History Characters / TheNightmareBeforeChristmas

* DirtyCoward: Despite being a hundred times bigger than Jack (at least in terms of sheer bulk), he whimpers and runs away if he even thinks Jack has the upper hand. Considering he's just a big burlap sack full of bugs, this behavior is reasonably justified.

* MoodSwinger: Jack frequently and quickly swings between elation, depression, and anger. Many fans speculate that he has a mood disorder (bipolar disorder is the popular choice, but that's not actually how it works, most of the time).

* BreakoutVillain: His popularity led to him being not only the BigBad of the [[VideoGame/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasThePumpkinKing prequel]] and [[VideoGame/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasOogiesRevenge sequel]] games, in which he is no longer a PlotIrrelevantVillain, and a guest villain in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, but also the central character for the Disneyland Halloween event, "Oogie Boogie Bash".

* EveryoneHasStandards: Jack's job is scaring the dickens out of people and he'll gladly kidnap Santa Claus to hijack his holiday for a year, but Jack loathes Oogie-Boogie and gives Lock, Shock and Barrel strict orders ''not'' to involve the evil Boogeyman in the plan. Furthermore, he's very unhappy when the trio kidnap the Easter Bunny and gives strict orders to return the Bunny to his home and apologize before making any further attempts at Santa Claus.

* FatalFlaw: His [[DidntThinkThisThrough short-sightedness]] and [[StubbornMule stubborness]]. He means well trying to imbue new life into Haloween Town by taking over Christmas, but he becomes so obsessed with his plans that he refuses to listen to other's advice; especially Sally's, who fears that his meddling will lead to disaster (which turns out to be precisely right).

* FriendlySkeleton: One of the most well-known examples, being rather outgoing and exitable despite being the ruler of a spooky holiday.
* GeniusDitz: He has a book on the scientific method, which he puts to use by trying to understand Christmas, which entails him spending days dissecting toys and destroying ornaments. It doesn't bring a single step closer to understanding Christmas.
* TheGoodKing: The King of Halloween and a beloved ruler who cares greatly for those in Halloween Town

* IconicOutfit: Jack's pin-striped tuxedo and bat bow-tie. His costumes as the scarecrow-Like Pumpkin King (where he lights himself on fire) and his tailored Santa Claus suit are less so, but often when he's given something else to wear in merchandise, it's one of the two.

* IHaveManyNames: Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, the King of Halloween, [[InSeriesNickname Bone Daddy]], Skeleton Jack, [[NoodleIncident Mr. Unlucky (at least to one man in Kentucky) ]]...

* JustTheFirstCitizen: Jack's status as the 'Pumpkin King' seems to be purely ceremonial and is a reference to his role as the star of the Halloween festivities, rather than an signifier of real royalty or authority. Despite that, he has ''enormous'' sway over the townspeople, with even the Mayor looking up to him for guidance.

* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: A rare heroic example. He, and most of Halloween Town, enjoy the sound of screaming not out of sadism but because it's their job which they enjoy. Plus the screaming comes from harmless pranks rather than torture.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Downplayed, as there are aspects of Halloween Town in general that are obviously magical, but aside from being a skeleton, Jack doesn't often seem to have magical powers to aid him or the citizens. Unlike Santa Claus and Christmas magic, Jack seems to need to rely on science (or rather, what Halloween would consider science), planning and hands-on construction to help influence the majority of his Holiday and projects. This is made less ambiguous in his video game appearances, where he displays affinity for different magics (''Kingdom Hearts'' variations of the spells, power over fire in ''Oogies Revenge'') and his hands on approach is just more of an in-character preference.

* NeverMyFault: Zig-zagged. Jack laments that it was ''everyone else'' who failed to understand, and all ''he'' ever wanted was to bring them something great, but it's fine because at least he did his best and had a lot of fun while also owning up to the damage he caused, making efforts to set it right, and apologizing to Santa. To his credit, The citizens of Halloween Town do actually fail to understand (with Jack trying in vain to convey it until he gives in to appeal to their Halloween sensibilities) until the ending sequence where Santa gives them a snowfall that brings out the same kind of wonder Jack had when he was at Christmas Town in person.
* NiceGuy: Jack was never malicious about kidnapping Santa Claus, and is a good-hearted being. This side of him is shown in full during ''Oogie's Revenge'': when he first meets the game's main enemies, his immediate reaction is try to shake their hand and welcome them into town. Later, despite the scope of their crimes, Jack always leaves Lock, Shock and Barrel off with an angry scolding and little else once they're beaten. During his boss fight with Finkelstein, he repeatedly implores the doctor to stop fighting, despite him literally having a different brain driving his body. Just about the only person he isn't in some way friendly with is Oogie, [[GoKartingWithBowser and even then the two sing and dance together in the boss battles]].

