72 The Nightmare Before Christmas Quotes (2024) #2

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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.

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Santa: [singing] Release me now or you'll have to face the dire consequences. / The children are expecting me, so please come to your senses.
Oogie Boogie Man: [singing] You're jokin', you're jokin'! / I can't believe my ears! / Would someone shut this fella up? / I'm drownin' in my tears! / It's funny, I'm laughing! / You really are too much. / And now,

with your permission, / I'm going to do my stuff.
[snake dangles from his mouth]
Santa: [fearfully] What are you going to do?
Oogie Boogie Man: I'm gonna do the best I can!

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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]

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Sally: [sings] I sense there's something in the wind / That feels like tragedy's at hand. / And though I'd like to stand by him, / Can't shake this feeling that we have. / The worst is just around the bend. / And does he notice / My feelings for him? / And will he see / How much he means to me? / I think it's not to be.

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Oogie Boogie Man: [singing] Oh, the sound of rolling dice to me is music in the air, / 'cause I'm a gambling Boogie Man, although I don't play fair. / It's much more fun, I must confess, with lives on the line. / Not mine, of course, but yours, old boy, / now, that'll be just fine.

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Sally: Lunch!
Dr. Finkelstein: Mm, what's this?
[sniffs]
Dr. Finkelstein: Wormswort! Mmm...
[prepares to take a bite but then sniffs suspiciously]
Dr. Finkelstein: ...And frog's breath?
Sally: [innocently] What's wrong? I thought you *liked* frog's breath.

Dr. Finkelstein: Nothing's more suspicious than frog's breath! Until *you* taste it, I won't swallow a spoonful!
Sally: I'm not hungry.
[shrugs and in doing so pretends to accidentally knock over the spoon he holds up]
Sally: Oops!
Dr. Finkelstein: [as she shoves the spoon aside on the floor and, still

bent over, removes a slotted spoon from her sock] You want me to starve! An old man like me who hardly has strength as it is! Me! To whom you owe your very *life*!
Sally: Oh, don't be silly!
[Dips the sifting spoon in the soup and pretends to taste it]
Sally: Mmmm! See? Scrumptious.

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[to the Easter Bunny]
Behemoth: Bunny!

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Jack Skellington: The job I have for you is top secret. It requires skill, craft, cunning, mis...
Shock: And we thought you didn't *like* us, Jack.

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[to his new creation, as he inserts part of his own brain]
Dr. Finkelstein: What a joy to think of all *we'll* have in common. *We'll* have conversations *worth* having.

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Harlequin Demon: [singing] Won't they be impressed, I am a ge-ni-us! See how I transform this old rat inTO a most deLIGHTful hat!

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[attempting to push Santa down the pipe]
Shock: I think he might be too big!
[she tries again, he groans]
Lock: No, he's not! If he can go down a chimney... he can fit...
[shoves]
Lock: down...
[shoves again]
Lock: ...here!
[Santa slides down the pipe]

#Lock

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Sally: I had the most terrible vision.
Jack Skellington: That's splendid!
Sally: No - it was about your Christmas. There was smoke... and fire!
Jack Skellington: That's not *my* Christmas! *My* Christmas is filled with laughter, and joy... and this: my Sandy Claws outfit. I want you to make it.

Sally: Jack, please listen to me. It's going to be a disaster!
Jack Skellington: How could it be? Just follow the pattern!
[holds up design of outfit]
Jack Skellington: This part's red, the trim is white...
Sally: It's a mistake, Jack!
Jack Skellington: Now don't be modest. Who

else is clever enough to make my Sandy Claws outfit?
Mayor: Next!
Jack Skellington: I have every confidence in you.
Sally: But it seems wrong to me. Very wrong.

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Oogie Boogie Man: Ashes to askes and dust to dust! Ohh... I'm feeling weak - with hunger! One more roll o'the dice oughta do it!
[places the dice in the skull shaker but receives a pair of ones]
Oogie Boogie Man: WHAT? SNAKE-EYES!
[strikes the table hard enough to overturn them and get a larger number]

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Mr. Hyde: [approaching with his foot stuck in a pumpkin] I tromped through the pumpkin patch.

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Jack Skellington: [after surviving the fall from the army, sings sadly] What have I done? What have I done? How could I be so blind? All is lost. Where was I? Spoiled all! Spoiled all! Everything's gone all wrong. What have I done? What have I done? Find a deep cave to hide in. In a million years, they'll find me. Only dust, and a plaque that reads: 'Here Lies Poor Old Jack'.

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Jack Skellington: [singing] And on a dark cold night, under full moonlight, he flies into the fog like a vulture in the sky!
[in a deeper tone]
Jack Skellington: And they call him, Sandy... Clawssss...!

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Oogie Boogie Man: J-J-J-Jack! But they said you were dead. You must be - double dead!

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Sax Player: Nice work, Bone Daddy!

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Oogie Boogie Man: [after having his sack body ripped open] Now look what you've done! My bugs! My bugs! My bugs!

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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!
Barrel: [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!
Jack Skellington: [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]
Barrel: B-But...
Jack Skellington: Thanks.
Barrel: Hang on - you just can't -
[has the bag thrown over him again]
Barrel: Hold on! Where are we going now?
[the henchmen leave with him]
Jack Skellington: Ho, ho, ho! No...