Skulkin

Skulkins (also called the Skeletons Skeleton Army and Army of Underworld) are the Ninjago ninja's main enemies in 2011. They also appear as enemies in the LEGO Universe video game. In the Ninjago storyline, they are known as Skeletons; however, in the LEGO Universe Ninjago story and on LEGO.com, they are known as Skulkins. They were replaced by the Serpentine in 2012. However, they return in the episode All of Nothing in Rise of the Snakes to battle the Serpentine.
== Ninjago story ==
In the Ninjago story, they were called skeletons, but have also been referred to as Skulkins in places such as LEGO Battles: Ninjago. They are enemies of the ninjas. Samukai, a four armed skeleton and puppet King of the Underworld, uses his Skulkin army to help Sensei Wu's evil brother Lord Garmadon, the true King of the Underworld, to steal the weapons of Spinjitzu and use their power to reshape the world of Ninjago.
== LEGO Universe Story ==
Skulkin also appear in LEGO Universe, which takes place after the main story of Ninjago. According to in-game scrolls, after Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane recovered the Golden Weapons, they	returned to the Monastery. In pursuit of the weapons, the Skulkin attacked, and while the four ninjas were able to escape with the Golden Weapons, the Skulkin destroyed the walls of the Monastery with their machines. Sensei Wu then used his powers to steer the last remaining piece of the Monastery away from the world of Ninjago, and towards the last shard of pure Imagination on Crux Prime. However, the Skulkin followed close behind, and set up a mining quarry nearby the Monastery on Crux Prime. There, they found that they could use Maelstrom ore in the ground to protect themselves from Spinjitzu, and quickly went to work mining the rocks. Sensei Wu then sends the player on a number of missions to defeat the Skulkins, such as smashing the miners or destroying their drilling rigs.
Later, the Ninjago World was introduced to LEGO Universe, in which the Skulkin were besieging the Monastery. Players had to destroy their equipment and Skulkin, then venture into the caves, where four named Skulkin had gotten hold of the four golden weapons. A series of four Ninjago Dungeons, one for each element, were going to be released for LEGO Universe, with Garmadon as a boss at the end, but LEGO Universe was cancelled and the dungeons were never released.
== Known Skulkin ==
* Frakjaw, the sentry who can spot the stealthiest of ninja
* Krazi, the crazy warrior who is truly mad
* Bonezai, the engineer and inventor of the vehicles
* Chopov, the mechanic hoping to be engineer
* Samukai, the former King of the Underworld
* Nuckal, a dimwitted but strong general
* Wyplash, a stealthy and intelligent general
* Kruncha, the former 2nd-in-command and currently the leader of the Skulkin and King of the Underworld
* Skeleton Miner
* Skeleton Engineer
* Skeleton Pit Boss
* Skeleton Watchman
* Skeleton microfigure
* Skeleton general microfigure
== Vehicles ==
* Skull Truck-Belongs to Nuckal and Kruncha SIZE:Large
* Turbo Shredder-Belongs to the Skulkin Army SIZE:Large
* Skull Motorbike-Belongs to the Skulkin Army SIZE:Small
* Nuckal's ATV-Formally belonged to Nuckal, currently belongs to the Skulkin Army SIZE:Medium
* Skeleton Helicopter-Belongs to the Skulkin Army SIZE:Medium
* Skeleton Chopper-Belongs to the Skulkin Army SIZE:Small
* Turbo Turtle-Failed creation by Chopov SIZE:Unknown
== Appearances ==
2011:
* 2114 Chopov
* 2115 Bonezai
* 2116 Krazi
* 2257 Spinjitzu Starter Set
* 2520 Ninjago Battle Arena
* 2258 Ninja Ambush
* 2259 Skull Motorbike
* 2260 Ice Dragon Attack
* 2263 Turbo Shredder
* 2504 Spinjitzu Dojo
* 2505 Garmadon's Dark Fortress
* 2506 Skeleton Monster Truck
* 2507 Fire Temple
* 2508 Blacksmith
* 2509 Earth Dragon Defence
* 2518 Nuckal's ATV
* 2519 Skeleton Bowling
* 2521 Lightning Dragon Battle
* 30081 Skeleton Chopper
* 2254 Mountain Shrine
* 2173 Nuckal
* 2174 Kruncha
* 2175 Wyplash
* 3856 Ninjago
Accessories:
* 853102 Ninjago Magnet Set
Books:
* The Power of Spinjitzu
* Brickmaster Ninjago
TV Series
* Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
** Pilot Episodes
*** Way of The Ninja 
*** The Golden Weapon 
*** King of Shadows 
*** Weapons of Destiny 
** Mini-Movies
*** Secrets of the Blacksmith 
*** An Underworldly Takeover
*** Return to the Fire Temple
*** The New Masters of Spinjitzu 
** Season 1
*** Never Trust a Snake 
*** Tick Tock 
*** The Royal Blacksmiths 
*** All of Nothing 
*** Day of the Great Devourer 
** Season 2
*** Double Trouble 
*** Ninjaball Run 
*** Wrong Place, Wrong Time 
*** The Last Voyage 
Video games:
* LEGO Battles: Ninjago
* 55000 LEGO Universe
== See also ==
* Skeleton Warrior
== Notes ==
* The skeleton in the Pirates of the Caribbean set 4195 Queen Anne's Revenge has a Skulkin torso.
* Except for Wyplash and Samukai, all of the Skeletons make cameos in Season 1 of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu.
== Gallery ==
Frakjaw1.png|Frakjaw
Frak-2.png|Frakjaw on his spinner
Krazi.png|Krazi
2116.png|Krazi on his spinner
Chopov.png|Chopov
2114.png|Chopov on his spinner
Bonezai.png|Bonezai
2115.png|Bonezai on his spinner
Bonezaiwithaxe.png|Bonezai spinner in 2520 Ninjago Battle Arena
SamukaiArt.jpg|Samukai
Samukai-10.png|Samukai minifigure
NuckalArt.jpg|Nuckal
Nuckal-1.png|Nuckal on his spinner
WyplashFinal.png|Wyplash minifigure
KrunchaFinal.png|Kruncha minifigure
2174-1.jpg|Kruncha on his spinner
Ninjago Training Skeleton.png|Skeleton Dummy
85863pb052.jpg|Microfigure General
85863pb053.jpg|Microfigure Skeleton
Screen Shot 2012-03-07 at 9.24.59 PM.png|Kruncha and Nuckal
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