* ObliviousToLove: Throughout most of the movie, he only views Sally as a friend, and has no idea that she's in love with him. He catches on eventually though.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Very little can make Jack ''angry''. When he turns a DeathGlare on Oogie-Boogie for hurting Sally and Santa Claus, though, you know the usually affable Jack is about to make the boogyman himself ''hurt''.
* ThePerformerKing: Since Halloween Town is a world populated with monsters with the sole purpose of managing Halloween every year (a theatrical holiday in its own right), Jack Skellington is himself a showman. He is the center of the Halloween Parade in the "This is Halloween" song sequence, he uses drama and ambiance to explain Christmas to the residence, is a DanceBattler and is very popular among the people.
* PetTheDog: Despite being willing to kidnap Santa Claus and hijack Christmas, his intentions are good and when Lock, Shock and Barrel kidnap the Easter Bunny who's terrified by Behemoth, Jack orders they return the Easter Bunny to his home ''first'' and make sure to apologize profusely.

* StopWorshippingMe: At the beginning, after another Halloween, almost everyone in Halloween Town become rather clingy towards him as they praise him. Jack tries to get them to chill, and it was only being distracted by the Mayor was Jack able to make his getaway.

* UniversallyBelovedLeader: As the Pumpkin King, Jack is utterly beloved, adored and admired by all the inhabitants of Halloween Town. [[spoiler:The town goes into a state of mourning when they think he's been killed and celebrate when he shows up just fine.]]
* VagueAge: In personality and voice, he comes across as being in his late twenties or early thirties, but he's an undead skeleton man, so this has no connection whatsoever to how long he's been around. And aside from being adult-''sized'' it's impossible to gauge his age from his looks. He's probably older than thirtyish, though it wouldn't be impossible for him to be younger.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He only wanted a break from the tired routine of Halloween and had absolutely no intention of things going downhill when Santa was tortured by Oogie and the people in the real world where terrified by the presents he delivered.

* WouldHurtAChild: Implied in "Kidnap the Sandy Claws". It should be noted that the children in question are Lock, Shock and Barrel, who [[AmbiguouslyHuman may not even qualify as human]], let alone children. Shock objects to the idea of using a cannon to blow up Santa Claus, because Jack would "beat [them] black and green!" This could be an exaggeration on the trio's part, however. Played straight in ''Oogie's Revenge'' where he has to beat the trio in combat.

* CreepyDoll: She is an heroic version, as she is a life-sized rag doll, but to audiences she's rather attractive.
* CuteMonsterGirl: As much of a monster as she is, she's adorable, kind and considerate.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The Realist. According to Santa Claus the only sane inhabitant of Halloween Town. She alone sees the potential disaster in plans the other characters come up with, no matter how well-intentionedthey might be.

* HeroicSeductress: Sally tries to be this when she uses her detached bare leg to distract Oogie so she can save Santa. She fails when he discovers it's not attached to a body, and in turn becomes ''Livid'' that shes trying to fool him.

* NiceGirl: After all she's a CuteMonsterGirl and she's compassionate, kind, brave, sweet and loving. This tends to carry over into Spinoff and sequel appearances, such as giving [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]] kind advice and praise, or apologizing to Jack in ''Oogie's Revenge'' for falling for Oogie's manipulations - while she's ''currently being held captive by a giant spider.''

* PowerIncontinence: Though she has mild clairvoyance, she can't control when her visions happen--they seem to come without warning and vanish just as quickly.

* PsychicPowers: She has the gift of premonition, as seen when a flower she plucks turns into a small Christmas tree...which bursts into flames, foretelling what will happen when Jack tries to take over the holiday. When she tells Jack about this "awful vision," he doesn't seem surprised, suggesting that her powers are well-known in Halloween Town.

