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* SupremeChef: The Other Mother is much better at cooking than either of Coraline's parents. When she makes a delicious lunch of roasted chicken, potatoes, and peas, Coraline mentally compares it to her mother's chicken which is always dry and tasteless, and her father's chicken which is cooked in strange recipes.
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* PerfectionIsStatic: The other crazy old man upstairs tries to persuade Coraline to stay in the Other World by promising that the Other Mother will make every day a paradise for her. Despite being only a child, Coraline is wise enough to understand that getting everything she ever wanted, all the time, would be meaningless.
-->'''Coraline''': And will there be grey, wet days where I just don't know what to do and there's nothing to read or to watch and nowhere to go and the day drags on forever?\\
'''Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs''': Never.\\
'''Coraline''': And will there be awful meals, with food made from recipes, with garlic and tarragon and broad beans in?\\
'''Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs''': Every meal will be a thing of joy. Nothing will pass your lips that does not entirely delight you.\\
'''Coraline''': And could I have Day-Glo green gloves to wear, and yellow Wellington boots in the shape of frogs?\\
'''Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs''': Frogs, ducks, rhinos, octopuses -- whatever you desire. The world will be built new for you every morning. If you stay here, you can have whatever you want.\\
'''Coraline''': You really don't understand, do you? I don't ''want'' whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted? Just like that, and it didn't ''mean'' anything. What then?
-->'''Coraline''': And will there be grey, wet days where I just don't know what to do and there's nothing to read or to watch and nowhere to go and the day drags on forever?\\
'''Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs''': Never.\\
'''Coraline''': And will there be awful meals, with food made from recipes, with garlic and tarragon and broad beans in?\\
'''Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs''': Every meal will be a thing of joy. Nothing will pass your lips that does not entirely delight you.\\
'''Coraline''': And could I have Day-Glo green gloves to wear, and yellow Wellington boots in the shape of frogs?\\
'''Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs''': Frogs, ducks, rhinos, octopuses -- whatever you desire. The world will be built new for you every morning. If you stay here, you can have whatever you want.\\
'''Coraline''': You really don't understand, do you? I don't ''want'' whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted? Just like that, and it didn't ''mean'' anything. What then?
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* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible provide some genuine help to Coraline, while Mr. Bobo sends her a message that warns of danger. They ultimately ''can't'' help her defeat the Other Mother -- only Coraline can willingly pass between the worlds -- but they do what they can from their end to aid her.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. Played with. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible provide some genuine help to Coraline, read Coraline's tea leaves and see that there's trouble, and give her the hagstone, while Mr. Bobo sends her a message that warns of danger. They ultimately ''can't'' help her defeat the Other Mother -- seem to be only mildly perturbed, though. Coraline can willingly pass between is unable to convey to the worlds -- but they do what they can from their end to aid her.old ladies that her parents have gone missing, let alone the rest of it, and when she calls the police the policeman indulgently says she's just had a nightmare. Still, the hagstone helps.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: When Coraline is fleeing the Other World for the final time, she struggles to close the door, and calls upon [[spoiler: the ghost children -- who she's saved by now -- and her parents to help her; they're able to channel strength to her to seal the passage]].
* AllYourPowersCombined: When Coraline is fleeing the Other World for the final time, she struggles to close the door, and calls upon [[spoiler: the ghost children -- who she's saved by now -- and her parents to help her; they're able to channel strength to her to seal the passage]].
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* AllYourPowersCombined: When Coraline is fleeing the Other World for the final time, she struggles to close the door, and calls upon [[spoiler: her parents and the ghost children
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* BadBadActing: The illusion the Other Mother shows Coraline of her parents coming home from a holiday to try and make her think her parents don't love her. Coraline actually doubts whether it's true or not...for about ten seconds.
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* BadBadActing: The illusion the Other Mother shows Coraline of her parents coming home from a holiday to try and make her think her parents don't love her.are happier without her and it's eased their minds to think Coraline will be with her more loving Other Mother instead. Coraline actually doubts whether it's true or not...for about ten seconds.
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* CordonBleughChef: Subverted -- Coraline treats her dad's creations as if he's one of these, but he actually seems to be a competent chef who enjoys experimenting with complex gourmet techniques. Coraline just despises "recipes" and prefers plain and simple boxed meals.
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* CordonBleughChef: Subverted -- Coraline treats her dad's creations as if he's one of these, but he actually seems to be a competent chef who enjoys experimenting with complex gourmet techniques. Coraline just despises "recipes" and, as young children often do, doesn't like spices and prefers plain garlic and simple boxed meals. would prefer pizza and french fries.
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* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Coraline just ''has'' to go through the door... She nearly dies because of it. [[spoiler: And three other kids who were equally curious actually ''did'' die because of their curiosity]].
* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: The Other World is very colourful, with bright clothes on the people, flowers, and so on, but it's run by demon-like creatures who want to [[WouldHurtAChild kill Coraline]]. Unlike in the movie, the world doesn't become less colourful when it starts to disintegrate, but instead it becomes less defined, and is described as looking like a 2D drawing.
* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: The Other World is very colourful, with bright clothes on the people, flowers, and so on, but it's run by demon-like creatures who want to [[WouldHurtAChild kill Coraline]]. Unlike in the movie, the world doesn't become less colourful when it starts to disintegrate, but instead it becomes less defined, and is described as looking like a 2D drawing.
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* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Coraline is bored in the week before school and just ''has'' to go through the mysterious door... She nearly dies because of it. [[spoiler: And three other kids who were equally curious in her position actually ''did'' die because of their curiosity]].die]].
* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: The Other World is very colourful, with bright clothes on the people, flowers, and so on, but it's run by demon-like creatures who want to [[WouldHurtAChild trap and eventually kill Coraline]]. Unlike in the movie, the world doesn't become less colourful when it starts to disintegrate, but instead it becomes less defined, and is described as looking like a 2D drawing.
* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: The Other World is very colourful, with bright clothes on the people, flowers, and so on, but it's run by demon-like creatures who want to [[WouldHurtAChild trap and eventually kill Coraline]]. Unlike in the movie, the world doesn't become less colourful when it starts to disintegrate, but instead it becomes less defined, and is described as looking like a 2D drawing.
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* DeathOfAChild: Coraline encounters [[spoiler: the three ghost children abducted by the Other Mother prior to her arrival. Avoided with Coraline herself however, who survives the story without a scratch]].
* DefangedHorrors: The book is definitely scary, but it's scary in a way that kids can usually handle.
* DefangedHorrors: The book is definitely scary, but it's scary in a way that kids can usually handle.
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* DeathOfAChild: Coraline encounters [[spoiler: the three ghost children abducted by the Other Mother prior to her arrival. Avoided with Coraline herself however, who survives the story without with no worse than a scratch]].
skinned knee and a scratched palm]].
* DefangedHorrors: The book is definitely scary, but it's scary in a way that kids can usually handle. It's more upsetting to ''adults'' who have children.
* DefangedHorrors: The book is definitely scary, but it's scary in a way that kids can usually handle. It's more upsetting to ''adults'' who have children.
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The passageway between the worlds turns out to be one of these towards the end. As Coraline makes her final escape, she touches the sides and discovers it's fleshy and covered in downy fur.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The passageway between the worlds turns out to be one of these towards the end. As Coraline makes her final escape, she touches the sides and discovers it's fleshy and covered in downy fur. Some steps later she touches it again and finds it hot and wet "as if she'd put her hand in someone's mouth".]]
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* TheFairFolk: The Other Mother is heavily implied to be this. She loves to play games, which is a common trait of the fair folk, and her scheme of luring away human children to her otherworldly realm is reminiscent of changeling myths. Her other name, the beldam, is a synonym for witch, but might be a play on words related to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] about a fairy that lures knights to her hill and sucks the life out of them. "Belle dame" is homophonous, and it's French for "beautiful lady", and "step-mother" for that matter. And if we know anything about [[WickedStepmother fairy tales]]....
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* TheFairFolk: The Other Mother is heavily implied to be this.one of these. She loves to play games, which is a common trait of the fair folk, and her scheme of luring away human children to her otherworldly realm is reminiscent of changeling myths. Her other name, the beldam, is a synonym for witch, but might be a play on words related to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] about a fairy that lures knights to her hill and sucks the life out of them. "Belle dame" is homophonous, and it's French for "beautiful lady", and "step-mother" for that matter. And if we know anything about [[WickedStepmother fairy tales]]....
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* LeanAndMean: The Other Mother. She's taller and thinner than Coraline's real mother.
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* LeanAndMean: The Other Mother. She's After the first encounter, she's taller and thinner than Coraline's real mother.
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* {{Matricide}}: Played with. The Other Mother put her mother to the grave, "And when I caught her trying to crawl out, I put her back in". The Other Mother's own mother maybe isn't dead per se, but for all intents and purposes, she might as well be.
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* {{Matricide}}: Played with. The Other Mother put her mother to the grave, "And when I caught her trying to crawl out, I put her back in". The Other Mother's own mother maybe isn't Does that mean she died either time? Is she dead per se, but for all intents and purposes, she might as well be.''now''?
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* NewHouseNewProblems: The book starts with Coraline and her family moving to a new house, and it's in this new house that the door to an Other World is located.
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* NewHouseNewProblems: The book starts with Coraline and her family moving to having moved into a new house, house not long ago, and it's in this new house that the door to an Other World is located.
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''Coraline'' is a 2002 novella written by Creator/NeilGaiman and illustrated by Creator/DaveMcKean.
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''Coraline'' is a 2002 novella horror novel written by Creator/NeilGaiman and illustrated by Creator/DaveMcKean.
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* FearIsNormal: At one point, Coraline remembers her father telling her that true bravery is doing something despite one's fear, such as when he braved a wasps' nest to retrieve something.
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* FakeBetterAlternateTimeline: When the eponymous girl first finds the other dimension in her closet, she enjoys it -- she wears the clothes she wants and there is a circus nearby. However, it then turns out to be a trap laid by the alternate parents, who want to [[EyeScream sew buttons in her eyes]] and then [[WouldHurtAChild kill her]].
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* ThresholdGuardians: context? not sure who's meant by this...
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* PostClimaxConfrontation: After Coraline successfully escapes from the Other Mother and her custom dimension, her severed hand returns and attacks the former one final time in a last-ditch effort to reclaim the key that'll then allow the latter to enter the normal world, but the sequence instead ends with the severed hand getting dropped right on down into a deep hole with a boulder holding it down as well on top of that, and as an added bonus, this also even happens within the animated film adaptation near the end.
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* SoreLoser: After Coraline finds [[spoiler:the first soul]], the Other Mother sends a roaring wind ''indoors'' to slow her down. [[spoiler:She also has no intention of letting Coraline go, whether she wins the exploring game or not.]]
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* SoreLoser: After Coraline finds [[spoiler:the the first soul]], soul, the Other Mother sends a roaring wind ''indoors'' to slow her down. [[spoiler:She She also has no intention of letting Coraline go, whether she wins the exploring game or not.]]
