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** Disney moving the film under its Touchstone label rather then releasing it under its own banner due to the dark content. Future re-releases, both home and theatrical, would bring it back under Disney proper, after the company began to expand their demographic starting with the PG-13 ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series.
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** Disney moving the film under its [[Creator/TouchstonePictures Touchstone label label]] rather then releasing it under its own banner the "Walt Disney Pictures" label due to the dark content. Future re-releases, both home and theatrical, would bring it back under the Disney proper, name, after the company Disney brand began to expand their demographic starting with the PG-13 ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series.
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** [[PeeWeesBigAdventure Pee Wee Herman]] is Lock. Subverted for Barrel, who is voiced by DannyElfman, but you won't know it just from listening to him.
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* GodNeverSaidThat: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD0T-Ev-Juo This video]] claims that it's a deleted song that was replaced by "Jack's Lament". The song is actually "Hushabye Mountain" from ''ChittyChittyBangBang''. The lie should be obvious, really, considering one of the lines is "Daddy loves you" and Jack doesn't have children.
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* GodNeverSaidThat: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD0T-Ev-Juo This video]] claims that it's a deleted song that was replaced by "Jack's Lament". The song is actually "Hushabye Mountain" from ''ChittyChittyBangBang''.''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''. The lie should be obvious, really, considering one of the lines is "Daddy loves you" and Jack doesn't have children.
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* CashCowFranchise: Oh yes!
** What makes this even more annoying is that some people buy the stuff to look {{Goth}} or {{Emo}}, not because they actually seen the movie.
** Ironically, Tim Burton seemed to try to prevent this to an extent, by refusing to do sequels and ruin the integrity of the movie for fans.
** What makes this even more annoying is that some people buy the stuff to look {{Goth}} or {{Emo}}, not because they actually seen the movie.
** Ironically, Tim Burton seemed to try to prevent this to an extent, by refusing to do sequels and ruin the integrity of the movie for fans.
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* NonSingingVoice: DannyElfman does the singing voice of Jack, while Chris Sarandon does the speaking voice. In ''Oogie's Revenge'', the trope is averted with Sarandon singing the songs. YourMileageMayVary on how well he did.
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** '''''CHRISTOPHERLEE''''', of all people can be heard reading Tim Burton's original poem on the 2008 DVD rerelease.
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** [[AllDogsGoToHeaven The big lip]][[BigLippedAlligatorMoment pped Alligator]] voices Oogie Boogie.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The vampires playing hockey at the end of the film were originally using Burton's head as a puck.
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** [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Bone-Demon]]: Jack and any fan-made skeletons like him. Understood to be a sort of sub-species of either [[TheUndead Undead]] or demon. Usually used in the camp that thinks Jack and Sally have kids [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean by natural means]].
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** [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Bone-Demon]]: Jack and any fan-made skeletons like him. Understood to be a sort of sub-species of either [[TheUndead Undead]] or demon. Usually used in the camp that thinks Jack and Sally have kids [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre by natural means]].
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** Also [[http://www.nightmarebeforechristmas.net/nightmare/script/2 This early script]] shows some changes, like we were going to see some of the other holidays at the beginning sequence, and "This Is Halloween" is considerably different from the final product (for example, Jack was going to come in on a [[CoolHorse Cool]] [[HellishHorse Undead Horse]]).
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** Also [[http://www.nightmarebeforechristmas.net/nightmare/script/2 This early script]] shows some changes, like we were going to see some of the other holidays at the beginning sequence, and "This Is Halloween" is considerably different from the final product (for example, Jack was going to come in on a [[CoolHorse Cool]] {{Cool|Horse}} [[HellishHorse Undead Horse]]).
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** Jack has double duty in this case; his normal voice is [[ThePrincessBride Prince Humperdinck]] and his singing voice is [[DannyElfman The Oingo Boingo Guy]].
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** Jack has double duty in this case; his normal voice is [[ThePrincessBride [[Film/ThePrincessBride Prince Humperdinck]] and his singing voice is [[DannyElfman The Oingo Boingo Guy]].
