You can come out now if you promise to behave. Sally? Sally? Oooooh! Gone again!
Jack Skellington
Chris Sarandon · 21 quotes
Dr. Finkelstein
William Hickey · 8 quotes
Oogie Boogie
Ken Page · 8 quotes
Sally
Catherine O'Hara · 8 quotes
Santa
Edward Ivory · 8 quotes
Lock
Paul Reubens · 6 quotes
Mayor
Glenn Shadix · 6 quotes
Shock
Catherine O'Hara · 6 quotes
Barrel
Danny Elfman · 4 quotes
Most scenes together: Lock & Shock (6), Lock & Barrel (4), Shock & Barrel (4)
The Nightmare Before Christmas quotes
Page 3 of 4[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.
[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!
You a gamblin' man, Sandy?
Jack! But they said you were dead. You must be... DOUBLE DEAD!
My bugs! My bugs!
[as he's about to drop Sally and Santa in his snake and spider stew]
Bye bye, doll face, and sand-man.
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.
Forgive me, Mr. Claws. I'm afraid I've made a terrible mess of your holiday.
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...
I hope there's still time.
To save Christmas? Of course there is! I'm Santa Claus!
Mr. Hyde
[eagerly] [Singing]
Oh, yes! Does it still have a foot?
Smaller Mr. Hyde
[Singing]
Let me see, let me look!
Smallest Mr. Hyde
[Singing]
Is it rotted and covered with gook?!
That's twice this month you've slipped deadly nightshade into my tea and run off.
And one more thing... leave that no-account Oogie Boogie out of this!
Whatever you say, Jack.
Of course, Jack.
Wouldn't dream of it, Jack.
[They cross their fingers behind their backs.]
Lock, Shock, Barrel
[singing]
Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws! / Beat him with a stick! / Lock him up for ninety years! / See what makes him tick!
Vampire
[Under the orange disk of the moon, in a place called Halloweenland, the creatures of the night are busy. Smirking jack-o-lanterns dance in the graveyard. Werewolves howl. Corpses, vampires and witches join their voices in a ghoulish chorus of glee. Tonight is their favorite night of all: Halloween] [And it has been a splendid one. As they gather down in the center of town to celebrate, everyone agrees on that. They also agree that such a night will not have been possible without the help of their leader, the king of Halloween, Jack Skellington] [Everyone cheers wildly as Jack steps into the town square]
You were a scream, Jack.
Werewolf
It was terrifying!
Witch
You're a witch's fondest dream.
[They cheer again as the Mayor claps Jack on his rickety shoulders]
Thanks, Jack! We owe it all to you! Why, without your leadership------
[Jack cuts him off]
Not at all, Mayor. [But the Mayor doesn't notice that anything is wrong. He is too intent on keeping the crowd's attention focused on where it shall be; on himself]
It's now my pleasure to give out the wonderful prizes. Our first award goes to the vampires, for most blood drained in a single evening. Congratulations, Fanged Ones! Second prize is to the Dark Lagoon Leeches, who also have a real taste for blood...
[The crowd cheers again, and Jack takes the opportunity to slip off. It is strange, but all the applause makes him feel horrible. He needs to go someplace that will cheer him up. He heads for the graveyard] [He is so preoccupied that he never notices the frail, melancholy figure of Sally the Rag Doll watching him. Sally is mournful, as well, and with nice reason. She has been created by the town's official Evil Scientist. Try as she may, and she has tried many times, Sally can't seem to escape from him. Although he is confined to a wheelchair, he guards her jealously]