Jack Skellington is a character and the main protagonist of the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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36 Facts About Jack Skellington
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Jack Skellington's overall appearance is a skeleton dressed in a black pin-striped suit and a bow tie that strongly resembles a bat.
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At the beginning of the film, Jack Skellington makes his grand entrance by emerging out of the fountain in Halloween Town's plaza.
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Jack Skellington's last name is a play on the word "skeleton".
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Jack Skellington has a ghost dog named Zero for a pet, who has a small jack-o'-lantern for a nose.
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Jack Skellington is adored by Sally, a feminine creation of Doctor Finklestein.
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Jack Skellington is the patron spirit of Halloween, portrayed as being on par with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny within his own holiday.
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Jack Skellington is loved, respected, and even idolized by the other residents for his role, but he has grown weary of celebrating the same holiday endlessly and is depressed about it.
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The only one who understands Jack Skellington's feelings is a lonely ragdoll named Sally.
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One morning after the usual annual celebration, Jack Skellington enters a forest containing portals to other worlds themed around holidays.
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Jack Skellington discovers Christmas Town and decides that this new experience is what his life was missing.
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Jack Skellington makes preparations for his own Christmas celebration in Halloween Town and wants to impersonate Santa Claus in the real world.
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Jack Skellington proves that love can be a part of his nature by calling Sally his "Dearest Friend", telling Sally that they were meant to be together, embracing his future with her and embracing her.
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Jack Skellington follows the formula of a tragic hero because he begins the story at a lofty position.
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Jack Skellington tends to be enthusiastic and inclusive, and his charisma is enough to sway every member of Halloween Town except Sally.
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The strength of Jack Skellington's character is demonstrated by his will to correct his own mistakes.
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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.
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When Jack Skellington comes back to town, he finds that Oogie Boogie has been resurrected.
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Jack Skellington appears in four installments of the Kingdom Hearts video game series.
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In combat, Jack Skellington uses some of his scary powers with demonstrations of some magic, making him a formidable sorcerer.
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Jack Skellington introduces himself to Sora, Goofy, and Donald Duck as the ruler of Halloween Town.
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Jack Skellington is considerably shorter in this game than as he appeared in the movie, though he is still rather tall when compared to the game's main protagonists.
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When Jack Skellington had found out that Oogie Boogie had stolen Doc's potion, he must stop him before Oogie drinks the whole potion.
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Sora becomes worried about what will happen when he discovers his true memories, but Jack Skellington reassures him that fear is a sign of a strong heart.
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Jack Skellington is having trouble with thinking of things but gets inspiration when he sees Roxas leaving through a Dark Corridor.
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Jack Skellington tells him that the nicest present she could ever ask for is just to be with Jack.
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Jack Skellington responds telling her that she does not even have to ask for that, meaning Jack Skellington feels the same way for her.
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Jack Skellington has the ability to scare enemies and throw exploding jack-o'-lanterns.
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Jack Skellington appears as a meetable character at several Walt Disney Parks and Resorts including Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Walt Disney World, and is located outside The Haunted Mansion in Frontierland.
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Jack Skellington has been made into a Bendies figure, as well as various Funko Pop Vinyl figurines with different variants, such as a Day of the Dead variant.
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Jack Skellington appeared in the Kingdom Hearts action figure collections, and was released in Japan's REVOLTECH Sci-fi line in 2010, along with the Japanese monsters, Gamera and Gyaos.
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