Largely because of this advantage, he often makes it a hobby to remove his own head to 'recite Shakespearian quotations'. Dismembered body parts can easily be re-attached, as well as remotely controlled by his mind. The suit was left badly burnt, charred, and tattered after Jack was shot down by the military's artillery guns, and Jack tore off what was left to reveal his normal, undamaged, attire underneath as he redeclared himself the Pumpkin King once more.īeing an undead creature gives Jack one major advantage that most other Disney protagonists don't have near-invincibility. When temporarily taking over for Santa with delivering presents, Jack wore a Santa Claus suit sewn by Sally with a long, fake beard, but borrowed Santa's hat to wear himself. He sports a black-and-white, pinstripe formal tuxedo with a bat-themed bowtie. Jack is a tall and extremely slender white skeleton with a skull sporting a cross-stitch mouth and bony fingers. He is also humble enough to admit that he has failed and is willing to hand back the reins to Santa Claus in order to rectify everything. that is until he realizes how 'Everything's gone all wrong.' Even when in despair after ruining Christmas, he is able to cheer himself up by realizing he didn't mean to do what he did and that 'nobody really understood' (whether he is referring to Halloween Town not understanding Christmas or humans not understanding his intentions is unclear, though he could mean both). He is also highly optimistic, as he is very certain everything will go perfectly. He quickly became delighted with Christmas and grew increasingly excited as Christmas was being remade in Halloween Town just as he pictured, even giddily laughing as he gave out presents on Christmas Eve. It is also shown that Jack enjoys things that are new to him. The closest he got to losing his temper was when Lock, Shock and Barrel abducted the Easter Bunny by mistake and then promptly started fighting amongst each other after Jack pointed out that Santa's Door looked like a tree, forcing him to make a scary face and roar at them to intimidate them back into obedience with his original orders.

Jack almost never loses his temper and hardly ever raises his voice, but Jack was unable to contain his contempt for Oogie Boogie and did not hesitate to severely punish his old foe for endangering his friends with grim dedication. It seems that Jack might be slightly naive at times, as shown that he trusted Lock, Shock, and Barrel enough that he believed that they would simply bring Santa Claus to him without causing trouble, despite them being in cahoots with Oogie Boogie, as well as not realizing all the chaos he was causing on Christmas Eve before it was too late. This is backed up by the fact that he barely even recognized Santa's distress when they first met. He was also oblivious to Sally's feelings for him throughout most of the story, showing that while among the more intelligent citizens of Halloween Town, he is very oblivious at reading people's feelings. Though his logic is sound, his reasoning can be questioned at times - he was quite thorough in his Christmas research but opted to go with what he and his friends knew when he decided to give Santa Claus the year off and take over for him. Jack is very much an undead gentleman, graceful and patient in equal measures and can usually be counted on to do what is in everyone's best interest. 3.2 The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge.3.1 The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King.

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