Jack Skellington in Christmas Town

Jack Skellington is a skeleton known as the "Pumpkin King" of Halloween Town, a fictional world based solely on the holiday of Halloween. He is the main male protagonist of The Nightmare Before Christmas film and games. Normally, he is dressed in a black pin-striped suit and a bow resembling a bat. He has a pet ghost dog named Zero, who has a small glowing nose that looks like a jack'o'lantern. His love interest is Sally, a rag doll created by Dr. Finklestein. Jack Skellington is a well-loved character and is a popular design on bags, clothes, umbrellas, and other items. Image File history File links Jack. ... This article is about the holiday. ... The Nightmare Before Christmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Sally is a fictional character in Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas, and is the main female protagonist of the film. ... Image:Dr. Finklestein. ...

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The film commences after the grand finale of Halloween, which was the town's "most horrible yet". Jack is growing bored with Halloween, and is in search of a stronger sense of purpose for his life (or lack thereof). While wandering aimlessly through the Hinterlands, he stumbles upon a grove of trees marked by doorways with festive icons. He inadvertently finds his way into Christmas Town and becomes infatuated with the holiday. After obsessively researching the holiday, he decides that this year, the citizens of Halloween Town will make Christmas. Sally, an animated rag doll who secretly loves him, has a premonition of disaster and attempts to warn Jack, who dismisses her fear. However, Sally's premonition proves to be right. Not really understanding the "point" of Christmas, the citizens of Halloween Town create a celebration of the macabre rather than a "season to be jolly"; Jack, dressed as Santa Claus, brings terror rather than joy to the children of the world. Furthermore, wanting Santa Claus to rest, Jack had ordered the local tricksters Lock, Shock, and Barrel to bring Santa to Halloween Town and make him comfortable. However, the three tricksters bring him instead to the evil Oogie Boogie, who decides to tease, kill, and eat Santa. Sally attempts to rescue Santa Claus, but is herself captured. A rag doll is a cloth doll, typically home-made from (and stuffed with) spare scraps of material. ... For other uses, see Fear (disambiguation). ... Terror is a pronounced state of fear, an overwhelming sense of imminent danger. ... Look up joy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A typical depiction of Santa Claus. ... Lock, Shock, and Barrel are fictional characters in the animated movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. ... Oogie Boogie. ...

Upon realizing his error, Jack overcomes his identity crisis and reaffirms himself as the Pumpkin King. With determination to both correct his mistake and save Christmas, Jack promptly returns to Halloween Town. Upon returning to Halloween Town, he discovers that Santa has been taken to Oogie Boogie. He enters Oogie's lair and rescues his friends. Santa Claus returns to the world to resurrect Christmas, while Jack finds Sally atop a hill and reveals his own affection for her. The final line of the movie shows the two of them realizing that they are "meant to be together". The official film soundtrack CD contains an epilogue track, stating that Jack eventually has "four or five skeleton children" who play together in a xylophone band.

Personality

Jack is generally a vivacious, charismatic gentleman — a stark contrast to his undead status — and is fond of grand theatrics, which is likely part of what makes him the best at what he does. He is quick and eager to make new friends; but, on that note, seems to assume (often incorrectly) that others are the same. Although kind-hearted, Jack has a tendency to be self-absorbed and more than a little oblivious, failing to notice both Sally's affections and Santa Claus's apparent dislike of him. He has a tendency to become fascinated with an idea to the exclusion of all others. For the change in vowel and consonant quality in Celtic languages, see Affection (linguistics). ...

Jack appears to believe in only using violence as a last resort. Even when angered or forced to fight, Jack remains stern and solemn. He tends to favor utilizing his exceptional speed, flexibility, and agility in combat, leaping and dodging to avoid attacks. Unlike Oogie Boogie, Jack is rarely seen to use his monstrous powers for his personal gain. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Agility is the quality of being quick-moving and nimble. ... “Fights” redirects here. ... Oogie Boogie. ...

