Skeleton Crime Anime | Wiki Weekends

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[@lettersnstuff]

agreed, it was real weird to see Brooklyn 99 go from “cops pushing boundaries, breaking laws, and violates rights is fodder for comedy” to “yeah turns out cops violating civil rights is bad, actually”

[@Batterskull]

There was also a crossover with Sleepy Hollow, so *actual magic* exists in the Bones universe as well

[@wyldweasel4746]

There was a episode where the ghost of Boothe's friend saves his life

[@gartsur84]

Don't forget the (failed) spin off "The finder?" with the guy that could smell clues

[@queenannsrevenge100]

Yeah, they established the supernatural in the Bones series in multiple episodes. Another on I think of: the one from the perspective of the spirit of a young boy who was murdered, literally from inside his skull until his spirit was set free. Very trippy perspective for the whole episode.

[@queenannsrevenge100]

@@gartsur84- and I LOVED the Finder - super quirky and fun, and IIRC it was the last project that Michael Clark Duncan worked on 🫡

[@alexfranz817]

I thought his buddy turned out to be alive. But I didn't watch that far into the series. I just heard that.

[@LiathUnicorn]

One of the best reviles are that the person that fund most of the lab are working there

[@FitzyyLives]

Uncle Phil is truly the greatest father of all time

[@benionsings6840]

That episode is really deep

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

Best skeleton reveal would be from an early Halloween episode. Skeleton in haunted maze turns out to be real. That's not the best part. The skeleton is deep in a maze constructed from hay bales and when Booth needs to leave he just hits his SUV's door lock button to figure out which way his vehicle is and starts bowling over the bales to make a path. Silliest moment is anytime that Bones sh!t talks psychology or sociology for being soft sciences as if anthropology wasn't also a soft science.

[@jimcappa6815]

There were also some episodes where they found a body, so they had to turn it in to a skeleton so Bones could do her thing. She doesn't work with the squishy bits.

[@malcolm32]

I can vividly imagine Karl on a couch with Bonely and a big-ass bowl of cereal just chowin down and watching Bones at like two in the morning.

[@jondw]

30:34 Lucas they actually do have that episode but it's with soup/chilly(I don't remember which) bonus, the body was initially found by a kid when they had a sudden realization upon finding a tooth that wasn't their's in their mouth

[@bareakon]

I'd admire the audacity of a season where all the bones are found by the same guy every episode. Just living in this universe, there's literally nothing this guy can do without his world turning to skeleton. You get to see him go through all the stages of grief as he comes to terms with his skeleton life. Season finale. He's the skeleton.

[@Tannerbot2k]

My personal favorite skeleton reveal was a wine tasting, where the wine was awful, because it turns out there was a dead body in the barrel.

[@alexgreenwood404]

One of my favourite moments of the show was where all these super geniuses who have phds and are knowledgeable in almost every field....incorrectly state that a Berimbau is a flute, instead of a stringed instrument.

[@emilythomas4684]

I absolutely love Bones, wanted to be a forensic anthropoligist as a teen before finding out they only need like 1 in all of Australia. Some of my favourite skeleton finds are: (Spoilers ahead for anyone looking to be surprised by every skeleton) Parker (Booth's son) finding a finger, the soap skeleton, and the wine skeleton. On the topic of Angela's dad, the show Blindspot (not nearly as good as Bones but in some ways, a spiritual successor) has, of all people, Bill freaking Nye as the dad of their tech girl, and he's intrinsic in the plot of a few episodes. He also just plays himself, Bill Nye, with an entirely fictional wife and daughter. Amazing.

[@rvgdustin1670]

NGL this channel was the reason why I binged watched all 12 seasons of Bones a couple of years back.

[@qualitytikoyproductions]

I loved how Billy Gibbons would just randomly appear as one of the characters' dad.

[@The_shadow_who_laughs]

One of my examples of copaganda that's started to wear on me overtime was how in Criminal Minds they almost always shoot the criminal dead. Sometimes the narrative has to bend over backwards to make it absolutely clear that this guy is guilty, but I am still slightly miffed that no one ever does any time for their crimes

[@ghostanderson2400]

I honestly love he's smiling at the beginning it feels like a good friend about to tell me q funny ass story

[@IceMetalPunk]

I think Billy Gibbons being Angela's father paved the way for a certain character in Blindspot to also have a certain famous father. (No spoilers, but if you know, you know.)