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** [[{{Beetlejuice}} Glenn Shadix]] voices The Mayor.
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* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Oh, it was Tim Burton by the way. (Conceived rather than written, to be exact; it was expanded by others.)
** This trope combined with the advertising ("From the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''") inadvertly caused people who aren't aware of Henry Selick's involvement with ''Nightmare'' to think that ''Film/{{Coraline}}'' was directed by Burton (it was Selick who directed that film too).
*** And NeilGaiman [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/by-way-of-preamble.html was not happy about this]]. [[{{Understatement}} At all]].
** This trope combined with the advertising ("From the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''") inadvertly caused people who aren't aware of Henry Selick's involvement with ''Nightmare'' to think that ''Film/{{Coraline}}'' was directed by Burton (it was Selick who directed that film too).
*** And NeilGaiman [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/by-way-of-preamble.html was not happy about this]]. [[{{Understatement}} At all]].
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** This is probably why the promotional material for ''Film/{{Coraline}}'' only said it was "by the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''", without specifying who said director was and inevitably leading people to assume it was Tim Burton.
*** Really? The trailers this troper saw said "from Henry Selick, the director of ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''" therefore chalking up people who thought it was by TimBurton to [[ViewersAreMorons idiocy]].
** This is probably why the promotional material for ''Film/{{Coraline}}'' only said it was "by the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''", without specifying who said director was and inevitably leading people to assume it was Tim Burton.
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* VindicatedByHistory: It was a modest hit in 1993, and well-received by critics, but it wasn't near as big as Disney's in-house fare at the time (''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' arrived the previous year, ''TheLionKing'' the next). This was partially because Disney was nervous about the NightmareFuel; they initially released it under their Touchstone Pictures banner (which was reserved for mature films and the edgier ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit''). But now it's arguably a much more popular film than any of Disney's post-''Lion King'' animated efforts, and they've since allowed it to be released under the Disney banner itself.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Nightmare was originally a poem by Burton, with the only named characters being Jack, Zero, and Santa.
* BilingualBonus: Jack's ghost-dog's name is Zero. In Japanese, Zero can be translated as "Rei", which can also mean "Ghost".
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** This is probably why the promotional material for ''Film/Coraline'' only said it was "by the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''", without specifying who said director was and inevitably leading people to assume it was Tim Burton.
*** Really? The trailers this troper saw said "from Henry Selick, the director of ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''" therefore chalking up people who thought it was by TimBurton to [[ViewersAreMorons idiocy]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: Jack appears in TimBurton's 1982 short stop-motion film ''Vincent'' and as a skull on top of {{Beetlejuice}}'s carnival hat.
** Also in the skeleton pirate scene in James and the Giant Peach.
** This is probably why the promotional material for ''Film/Coraline'' only said it was "by the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''", without specifying who said director was and inevitably leading people to assume it was Tim Burton.
*** Really? The trailers this troper saw said "from Henry Selick, the director of ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''" therefore chalking up people who thought it was by TimBurton to [[ViewersAreMorons idiocy]].
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Jack appears in TimBurton's 1982 short stop-motion film ''Vincent'' and as a skull on top of {{Beetlejuice}}'s carnival hat.
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* {{Foil}}: Some believe that Jack and Oogie are foils to each other, the former being thin, artistic, and thoughtful, the latter fat, rude, and sadistic.
** Sally might also be a foil for Jack, since he's outgoing, energetic, loud, and usually enthusiastic while she's shy, reserved, quiet and usually sad.
** Jack could also be a foil for [[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], the latter stealing Christmas to ruin it but ends up saving it via a HeelFaceTurn and the former taking over Christmas with good intentions but screwing it up royally.
** Sally might also be a foil for Jack, since he's outgoing, energetic, loud, and usually enthusiastic while she's shy, reserved, quiet and usually sad.
** Jack could also be a foil for [[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], the latter stealing Christmas to ruin it but ends up saving it via a HeelFaceTurn and the former taking over Christmas with good intentions but screwing it up royally.
