Jack Skellington

Jack Skellington is the main character in Tim Burton's 1993 stop-motion animated musical film The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Tall and extremely thin, Skellington wears a black pinstriped suit with a bat tie. His ghost dog Zero, who has a glowing red nose, is rarely far from his side. Skellington can remove his head, which he seems fond of doing, especially while quoting Shakespeare or singing.

As the protagonist in The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington is bored and disillusioned with the daily Halloween celebrations in Halloween Town. Jack stumbles across another world, where he discovers Christmas. Enamored with the idea of a new holiday, Skellington sets out on a mission to bring the Christmas spirit to the citizens of Halloween Town.

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King Jack Skellington is shown to have had a rivalry with Oogie Boogie. Oogie makes plans to turn Halloween Town into a New Bug Day. After Jack learns of Sally, Dr. Finklestein's daughter's kidnapping, Jack takes it upon himself to save Sally (for the first time) and restore Halloween Town. Jack confronts Oogie's plan and thwarts him from taking over the town. Few of the Townsfolk actually saw Oogie himself, and so assume terrifying ideas about him. After Jack defeats Oogie, he banishes him to his underground lair. So, Jack defeated this threat and saved Sally, thus enticing her love interest in him, and the town declares Jack, Pumpkin King, the king of Halloween and all things scary.

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge Tired of using the same old themes over and over on Halloween, Jack Skellington goes to Doctor Finkelstein, who gives him the Soul Robber, an invention that changes shape. Jack decided to leave Halloween Town to get new ideas for Halloween frights. When Jack comes back to town, he finds that Oogie Boogie has been resurrected. Now Jack has to set things right again. Jack dances, fights, and sings in this game to attack Oogie Boogie's minions. Jack is portrayed as inept to some degree in this game. It should be noted that Chris Sarandon did both the speaking and singing voice of Jack in this game.

Kingdom Hearts series Jack Skellington appears in all four installments of the Kingdom Hearts video game series. He inhabits the world of Halloween Town, where the evil Heartless threatens its denizens. The games' main protagonists, Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy, befriend Jack and together they battle the Heartless and also Oogie Boogie. In combat, Jack uses some of his scary powers with demonstrations of some magic, making him a formidable sorcerer. Chris Sarandon reprises his role for the English version, and Masachika Ichimura provides Jack's Japanese voice.