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* DarkIsNotEvil: These skeletons look scary but they aren't truly evil -- one of them is even frightened by an owl. .

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* DarkIsNotEvil: These skeletons look scary but they aren't truly evil -- one of them is even frightened by an owl. .


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* DigitalDestruction: The Disney+ version has the opening and ending titles muted and replaced with still frames.
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* ButtMonkey: The owl seen at the beginning. He gets first frigthened by a tree branch who looks like a monstruos skeletal hand and then the first skeleton throws his own skull at him for having it scared.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: These skeletons look scary but they aren't truly evil -- one of them is even frightened by an owl.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: These skeletons look scary but they aren't truly evil -- one of them is even frightened by an owl. .
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Per wick cleanup.


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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Part of Carl Stalling's music is based on the staple ''Danse Macabre'' music cue and Edvard Grieg's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2zj9oMgFmg March of the Dwarfs]]." The rest of it, such as the part where the Skeletons dance together, is custom made music composed by Stalling himself.

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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Part of Carl Stalling's music is based on the staple ''Danse Macabre'' music cue and Edvard Grieg's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2zj9oMgFmg com/watch?v=ALCpt_ScLl0 March of the Dwarfs]]." The rest of it, such as the part where the Skeletons dance together, is custom made music composed by Stalling himself.
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The film would be remade in color by Iwerks for Creator/ColumbiaCartoons in 1937 as "Skeleton Frolic." Though not a ShotForShotRemake, as several new gags are incorporated and the character design is made considerably less creepy (not to mention the toon's entirely new soundtrack), the general structure is the same and much of the original animation is closely imitated.

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The film would be remade in color by Iwerks for Creator/ColumbiaCartoons in 1937 as "Skeleton Frolic." Frolic". Though not a ShotForShotRemake, as several new gags are incorporated and the character design is made considerably less creepy (not to mention the toon's entirely new soundtrack), the general structure is the same and much of the original animation is closely imitated.
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* WalkingOssuary: PlayedForLaughs at the end. When dawn breaks, the skeletons scramble for cover and crash into each other, falling into a pile of bones. They reassemble as a large, multi-headed, multi-limbed skeleton that jumps into an open grave.
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* XylophonesForWalkingBones: The skeletons dance to March of the Dwarfs by Edvard Grieg, which features xylophone in some parts. As seen in the trope's page image, one skeleton even uses another's vertebrae as a xylophone!

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* XylophonesForWalkingBones: The skeletons dance to March of the Dwarfs by Edvard Grieg, which features xylophone in some parts. As seen in the trope's page image, one One skeleton even uses another's vertebrae as a xylophone!
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* DemBones

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* DemBonesDemBones: The main characters are 4 dancing, living skeletons.



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MickeyMousing: The music changes as the short progresses; in the beginning, it is relatively minimalistic as nothing much is happening. The music slowly picks up when the skeletons appear, and then jumps into a dance tune as they well, dance. As their dance moves become more varied, exploiting their skeletal bodies to do many different things, the music changes key and becomes more intense. Finally, as the morning comes, the music becomes fast-paced as the skeletons rush back in their grave.
* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoonMimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: The only sounds in the animation are the background music and sound effects.
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The first of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts series ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'', "The Skeleton Dance", first appearing in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1929]], --is certainly one of the earliest of the macabre type of toon. Did we mention it's also very catchy? It is noteworthy for being one of the earliest, if not the first, cartoon to be [[MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon entirely musically themed and timed, with no dialogue whatsoever.]]

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The first of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts series ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'', "The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOGhAV-84iI The Skeleton Dance", Dance]]", first appearing in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1929]], --is certainly one of the earliest of the macabre type of toon. Did we mention it's also very catchy? It is noteworthy for being one of the earliest, if not the first, cartoon to be [[MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon entirely musically themed and timed, with no dialogue whatsoever.]]