[@TheGoblin80]

I remember there's one episode of Bones that I think involved a dance competition/studio and a Crystalized Skeleton. And another had a Skeleton inside like a mass caterpillar colony or something.

[@irishdc9523]

I'd say one example, and it's a really big one, is NCIS. It's the episode "Playing With Fire" and they have an alleged terrorist in custody (I say "alleged" because the suspects are always written as being guilty of something), and when he refuses to answer questions and asks "isn't someone going to read me my rights?" or something like that, Gibbs (one of the main characters) just snaps back "You're a terrorist and you don't have rights, and we're invoking the PATRIOT Act". Obviously meant to show it as one of these moments where you have to do the "unpleasant but necessary" thing. But for those who don't know, the USA PATRIOT Act was the act passed a few months after 9/11 which basically allowed for warrantless spying on American citizens, but also allowed for the internment of non-citizens suspected of terrorism (the indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial). And the other two officers in the room with him gloat about how it means that he'd be sent to Guantanamo Bay, imprisoned without charge or trial, no contact with the outside world, and (heavily implied) tortured. Again, they make this look like it's some kind of good thing or at least necessary thing.

[@christinebenson518]

I love NCIS. Naturally they do step over the line, like nearly every cop show. I loved Gibbs' rules the most. Homicide: Life on the Street always had the cops convincing the suspects to not get a lawyer. Making excuses like it'll just make it worse.

[@TheG4U15]

Bones has always been my comfort show. It is always jarring to me when I see a suspect get physically handled and there are no repercussions.

[@gr8aussief--kup]

I love wiki weekends but the enthusiasm from Karl lifts this one a bit higher

[@handsoapinc]

4:15 Isn't the joke that we explicitly know this is a bad thing? The rest of the cast calls him out on it, and he's immediately reprimanded for his short-sighted behaviour. It always came across to me that the joke was "Peralta is a manchild".

[@arghjayem]

15:55 I think my favourite of the opening “finds” is the one at the chocolate factory where Newman, sorry Wayne Knight, finds a skeleton inside a giant novelty chocolate bar! 😂 20:30 YES!!!!! Exactly ! 😂 21:33 not forgetting that the show did the obligatory “in an airplane” episode where the characters are on a flight for whatever reason and then they have to do a whole episode in an aircraft. Sometimes it’s done on other restricted locations like trains or boats, but airlines seemed to be the most popular in the mid noughties. Bones did one, House MD did one etc.

[@spikesagitta]

Hot Fuzz was great! They deconstructed why police don't do the stuff you see in the movies, and then they do them anyway. And then, you see them all filing so much paperwork, showing you why you don't do all those thing in real life XD

[@scrondolio90]

Once again asking for a Brock Samson episode, or just Venture Bros in general. It's an insane universe with a plethora of character to talk about. Also the movie is about to come out that will wrap everything up in the series, Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon's Heart. Also love your guy's content! Edit: Patrick Warburton also voices Brock

[@revan0890]

Oh hell yes!

[@doctorofskillz2932]

always love karls obsession with the weirdest procedural

[@yourmajestysilveroftherats4609]

when he said he thought the skeleton was ground up into chocolate bars I immediately thought "Oh like the cafeteria episode with the lady who had super smelling and the bacon lube scene"

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

So I Married an Axe Murderer addressed the cop commandeering a car cliche, where the dad from Beethoven refused to give a cop his car, but agreed to give him a ride.

[@floppiethethirth]

I can't believe you didn't mention the episode filmed entirely from the pov of a skull.

[@trelligan42]

Super illegal: Bones gets searched when arriving from abroad at the airport, and she has a skull in her suitcase/bag. Carrying human remains in her bag. #FeedTheAlgorithm

[@QueenCaitiePie]

I’m a massive bones fan! Love how Zach breaks out of the asylum using sweets magnetos strip card!

[@Jedi_Spartan]

Not sure if this got confirmed in the show (as I've never watched it) but I heard somewhere that one of the characters in Bones is autistic which is less emphasized in situations regarding representation in media... it would be nice to see more characters referenced as having it so that my mind doesn't immediately go to David Archer from Mass Effect 2 when trying to think of representations/displays of autism in media.

[@jamaisj]

Two of the characters were believed to have Asperger's (Brennan and Zack) but it was never confirmed.