* ShowSomeLeg: In an attempt to save Santa from Oogie, Sally detaches one of her legs and places it through the doorway of Oogie's chamber. The sentient leg strikes a sexy pose, successfully getting Oogie's [[DistractedbytheSexy attention]]. Unfortunately, Oogie soon realizes that the leg is detached and Sally ends up captured herself.
* ShrinkingViolet: One of the reasons Sally didn't tell Jack her feelings is because she's shy around him. Downplayed in a sense, as when she believes there's potential danger she's more vocal about her concerns.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: sequel media tends to lighten his mood considerably more, giving him a much more thoughtful and friendly air while keeping him a GrumpyOldMan.

* FatalFlaw: The classic Pride, Curiosity and a desire for control seem to be a running theme to his character, running hand-in-hand and befitting a classic MadScientist. His curiosity and tinkering with things tends to cause some real problems, particularly in Spinoff material and sequels.

** ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' entries have him often experiment with things he'd - more often than not - be better off leaving alone that drive the conflicts. In the first game, The Heartless are surprisingly tame, up until he begins trying to control them better with an artificial heart and drives them into a frenzy. In ''Chain of Memories'' his experimenting with Memories cause a similar frenzy, and prompt ''Oogie to come out of hiding and become a more direct antagonist out of a lust for power.'' Him wanting to curb Lock Shock and Barrels antics drive him to create the antagonist of ''II's'' return trip to Halloween Town, The Experiment. Notably, he states his designs are flawless despite the issues they've caused, and in The Experiment's case blames Lock Shock and Barrel for bringing him insufficient parts, only to proudly announce it was a success after all when its revealed to be doing something it ''wasn't intended to do at all.''
** ''Long Live The Pumpkin Queen'', a novelized sequel to the movie shows that he ''kidnapped'' a young Sally to satisfy his curiosity over Dream Powder, and ''erase her memories'' to not only keep her around, but also have her become his caretaker under the lie that he made her (which also fuels his pride at being considered a genius).

* MadScientist: As an expy of Dr. Frankenstein. like with the rest of Halloween Town, it's implied he's the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the ''idea'' of a typical Mad Scientist.

** His scientific curiosity drives him to visit Dream Town, kidnap a young Sally for his own ends and then give her LaserGuidedAmnesia via a potion, a lot of his previous behavior comes across less like an overprotective dad trying to protect his daughter and more like an ''actual kidnapper trying not to potentially rejog his victims memory, take advantage of their amnesia, keep them confined and avoid the consequences of what he did.''
** It makes things like [[{{Irony}} Sally drugging his food then indirectly showing her priding herself in outsmarting him]], and having her disembodied arm pound his head as much more [[LaserGuidedKarma deserved.]]

* AmbiguouslyHuman: They don't appear to be monsters or capable of any special powers (see BadassNormal, below). That said, there's also definitely something about them that's... ''off''. The colored lips, the pale skin, the pointy teeth, and the fact that Lock's tail is ''mobile'' to name a couple.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: With Halloween Town and its residents being, essentially, embodiments of aspects of Halloween and the holiday itself, Lock Shock and Barrel are implied to be less actual children and more the Personification of trick-or-treaters, which goes a ways in explaining why they lean towards mischief and entertaining themselves more than being scary or gross like other residents.
* BadassNormal: In any video game (sequel, prequel, or spin-off) they do things like control monsters, capture holiday leaders, fight the protagonists, and convince [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Maleficent]] herself to resurrect Oogie.

* BigThinShortTrio: An evil variation. Shock's tall, Lock's skinny, Barrel's short. Unusually, Lock is - nominally - the leader, but Shock is clearly the brains of the operation.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The sequel Manga reveals/clairifies this is how they think, operating on a trick-or-treaters logic to be troublemakers, but not quite ever learning from past mistakes or thinking things through. They search for Zero, only to be caught by Santa and his Elves (who immediately are weary). When they are not only not afraid of having been caught, but fondly talk about how much fun they had during the last time they met, a confused Santa directly asks them whether they know what right and wrong is. Their simple answer is that they do not, and Santa -thinking it through- feels inclined to believe them. Considering it's in-character for them to both "forget" Jack's request to leave Oogie out of his plans, and revive Oogie despite being afraid of him, it's not hard for the audience to believe them either.

* ButtMonkey: Barrel is constantly at the receiving end of pranks and smacks from his cohorts. (Just watch [[VillainSong "Kidnap the Sandy Claws"]].) But usually when he pulls a prank on Lock or Shock he gets away with it.