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* {{Foil}}: Some believe GodNeverSaidThat: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD0T-Ev-Juo This video]] claims that it's a deleted song that was replaced by "Jack's Lament". The song is actually "Hushabye Mountain" from ''ChittyChittyBangBang''. The lie should be obvious, really, considering one of the lines is "Daddy loves you" and Jack and Oogie are foils to each other, the former being thin, artistic, and thoughtful, the latter fat, rude, and sadistic.
** Sally might also be a foil for Jack, since he's outgoing, energetic, loud, and usually enthusiastic while she's shy, reserved, quiet and usually sad.
** Jack could also be a foil for [[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], the latter stealing Christmas to ruin it but ends up saving it via a HeelFaceTurn and the former taking over Christmas with good intentions but screwing it up royally.doesn't have children.
** Sally might also be a foil for Jack, since he's outgoing, energetic, loud, and usually enthusiastic while she's shy, reserved, quiet and usually sad.
** Jack could also be a foil for [[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], the latter stealing Christmas to ruin it but ends up saving it via a HeelFaceTurn and the former taking over Christmas with good intentions but screwing it up royally.
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** This trope combined with the advertising ("From the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''") inadvertly caused people who aren't aware of Henry Selick's involvement with ''Nightmare'' to think that ''{{Coraline}}'' ''Film/{{Coraline}}'' was directed by Burton (it was Selick who directed that film too).
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*** Or, alternately, [[{{Cats}} Old Deuteronomy]].
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** Weirdest of all, the movie almost ''didn't'' get the Spiral Hill which codified GothSpirals! On the DVD commentary, Henry Selick indicated that Tim was unsure about the hill because of his mandate that "magic does not exist in Halloween Town." (Specifically, the unwinding part seemed like magic.) Selick only changed his mind by saying, "All right, then, it's a mechanical hill."
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** [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Bone-Demon]]: Jack and any fan-made skeletons like him. Understood to be a sort of sub-species of either [[TheUndead Undead]] or demon. Usually used in the camp that thinks Jack and Sally have kids [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean by natural means]].
** Dr. Finkly: Dr. Finklestein, by his fans.
** Jewel: Dr. Finklestein creation/wife seen at the end of the movie. While there's no evidence that Finklestein's "Be careful, my precious jewel!" is a reference to her name, the fans use it anyways.
** Skeledoll: The name of Jack and Sally's fandom [[AlwaysFemale daughters]]. Can be either just ragdolls with bones or [[PatchworkKids a mixture of ragdoll and skeleton]].
** Spiral Hill: The hill where Jack gets his first song and where Jack and Sally have their BigDamnKiss. ''KingdomHearts'' calls it "Curly Hill", but if [[http://forum.tnbc.eu/viewtopic.php?t=2362 this poll is any indication]], fans massively prefer "Spiral".
* FinalLoveDuet: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Jack and Sally.]]
* {{Foil}}: Some believe that Jack and Oogie are foils to each other, the former being thin, artistic, and thoughtful, the latter fat, rude, and sadistic.
** Sally might also be a foil for Jack, since he's outgoing, energetic, loud, and usually enthusiastic while she's shy, reserved, quiet and usually sad.
** Jack could also be a foil for [[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], the latter stealing Christmas to ruin it but ends up saving it via a HeelFaceTurn and the former taking over Christmas with good intentions but screwing it up royally.
** [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Bone-Demon]]: Jack and any fan-made skeletons like him. Understood to be a sort of sub-species of either [[TheUndead Undead]] or demon. Usually used in the camp that thinks Jack and Sally have kids [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean by natural means]].
** Dr. Finkly: Dr. Finklestein, by his fans.
** Jewel: Dr. Finklestein creation/wife seen at the end of the movie. While there's no evidence that Finklestein's "Be careful, my precious jewel!" is a reference to her name, the fans use it anyways.
