History VideoGame / TheNightmareBeforeChristmasOogiesRevenge

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: A rare case where both the hero and villains have this quality. Jack is still the Pumpkin King, and he ''is'' going to take his town back. Oogie, as well as Lock, Shock, and Barrel, are the rulers of Halloween Town, and they really put up a fight so that it can stay that way.

** Santa Jack is unlocked by defeating Dr. Finklestein.

* BlackMagic: Double-Subverted. At first, it appears that Oogie has gotten some supernatural power over the undead, then it's revealed that these traps and monsters were created by [[spoiler:the BrainwashedAndCrazy Dr. Finklestein]], ''then'' it turns out [[spoiler:Oogie has a supernatural power over his shadow and insects, which allow him to go OneWingedAngel]].

** It is eventually revealed that Dr. Finklestein has been under Oogie's control ever since the villain took over Halloween Town because his brain was replaced with a green one that has eyes. The main objective of his boss fight is to remove this brain while giving Finklestein his real brain back.

** As shown during his boss fight, Dr. Finklestein still has both halves of his brain even though he donated one half to his OppositeSexClone in the movie. Said female duplicate also makes no appearance whatsoever.

* VillainSong: On top of the three variations of the Oogie song, Dr. Finklestein gets his own impressive original song for when he's under Oogie's control. Lock, Shock, and Barrel also get a remix of their song as well.

The game is a sequel to [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas the movie]]. Jack gets bored with Halloween again and sets off to find something new to spice up Halloween with. Once he's gone, Lock, Shock and Barrel revive Oogie Boogie, whose new plan is to take over all Seven Holidays. Just as his plan nears completion, Jack returns...

* AffablyEvil: Surprisingly the Crypt Creeper Spider. When one gets into the music mini-game portion of the fight, at first it backs away and crawls forward as Jack dances, in the second half of the segment it begins (rather cutely) bobbing and posing in time with the music [[MoodWhiplash before Jack blasts it in the face with his musical notes and continues the fight.]]

* ApatheticCitizens: The citizens of Halloween Town are very upset about what Oogie's done...but it really does seem that they're just really upset, rather than their way of life being threatened. The Big Witch actually goes from bemoaning the situation to cheerfully asking Jack if he wants to buy anything in two sentences.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: A rare case where both the hero and villains have this quality. Jack is still the Pumpkin King, and he IS going to take his town back. Oogie, as well as Lock, Shock, and Barrel, are the rulers of Halloween Town, and they really put up a fight so that it can stay that way.

* BadassBoast: While it was present in the original song, when Oogie [[VillainSong sings it]] with tweaked lyrics in the final boss fight it's much more intimidating. [[OneWingedAngel Being a ten-story tall pile of junk and what not.]]
--> "'Cause I'm the 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 your's,old friend. Now that'd be just fine."
** And before that there's: "You beat my men, so what, big deal, you even ran the maze. You still can't stop me, I'm the king of Seven Holidays!"

--> "What's this, a trick? I'm not impressed! You're bad and now you're tall! It makes it all the more worthwhile to see a giant fall!

* BlackMagic: Double-Subverted, At first it appears that Oogie has gotten some supernatural power over the undead, then it's revealed that these traps and monsters were created by [[spoiler: the BrainwashedAndCrazy Dr.Finklestein]], ''then'' it turns out [[spoiler: Oogie has a supernatural power over his shadow and insects, which allow him to go OneWingedAngel.]]

** Many of Halloween Town's residence are absent. Checking houses in the Residential Area suggests that Oogie has driven them into hiding.

* DemBones: Jack, The hanging men, and many of the Boogie Baddies are all skeletons.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Literally. Jack doesn't use his Pumpkin King abilities until Sally accidentally reminds him of them. You'd think fire powers would be useful when fighting an army of monsters, but Jack is a bit absent minded.

** Oogie's chuckling and giggling is added to many of the games instrumental pieces. Interestingly, rather than making him seem more girlish, it serves to make sinister or bleak sounding music sound more unsettling.

* HalloweenTown: Most of the game is set in and around Jack's spooky holiday land. Near the end of the game he travels to the Hinterlands (where all the Holiday Doors are found), ChristmasTown, and [[spoiler:the Holiday Trash Hill where he fights Mega Oogie]].

