Again, for this rider, “revenge” was necessary to take one step closer to obtaining his prize. The story of revenge was important in this version for the sole fact that the revenge was not done by the rider but by the person who controlled him. Although the ending gives the Rider his chance for revenge by taking Mistress Van Tassel into the stands with him and his horse. In Disney and Irving's original, there was no form of revenge, the poor guy just wants his head decapitated. The way the Horseman lost his head will always be the same, a Hessian beheaded in a battle fought during the Revolutionary War. The differences in Tim Burton's film were that the horseman's head was cut off instead of being blown off by a cannon. The description of the Rider was large, headless, and betrayed the grave deception of the demonic rider. “Climbing a hill which highlighted against the sky the silhouette of his traveling companion, gigantic in height and wrapped in a cloak, Ichabod was struck with horror to realize that he was headless! — but his horror was always increased when he observed that the head, which should have rested on his shoulders, was carried before him on the pommel of his saddle! Being a children's company, Disney made the rider a less scary version of the original, with him being skinny and in the movie the pumpkin was present during the entire chase. Burton made the Horseman rotate one hundred and eighty degrees relative to Disney. Of his sharp teeth and his pale skin, matching the snow around him. Additionally, he was smaller and carried two weapons. The dangerous headless being walked around at night. Chances are, anyone could have stumbled upon the omen of death.