Jack Skellington
Jack Skellington is the main character of Tim Burton's 1993 animated film *The Nightmare Before Christmas*—a tall, thin skeleton who rules Halloween Town but becomes obsessed with Christmas.
His distinctive appearance includes a black pinstripe suit and bat bow tie.
The character has become an icon of goth and alternative culture, appearing on merchandise year-round: She has Jack Skellington tattooed on her arm.
- HalloweenOctober 31st festival
- pumpkin patchField of orange squash
- Tim BurtonDirector of whimsical macabre films
- stop motionAnimation through sequential photographs
- claymationSculpted-figure animation technique
Danny Elfman · Christmas · skull · pinstripes · bat · bowtie · spider · ghost · gothic · moon · graveyard · spiral · black · white · singing · mayor · coffin · macabre
- DisneyWalt Disney, Mickey Mouse, Disney, Minnie Mouse, Goofy
- Stop Motionstop motion, claymation, armatures, plasticine, frame by frame
- Tim BurtonEdward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride, Batman, Batman Returns
- Christmas VillainsGrinch, Scrooge, Krampus, Ebenezer Scrooge, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Jack SkellingtonSanta Claus
Legendary yuletide gift-giver
Father Christmas · Frosty the Snowman · flesh and blood · Rudolph · Cupid
Jack SkellingtonCoraline
Jack SkellingtonSanta Claus
Legendary yuletide gift-giver
Frosty the Snowman · Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer · Mrs. Claus · Buddy the Elf · the Grinch