The Undersea Gal is a character in the 1993 animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Background[]
The Undersea Gal is a female sea-creature citizen of Halloween Town. She has a green and scaly mermaid body, webbed hands, with fins on her head. She has yellow eyes and blue lips. Sometimes she is seen wearing an eye-mask while coming out of the water. She is often seen as a very grotesque creature, helping out the citizens of Halloween Town during their preparations for Christmas, and ultimately finds strange things inside of her lake, such as an unknown severed head.
Appearances[]
The Nightmare Before Christmas[]
The Undersea Gal is first seen during the musical number "This is Halloween" where she is seen celebrating Halloween with the other citizens. She is later present with the other citizens attending the town meeting when Jack returns to Halloween Town and shows the citizens his discovery about Christmas. Later during Jack Skellington's plan to take over Christmas, she is amongst the other citizens helping Jack take over the holiday and later watches Jack bring presents to the children. However, it turns out that this plan was a bad idea due to Jack being shot down by military units.
At the end of the film, the Undersea Gal emerges from the fountain taking off her sleeping mask and notices Jack's return to Halloween Town after being revealed to have survived. Later when Santa Claus brings Christmas to Halloween Town due to Jack saving him from Oogie Boogie so that Santa can undo the mess Jack did in the real world, she is seen making a mermaid snow angel.
Disney Parks[]
Haunted Mansion Holiday[]
The Undersea Gal is depicted holding an oversized oyster shell with a bowtie on it which opens and reveals a cycloptic skull inside. Later in the séance circle at the attraction, the Undersea Gal is depicted on a card representing the "Seven pearls of wisdom" as part of Madame Leota reciting the Thirteen Days of Christmas. The illustration depicts the Undersea Gal surrounded by seven oversized pearls underwater.
In the Tokyo Disneyland version, the Undersea Gal makes an additional appearance in the hallway for portraits typically used for the Sinister 11. The portrait occupies on the spot typically used for April-December.