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* PineappleRuinsPizza: One of Coraline's pet peeves is the food prepared by her father, because [[CordonBleughChef he always experiences weird recipes]], which she refuses to eat. After defeating the Other Mother and getting her parents back, her father makes for dinner a pizza with meatballs, green pepper and pineapple. Having learned to accept her parents as they are, Coraline eats her slice of pizza - except the pineapple pieces.
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* CreativeSterility: The Other Mother suffers from this -- it's actually a major plot point. She can't actually make anything new, only copies of things that exist in the real world, so Coraline wonders [[spoiler: why she would have a snow globe on the mantel when the real one has nothing on it]].
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* CordonBleughChef: Subverted -- Coraline treats her dad's creations as if he's one of these, but he actually seems to be a competent chef who enjoys experimenting with complex gourmet techniques. Coraline just despises "recipes" and prefers plain and simple boxed meals.
* CreativeSterility: The Other Mother suffers fromthis -- this, and it's actually a major plot point. She can't actually make anything new, only copies of things that exist in the real world, so Coraline wonders [[spoiler: why she would have a snow globe on the mantel when the real one has nothing on it]].
* CreativeSterility: The Other Mother suffers from
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* BigBad: The Other Mother.
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* BigBad: The Other Mother. She's the real power behind the Other World, and it's her schemes that drive the plot.
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Coraline Jones is a girl with loving but distracted and inattentive parents. Having recently moved into a new home, she finds life boring. Then, one afternoon, she opens a mysterious door in her house. And behind that door lies a different world where Coraline finds doting parents who give her wonderful toys and home-cooked meals. But something oddly sinister lurks just beneath the surface...
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Coraline Jones is a girl with loving but distracted and inattentive parents. Having recently moved into a new home, home without any friends around, she finds life utterly boring. Then, one afternoon, she opens a mysterious door in her house. And behind Behind that door lies a different world where Coraline finds doting other versions of her parents who give dote on her, spoiling her with wonderful toys and home-cooked meals. But something oddly sinister lurks just beneath the surface...
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* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible provide some genuine help to Coraline, while Mr. Bobo sends her a message that warns of danger. They ultimately ''can't'' help her defeat the Other Mother--only Coraline can willingly pass between the worlds--but they do what they can from their end to aid her.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible provide some genuine help to Coraline, while Mr. Bobo sends her a message that warns of danger. They ultimately ''can't'' help her defeat the Other Mother--only Mother -- only Coraline can willingly pass between the worlds--but worlds -- but they do what they can from their end to aid her.
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* AllUpToYou
* AllYourPowersCombined: When Coraline is fleeing the Other World for the final time, she struggles to close the door, and calls upon [[spoiler: the ghost children--who she's saved by now--and her parents to help her; they're able to channel strength to her to seal the passage]].
* AllYourPowersCombined: When Coraline is fleeing the Other World for the final time, she struggles to close the door, and calls upon [[spoiler: the ghost children--who she's saved by now--and her parents to help her; they're able to channel strength to her to seal the passage]].
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AllUpToYou: context? %%
* AllYourPowersCombined: When Coraline is fleeing the Other World for the final time, she struggles to close the door, and calls upon [[spoiler: the ghostchildren--who children -- who she's saved by now--and now -- and her parents to help her; they're able to channel strength to her to seal the passage]].
* AllYourPowersCombined: When Coraline is fleeing the Other World for the final time, she struggles to close the door, and calls upon [[spoiler: the ghost
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* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler: The Other Father.]]
* ArcWords "Ever and always".
* BadBadActing: The illusion the Other Mother shows Coraline, of her parents coming home from a holiday to try and make her think her parents don't love her. Coraline actually doubts whether it was true or not...for about ten seconds.
* ArcWords "Ever and always".
* BadBadActing: The illusion the Other Mother shows Coraline, of her parents coming home from a holiday to try and make her think her parents don't love her. Coraline actually doubts whether it was true or not...for about ten seconds.
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* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler: The Other Father.]]
Father, who tells Coraline he's sorry and that the Other Mother is making him attack her during their encounter in the basement.]]
*ArcWords ArcWords: "Ever and always".
* BadBadActing: The illusion the Other Mother showsCoraline, Coraline of her parents coming home from a holiday to try and make her think her parents don't love her. Coraline actually doubts whether it was it's true or not...for about ten seconds.
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* BadBadActing: The illusion the Other Mother shows
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: They just might try to [[spoiler: [[EyeScream sew buttons onto your eyes]].]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: They just BitchInSheepsClothing: The Other Mother and Father might try to seem like the kind of parents every child wants, but they'll [[spoiler: [[EyeScream sew buttons onto into your eyes]].]]eyes]]]] or worse if you're not careful.
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* BodyHorror: Geez, where do you start?
* CatchPhrase: Almost everyone Coraline meets on her first visit to the other world says "for ever and always."
* CatsAreMean: Downplayed, merely a...
* CatsAreSnarkers: The Cat has a very smart aleck-y attitude.
* CatchPhrase: Almost everyone Coraline meets on her first visit to the other world says "for ever and always."
* CatsAreMean: Downplayed, merely a...
* CatsAreSnarkers: The Cat has a very smart aleck-y attitude.
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* BodyHorror: Geez, where do you start?
start? If the button eyes themselves aren't enough for you, [[spoiler: try imagining the Other Mother sewing buttons into ''your'' eyes. The Other Mother's creations degenerating into horrifying monsters as Coraline rebels against her will also send a shudder up your spine.]]
