Skelanimals

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A Skelanimals design contest banner with (in order of appearance from left to right) Diego, Bonita, Kit, Maxx, Jack and Dee.

### First released

2006 (first appearance at Hot Topic stores)

### Based on

A self-published children's book by Mitchell Bernal made to help his young son cope with the loss of a family pet

***Skelanimals*** is a franchise based off depictions of animal skeletal anatomy, but cartoonized to be cute. These are very popular within the scene community and products & merchandise of *Skelanimals* can be found all around scene vendors such as Hot Topic.

The franchise first came to life as the subject of a self-published children’s book by Mitchell Bernal, an accomplished animation artist.  To help his young son cope with the death of a family pet, Mitchell came up with the novel idea of portraying the afterlife in a humorous way, creating a collection of animals who met odd and untimely ends as a result of their own silly behavior.

## Characters

### ChungKee

**ChungKee** is a panda Skelanimal, and one of the first Skelanimals to appear in the series. He is a very wise Skelanimal who doesn't speak much, but is able to catch everyone's attention once speaking.

ChungKee has big round ears, and his red heart on his chest, between his arms. He has a large skull.

### Dax

**Dax** is a dog Skelanimal, introduced in 2006; the year Skelanimals made their pitch at Hot Topic stores. He is very talented at catching Frisbee disks. He loves to play and get a lot of attention. Dax is so loyal that he will never leave your side!

Dax has floppy ears, a trapezoid-like head, and bones in his arms. He has a long tube-like tail and his heart is placed on his chest, between his arms like most of the characters.

### Diego

**Diego** is one of the original Skelanimals, released in 2005. He is a bit of a trickster, and loves to pester other Skelanimals, such as Dax, to play with him at night. His favorite scary movie is "Birds". He enjoys sleeping in his owner's closet, and watches over his owner when they're sleeping to make sure they are safe from bugs. He is a bat Skelanimal.

Diego is a small Skelanimal with almost pointy leaf-shaped ears, but one side of the ear is flat. He has bat wings and tiny feet with white curved marks. Diego has fangs instead of the usual Skelanimal teeth, and his heart is placed in the middle of his chest, just like most of the other Skelanimals.

### Elle

**Elle** is one of the original Skelanimals. Since she's the biggest of the Skelanimals, considering her being an elephant, she tends to accidently bump into them. She's actually very gentle, but when she has her mind set on something, she can be pretty stubborn.

Elle has a short tail and an elephant, and her skull is oddly shaped. She has tusks, and there are bones in her legs. Her heart is placed between her visible front leg and back leg, being on the side of her body.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 corvusblue (18 February 2010) *Bearing it All: Skelanimals Interview*. Rubywinkle Wordpress.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Artemnix (14 December 2011) ChungKee. *FANDOM Wiki: Skelanimals Wiki.*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Artemnix (15 December 2011) Dax. *FANDOM Wiki: Skelanimals Wiki.*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Artemnix (15 December 2011) Diego. *FANDOM Wiki: Skelanimals Wiki.*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Artemnix (15 December 2011) Elle. *FANDOM Wiki: Skelanimals Wiki.*

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