Exactly Why Jack Skellington's Experiments Failed (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Jack wasn't just using science. He was using Mad Science.

I just assumed that Jack's experiments gave inconclusive data because he had a flawed hypothesis or wasn't isolating variables

He didn't have a "controlled subject" in his experiments. I always noticed this since I was a child. He couldn't find any conclusive results because he didn't have any control or anything to compare it, like if he had use his own Halloween decorations or candy etc in the same experiment for comparison to the Xmas ones, then he could get a better understanding. In addition, Jack didn't even know how to use the equipment lol He should have asked Sally for help. She lived in a Laboratory their experiments would have yielded better results.

I don't think Jack even knows he's just "sincesing" the thing untill it gives him an answer to a vage question

He should have experimented om peoples brains and how the christmas season/spirit/traditions affect the moods and feelings. Allthough that would have made it a much darker movie.

Didn’t know I was getting a science lesson in this video. Cool.

Hahahah, I never imagined this. I suppose he could've started by reverse engineering his own holiday, then use those tools to explore Christmas. You know, working backwards.

Ultimately, Jack was trying to fill an empty void, and as it turned out, the answer was not Christmas. Rather, it was love. It was Sally.

Being a skellington he probably specialises in anatomy.

They should have consulted Danny Elfman about the science. Danny actually did experiments with radioactive substances when he was a kid, and won third place in a science fair (though he also injured his hands trying to make a rocket bomb)

So, this video is a scientific analysis of a scientific analysis of Christmas, made in November.

Honestly, Jack's actions are those of a child, who only knows "science" as he's seen it on TV or movies. Any kid might do these "experiments", with little understanding of what they are meant to find or how they work. I like the way he performed "surgery" on the teddy bear, as if there were a secret to the cuddly cuteness. Jack and Halloweentown are childlike innocence; reality or rules need not apply.

I learned more about science from this episode than I ever did at school.

It’s a great satire of the materialism of the holiday season. Jack studies Christmas with scientific rigor like an anthropologist yet he STILL can’t find the “Christ-“ in Christmas.

This is assuming the Jack has any real understanding of the scientific method and not just following vague descriptions from a book.

We can all agree Jack's strategies lay in enthusiasm and being dead for a few centuries, he didn't think much of breaking things. He was an equal amount of clever and curious as he was batshit insane and naive.

This was really interesting!! Speaking of Tim Burton, could you make a few videos on The Corpse Bride by him?? It seems right up your alley and I really think there’s some easter eggs in that too!

This was a really cool departure from the usual videos you make! The others are fun too, but I'd love to see more stuff like this in the future!

Don't put wax paper in the oven put parchment paper you don't want to eat wax

Honestly my favourite experiments have always been either whatever he was doing with the candycane or the one with the christmas decoration in the beaker causing the green light. I love this movie!