** First take Jack, whose natural hammy theatrics are exaggerated in [[MusicalAssassin Musical Assassin mode]] then pit him in dance fights with huge song and dance sequences - complete with backup dancers (No, really, you can actually sing and dance most of the bosses into submission Broadway style) - against the following:

*** And Dr. Finkelstein, the local MadScientist [[spoiler:whose been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Brain Swapped and Crazier]]]] ('nuff said).
* HeroVsVillainDuet: The final song of the game, "A Flithy Finale'' is sung by both Jack and Oogie, each declaring that they will take the other down and mocking the other's efforts in the process.

* JustDesserts: Jack warns Lock, Shock, and Barrel of this, that Oogie will probably reward them for their help by cooking them into a stew.

* NoodleIncident: It is never expressly stated ''how'' Lock, Shock and Barrel [[UnexplainedRecovery revived Oogie Boogie]], nor do we ever find out how he gained [[TookALevelInBadass his impressive gauntlet of powers that he didn't have in the original movie]].
* NonStandardGameOver: [[spoiler: Failing to save Santa from the train results in him and Jack letting out a BigNO and Jack collapses in despair while Santa is KilledOffScreen]].

** Oogie, when faced with defeat, [[spoiler: ends up merging with a hill of holiday junk]].

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Lock, Shock and Barrel serve as this, appearing multiple times throughout the game to fight Jack (either themselves, with enemies, or in Shock's case, giant rolling balls of doom) before challenging him to a proper boss battle on the Mayor's roof.
* RecurringBoss: The Crypt Creeper Spider, the game's second boss, is encountered twice after its first battle, one of the encounters being optional. [[spoiler:Shadow Oogie is technically also this, as he's fought in disguise as the real Oogie Boogie in Casino Clash]].

* ThrownDownAWell: [[spoiler: Its revealed that the Holiday Kings of Valentines Day, Independence Day, Saint-Patrick's Day, and Easter are down in the [[HiddenInPlainSight Dry Well that is in the town's Square]]]].

** Lock, Shock and Barrel also count. In the original, they're just a bunch of trickster children Jack could easily scare off and threaten, and don't do anything particularly mischievous other than giving Santa to Oogie. Here they're basically CoDragons to Oogie who enforce his will with hordes of Mooks. They even get boss battles.

* TrophyRoom: when you get all A rankings or higher on a mission you get figurines you can look at on a shelf in Jack's house.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lock, Shock and Barrel vanish from the game after they drop Jack on Oogie's lair. It can be reasonably assumed they just [[HeelFaceTurn turned away]] after Oogie was defeated, like the movie. Considering their lack of common sense, however, hopefully Jack got enough of their actions and banished them from Halloweentown.

* WhipItGood: Jack's primary weapon, the Soul Robber, functions like a whip.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The overall structure of the game was taken from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''. In turn, ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' implemented ideas that their developers previously used on this game.

* CreatorsThumbprint: This game borrows a lot of elements from the ''Devil May Cry'' series due to being developed by the same team, such as the combo system, transformations, and use of taunts. Some of these elements originating in this game would even be carried over to their later games: The Devil Bringer in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' functions similarly to the Soul Robber and Jack’s three-dodge limit mechanic would appear in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''.

* BalefulPolymorph: The Vampire Brothers were trapped in their bat forms by Oogie, meaning Jack has to catch them and return them to their coffins to change them back.

** First take Jack, whose natural hammy theatrics are TurnedUpToEleven when in [[MusicalAssassin Musical Assassin mode]] then pit him in dance fights with huge song and dance sequences - complete with backup dancers (No, really, you can actually sing and dance most of the bosses into submission Broadway style) - against the following:

* DemBones: Jack, The hanging men, and many of the [[FanNickname Boogie Baddies]] are all skeletons.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Dr. Finklestein's name is pronounced "Finkle-STEEN" instead of "Finkle-STINE" as it was in the movie.

* RecurringBoss: The Crypt Creeper Spider, the game's second boss, is encountered twice after its first battle, one of the encounters being optional.

* TrickBoss: You might be quite surprised during your first play through if you don't pay close attention.

** Both Jack and Oogie. While Jack was very acrobatic in the film and had a bit of a clash with Oogie at the end, he didn't actually apply it to combat. Oogie is no longer a PlotIrrelevantVillain, but rather a bit of a MagnificentBastard with some pretty decent EvilOverlord vibes.

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* TriumphantReprise: During boss fights, Jack can perform heroic variants of VillainSongs when applicable.