* CatchPhrase: Almost everyone Coraline meets on her first visit to theother world Other World says "for ever and always."
always" at some point.
* CatsAreMean: Downplayed,merely a...
as the Cat isn't necessarily mean, but it does consider itself to be automatically above any other being in the world and treats them with according superiority.
* CatsAreSnarkers:The As befits its superior attitude, the Cat has a very smart aleck-y attitude.attitude.
--> "Please, what is this place?"\\
The cat glanced around briefly. "It's here," said the cat.
* CatchPhrase: Almost everyone Coraline meets on her first visit to the
* CatsAreMean: Downplayed,
* CatsAreSnarkers:
--> "Please, what is this place?"\\
The cat glanced around briefly. "It's here," said the cat.
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** [[spoiler: "Protective Coloration", anyone?]]
** The well.
** The self-bored stone, which proves essential for finding the Ghost Children's souls.
** The well.
** The self-bored stone, which proves essential for finding the Ghost Children's souls.
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** [[spoiler: "Protective Coloration", coloration", anyone?]]
** Thewell.
well, which [[spoiler: Coraline uses to finish off the Other Mother's hand and seal the key to the Other World away in one go]].
** Theself-bored stone, stone with a hole in it, which proves essential for finding the Ghost Children's souls.[[spoiler:the ghost children's souls]].
** The
** The
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* CreativeSterility: The Other Mother suffers from this -- it's actually a major plot point.
* CreepyBasement: CREEPY? Try absolutely ''terrifying''.
* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Coraline just ''had'' to go through the door...
* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: The Other World is very colourful, with bright clothes on the people, flowers, etc., but it's run by demon-like creatures who want to [[WouldHurtAChild kill Coraline]]. Unlike in the movie, the world doesn't become less colourful but instead it becomes less defined, and is described as looking like a drawing.
* DarkWorld: The Other World is a perfect example of this. Interestingly enough, it first tries to look like an improvement over the real world.
* DeathOfAChild: Coraline encounters [[spoiler: the three ghost children abducted by the other Mother prior to her arrival. Avoided with Coraline herself however.]]
* DefangedHorrors: Believe it or not. It's scary, but it's scary in a way that kids can usually handle.
* DownTheRabbitHole: Perfectly sums it up.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The passageway between the worlds turns out to be one of these towards the end.]]
* EurekaMoment: While Coraline is looking for the third ghost child's soul, she realizes that the Other Mother can't actually create anything--she can generate illusions and facsimiles of things in the real world, but they're just copies...which makes Coraline ask herself: [[spoiler: what's the point of that snow globe on the mantel?]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: The Other Mother.]]
* CreepyBasement: CREEPY? Try absolutely ''terrifying''.
* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Coraline just ''had'' to go through the door...
* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: The Other World is very colourful, with bright clothes on the people, flowers, etc., but it's run by demon-like creatures who want to [[WouldHurtAChild kill Coraline]]. Unlike in the movie, the world doesn't become less colourful but instead it becomes less defined, and is described as looking like a drawing.
* DarkWorld: The Other World is a perfect example of this. Interestingly enough, it first tries to look like an improvement over the real world.
* DeathOfAChild: Coraline encounters [[spoiler: the three ghost children abducted by the other Mother prior to her arrival. Avoided with Coraline herself however.]]
* DefangedHorrors: Believe it or not. It's scary, but it's scary in a way that kids can usually handle.
* DownTheRabbitHole: Perfectly sums it up.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The passageway between the worlds turns out to be one of these towards the end.]]
* EurekaMoment: While Coraline is looking for the third ghost child's soul, she realizes that the Other Mother can't actually create anything--she can generate illusions and facsimiles of things in the real world, but they're just copies...which makes Coraline ask herself: [[spoiler: what's the point of that snow globe on the mantel?]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: The Other Mother.]]
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* CreativeSterility: The Other Mother suffers from this -- it's actually a major plot point.
point. She can't actually make anything new, only copies of things that exist in the real world, so Coraline wonders [[spoiler: why she would have a snow globe on the mantel when the real one has nothing on it]].
* CreepyBasement: CREEPY? Try absolutely''terrifying''.
''terrifying''. [[spoiler: It's got the horribly mutated Other Father creature in it, and he comes this close to catching Coraline before she can escape.]]
* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Coraline just''had'' ''has'' to go through the door...
door... She nearly dies because of it. [[spoiler: And three other kids who were equally curious actually ''did'' die because of their curiosity]].
* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: The Other World is very colourful, with bright clothes on the people, flowers,etc., and so on, but it's run by demon-like creatures who want to [[WouldHurtAChild kill Coraline]]. Unlike in the movie, the world doesn't become less colourful when it starts to disintegrate, but instead it becomes less defined, and is described as looking like a 2D drawing.
* DarkWorld: The Other World is a perfect example of this. Interestingly enough, it first tries to look like an improvement over the realworld.
world, but when Coraline rejects it, it takes a turn right down into nightmare fuel.
* DeathOfAChild: Coraline encounters [[spoiler: the three ghost children abducted by theother Other Mother prior to her arrival. Avoided with Coraline herself however.]]
however, who survives the story without a scratch]].
* DefangedHorrors:Believe it or not. It's The book is definitely scary, but it's scary in a way that kids can usually handle.
* DownTheRabbitHole:Perfectly sums it up.
Coraline goes through a mysterious door in her drawing room, and ends up in an alternate version of her home populated by alternate versions of the people who live there that seems too good to be true.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The passageway between the worlds turns out to be one of these towards the end. As Coraline makes her final escape, she touches the sides and discovers it's fleshy and covered in downy fur.]]
