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Prod. No.: BUT_0346

Officially Licensed Nightmare Before Christmas (NBX) Merchandise

Nightmare Before Christmas (NBX) Moonlit Button

Danny Elfman was worried the characterization of Oogie Boogie would be considered racist by National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Elfman's predictions became true; however, director Henry Selick stated the character was inspired from the Betty Boop cartoon The Old Man of the Mountain.

"Cab Calloway would dance his inimitable jazz dance and sing "Minnie the Moocher" or "Old Man of the Mountain", and they would rotoscope him, trace him, turn him into a cartoon character, often transforming him into an animal, like a walrus," Selick continued. "I think those are some of the most inventive moments in cartoon history, in no way racist, even though he was sometimes a villain.