Skeleton T

From Puyo Nexus Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Skeleton T
Img203007 l.png
Skeleton T, as he appears in Puyo Puyo!! Quest.
Name
KanaスケルトンT
RomanizationSukeruton T
Other NamesSkeleton ('92EN)
Skeleton-T ('92JP and Puyo Puyo 7)
Spanish Esqueleto T
Personal Info
GenderMale
Notable Appearances
First appearanceMadou Monogatari 123
Latest appearancePuyo Puyo!! Quest
Voice Actor(s)
JapaneseShigeru Chiba (Puyo Puyo CD)
Guts Nakamatsu (Puyo Puyo Sun (AC/SS))
Yoshinori Fujita (Puyo Puyo Sun N64/PSX)
Kenichi Ogata (Puyo Puyo~n)
Chikara Ousaka (Puyo Puyo 7)
Kenichi Ono (Puyo Puyo!! Quest)
Puyo Puyo!! Quest information
Skeleton T Relaxed Skeleton T

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.

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.
  • 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 Dropset 2.png Dropset 3.png Dropset B.png Dropset 4.png Puyo
Dropset 2.png Dropset 2.png Dropset 2.png Dropset 2.png Dropset L.png Dropset 2.png Dropset 2.png Dropset 2.png Dropset 2.png Dropset B.png Dropset 2.png Dropset 2.png Dropset 2.png Dropset 2.png Dropset 2.png Dropset 4.png 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
Japanese Romanization Translation
Appearance
Defeat あちゃぁー! Achaaa! Oops!
Saturn/SNES/PS1/PS2
Result Dialogue
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
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
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
Japanese Romanization Translation
Light あちゃ! Acha! Oops!
Heavy あちぃー! Achiii! Hot!
Match Start and Result
Results Dialogue
Japanese Romanization Translation
Character Select お茶ー! Ocha! 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
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
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
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 Attack!

Puyo Puyo 7

Player Chain
Combo Dialogue
Japanese Romanization Translation
Chain 1 お茶ー! Ocha! 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
Japanese Romanization Translation
Light あちゃ! Acha! Oops!
Heavy あちぃー! Achii! Hot!
Fever Mode
Results Dialogue
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
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
Japanese Romanization Translation
Chain A あちゃー! Achaa! Oops!
Chain B おちゃー! Ochaa! Tea!

Gallery

Img170505 l.png Due to the large number of images for Skeleton T, the gallery is moved to a separate page. See Skeleton T/Gallery.