The Skeletoons

The Skeletoons is a Kuboian stop motion animated television series created by Claudia Winkel and produced by Stickpuppet Theatre and Gutstone Media Productions. The show focuses on the titular characters, a group of skeleton-like creatures, who live in a magical forest. A total of fourteen episodes were produced and aired on Vision Network as part of its Bumper's Block programming strand in 1992. It was the first Kuboian animated series to be produced in stop motion.

Premise
The show focuses on the titular species, a group of white humanoid creatures who live in a carnival-like forest. Skeletoons have many similarities to humans and can talk, think and have similar daily routines to them, but are capable of doing additional things such as being able to consume and eat some toxic items and gases. Humans never appear in the show, though they are occasionally indirectly referenced.

Production
The Skeletoons was created by Claudia Winkel in 1989. The idea to make the characters all white humanoid creatures was based on several factors, such as saving money on paint and so the characters could "do things humans can't". She also wanted each of the skeletoons to be slightly different to each other, as she wanted to include variety in the show and showcase that the characters could solve problems even with any potential impairments they might have.

Though primarly stop motion, the show used some computer-generated imagery for some of its backgrounds, becoming one of the first animated television series to do so. In order for chorma key to function properly, Winkel avoided using green for any of the characters' clothing, any items they used, and even for flooring. As a result, "grass" and "leaves" were always coloured purple or brown.