[@rayesoucy1491]

@@jamaisj I read online that Bones was based off an irl woman with autism, but the character herself isn't confirmed to be autistic as well.

[@jamaisj]

@@rayesoucy1491 Yeah; series creator Hvrt Hansen based her on a friend who was on the spectrum. Reichs, herself, however, doesn't seem to have it, nor does Brennan in the books.

[@hillbillywizard497]

Bro, I love Bones!!! That show is SOOO GOOD!!! It was my favorite when I was younger and I love it now for how much fun my mother and I have watching the show! My only real complaint is that I remember Gormagon being longer than it was. Though my favorite skeleton reveal was the skeleton was found mid somersault only for neither Booth nor Brennan investigating because that episode was the trial for Bones's father.

[@tyeasebryant4828]

The body in the school lunch😂

[@IceMetalPunk]

Actually, in the US, cops *do* have the authority to commandeer a vehicle. It's just a little more specific than that: they have to have a demonstrable need for it (i.e. getting themselves or someone else to safety, or chasing a dangerous suspect they have no better way to catch up to, etc.), and they can't cause negligent damage or they're liable to be sued. But yeah, it's actually a real thing. Though because of the liability risk, cops usually *won't* do that unless they have to.

[@PlayWatch_616]

I literally grew up with this show, it was a big part of my childhood and i love it so much even tho it has some flaws here and there i love it anyway

[@Zerato]

I'm happy I'm one of the people who can watch a TV show and think it's real

[@booknerd4303]

I’m a big fan of police procedurals and my fave is probably criminal minds… I’m pretty sure you could make a drinking game about how often most of the agents (specifically Morgan) break a law or get to the point where they could be sued into oblivion for their conduct during interviews with suspects

[@---l---]

One of The Best Procedurals

[@coletrain3162]

There are multiple episodes where ghosts exist, including one where bones's mom talks to her from heaven while she's in a coma.

[@MarsIsDead86]

Yes more Karl talking getting Bonely!

[@darthcravus]

I read the videos name and immediately knew we'd be talking about temperance bones

[@drewlovely2668]

I'm a fan of bones, never seen the show but paleontology is pretty cool.

[@Aurelyn]

season 1: "guns are very dangerous and serious, civilians can't just use them when they want to" Season 7: "so anyway I started blasting"

[@gartsur84]

The bones covered in butterflys is the one I remember the most

[@SonOfHighValour]

I'm actually upset they dont mention the early episode where the skeleton reveal is best described as "cocaine club wall break"

[@gartsur84]

This has been a very funny episode, but have to say that Lucas's audio was way higher than Karl's so hearing with earphones was kinda I'd a problem (due to Karl being the main speaker)

[@trelligan42]

Yes, and Karl gets so quiet sometimes.

[@Zthewise]

They found a skeleton in a huge bar of chocolate. Wayne Knight was in that episode.

[@danmoar94]

I know I'm late to the party but I think Karl could lead a really interesting conversation on Lie To Me as well. I know he's a fan of the show haha

[@signaltome]

Glowing skeleton.

[@AkinokazeHaruichiban]

Also, the whole series of Bones is on UK Disney+ [that was a fun binge.]

[@spiranomad]

My favorite surprise skeleton was in the giant chocolate bar.

[@theroguesith9055]

In the new Hawaii 5-0 which i do enjoy they have an integration room that is a windowless cube containing nothing but a metal chair with handcuffs, and all suspects are forced to sit in the chair with no lawyers or anything

[@fletcheragenda6014]

This has genuinely made me want to watch bones. If i can watch 13 seasons of doctor who, i can do this.

[@NevynAtAll42]

I'm curious if you are aware of the TV show 'Sledgehammer' from the 80s, maybe really early 90s. I remember it as, just, stupidly over the top cop show. I mean, the final episode is utterly ridiculous.

[@innerguardianXIII]

If only Boreanaz knew about the Anime "Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation". Maybe they could do a crossover with THAT.

