Skeleton T

Skeleton T
	; Skeleton T, as he appears in Puyo Puyo!! Quest.
	Name
Kana	スケルトンT
Romanization	Sukeruton T
Other Names	Skeleton ('92EN); Skeleton-T ('92JP and Puyo Puyo 7); Esqueleto T; Esqueleto T
	Personal Info
Gender	Male
	Notable Appearances
First appearance	Madou Monogatari 123
Latest appearance	Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School
	Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Shigeru Chiba (Puyo Puyo CD); Guts Nakamatsu (Puyo Puyo Sun (AC/SS)); Yoshinori Fujita (Puyo Puyo Sun N64/PSX); Kenichi Ogata (Puyo Puyo~n); Kenichi Ono (Puyo Puyo 7 onwards)
	Puyo Puyo!! Quest information

Skeleton T is a skeleton who is obsessed with Japanese tea. His catchphrase is "o-cha!", meaning tea. Skeleton T is also known for his very weak AI; so weak, in fact, that he never takes advantage of the ability to rotate his Puyo.

Profile

Appearance

Skeleton T is generally depicted as, well, a skeleton, with little beads in his eye sockets where his eyes should be. He is almost always carrying a cup with the 茶 kanji on it, which means "tea". In the Compile Era, he was among the few characters not to have the Puyo colors on his own person, but the 茶 cup is nearly always green: in more recent titles, he's been associated with the colors red (Puyo 7) and currently blue (Puyo!! Quest). In Puyo 7, he is accompanied by two other skeletons also referred to as Skeleton T: the yellow one, which is his Mini form, has yellow hands and a fatter head, while the blue one, which is his Mega form, has a larger skull with a crack in it.

Personality

Generally, his entire person surrounds itself around tea: there's nary a moment where he isn't looking for it if he doesn't already have it. He is generally a very calm person when he has his tea, but having it taken away from him sets him off, such as when Draco Centauros evaporates it in Puyo Puyo SUN.

Abilities

As previously mentioned, Skeleton T is infamous for his inability to rotate his Puyo: this is not only spoofed in a 4-koma, but also directly referred to in Puyo SUN in one of his victory quotes. Skeleton T, in battle, displays numerous abilities that revolve around both attacking with his body and with his tea cup: in Puyo SUN, he uses Houjicha, Hatomugicha, Pu'erh-cha, Shirubestagimunemacha, Umekobucha, and Gyokuro, while other games have him attack by throwing his head.

History

Madou Monogatari series

Skeleton T makes his first appearance in the Madou Monogatari 123 trilogy, where he is mostly known for guarding the spell of "Healing", serving as a miniboss in Madou Monogatari 1. In the PC98 version, he wields a sword and shield instead of his teapot, possibly to make him look less "cute" and more battle-ready, though he stills maintains a reference to his tea obsession.

Skeleton T has a brother in Madou Monogatari: Hanamaru Dai Youchienji called Skeleton D. Similar to Skeleton T's addiction to tea, Skeleton D has an addiction to alcohol.

He is also a boss in Madou Monogatari (Saturn), due to the Yogs brainwashing him.

In Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School, Skeleton T appears as a faculty member at the Ancient Magic School. He is noted for his tendency to make macabre jokes when spoken with.

Puyo Puyo (1992)

Skeleton T is the first opponent in the Beginner course. He enjoys his tea for a few moments before warning Arle that she should run away.

In the English version, he is known as Skeleton. He claims that his herbal potion will make him invincible; Silvana responds by telling him that he'll need all the help that he can get.

Puyo Puyo Tsu

In Puyo Puyo Tsu, Skeleton T can be fought on the first floor. Here, he offers Arle some tea, which she declines, knowing it was poisoned, where Skeleton T is surprised and wonder how she knew that he put paralysis/sleeping herbs in it... To which she replies that he just told her.

In Ketteiban's rally mode, he is the fifth opponent you fight after the four practice stage characters.

Puyo Puyo Sun

In Puyo Puyo Sun, Skeleton T appears as the first opponent for Draco Centauros. Skeleton T is talking about his tea when Draco gets annoyed at it and breaths fire at teapot, causing all the tea inside to evaporate. Skeleton T gets incredibly frustrated about this and Draco tells him that if he has a problem, he should settle it over a Puyo match.

Puyo Puyo~n

Skeleton T is the first opponent, as usual. When Arle asks for if he knows the location of Carbuncle, he doesn't know what Carbuncle is and assumes it's something that goes with tea. In the Game Boy Color version, he is notably not the first opponent: that title goes to Pierrot.

