your Base Giant Space Flea from Nowhere - Necron (Final Fantasy IX) Roaring Rampage of Revenge - The Punisher (Marvel Comics) / John Wick / The Bride (Kill Bill) Glass Cannon (Redux) - Tracer (Overwatch) / Hypno Disc (Robot Wars) / Nightmare (Battlebots) Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome - Marie (The Bourne Supremacy) Even the Girls Want Her - Lana Kane (Archer) Even the Guys Want Him - Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) / Big Boss (Metal Gear Solid) Mighty Glacier - Tohru (Jackie Chan Adventures) Breather Boss - Morpha (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) / Gi Nattak (Final Fantasy VII) Big Bad Friend - Big Smoke (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) Launcher of a Thousand Ships - Nightwing (DC Comics) Evil Cripple - Mr. Glass (Unbreakable) Breather Level - 100 Acre Wood (Kingdom Hearts) Beef Gate - Automatic 4-Star Wanted Level (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) One True Love - Buttercup and Westley (The Princess Bride) / Shrek and Fiona (Shrek) Cliffhanger - The Snap (Avengers: Infinity War) Anti-Climax Boss - Yu Yevon (Final Fantasy X) Lights Off, Somebody Dies - Devil / Anthology of Interest (Futurama) / And Then There Was Shawn (Boy Meets World) Broken Base - Sub VS Dub (Anime) / Original VS Reboot (Devil May Cry) / Country VS Pop (Taylor Swift) / Casual VS Competitive (Super Smash Bros) / Genwunners (Pokemon) Difficult But Awesome - Ana (Overwatch) Disc One Nuke - Hawlucha (Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon) Lampshade Hanging - How did Yzma and Kronk get there first? (The Emperor's New Groove) Tier Induced Scrappy - Meta Knight (Super Smash Bros Brawl) Squishy Wizard - Alakazam (Pokemon) Clipped Wing Angel - Genie Jafar (Aladdin) Cruel and Unusual Death - Executions (Danganronpa) That One Level - Escape from the Water Slums (Jak II) / Water Temple (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence - Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) The Reason You Suck Speech - Quagmire to Brian (Family Guy)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GavsEvans123 07/04/19 5:33:42 PM #3:	Today's trope is Dem Bones. Here is the link: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DemBones Animate beings constructed from ossific material in their entirety are a very common form of The Undead in video games, but much rarer in other media, to the point where, as an object of fear, they have become slightly camp. They're cousins to the Zombie in spirit, but remain explicitly separated in the public consciousness by the lack of muscles and other juicy bits. A likely explanation for their ability to see and hear and indeed their status as Perpetual Motion Monsters is a necromancer used Functional Magic to raise and operate them. Thus, these creatures are firmly inhabitants of Fantasy works. You might know them as skeletons. We call 'em "Dem Bones". There are human, non-human, and weirder variants, and in 99% of their appearances, they're enemy Mooks. Their prevalence in RPGs is owed to Dungeons & Dragons, which established them as the slaves of necromancers. When they aren't Mooks, they're usually liches, which are much nastier, because they tend to be powerful mages. Skeletal spellcasters who are not liches are rare, but not nonexistent. Often enough, Dem Bones are reused in the same game la Underground Monkey. Expect, in the spirit of a Zombie Minotaur, to find double-category monsters, like a skeletal mammoth or dragon. Many games have even tougher skeletons that are colored red. This could be because the red ones are a little more skilled and covered in the blood of hapless adventurers who couldn't best them. A prominent variation is a being composed of just a skull without a body. In this case, their ability to attack may be a simple bite, or through magic spells. They may or may not also have the power to defy gravity to compensate for the lack of legs. As trope examples indicate, there are a noticeably greater number of friendly talking skulls compared to the rare friendly skeleton. TL,DR: Living skeletons. Nominations: Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) Sir Daniel Fortesque (Medievil) T.Rex Skeleton (Night at the Museum) <cite>GavsEvans123 posted [p:924249086] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Today's trope is Dem Bones. Here is the link: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DemBones Animate beings constructed from ossific material in their entirety are a very common form of The Undead in video games, but much rarer in other media, to the point where, as an object of fear, they have become slightly camp. They're cousins to the Zombie in spirit, but remain explicitly separated in the public consciousness by the lack of muscles and other juicy bits. A likely explanation for their ability to see and hear and indeed their status as Perpetual Motion Monsters is a necromancer used Functional Magic to raise and operate them. Thus, these creatures are firmly inhabitants of Fantasy works. You might know them as skeletons. We call 'em "Dem Bones". There are human, non-human, and weirder variants, and in 99% of their appearances, they're enemy Mooks. Their prevalence in RPGs is owed to Dungeons & Dragons, which established them as the slaves of necromancers. When they aren't Mooks, they're usually liches, which are much nastier, because they tend to be powerful mages. Skeletal spellcasters who are not liches are rare, but not nonexistent. Often enough, Dem Bones are reused in the same game la Underground Monkey. Expect, in the spirit of a Zombie Minotaur, to find double-category monsters, like a skeletal mammoth or dragon. Many games have even tougher skeletons that are colored red. This could be because the red ones are a little more skilled and covered in the blood of hapless adventurers who couldn't best them. A prominent variation is a being composed of just a skull without a body. In this case, their ability to attack may be a simple bite, or through magic spells. They may or may not also have the power to defy gravity to compensate for the lack of legs. As trope examples indicate, there are a noticeably greater number of friendly talking skulls compared to the rare friendly skeleton. TL,DR: Living skeletons. Nominations: Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) Sir Daniel Fortesque (Medievil) T.Rex Skeleton (Night at the Museum)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GavsEvans123 07/04/19 5:35:08 PM #4:	Because it had to be done! