And Then A Skeleton Popped Out

And Then A Skeleton Popped Out

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Updated Oct 05, 2020 at 07:25AM EDT by shevyrolet.

Added Mar 18, 2012 at 05:20PM EDT by T3XT.

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About

"AND THEN A SKELETON POPPED OUT" is a parody creepypasta and sarcastic expression used to mock creepypastas that are too predictable in outcome or troll pastas that are poorly written on purpose.

Origin

The phrase was first used by an anonymous 4chan user in response to an /x/ (paranormal) board post[1] re-telling the "who was phone?"[1] story, an often-reposted creeypasta originally posted in 2008 that is well-known for its comedic element:

"A FEW YEARS AGO A MAN WAS WALKING DOWN A ROAD BECAUSE HIS CAR BROKE DOWN AND HE SAW A CAR COMING UP BEHIND HIM SO HE STUCK OUT HIS THUMB TO HITCH HIKE AND THE CAR STOPPED AHEAD OF HIM. HE RAN UP TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AND OPENED THE DOOR. WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR A SKELETON POPPED OUT"

The story is often accompanied by a clip art of a skeleton (shown below), in a similar vein to its usage in 2spooky.



Spread

Due to the rampant growth of copypasta trolling on 4chan's /x/ board, the story soon became used as a staple response to criticize creepypastas that are all too predictable in outcome. On January 1st, 2010, a Facebook fan page[3] for the phrase "And Then a Skeleton Popped Out" was created. On May 7th, 2010, Urban Dictionary[5] user LeJesseRawrs submitted an entry for the phrase, defining it as a phrase "used at the end of a story to spice it up, make it interesting, or to just keep someone's attention." On August 19th, 2010, an article about the troll pasta was submitted to Creepypasta Wikia.[4] On May 27th, 2011, YouTuber Shadowbreaker9001 uploaded a dramatic reading of the creepypasta, gaining over 11,000 views (shown below).



On March 4th, 2014, Redditor yesofcourseitdid[7] posted a compilation of short creepypastas edited to have the phrase appear at the end, gaining over 220 points. On October 30th, Imgur user FEMACampCounselor[8] uploaded several "And then a skeleton popped out" trollpastas with humorous GIFs.

Notable Examples


I was sharing a passionate kiss with my romantic interest, when my cellular phone alerted me that someone wished to converse with me. The man on the phone inquired as to what I was engaging in with his daughter. Assumin father, I explained the conversation I had g this man was my romantic interest's to her. She informed me that her father was deceased. That is when I thought to myself "IE hez father ia dead, then who was conversing with me on the cellular phone?" And then a human skeletal structure appeared.

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Dreysman
Dreysman

One hyper-realistic morning, I opened my hyper-realistic eyes, only to find that my hyper-realistic sheets had been torn off my hyper-realistic bed and strewn about my hyper-realistic room. I decided, with my hyper-realistic brain, to jump out of my hyper-realistic bed to find the cause of this, only to notice that, when my hyper-realistic feet touched the hyper-realistic carpet, it was damp.
Looking down with my hyper-realistic eyes, I saw that it was covered in hyper-realistic blood. I opened my hyper-realistic mouth to scream, but hyper-realistic blood started to pour out, and my hyper-realistic eyes became filled with hyper-realistic blood-tears. Due to a massive loss of hyper-realistic blood, I died, and then a hyper-realistic skeleton popped out.

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