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first song which induces temporary somnolence upon consumption. This becomes essential to Sally managing to trick the Doctor and escape. Despite her makeshift appearance, Sally is a determined individual with a good feel for what is right. Fiona Apple provides the vocals for "Sally's Song" on the 2006 special edition of "", while Amy Lee provides the vocals for "Sally's Song" on "Nightmare Revisited". She also appears in "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge". Sally is a
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for their personal achievement". For Walt Disney Records' September 2008 release of "Nightmare Revisited", Lee sang a remake of "Sally's Song". The album contains new material and covers of songs from the original "Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack. Lee performed live renditions of "Sally's Song" during the October 17 "Nightmare Before Christmas" re-release premiere in Hollywood, and for an October 13 appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". During an October 2008 interview for Spin.com,
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Jack Skellington, Sally, Pajama Jack, and the Mayor have been made into Bendies figures, while Jack and Sally even appear in fine art. Moreover, Sally has been made into an action figure and a Halloween costume. A Jack Skellington figurine is available for the "Disney Infinity" video game, allowing the character to be playable in the game's "Toy Box Mode". Jack is also the titular character in the short story ""Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas": Jack's Story",
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This article lists characters seen in the film "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and two video games: "" and "". The filmmakers constructed 230 puppets to represent the characters in the movie, with Jack Skellington having "around eight hundred heads", allowing the expression of every possible emotion. Sally's mouth movements "were animated through the replacement method. During the animation process...only Sally's face 'mask' was removed in order to preserve the order of her long red hair. Sally had ten types of
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antagonistic father figure for Sally to overcome, Finklestein also has a hand in helping Jack Skellington (of whom he seems to be very fond) with his plan to take over Christmas by bringing to life several skeletal reindeer to pull Jack's sleigh. At the end of the film, Finklestein, deciding that Sally is too much of a handful, creates a wife for himself using a portion of his own brain. Dr. Finklestein is featured in "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge". When Jack is tired of
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undertaken an extensive marketing campaign of these characters across many media. In addition to the "Haunted Mansion Holiday at Disneyland" featuring "Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" characters," Jack Skellington, Sally, Pajama Jack, and the mayor have been made into Bendies figures, while Jack and Sally even appear in fine art. Moreover, Sally has been made into an action figure and a Halloween costume. The Mayor has been made into a Bendies figure. Jack is also the titular character in the short story
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skeleton children of his own. Many fans of the film and of the franchise assume that given the ending to the film, that Jack and Sally eventually got married and had a family of their own. Bryan Theiss declares that "Sally is one of those rare fantasy characters we can relate to on a certain level as much as we can to real-world characters on a more literal level." Sally's voice was played by Catherine O'Hara throughout the movie, and Kath Soucie in the video game spin-offs.
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-American Rejects, and many more. American gothic rock band London After Midnight featured a cover of "Sally's Song" on their 1998 album "Oddities". LiLi Roquelin did a French cover of "Sally's Song" which was released on her album "Will you hate the rest of the world or will you renew your life?" in 2010. Pentatonix released a cover of "Making Christmas" for their 2018 Christmas album "Christmas Is Here!". Another soundtrack released in 2003 was the Disneyland "
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kill Sally and Santa Claus, but is destroyed when Jack pulls a thread loose from him, which rips off the sack covering him and causes the majority of his bugs to fall into the lava pit. The lead bug is then squashed by Santa after it falls next to the pit. The rest of the bugs scurry off after this. In "The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King", Oogie's origins and the birth of his rivalry with Jack were revealed. As it turns out, he once had his
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now protagonists, having led the Mayor to Oogie's lair to find them. In "The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King", Oogie Boogie sends Lock, Shock, and Barrel out to nab the new "Pumpkin King." They come back with Sally instead, saying she looked like Jack in the dark. Throughout the game, they are behind most of the ruckus going on around town ranging from poisoning the acid pools, driving the leeches crazy, knocking down the town's street lamps, luring Jack into
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instruments." It later expanded to include a variety of popular music. Their music was played 24 hours a day on FM broadcast station WWHK in Concord, New Hampshire. In 2008, VSQ contributed a recording of "Jack and Sally Montage" to "Nightmare Revisited", on which the Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas original score was reinterpreted by bands like Tiger Army, All-American Rejects, Plain White Ts, Rise Against, and DeVotchKa. Songs by Vitamin String Quartet were featured on the Fox television show "
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Jack Skellington's love interest. She is a very pretty, loving, caring, and shy rag doll who told Jack that Christmas and Halloween shouldn't be mixed. She is originally patched together by Doctor Finkelstein. Sally is the only one to have doubts about Jack's Christmas plan. Although her creator attempts to keep her constantly imprisoned, she often manages escape by slipping him deadly nightshade, causing him to fall asleep. Nightshade is a flower that grows atop the grave of a dead witch, as seen before Jack's
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ceiling and attacks Jack. Jack defeats the spider, saves Sally and receives the Valentine's Holiday Door. When Jack and Sally walk out of the crypt, she gives Jack an idea to use his Pumpkin King powers to defeat Oogie's monsters. Sally then says she's worried about Dr. Finklestein and Jack goes to find him. Inside the doctor's laboratory, Jack finds the brainwashed doctor, who attacks him. Jack returns the doctor to normal by switching his brain back. Jack then goes to the Mayor's courtyard to
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But on December 23, Sally manages to send a magical paper airplane to find Jack to warn him of what has happened. Jack returns to Halloween Town on Christmas Eve, just to find Oogie's shadow. After defeating the shadow, he is given the Halloween Holiday Door and finds everyone was deceived by Oogie into making dangerous traps. Jack manages to defeat Oogie's minions created by Dr. Finklestein and goes to the graveyard to save Sally. Once inside a crypt, he finds Sally when a giant spider clings her to the
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" which is ironic as Finklestein's body appears to be largely if not entirely artificial. Unlike Frankenstein who takes no responsibility for his creations and disowns them almost as soon as they are completed (much like the original Dr. Frankenstein), Finklestein takes full responsibility over Sally and acts as an over-protective father and in some ways an overbearing husband (thus explaining Sally's attempts to run away) by keeping her under lock and key under the pretext of sheltering her from the world. In addition to being an overbearing and
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the fountain, except for Sally, not wanting to see the battle. Oogie spills out his bugs, becoming nothing more than an empty husk, ending his threat for good. Afterward, Jack apologizes to Santa for almost ruining Christmas again, but having a change of heart about the skeleton, Santa thanks him for saving his life. Afterwards, Jack realizes that his home and loved ones are something more important than new discoveries. The story ends in much the same way as the film does, with Jack and Sally embracing
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set pieces in celebration of its 13th year. Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Paris do not have seasonal overlays. Outside of Phantom Manor, guests can get their photo taken with Jack and Sally. The Haunted Mansion Holiday takes place shortly after the events of the film it conjoins with, "The Nightmare Before Christmas", where Jack Skellington, who tried to create his very own twisted Christmas in a Halloween-style overlay in the movie, now discovers the Haunted Mansion, home to 999 Happy Haunts. Deciding to spread
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find a way to rationally explain it, but cannot. He ultimately decides that it's unfair for Christmas Town alone to enjoy the holiday and announces that he and the citizens of Halloween Town will take over Christmas this year. Jack assigns the citizens of Halloween Town Christmas-themed jobs, including singing carols, making presents, and building a sleigh to be pulled by skeletal reindeer. Sally, a beautiful rag doll woman that is secretly in love with Jack, feels that their efforts will end in disaster, but Jack
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the "sleeping soup" that Sally gave him. Jack was able to put Dr. Finklestein's original brain back in place making Dr. Finklestein break from Oogie's control. In the game spin-offs, Finklestein's name is pronounced "steen" instead of "stein". For some reason, his wife creation "Jewel" is not present in the game, and Sally appears to still be living with him even though in the movie she appeared to be free at the end. Sally even says "He insists on
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the best I can!" are direct quotes from this cartoon. Another idea for Oogie's identity was for him to be Dr. Finklestein in disguise, gaining revenge on Jack and Sally, but it was not pursued past storyboards since Tim Burton scrapped the idea. This is visible on the Special Edition DVD. Unlike all the other inhabitants of Halloween Town, who are merely monsters who scare people simply because they enjoy it as a celebration of their skill and fun, it appears that Oogie is truly evil. It is suggested
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy Halloween film directed by Henry Selick, and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town" who stumbles through a portal to "Christmas Town" and decides to celebrate the holiday. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the singing voice of Jack. The principal voice cast also includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


