Me: Hey, guys. Here's chapter four to CatDog and Oogie's Revenge. You know, Pearl Jam's next album is coming in a couple days. And my mom was watching Grey's Anatomy a few days ago and heard a song from the new album. It's called "Future Days".
Cat: I heard about that song. Maybe you'll hear that song at the concert next month.
Dog: Also I heard the Nightmare Before Christmas' 20th Anniversary is coming.
Me: Yes. It's going to be on the twenty-ninth of this month. Did you know it took Tim Burton and Henry Selick three years to make the movie? And the kind of puppets were full of various mouth movements and joints to make them move or talk? Anyway, here's the story. Enjoy!
Jack, CatDog, Lola, Mervis and Dunglap reached the Mayor's house. Then they heard the Mayor crying for help.
"Jack! CatDog! Lola! Up here! Please help! HELP!" the Mayor yelled.
"What?" Jack yelled.
"We have to save him, Jack," Lola said. So the gang went to the Mayor's roof to save him. There were a lot of baddies inside and out. But Jack was able to defeat the monsters with the soul robber. Finally the gang reached the Mayor.
"Mayor! Are you okay?" Jack asked.
"Jack! Oh, you don't know how happy I am to see your skull!" the Mayor said. "I thought I would be stuck here forever." So the gang set the Mayor free from the cage. Jack and CatDog asked about the next holiday door that is hidden in the residential area. The Mayor said he saw some of Oogie's goons up on his roof. Jack told the Mayor to go somewhere safe. The Mayor agreed and went to somewhere safe while the gang went to the top. But while they were up there, they spotted Lock, Shock and Barrel. But the Greasers weren't with them.
"Well, well. If it isn't the three little pranksters again," Jack said. "You're still not working with Oogie again are you?"
"We're working," Lock said. "We're playing."
"And winning," Shock said.
"Another round, Jack?" Barrel asked.
"AS IF YOU HAD A CHOICE!" the kids said.
"It's time you three learned all games must come to an end," Jack said. "Especially this one!" Jack made at scary face at the three kids. So the gang fought the three kids and sang a song.
Lock, Shock and Barrel: La la la la...hail to Mr. Boogie Jack will never win. When you find our booby traps, they will do you in.
Shock: First we brought the master back to take this town away from Jack. We knew he'd fight to set things right so we got bad guys who attack.
Jack: Stop! I had enough you! Your punishment is overdue. You instigated chaos here and turned this town onto its ear!
Lock, Shock and Barrel: Hail to Mr. Oogie put Jack to the test. Keep him guessing all the time never let him rest.
Barrel: Then Mr. Oogie Boogie man.
Shock: Can take the whole town over then.
Lock: He'll be so pleased I do declare.
Lock, Shock and Barrel: The whole world should beware. Wee!
"We'll beat you this time," Shock said.
"You are in big, big trouble," Jack said.
Lock: Now that Oogie is the king, we'll get away with everything. You can't scold for our pranks, the new king Oogie lets give thanks.
Cat: Don't be foolish, think now-all this danger isn't fun and games. When this town is back to normal, do you really want the blame?
Lock, Shock and Barrel: Hail to Mr. Boogie this is so much fun. We make mischief day and night, our work is never done.
Dog: We told you once, we told you twice to straighten out your act.
Lola: You'll never get away with this and that, you brats, is fact.
Jack: We had enough of this disgrace. So take us to the hidden place. Where our friends are sitting locked in a cage or you'll face my rage!
Lock, Shock and Barrel: Wee!
Finally the gang finished the three mischievous kids. The Thanksgiving door appeared and Jack, CatDog, Lola, Mervis and Dunglap came to the trio.
"Now it's time to really teach you a lesson," Jack said. "Who's first?"
"JACK! TRICK-OR-TREAT!" the three kids said. Then the three kids pressed a switch behind them, creating a trap door. Jack, CatDog, Lola, Mervis and Dunglap fell in. The kids laughed wickedly. Inside the trap, the was falling into a dark room. Jack grabbed hold of an edge.
"Whew, what a day this has been...hm..." Jack said.
"What's this place?" Cat asked. So the gang landed and found themselves in a room filled with lava and traps. There were even traps Oogie used from the Christmas fiasco last year. Then the gang went into a room with cages and on top of each cage had the holiday symbols.
"This must be where Oogie is holding the holiday leaders," Dog said.
"Yo, cat butt! Over here!" a raspy voice said.
"The Greasers? What are you doing here?" Lola asked.
"Lock, Shock and Barrel threw us in here," Shriek said. "Look out! A spider!" The gang turned and saw a giant spider, just like the one the gang met while they were rescuing Sally earlier only the spikes on its shell were blue, not yellow. So the gang fought the spider until it was gone. The cage the Greasers were in lead to a new room with lava and traps. The Greasers said if the gang lets them join, they won't pound CatDog until this adventure is over. The gang agreed and continued on. Finally the gang reached Oogie Boogie.
