History Fridge / Coraline

** It's possible that the Other Mother got screwed over by Fairy Rules, so [[ExactWords her captives would be freed the moment she collected them. In that case, ghis explains how her parents escaped and why the Ghost Children literally broke free]].

** Then again, knowing how this show uses impossible body types with real people such as Bobinski, and how the Other Mother has been heavily implied to have lived at least since the beginning of the Pink Palace, it's highly plausible that Other Spink & Other Forcible's ImpossibleHourglassFigure's ''are'' accurate.

** Then again, knowing how this show uses impossible body types with real people such as Bobinski, and how the Other Mother has been heavily implied to have lived at least since the beginning of the Pink Palace, it's highly possible that Other Spink & Other Forcible's ImpossibleHourglassFigure's ''are'' accurate.

** Then again, knowing how this show uses impossible body types with real people such as Bobinski, and how the Other Mother has been heavily implied to live since the beginning of the Pink Palace, it's highly possible that Other Spink & Other Forcible's ImpossibleHourglassFigure's ''are'' accurate.

** Also, Coraline blocked the door, [[WeaksauceWeakness meaning that it could have actually worked]].

* Wybie's rather intense reaction over the little door makes sense if you consider the possibility that his ''nana'' told him about it. He thought that she was just crazy, but now that he's actually presented with evidence of the door existing and Coraline telling him about the true nature of the door, he's scared shitless of it.

* Wybie's rather intense reaction over the little door makes sense if you consider the possibility that his ''nana'' told him about it. He thought that she was just crazy, but now that he's actually presented with a plausible reason as to why he's not supposed to go to the Pink Palace, he's scared shitless of it.

** ...You guys ''do'' remember that she blocked her Other bedroom door, right? Even if the Beldam could break it down to send her home, there's no real point in letting her escape for good.

** ...You guys ''do'' remember that she blocked her Other bedroom door, right?

** ...You guys ''do'' remember that she blocked the door, right?

** The only "other room" we haven't seen in the real world is the dark, damp cellar-type room we saw the Ghost Kids being held up in.

** All good, however, there ''is no need for an Other Well''. Think of the way the doll exits the Other World: it exits the window and floats through space. That's seemingly impossible though, right? The Other World isn't actually in space for all we know. So where was this? Well, Wybie's grandma did say that if you fell through the well you could see stars during the middle of the day, after all... In other words, the doll wasn't floating through space- it was through ''water''.

** All good, however, there ''is no need for an Other Well''. Think of the way the doll exits the Other World: it exits the window and floats through space. That's seemingly impossible though, right? The Other World isn't actually in space for all we know. So where was this? Well, Wybie's grandma did say that if you fell through the well you could see stars during the middle of the day, after all... In other words, the doll wasn't gloating through space- it was through ''water''.

** All good, however, there ''is no need for an Other Well''. Think of the way the doll exists the Other World: it exists the window and floats through space. That's seemingly impossible though, right? The Other World isn't actually in space for all we know. So where was this? Well, Wybie's grandma did say that if you fell through the well you could see stars during the middle of the day, after all... In other words, the doll wasn't gloating through space- it was through ''water''.

* Pay careful attention to the promises each of the two Mothers make. Coraline's real mother says "I promise, if things go well, I'll make it up to you". The Other Mother "promises" that if Coraline does find the ghost eyes and her real parents, then she will let go of all her captives. [[spoiler: Only one of them keeps their end of the bargain when Coraline keeps her end (Saving her parents' lives does count as "things go well").]]

** This troper always assumed that Wyborne's Grandmother had merely FailedASpotCheck, normally inquiring about whether families have children, and just having forgotten this time.

** The one time she does eat, she's eating writing bugs. Chocolate-covered or not, it highlights her spider theme and is one of several examples of how poorly she understands Coraline. Also, she offers them to Coraline as a treat, but makes a point of eating one, presumably to prove that they're okay to eat and won't hurt Coraline. Unfortunately for the Other Mother, the safety of the food probably wasn't Coraline's immediate concern.

* The Other Mother's outfits in the film become progressively darker and weirder, yes, but they also become more ''glamorous''. While she starts out in a copy of Mel's wardrobe, she is never seen in it again, taking on darker, more chic colors and then wearing classy party dresses. In essence, her outfits are becoming progressively less "mom-ish", less maternal and comforting, showing that she's not the doting mother she claims to be.