* DopeSlap: Shock tends to dish these out, knocking the others in the side of the head with her mask. In ''Oogie's Revenge'' Lock smacks Barrel with his plunger for talking too much.

* EnfantTerrible: They're spooky little brats, who love messing with people and are absolutely overjoyed at the idea of subjecting Santa Claus to ColdBloodedTorture. When Santa himself asks them if they've ever heard of goodwill to all men, they flat out tell him "No!"

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: A more implied and downplayed example, but the Mayor implies that they don't have that good a reputation, calling them "Boogies Boys" and they’re mentioned to receive constant scolding for their pranks. It's implied that's why they live outside of town, and why they bring Oogie back in the sequel game. Jack, on his part, sees a lot of value and good in them and their skills (which is not entirely misplaced, considering they make good on their word to return the Easter Bunny home and deliver Santa directly to Jack after catching him), acting as a psuedo-parental figure and only scaring them to get their attention when they start bickering.

** They care enough about Jack to report to everyone else that he's alright, and lead the Mayor to Oogie's Lair, and earlier than that they make good on Jack's request to return the Easter Bunny home to his door.
** They apparently keep various pets, mainly for the purposes of their tricks, but it's telling that the three ScaryScorpions that leap from a box during their song don't immediately sting one of their apparent captors, and instead perch on Barrels head.
** Kingdom Hearts games have them as mini bosses sure, but they become non-hostile [=NPCs=] and don't hold any grudges against Sora and co. themselves, with Lock even being the one to provide the skateboard mini game in II (after they bring back Oogie).

** They volunteer to get Zero during the Manga ''Zeros Journey,'' while they intend to enjoy themselves, it's partially for redemption and they're genuinely happy to find Zero and hang out with the Elves on friendly terms.

* BadBoss: Lock, Shock, and Barrel live in total fear of him, hence why they take their duties to him so seriously. Jack also warns them in their final boss fight that Oogie is just as liable to eat ''them'' as a reward for their service, and considering Oogie is a VillainousGlutton, we're given no reason to not believe him.

* BigBad: Though all the citizens of Halloween Town dedicate their lives to scaring people, they do it purely for laughs and are mostly harmless. Oogie is the only really EVIL person there, and is implied to have actually killed people. He also serves as this in ''Oogie's Revenge'', where he tries to kidnap all the Holiday Leaders to become the Seven Holidays King.

** He's smart enough to build and set up machines of various kinds and has a very clear talent for BigFun showmanship that rivals Jack, but he wastes these talents that could potentially, positively, shake up Halloween by dedicating them to sadism, gorging himself, and Revenge.

* BullyingADragon: When he realizes Jack is furious enough with him as it is, Oogie very unwisely decides to try to kill the more powerful Jack, which does not end well for him.

** He's also an example for the basic story as he was not present in the original poem.

** There's an inversion of this during the climax: [[spoiler:it turns out he's deathly afraid of Jack. The moment he sees him, he starts backing away.]]

* DyingVocalChange: [[spoiler:Once his burlap sack skin is torn off, there's nothing to hold his body together, and as that falls apart, so does his voice - first growing steadily higher, then breaking up into dozens of tiny voices as the insects that compose him fall away. Eventually, he's left with only one bug left, screaming barely-coherent last words... right before Santa Claus squashes him flat.]]

* EvilCounterpart: He's this to Jack- he's just as terrifying (if not more so), but unlike Jack, he's more of a sociopathic monster than a prankster.

* EvilLaugh: [[{{RuleOfThree}} Once more!]] Unlike Jack's high pitched giggle, Oogie has a deep, baritone laugh that conveys his cruelty.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The Cynic. Is well aware of the foolishness of Jack but takes advantage of it to suit his purposes. He also uses his gambling motif to give his victims [[HopeSpot false hope]] that they can escape when he fully intends to kill them.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Choleric. -- He's hot-tempered and rude, plus he is no slouch when it comes to torturing people.

* TheHermit: Possibly due to his cruelty and by Jack's decree, Oogie Boogie is one of the few monsters who does not live in Halloween Town proper, never leaving his lair and relying on his CoDragons Lock, Shock and Barrel to feed him news (and presumably regular victims) of what is going on.

