The Skeleton

The Skeleton is a boss in item asylum. It is the boss of the map theskeleton.
==Origins==
The Skeleton holds many references in meme culture, more specifically, ones that involve the skeletal system in the human body and how it relates to popular culture.
The Skeleton's most fundamental origin is the meme THE SKELETON APPEARS. The Skeleton Appears is a bait and switch type meme depicting a model of the skull from the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim floating in a burning abyss with the song The Skull Gang from Kirby Mass Attack playing in the background.
The first use of the meme is on the 4th of November, 2021, where user @y2_kazoo posted an edit of an exploitable meme known as Joey's delayed reaction regarding big Twitter artists. The punchline is seen below and the entire box is filled with the meme.@y2_kazoo (4/11/2021) - Twitter, retrieved September 22nd, 2022. The meme gained over 5,700 retweets and 47,200 likes in a span of three months.
Another example can be found on the 9th of December, 2021 where gimmick account @ImagesKirby would post a video edit of the Mercy offers a hand meme depicting the user finding an answer from someone else who said the same thing four years ago, until switching to the meme, with a message saying "FUCK YOU STAR" at the end.@ImagesKirby (12/9/2021) - Twitter, retrieved September 22nd, 2022. The tweet would gain over 2,900 retweets and 14,200 likes over the course of two months.
The abilities of The Skeleton are also based on pre-existing media. Such as the rushdown attack, based on one of Eye of Cthulhu's attacks, who's ability presents a similar fashion.
Meanwhile, the "Fr??? revolver" and the motorbike are based on the video My Movie, incorporating themes that are very similar to the abilities presented. The video uses the beginning riff of the song Bad to The Bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers. In question, the video it self depicts a seemingly unfinished slideshow presenting pictures of custom installed shift knobs with skulls as the handles. The revolver is also a reference to the fr??? weapon as well as the meme it is based on.
==Overview==
The boss itself appears as a giant floating skull with glowing red eyes that emit orange fiery particles from their back. They wear a pair of sunglasses when riding their motorbike.
=== Maps ===
*Moonbase
*Deepforest
*Waterpark
*Baseplate
*Baseplate2021
*Rocketarena
*Rocketarena2023
*Islands
*Containers
*Spynappleisland
*Woodworks
*Tundra
*Crossroads
*Towny
*Construct
*Portland
*Happyhome
*Criticalstrike
*Hatsuneworld
==Gameplay==
Players will be teleported to a random pre-existing map that exists within the game rather then being redirected to a new map after the boss wins the vote. This can be any type of map such as FFA, TDM, ZS, MU, and GG, even in private servers. As such, the map will play normally as if there isn't a boss to fight, though players will not be able to damage each other. After approximately 10 seconds, the song for the map will slow down until fading out. Then, the introduction for the boss will appear with the text "THE SKELETON APPEARS" on the bottom right, whereupon the boss fight will begin.
==Abilities==
The Skeleton has a total of 3000 health, which scales up per player. Each of these attacks is done in a loop.
* ChargeThe skeleton will charge at any player and will do so five times. Each charge is indicated by a small spinning red-and-yellow crosshair that appears on the player that is being targeted. Getting hit deals a total of 35 damage points, ragdolls, and does decent knockback to the player for each charge.
* Fast ChargeStarting from Phase 2, the skeleton may occasionally have a higher pitched roar and charge faster, dealing 15 damage and only knocking players back slightly. These charges are indicated by a small spinning rainbow crosshair. During Phase 3, the skeleton will only use this attack, constantly charging at a fast pace.
*Fr??? revolverThe Skeleton will summon a revolver that shoots out floating skulls. Each shot travels at roughly 75 studs per second and plays the opening riff of Bad to the Bone. Getting hit by these skulls deals 35 damage each. It functions otherwise identically to the fr??? item that players get, including dealing 140 damage to the head and exploding their head if the victim dies. The Skeleton will shoot the revolver a total of five times. During Phase 2, the skeleton instead fires four times. This attack is not used in Phase 3.