* EurekaMoment: While Coraline is looking for the third ghost child's soul, she realizes that the Other Mother can't actually createanything--she anything -- she can generate illusions and facsimiles of things in the real world, but they're just copies...which makes Coraline ask herself: [[spoiler: what's the point of that snow globe on the mantel?]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:The Every inhabitant of the Other Mother.World is one for their real-life selves, but the Other Mother is the big one, since she created all the rest and is the BigBad.]]
* CreepyBasement: CREEPY? Try absolutely
* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Coraline just
* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: The Other World is very colourful, with bright clothes on the people, flowers,
* DarkWorld: The Other World is a perfect example of this. Interestingly enough, it first tries to look like an improvement over the real
* DeathOfAChild: Coraline encounters [[spoiler: the three ghost children abducted by the
* DefangedHorrors:
* DownTheRabbitHole:
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The passageway between the worlds turns out to be one of these towards the end. As Coraline makes her final escape, she touches the sides and discovers it's fleshy and covered in downy fur.]]
* EurekaMoment: While Coraline is looking for the third ghost child's soul, she realizes that the Other Mother can't actually create
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:
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* TheFairFolk: The Other Mother is heavily implied to be this. Her other name, the beldam, is a synonym for witch, but might be a play on words related to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] about a fairy that lures knights to her hill and sucks the life out of them. "Belle Dame" is homophonous, it being French for "Beautiful Lady" and "Step-mother" for that matter. And if we know anything about [[WickedStepmother fairy tales]]....
** One of the ghost children is also a fairy.
** That stone-with-a-hole-in-it? That's a self-bored stone, which according to Myth/CelticMythology tradition would allow you to see through faerie illusions.
* FateWorseThanDeath: What happened to the ghost children, and what would happen to Coraline--the Other Mother fed on their love, removing their eyes so they would be imprisoned in her world forever, possessing them so completely that they lose their sense of identity and their consciousness is tossed aside. They're NotQuiteDead, referring to themselves as dried husks, and can't move on to the next life until someone saves their souls.
* FemmeFatalons: The Other Mother.
* FisherKingdom: Arguably, the Other World counts. After spending a night there, Coraline notes feeling cloudy and groggy, and only after [[spoiler:touching the adder stone - which is stated to be protection against the Other Mother - in her pocket]] does she truly feel like herself again.
* FairyTale
* TheFairFolk: The Other Mother is heavily implied to be this. Her other name, the beldam, is a synonym for witch, but might be a play on words related to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] about a fairy that lures knights to her hill and sucks the life out of them. "Belle Dame" is homophonous, it being French for "Beautiful Lady" and "Step-mother" for that matter. And if we know anything about [[WickedStepmother fairy tales]]....
** One of the ghost children is also a fairy.
** That stone-with-a-hole-in-it? That's a self-bored stone, which according to Myth/CelticMythology tradition would allow you to see through faerie illusions.
* FateWorseThanDeath: What happened to the ghost children, and what would happen to Coraline--the Other Mother fed on their love, removing their eyes so they would be imprisoned in her world forever, possessing them so completely that they lose their sense of identity and their consciousness is tossed aside. They're NotQuiteDead, referring to themselves as dried husks, and can't move on to the next life until someone saves their souls.
* FemmeFatalons: The Other Mother.
* FisherKingdom: Arguably, the Other World counts. After spending a night there, Coraline notes feeling cloudy and groggy, and only after [[spoiler:touching the adder stone - which is stated to be protection against the Other Mother - in her pocket]] does she truly feel like herself again.
to:
* FaceRevealingTurn
FaceRevealingTurn: When Coraline first ventures into the Other World, the Other Mother does one of these to greet Coraline.
--> "And then she turned around. Her eyes were big black buttons."
*FairyTale
FairyTale: The book is one of Neil Gaiman's own invention -- the simply told tale of a little girl who ventures into a mysterious realm and faces down terrifying monsters with her wits and determination. To top it off, the Other Mother is implied to be one of the fair folk, as is [[spoiler: one of the ghost children, who has wings]].
* TheFairFolk: The Other Mother is heavily implied to be this. She loves to play games, which is a common trait of the fair folk, and her scheme of luring away human children to her otherworldly realm is reminiscent of changeling myths. Her other name, the beldam, is a synonym for witch, but might be a play on words related to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] about a fairy that lures knights to her hill and sucks the life out of them. "BelleDame" dame" is homophonous, it being and it's French for "Beautiful Lady" "beautiful lady", and "Step-mother" "step-mother" for that matter. And if we know anything about [[WickedStepmother fairy tales]]....
** One of the [[spoiler: ghostchildren children]] is also a fairy.
** That stone-with-a-hole-in-it? That's a self-bored stone, which according to Myth/CelticMythology traditionwould allow allows you to see through faerie illusions.
* FateWorseThanDeath: What happened to the ghost children, and whatwould happen nearly happens to Coraline--the Coraline -- the Other Mother fed on their love, removing their eyes so they would be imprisoned in her world forever, possessing them so completely that they lose their sense of identity and their consciousness is tossed aside. They're NotQuiteDead, referring to themselves as dried husks, and can't move on to the next life until someone saves their souls.
* FemmeFatalons: The OtherMother.
Mother has these.
--> "Only her fingers were too long, and they never stopped moving, and her dark red fingernails were curved and sharp."