* ManipulativeBastard: In ''Oogie's Revenge'', he [[spoiler:forces Dr. Finklestein to work for him by switching his brain with another that puts him under Oogie's control.]]

* PetTheDog: Implied by "Kidnap the Sandy Claws", as Shock, Lock and Barrel mention that if they do a good job on their mission he'll cook them his special "snake and spider stew". The way they say this suggests that he's done this for them before.

* SerialKiller: Given all those skeletons we see in his lair we can deduce he killed other people before trying to do it with Santa and Sally.

** Sloth: In the movie, Oogie never leaves his lair, instead letting Lock, Shock, and Barrel bring victims to him (although this may be justified since he is an outcast; no one in Halloween Town except Lock, Shock, and Barrel wants anything to do with him.)
** Wrath: He gets pissed off at Sally for trying to distract him so she can rescue Santa, so much so that he kidnaps her and plans to drop her into the stew as well. His lair is full of deathtraps, and in the video games, he is a fighter himself. In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', his rage over believing Jack tricked him with the amount of control the artificial heart actually gave him sparks the first boss fight, and is implied to have triggered him ''merging with the treehouse'' for round two. The reason he goes OneWingedAngel in ''Oogie[='=]s Revenge'' is because his plans fall apart ''at the last possible second'' and he's that fed up with Jack undoing all his work. In ''The Pumpkin King'' he rouses his motorcycle-like bug from its daze by getting angry and smacking it repeatedly with a riding crop.

** His whole deal could also be a reference to the Bag Man, a bogeyman-esqe being of Spanish, Portugese and South American folklore that kidnaps naughty children, putting them in his burlap sack to eat them later.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Downplayed in that the movie itself is not exactly bright and fluffy, but it is optimistic and lighthearted with most of the monsters being harmless pranksters who may love a good scare but would never dream of doing actual harm. Oogie Boogie, on the other hand, is a cruel, terrifying creature who's a cannibalistic serial killer, one of the darkest villains in Disney history.

* VillainousBreakdown: He's big, intimidating, and ''very'' full of himself... until Jack makes his entrance. Jack may be the only person that Oogie is afraid of, but ''boy'', [[DirtyCoward is he afraid]]!

---> ''Bumpy sleigh ride, JACK? The next time you get the urge to take over someone else's holiday I'd listen to ''her'' (Sally). She's the only one who makes any sense around this insane asylum!''

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Santa seems unable to contemplate when someone genuinely means him harm. He does ''not'' realize how dangerous Oogie Boogie is at first even when Oogie is singing about how Santa is unlikely to leave his lair alive.
* FriendToAllChildren: He's Santa Claus! Notably when Oogie-Boogie is planning to murder him, Santa is more concerned for the children expecting him than for himself.

* TrueBlueFemininity: Her skin is a washed-out blue reminiscent of Frankenstein’s creation.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WilliamHickey (movie), Creator/JessHarnell (video games) [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Bernard Tiphaine (French)[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulReubens (Lock, movie and ''The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge''), Catherine O'Hara (Shock, movie), Music/DannyElfman (Barrel, movie), Creator/JessHarnell (Lock, ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''), Kath Soucie (Shock, video games), Creator/JeffBennett (Barrel, ''Kingdom Hearts''), Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (Barrel, ''The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge'') [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Michel Costa [Lock], Creator/CelineMonsarrat [Shock], Bertrand Liebert [Barrel] (French)[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Ken Page [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/RichardDarbois (French)[[/labelnote]]

* BreakoutVillain: His popularity led to him being not only the BigBad of the [[VideoGame/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasThePumpkinKing prequel]] and [[VideoGame/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasOogiesRevenge sequel]] games, in which he is no longer a PlotIrrelevantVillain, and a guest villain in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, but also the central character for the Disneyland Halloween event, "Oogie Boogie Bash", as well as as the Spelltacular.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChrisSarandon, Creator/FrankWelker[[note]]Welker only voiced Jack in a test animation by the film's director Henry Selick.[[/note]]\\

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CatherineOHara (movie), Creator/KathSoucie (video games)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WilliamHickey (movie), Creator/JessHarnell (video games)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulReubens (Lock, movie and ''The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge''), Catherine O'Hara (Shock, movie), Music/DannyElfman (Barrel, movie), Creator/JessHarnell (Lock, ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''), Kath Soucie (Shock, video games), Creator/JeffBennett (Barrel, ''Kingdom Hearts''), Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (Barrel, ''The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge'')

