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"I am the one hiding under your stairs, fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair!"

- This is Halloween (song)

This creature is a character from The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a citizen of Halloween Town.

This creature's new name is '''Swanosaurus'''.

Appearance[]

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Full body of The Stairs Man

Unlike The One Hiding Under Your Bed, The Stairs Monster makes more than one appearance in the movie. He has banded kraits as his fingers, four on each hand, and a single spider on his head. He has a long snout is similar to the komodo dragon, small forked tongue, tiny teeth, and the area around his mouth is colored pink. He also has no legs, only for his body to be attached to a board with wheels.

Extended Edition Appearance[]

In the Extended Edition (2023) of The Nightmare Before Christmas, he has long legs of an ostrich, bird feathers on his body, peacock feathers on his back, and toes of a bird instead of wheels.

Role in Movie[]

Like most the creatures, he appears in the Town Meeting scene when he whistles when the colony of citizens are in a roar of excitement. Then, the creature was with the crowd sad after Jack was shot down. After that, the creature takes a nap when Jack battles Oogie Boogie and later wakes up after Jack comes back.

Zero's Journey[]

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The Monster with Jack, in Zero's Journey.

He makes an appearance in the sequel comic book, Zero's Journey. Jack chooses him to assist on their trip to Christmas Town and rescue Zero along with Sally, Igor, and the Winged Demon. He remarks that he "looks strong", and the monster is delighted with the compliment. However, he proves to be difficult getting through the Christmas Door, as Jack and Sally wonder if he will fit. After some effort, he successfully gets through the door.

As the group walks through a snowstorm, Igor lights his lighter to see ahead of them, conveniently as the Monster Hiding Under the Stairs sneezes, sending a huge flame into the air. Sally uses this to their advantage to get through the storm, asking the monster to continue coughing so they can melt the snow and clear the way.

Trivia[]

  • The monster who hides under the stairs bears a striking resemblance to the Sandworm from Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, as well as Claws Ward from Pixar’s Monsters, Inc.
  • The stairs the monster hides under in "This is Halloween" are reminiscent of the staircase in Tim Burton's early stop-motion film, Vincent.

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