* FisherKingdom: Arguably, the Other World counts. After spending a night there, Coralinenotes feeling feels cloudy and groggy, and only after [[spoiler:touching the adder stone - -- which is stated to be provide protection against the Other Mother - -- in her pocket]] does she truly feel like herself again.
--> "And then she turned around. Her eyes were big black buttons."
*
* TheFairFolk: The Other Mother is heavily implied to be this. She loves to play games, which is a common trait of the fair folk, and her scheme of luring away human children to her otherworldly realm is reminiscent of changeling myths. Her other name, the beldam, is a synonym for witch, but might be a play on words related to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] about a fairy that lures knights to her hill and sucks the life out of them. "Belle
** One of the [[spoiler: ghost
** That stone-with-a-hole-in-it? That's a self-bored stone, which according to Myth/CelticMythology tradition
* FateWorseThanDeath: What happened to the ghost children, and what
* FemmeFatalons: The Other
--> "Only her fingers were too long, and they never stopped moving, and her dark red fingernails were curved and sharp."
* FisherKingdom: Arguably, the Other World counts. After spending a night there, Coraline
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** The Other World itself begins to suffer this as Coraline finds each of the Ghost Children's souls--as the Other Mother grows angrier and starts losing her hold on the place, it fades and flattens into something resembling a children's drawing, with no depth or color.
* TheGrotesque: [[spoiler: The transformed Other Miss Spink and Miss Forcible]] and by the end, [[spoiler: what's left of the Other Father.]]
* HelpingHands: The Other Mother loses her hand, which goes looking for the key to the door.
* IronicNurseryTune: The creepy chant sung by the rats. Sadly absent from the film.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Miss Spink and Miss Forcible.
* ImpossibleTask: Coraline has to find all 3 ghost souls to win the "game" the Other Mother agreed to play with her. Oh, and her missing parents, who are also lost in the Other World.
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: The self-bored stone, courtesy of the Misses. They're good for bad things, sometimes... Anyway, it [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest might help...]]
* KidHero: Coraline.
* KnifeThrowingAct: The Other Miss Spink and Forcible perform this with Coraline.
* LeanAndMean: The Other Mother. This is always the case in the book, but in the film she starts off being identical to the real Mrs. Jones and switches to this trope when Coraline starts screwing things up for her.
* TheGrotesque: [[spoiler: The transformed Other Miss Spink and Miss Forcible]] and by the end, [[spoiler: what's left of the Other Father.]]
* HelpingHands: The Other Mother loses her hand, which goes looking for the key to the door.
* IronicNurseryTune: The creepy chant sung by the rats. Sadly absent from the film.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Miss Spink and Miss Forcible.
* ImpossibleTask: Coraline has to find all 3 ghost souls to win the "game" the Other Mother agreed to play with her. Oh, and her missing parents, who are also lost in the Other World.
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: The self-bored stone, courtesy of the Misses. They're good for bad things, sometimes... Anyway, it [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest might help...]]
* KidHero: Coraline.
* KnifeThrowingAct: The Other Miss Spink and Forcible perform this with Coraline.
* LeanAndMean: The Other Mother. This is always the case in the book, but in the film she starts off being identical to the real Mrs. Jones and switches to this trope when Coraline starts screwing things up for her.
to:
** The Other World itself begins to suffer this as Coraline finds each of the Ghost Children's souls--as souls -- as the Other Mother grows angrier and starts losing her hold on the place, it fades and flattens into something resembling a children's child's drawing, with no depth or color.
* TheGrotesque: [[spoiler: The transformed Other Miss Spink and MissForcible]] Forcible]], and by the end, [[spoiler: what's left of the Other Father.]]
Father]], each being melted barely-humanoid abominations of their former selves.
* HelpingHands: The Other Mother loses herhand, which hand when [[spoiler: Coraline closes the door on it in her final escape from the Other World]], and it goes looking searching for the key to in the door.
real world.
* IronicNurseryTune: The creepychant chants sung by the rats. Sadly rats, of which there are three, each creepier than the last. Sadly, all of them are absent from the film.
film. The last one goes:
--> ''We have eyes and we have nerveses\\
We have tails we have teeth\\
You'll all get what you deserveses\\
When we rise from underneath.''
* IWasQuiteALooker: Miss Spink and MissForcible.
Forcible. Coraline gets a glimpse at their former beauty during their performance in the Other World theater.
* ImpossibleTask: Coraline has to find all3 three ghost souls to win the "game" the Other Mother agreed agrees to play with her. Oh, and her missing parents, who are also lost in the Other World.
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: The self-bored stone, courtesy of theMisses.Misses Spink and Forcible. They're good for bad things, sometimes... Anyway, it [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest might help...]]
]] [[spoiler: The adder stone is essential for Coraline to find the souls of the ghost children]].
* KidHero:Coraline.
Coraline. Her age is unclear, but the events of the book take place during her school holidays.
* KnifeThrowingAct: The OtherMiss Misses Spink and Forcible perform this with Coraline.
Coraline as their audience "volunteer".
* LeanAndMean: The Other Mother.This is always the case in the book, but in the film she starts off being identical to the She's taller and thinner than Coraline's real Mrs. Jones and switches to this trope when Coraline starts screwing things up for her.mother.
* TheGrotesque: [[spoiler: The transformed Other Miss Spink and Miss
* HelpingHands: The Other Mother loses her
* IronicNurseryTune: The creepy
--> ''We have eyes and we have nerveses\\
We have tails we have teeth\\
You'll all get what you deserveses\\
When we rise from underneath.''
