Johnny Depp & Tim Burton: A retrospective

Actor Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton are cinematic peanut butter and jelly. This weekend's "Dark Shadows" - a comedic take on the 1970s vampire series - marks the eighth film the two have collaborated on.

Actor Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton are cinematic peanut butter and jelly. This weekend's "Dark Shadows" - a comedic take on the 1970s vampire series - marks the eighth film the two have collaborated on.

Burton, the wonderful and weird auteur that he is, has pretty much made Depp his alter ego, especially in recent years. As we look back on Depp's characters in Burton films, let's see just how quirky they can be.

Ed Wood

Release year: 1994

Depp character: Blissfully unaware bad director who cross-dresses

Depp Quirk-o-Meter ranking: 2

Is Helena Bonham Carter in it?: No

Overall ranking: 1

Edward Scissorhands

Release year: 1990

Depp character: Gentle, scissor-handed young man

Depp Quirk-o-Meter ranking: 5

Is Helena Bonham Carter in it?: No

Overall ranking: 2

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Release year: 2007

Depp character: Simple, eventually murderous barber of the title

Depp Quirk-o-Meter ranking: 4

Is Helena Bonham Carter in it?: Yes

Overall ranking: 3

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Release year: 2005

Depp character: Reclusive candyman Willy Wonka

Depp Quirk-o-Meter ranking: 1

Is Helena Bonham Carter in it?: Yes

Overall ranking: 4

Corpse Bride

Release year: 2005

Depp character: Inadvertent dead-person marry-er Victor Van Dort

Depp Quirk-o-Meter ranking: 6

Is Helena Bonham Carter in it?: Yes

Overall ranking: 5

Sleepy Hollow

Release year: 1999

Depp character: Mousy schoolteacher Ichabod Crane

Depp Quirk-o-Meter ranking: 7

Is Helena Bonham Carter in it?: No

Overall ranking: 6

Alice in Wonderland

Release year: 2010

Depp character: Nutty tea fan the Mad Hatter

Depp Quirk-o-Meter ranking: 3

Is Helena Bonham Carter in it?: Yes

Overall ranking: 7