Mr. Hyde is a citizen of Halloween Town. He keeps two smaller versions of himself with him: one under his top hat, and the second under that top hat of the first one. And each smaller Hyde's voice is higher, depending on their size. Mr. Hyde is voiced by Randy Crenshaw.
The Nightmare Before Christmas[]
Hyde is seen at the beginning of the film during the song This is Halloween. He is seen returning to Halloween Town from the main gate along with the Devil and Behemoth as they lead the Pumpkin King scarecrow of Jack Skellington into town. After the song, he cheers for Jack along with the rest of the citizens. After the Werewolf asks "Wasn't it terrifying?", Hyde along with the Cyclops reply "What a night!".
The next morning, when Jack went missing, he searched all over the Pumpkin Patch for him, but to no avail. When Jack finally returns to town, a town meeting is held. As Jack tries to explain what a Christmas stocking is, Hyde gets up on stage along with his two smaller selves as they ask what's inside the stocking, hoping it has a rotten foot covered in gook.
Later in the film, Hyde and his smaller selves are seen preparing a Russian doll present during the song Making Christmas. The smallest Hyde kills a scorpion with a mallet and proceeds to put it in the smallest doll with two bigger Hyde putter the smaller dolls within the big ones like one would. Mr. Hyde is then seen passing along a single present from one citizen to another to fill up the back of Jack's coffin sleigh.
At the end of the film, when Jack returns home completely okay, Hyde is fascinated by the snow falling down on Halloween Town from Santa Claus, calling it "completely new" along with the Clown.
Oogie's Revenge[]
Mr. Hyde is present and serves as the saving system in the sequel video game, Oogie's Revenge, where he meets Jack in various locations and reminds him to save. He and his smaller versions use the repeated line: "Don't forget: Save it now, or risk doing it again!", before saving the player's game file.
Appearance[]
He is a pale green-skinned humanoid monster with bulging eyes, curly hair, anglerfish-like mouth with sharp teeth in lower jaw only. He wears a relatively large top hat, green coat, black suit, and shoes.
Trivia[]
- Mr. Edward Hyde is the monstrous alter-ego of Dr. Henry Jekyll from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
- Hyde’s design in the film appears to be inspired by Lon Chaney’s role as the Man in the Beaver Hat from the lost silent film London After Midnight.
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