* IWasQuiteALooker: Miss Spink and Miss
* ImpossibleTask: Coraline has to find all
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: The self-bored stone, courtesy of the
* KidHero:
* KnifeThrowingAct: The Other
* LeanAndMean: The Other Mother.
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* MagicalLand: The Other World.
* {{Matricide}}: Played with. The Other Mother has put her Mother to the grave, "And when I caught her trying to crawl out, I put her back in". So the Mother of Other Mother perhaps isn't dead, by for all intents and purposes, she is.
* {{Matricide}}: Played with. The Other Mother has put her Mother to the grave, "And when I caught her trying to crawl out, I put her back in". So the Mother of Other Mother perhaps isn't dead, by for all intents and purposes, she is.
to:
--> ''[the Other Mother eats a blackbeetle whole like a chocolate]''\\
“You’re sick,” said Coraline. “Sick and evil and weird.”
* MagicalLand: The OtherWorld.
World is an alternate version of Coraline's house with magical animate toys, talking cats, and [[spoiler: child-kidnapping monsters]] with buttons for eyes.
* {{Matricide}}: Played with. The Other Motherhas put her Mother mother to the grave, "And when I caught her trying to crawl out, I put her back in". So the Mother of The Other Mother perhaps Mother's own mother maybe isn't dead, by dead per se, but for all intents and purposes, she is.might as well be.
“You’re sick,” said Coraline. “Sick and evil and weird.”
* MagicalLand: The Other
* {{Matricide}}: Played with. The Other Mother
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* MindControlEyes: Everyone in the Other World (under the Other Mother's control) has buttons for eyes.
* MuggleInMageCustody: Coraline almost becomes a foster child of the Other Mother, who turns out to be an evil witch.
* NewHouseNewProblems: The book starts with Coraline and her family moving.
* MuggleInMageCustody: Coraline almost becomes a foster child of the Other Mother, who turns out to be an evil witch.
* NewHouseNewProblems: The book starts with Coraline and her family moving.
to:
* MindControlEyes: Everyone in the Other World (under the Other Mother's control) has buttons for eyes.
eyes. [[spoiler: The final step in stealing a child's soul is to sew buttons into their eyes too.]]
* MuggleInMageCustody: Coraline almost becomes a foster child of the Other Mother, who turns out to bean a kind of evil witch.
* NewHouseNewProblems: The book starts with Coraline and her familymoving.moving to a new house, and it's in this new house that the door to an Other World is located.
* MuggleInMageCustody: Coraline almost becomes a foster child of the Other Mother, who turns out to be
* NewHouseNewProblems: The book starts with Coraline and her family
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* NonHumanSidekick: The cat.
* NothingIsScarier: Excellently evoked for a lot of the scares.
* NotTheFirstVictim: Coraline's discovery of the three ghost children invokes this, though the victims end up playing a larger role in the plot than usual for this trope.
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: If Coraline doesn't find her parents and the souls of the ghost children, she has to stay in the Other World.
* PapaWolf: Coraline tells the Cat a story of how she and her father stumbled into some bees, her father told Coraline to run, while he stayed behind to be the one getting the majority of the bee stings.
* NothingIsScarier: Excellently evoked for a lot of the scares.
* NotTheFirstVictim: Coraline's discovery of the three ghost children invokes this, though the victims end up playing a larger role in the plot than usual for this trope.
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: If Coraline doesn't find her parents and the souls of the ghost children, she has to stay in the Other World.
* PapaWolf: Coraline tells the Cat a story of how she and her father stumbled into some bees, her father told Coraline to run, while he stayed behind to be the one getting the majority of the bee stings.
to:
* NonHumanSidekick: The cat.
cat. It accompanies Coraline on each of her forays into the Other World, providing enigmatic advice and support.
* NothingIsScarier: Excellently evoked for a lot of thescares.
scares. As Coraline explores the Other World, its uncanny dissimilarities to the real world pile up until the tension has been ratcheted as high as it can go.
* NotTheFirstVictim: Coraline's discovery of the three ghost childreninvokes reveals this, though the victims end up playing a larger role in the plot than usual for this trope.
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: If Coralinedoesn't can't see past the Other Mother's illusions to find her parents and the souls of the ghost children, she has she'll have to stay in the Other World.
World forever.
* PapaWolf: Coraline tells the Cat a story of how she and her father stumbled intosome bees, her a wasps' nest near their old house. Her father told Coraline to run, while he stayed behind to be the one getting the majority of the bee stings.
* NothingIsScarier: Excellently evoked for a lot of the
* NotTheFirstVictim: Coraline's discovery of the three ghost children
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: If Coraline
* PapaWolf: Coraline tells the Cat a story of how she and her father stumbled into
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* ParentalLoveSong: The "twitchy-witchy" song, in which Coraline's father expresses his affection by telling her (goofily) the things he'll do for her and the things he would never do.
* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler:Coraline's parents are kidnapped by the Other Mother and she has to challenge the Other Mother to save them.]]
* PlotCoupon: The souls of the Ghost Children.
* PluckyGirl: Coraline.
* PoliceAreUseless: Coraline calls the police to report her parents kidnapped, but is told to go to bed by the cop. [[JustifiedTrope Understandable]], since she told him her parents were stuck in a mirror...
* ProtagonistTitle: Coraline, starring Coraline.
* PsychicPowers: Miss Spink and Miss Forcible have mild psychic ability: they accurately read tea leaves to tell Coraline's future, and Miss Spink gives Coraline a self-bored stone, sensing that girl might need it soon.
* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler:Coraline's parents are kidnapped by the Other Mother and she has to challenge the Other Mother to save them.]]