only Sally's face 'mask' was removed in order to preserve the order of her long, red hair. Sally had ten types of faces, each made with a series of eleven expressions (e.g. eyes open and closed, and various facial poses) and synchronized mouth movements." The stop motion figurine of Jack was reused in "James and the Giant Peach" (also directed by Selick) as Captain Jack. The film's soundtrack album was released in 1993 on Walt Disney Records. For the film's 2006
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Nightmare Revisited


", which was not featured on physical CD editions of "Nightmare Revisited", but was released as a digital bonus track. Scott Murphy's cover of "Sally's Song" is also featured on Japanese pressings of the album. On September 27, 2008, three days before the release of "Nightmare Revisited", the album was made available for streaming exclusively by "Spin.com". On September 22, 2008, Evanescence vocalist Amy Lee, who contributed a cover of "Sally's Song" for the album,
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rag doll-type character, with detachable limbs stuffed with fall leaves. She often falls apart, requiring her to sew herself back together, and carries a set of sewing needles and thread for precisely that purpose. She was created by Doctor Finklestein, Halloween Town's resident mad scientist, as a companion. Their relationship is rather tense, as Finklestein insists on keeping Sally under lock and key, under the pretext of protecting her from the excitement of the outside world. However Sally is restless, and is intrigued by the
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full of Christmas presents. Luckily, Sally brings Jack's sleigh to help, and Jack and Santa chase after Oogie. Oogie falls out of the sleigh into a world of garbage after being frightened by one of Jack's jack-in-the-boxes that was dropped in the sleigh by an elf. There, he absorbs the waste and insects in the environment in a fit of rage and becomes a giant version of himself to beat Jack. Jack faces Oogie one-on-one. Everyone sees the battle through
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The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King