It is possible that Jack Skellington and Oogie Boogie are foils: Jack is slender, kindhearted, artistic, and thoughtful whereas Oogie is fat, sadistic, gross, and loudmouthed. Its also revealed that Jack doesn't like Oogie Boogie even before he kidnaps Santa.

Video games

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King

Jack Skellington is shown to have had a rivalry with Oogie Boogie. Oogie makes plans to turn Halloween Town into a New Bug Day. Jack confronts his plan and thwart him from taking over the town. Few of the Townsfolk actually saw Oogie himself, and so assume terrifying ideas about him. When Jack defeated and subsequently scared off such a menacing figure, he was made the Pumpkin King, the one in charge of making Halloween scary every year.

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge

Tired of using the same old themes over and over on Halloween, Jack goes to Doctor Picklestein, who gives him the Soul Robber (jokingly referred to as "Phil" in one part of the game), an invention that changes shape. Jack decided to leave Halloween Town to get new ideas for Halloween frights. When Jack comes back to town, he finds that Oogie Boogie has been resurrected. Now Jack has to set things right again. Jack dances, fights, and sings in this game to attack Oogie Boogie's minions. Jack is portrayed as inept to some degree in this game.

It should be noted that Chris Sarandon did both the speaking and singing voice of Jack in this game.

Kingdom Hearts series

Jack Skellington appears in all three installments of the Kingdom Hearts video game series. He inhabits the world of Halloween Town, where the evil Heartless threatens its denizens. The games' main protagonists, Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy, befriend Jack and together they battle the Heartless and also Oogie Boogie. In fight, Jack uses some of his scary powers with demonstrations of some magic, making him a formidable mage in combat. This does not cite its references or sources. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The symbol of the Heartless The Heartless ) are creatures of darkness who serve as the antagonists in the fictional universe of the Kingdom Hearts video game series. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ... Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character from Walt Disney Productions. ... This article is about the Disney character. ... The symbol of the Heartless The Heartless ) are creatures of darkness who serve as the antagonists in the fictional universe of the Kingdom Hearts video game series. ...

Sarandon reprises his role for the English version, and Masachika Ichimura does his Japanese voice. Masachika Ichimura ) (born January 28, 1949) is a Japanese voice actor (seiyū) and musical singer. ...

Kingdom Hearts

Jack Skellington introduces himself to Sora, Goofy, and Donald Duck as the ruler of Halloween Town. Jack plans to use the heart that Finklestein created to control the seemingly docile Heartless to make a festival called "Heartless Halloween" so that Halloween can be frightening, but the idea fails when not only the first experiment cause the Heartless to go berserk, but Oogie Boogie steals the finished heart, and plans to use it to take over Halloween Town. At Oogie's manor, Jack, Sora, and the gang confront him. After Oogie is defeated, Jack finds out that Oogie uses the dark orbs as his source of life, which Oogie combines himself with his manor to become a giant boss. Once the gang defeats Oogie once again, and his manor crumbles, revealing Halloween Town's keyhole. Jack is considerably shorter in this game than as he appeared in the movie. This article contains information on the first Kingdom Hearts video game. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ... This article is about the Disney character. ... Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character from Walt Disney Productions. ... Oogie Boogie. ...

Chain of Memories

"Created" from Sora's memories of Halloween Town, when Jack Skellington wanted to ask Picklestein what happened when he sniffs the potion that can bring "true memories", Heartless appeared. When Jack Skellington had found out that Oogie Boogie had stolen Picklestein's potion, he must stop him before Oogie drinks the whole potion. They fail to reach him before he does, but they defeat him, as Oogie becomes overwhelmed with fear as a side effect of the potion. Sora becomes worried about what will happen when he discovers his true memories, but Jack reassures him that fear is a sign of a strong heart. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories ) is a video game for the Game Boy Advance and the second installment in the Kingdom Hearts series, bridging the gap between Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. The game was released in the United States on December 7, 2004 and in Europe on May... The symbol of the Heartless The Heartless ) are creatures of darkness who serve as the antagonists in the fictional universe of the Kingdom Hearts video game series. ...