** Skeledoll: The name of Jack and Sally's fandom [[AlwaysFemale daughters]]. Can be either just ragdolls with bones or [[PatchworkKids a mixture of ragdoll and skeleton]].
** Spiral Hill: The hill where Jack gets his first song and where Jack and Sally have their BigDamnKiss. ''KingdomHearts'' calls it "Curly Hill", but if [[http://forum.tnbc.eu/viewtopic.php?t=2362 this poll is any indication]], fans massively prefer "Spiral".
* FinalLoveDuet: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Jack and Sally.]]
* {{Foil}}: Some believe that Jack and Oogie are foils to each other, the former being thin, artistic, and thoughtful, the latter fat, rude, and sadistic.
** Sally might also be a foil for Jack, since he's outgoing, energetic, loud, and usually enthusiastic while she's shy, reserved, quiet and usually sad.
** Jack could also be a foil for [[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], the latter stealing Christmas to ruin it but ends up saving it via a HeelFaceTurn and the former taking over Christmas with good intentions but screwing it up royally.
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* TalkingToHimself: Averted. Elfman does the voice of Jack Skellington and Barrel, but since he's the ''singing'' voice of Jack, he nevers runs into this trope. Likewise averted by Sally and Shock, who are both voiced by Catherine O'Hara but never share a scene with each other.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Nightmare was originally a poem by Burton, with the only named characters being Jack, Zero, and Santa.
* BilingualBonus: Jack's ghost-dog's name is Zero. In Japanese, Zero can be translated as "Rei", which can also mean "Ghost".
* DevelopmentHell: Burton used to be a Disney animator and came up with the concept, presented as a poem, in the early 1980s.
* DirectorDisplacement: The film is mostly known as TimBurton's work, and it is, but it was directed by Henry Selick.
** This is probably why the promotional material for ''Coraline'' only said it was "by the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''", without specifying who said director was and inevitably leading people to assume it was Tim Burton.
*** Really? The trailers this troper saw said "from Henry Selick, the director of ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''" therefore chalking up people who thought it was by TimBurton to [[ViewersAreMorons idiocy]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: Jack appears in TimBurton's 1982 short stop-motion film ''Vincent'' and as a skull on top of {{Beetlejuice}}'s carnival hat.
* BilingualBonus: Jack's ghost-dog's name is Zero. In Japanese, Zero can be translated as "Rei", which can also mean "Ghost".
* DevelopmentHell: Burton used to be a Disney animator and came up with the concept, presented as a poem, in the early 1980s.
* DirectorDisplacement: The film is mostly known as TimBurton's work, and it is, but it was directed by Henry Selick.
** This is probably why the promotional material for ''Coraline'' only said it was "by the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''", without specifying who said director was and inevitably leading people to assume it was Tim Burton.
*** Really? The trailers this troper saw said "from Henry Selick, the director of ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''" therefore chalking up people who thought it was by TimBurton to [[ViewersAreMorons idiocy]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: Jack appears in TimBurton's 1982 short stop-motion film ''Vincent'' and as a skull on top of {{Beetlejuice}}'s carnival hat.
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* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Oh, it was Tim Burton by the way. (Conceived rather than written, to be exact; it was expanded by others.)
** This trope combined with the advertising ("From the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''") inadvertly caused people who aren't aware of Henry Selick's involvement with ''Nightmare'' to think that ''{{Coraline}}'' was directed by Burton (it was Selick who directed that film too).
*** And NeilGaiman [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/by-way-of-preamble.html was not happy about this]]. [[{{Understatement}} At all]].
* NonSingingVoice: DannyElfman does the singing voice of Jack, while Chris Sarandon does the speaking voice. In ''Oogie's Revenge'', the trope is averted with Sarandon singing the songs. YourMileageMayVary on how well he did.
* TalkingToHimself: Averted. Elfman does the voice of Jack Skellington and Barrel, but since he's the ''singing'' voice of Jack, he nevers runs into this trope.