over the town would be theirs to play with. When Jack defeated him he ordered Oogie to fear him and not to leave the lair. Jack met Sally for the first time when he rescued her and Halloween went ahead as planned. Oogie Boogie vowed to get his revenge after biding his time. In the movie however it seems like Jack has forgiven the three minions. The game so far has a score of 69.43% from GameRankings and 71 out of 100 from Metacritic. IGN gave it a score of 6.5 out of
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In the Forest" 6. "What's This?" 7. "Town Meeting Song" 8. "Jack and Sally Montage" 9. "Jack's Obsession" 10. "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" 11. "Making Christmas" 12. "Nabbed" 13. "Oogie Boogie's Song" 14. "Sally's Song" 15. "Christmas Eve Montage" 16. "Poor Jack" 17. "To the Rescue" 18. "Finale/Reprise" 19. "Closing"
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kidnap Santa Claus and (against the wishes of Jack, who holds Oogie in great contempt) send him down to Oogie Boogie's lair, where he is bound to a giant roulette wheel. According to deleted song material (found in the soundtrack version), Oogie plans to add "Sandy Claws" to his new batch of Snake and Spider Stew, to "add a little Spice". Sally, after finding out Santa's fate, attempts to rescue him but is captured herself. Oogie then tortures and tries to
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Disney's Fantillusion


. However, the "Bat Forest" float returned every Halloween night, carrying Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Disney's Christmas season in 2005 brought a further change to the parade, with the parade now running from Fantasyland to Town Square. While this brought with it a huge amount of technical troubles in the days after the switch, it allowed for better efficiency with the backstage parade preparation and meant guests would now follow the parade to the park's exit instead of back into the park. This change
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heard from his henchmen, Lock, Shock, and Barrel that Jack was scarier than him and sent the henchmen to kidnap Jack. They however bring Sally, a rag doll-like creature who was Dr. Finkelstein's new assistant with a crush on Jack, back instead. Jack found the Town deserted on Halloween of all days and heard from the mayor that everyone was hiding from a bug infestation. Lock, Shock and Barrel wreaked havoc around the town while Jack was determined to get to the bottom of it. Along the
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his original action figure followed this example, implying he was not always intended to be a wheelchair user). Finklestein is only referred to as the "Evil Scientist" in the credits. His true name is only mentioned in the movie when the Mayor calls him up to the front of the line for his Christmas assignment. Doctor Finklestein lives in a large observatory with his living rag doll creation Sally and his hunchbacked assistant Igor. James Whale's Frankenstein is quoted in Finklestein's line "I made you with my own hands
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the world, despite his secret misgivings about it. When Jack is apparently killed by the US Army, the Mayor openly admits he had a bad feeling about "this Christmas thing" and sorrowfully goes off in his Mayor-mobile to make the announcement throughout Halloween Town and the surrounding countryside that "the king of Halloween has been blown to smithereens". Later, he is told by Lock, Shock, and Barrel that Jack is in over his head and alive, and comes to retrieve him and Sally after Oogie Boogie
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at stake. Sally attempts to rescue Santa so he can stop Jack, but Oogie captures her as well. Jack departs to deliver presents to the world, but the Halloween-styled gifts terrify and attack the populace. As concerns over "Santa's" behavior grows, the military takes action and shoots down Jack, causing him to crash in a cemetery. As Jack bemoans the disaster he has made of Christmas, he finds he enjoyed the experience nonetheless, reigniting his love of Halloween. Jack returns to Halloween Town and
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of Main Street USA via Fort Comstock. In October 2008, for the first time in Disney history Jack Skellington and Sally from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas made appearances as meet and greet characters in Halloween and Christmas overlay. They were situated outside Phantom Manor. In 2012, Grizzly Gulch (Traditional Chinese: 灰熊山谷) opened as the park's equivalent to Frontierland. Grizzly Gulch is much smaller compared to the "Frontierlands" of other Disney Parks, featuring only one ride, Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars. This
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I Miss You (Blink-182 song)


