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Oogie Boogie
Oogie Boogie is a burlap sack full of insects, which is a genuinely unpleasant idea rendered so cheerfully that children have never minded. His single scene is a big-band number — Ken Page performs it as a swaggering casino boss with dice and a roulette wheel — and it is the only sequence in the film that steps outside the score's gothic register into something closer to Cab Calloway.
- First appearance
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Touchstone Pictures
- Created by
- Tim Burton, Henry Selick, Danny Elfman
- Also known as
- The Boogie Man
- Universe
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Appears in
- animation, film, games
Who is Oogie Boogie?
Oogie Boogie is a burlap sack full of insects, which is a genuinely unpleasant idea rendered so cheerfully that children have never minded. His single scene is a big-band number — Ken Page performs it as a swaggering casino boss with dice and a roulette wheel — and it is the only sequence in the film that steps outside the score's gothic register into something closer to Cab Calloway. That was deliberate: Danny Elfman wrote it as a jazz-villain pastiche. The reveal that the body is a bag with nothing holding it together but stitching, and that pulling one thread empties him entirely, is the closest the film comes to real horror. He has since become the anchor of the property's autumn merchandising, and Disney's Halloween park event carries his name.
Oogie Boogie: the details
- First appearance
- The Nightmare Before Christmas, October 1993
- Created by
- Tim Burton and Henry Selick; the musical number written by Danny Elfman
- A sack of insects
- The body is burlap with nothing inside but bugs, held together by stitching
- One scene, one song
- His entire presence is a big-band number performed by Ken Page as a swaggering casino boss
- Deliberately out of register
- Elfman wrote it as a jazz-villain pastiche, stepping outside the film's gothic score
- The reveal
- Pulling a single thread empties him entirely — the closest the film comes to genuine horror
- Disney's Halloween event
- The company's autumn park event carries his name
Why Oogie Boogie endures
A villain built from one musical number and a genuinely nasty idea, who has become the anchor of an entire seasonal merchandising programme.
What Oogie Boogie looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: A lumpy burlap sack with stitched mouth and hollow eyes; dice
Burlap texture is the identifier and it is unusual — a woven, hessian surface rather than flat colour, which rewards detailed print treatments. Mustard and purple is a distinctive pairing that reads as Halloween without using orange and black.
Burlap texture is the identifier — a woven surface rather than flat colour, rewarding detailed print. Mustard and purple reads as Halloween without resorting to orange and black. All size bands.
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Sizes: kids to adult
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|---|---|---|---|
| Toddler | 2–4 years | 2T, 3T, 4T | Search toddler sizes |
| Kids | 4–7 years | XS (4/5), S (6/7) | Search kids sizes |
| Youth | 8–14 years | M (8), L (10/12), XL (14/16) | Search youth sizes |
| Adult | 15+ | S–3XL | Search adult sizes |
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Who has played Oogie Boogie
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Page | The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | Voice |
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Who created Oogie Boogie?
Oogie Boogie was created by Tim Burton and Henry Selick and Danny Elfman, first appearing in The Nightmare Before Christmas in 1993 (Touchstone Pictures).
What does a Oogie Boogie T-shirt usually look like?
A lumpy burlap sack with stitched mouth and hollow eyes; dice. Burlap texture is the identifier — a woven surface rather than flat colour, rewarding detailed print. Mustard and purple reads as Halloween without resorting to orange and black. All size bands.
Are Oogie Boogie T-shirts made for children?
Yes — Oogie Boogie appears on our kids pages, and shirts are commonly made from US toddler 2T up through youth XL.
Who has played Oogie Boogie?
Oogie Boogie has been voiced by Ken Page (The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993).
How much does a Oogie Boogie T-shirt cost?
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