Thackery Binx (human form) in Hocus Pocus
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Thackery Binx (human form) in Hocus Pocus is the 17th-century Salem teenager who is cursed by witches and later aids modern-day children in stopping them.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thackery Binx (human form) in Hocus Pocus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8880221 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Thackery Binx (human form) in Hocus Pocus Context triple: [Sean Murray, portrayed, Thackery Binx (human form) in Hocus Pocus]
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Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus
Billy Butcherson is the resurrected, wisecracking zombie ex-lover of Winifred Sanderson who becomes an unlikely ally to the protagonists in the Halloween comedy film "Hocus Pocus."
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Jack Skellington
Jack Skellington is the skeletal "Pumpkin King" of Halloween Town and the iconic protagonist of Tim Burton’s stop-motion film *The Nightmare Before Christmas*.
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Casper the Friendly Ghost
Casper the Friendly Ghost is a classic cartoon and comic character known as a gentle, kind-hearted ghost who prefers making friends with humans instead of scaring them.
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Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 fantasy-comedy film about three resurrected witches wreaking havoc in modern-day Salem, which has since become a cult Halloween classic.
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Wilbur Whateley
Wilbur Whateley is a monstrous, part-human offspring of the cosmic entity Yog-Sothoth in H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, central to the events of the novella "The Dunwich Horror."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thackery Binx (human form) in Hocus Pocus Target entity description: Thackery Binx (human form) in Hocus Pocus is the 17th-century Salem teenager who is cursed by witches and later aids modern-day children in stopping them.
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A.
Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus
Billy Butcherson is the resurrected, wisecracking zombie ex-lover of Winifred Sanderson who becomes an unlikely ally to the protagonists in the Halloween comedy film "Hocus Pocus."
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B.
Jack Skellington
Jack Skellington is the skeletal "Pumpkin King" of Halloween Town and the iconic protagonist of Tim Burton’s stop-motion film *The Nightmare Before Christmas*.
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C.
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Casper the Friendly Ghost is a classic cartoon and comic character known as a gentle, kind-hearted ghost who prefers making friends with humans instead of scaring them.
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D.
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 fantasy-comedy film about three resurrected witches wreaking havoc in modern-day Salem, which has since become a cult Halloween classic.
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E.
Wilbur Whateley
Wilbur Whateley is a monstrous, part-human offspring of the cosmic entity Yog-Sothoth in H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, central to the events of the novella "The Dunwich Horror."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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human ⓘ |
| aids |
Allison
NERFINISHED
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Dani Dennison NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Dennison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alignment | good ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hocus Pocus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithObject | Black Flame Candle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterArc | from helpless brother to protective immortal guide ⓘ |
| createdBy |
David Kirschner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mick Garris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cursedBy | Winifred Sanderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cursedInto | immortal black cat ⓘ |
| deathCause | hanging by townspeople of Salem ⓘ |
| familyMember | Emily Binx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenre | fantasy comedy ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Hocus Pocus (1993 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Thackery Binx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal |
avenge the death of his sister Emily
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protect children from the Sanderson sisters ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Dennison family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| nationality | Colonial American ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
protective of children
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resourceful ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ |
| opposes |
Mary Sanderson
NERFINISHED
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Sarah Sanderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Winifred Sanderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sean Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAntagonists | Sanderson sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Pictures ⓘ |
| reasonForSurvival | immortality curse ⓘ |
| residence | Salem, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingEra | Salem witch trials era (for human life) ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | Salem, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Emily Binx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sisterFate | killed by the Sanderson sisters ⓘ |
| species | human (before curse) ⓘ |
| statusAfterCurse | immortal ⓘ |
| statusAtBeginning | living human ⓘ |
| survivesHanging | true ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| voiceBy | Jason Marsden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| warnsAgainst | lighting the Black Flame Candle ⓘ |
| yearOfFilmRelease | 1993 ⓘ |
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