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1dSY6ZuXEY" data-time=" <cite>GavsEvans123 posted [p:924249146] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Because it had to be done! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1dSY6ZuXEY" data-time="</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hombad46 07/04/19 5:37:01 PM #5:	Brook (One Piece) --- "That's Engarde hairflip metal detector tier btw" -XIII_rocks <cite>hombad46 posted [p:924249210] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Brook (One Piece)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555 07/04/19 5:49:36 PM #6:	Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) Sir Daniel Fortesque (Medievil) Director Bones (DC Comics) --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:924249664] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) Sir Daniel Fortesque (Medievil) Director Bones (DC Comics)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Underleveled 07/04/19 5:55:41 PM #7:	Jack Skellington Dry Bones (Mario) --- darkx Score: There goes bracket <cite>Underleveled posted [p:924249903] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Jack Skellington Dry Bones (Mario)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GavsEvans123 07/05/19 2:58:13 AM #8:	Rankings so far: Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) - 3 votes Sir Daniel Fortesque (Medievil) - 2 votes T.Rex Skeleton (Night at the Museum) Brook (One Piece) Director Bones (DC Comics) Dry Bones (Mario) <cite>GavsEvans123 posted [p:924266796] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Rankings so far: Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) - 3 votes Sir Daniel Fortesque (Medievil) - 2 votes T.Rex Skeleton (Night at the Museum) Brook (One Piece) Director Bones (DC Comics) Dry Bones (Mario)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_SecretSquirrel 07/05/19 3:41:47 AM #9:	La Parka/LA Park (Pro Wrestling) Jack Skellington Dry Bones (Mario) --- Agent Triple Zero at your service! This line reserved for the true greatone, Advokaiser, the 2018 Guru Contest winner. <cite>_SecretSquirrel posted [p:924267460] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>La Parka/LA Park (Pro Wrestling) Jack Skellington Dry Bones (Mario)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hylianknight3 07/05/19 4:25:26 AM #10:	Stalfos (The Legend of Zelda) Dry Bones (Mario) Mr. Skullhead (Tiny Toons / Animaniacs) Honorable Mention: Gruntilda (Banjo-Tooie) --- Kampfmaschine Advokaiser punched my lights out in the 2018 Guru. My bracket was soft... just like my heart! <cite>hylianknight3 posted [p:924268102] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Stalfos (The Legend of Zelda) Dry Bones (Mario) Mr. Skullhead (Tiny Toons / Animaniacs) Honorable Mention: Gruntilda (Banjo-Tooie)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
5tarscream 07/05/19 5:43:25 AM #11:	The skeletons (Jason and the Argonauts) Jack Skellington Sir Daniel <cite>5tarscream posted [p:924269132] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>The skeletons (Jason and the Argonauts) Jack Skellington Sir Daniel</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Underleveled 07/05/19 6:16:17 AM #12:	Grunty --- darkx Score: There goes bracket <cite>Underleveled posted [p:924269525] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Grunty</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XIII_rocks 07/05/19 6:24:04 AM #13:	Snake5555555555 posted... Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) --- Not to be confused with XIII_Stones. <cite>XIII_rocks posted [p:924269630] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote><cite>Snake5555555555 posted...</cite> <quote>Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hylianknight3 07/05/19 6:50:30 AM #14:	Switch my vote from Mr. Skullhead to Gruntilda --- Kampfmaschine Advokaiser punched my lights out in the 2018 Guru. My bracket was soft... just like my heart! <cite>hylianknight3 posted [p:924269972] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Switch my vote from Mr. Skullhead to Gruntilda</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AvaGames 07/05/19 10:43:39 AM #15:	Sans (Undertale) --- Board of Boredom, where you will get not bored. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1447-board-of-boredom <cite>AvaGames posted [p:924275114] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Sans (Undertale)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DeathChicken 07/05/19 10:45:02 AM #16:	Mr. Skullhead (Animaniacs) --- We are thought, and reality, and concept, and the unimaginable <cite>DeathChicken posted [p:924275168] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote>Mr. Skullhead (Animaniacs)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cavedweller2000 07/05/19 12:31:39 PM #17:	5tarscream posted... The skeletons (Jason and the Argonauts) Came in to say this --- Well done to Advokaiser for finishing 104 places above me in the 2018 CBX Guru Contest! <cite>Cavedweller2000 posted [p:924279163] in Best of th... [t:77840689]...</cite> <quote><cite>5tarscream posted...</cite> <quote>The skeletons (Jason and the Argonauts)</quote> Came in to say this</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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