Biography

Jack Skellington is a skeleton known as the "Pumpkin King" of Halloween Town, a fictional world oriented solely on the holiday of Halloween. In the beginning of the movie, he wears a costume based on a scarecrow with a pumpkin for a head. Normally, he is dressed in a black suit with thin white stripes and a bowtie designed to look like a bat. He was based on the legend of "Jack the pumpkin king."

He has a pet ghost dog named Zero. A frankenstein-like rag doll named Sally is his love interest. In the film, he inadvertently finds his way into Christmas Town and becomes infatuated with the holiday, bringing it back to Halloween Town for its denizens to partake in. However, not really understanding the "point" of Christmas, they twist it into a celebration of the macabre rather than a season to be jolly, effectively ruining Christmas. In the process, Santa Claus is even captured by the evil Oogie Boogie. Determined to save Christmas, Jack journeys to Oogie Boogie's lair and destroys the villain, saving Sally, Santa Claus and also Christmas.