* VindicatedByHistory: It was a modest hit in 1993, and well-received by critics, but it wasn't near as big as Disney's in-house fare at the time (''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' arrived the previous year, ''TheLionKing'' the next). This was partially because Disney was nervous about the NightmareFuel; they initially released it under their Touchstone Pictures banner (which was reserved for mature films and the edgier ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit''). But now it's arguably a much more popular film than any of Disney's post-''Lion King'' animated efforts, and they've since allowed it to be released under the Disney banner itself.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[spoiler: Dr. Finklestein was going to be Oogie, disguised because he was jealous that Sally chose Jack over him and wanted to teach her a lesson.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEOZbihCyoE See here]].
** The line "You meddlin' stick figure!" was pretty funny.
** Also [[http://www.nightmarebeforechristmas.net/nightmare/script/2 This early script]] shows some changes, like we were going to see some of the other holidays at the beginning sequence, and "This Is Halloween" is considerably different from the final product (for example, Jack was going to come in on a [[CoolHorse Cool]] [[HellishHorse Undead Horse]]).
** There was also a couple of storyboards floating about the net (which seems to missing now) that had Jack and Oogie going at each other with, I kid you not, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence freaking maces]].
** Also, Sandy Claws might have been voiced by VincentPrice.
** This trope combined with the advertising ("From the director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''") inadvertly caused people who aren't aware of Henry Selick's involvement with ''Nightmare'' to think that ''{{Coraline}}'' was directed by Burton (it was Selick who directed that film too).
*** And NeilGaiman [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/by-way-of-preamble.html was not happy about this]]. [[{{Understatement}} At all]].
* NonSingingVoice: DannyElfman does the singing voice of Jack, while Chris Sarandon does the speaking voice. In ''Oogie's Revenge'', the trope is averted with Sarandon singing the songs. YourMileageMayVary on how well he did.
* TalkingToHimself: Averted. Elfman does the voice of Jack Skellington and Barrel, but since he's the ''singing'' voice of Jack, he nevers runs into this trope.
* VindicatedByHistory: It was a modest hit in 1993, and well-received by critics, but it wasn't near as big as Disney's in-house fare at the time (''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' arrived the previous year, ''TheLionKing'' the next). This was partially because Disney was nervous about the NightmareFuel; they initially released it under their Touchstone Pictures banner (which was reserved for mature films and the edgier ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit''). But now it's arguably a much more popular film than any of Disney's post-''Lion King'' animated efforts, and they've since allowed it to be released under the Disney banner itself.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[spoiler: Dr. Finklestein was going to be Oogie, disguised because he was jealous that Sally chose Jack over him and wanted to teach her a lesson.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEOZbihCyoE See here]].
** The line "You meddlin' stick figure!" was pretty funny.
** Also [[http://www.nightmarebeforechristmas.net/nightmare/script/2 This early script]] shows some changes, like we were going to see some of the other holidays at the beginning sequence, and "This Is Halloween" is considerably different from the final product (for example, Jack was going to come in on a [[CoolHorse Cool]] [[HellishHorse Undead Horse]]).
** There was also a couple of storyboards floating about the net (which seems to missing now) that had Jack and Oogie going at each other with, I kid you not, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence freaking maces]].
** Also, Sandy Claws might have been voiced by VincentPrice.
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** [[{{Beetlejuice}} Glenn Shadix]] voices The Mayor.
** [[AllDogsGoToHeaven The big lip]][[BigLippedAlligatorMoment pped Alligator]] voices Oogie Boogie.
** And Uncle Louis as Dr. Finklestein!
** Jack has double duty in this case; his normal voice is [[ThePrincessBride Prince Humperdinck]] and his singing voice is [[DannyElfman The Oingo Boingo Guy]].
** [[WhoseLineIsItAnyway Greg Proops]] voices three characters-- the Devil, the ghoulish saxophone player, and the orange-and-black, AmbiguouslyGay Harlequin Demon.
** [[PeeWeesBigAdventure Pee Wee Herman]] is Lock. Subverted for Barrel, who is voiced by DannyElfman, but you won't know it just from listening to him.
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