The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Danny Elfman: Jack Skellington - Singing Voice, Barrel, Clown with the Tear Away Face

Photos 

6 more photos

Quotes 

• Santa : Haven't you heard of peace on earth and goodwill toward men?

  Lock , Shock , Barrel : NO!

• Jack Skellington : And one more thing...

  [stops Barrel from leaving] 

  Jack Skellington : leave that no-account Oogie-Boogie out of this!

  Barrel : Whatever you say, Jack.

  Shock : Of course, Jack.

  Lock : Wouldn't dream of it, Jack.

  [a view from behind reveals their fingers are crossed] 

• Lock , Barrel , Shock : Jack! Jack! We caught him, we caught him.

  Jack Skellington : Perfect! Open it up. Quickly!

  [opens it up to reveal the Easter bunny] 

  Jack Skellington : That's not Sandy Claws!

  Lock , Barrel , Shock : It isn't?

  Lock : Who is it?

  [the Easter bunny hops up a set of steps and up to the Behemouth, sniffing him - he points at it] 

  Behemoth : Bunny!

  [it leaps back into the covered tub, terrified] 

  Jack Skellington : Not Sandy Claws... Take him back!

  Lock : We followed your instructions...

  Barrel : We went through the door...

  Jack Skellington : Which door? There's more than one! Sandy Claws is behind the door shaped like this.

  [shows them a Christmas cookie in shape of tree] 

  Shock : I told you!

  [Lock and Shock fight, Jack buries his face in his hand and after a moment stretches out his jaw and screams] 

  Jack Skellington : [to the Easter bunny]  I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, sir.

  [turns to Lock, Shock and Barrel] 

  Jack Skellington : Take him home first. And apologize again. Be careful with Sandy Claws when you fetch him. Treat him nicely.

  Barrel : Got it.

  Shock : We'll get it right...

  Lock , Barrel , Shock : Next time!

• Santa : [from in the bag]  Me on vacation? On Christmas Eve?

  Barrel : Where are we taking him?

  Shock : Where?

  Lock : To Oogie Boogie, of course. There's no where in the whole world more comfortable than *that*. And Jack *said* to make him comfortable, didn't he?

  Barrel , Shock : Yes, he did.

• Clown : [singing]  I am the Clown with the tear-away face!

  [Pulls face off] 

  Clown : [Demonic voice]  Here in a *flash* and gone without a trace!

  [vanishes in a puff of smoke] 

• Sally : [examining Jack in his newly-finished Santa suit]  You don't look like yourself, Jack. Not at all.

  Jack Skellington : Isn't that wonderful? It couldn't be more wonderful!

  Sally : [holds up the clipboard sketch of him]  But you're the Pumpkin King!

  Jack Skellington : Not anymore!

  [breaks it over his knee] 

  Jack Skellington : I feel so much better now!

  Sally : [pulling a loose thread from his cuff]  Jack, I know you think something's missing, but...

  [accidentally catches his finger] 

  Jack Skellington : [lightly]  Ow.

  Sally : Sorry.

  Jack Skellington : You're right. Something is missing. But what? I've got the beard, the coat, the boots, the belt.

  Lock , Shock , Barrel : [come in]  Jack, Jack! This time we bagged him!

  Lock : This time we really did.

  Barrel : He sure is big, Jack!

  Shock : And heavy!

  Santa : [bursting out the bag]  Let me out!

  [the Halloween citizens gasp in awe] 

  Jack Skellington : Sandy Claws... in person. What a pleasure to meet you.

  [prepares to shake but then looks down when their HANDS touch] 

  Jack Skellington : Wh - ! Why, you have hands! You don't have claws at all!

  Santa : [dazed]  Where am I?

  Jack Skellington : Surprised, aren't you. I knew you would be. You don't need to have another worry about Christmas this year. Consider this a vacation, Sandy. A reward. It's your turn to take it easy.

  Santa : B-But there must be some mistake!

  Jack Skellington : See that he's comfortable... Just a second, fellas! Of course! That's what I'm missing!

  [takes Santa's hat] 

  Santa : B-But...

  Jack Skellington : Thanks.

  Santa : Hang on - you just can't -

  [has the bag thrown over him again] 

  Santa : Hold on! Where are we going now?

  [the henchmen leave with him] 

  Santa : Ho, ho, ho! No...

  [monotone] 

  Santa : Ho, ho, ho. Ho...

  Sally : This is worse than I thought. Much worse. I know!

  [leaves to get fog juice] 

• Clown : [singing] 

  [looking at a present Jack brought] 

  Clown : It's a bat!

  Man Under the Stairs : [singing]  Will it bend?

  Clown : [singing]  It's a rat!

  Man Under the Stairs : [singing]  Will it break?

  Undersea Gal : [singing]  Perhaps it's the head that I've found in the lake.

• Lock , Shock , Barrel : [singing]  Kidnap the Sandy Claws, / beat him with a stick, / lock him up for ninety years, / see what makes him tick.

• Shock : [singing]  I wish my cohorts weren't so dumb.

  Barrel : *I'm* not the dumb one.

  Lock : You're no fun!

  Shock : Shut up!

  Lock : Make me!

• Lock , Shock , Barrel : Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws?

  Lock : I wanna do it.

  Barrel : Let's draw straws!

  Shock : Jack said we should work together.

  Barrel : Three of a kind.

  Lock : Birds of a feather.

  Lock , Shock , Barrel : Now and forever!

• Mayor : The King of Halloween has been blown to smithereens! Skeleton Jack is now a pile of dust!

  Lock , Shock , Barrel : Pile of dust! Pile of dust! Skeleton Jack is a pile of dust!

• Jack Skellington - Singing Voice : [singing with false pomp]  And I, *Jack*, the *Pump-kin King*, have grown so tired of the same old thing.

• Clown : [of Jack's disappearance]  This has never happened before!

  Big Witch, W.W.D. : It's suspicious.

  Small Witch : It's peculiar.

  Vampire : It's scary!

• Lock : [of Jack]  There he is!

  Barrel : Alive!

  Shock : Just like we said!

  Mayor : [throws Jack a ladder]  Grab ahold, my boy!