Whats the connection between Jack Pumpkinhead and Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Many people have noticed some similarities between the Oz character Jack Pumpkinhead, first introduced in The Marvelous Land of Oz in 1904, and Jack Skellington, the main character in the 1993 Tim Burton animated movie The Nightmare Before Christmas — namely, both are named Jack and both have a pumpkin fixation (the latter’s most famous line is probably “I am the Pumpkin King!”). Some have even wondered if the existence of Jack Pumpkinhead influenced Tim Burton and the creation of Jack Skellington. However, the two are not as similar as one might think. The Oz character has a wooden body and a pumpkin for a head, and is a farmer in the Winkie Country. The movie character is a living skeleton, and is the coordinator of Halloween events in Halloween Town. Jack Pumpkinhead is not generally considered to be very bright (you try being intelligent if your brains were nothing but pumpkin seeds) and is a bit rustic, while Jack Skellington is quite smart in both thought and manner. So they real
