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Canonicity
We do have a good ruling about video games not being canon to the source material and in terms of licensed games like the ones that Disney Interactive pumped out in the 2000s, that is fairly true. However, we do have some official sources backing up the claim that Oogie's Revenge and The Pumpkin King are indeed canon to the storyline of Nightmare.
Game Director Masato Yoshino, states this in an interview:
This evidence states that clearly time and effort was taken into preserving continuity within the canon of the film. But if that's not enough, Tim Burton himself was a creative consultant on the project.
A prequel game was developed that was complimentary to Oogie's Revenge called The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King. So, I think it would be fair to include this in the canon as well.
Powers & Abilities
From Oogie's Revenge (Sequel)
- Elasticity (He possesses the Soul Robber, which allows his arm to stretch to absurd degrees)
- Non-Physical Interaction (The Soul Robber can harm ghosts, which are stated to be non-corporeal. He can interact with and attack Oogie's shadow)
- Attack Reflection (The Soul Robber can deflect projectiles with a spin attack)
- Shapeshifting (The Soul Robber can shift into the shape of a morning star and a hand)
- Soul Absorption and Statistics Amplification (The Soul Robber can absorb souls to temporarily boost it's power)
- Fire Manipulation (He can create bursts of fire as the Pumpkin King)
- Ice Manipulation and limited Weather Manipulation (As Santa Jack, he can fire ice-based projectiles with the chill of a blizzard from northern snow)
- Forcefield Creation (With the Pumpkin Shield which temporarily shields Jack from enemy attacks)
- Fear Manipulation and Statistics Reduction (His Halloween Presents have the ability to momentarily scare an enemy and leave them vulnerable to attack. These presents can also depower enemies into weaker states)
- Sound Manipulation and Energy Projection (Jack is able to weaponize music in the form of musical notes)
- Empathic Manipulation (He is able to forcefully anger his enemies when he taunts them. provoking them into attack. With Re-Possession boxes, he can make enemies forget about their anger)
- Cloth Manipulation (He can change costumes whenever he wants, even mid-combat)
- Broadway Force (Once his Dance Meter is full, Jack can force a Dance Battle between him and his opponents, completely shifting the circumstances of the fight and making backup dancers with spotlights appear behind and on him. This can even make bloodlusted and animalistic monsters like a giant spider stop what they are doing and start dancing along)
- Electricity Absorption (When he is shocked by the voltage of an electric chair, it does not harm him, and he instead absorbs it into his "life-force", so to speak)
- Fragrance Manipulation and Poison Manipulation (He possesses a Frog Gun, which is able to make a frog spew toxic fumes that can both kill enemies and break stone)
- Animal Manipulation (With his Bat Boomerang, he can send multiple bats after enemies)
- more Explosion Manipulation (With his Pumpkin Bombs)
- Fire Manipulation, Flight, and limited Invulnerability (After drinking a Spicy Elixir, Jack is able to engulf himself completely in flames, allowing him to fly and become invulnerable for a limited time)
- Healing (He can heal himself using bones)
- Regeneration (Low-High; He is able to melt into a bath of acid and reform back to normal)
- more Elasticity (With Stretchy Ghosts, which allow Jack's body to stretch to great heights)
- Surface Scaling (With Gum Shoes)
- Self-Sustenance (Type 1; Jack does not need to breathe, as he is dead)
- more Social Influencing (Just his grin could make a sleepover party burst into tears, and his jig could make countless parents run away from him)
Agree: Flashlight237
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