Puyo Puyo Box

He is not the first opponent once again (that would be Draco Centauros), however he is the first boss that guards one of the 6 Medals needed to get into the Happy Tower. When fought in Rally Mode, he is often the first opponent: additionally, he only plays under OPP rules.

Minna de Puyo Puyo

In Minna de Puyo Puyo, Skeleton T appears as the first opponent for Arle in Hajimari Forest. Once again he offers Arle some tea. This time Arle drinks the tea, he tells Arle that she has fallen straight into his trap, as the tea was made with used tea bags. (Leftover from last month in the Japanese version.) Arle points out the fact that Skeleton T shouldn't be able to talk, much less drink tea, without a tongue.

Skeleton T appears later in the game as the 4th opponent in Satan's Castle, right before Rulue, Schezo and Satan. Arle is surprised that Skeleton T is even here as Arle tells him he is way out of his league. Despite this, they still play a round of Puyo. Unfortunately, Skeleton T still hasn't figured out how to rotate his Puyo.

Puyo Puyo 7

Skeleton T appears throughout the story mode in Puyo Puyo 7, where he battles Andou Ringo in a few matches, all of them following the same goal of finding tea. In this game, he is accompanied by two other nameless skeletons. In Transformation, the skeletons switch places rather than transforming.

Puyo Puyo!! Quest

Skeleton T first appeared as a blue event quest boss in the Halloween Festival event from October 30 2013. His first playable appearance is the Relaxed Skeleton T (ほっこりスケルトンT) alt as a special grant reward for the SEGA Arcade Vending Machine Linkage promotion from February 3 2014.

The original was not made playable until May 31 2014, as a support card for the Poison Apple Festival. He is in the same series as Oshare Bones, Frankensteins and Akuma, having similarly distributed stats and skills.

Trivia

The "T" in his name likely stands for "tea"
In Kirby's Avalanche, Waddle Dee uses his AI.
- In an unused training stage in Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, Scratch would have used his AI.
Skeleton T is one of three characters that change voice actors in between the Saturn and N64 ports of Puyo Puyo Sun. The others are Rulue and Incubus.
The English manual of Minna de Puyo Puyo states that Skeleton T may actually be female, but card description texts in Puyo Puyo!! Quest states he is male.
Oshare Bones is very similar to Skeleton T and also has very weak AI.
In the Game Gear port of Puyo Puyo (1992), Skeleton T can rotate his Puyo.
Not counting Ent, Skeleton T is the only member of the PPQ Monster series cards to have totally new art as opposed to reused or redrawn art.

Appearances

Puyo Puyo series

Madou Monogatari series

Puyo Puyo spin-offs

Character-specific mechanics

Super attack

Puyo Puyo~n: Super Dynamic Ocha Bomber: So long as the player does not rotate their Puyo, a Nuisance multiplier is applied to their chains. The multiplier starts at x1, increases to x1.1 after the first pair is placed, and gains 0.1 for every two pairs that are placed. The multiplier maxes out at x4.0.
Pocket Puyo Puyo~n: 18-Bone's Curse: For a short while, the opponent cannot rotate their Puyo.

Dropset

Pieces																Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16					Puyo
																13	1	1	1	37

Identical to that of Oshare Bones and Ally.

Chants

Puyo Puyo

Stage Start

Dialogue
Japanese	Romanization	Translation/Localization
おちゃぁー！	Ochaaa!	Ochaaa!

Puyo Puyo 2

Arcade/Genesis

Result	Dialogue
Result	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Appearance
Defeat	あちゃぁー！	Achaaa!	Oops!

Saturn/SNES/PS1/PS2

Result	Dialogue
Result	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Appearance	おちゃぁー！	Ochaaa!	Tea!
Defeat	はっぱぁー…	Happaaa...	Leaf...

Puyo Puyo CD 2

Player Combo

Combo	Dialogue
Combo	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
2	おちゃぁー！	Ochaaa!	Tea!
3	あちゃぁー！	Achaaa!	Oops!
4	新茶ぁー！	Shinchaaa!	First Tea!
5	緑茶ぁー！	Ryokuchaaa!	Japanese Tea!

Sun/Minna

Player Combo

Combo	Dialogue
Combo	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
1	お茶！	Ocha!	Tea!
2	ほうじ茶！	Houjicha!	Roasted Tea!
3	ハトムギ茶！	Hatomugicha!	Job's Tears Tea!
4	プーアール茶！	Pūāru-cha!	Pu'erh Tea!
5	シルベスタギムネマ茶！	Shirubesutagimunemacha!	Sylvester Gymnema (Gymnema Sylvestre) Tea!
6	梅こぶ茶！	Umekobucha!	Plum Kelp Tea!
7	玉露！	Gyokuro!	Shaded Green Tea!

