Line #45 Funny/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Well, they say no two snowflakes are alike...]]
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4	* Near the beginning of the movie, Sally detaches her arm in order to get away from Dr. Finklestein. When he yells after her, the arm left in his hand starts bonking him on the head.
5	** Later when she goes back to him because he still has her arm, the detached arm gives a sheepish wave.
6	* The Mayor comes knocking the morning after Halloween to start planning for next year only to get no answer.
7	-->'''Mayor:''' Jack, please! [[AuthorityInNameOnly I'm only an elected official here, I can't make decisions by myself!]] [brings out the megaphone] JACK! ''ANSWER ME! AHHHHHHH!'' [falls down steps]
8	** If you watch behind him, you can see the town band (whom he passed on the way in) walk up to the gate and observe the proceedings, nodding and nudging each other.
9	* "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis WHAT! IS! THIS?!]]" [walks face-first into sign and falls backward into snow]
10	** Watch carefully, his head squashes against the sign. [[FridgeLogic How a skull can do this is up for questioning.]]
11	* One of the witches using her hat as an EarTrumpet.
12	* The Town Meeting song in general. Jack tries to explain Christmas to the citizens of Halloween Town, and they clearly aren't getting it.
13	-->'''Devil:''' A pox? How delightful, a pox!\
14	'''Jack:''' If you ''please...''
15	** The Mayor is standing on a rafter, controlling a spotlight. At one point, he gets so excited that he briefly loses his balance and almost falls off. The way he shouts his line when this happens is great (but changed in the album version):
16	--->'''Mayor:''' I fully endorse it, let's [almost falls off] TRY it at once!
17	** Jack realizes that the monsters don't understand, so he tells them about Santa Claus in the one way they ''would'' understand: by going out of his way to [[MundaneMadeAwesome try and make Santa sound scary]]. As he does this, Sally looks at him with ''utter disbelief''.
18	** Even better, but more subtly: The Mayor has been controlling a spotlight up until then. When this scene happens, he loses control of it. After regaining his balance, he repositions the spotlight on Jack, moving the light over the monsters in the audience, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent causing them to shield their eyes]].
19	** For that matter, Jack's initial return home from Christmas town. He's wearing a pair of snow goggles, grinning doofily, bearing a giant bag of stolen Christmas trinkets and driving a little snow cart that he obviously also stole. What's more, the vehicle has big, ugly gouges where the edges of the Christmas-tree door scraped against the metal bodywork!
20	* All of Jack's attempts at trying to make sense of Christmas. To name a few:
21	** He dips a candy cane in electrolysis, causing it to go limp and lose its stripes, much to his disappointment.
22	** He tries to cut a snowflake out of paper. Defying all laws of physics, [[EpicFail it comes out looking like a spider]]. And he gives a ''very'' exaggerated DoubleTake upon seeing it.
23	*** This scene becomes even funnier if you get some paper and scissors and copy exactly what he does. You'll find that the end result looks absolutely ''nothing'' like that snowflake.
24	** He reads a plethora of Christmas-related books, ranging from ''[[Literature/AChristmasCarol A Christmas Carol]]'' to ''[[Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]'' to something called ''Bobo Gets a Firetruck'', which, for some reason, is several times thicker than ''A Christmas Carol''.
25	* The deliberately monotonous, bored voice Jack speaks with when he's alone and/or depressed, juxtaposed with the posh, boisterous voice he uses when singing or addressing his citizens. Chris Sarandon does a great job sounding like they literally pulled some random guy with no acting experience off the street to read those lines.
26	* Jack's unexpected DeadpanSnarker moment while borrowing equipment from Dr. Finklestein. Or was it sincere [[MoodWhiplash excitement]]?
27	-->'''Dr. Finklestein:''' Curiosity killed the cat, you know.\
28	'''Jack:''' I ''know.''\
29	'''Dr. Finklestein:''' [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Come on into the lab and we'll get you all fixed up.]]
