Victor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria's (Emily Watson) families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he's in a forest practicing his lines for the wedding, a tree branch becomes a hand that drags him to the land of the dead.
Johnny Depp - Victor Van Dort. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's collaborations date back years before he lent his voice to Victor Van Dort, the somber groom-to-be whose arranged marriage is intercepted by the misunderstood Corpse Bride.
"Corpse Bride" tells the story of Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp), a young man whose parents arrange for him to marry the beautiful Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson).
Emily, now freed from her torment, releases Victor of his vow to marry her and returns his ring, allowing him to marry Victoria. As she steps into the moonlight, she transforms into a swarm of butterflies that fly into the sky as Victor and Victoria watch and embrace.
She originally intended to marry Victor, even though it meant she was (unknowingly) stealing Victoria Everglot's happiness Barkis Bittern stole from her years ago.
What CORPSE BRIDE Teaches About Handling Heartbreak with guest Rebecca Parham
Who killed Corpse Bride?
Emily, the Corpse Bride, was murdered on her wedding day by her fiancé, who stole her family's fortune and left her for dead in the forest. The identity of Emily's murderer is revealed to be Lord Barkis, who was also attempting to marry Victoria, Victor's true love.
Although she is beautiful (at least for a corpse), Victor doesn't love her and just wants to get out of the marriage and back to the land of the living. But Emily won't have it. She was tragically murdered the night before her wedding, and desperately wants another chance at love with Victor.
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Has A Heartbreaking Real-Life Inspiration - IMDb. The original Corpse Bride story was inspired by a Jewish folktale called "The Finger," which tells the story of a man accidentally marrying the undead ghost of a murdered bride.
Victor decides to apologize to Emily and becomes her friend by playing the piano with her. Even though Victor is in love with Victoria, he is heartbroken when he learns that she's marrying someone else, unaware that she was being forced into it by her parents and her fiancé is Lord Barkis Bittern.
Is Victor in Frankenweenie the same as Corpse Bride?
Corpse Bride's Victor and Frankenweenie's have pretty much the same character design, with pointy chins, really big eyes, thin noses, dark shadows around the eyes, and small mouths, but they aren't the same character.
When it comes down to it, Victor wanted to marry Victoria. He chose her. Although their marriage was a duty to their families, it also led to natural chemistry. Victor was nervous about his vows, so he went into the woods and practiced.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is about Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon), Halloween Town's Pumpkin King who schemes to take over Christmas, while Corpse Bride focuses on Victor (Johnny Depp), a Victorian-era man who accidentally weds a dead woman named Emily (Helena Bonham Carter).
Victor and Victoria joyfully reunite, but Lord Barkis interrupts the festivities to remind them that Victoria is now his wife. Lord Barkis attempts to kill Victor with his sword, but Emily takes the blow herself.
tl;dnr: Emily is the maternal aunt of Victoria Everglot, the bethrothed / fiancé of Victor Van Dort. More specifically, Emily is - was? - the younger sister of Maudeline Everglot, Victoria's mother.
Barkis killed Emily because he wanted her family's money and desired social status, which he could achieve through marrying Victoria. Emily turned into butterflies and departed to a different afterlife after giving Victor his wedding ring back, symbolizing her freedom and release from her vow.
Ever since she was murdered on her wedding night, this Corpse Bride has been waiting for a groom to come and claim her. Suddenly a husband, Victor must somehow find a way back to the living arms of Victoria without breaking the unbeating heart of the sweetly decaying Emily.
Which is set back in the late 1800s in a Victorian village, where a man and woman by the names of Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot are suddenly betrothed to each other even though they have never met...
Eventually, Victor overhears a conversation between Emily and an elder that rules the underworld, in which the elder reveals that their marriage is not valid, since Victor is alive and Emily is dead. To truly be married, Victor and Emily must say their vows again, and Victor must die at the end.
As per the traditional vows, a reanimated Emily kisses Victor, who faints in the process. Upon waking up, Victor finds himself inside the Land of the Dead, and learns that his new "bride" Emily is in fact deceased, and learns that she was murdered in the forest by her original fiancé.