*MotorbikeAdded once the fight reaches the second phase. The Skeleton will put on sunglasses and summon a motorcycle. It will then charge at players at high speed in a manner that is otherwise identical to the original charge attack, though the skeleton takes time to accelerate to top speed and to turn around. The motorbike is extremely noisy and plays honking sounds whenever a player is hit. Each charge deals 35 damage. This attack is not used in Phase 3.
== Perfect Run Strategy==
Of the many ranged weapons you can get, vampire knives is among the strongest due to their fast fire rate, multiple pellets per attack, and most especially, its lifesteal, with this, the Skeleton’s hurtbox is large enough for each one of the knives to attack the boss. If you don't manage to get lucky, weapons like blaster, pirate sidearm, kentucky, distressed red ball, or dinner blaster may be effective. Alternatively, high-damage weapons such as trench shotgun, airpod shotty, crossbow, lilynette, asteroid (Full Attack mode) or intervention can be used to shred the boss quickly, if you are able to avoid taking much damage. earth tome, while having good burst damage, can be a risk due to limited ammunition. On the contrary, it is best to avoid items with short range such as micheal p, ipod, and brimstone, or ranged items with long cooldowns like bible, Hitman, and Daratango influence. As these can make winning highly difficult. It is also a good idea to get speed items like cassiebucks coffee or sunshine in a bag to make dodging the skeleton more efficient. Especially in the bosses third phase.
It is recommended to have a large number of players attempt the Perfect Run. The Skeleton can only target one player at a time, leaving the rest of the players able to deal damage.
The following maps are instant losses when in, reroll for other maps when you are on one of these following maps:
*Moonbase, as one attack will ragdoll you for an ungodly amount of time, and there is very little space to fight.
*Deepforest, due to its density and fog.
*Waterpark, as it’s incredibly difficult to see attacks and is crowded with little to no space,
*Islands, due to its easy to fall and low space area,
* Rocketarena & Rocketarena2023, due to the lava and same reasons of Islands,
* Tundra, reasons are the same as Islands, Waterpark, and Deepforest.
*Criticalstrike, same reason with Islands, however The Skeleton can go through the walls and you can't hit them, as the map has large sides on it.
Do note that players do not have the option to pick which map to fight, as it will be picked randomly from a whitelist. As such, the players should be well aware on what map they are in. The boss can best be fought at a large, spaciously open location devoid of environmental hazards and other obstacles, such as ffa_baseplate2021. 
===Attack pattern ===
=====Phase 1: =====
Rushdown charge (random amount of times), Fr??? Revolver, repeat
=====Phase 2:=====
Motorbike (random amount of times), Rushdown charge (random amount of times), Fast charge (random amount of times), Rushdown charge (random amount of times), Fr??? Revolver, repeat
=====Phase 3:=====
Fast charge (infinitely)
=== Rushdown charge===
This attack is fairly simple to dodge, it is recommended to go left or right depending on where the skeleton itself is facing. This attack is the simplest of all,
===Fr??? Revolver===
This is one of the strongest attacks of the skeleton, due to its tendency to shoot in your direction and one-shotting capabilities. At all costs, do NOT get close to the Skeleton, as each of the bullets will guaranteed shoot you. Do not go in one direction or jump. What is recommended is to get as far away as you can. When far away enough, observe where the bullet is going and go to the opposite direction, try to not get overwhelmed. Please note that the Skeleton will not aim for the head. (Small detail, it you're close enough to the skeleton, he will not be able to aim, and will miss all his shots ) 
===Motorbike===
This attack may seem overwhelmingly impossible to dodge but it is simple when actually understood. Always go perpendicular against the motorbike. Speed items like Sunshine in a bag, Skeleton juice, Cassiebucks coffee, and 10 hour burst are greatly recommended. Try to not get overwhelmed, as it’ll screw you over. Patience is key to this attack and at all costs, do not focus on attacking during this attack. Common mistakes people make include:
* Changing direction after dodging an attack. Under no circumstances do you ever do this. Pick one direction, and change your angle to the skeleton's motorbike as needed.