30	** Even better in the Italian version, where Dr. Finklestein says that curious people go to hell... which [[NightmareFetishist would probably be awesome for them.]]
31	* At the beginning of "Jack's Obsession", the werewolf can be seen doing a small pivot while singing.
32	* "Kidnap the Sandy Claws". ALL OF IT.
33	* This:
34	-->'''Shock:''' [[SurroundedByIdiots I wish my cohorts weren't so dumb.]]\
35	'''Barrel:''' I'm not the dumb one!\
36	'''Lock:''' You're no fun!\
37	'''Shock:''' [[BigShutUp Shut up!]]\
38	'''Lock:''' MAKE ME!
39	* The street band attempting to play "Jingle Bells", with tritones for the harmony, and later their rendition of "Here Comes Santa Claus" in the same style. Evidently, those guys do ''not'' know any major keys.
40	** Then there's Jack's review of the former attempt:
41	--->'''Jack, with sincere and unabashed glee:''' Fantastic!
42	* When [[TerribleTrio Lock, Shock, and Barrel]] accidentally bring in the Easter Bunny, from the first "That's not Sandy Claws..." to Behemoth's "BUNNY!" Sure, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it has no relevance to the plot]], but ''damn'' is it funny.
43	** Also hilarious is Jack kindly telling the Easter Bunny how sorry he is about the mix-up while the poor thing is cowering in the sack.
44	* Dr. Finkelstein kissing his new creation... and the top of its head promptly slamming down on his face.
45	* The part where Sally is worriedly talking to herself while Jack is practicing his "ho ho ho" in the background.
46	* This:
47	-->'''Santa:''' Haven't you heard of peace on earth, and good will toward men?\
48	'''Lock, Shock, and, Barrel:''' [gleefully] NO!
49	* When Lock, Shock and Barrel try to stuff Santa Claus down the chute leading to Oogie's lair, he gets stuck.
50	-->'''Shock:''' I think he might be too big! \
51	'''Lock:''' No he's not! If he can go down a chimney, he can fit. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Down. HERE!]]
52	** And when we see an outside view of the chute as Santa grunts and cries out as he goes down it, knocking rivets out on the way.
53	** And also right after they first shove him in the opening of the pipe and realize he is stuck we get a shot of Santa's holly underwear. How humiliating for Santa.
54	** As Santa is shoved into the opening of the pipe he makes a funny face by rolling his eyes in two different directions.
55	** Also Lock, Shock and Barrel smacking Santa's butt with the plunger, pitchfork and broom.
56	** The sheer size of Santa's rear end is massive. It's so big it's a wonder the trick or treaters could get him to fit down the pipe.
57	* Oogie Boogie has some funny moments in his song:
58	** The way he says "Would someone SHUT this fella up?"
59	** The start of the deleted verse ("Well, if I'm feeling ''antsy''...") The pun is funny enough, but there's something really hilarious about his casual, cheerful tone when he says this line. It just hammers in how FauxAffablyEvil he is.
60	** During the call-and-response part of the song, Oogie sings along with some creepy skeletons... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and then]] [[ChekhovsGunman the bats seen near the start of the song]], who sing in adorably squeaky voices.
61	** At one point, Oogie bounces his dice off his butt, complete with an audible ''boing''.
62	** This line:
63	-->'''Oogie Boogie:'''This can't be the right guy! (shouting) He's ancient! (quiet) He's ugly... (normal)I don't know which is worse!
64	* The almost shit-eating look of pride on Jack's face while the Mayor gives a speech before his Christmas voyage.
65	* The sheer juxtaposition between both towns prepping for Christmas. Christmas Town. Santa’s elves are obviously in their wheelhouse but the monsters? Clearly not so much…
66	** Mr. Hyde putting a scorpion in a matryoshka doll.
67	** The Harlequin Demon turning an old rat into a hat while the mud man, who’s locked in a stockade to model it, just rolls his eyes.