Enemy Attack

Results	Dialogue
Results	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Light	あちゃ！	Acha!	Oops!
Heavy	あちぃー！	Achiii!	Hot!

Match Start and Result

Results	Dialogue
Results	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Character Select	お茶ー！	Ochaa!	Tea!
Win	日本の心がわからんヤツよのぉ！	Nihon no kokoro ga wakaran yatsu yonoo!	You do not understand the heart of Japan!
Lose	はっぱぁー…	Happaaa...	Leaf...

Yo~n

Player Combo

Chain	Dialogue
Chain	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
1	お茶！	Ocha!	Tea!
2	お主！	Onushi!	Young'un!
3	茶の湯の心！	Cha-no-yu no kokoro!	The spirit of the tea ceremony!
4	分かっとるか？	Wakattoru ka?	Do you understand it?
5	なにっ？！	Nani?!	What?!
6	分からぬとな！	Wakaranu to na!	If you don't get it!
7	これでも食らえ！	Kore demo kurae!	Then take this!

Super Attack

Dialogue
Japanese	Romanization	Translation
スーパーダイナミックお茶ボンバー	Suupaa Dainamikku Ocha Bonbaa	Super Dynamic Ocha (Tea) Bomber

Enemy Combo

Attack	Dialogue
Attack	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Light	ぬるっ…	Nuru...	Ugh...
Heavy	あちゃちゃちゃー！	Achachacha!	Owowowow!

Match Start and Result

Results	Dialogue
Results	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Match Start	お茶！	Ocha!	Tea!
Win	風の前の塵に同じ	Kaze no mae no chiri ni onaji.	No more than dust before the wind.
Lose	はっぱぁー…	Happaaa...	Leaf...

Unused

Dialogue
Japanese	Romanization	Translation
スーパーウルトラ玉露アタック！	Suupaa Urutora Gyokuro Atakku!	Super Ultra Gyokuro (Shaded Green Tea) Attack!

Puyo Puyo 7

Player Chain

Combo	Dialogue
Combo	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Chain 1	お茶ー！	Ochaa!	Tea!
Chain 2	お主！	Onushi!	Young'un!
Chain 3	茶の湯の心…	Cha-no-yu no kokoro...	The spirit of the tea ceremony...
Chain 4	分かっておるか？	Wakatte oru ka?	Do you understand it?
Repeater	急ーっ須！	Kyuusshu!	Teapot!
Spell 1	ほうじ茶	Houjicha	Roasted Tea
Spell 2	ハトムギ茶	Hatomugicha	Job's Tears Tea
Spell 3	シルベスタギムネマ茶	Shirubesutagimunemacha	Sylvester Gymnema (Gymnema Sylvestre) Tea
Spell 4	梅こぶ茶	Umekobucha	Plum Kelp Tea
Spell 5	玉露ー！	Gyokuro!	Shaded Green Tea!

Enemy Attack

Results	Dialogue
Results	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Light	あちゃ！	Acha!	Oops!
Heavy	あちぃー！	Achii!	Hot!

Fever Mode

Results	Dialogue
Results	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Entered	日本の心！	Nihon-no kokoro!	The spirit of Japan!
Succeed	おちゃぉぅ！	Ochaou!	Tea~!
Failed	あらぁ…	Araa...	Oh...

Match Start and Result

Results	Dialogue
Results	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Character Select	お茶ー！	Ochaa!	Tea!
Win	風の前の塵に同じ	Kaze no mae no chiri ni onaji.	No more than dust before the wind.
Lose	はっぱぁー…	Happaaa...	Leaf...

Transformation

Chain	Dialogue
Chain	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Chain A	あちゃー！	Achaa!	Oops!
Chain B	おちゃー！	Ochaa!	Tea!

Gallery

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Skeleton T
Skeleton T, as he appears in Puyo Puyo!! Quest.
Name
Kana	スケルトンT
Romanization	Sukeruton T
Other Names	Skeleton ('92EN) Skeleton-T ('92JP and Puyo Puyo 7) Esqueleto T Esqueleto T
Personal Info
Gender	Male
Notable Appearances
First appearance	Madou Monogatari 123
Latest appearance	Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School
Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Shigeru Chiba (Puyo Puyo CD) Guts Nakamatsu (Puyo Puyo Sun (AC/SS)) Yoshinori Fujita (Puyo Puyo Sun N64/PSX) Kenichi Ogata (Puyo Puyo~n) Kenichi Ono (Puyo Puyo 7 onwards)
Puyo Puyo!! Quest information