* Walking in a straight line and hoping you dodge it like the fast charge attack. The skeleton's Motorbike attack hitbox, unlike the Charge or Fast Charge attack, lasts for as long as the skeleton is moving. This includes when he turns around, which means you can get hit when he turns around.
===Fast charge/Phase 3 ===
This is where the vampire knives come in, treat this attack similarly to the rushdown charge but instead of going left and right, choose one single direction and keep going in said direction. The vampire knives will greatly heal you and reaching this phase whilst having said vampire knives is almost an instant win. Use any healing items you have at this current phase as you’ll need them, as the chances of death are still possible. If you have one of the previously mentioned burst damage weapons you can win the war of attrition due to having the means to do tons of damage. This is less viable in larger servers due to the increased HP however. Another way of beating Phase 3 is having a considerable amount of speed due to an item like cassiebucks coffee, sunshine in a bag or skeleton juice, as this will let you consistently dodge the charges and win.
==Trivia==
*Prior to v1.4.0, the skeleton used to be able to spawn on every available map in the game, which led to some strange scenarios:
**The boss' map timer is set the same as the original map. This means maps with a short timer such as smallplate can make it far harder to kill the boss in time.
**Certain maps, such as survivalthekiller and construct, could not spawn the skeleton, presumably because there was no music to fade out from, locking the boss from appearing. This meant that if this map is chosen, the round became impossible to win. This was fixed in v1.4.0.
**For some strange reason, the Skeleton was once able to spawn on bakamitai.
*This boss and its attacks are based on the Eye of Cthulhu from Terraria.
*The motorcycle and revolver are normally invisible when the skeleton charges or and only show when the skeleton is shooting or riding his motorcycle. 
**The roars are taken from Terraria's sound bank.
**The charging is similar to the Eye of Cthulhu's standard attacks in its second phase.
**Firing projectiles at the player is similar to the Eye of Cthulhu launching its servants at the player during its first phase.
**The faster charges in the third phase are the fight are similar to Expert Mode Eye of Cthulhu's chain dash attack.
*The Skeleton is the first boss without a dedicated arena, instead randomly selecting a map.
**It is also the first boss to have no underscores within the map name (at least, in the round, not the lobby).
*The Skeleton makes an appearance in Blocks n' Props (formerly known as Jenga) as one of the props for the Destroyer to use, another game created by PortABoi.
* Any fr??? skulls remaining on the map when the Skeleton is killed will not deal any damage but will still play the hit sound.
*Although it may not look like it at first, the Skeleton actually has a certain detection range that allows it to target players. This is more prominent on maps like baseplate2021.
*This boss can be backstabbed with your eternal reward, though it's very hard to do it.
*Perfect running the boss will grant the hot rod rider misc. item.
*The Skeleton is immune to all effects, such as poison.
==Audio==
Song information	
 	The Skeleton Appears
File 	
BPM 	123
Key 	A Minor
Time 	~0:35 (per loop)
Remixer 	Aden Mayo
Composer 	Shogo Sakai
Reference 	Kirby Mass Attack - The Skull Gang
==Gallery==
TheSkeleton original.jpg|The meme inspiring the boss' debut. This is also the introduction origin.
RobloxScreenShot20220921 151956051.png|Introduction cutscene appearing on the player's screen before the match begins.
File:THE SKELETON APPEARS - Fr??? Revolver.png|The Skeleton with Fr??? revolver.
File:THE SKELETON APPEARS - Fr??? Revolver projectiles.png|The Fr??? revolver's projectiles.
File:THE SKELETON APPEARS - Motorcycle.png|The Skeleton during the motorcycle ability phase.
Skeleton.png|Normal icon.
Skelly hurt.png|Losing icon.
Theskelly.webp|Voting Icon.
==References==
Category:Bosses
Category:Based on media
Category:NPCs