both parts together at the end. "Mark was always really, really good with words, so a lot of times I would ask him for help with things, to get help with how I say things better [...] But we never really explained song meanings to each other," said DeLonge. Hoppus referenced Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" at the request of Barker, with the lines "We can live like Jack and Sally if we want... and we'll have Halloween on Christmas",
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true feelings for him, as she is too shy to make them known to him other than through her sweet actions, however this could be argued because after Boogie's defeat, Jack and Sally are left alone and Jack sees that Sally tried her best to help him. Thus prompting him to finally realize how much she cares for him and how much he loves her in return. On the album to the film it is mentioned that years later Sandy Claws returned to Halloween Town and saw that Jack now had four or five
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holidays during his childhood. "Anytime there was Christmas or Halloween, […] it was great. It gave you some sort of texture all of a sudden that wasn't there before", Burton would later recall. After completing his short film "Vincent" in 1982, Burton, who was then employed at Walt Disney Feature Animation, wrote a three-page poem titled "The Nightmare Before Christmas", drawing inspiration from television specials of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "How the Grinch Stole
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Soul Robber", a green, whip-like weapon. He then leaves Halloween Town and goes to look for new frights. After Jack leaves, Lock, Shock, and Barrel bring Oogie Boogie back to life by sewing him together again. He seizes control of Halloween Town, tricking its citizens into making traps, brainwashes Dr. Finkelstein, imprisons Sally in a crypt, and captures five of the seven Holiday World leaders. Oogie plans to become the "Seven-Holidays King" once he takes control of Christmas Town.
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plot items and do not grant the player access to other Holiday themed towns. However, later Chapters allow the player to enter Christmas town. Each of Jack Skellington's costumes have different abilities. For example, Santa Jack (which is obtained once Doctor Finklestein is defeated) can throw out presents to stun enemies or freeze enemies in ice, and the Pumpkin King (which you get after saving Sally from a large spider) can burn enemies, open doors by burning them etc. Additionally, there are several unlockable costumes,
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brings to an album". On the band's 2004 release, "", Sköld produced, played lead guitar, and sang backup vocals on the cover version of "Personal Jesus", which was also released as a single. Coinciding with the release of "The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D" in October 2006, Manson and Sköld contributed a cover of "This Is Halloween" to "The Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack, with Sköld taking care of the music while Manson provided the vocals. This time also saw
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music as the 20-track release, which keeps "End Title" as one track." "The "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" and "This Is Halloween" demos are reversed in the track listing on the backside of the album cover and in the album booklet." Credits and personnel adapted from the 2006 edition of the soundtrack's liner notes. 1. "This Is Halloween" 2. "Sally's Song" 3. "What's This?" 4. "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" 5. "
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, is a game for the Game Boy Advance released in 2005. The events of the game take place before the movie, "The Nightmare Before Christmas". The story tells of Jack's first encounter with his , Oogie Boogie, and how he claimed the title of "The Pumpkin King". This game was released at the same time in North America as "". The game starts with Jack Skellington preparing for Halloween, approximately one year before the events of "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Unfortunately, Oogie
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Melodyguild


After pushing the date back twice, the release disappeared from Projekt's release schedule. A recording by Perry, Miller, and Pallos of Danny Elfman's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack piece, "Sally's Song," was included on Projekt's 2004 "Holiday Single 2", a three-song limited-edition CD single. The band's song "Panamint" appeared on a 2007 Projekt sample, "Projekt 2007.1". The "Aitu" EP was finally released on April 22, 2008. The
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of a hostile "ugly kid," who, in disbelief, flippantly tells her she can have the tree if it falls down. In what Sally describes as "a Christmas miracle," the tree does fall down on its own. The ugly kid comes to the Browns' house and demands the tree back, but Sally refuses. The night before Christmas Eve, Sally is overcome with guilt and decides to return the tree anyway, but the ugly kid has since changed his mind and agrees to keep his word,
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O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, and Ed Ivory. "The Nightmare Before Christmas" originated in a poem written by Burton in 1982 while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Feature Animation. With the success of "Vincent" in the same year, Burton began to consider developing "The Nightmare Before Christmas" as either a short film or 30-minute television special to no avail. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project, and in 1990, he
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Nina Hagen


22 in Germany. On 14 October 2002 Nina hit Moscow by coming there with her concert, while interviews with the eccentric singer were aired on many TV-channels. Hagen dubbed the voice of Sally in the German release of Tim Burton's "The Nightmare before Christmas", Yubaba/Zeniba in "Spirited Away" and she has also done voice work on the movie "Hot Dogs" by Michael Schoemann. Due to the death of Elisabeth Volkmann (†2006), the German voice of Marge, during the dubbing of
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wonders of the outside world. It is this restlessness, or, more specifically, this desire for something better in her life, that draws her to Jack Skellington. In the beginning of the movie, she idolizes and admires Jack much like any of the other female members of Halloween Town; however, she quickly discovers that they are connected by the desire for something more in their lives, and her feelings for him intensify. The two refer to each other as "friends", though Jack seems unaware of Sally's
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he attempts to turn Santa Claus into a Heartless, and in "" as an enemy based on Sora's memories of him. Doctor Finklestein is a resident of Halloween Town. He is the mad scientist and the "father" of Sally. He is described as a pale-as-a-sheet mad scientist with a duckbill-like mouth and a hinged skullcap that he can open up to reveal his brain. For unknown reasons, he uses a motorized wheelchair (early drawings of Finklestein depict him standing freely and
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Angel Blade


then rapes Emily, and Elaine fingers Seiryu. When General Chloe is in the hospital and goes to Ayame's room, there is a dummy in her bed in place of her. This dummy is Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, except with modified hair. They also have a small role in "Angel Blade Punish!" episode 1 where they get "punished" by Lady Phantom. They appear to work together and both attack by expelling powerful energy from their temporary, what looks like, a penis, which is
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. In the graveyard, Jack and Sally declare their love for each other. The cast also features Kerry Katz, Carmen Twillie, Randy Crenshaw, Debi Durst, Glenn Walters, Sherwood Ball, John Morris and Greg Proops voicing various characters. Patrick Stewart recorded narration for a prologue and epilogue. While not used in the final scene of the film, the narration is included on the soundtrack album. As writer Tim Burton's upbringing in Burbank, California was associated with the feeling of solitude, the filmmaker was largely fascinated by
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


a new "Nightmare Before Christmas" film was in the works, with Disney considering either a stop-motion sequel or live-action remake. A collectible card game based on the film called "The Nightmare Before Christmas TCG" was released in 2005 by NECA. The game was designed by Quixotic Games founder Andrew Parks and Kez Shlasnger. It consists of a Premiere set and 4 Starter Decks based on four characters, Jack Skellington, the Mayor, Oogie Boogie, and Doctor Finklestein. Each Starter Deck contains a rule book
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, a Pumpkin King card, a Pumpkin Points card, and a 48-card deck. The game has four card types: Characters, Locales, Creations, and Surprises. The Cards' rarities are separated into four categories: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Ultra Rare. Quixotic Games also developed "The Nightmare Before Christmas Party Game" that was released in 2007 by NECA. A collector's edition "The Nightmare Before Christmas"-themed Jenga game was issued with orange, purple and black blocks with Jack Skellington heads on them. The set
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)