Kingdom Hearts II

Following the film loosely to some degree, out of reference, Jack tries to take Santa Claus's place again. To that end, Jack asks Sora and gang to help him be Santa's bodyguards. But after fighting the Heartless and Oogie Boogie, who has been resurrected by Maleficent, Santa explains to Jack that they each have a job to do with their respective holidays. Despite this, he begins to wear a Santa suit Sally sewed together for him. In the second trip to Halloween Town, Jack still wears the Santa suit, as he still longs to deliver Christmas presents and feels that it would be rude not to wear the suit Sally worked so hard on. Along with Sora and the gang, he helps defeat Doctor Picklestein's experiment, who stole Christmas presents from Santa in search of a heart. As a reward for all his hard work and assistance, Santa brings Jack on a ride-along with him in his sleigh for a while. After Santa drops Jack off at Halloween Town, Jack learns the meaning of Christmas by understanding the act of giving. He dances with Sally in the end. Kingdom Hearts II ) is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios) in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: no indication of this existing - crystal ballism? If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ...

Fan Games

Jack appears as one of the four main characters in the fanmade emulation game Schoolhouse Demons (which was never finished and has been abandoned for the time being) along with Shiki and Durham Glaster from Black Cat and Vivi Orunitia from Final Fantasy IX. He weilds a large scythe and uses black magic to attack his enemies. (Disclaimer: All characters belong to their respective owners.)

Disneyland

Once a year at Disneyland during the Holidays, Haunted Mansion is taken over by the cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas and is turned into a mix of 'Halloween and Christmas'. Jack and other characters appear throughout the ride wearing Christmas attire. The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride attraction located at Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Park in Paris (as Phantom Manor). ...

He also appears at the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character. Disney Parks Worldwide logo Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the division of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds and manages the companys theme parks and vacation resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises. ...

Cameos

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• Jack Skellington had a cameo as a pirate in the stop-motion animated movie James and the Giant Peach (although he is wearing a beard). He is the captain of the sunken ship that Centipede boards in search of a compass. Perhaps in testament to his Shakespearean tribute, his head comes off during the movie. Also, the centipede calls him "a skellington."

• In Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, there's a scarecrow that looks very much like Jack in his scarecrow disguise, as shown at the beginning of Nightmare Before Christmas.

• In Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, the whisking machine in the Inventor's cookie factory strongly resembles Jack Skellington.

• In The Simpsons comic "Homer's Christmas Adventure", where Homer dreamed about meeting Santa, Jack is seen at the end waving him goodbye.

• In the television series The Critic, Jack appears in a parody called "The Nightmare Before Hanukkah."

• Just recently, another version of "The Nightmare Before Hanukkah" was used for part of a skit on Robot Chicken with Jack Skellington voiced by Victor Yerrid.

• Jack is mentioned in the Blink 182 song "I Miss You": "We can live like Jack and Sally if we want, Where you can always find me, And we'll have Halloween on Christmas And in the night we'll wish this never ends".

• In a South Park trilogy-episode called "Imaginationland", Jack appears as an inhabitant of a dimension with the same name.

• In a special Halloween episode of "Tiny Toon adventures" The movie was strongly parodied in the introduction with a tall fellow who calls himself "The Pumpkin Guy" with a white pumpkin head sings atop the same curled hill as in the movie about how bored he is with his own holiday. The hill then curls into an escalator ( after he uses a Zero-like ghost dog as a tissue) and rides down it to the woods where he discovers the holiday trees..one in which has the Tiny Toons logo on it...he opens it and is crushed by the Tiny Toons who begin their song.

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External links

• Jack Skellington at the Internet Movie Database
• Jack Skellington Blog
• Jack Skellington Halloween Pumpkin Carving