[Meanie Monday] Pirates!

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In the game, The Yeti (2014), there's an unlockable pirate costume option:

Cover of "Kajtek i Yetik", a Polish children's book by Paul Wakuła:

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In March 2015, an episode of Jake and the Neverland Pirates, "The Legendary Snow-Foot!" aired, featuring a shy big-footed yeti boy.

Yeti Loves Ice Spikes Growing Out of His Skin, Apparently

Minjun Kim

What does that even mean, having ice spikes grow out of the skin?   Biologically speaking, I mean.

Is one's skeleton made of ice too?

I wonder if Frozen's Marshmallow is partly an inspiration for this trend.

Or maybe it comes from Star Trek's Mugato, the original spike-backed ape-beast:

Or Doomsday?

Oh also Ice-Hulk.

I mean, it's not totally brand new. Spikes have been growing out of yeti's back for a while now - as you can see: here, here, here, here, here, here (Winx Club), & in last year's Lara Croft game.

But there seems to be a definite spike in popularity.  Without further ado, here are a bunch more examples I found that stuck out at me:

Royal Dunlop

Fil Barlow

Dyana Wang

Hyunseok LEE

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Defender of Texel (2013):

Dungeon Fighter Online (2010):

Kymera Keeper (2012):

 Tiny Monsters (2013):

A Lenda Do Herói (2016):

Has regular yetis

But the big boss got lots of sprouting ice back-spikes

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Even Snow Trolls are getting backsicles.

[Morbid Monday] Skulls

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Aidan Monahan

Skull Apparel:

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Skull-faced Jilarji from Go! Godman

Monday's Troll by Jack Prelutsky and Peter Sis (1996) ...

Has this poem and illustration:

A SOLITARY YETI

I'm a solitary yeti,

Traversing frozen plains,

Upon a constant lookout

For dinosaur remains.

I savor them for supper,

I relish them for lunch,

Their flavor is peculiar,

But I adore the crunch.

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Temple Run 2: Frozen Shadows (2015):

Haunted Empire (2015):

Sword & Sorcery 6: Yeti as Skull-appareled Barbarian

Yeti Barbarians dig the skull apparel, man.

Lucio Gutierrez-Hermosillo

Sword & Sorcery 4: Yeti as Evil Sorceror

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Yeti Wizard Designer Toy

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[Skull Week] Skull-faced

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