The Nightmare Before Christmas

A-F

 * Adaptation Expansion: Nightmare was originally a poem by Burton, with the only named characters being Jack, Zero, and Santa.
 * Adapted Out: Of all things, the monstrous toy train with tentacle tracks. Perhaps it would have been too much to animate.
 * Affably Evil: Lock, Shock and Barrel.
 * Ambiguously Gay:
 * The Mayor. He is voiced by Glenn Shadix, who was openly gay.
 * The vampires are a bit effeminate and they seem to crush on Jack.
 * That one monster. You know, the one that was going to make a hat out of a rat. Have you heard its voice? Voiced by Greg Proops and its name is Harlequin Demon.
 * Animated Musicial: Technically an operetta.
 * Bad Santa: Jack, albeit unwittingly.
 * Big Bad: Oogie Boogie.
 * Black Comedy: Some of Halloween Town's residents design is this.
 * The Blind Leading the Blind: Jack: "At least they're excited but they don't understand/that special kind of feeling in Christmas land."
 * Camp Straight: Jack, who is very theatrical and active. At the end of "Making Christmas", he even swings his hips. He and Sally get together in the end.
 * Cassandra Truth: Sally tries to tell Jack that his Christmas will be a disaster. Guess what happens.
 * Cast of Snowflakes: The various creatures that populate Halloween Town are quite varied.
 * Creepy Long Fingers: Jack.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Jack is sarcastic a couple times.
 * Distracted by the Sexy: Sally takes off her shapely, slim leg to distract Oogie so her hands can untie Santa.
 * Distressed Dude: Santa, when he's captured by Oogie Boogie.
 * Don't You Like It?: The reaction of Jack's Christmas.

G-L

 * Heel Realization: In "Poor Jack".
 * Heroes Loves Dogs: Jack owns Zero, a cute ghost dog.
 * Howl of Sorrow: When the Halloween Town residents believe than Jack has been killed, the werewolf throws back his head and cuts loose with one of these, tears in his eyes.
 * Hub Level: The circle of trees with holiday-themed doors, which allow passage between the various holidays' realms.
 * Hufflepuff House: The holiday worlds besides Halloween Town and Christmas Town.

M-R

 * Meaningful Name: Jack's name is likely a reference to jack o'lanterns and Skellington is what what some Brits call skeletons.
 * Melacholy Moon: The primary image in "Jack's Lament".
 * Mind Screw: "This is Halloween". It's so surreal that bats have strings attached to them.
 * Moment Killer: The Mayor near the end, with a spotlight.
 * Monster Mash: The citizens of Halloween Town including living skeletons, ghosts, zombies, witches, vampires, a werewolf, a devil, a Monster Clown and a Mad Scientist with his stitched-together creation, along with many original monsters.
 * Nightmare Face
 * Opening Chorus: "This is Halloween".
 * Patter Song: "What's This?"
 * Perky Goth: Jack, if not most of the citizens of Halloween Town.
 * Pretty in Mink: At the end when it's snowing in Halloween Town, Dr. Finklestein's new assistant is wearing a winter coat with an ermine collar.
 * Pumpkin Person: Jack Skellington has a pumpkin on his head in his Pumpkin King costume.

S-Y

 * The Song Before Storm: "Making Christmas".
 * Stalker with a Crush: Sally is a good-natured version, which leads to...
 * Uncommon Time:
 * The verses of "What's This?" are in 6/4.
 * "Jack's Obsession" is party in 7/4 ('Christmas time is buzzing in my skull...').
 * Value Age:
 * Jack. He seems to be in his late twenties-early thirties, yet he's Dem Bones, he could always be Really 700 Years Old.
 * How about Oogie? Honestly, how can anyone tell exactly how old that guy is?
 * Weird Sun: The sun has the face of a jack-o-lantern.