Question: How did Jack save Sally and Santa Claus in Oogie Boogie's lair by transporting them from the lava pit to the Iron Maiden? Wouldn't they be killed by the Iron Maiden?
sabrinafan17
28th Nov 2014
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Answer: He was hiding behind Sally.
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Answer: Except they're a reanimated corpse and a skeleton. They are either already dead (or undead), or, given how things seem to work, the normal natural laws don't apply to Halloweentown.
Greg Dwyer
But how did Santa survive the Iron Maiden? Especially with how big he is, he certainly would have been killed.
You're trying to apply the rules of the real world to fictional magical beings.
LorgSkyegon