The Nightmare Before Christmas quotes

View Quote Jack: [singing] My dearest friend, if you don't mind, / I'd like to join you by your side, / Where we can gaze into the stars...
Jack and Sally: [singing in unison] And sit together / Now and forever. / For it is plain / As anyone can see / We're simply meant to be.

View Quote It's Oogie's turn to Boogie now!

View Quote Clown: I looked in every mausoleum.
Witches: We opened the sarcophagi!
Mr. Hyde: I tromped through the Pumpkin Patch.
Vampire: I peeked behind the Cyclops' Eye. I did, but he wasn't there!

View Quote [Singing] Well, well, well. What have we here? / Sandy Claws, huh? Ooooh, I'm really scared (!) / So YOU'RE the one everybody's talkin' about, HA HA HA HA! / You're jokin'! You're jokin'! I can't believe my eyes! / You're jokin' me! You gotta be! This CAN'T be the right guy! / He's ancient. He's UGLY. I don't know which is worse! / I might just split a seam, now, if I don't die laughin' first! / Mister Oogie Boogie says there's trouble close at hand. / You'd better pay attention, now, 'cause I'm the Boogie Man, / And if you aren't SHAKIN', there's somethin' very wrong, / 'Cause this may be the last time you hear the Boogie Song!/ You're crazy! You're joking! I can't believe my ears!/ Will SOMEONE shut this fellow up? I'm drownin' in my tears.

View Quote You a gamblin' man, Sandy?

View Quote Narrator: Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems, / In a place perhaps you've seen in your dreams; / For the story that you are about to be told / Took place in the holiday worlds of old. / Now you've probably wondered where holidays come from. / If you haven't, I'd say it's time you begun.
Police Officer: Attacked by Christmas toys? That's strange, that's the second toy complaint we've had.

View Quote Jack: Forgive me, Mr. Claws. I'm afraid I've made a terrible mess of your holiday.
Santa: Bumpy sleigh ride, Jack?! The next time you get the urge to take over someone else's holiday, I'd listen to HER. [points to Sally] She's the only one who makes any SENSE around this insane asylum! [mutters to himself] Skeletons, boogie-men...
Jack: I hope there's still time.
Santa: To save Christmas? Of course there is! I'm Santa Claus!

View Quote [Singing] The sound of rolling dice, to me, is music in the air, / 'Cause I'm a gamblin' 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'd be just fine!

View Quote My bugs! My bugs!

View Quote [Singing] And since I am dead, I can take off my head, to recite Shakespearean quotations / No animal or man can SCREAM like I can, with the fury of my recitations!

View Quote Dr. Finkelstein: That's twice this month you've slipped deadly nightshade into my tea and run off.
Sally: [correcting] Three times.

View Quote Terrible news, folks! The worst tragedy of our times! The King of Halloween has been blown to smithereens! Skeleton Jack is now a pile of dust!

View Quote [Singing] Just because I cannot see it doesn't mean I can't believe it!

View Quote Jack: And one more thing... leave that no-account Oogie Boogie out of this!
Barrel: Whatever you say, Jack.
Shock: Of course, Jack.
Lock: Wouldn't dream of it, Jack.
[They cross their fingers behind their backs.]

View Quote Lock, Shock, Barrel: [singing] Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws! / Beat him with a stick! / Lock him up for ninety years! / See what makes him tick!