Iâm sure every one of you know these three.Theyâre the band in Halloween Town who get a decent amount of screen time in The Nightmare Before Christmas but are nowhere in the games, sadly.
Their names are never actually revealed in the movie, but they were given some in the trading card game: âJamesâ âJimmyâ and âJimâ.
Something Iâve REALLY been wanting to discuss about them is their connection with Jack Skellington and Sally. You may have heard me mention it in posts before, but now Iâve actually gotten around to talking about it.
The band obviously has a separate connection with Jack Skellington. Whether itâs acquaintances or friends is up to you. But they are close with The Pumpkin King, as Jack isnât afraid to act gloomy around them instead of putting up a front for them like he does with the rest of his citizens. James also calls him âBone Daddyâ, which means that the Band(or James at least) is on a nickname-basis with him.
The Band is also knowledgeable on Jackâs whereabouts, as they are the ones who tell the Mayor that he left Town and hasnât returned. Iâm guessing that the Band knows that Jack is depressed and that he often leaves and/or goes on walks. They are probably the only other characters, besides Sally, who know that Jack is upset with his title and felt troubled before he found Christmas.
Itâs a bit harder to notice, but the Band also connects with Sally. The band alone can be seen standing in many places around Town, but there is a section in the movie where they are standing closer to Finklesteinâs Tower. They are the only three who notice Sally jumping from her window and escaping the Tower.
What I find interesting about this exchange is that they cringe and look to see if sheâs okay, but they do not go to help her. This may point to the possibility that they know Sally is capable of sewing herself back together and/or they have witnessed her doing it before. They also never admit to Finklestein where Sally is or that they saw her escape. Thereâs an invisible sign of trust here - that Sally knows they arenât going to tell the Doctor she left because they know she wants to escape. When Sally passes them, they even play her a melody as she leaves for Jackâs house.
There is also a moment where Sally hides from Finklestein waiting for her task, and she bumps into James(The Saxaphone Player) to hide from him. He doesnât make a fuss about it or mention anything to Finklestein, despite being the only one who noticed that sheâs hiding behind the Well. Again, this helps back up the fact that Sally trusts them.
Taking these both into account, itâs established that the Band is friends with both Jack and Sally. They witness Jack leaving out of his depression and Sally escaping out of her unhappiness with Finklestein. Theyâre probably the biggest Jack/Sally shippers around, seeing as they probably knew that Jack and Sally were friends before they got together.
I am honestly disappointed that the Band was never included in the games. After all the subliminal hints set around the movie that tell you that the Band connected with two of the main characters, they still werenât included. Smh.
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