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The Skeleton Dance

133 statements
25 feature instances
12 referencing feature instances

The Skeleton Dance	type	TVTItem
The Skeleton Dance	label	The Skeleton Dance
The Skeleton Dance	page	TheSkeletonDance
The Skeleton Dance	comment	The first of the Classic Disney Shorts series Silly Symphonies, "The Skeleton Dance", first appearing in 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 entirely musically themed and timed, with no dialogue whatsoever.While many theaters refused to show it in its heyday, the short ultimately paved the way for future hits in the series, and the cartoon still holds up to this day. The animation was almost entirely done by Disney's then-right hand man Ub Iwerks, save for the xylophone bone bit that was done by Les Clark, as well as the Rooster that was animated by Wilfred Jackson, with the music composed by Carl Stalling (who suggested the idea of a fully musical cartoon to Walt) who would go on to compose for Iwerks in his own studio, and later on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of shorts.The film would be remade in color by Iwerks for Columbia Cartoons in 1937 as "Skeleton Frolic". Though not a Shot for Shot Remake, 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.Compare to the 1930 Talkartoons short "Swing, You Sinners!", which is somewhat similar (albeit much more swingin' and crazy) in tone.
The Skeleton Dance	fetched	2023-05-08T05:58:51Z
The Skeleton Dance	parsed	2023-05-08T05:58:51Z
The Skeleton Dance	isPartOf	DBTropes
The Skeleton Dance / int_3b2acc73	type	Rubber-Hose Limbs
The Skeleton Dance / int_3b2acc73	comment	Rubber-Hose Limbs: Even though they're bones. Rule of Funny and all that.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_504a1991	type	Body Horror
The Skeleton Dance / int_504a1991	comment	Body Horror: 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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The Skeleton Dance / int_56c7bece	type	Walking Ossuary
The Skeleton Dance / int_56c7bece	comment	Walking Ossuary: Played for Laughs 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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The Skeleton Dance / int_575fd5e2	type	Dark Is Not Evil
The Skeleton Dance / int_575fd5e2	comment	Dark Is Not Evil: These skeletons look scary but they aren't truly evil — one of them is even frightened by an owl.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_5f70322e	type	Public Domain Soundtrack
The Skeleton Dance / int_5f70322e	comment	Public Domain Soundtrack: Part of Carl Stalling's music is based on the staple Danse Macabre music cue and Edvard Grieg's "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 Skeleton Dance / int_688d3a5b	type	Mime and Music-Only Cartoon
The Skeleton Dance / int_688d3a5b	comment	Mime and Music-Only Cartoon: The only sounds in the animation are the background music and sound effects.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_78947751	type	Instantly Defeathered Bird
The Skeleton Dance / int_78947751	comment	Instantly Defeathered Bird: One skeleton throws his head at the owl that spooked him. The impact causes the owl to lose all his feathers, except the ones on his head.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_7a2d9301	type	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure
The Skeleton Dance / int_7a2d9301	comment	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: The short is based on the very real danse macabre in which people would dress as skeletons on a dark stage, making it seem as if actual skeletons were dancing.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_7ea2a915	type	Animation Bump
The Skeleton Dance / int_7ea2a915	comment	Animation Bump: Early on when the first Skeleton leaps at the "camera", and during the song when the teeth chattering skeleton zooms in at the camera.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_8409a385	type	Exactly What It Says on the Tin
The Skeleton Dance / int_8409a385	comment	Exactly What It Says on the Tin: It's a short about a bunch of skeletons who dance.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_93decddf	type	Ominous Owl
The Skeleton Dance / int_93decddf	comment	Ominous Owl: One of them frightens the first skeleton... so it throws its head at the bird, knocking off all its feathers.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_94b3e515	type	Cock-a-Doodle Dawn
The Skeleton Dance / int_94b3e515	comment	Cock-a-Doodle Dawn: A rooster crowing tells the skeletons that it's time to be back underground.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_a3f1531b	type	Standard Snippet
The Skeleton Dance / int_a3f1531b	comment	Standard Snippet: "Mysterioso Pizzicato" is synced up to the footsteps of a skeleton (later multiple skeletons) tiptoeing through the graveyard.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Skeleton Dance / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: 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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The Skeleton Dance / int_b0218885	type	Mickey Mousing
The Skeleton Dance / int_b0218885	comment	Mickey Mousing: 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.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_c04b1231	type	Jump Scare
The Skeleton Dance / int_c04b1231	comment	Jump Scare: Literally when the first skeleton jumps at the audience.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_c3f6e68	type	Dem Bones
The Skeleton Dance / int_c3f6e68	comment	Dem Bones: The main characters are 4 dancing, living skeletons.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_cc6cc811	type	Xylophones for Walking Bones
The Skeleton Dance / int_cc6cc811	comment	Xylophones for Walking Bones: The skeletons dance to March of the Dwarfs by Edvard Grieg, which features xylophone in some parts. One skeleton even uses another's vertebrae as a xylophone!
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The Skeleton Dance / int_d42fb539	type	Our Monsters Are Weird
The Skeleton Dance / int_d42fb539	comment	Our Monsters Are Weird: 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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The Skeleton Dance / int_d5f518d3	type	The Dead Can Dance
The Skeleton Dance / int_d5f518d3	comment	The Dead Can Dance: It's right there in the title.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_e01c3d03	type	Black Comedy Animal Cruelty
The Skeleton Dance / int_e01c3d03	comment	Black Comedy Animal Cruelty: 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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The Skeleton Dance / int_e0c470a1	type	The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You
The Skeleton Dance / int_e0c470a1	comment	The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: After scaring 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 EATS IT.
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The Skeleton Dance / int_eb8e4fa8	type	Jerkass
The Skeleton Dance / int_eb8e4fa8	comment	Jerkass: 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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The Skeleton Dance / int_ed8dd3af	type	Skeletal Musician
The Skeleton Dance / int_ed8dd3af	comment	Skeletal Musician: Using each other as instruments, even.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	Banned in China / int_53ea061
The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	Cock-a-Doodle Dawn / int_53ea061
The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	Eat the Camera / int_53ea061
The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	Friendly Skeleton / int_53ea061
The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	Instantly Defeathered Bird / int_53ea061
The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	Recycled Animation / int_53ea061
The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	Skeletal Musician / int_53ea061
The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	The Dead Can Dance / int_53ea061
The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	The Roaring '20s / int_53ea061
The Skeleton Dance	seeAlso	The Skeleton Dance
The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	Walking Ossuary / int_53ea061
The Skeleton Dance	hasFeature	Xylophones for Walking Bones / int_53ea061

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