![]() Photo from IMBd The color hue of the film says it allįrom the beginning of the film, the main color palette used are shades of black, yellow, orange, purple, white and green, aka, the colors of Halloween. He comes to terms with his mistakes, and releases Santa back to Christmas Town. Clearly, Jack’s love for Halloween exceeds his want for Christmas Town. “I am Pumpkin King, I am Pumpkin King, ha ha ha and I just can’t wait until next Halloween,” he sings as he is also declaring that he has some new ideas to scare the real world. In the song titled “ Poor Jack,” Jack finally came to his senses and is starting to question why he ever attempted to take over Christmas Town in the first place. Because the main characters are all from Halloween Town, they make the film what it is. To make this a Christmas film, it would make more sense for the plot to be how Christmas took over Halloween, “The Pre-Halloween Scare” where Santa’s elves are helping him plot to kidnap Jack and crown himself “Holiday King”. Halloween is taking over Christmas, Christmas is not taking over Halloween. There are no humans to be found in Halloween Town. Even the Mayor of Halloween Town is a two-faced humanoid. Finkelstein, a mad scientist who is a resident of Halloween Town. She can sew herself together and can detach parts of her body, similar to Frankenstein. Photo from IMBd The main character is a skeletonįirst thing’s first, if the film was a Christmas film, the main character would be an elf who’s called “Snowflake King”, rather than a “Pumpkin King.” Even the supporting characters are the mummies, skeletons, ghosts and other monsters from Halloween.įor example Sally is a humanoid ragdoll. The two dates being the inverse of each other, the fact that both the release date and the Holiday are both in the month of October, and how the film just *happened* to be released just in time for Halloween proves that The Nightmare Before Christmas is the perfect Halloween movie. “There’s children throwing snowballs, instead of throwing heads, they’re busy building toys and absolutely no one’s dead.Coincidence? The film was released on October 13, a date just as spooky as the actual date of Halloween, October 31. Lock him up for fifty years, see what makes him tick!” – Lock, Shock, and Barrelġ5. “Kidnap the Sandy Claws, beat him with a stick. I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!”- Jack Skellingtonġ6. “For it is plain as anyone can see, we’re simply meant to be.” – Jack and Sallyġ7. ![]() Here are the best Nightmare Before Christmas lines we found to get you into the holiday spirit.ġ8. But if it’s been a while since you’ve followed the antics of Jack Skellington, Sally, and Zero the ghost dog, you might need a refresher on the best one-liners. ![]() While there’s debate over whether The Nightmare Before Christmas should be classified as a Christmas movie or Halloween movie, fans of the Tim Burton classic do seem to all agree that the animated film is full of quote-worthy one-liners, some of which have inspired the most cultish of followers to get lines tattooed on their own bodies.īut even if you aren’t ready to permanently mark your skin with the catchy phrases said by the residents of Halloweentown, you may boast about knowing every line and lyric from the movie when it comes time to watch it with the family every year during the holidays. ![]()
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