The Nightmare Before Christmas is the fifteenth soundtrack album by American composer Danny Elfman. It was released on October 12, 1993, by Walt Disney Records to promote the 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Composed by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The album peaked at #64 on the US "Billboard" 200. For the film's 2006 re-release in Disney Digital 3-D, a special edition of the soundtrack
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""Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas": Jack's story." Oddly enough, Jim Edwards actually contends that "Tim Burton's animated movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is really a movie about the marketing business. The movie's lead character, Jack Skellington, the chief marketing officer (CMO) for a successful company decides that his success is boring and he wants the company to have a different business plan. Some have wondered which real-life company failure the movie is based on: Sergio Zyman
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London After Midnight (band)


the follow-up album "Psycho Magnet" in 1996, London After Midnight headlined the Whitby Gothic Weekend in England, among other concerts in the UK, Europe, Mexico and the US. At this time, Brennan had begun to expand musically. The project continued on with a third album titled Oddities released in 1998, featuring a cover of a track named "Sally's Song" from the film "The Nightmare Before Christmas". This CD was different from other releases in that it featured acoustic and ethereal alternative mixes
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Fiona Apple


Sally's Song" for the 2006 special edition release of the soundtrack for the Tim Burton film "The Nightmare Before Christmas". In May 2006, Apple paid tribute to Elvis Costello on VH1's concert series "Decades Rock Live," by performing Costello's hit "I Want You". Her version was subsequently released as a digital single. Apple toured the East Coast during August 2007, with Nickel Creek. In 2008, Apple recorded a duet titled "Still I" with Christophe Deluy. In 2009, Apple
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Disney Character Voices International only dubbed the film in a few languages in which adults movies, as well as kids movies, are usually dubbed, while in the rest of countries it was only released with subtitles. A few versions dubbed only the spoken lines, leaving the songs in English. Jack Skellington made cameos in the film "James and the Giant Peach" as the "pirate captain". Jack Skellington appears in the "Robot Chicken" episode "Anne Marie's Pride", voiced by Victor Yerrid. Sally is
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Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party


new hard-ticket event called Mickey's Pirate and Princess Party in 2007. It was discontinued for 2009 due to low ticket sales. In 2013, Jack Skellington and Sally from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" were introduced. A new dinner was added in 2014 at Cinderella Castle called the Villainous Soiree, however, it was discontinued after 1 year. As with Disney-themed parks, a parade and a fireworks show are the centerpieces of the event. The holiday-themed parade, entitled "Mickey's Boo To You
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than eight or ten days in total." Walt Disney Feature Animation contributed with some use of second-layering traditional animation. Burton found production somewhat difficult because he was directing "Batman Returns" and in pre-production of "Ed Wood". The filmmakers constructed 227 puppets to represent the characters in the movie, with Jack Skellington having "around four hundred heads", allowing the expression of every possible emotion. Sally's mouth movements "were animated through the replacement method. During the animation process, […]
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Catherine O'Hara


her work as a comedic actress and writer, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1981. O'Hara has appeared in several films directed by Tim Burton, beginning with the role of Delia Deetz in the 1988 film "Beetlejuice". Other roles she has portrayed in Burton films include the voices of Sally/Shock in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993) and Susan Frankenstein in "Frankenweenie" (2012). She has also frequently collaborated with director and writer Christopher Guest, appearing in
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Lantana (singer)


She releases her first LP, "Desorden y Amor", the next year with Cadiz native Suso Saiz as producer. This latter album was nominated by MTV Spain's spectators as "Best Artist Revelation" 2007. The same year, the electronic band Hotel Persona releases a remix of her first single, "Siempre". She also films the video of the unreleased song "Sally's Song" from The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton. In 2010, no longer with EMI, Lantana goes to London to record her
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it would be "game over!" for him (Oogie). Oogie complied, but secretly vowed revenge. In the 2004 video game "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge", Oogie was resurrected by his henchmen Lock, Shock, and Barrel, who sewed him together. He quickly deceived the residents of Halloween Town and tricked the townspeople into making traps for Jack stating that Jack wouldn't return if they can make an even scarier Halloween for next year. Oogie attempted to become the Seven Holidays King,
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dog who floats about freely and follows Jack wherever he goes. His nose, which is in the shape of a jack-o-lantern, also doubles as a bright light. In the "Kingdom Hearts" series, Zero is often called upon to search for someone. In "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge", he will disappear and reappear depending on whether the player has completed the Halloween Town story. The following toys were created by the citizens of Halloween Town: The owners of the franchise have
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Jack Skellington


includes Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie-Boogie, Dr. Finklestein and the Mayor as in-game playable costumes. The downloadable content can be bought from console stores (e.g. the PlayStation Store). The package included the costumes of which some could be found in the downloaded level. Unlike the worlds originally in the game which all had 3 chapters, the Nightmare Before Christmas world only had 1 chapter called 'Halloween Graveyard'. Jack Skellington appears in four installments of the "Kingdom Hearts" video game series. He inhabits
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Royal Military College of Canada Bands


