Dry Bones

*"Oh yeah?! We'll see who's laughing when I've got chicks all over me, Pingu!"* - The Impossible Test

**Dimitri Bones**, most commonly referred to as **Dry Bones**, is a high-school student and one of the main characters in *Carl.* He is one of Carl Mitchell's best friends and attends Toad Town High alongside him, Blooper Squidd and Boo Who, the last of whom is his very best friend. Dry Bones also started dating Talia Richards, one of Grace Grey's best friends, during the first season of the series, went through a break-up with her during the third season, and got back together with her at the end of the fourth season.

Dry Bones is portrayed as a blunt and sarcastic teenager, being very quick to point out flaws in others and not sugar-coating his negative opinions on others. In contrast however, Dry Bones is often telling exaggerate and obvious lies to others in an attempt to impress them, though most people are able to see straight through these lies. Dry Bones is also a bit of a coward, as he might speak negatively to others, but more often than not he backs down when confronted about it. In spite of all of this, Dry Bones has a soft spot for his friends, and will always have their backs when they need it the most.

It is shown that most of Dry Bones' negative personality traits come from having to live with his father, who verbally and emotionally abuses him on a daily basis, meaning that his lies and bluntness are a form of defense mechanism he developed as a result of his terrible home life.

## History

### Backstory

Dimitri Bones was born on November 4th, 2003 to Dominik and Edna Bones. At first the Bones family was composed of regular Koopas, but a few years after the birth of Dimitri, a fire had broken out in their home, which burnt off all of the Bones' family's skin, leaving them as living skeletons. Edna Bones wasn't as lucky however, as she died in the fire, leaving her son to be raised by her husband and father in-law, both of whom would go on to emotionally and verbally abuse the boy on a daily basis growing up. It's possible that after this incident, Dimitri was given the nickname "Dry", in reference to him being a skeleton.

Dry Bones grew up in poor living conditions, surrounded by emotionally and verbally abusive relatives at all times, with the most prominent one being his father Dominik, who showed him no love and constantly belittled and humiliated for everything that happened to him, whether it were good or bad things. In addition, Dominik always made it quite clear to Dry Bones that he wouldn't care if something were to happen to him, and openly embraced the idea of Dry Bones dying. As a result of this mistreatment, Dry Bones started telling lies about his family and home life, always claiming that his family was rich and that he lived in luxury, as well as a blunt and arrogant personality.

At some point in his life, likely while he was attending Elementary School, Dry Bones met Carl, Blooper and Boo, and the four quickly became best friends, with Dry Bones in particular becoming inseparable from Boo. The four of them kept in touch with each other all the way till high school, still being very good friends.

## Appearance

Dry Bones is a Koopa who is completely missing his skin, meaning that he is just bones, which has left him skinny and physically weak as a result. He has a large nose, a rugged jaw that seems to be detached, and two empty eye sockets where his eyeballs used to be, with glowing yellow eyes. He wears turquoise gloves, shoes, and a rugged, grey shell.

## Personality

Dry Bones appears to be very arrogant and showboating, often bragging to his friends as if he is the best of the group and creates elaborate lies about the mansion he supposedly lives in, and how his family are apparently multi-millionaires. He is often brutally honest and somewhat verbally aggressive with his friends, calling them pussies or losers. As Grace puts it, he rather tries to justify or explain his actions rather than apologize. Although most of the time, his explanations are either just him trying to look cool or just lying, even going as far as to crash Carl's car without even saying sorry. Whenever he fights with anyone, he always talks brash and crude about them nonstop. Despite that, however, he has been shown many times to have a soft side to him, often doing his best to make his girlfriend, Talia, happy, though he ended up cheating on her with Kylie because he was drunk. However, Dry Bones secretly wishes that he could act as a better friend.

## Gallery

Dry Bones in a swimsuit.Dry Bones dressed as Electabuzz in The Halloween PartyDry Bones wearing a suit in The School DanceDry Bones in the Gutts BandanaDry Bones in the Furious Flygons costume in 3-7Dry Bones in his Screaming Sceptiles costume in 5-3