# And we shall feast on the bones of Pikachu!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 7, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-we-shall-feast-on-the-bones-of-pikachu/278644 "2004-12-07T23:34:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-we-shall-feast-on-the-bones-of-pikachu/278644/1 "2004-12-07T23:34:57Z")

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Not sure if this is making the rounds or not, but it’s pretty damn cool:

[Cartoon Skeletons](http://michaelpaulus.com/gallery/character-Skeletons)

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-we-shall-feast-on-the-bones-of-pikachu/278644/2 "2004-12-07T23:42:34Z")

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Absolutely brilliant. That’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in months.

I must have some of these.

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**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-we-shall-feast-on-the-bones-of-pikachu/278644/3 "2004-12-07T23:55:13Z")

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Huh. So Shmoo has bones. Who knew?

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-we-shall-feast-on-the-bones-of-pikachu/278644/4 "2004-12-08T00:58:17Z")

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Definitely submit that to Weird Earls.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-we-shall-feast-on-the-bones-of-pikachu/278644/5 "2004-12-08T01:41:36Z")

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Excellent! I’ve been looking for a new wallpaper for my desktop…

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-we-shall-feast-on-the-bones-of-pikachu/278644/6 "2004-12-08T03:05:47Z")

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In animation school, we had to draw the skeletons of the characters we were animating so that the bodies would move and work properly (keep their limb lengths and internal volumes consistent for example).

It’s neat to see someone run with the idea. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-we-shall-feast-on-the-bones-of-pikachu/278644/7 "2004-12-08T04:08:13Z")

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Wasn’t there a similar piece in _MAD_ in the '60s or so? I think this one is better-rendered, though.