Barrel is one of the three secondary antagonists in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is part of the trick-or-treating trio with Lock and Shock, who all work for Oogie Boogie.
He is voiced by Danny Elfman,
Background[]
Personality[]
Barrel is is five years old, Oogie's "star pupil," and mistakenly considered the most stupid of the three troublemakers, despite his protests to the contrary. He is the butt of many jokes made by his siblings but usually gets even through his own tricks at which he always gets away with. However, Barrel isquick to stand up for either of his siblings and appears in fact to be the most intelligent of the three. He also unintentionally bothers Jack when asking him a number of annoying (and somewhat embarrassing) questions.
Physical Appearance[]
Barrel is the shortest and youngest of the trio, sporting the same pale grey skin and blue lips as his siblings. His head is spherical and he has short, pale green hair. His nose is very small when compared to Lock and Shock's, and it is upturned. His eyes are quite close together and appear to be sunken in, though this could just be an illusion created by the dark makeup around them. Barrel dresses up like a skeleton, wearing tattered purple pants and a like-colored shirt. Both of these pieces of clothing are decorated with bones roughly corresponding to their locations in the human body. Unlike his friends, Barrel doesn't seem to wear gloves, but his feet are oddly shaped, with three toes of the same length. It isn't clear if they are part of his costume or his real feet. His mask is that of a skull; a simple, round, white mask with the mouth being bare teeth set in a wide grin, reflecting the fact that Barrel himself is usually grinning.
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Trivia[]
- Barrel likes to eat pumpkins.
- Barrel is voiced by Danny Elfman.
- Barrel is usually the pilot of the walking bathtub the trio use as transport.