JACK SKELLINGTON

marina Sáb Mayo 08, 2010 11:52 pm

Jack Skellington is the lead character in the Disney film Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack is the "Pumpkin King" of Halloween and lives in a fictional world based solely on the holiday called Halloween. Normally he is dressed in a black pin-striped suit and a bow tie resembling a bat, but there are some points in which he takes a scarecrow-like form with a pumpkin for a head. He has a pet ghost dog named Zero, who has a small glowing nose that looks like a Jack-o'-lantern. His love interest is Sally, a rag doll created by Dr. Finklestein. Jack is voiced by Chris Sarandon, and his singing voice is provided by Danny Elfman.
The character is a popular design on bags, hats, clothing, umbrellas, belt buckles, pet collars and other items. According to Ultimate Disney.com's Top 25 Heroes, Jack is #25.

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Abilities
It appears that Jack, being undead, may be immortal; but he may or may not be able to feel pain. At the climax of "This Is Halloween" he reacts negatively when Sally accidentally pricks his finger with a needle, but sets himself on fire without serious injury. He also has the ability to take off his own head, to either throw at adversaries or simply to "recite Shakespearean quotations". At the beginning of the movie, after the song "Jack's Lament", Jack takes out one of his ribs and plays fetch with Zero, his dog. After being shot by the U.S. military, everyone in Halloween Town believes he was "blown to smithereens" and he does appear dead until Zero places his jaw in the right place. He also mentions on the subsequent song that remaining in a cave for million years would turn him to dust, so probably the closest he has to a lifespan is erosion. Jack also is very flexible for being a skeleton and possesses incredible agility. Occasionally hints are made to further powers, particularly during an episode in one of the original film's video-game spin-offs, in which he fights Oogie Boogie and his army of bugs; he also can use dark magic, as seen in Kingdom Hearts series. This appears to be unfaithful to the original story, as Tim Burton has stated on the audio commentary for The Nightmare Before Christmas, that Halloween Town does not possess any "magic".

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