Yeo Hall at the college) the band played diverse pieces such as "Cold Play on Stage", a jazz arrangement of The Beatles' "Yesterday", superhero theme songs, "Black Orpheus" from Luis Bonfa, sing-along Christmas songs and more diverse pieces. In previous Christmas concerts the band played "Nightmare before Christmas", "Sabre Dance" from Khachaturian, a Herb Alpert trumpet feature, "The Longest Time" from Billy Joel, jazz music like "Take 5". During the next concert
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


Star Wars", taking into account that "Nightmare" was "filled with imagination that carries us into a new world". Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" called it a restoration of "originality and daring to the Halloween genre. This dazzling mix of fun and fright also explodes the notion that animation is kid stuff. … It's 74 minutes of timeless movie magic." James Berardinelli stated ""The Nightmare Before Christmas" has something to offer just about everyone. For the kids, it's a fantasy
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


dismisses this and assigns her the task of sewing him a red coat to wear. He also tasks Lock, Shock and Barrel, a trio of mischievous trick-or-treating children, to abduct Santa Claus and bring him back to Halloween Town. Jack tells Santa he will be bringing Christmas to the world in his place this year. Jack orders the trio to keep Santa safe, but the children instead deliver Santa to Oogie Boogie, a gambling-addicted bogeyman, who plots to play a game with Santa's life
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Glenn Shadix


voice work includes the aforementioned "Nightmare", and episodes of "Jackie Chan Adventures" and "Justice League Unlimited" (where he played Tobias Whale and Steven Mandragora). He reprised his "Nightmare Before Christmas" role in the video game "", and the Square Enix video game "Kingdom Hearts II". His television work included the HBO drama "Carnivàle", the NBC television comedy "Seinfeld", in which he played Jerry's landlord, and playing the roles of giant brothers Typhoon and Typhon in
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


, with an average rating of 8.25/10. The site's consensus reads, ""The Nightmare Before Christmas" is a stunningly original and visually delightful work of stop-motion animation." On Metacritic the film has a score of 82 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F. Roger Ebert gave a highly positive review for "Nightmare". Ebert believed the film's visual effects were as revolutionary as "
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List of The Nightmare Before Christmas characters


where he mentions England, Kentucky and France), he felt his inspiration for his own holiday waning. Christmas Town gave him new ideas and inspiration. He also appears in "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge". He is voiced in all appearances by Chris Sarandon, and his singing voice in the film was provided by Danny Elfman. Since the film was originally released as an adults product, as it was thought to be "too dark and scary for kids", in non-English speaking countries,
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List of The Nightmare Before Christmas characters


's New Coke or Merck's launch and subsequent withdrawal of Vioxx." While Yvonne Tasker notes "the complex characterization seen in "The Nightmare Before Christmas"," Michael A. Morrison discusses the influence of Dr. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" on the film, writing that Jack parallels the Grinch and Zero parallels Max, the Grinch's dog. Philip Nel writes that the film "challenges the wisdom of adults through its trickster characters" contrasting Jack as a "good trickster" with Oogie Boogie, whom he
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Haunted Mansion Holiday


Haunted Mansion Holiday, also known as Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare, is a seasonal overlay of the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland that blends the settings and characters of the original Haunted Mansion with those of Tim Burton's 1993 film "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Taking inspiration from "The Night Before Christmas", the attraction retells the story of Jack Skellington (as "Sandy Claws") visiting the Haunted Mansion on Christmas Eve, leaving holiday chaos in his wake. The Haunted Mansion typically closes for two and
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List of The Nightmare Before Christmas characters


second game, he tries to stop two Heartless outbreaks by yelling at the Heartless through his megaphone, but has no success. In "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge", the Mayor is seen in the opening cut scene congratulating Jack on another "horrible" Halloween. He is later seen in the level "Mayor's Madhouse" where Jack rescues him from a cage hanging from the roof of his house. While Jack goes to Christmas Town, the Mayor frees the other holiday leaders. He is voiced by
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Rachele Brooke Smith


"Beetlejuice" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Smith has been featured as an actress in the Robert Zemekis adaptation of "A Christmas Carol", the Zac Efron comedy "17 Again" and in "". Smith has played lead roles opposite Peter Gallagher in the 2008 film, "" and in 2009 she played the villainous Avery in a new installment of the "Bring It On" franchise, "" with Christina Milian. Her past filmography also includes "Iron Man 2", "Burlesque",
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Let's Stay Together (30 Rock)


she got a chemical peel, wore a red and green sweater with a fedora. This is a reference to the fictional horror villain from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series Freddy Krueger's appearance. During the hearing in Washington D.C., Representative Rob Reiner says "The acclaimed director of "When Harry Met Sally..." would never do that!", a reference to Reiner who directed the 1989 romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally...". One of the applicants to become an NBC page plays a keyboard
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