"Oogie, return the holiday leaders to their worlds!" Jack replied.
"I can assure you the leader of every holiday is right where he should be- and you're looking at him," Oogie said.
"Where are you holding Santa?" Cat said.
"Weren't you listening?" Oogie asked. "I said I have a debt to repay old Sandy Claws- a debt to back in person! I don't want you causing any trouble while I'm on my visit, so I've hidden the Christmas door behind something quite nasty. So in the meantime, lets say we have some fun. The Oogie Casino is now opened! What are we gambling for, you ask? Nothing that valuable- just your life. Cue the music!" So the gang fought Oogie and began to sing.
Oogie: Well, well, well. Look what the bat dragged in. Jack! You've made it this far, huh? Ooh, I'm really scared!
Jack: Oogie, we're here to finish this, once and for all.
Oogie: You're joking, you're joking. I can't believe my ears. You're joking, you gotta be. Best laugh I had in years.
Cat: I hope you did amuse yourself with this, your little fling. You better pay attention now because Jack is the Pumpkin King.
Oogie: You think that you're winning, but that's a lot of noise. Just to be a sport, Dear Cat, I will share my Oogie toys. Wow.
Ghosts: Wow.
Oogie: Wow.
Ghosts: Wow.
Oogie: Wow.
Ghosts: Wow.
Oogie: I'm the Oogie Boogie man!
"So you've made it this far," Oogie said.
"Release the holiday leaders!" Jack yelled.
Dog: The leaders of the holidays must now be set free.
Lola: Release them all at once or you'll have to deal with us.
Oogie: You beat my men, so what? Big deal! You even ran the maze. You still can't stop me, I'm the King of Seven Holidays. Wow.
Cliff: Wow.
Oogie: Wow.
Shriek: Wow.
Oogie: Wow.
Lube: Wow.
Jack, CatDog, Lola and the Greasers: I'm/he's the only Pumpkin King!
The gang defeated Oogie. He was panting.
"You've got some nerve escaping my perfect trap," Oogie said. "Still, the real loser is you and your friends, Jack...for he who has the last laugh wins." Then Oogie turned into a dark shadow. Oogie said the gang defeated his shadow again, but the real him is in Christmas Town. Then the shadow disappeared and the Easter door appeared. Jack was wondering where the Christmas door could be. So the gang went back to town.
The gang came out of the fountain to see that Dr. Finkelstein, Behemoth, Corpse Kid, the Hanging Tree and the Clown with a Tear-Away Face were there. Jack went to tell the Mayor the cages the gang saw back in Oogie's lair.
"What?" the Mayor replied.
"We have to follow Oogie to Christmas Town," Cat said. "While we're gone, kindly escort to a safe place and then return each of them to their own worlds."
"You want me to save the holiday leaders?" the Mayor asked.
"Exactly," Dog said.
"You can count on me, you guys," the Mayor said. "I won't let you down." The Hanging Tree said some of Oogie's goons are guarding the gate to Spiral Hill and Zero should be able to help find the key to the gate. But Oogie's baddies always come out at night, so the gang must be careful. So the gang went to the cemetery to call Zero again. Zero went to find the gate key but Oogie's goons kept coming out of nowhere like the Hanging Tree warned about. So the gang fought the baddies until they found the key. So the gang went to Spiral Hill and saw a statue that controlled the curved hill to make it go down. But to make it move the team needs four of the seven holiday doors: Thanksgiving, Valentines, Halloween and Easter. The hill went down, leading to the path to the Hinterlands. But on top of the hill was Sally.
"Sally, you shouldn't be here, it's dangerous," Jack said.
"I had to warn you," Sally said, sadly. "Oogie's headed for the Hinterlands. I have a bad feeling more trouble is waiting for you down this path." Then Jack cheered Sally up with a love song that the gang loved.
Jack: You give me strength, you show you care. I cannot fail with you so near. I know I'd be lost without you.
Jack and Sally: We'll stand together, now and forever. And I'll tell you, this very troubled night, that we will set things right.
Sally was still sad but Jack comforted her by touching her shoulder.
"It's okay, Sally," Jack said. "Nothing's going to stop me from returning Halloween Town to how it was before." So the gang went to the Hinterlands while Sally waited.
Me: Well, that was the fourth chapter to the story. But there will be more next chapter.
Cat: That information you told us about, we didn't really know that.
Dog: Yeah. How did you know this information?
Me: Well, in my DVD copy of TNBC, there's a special feature of the movie where Tim Burton and Henry Selick and some of the workers talk about the music and everything. The music part was done with the composer for the movie, Danny Elfman. Anyway, don't forget to review.