Halloween-y Easter Eggs In ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’

Danny Elfman, composer and Jack Skellington's singing voice, also sang with Oingo Boingo. He makes a small cameo as the man inside the stand-up bass.

While Jack studies Christmas science, Jack spots a familiar set of ears among the glassware and equipment.

Dr. Finkelstein feeds Igor treats from a box showing Frankenweenie, the character from an early Tim Burton short film that became a full movie.

The Wolfman wears a ruffled nightcap. This resembles the one Granny wore in "Little Red Riding Hood." This suggests a joke about his early Big Bad Wolf adventures.

In "What's This?," Jack lists strange Christmas Town items. He easily spots mistletoe, a typical Christmas decoration.Jack asks, "What's this?" Someone hangs mistletoe and kisses. Why does it look so strange?

He recognizes it because it is poisonous.

Zero's nose, which lights Jack's flight, is actually a tiny jack-o'-lantern.

Two children who lose their pants wear pajamas with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck on them.

When Santa Jack gives his first gift, he knocks an angel off the roof. The Christmas lights tangle around the angel's neck, forming a noose as it falls.

Many houses in Halloween Town have faces shaped like jack-o'-lanterns, adding to the creepy feel.

At the town meeting, an old hag in rags holding an apple sits in the back row.

This figure looks like the Evil Queen from Snow White after her change.

Sally lacks normal eyelashes. She has sutures on her eyelids, sewn to look like lashes.

Jack's bed seems to pull out from the fireplace and then push back in, like a morgue drawer.

In "Making Christmas," even the rats join the holiday spirit, wearing small Santa hats in the background.

In "This is Halloween," Danny Elfman references his rocker past with "tender lumplings," an Oingo Boingo song.

Sally's sewing machine is a spider spinning a web. The thread pulls into the machine's web.

When "This Is Halloween" starts, only a scarecrow is visible. Later, the scarecrow burns and dances. Jack is revealed.

Every tiny detail is dark. As the mayor approaches Jack's house about the Halloween plan, the stones on Jack's walkway form a spider's web.

A figure of Death appears in the back row of the town meeting.