Battle Of the Bones

Battle Of the Bones, also called SHTM; Battle Of the Bones or BOTB, is the fifth SHTM installment, and the first to not take place during 2022. It started production in January of 2024, 3-4 months after ParaMollnan was cancelled. It is the debut for the Spirit Halloween 2023 and 2024 lineup, as well as the last installment where the viewers see the 2014 lineup. It also features some animatronics from Lowes and Home Depot for the 2023+2024 seasons. It is also the debut of Elsa Van Helsing, a character from Frankenweenie, and Dev_Bill's 2023 ideas for his Roblox Spirit Ideas game (4-5 animatronics being released before it's cancellation). It takes place 10 years after the original "Battle Of the Bones", a show-like skit made by Grandin Road for the 2014 Halloween season, copying off/parodying "Battle Of the Bands". It takes place during the fall of 2024- when Bluey will be a senior in high school.
Characters that Debut in it:
-Alastor, the Radio Demon
-Devilish Desmond
-Loving Lilith
-Rosalee Haunted Doll
-Ethel Walters (aka Pneumatic Screeching Ghost; Lowe's
-Virginia "Ginny" aka Haunted Doll (Lowe's)
-Poppin' Goblin (2023)
-Hellish Hitchhiker
-Act Of Fate
-Vanity
-All Knifed Up
-Grave Watcher (2023)
-Darling Dolly
-Eternal Rest
-Possessed Penny (Home Depot)
-Lethal Lily, the Bog Witch (Home Depot)
-Marie, the Meddling Maid (Home Depot)
-Sinister Steve/Steven (Home Depot)
-8 foot Bogeyman (formerly known as Slim Soul Stealer or Baghuul; Home Depot)
-Adam Black (Molly's biological father)
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-various new MH characters (main ones being Catty Noir and Iris Clops, respectively)
-Lagoona Blue (G3 version)
-a buncha ghosts
-Ghostly Bride (made by Seasonal Visions International, animatronic sold at Grandin Road for the 2014 Halloween season, and former Battle of the Bones (2014) auditionee. She and Untimely Death hook up at the end of the installment, and it is confirmed in her long phrase, that she was going to be married, when a woman who had loved the groom stabbed her in the chest with a blade out of jealousy. Many haunters suspect that her so-called "husband" may be Evil Entity, which was sold at Spirit for the 2013 season as an online exclusive. Coincidentally, they are both made by the same company, and share the dame screaming sound effect, as does Untimely Death.)
-Skeleton Barbershop Quartet 
-Sandra Wright (Grandin Road sales associate, head of company, producer of the Battle of the Bones show)
-Franco Stein (Popular and well-adored TV star sensation, hosts a lot of shows from game to competition shows. He hosted Battle Of the Bones in 2014, and now is doing it again for it's tenth anniversary.)
-Claire Voyant (the so-called "queen" of the judges table, one of the judges from the original Battle Of the Bones 10 years earlier. She is a makeup artist, specifically in the gothic style. She also dances and performs as a side hustle. Back in high school, she used to be in musicals.)
-Velma and Evander Marble Busts (also called the Talking Busts during their time at Spirit Halloween during the 2011 season. Were judges 10 years earlier, but returned. Both are vampires turned into busts, and both are supposedly married to each other (you can't see the rings cause they are busts lol). Evander is the jokester of the pair; making comedic remarks about the performers or about any situation. He also seems to get frightened very easily. Velma, his wife, is more calm and cunning, but strict. She scolds Evander sometimes out of annoyance.)
-Glamourous Cat (the final judge who was already one during 2014, but returned, thanks to some persuasion from Franco. He is like a "puss in boots" type character, with Spanish conquistador attitude and flair. He has a similar accent to the Dreamworks character as well. His breed might be a Maine coon cat, based on the fur and ear shape. His favorite thing in the world is milk- like SERIOUSLY. The dude could drink milk on a daily basis if he could. He even has a cup of milk during the auditioning process in both 2014 and 2024 (Claire has wine with fog and Velma+Evander have "scream soda", a pun on cream soda). Glamourous Cat also has a brother named Elegant Cat, who auditioned ten years earlier, but failed to remember the lyrics to the song he was going to audition to.)