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* StandardSnippet: "Mysterioso Pizzicato" is [[MickeyMousing synced up to the footsteps]] of a skeleton (later multiple skeletons) tiptoeing through the graveyard.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the remake, there's a scene in which one skeleton gives another double middle fingers... three or four times.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the remake, there's a scene in which one skeleton gives another double middle fingers... three or four times.future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* BodyHorror: A case where this happens with just bones: in their hurry to make it back into their graves at sunrise, the skeletons collide and morph together in a bizarre multi-limbed composite thing.

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* BodyHorror: A case where this happens with just bones: in their hurry to make it back into their graves at sunrise, the skeletons collide and morph together in a bizarre multi-limbed horse-like composite thing.
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* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: One of the skeletons throws its skull at an owl and another pulls a stray cat by the tail so it can play said tail like a violin.
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* OhCrap: When the rooster crows, thus signifying that morning is coming, the skeletons freak out and rush back to their graves in a panic.
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* JerkAss: [[DarkIsNotEvil They may not be evil]] but a few of them are pretty mean. One throws its head at an owl that spooked it and another captures a stray cat and plays its tail like a violin.

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* JerkAss: [[DarkIsNotEvil They may not be evil]] evil]], but a few of them are pretty mean. One throws its head at an owl that spooked it and another captures a stray cat and plays its tail like a violin.



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Losing loose.


* InstantlyDefeatheredBird: One skeleton throws his head at the owl that spooked him. The impact causes the owl to loose all his feathers, except the ones on his head.

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* InstantlyDefeatheredBird: One skeleton throws his head at the owl that spooked him. The impact causes the owl to loose lose all his feathers, except the ones on his head.
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* InstantlyDefeatheredBird: One skeleton throws his head at the owl that spooked him. The impact causes the owl to loose all his feathers, except the ones on his head.
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: After scaring the cats, one skeleton makes a [[YouHaveBeenWarned skull and crossbones icon]] using his body while repeatedly biting the air, and then LEAPS AT THE CAMERA AND [[EatTheCamera EATS IT.]]

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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: After scaring the cats, one skeleton makes a [[YouHaveBeenWarned skull and crossbones icon]] icon using his body while repeatedly biting the air, and then LEAPS AT THE CAMERA AND [[EatTheCamera EATS IT.]]
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: After scaring the literal fur off of the cats, one skeleton makes a skull and crossbones icon using his body while repeatedly biting the air, and then LEAPS AT THE CAMERA AND [[EatTheCamera EATS IT.]]

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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: After scaring the literal fur off of the cats, one skeleton makes a [[YouHaveBeenWarned skull and crossbones icon icon]] using his body while repeatedly biting the air, and then LEAPS AT THE CAMERA AND [[EatTheCamera EATS IT.]]
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: After scaring the literal fur off of the cats, one skeleton makes a skull and crossbones icon using his body while repeatedly biting the air, and then LEAPS AT THE CAMERA AND [[EatTheCamera EATS IT.]]
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The first of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts series ''SillySymphonies'', "The Skeleton Dance", first appearing in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1929]], --is certainly one of the earliest of the macabre type of toon. Did we mention it's also very catchy? It is noteworthy for being one of the earliest, if not the first, cartoon to be [[MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon entirely musically themed and timed, with no dialogue whatsoever.]]

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The first of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts series ''SillySymphonies'', ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'', "The Skeleton Dance", first appearing in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1929]], --is certainly one of the earliest of the macabre type of toon. Did we mention it's also very catchy? It is noteworthy for being one of the earliest, if not the first, cartoon to be [[MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon entirely musically themed and timed, with no dialogue whatsoever.]]
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* OurMonstersAreWeird: At the end, the skeletons accidentally combine into a bizarre, Cyriak-esque bone creature with four heads stacked on top of each other.

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* OurMonstersAreWeird: At the end, the skeletons accidentally combine into a bizarre, Cyriak-esque WebAnimation/{{Cyriak}}-esque bone creature with four heads stacked on top of each other.

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