Harlequin Demon is one of the minor characters in the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is voiced by Greg Proops.
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Personality[]
The Harlequin Demon, like the rest of the residents of Halloween Town, loves to scare others and take part in big events and help out in their preparation. Due to being a monster, he has no trouble with frightening and disgusting things and gladly enjoys messing around with dead animals corpses, however he has very little understanding of nice and pretty things due to being a resident of Halloween Town. He also seems to be skilled at turning rotting animal corpses into wearable hats, even considering himself a genius regarding this task.
Physical appearance[]
He has many sharp teeth and three black and orange tentacles on his head. During the song This is Halloween he is hiding in the trash can and in the center of town during the festivities that happened after the song. During the preparations for Christmas, he made hats made from dead rats and bats, Making Christmas. He lastly appears at the end of the movie when all the creatures are confused by the snow.
Appearances[]
The Nightmare Before Christmas[]
During the musical number "This is Halloween", the Harlequin Demon pops out of a trash can, followed by a Wolfman and a Melting Man popping up while singing their parts. He later appears in the crowd with the other citizens of Halloween where the Jack Skellington (in his scarecrow form rises from the fountain. Later during the town meeting, the Harlequin Demon was present with many other citizens during Jack's discovery of Christmas Town. After the song, all the other citizens are impressed of his presentation, which the Harlequin Demon cheers with the other citizens. The next day as part of Jack's plans to take over Christmas, the Harlequin Demon participates during the musical number "Making Christmas", using a mallet to transform a rat into a hat as one of the presents that Jack would deliver as part of his plans after he placed the Saxophone Player placed on pillory which he puts on the latter's head. Jack, however, suggests having a bat instead of a rat for a hat, which he places the bat on the Harlequin Demon's head. During the end of the film after Jack defeated Oogie Boogie and then rescued Santa Claus, the Harlequin Demon holding and the other citizens approach Jack who is revealed to be alive all along just before it starts snowing across Halloween Town.
Appearances in other media[]
On Roblox, a parody hat based off of the character known as the 'Halloween Monster' was released on October 14, 2011. It is essentially the Harlequin Demon's upper head, with the eyes and tentacles. The website link would also show an advertisement to a link to Disney's main website, as well as other redirects to another one of Disney's other websites.
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