would be "too dark and scary for kids", Selick remembered. "Their biggest fear, and why it was kind of a stepchild project, [was] they were afraid of their core audience hating the film and not coming." To convey Burton's involvement and attract a wider audience, Disney marketed the film as "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas." Burton explained that,"…it turned more into more of a brand-name thing, it turned into something else, which I'm not quite
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


sure about." The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 9, 1993, and was given a limited release on October 15, 1993, before its wide theatrical release on October 29, 1993. "The Nightmare Before Christmas" was reissued under the Walt Disney Pictures label and re-released on October 20, 2006, with conversion to DisneyDigital 3-D. Industrial Light & Magic assisted in the process. The film subsequently received three re-releases in October 2007, 2008, and 2009. The El Capitan
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List of The Nightmare Before Christmas characters


the living gifts and replace them with the right ones. Santa Claus is last seen flying over Halloween Town as snow starts to fall. In "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge", Oogie Boogie targets Santa Claus and leaves him hanging over the tracks for his scissor-tipped Oogie Train to drop him. Santa Claus was saved by Jack Skellington. When Oogie Boogie hijacked Santa's sleigh, Jack lets him use the same sleigh he used when Jack tried to improvise Christmas. Santa Claus appears in "Kingdom Hearts
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Tom Clarke (Taken)


Tom Clarke is a fictional character in the TV series "Taken" played by Ryan Hurst. Tom's first appearance is when he's a young child (played by Kevin G. Schmidt). Tom does not trust John, a strange man who was taken in by Tom's mother, Sally, after being in an accident. Years later Tom and his sister Becky return home to visit his mother Sally and his younger brother Jacob for Christmas. Tom and Becky take care of Jacob when Sally goes to a New Year's
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


woods the morning after Halloween, he stumbles across seven trees containing doors leading to towns representing various holidays, and opens a portal to Christmas Town. Awed by the unfamiliar holiday, Jack returns to Halloween Town to show the residents his findings, but they fail to grasp the idea of Christmas and compare everything to their ideas of Halloween, although they do relate to one Christmas Town character; a red lobster-like king who flies at night named "Sandy Claws". Jack sequesters himself in his tower to study Christmas and
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List of The Nightmare Before Christmas characters


at night, filling your dreams to the brim with fright." In the version of "This Is Halloween" that was heard on "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge", a different voice was heard when it came to the shadow on the moon part. He is voiced by Ken Page in all of his appearances. Oogie Boogie also appears in the video game "Kingdom Hearts" as a member of Maleficent's team of Disney villains. He appears again in the sequel "Kingdom Hearts II" where
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


celebrating two holidays. For the adults, it's an opportunity to experience some light entertainment while marveling at how adept Hollywood has become at these techniques. There are songs, laughs, and a little romance. In short, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" does what it intends to: entertain." Desson Thomson of "The Washington Post" enjoyed stylistic features in common with Oscar Wilde, German Expressionism, the Brothers Grimm and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari". Michael A. Morrison discusses the influence of Dr. Seuss'
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A Christmas Carol (Shower of Stars)


the final third. Rather than having a Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, the adaptation featured a mynah bird, who leads Scrooge to a graveyard in which he sees not only his own grave, but that of Tiny Tim. The script added an unusual twist to the story in having the Ghost of Christmas Past (Sally Fraser) and the Ghost of Christmas Present (Ray Middleton) be portrayed by the same actors who played Scrooge's sweetheart Belle and his nephew Fred, respectively, and Scrooge not only notices the resemblance
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


in 1982, Disney started to consider developing "The Nightmare Before Christmas" as either a short film or 30-minute holiday television special. However, the project's development eventually stalled, as its tone seemed "too weird" to the company. As Disney was unable to "offer his nocturnal loners enough scope", Burton was fired from the studio in 1984, and went on to direct the commercially successful films, "Beetlejuice" and "Batman". Over the years, Burton regularly thought about the project. In 1990
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


out and makes a fortune. If it does, great. If it doesn't, that doesn't negate the validity of the process. The budget was less than any Disney blockbuster so it doesn't have to earn "Aladdin"-sized grosses to satisfy us." The film earned $50 million in the United States on its first theatrical run and was regarded as a moderate "sleeper hit". "The Nightmare Before Christmas" made a further $8.7 million in box office gross in its 2006 reissue. The 2007,
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


obsession with [the] film is so great that … they named their son after the real-life person that a character in the film is based on." This enthusiasm for the characters has also been profiled as having spread beyond North America to Japan. Yvonne Tasker notes "the complex characterization seen in "The Nightmare Before Christmas"". Danny Elfman was worried the characterization of Oogie Boogie would be considered racist by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Elfman's predictions came true;
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


comes in a coffin-shaped box instead of the normal rectangular box. A 168-card "Munchkin Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"-themed "Munchkin" was developed by USAopoly featuring the citizens of Halloween Town such as Jack Skellington, Oogie Boogie, Doctor Finklestein, and Lock, Shock and Barrel. The game comes with a custom die similar to the ones used by Oogie Boogie in the film. A live concert, produced by Disney Concerts, was held at the Hollywood Bowl in October 2015, and was followed by subsequent performances
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List of The Nightmare Before Christmas characters


a huge grin on it like his near-permanent creepy smile). Their names are a play on the phrase, "lock, stock, and barrel." Though not totally antagonistic, they are usually the comedy relief. They appear to be Anti-heroes or merely neutral characters, as they'll work for most of those who summon them. Instructing them to "leave that no-account Oogie Boogie OUT of this!" (they promise to do so, but cross their fingers), Jack sends Lock
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Ed Wood (film)


