Dr. Finkelstein is a character in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a mad scientist who is one of the residents of Halloween Town, the apparent creator and father figure of Sally Skellington and the husband and creator of Jewel Finkelstein.
He was voiced by the late William Hickey in the film and is currently voiced by Jess Harnell in his other appearances.
Personality[]
Finkelstein is smart and likes creating experiments. He is grumpy and antagonistic towards Sally as he kept her locked up in his lab and prevented her from being involved in outside activities.
In fact, it was revealed in the 2022 sequel novel, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen that he actually kidnapped Sally from Dream Town when she was 12 years old and then brainwashed her by making her drink a potion that would make her forget about her childhood memories, meaning that he is actually villainous and not just an overprotective and grumpy father figure despite the film making it seem like he was more of an antagonist than a true villain.
Despite his antagonism and grouchy behavior, Finkelstein is nice to Jack Skellington and is always willing to help him.
Trivia[]
- Dr. Finkelstein was originally meant to be disguised as Oogie Boogie due to his jealousy and anger about Sally having a crush on Jack, thus Finkelstein and Oogie were originally meant to be the same character. However, Tim Burton hated the idea, which apparently got to the point where he angrily kicked a hole in a wall, so the idea was scrapped and Finkelstein and Oogie became seperate characters as the film's script was rewritten.
- Despite the fact that his name is Finkelstein, the film's credits referred to him as the "Evil Scientist" instead of his actual name.
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