Jack Skellington is a character and the protagonist of the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a tall, sentient skeleton who is the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, a fantasy world based solely on the Halloween holiday. Jack is voiced by Chris Sarandon.
He comes off more as an anti-hero, if anything.. Despite this, he's clearly a creature that lurks in the night. Jack Skellington is well intentioned as he wants to spread the joy of Christmas to Halloweentown. He is bored with the repetitive nature of Halloween and longs for something different.
In the beginning of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack is dressed as a scarecrow with a jack-o-lantern head. This suite is to hide his appearance from mortals during his annual Halloween scares. Jack has a pet ghost-dog named Zero, who has a glowing pumpkin nose.
Is Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas the Grinch?
Perhaps that is because Who-Ville and Christmas Town are really the same place, and the Grinch ended up there by mistake. And then, after his death, he ends up in Halloween town, becoming Jack Skellington. This explains why he becomes so obsessed with Christmas when he revisits Christmas Town.
No, seriously...what is going on with Disney's "Wish"?
Who was Jack Skellington before he died?
Jack Skellington's appearance in James and the Giant Peach as Captain Jack suggests that he was a pirate before he died, explaining his chaotic actions in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
He wanted to take over Christmas Day because his Halloween specials keep getting cancelled. However, despite being a villain, Jack is not completely evil because all he really wanted to do was give himself and his friends the holiday special they worked hard for after their holidays have repeatedly been cancelled.
Oogie Boogie was the obvious choice to step up and take control of the day to day stuff, but Jack was worried that Oogie's perverse personality and love of gambling would slowly cause the town to lose its Halloween spirit.
The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack's cut epilogue reveals that Jack and Sally have "four or five" skeleton children who form a xylophone band. The film's ending is hopeful and forward-looking, while the cut epilogue provides a more reflective and bittersweet tone.
Jack Skellington has made nine cameos outside of The Nightmare Before Christmas, including in films like Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands. Jack Skellington's iconic face and figure can be spotted in various forms throughout other movies, showcasing Tim Burton's distinctive style and affinity for Halloween.
While his intentions are not malicious, Jack does not understand the true spirit of Christmas. Halloween Town plans to give the holidays a macabre makeover. Sally reveals to Jack a bad premonition, but Jack's basic nature is impulsiveness.
Jack, having both faced and beaten Oogie before, knows the truth about the bug-filled windbag and shows absolutely no fear of him, while on the other hand, Oogie is greatly afraid of Jack, as shown from Jack's sudden and unexpected appearance in Oogie's lair in the film.
After hearing stories about the supposed "Pumpkin King" of Halloween Town, an envious Oogie Boogie became obsessed with outclassing Jack as the scariest ghoul there is. His manner of doing so developed into a coup to take over Halloween and rebranding it as "Crawloween"—a holiday dedicated to bugs.
In the Disney animated feature Alice in Wonderland, the Queen of Hearts appears as the movie's main villain. She makes her appearance at the climax of the movie. The character was voiced by Verna Felton. She is portrayed as a haughty sadist, who enjoys decapitating anyone who merely annoys her.
The Cheshire Cat is the secondary antagonist in Disney's 13th full-length animated feature film Alice in Wonderland. He is an extremely mischievous and powerful shapeshifting cat who antagonizes anyone whom he comes across, whether they be hero or villain.
Sally is in love with Jack Skellington, but is unsuccessful in showing her affections to Jack. However, by the end of the movie, she manages to let him know how much she loves him and he reveals that he loves her in return. They share a passionate kiss on top of Spiral Hill.
Jack is 77 inches tall, and Sally is 70 inches tall. They are both animatronic, prompted to move when they detect sound or motion nearby. Jack's mouth, hand and arm move while he makes 12 sounds, including phrases from the movie.
Sally is Jack Skellington's love interest, a kind, shy, and determined rag doll who tells him that Christmas and Halloween should not mix and is the only one to have doubts about his Christmas plan.
In his attempts to turn Halloween into Bug Day, Oogie Boogie tries to kidnap Jack AKA the Pumpkin King, but Sally is kidnapped by mistake. Oogie Boogie decides to hold her hostage until Jack comes to save her and the town from his terror. It is from this experience that Sally falls in love with Jack.
It's no wonder he's so feared and despised among the Halloweentown natives, and Jack loses a bit of his cheeriness when he brings him up. Personality: Oogie Boogie is a serial killer, a sadist, a torture enthusiast, and an utter psychopath… and he absolutely, completely relishes in all of these things.
He's a loathsome and opprobrious sadist who has his henchmen abduct people and bring them to his lair for him to torture and eventually slaughter and/or eat and/or add to his snake and spider stew. Oogie's life revolved around gambling, and he loved gambling with others' lives.
The Jack Skellington release date in Fortnite was Tuesday 24th October, with the character arriving in the Item Shop as it refreshed overnight (from a UK time zone point of view). That's right, folks — Jack Skellington is now available in Fortnite!
Although Jack Skellington is the protagonist, he's no hero. He kidnaps Santa Claus, makes destructive weapons, and upsets the whole town. While he didn't intend to upset anyone, his actions did so anyway.
He is a good role model for everyone in Halloween Town, and treats everyone fairly and with kindness. Doesn't become hostile or aggressive over the town's obsessive nature over him. After Zero died and went to Halloween Town, Jack took him in and got him off the streets.