. He insisted on total creative control, and so in April 1993, a month before the original start date, Canton put "Ed Wood" into turnaround. The decision sparked interest from Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox in optioning the film rights, but Burton accepted an offer from Walt Disney Studios, who had previously produced "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Similar to "Nightmare", Disney released "Ed Wood" under their Touchstone Pictures banner. With a budget of $18 million, Disney did
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


, 2008 as a two-disc digitally remastered "collector's edition", but still containing the same special features. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released "The Nightmare Before Christmas" on Blu-ray 3D on August 30, 2011. The release included a Blu-ray 3D disc, Blu-ray Disc and a DVD that includes both a DVD and digital copy of the film. In 2018, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment issued a sing along version of the film in addition to the theatrical cut of the film
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


as well as a Movies Anywhere copy of the film as a single disc version for its 25th anniversary. Disney has undertaken an extensive marketing campaign of these characters across many media. Since 2001, Disneyland has held a seasonal "Nightmare Before Christmas" theme for its Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction. The attraction, an overlay of the park's Haunted Mansion, features characters, decorations and music from the film. In addition to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and Mickey's Halloween Party featuring the film's characters,
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The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge


however, they do not grant any additional abilities. Reception to the game was mostly mixed. GameRankings gave "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Boogie's Revenge" a score of 66.46% for Xbox and 64.95% for PlayStation 2, while Metacritic gave it a score of 65 out of 100 for both console versions. IGN reviewed the game, saying, "Unpolished gameplay and poor pacing won't ever make for an outstanding product regardless of however endearing the source material may be" and gave the game a 6/10 rating overall.
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Yoshida Brothers


both began to study and play the shamisen at the age of five under Koka Adachi, learning the Minyō-shamisen style; from about 1989 they studied the Tsugaru-jamisen style under Takashi Sasaki. The 2008 Disney album, "Nightmare Revisited", which consists of 20 remade tracks from the original "The Nightmare Before Christmas", featured the Yoshida Brothers' remake of the track "Nabbed". The song kept true to the Yoshida Brothers' shamisen style yet contained added electronic elements. 12. "Nabbed" (
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


, Burton found out that Disney still owned the film rights. He and Selick committed to produce a full-length film with the latter as director. Burton's own success in live-action films piqued the interest of Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, who saw the film as an opportunity of continuing the studio's streak of recent success in feature animation. Disney was looking forward to "Nightmare" "to show capabilities of technical and storytelling achievements that were present in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"." Walt Disney
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James and the Giant Peach


in the mid-1990s. It was directed by Henry Selick and produced by Denise Di Novi and Tim Burton, both of whom previously produced "The Nightmare Before Christmas". The movie consists of live action and stop-motion to reduce production finances. It was narrated by Pete Postlethwaite (who also played the wizard). The film was released on 12 April 1996. There are numerous changes in both the plot of the film and the plot of the book, though the film was generally well received. Liccy Dahl said that
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25 Days of Christmas


", "Richie Rich's Christmas Wish", "Jack Frost", "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July", "Arthur Christmas", "Rudolph's Shiny New Year", "Eloise at Christmastime", and "The Nightmare Before Christmas". On May 15, 2018, Freeform announced that the "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" will be renamed as "Kickoff to Christmas" for November 2018. The 2018 "Kickoff to Christmas" schedule was released on October 10, 2018. The
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Natalie Barnes


but decides that she does not want to bring her child up in a pub and in urban Weatherfield. During Christmas 2000, after inviting Kevin for Christmas dinner, she is accosted by Sally in The Rovers. Sally assumes that she is trying to seduce Kevin again but Natalie retorts by telling her that she has some nerve to accuse her of attempting to seduce Kevin after she slept with Kevin the night before he married Alison Wakefield (Naomi Radcliffe) and Sally leaves the pub, humiliated. Natalie sells The Rovers intending to start
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Nightmare Revisited


, on the 2006 reissue of the film's original soundtrack which, featuring five covers of songs from the film, acted as a precursor to "Nightmare Revisited". The album also features Korn — in their last collaboration before their hiatus — covering "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" which is also their first recording to feature Ray Luzier on drums. Enhanced content on the disc features the trailer of "The Nightmare Before Christmas", as well. American psychobilly band Tiger Army also provided a cover of "Oogie Boogie's Song
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Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Mad Men)


) a woman who sleeps with him out of wedlock, but not sleeping with a man gives painful "blue balls", Peggy decides to sleep with Mark. Meanwhile, Don's daughter Sally is having problems accepting her father's absence, especially during the Christmas season. Glen Bishop, the neighbor's boy, has taken an unhealthy interest in Sally and ends up vandalizing the Francis residence, though he leaves Sally's room untouched except for a token in her room that indicates to her who the culprit was. The title
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The Nightmare Before Christmas


even though he was sometimes a villain. We went with Ken Page, who is a black singer, and he had no problem with it". The film was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. "Nightmare" won the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, while Elfman won Best Music. Selick and the animators were also nominated for their work. Elfman was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score". Most recently, the film ranked
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