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From : DisneyVillain
Added: Oct 9, 2009
I said I would do this song around Halloween and here it is. Oogie Boogie is a Disney character and the main antagonist in the Tim Burton-produced Disney movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is voiced by Ken Page in all of his appearances. Oogie Boogie is the Boogie Man, resembling a large burlap sack. When Oogie Boogie is defeated, it is revealed that he is a colony of bugs wrapped in sacking. Oogie's life revolves around gambling, where of he is an enthusiast and prone to bet other characters' lives. He is also implied to be "The Shadow on the Moon at Night", as the shadow shown on the moon during "this is halloween" was an exact replica of him. Ironically, he is a poor gambler and often resorts to cheating. He is also somewhat lecherous, which is evident when he is easily distracted by Sally's detached leg. According to Lock, Shock, and Barrel, as well as some of his deleted song material (which is included in the soundtrack version), he is also very skilled at making a concoction known as Snake and Spider Stew, which often includes the bodies of prisoners captured by the trio thus meaning he is carnivorous. It is possible that Jack Skellington and Oogie Boogie are created to act as foils: Jack is slender, good natured, thoughtful, and mild (unless angered), whereas Oogie is fat, sadistic, dumb (although he seems to have some knowledge of machines, as evidenced by the booby-traps in his lair), and loudmouthed. Oogie Boogie consists of a set of burlap sacks sewn into a shape resembling that of an anthropomorphic sea star. He is round and awkward. The sack is filled to bursting with insects and other invertebrates (and one snake), which retain his shape for moments even after the sack is removed. Aside from his proportionate strength, Oogie has the ability to survive having his sack removed and most of his contents destroyed, provided that his "brain bug" survives. He also demonstrates an ability to inhale air with as much power as a jet engine. His shadow can materialize away from his body and move on its own. Other than this and despite his menacing appearance, he is in fact a coward, and relies on cheating and commanding the machines and booby traps in his lair to fight for him; in fact, most of Oogie's victims are already incapacitated so that he can do whatever he pleases without fear of being hurt or having his prisoners escape. Much of the "power" he exercises over others is derived from their fear and ignorance of his nature. He himself rarely leaves his fortress, preferring to send his henchmen, Lock, Shock, and Barrel, to do his bidding (and possibly to exaggerate his menacing reputation). Jack, having both faced and beaten Oogie before, shows absolutely no fear of him; on the other hand, Oogie is greatly afraid of Jack, as shown by his reaction to Jack's sudden and unexpected appearance in Oogie's lair in the film. Unlike all the other inhabitants of Halloween Town, who are merely crazy yet innocent monsters who scare people simply as a celebration of their skill and fun, Oogie is truly evil. It is suggested that his sadistic nature had resulted in his exile from the mainstream Halloween Town. He lives in an underground lair full of torture devices, each of which features a casino-like appearance. Oogie-Boogie's lair, during his theme song, is lit with blacklights in the style of a cheap funhouse. Under these, Oogie himself glows bright green. After the lights dim, however, the bright color is sapped from his lair, transforming its appearance into that of a dank, cellar-like dungeon. Above his lair is the clubhouse of Lock, Shock, and Barrel, who feed him bugs regularly via a metal chute. It is at first believed that Oogie cannot be killed or die but it is later revealed he can be destroyed if his brain, the lead bug, is destroyed. In the movie, Lock, Shock, and Barrel kidnap Santa Claus and (against the wishes of Jack Skellington, who held Oogie in great contempt) send him down to Oogie Boogie's lair, where he is bound to a giant roulette wheel. According to deleted song material (found in the soundtrack version), Oogie plans to add "Sandy Claws" to his new batch of Snake and Spider Stew, to "add a little Spice". Sally, after finding out Santa's fate, attempts to rescue him but is captured herself. Oogie then tortures and tries to kill Sally and Santa Claus, but is destroyed when Jack pulls a thread loose from him, which causes the majority of his bugs to fall into the stew and die. One of them, believed to be the lead bug, is crushed by Santa Claus; however, the true lead bug (apparently the "brain" of Oogie) is later revealed to have escaped to rebuild its body in video game spin-offs of the movie. Oogie Boogie is a rarity among Disney villains in that he has killed often prior to the film. Skeletons of his victims are shown in his lair.
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