The story takes place after the events of the movie. Jack leaves Halloween Town in search of new ideas for Halloween. When he returns, he finds it under the control of the evil Oogie Boogie who has named himself the Seven-Holidays King. Jack must use the "Soul Robber" (a green slime whip created by Dr. Finklestein) to fight Oogie's ghost and skeleton minions to regain control of Halloween Town, and foil Oogie's plan of becoming the Seven-Holidays-King.