The Hanging Tree is a minor character in the 1993 stop-motion animated feature film The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a living tree who lives in Halloween Town.
He is voiced by the late Thurl Ravenscroft in the movie as an uncredited role and by Dee Bradley Baker in the video game Oogie's Revenge.
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The Hanging Tree appears with five skeletons hanging around him while singing "This is Halloween" with the townsfolk of Halloween Town. Later during the Halloween celebration, the Hanging Tree and his skeletons continue to sing just as Sally hides behind the Tree and two of the skeletons. As Jack Skellington transforms from a pumpkin-headed scarecrow to a skeleton himself and Jack rises from the fountain, the Hanging Tree happily smiles while his skeletons applaud for him alongside Sally just as the other citizens applaud Jack as all the inhabitants of Halloween Town celebrate Halloween together. After the celebration, the Hanging Tree and his five skeletons are seen listening to the citizens praising Jack for doing great during the Halloween celebration while Sally who is still behind the Tree is taken by Dr. Finkelstein who attempts to drag her back to his laboratory before she runs off.
The Hanging Tree and his skeletons are last seen attending a town meeting about Jack showing what he discovered in Christmas Town and after the song, the skeletons on the Hanging Tree applaud for Jack's performance.
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