[b]Character Name:[/b] Sally
[b]Movie of Origin:[/b] The Nightmare Before Christmas
[b]Additional Sources:[/b] A slight reference to Oogie’s Revenge
[b]Age:[/b] While her chronological age is not defined, being one of Dr. Finklestein’s creations, she is actually one of the youngest creatures in Halloween Town, second only to Jewel, her replacement. Mentally and physically, she is about 21.
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[b]Personality:[/b] Sally is sensitive, sweet, shy, and smart. She has a tendency to linger in the back of crowds, as she doesn’t like attention on herself (and partially due to habits born out of avoiding Dr. Finklestein in the days where she ran away from him), and is often seen by herself in town. Sally is very analytical and will assess a situation critically before she gets involved. Once her mind is focused on a problem, she will look at it from every angle to find a way to solve it. She is very quiet and often keeps to herself, unless a situation forces her to be assertive.

[b]Abilities:[/b] As the town seamstress, and out of necessity with her rag doll body, Sally is a master with needle and thread, and often keeps a needle behind her ear and a spool on her person for such emergencies. Her body being made of cloth means she feels no pain, and can take hits and falls that would kill a normal human. She has some knowledge of chemistry and botany, which mostly shows up in her cooking. Her limbs can be detached at will, then re-attached later. A de-attached limb simultaneously works under her control and on its own volition, but often with her goal in mind. Aside from her dismemberment ability, Sally isn’t very scary, so she makes up for it with wit, smarts, and determination. She often has a contingency plan, from varying escape routes to hiding bottles of fog juice, just in case. You never know when you might need a bottle of fog juice!

[b]Flaws:[/b] Her shyness, while not bad in and of itself, at times hinders her. Sally has trouble finding the right words to express a dire need when she has to assert herself. While it can be a strength at times, Sally often goes unnoticed, which can lead to trouble if she’s trying to solve a problem and no one knows where she is until it’s (almost) too late. As mentioned, Sally relies on wit, not strength, and she isn’t much of a fighter, so while she can [i]survive[/i] a straight-on fight, she won’t [i]win[/i] one.

[b]Companion(s):[/b] A black cat occasionally crosses her path.

[b]Brief History:[/b] Sally was created by Dr. Finklestein to be his personal assistant and companion. A restless creation who simply wanted her freedom, she often escaped his grasp, only to be dragged back home in an attempt to get her to be patient and “wait out” this “restless phase.” In her escapades into Halloween Town, Sally found herself admiring Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, from afar. After a particularly successful Halloween, Sally once more escaped Dr. Finklestein for the price of her arm, and who would enter the graveyard at that time but Jack Skellington himself?

After quietly listening to Jack’s woes of how Halloween wore him down and his longing for something new, Sally realized they had something in common, and longed to help him. For a day, he was gone, and when he came back, he brought along a new idea called Christmas for the town to try.

Once more trapped by Dr. Finklestein, Sally escaped one more time to deliver a meal to Jack, who had been so wrapped up in trying to solve this Christmas puzzle that he hadn’t left his tower in days. His smile ignited her love and shyness, which caused her to flee. Overwhelmed with the possibility that Jack might return her feelings, Sally picked a flower and gently plucked at its petals, only for the flower to turn into a Christmas tree and burn - a terrible premonition of Jack’s fate if he continued.

The next several days were spent trying to warn Jack, and when he didn’t listen, deliberately sabotaging his plans to keep him in Halloween Town. Despite her efforts, Jack made it to the human world to attempt Christmas, and as she feared, was nearly killed for his efforts.

In a last desperate attempt to stop Jack, Sally tried to save Santa Claus (Sandy Claws to the town of thrills and chills) from Oogie Boogie, and would have perished if Jack hadn’t come to his senses and come back to help. In the aftermath of that fateful Christmas Eve, Jack and Sally found each other.

Now Sally is more commonly seen around Halloween Town, with and without Jack. As she has been replaced by Jewel as Dr. Finklestein’s companion, she spends part of her time at Jack’s tower, part of her time in her seamstress shop in town, and part of her time in the graveyard, due to its peaceful, romantic crypts, and little garden of herbs she uses on a regular basis.

She and Jack have been together since the Christmas Eve that brought them together. Jack is the dearest person in her life, for whom she will (and has) risk everything. Sally gets along with most citizens in town, particularly the witches, for their shared love of potions, though she is not very fond of Clown with the Tear-Away Face, as he’s loud and boisterous. She has also assisted Jack in guiding Lock, Shock, and Barrel into being less troublesome. While not quite a mother, she is patient and friendly with them, understands what it’s like to have a father figure who was less than ideal, and is therefore able to give them a little insight, with varying results.