[@jamaisj]

1) Part of the point with Brooklyn 99 was to make fun of "copoganda" shows, (keep in mind that Captain Holt's biggest problem with Peralta from the beginning was Peralta's problem with proper protocol). That was why he was paired with Charles in the first place (hoping that his habits rubbed off on Peralta). Holt loved Rosa because as "Dirty Harry" as she pretended to be, she almost never broke protocol and her cases were air-tight; the opposite of Peralta's. Let's just say Scully and Hitchcock were interesting choices if you wanted to portray cops in a positive light. 2) Bones was frequently cynical of cops, especially the rank and file. The lack of legality did come back to bite them quite frequently, especially when they had to backtrack when something they did threatened a case. Brennan herself had problems with some cases because she had to follow certain procedures in order to make the case. The concept of the show alone (scientists frequently solving crimes cops couldn't) wasn't exactly cop-friendly. 3) NCIS, La is probably my favorite show when it came to law enforcement not following proper procedure. From how they gather evidence to interrogating people would have been a legal nightmare. But then again, it's a show you watched for the action and not the logic. 4 Re: Bone Reveals: I loved it when they found a real skeleton in the place of a fake one.

[@The1AndOnlyGoldenboy]

I will say this. In the United States, the act of posse comitatus (any act, like commandeering a vehicle, that sees law enforcement request/demand civilian assistance) depends on the state. In some states, civilians have no obligation to indulge such requests and can openly refuse if they're made. In others, it is a literal crime to refuse to offer aid when an officer of the law requests it. Some have even taken to using the case of US v Russell as an argument of officers being given the leeway to commit crimes or subvert procedure in the course of duty as an acceptable practice. I'm not saying it's right, but this video says it's illegal, and that's not really the case.

[@fletcheragenda6014]

One of the biggest examples of not exactly copaganda, but propaganda for the legal system is Judge Judy. A very aggressive, threatening judge is presented as a friend and icon who's a badass. The legal system is made into a palatable sunday afternoon show where you're trained to enjoy a corrupt system punish (mostly) poor people.

[@ponyote]

In fairness, I have a Fandom wiki that I built for a TTRPG I ran years ago. Low bar to entry.

[@hishaamdevries]

Even in the bones universe its not that crazy that he sees stewie cause they share a universe with the sleepy hollow universe cause they were in a few crossover with each other, so there is magic in the show just mot shown often

[@rymonddog2317]

Here we are on another Bonely weekend! Edit. Just realised no one else has commented

[@robertdavis2037]

Should have opened with you finding bony

[@TaimaNekomusume420]

I grew up with an ACAB view on cops because we had a CBRadio tuned into the police frequency due to growing up in a Hells Angel family.. so I never had any illusion that the cops were good, but we'd still watch Bones and NCIS and I love those depictions, but am not susceptible to "copaganda"

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

So they found the skeleton of Bobby Tables?

[@Klaq2000]

i'm surprised no one mentioned the crossover with sleepy hollow

[@vicbaez]

Time to get bonely

[@MEDlC92]

I love cop shows and I am aware of the gross overeggsaduration of reality. I skipped out on bones cause it wasn't really available to me, plus The Mentalist, House M.D. and other shows took my time. The most recent cop show I'm enjoying is The Rookie. I got into Forensics thanks to CSI,

[@matthewbelcher5389]

Please mention that they have a crossover with Sleepy Hollow

[@l33tninja1]

Everything is a matter of balance and situation, which in its self is subjective. So is there realy any answer.

[@cowtzu]

Bones writers not realizing that Christians follow the same god as Muslims.

[@areminderofwhatweare]

I wrote a comment too early in the video and said something they said in the video so now rather than deleting it outright I’ll just point out that I’ve been a lemon.

[@JoesExpressLLC]

Karl, you said her name wrong it's correctly pronounced Michaela (Meh-Kayla) Conlin, you pronounced it, Michelle. You also forgot about the crossover with Sleepy Hollow

[@thatperson9584]

Why don't you talk about bones (the comic)

[@Nastyn1nja808]

Hell yah i just came from the one piece video

[@thekingofcookies4877]

I'm not interested in watching Bones, I'm interested in Re-watching Bones. Loved that show more than the other cop shows my parents watched.

[@jondw]

I love bones, watched it alot with my mom. oh and a good example of them doing stuff they legally aren't supposed to is how often they just blatantly ignore conflict of interest(granted once or twice they acknowledged it but it happens way more times

[@JackRabbit20]

Man im a big ban of fones

[@Tannerbot2k]

Thank you for reminding me of the cringe of Bones. Sheesh.

[@ctimegodb658]

I loved bones until one episode where one of the assistants was caught using weed. Cause it helped with the kemo therapy he was doing for cancer. The main characters made him stop doing the weed and rather he suffer instead of taking the drug lol