68	** The corpse father using a black and orange anaconda for a stocking and getting swallowed.
69	** The vampires making a toy duck. Complete with fangs and bloody bite marks.
70	** Whereas Santa’s sleigh looks lovely, Jack’s “sleigh” is an old coffin hooked up with a large trash can in the back for holding the presents.
71	* The NightmareFuel presents the kids receive from good-natured Jack are both horrifying and hilarious. There's a reason it was in a lot of the trailers.
72	-->"And what did Santa bring you, honey?" "[[TheScream AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!!]]"
73	** That one gets a mention for the ''completely unimpressed'' expression on the kid's face.
74	*** And later, when Santa switches the shrunken head for the puppy, the FunnyBackgroundEvent of the parents still passed out and twitching.
75	** Scary as it was for some viewers, watching the snake [[BigEater chowing down]] on the Christmas tree was pretty hilarious too, especially with the kid just standing there, gawking and screaming his head off.
76	** The pumpkin-headed Jack-in-the-box chasing the fat kid down the hallway.
77	** And the montage of people barricading their houses against Jack, climaxing with one guy who simply ''[[KillItWithFire turns up the fire.]]''
78	** One shot has Jack dropping several presents down chimneys, not showing what they are, but whatever's in there results in immediate screams from inside each one.
79	* When Sally goes to free Santa from Oogie's lair, she distracts the villain by taking off one of her legs to lure him over in a typical [[BuffySpeak cartoon-dame-looking-for-a-ride-into-town]] way. Oogie comments on this admiringly, elbowing Santa in a way that says, "Hey, would'ja look at that hottie?" Then he spits in his hand with an audible ''ptooey'' sound and slicks back hair ''that he doesn't even have''.
80	** When Oogie comes up to the detached leg, he calls it lovely before taking off Sally's shoe and [[TickleTorture tickling her foot]]. Pretty funny since it's clearly the only act he could do in a family friendly film.
81	** If one looks closely, the foot is actually fidgeting as it's being tickled. Either it is just really playing the part, or it really is ticklish
82	** Unfortunately, Sally's cover is blown when Oogie's tickles her foot too much, causing the leg to fall out of the door.
83	* When Oogie Boogie rolls the dice to see how many cranks he'll get to lower Santa and Sally into the furnace, his anger at getting "snake eyes"[[note]]A pair of ones[[/note]] is pretty funny, if only for [[LargeHam how annoyed he sounds.]] Him ''[[SoreLoser banging the table so that the vibration causes the dice to flip to a more favorable number]]'' is even funnier.
84	-->'''Oogie Boogie:''' WHAT?! ''Snake eyes?!'' [bangs table, flipping the dice to 11.] EEEEEEEEEEE-LEVEN!
85	** It's doubly funny in an alternate workprint, where Oogie gives the dice a DeathGlare, and they ''flip on their own accord''.
86	* Oogie attempts to deal with Jack by activating traps in his lair, but Jack manages to evade them effortlessly. Oogie meanwhile finds himself being directed into the same traps. [[OhCrap Realizing this]], he is forced to run to avoid them and jump to stop, which eventually leads to his downfall when [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his string gets caught on one of them]].
87	* A brief one, but Jack's expression when Santa Claus flies out of Oogie's lair when all is said and done. You can practically [[FacialDialogue hear him thinking "I didn't know he could do that."]]
88	** The fact that Santa effortlessly flies out through a narrow pipe is even funnier when you recall how much trouble the kids had getting him ''into'' the lair by similar means.
89	* In a DeletedScene, we have Finklestein's escape after he's unmasked as Oogie Boogie.
90	-->'''Finklestein:''' (''being carried into a chamber'') Farewell, Jack (''falls'') SKELLINGTON! (''door slams on him'')
91	** The fact that Tim Burton hated this ending so much, he kicked a hole in the wall.
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