Pumpkin Love
Rudy’s "Jill-O-Lantern" becomes the love interest of the Halloween-zoner Jacko.
Tropes:
- "Everybody Laughs" Ending: As Reggie wins the award for best costume after his crudely-made jack-o-lantern lands on his head.
- Flying Broomstick: Snap uses one to save Rudy and Jill-O-Lantern from the horde of monsters closing in around them.
- For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself: All of the monsters in Halloween Zone are real, using the holiday as a chance to go out and be themselves. Snap also doesn’t bother wearing a costume.Snap: Rudy, hello? Mask, cape, blue leotard - I’m always wearin’ a costume!
- Halloween Trickery: Reggie wins the pumpkin-carving contest every year because he smashes the other kids’ jack-o-lanterns.
- Hellish Horse: Jacko uses a banshee on a horse with six legs to chase after Rudy and Snap.
- Look-Alike Lovers: Jacko is very aware of Jill-O-Lantern’s resemblance to himself. In fact, it’s his favorite part about her.Jacko: You’re thin and tall and best of all, you look just like me!
- Love at First Sight: Jacko falls in love with Jill-O-Lantern the second he sees her and is determined to marry her.
- Our Banshees Are Louder: The monster that chases Rudy, Snap, and Jill-O-Lantern is referred to as one, but he really doesn’t have any of the characteristics; just looking like a Badass Biker with blue skin instead.
- Pumpkin Person: Jacko is a monster with a jack-o-lantern as a head and a skeletal body.
- Race Against the Clock: Rudy has to rescue his Jill-O-Lantern before the pumpkin-carving contest at his school ends and Reggie wins again.
- Spirit of Halloween: Jacko could be considered one as the Halloween Zone’s biggest celebrity who clearly has a lot of power over its inhabitants.
- Totem Pole Trench: Rudy uses the chalk to get a boost up and disguises himself with a long coat, top hat, and beard to rescue Jill-O-Lantern. He actually ends up looking like Abraham Lincoln.
- Villain Love Song: Jacko sings one to Rudy’s Jill-O-Lantern as he falls in love with her.
- Wedding Smashers: In order to get his Jill-O-Lantern back in time for the school contest, Rudy has to break up her and Jacko’s wedding.