->'''Voiced by:''' Ken Page

->'''Voiced by:''' Ed Ivory (movie), Creator/CoreyBurton (video games)

->'''Voiced by:''' Glenn Shadix (movie, ''The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''), Jeff Bennett (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'')

->'''Voiced by:''' Randy Crenshaw

* CatchPhrase: In the game he has a motto he recites every time you talk to him. It's also said in sequence with his smaller versions making this possibly one of the only examples that doubles as a PhraseCatcher.
--> Mr.Hyde: Don't forget-
--> Smaller Hyde: -Save it now...-
--> Smallest Hyde:-Or risk doing it again!

->'''Voiced by:''' Randy Crenshaw

->'''Voiced by:''' Danny Elfman (movie), Dee Bradley Baker (''The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge'')

->'''Voiced by:''' Greg Proops

->'''Voiced by:''' Susan [=McBride=] (Tall Witch, movie), Susan Blakeslee (Tall Witch, ''The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge''), Debi Durst (Small Witch)

->'''Voiced by:''' Randy Crenshaw, Kerry Katz, and Sherwood Ball

** Kingdom Hearts games have them as mini bosses sure, but they become non-hostile NPCs and don't hold any grudges against Sora and co. themselves, with Lock even being the one to provide the skateboard mini game in II (after they bring back Oogie).

* MonstrousCannibalism: He's made up of bugs, spiders, and at least one snake, yet he's shown eating a bug early on and it's mentioned he makes snake and spider stew, which would be cannibalism.

* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Another theory behind Jack's lost love for Halloween and being so enamored by Christmas. After his attempts at running Christmas go bad, he rediscovers his love for Halloween.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: As the Pumpkin King, Jack is utterly beloved, adored and admired by all the inhabitants of Halloween Town. [[spoiler:The town goes into a state of mourning when they think he's been killed and celebrate when he shows up just fine.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChrisSarandon, Creator/FrankWelker[[note]]Welker only voiced Jack in a test animation by the film's director Henry Selick.[[/note]]
->'''Singing Voice:''' Music/DannyElfman[[note]]In the movie. The video game ''Oogie's Revenge'' actually has Sarandon do Jack's singing voice as well as his speaking voice.[[/note]]

* BadassBaritone: When singing "The Oogie Boogie Song".

* SmallRoleBigImpact: it's implied that part of the reason Jack is bored out of his mind and burning out is that he is constantly planning with the Mayor, who's so dependent on him that he comes to Jack's front door with plans for next Halloween ''first thing in the morning after the previous Halloween happened.''

** Although, to be fair. The fact that they were being ''awarded'' for drinking blood, and that no one seems bothered by this, leans towards them not being evil, and there is probebly an innocent explanation for the "blood drained".

Sally is the deuteragonist of the film. A living rag doll created by Dr. Finkelstein, she empathizes with Jack's feelings of loneliness and boredom, as she is kept under close watch by her creator. To escape his watch, she drugs his soup with deadly nightshade, but this angers Finkelstein. Being a rag doll, she is able to undo her stitches to allow her limbs to act independently, and seems to feel no pain, as demonstrated by her leap from the doctor's tower. Sally harbors a crush on Jack, but she spends most of the film feeling that her feelings are unrequited.

Zero is Jack's ghost-dog and the tritagonist.

* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: Seems to think she's this, as evidenced by her song, where she openly says she isn't "the one" for Jack. However, it's proven wrong when Jack does reciprocate her feelings after all.

* WeWillMeetAgain: The prequel game ''The Pumpkin King'' ends with him promising to get even with Jack.
His shadow also states this trope after the first boss of ''Oogie's Revenge''

[[caption-width-right:350:"Jack, please! I'm only an elected official here, I can't make decisions by myself!"]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The ultimate representation of goodwill and holiday cheer, but a formidable foe who squashes the final bug that makes up Oogie Boogie.
** He's also not afraid of bluntly calling people out on their bad decisions. After Jack rescues him from Oogie Boogie, Santa gives him a good chewing out for up and deciding to take over another holiday on his own.

---> '''Bumpy sleigh ride, JACK? The next time you get the urge to take over someone else's holiday I'd listen to ''her'' (Sally). She's the only one who makes any sense around this insane asylum!''