* PlotCoupon: The souls of the Ghost Children.
* PluckyGirl: Coraline.
* PoliceAreUseless: Coraline calls the police to report her parents kidnapped, but is told to go to bed by the cop. [[JustifiedTrope Understandable]], since she told him her parents were stuck in a mirror...
* ProtagonistTitle: Coraline, starring Coraline.
* PsychicPowers: Miss Spink and Miss Forcible have mild psychic ability: they accurately read tea leaves to tell Coraline's future, and Miss Spink gives Coraline a self-bored stone, sensing that girl might need it soon.
to:
* ParentalLoveSong: The "twitchy-witchy" song, in which Coraline's father expresses his affection for his daughter by telling her (goofily) the things he'll he will and won't do for her and the things he would never do.her.
--> ''Oh—-my twitchy witchy girl\\
I think you are so nice,\\
I give you bowls of porridge\\
And I give you bowls of ice\\
Cream.\\
I give you lots of kisses,\\
And I give you lots of hugs,\\
But I never give you sandwiches\\
With bugs\\
In.''
* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler:Coraline's parents are kidnapped by the OtherMother Mother, and she has to challenge the Other Mother to an exploring game save them.]]
* PlotCoupon: The souls of theGhost Children.
ghost children. Coraline challenges the Other Mother to an exploring game in order to escape, with the souls as tokens that she has to produce for the Other Mother before she can be set free. If she can't find them, she'll be trapped in the Other World forever.
* PluckyGirl:Coraline.
Coraline faces down all the horrors the Other Mother can throw at her but never once whines or gives up.
* PoliceAreUseless: Coraline calls the police to report her parents kidnapped, but is told to go to bed by the cop. [[JustifiedTropeUnderstandable]], Understandably]], since she told tells him her parents were are stuck in a mirror...
mirror and that the Other Mother wants to sew buttons into their eyes...
* ProtagonistTitle:Coraline, ''Coraline'', starring Coraline.
* PsychicPowers: Miss Spink and Miss Forcible have mild psychic ability: they accurately read tea leaves to tell Coraline's future, and Miss Spink gives Coraline a self-bored stone, sensing that the girl might need it soon.
--> ''Oh—-my twitchy witchy girl\\
I think you are so nice,\\
I give you bowls of porridge\\
And I give you bowls of ice\\
Cream.\\
I give you lots of kisses,\\
And I give you lots of hugs,\\
But I never give you sandwiches\\
With bugs\\
In.''
* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler:Coraline's parents are kidnapped by the Other
* PlotCoupon: The souls of the
* PluckyGirl:
* PoliceAreUseless: Coraline calls the police to report her parents kidnapped, but is told to go to bed by the cop. [[JustifiedTrope
* ProtagonistTitle:
* PsychicPowers: Miss Spink and Miss Forcible have mild psychic ability: they accurately read tea leaves to tell Coraline's future, and Miss Spink gives Coraline a self-bored stone, sensing that the girl might need it soon.
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* ReadingTeaLeaves: Spink and Forcible try and warn Coraline when they see an omen of doom in her tea leaves.
* RealFakeDoor: This occurs one time Coraline goes to the Other World.
* SeeThruSpecs: The stone with the hole in it.
* ShoutOut: At the beginning of Chapter 8, the illustration shows a mess of toys, including a [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pikachu]]'s head.
* SoreLoser: After Coraline finds [[spoiler:the first soul]], the Other Mother sends a roaring wind ''indoors'' to slow her down. [[spoiler:She also has no intention of letting Coraline go, whether she wins or not.]]
* StylisticSuck: Coraline's Story.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The other mother tells Coraline she shouldn't listen to ghosts because they don't exist and everyone knows ghosts are liars.
* TalkingAnimal: The cat.
* ThresholdGuardians
* {{Toys}}
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Coraline in the Other World (eventually and temporarily). As for the ghost children, they're stuck there until Coraline can find their souls.
* UrbanFantasy
* VagueAge: Seems to be the case with Coraline. The illustration for the first chapter makes her look like a teenager, but the story she writes on her father's computer is the work of an eight-year-old.
* RealFakeDoor: This occurs one time Coraline goes to the Other World.
* SeeThruSpecs: The stone with the hole in it.
* ShoutOut: At the beginning of Chapter 8, the illustration shows a mess of toys, including a [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pikachu]]'s head.
* SoreLoser: After Coraline finds [[spoiler:the first soul]], the Other Mother sends a roaring wind ''indoors'' to slow her down. [[spoiler:She also has no intention of letting Coraline go, whether she wins or not.]]
* StylisticSuck: Coraline's Story.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The other mother tells Coraline she shouldn't listen to ghosts because they don't exist and everyone knows ghosts are liars.
* TalkingAnimal: The cat.
* ThresholdGuardians
* {{Toys}}
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Coraline in the Other World (eventually and temporarily). As for the ghost children, they're stuck there until Coraline can find their souls.
* UrbanFantasy
* VagueAge: Seems to be the case with Coraline. The illustration for the first chapter makes her look like a teenager, but the story she writes on her father's computer is the work of an eight-year-old.
to:
* ReadingTeaLeaves: Spink and Forcible try insist on reading Coraline's tea leaves, and warn Coraline when they see discover an omen of doom in her tea leaves.them.
* RealFakeDoor: Thisoccurs one time Coraline goes is the normal state of the door to the Other World.
World, as it originally led to another part of the house, but got blocked off in the process of dividing the house into flats.
* SeeThruSpecs: The stone with the hole init.
it. When Coraline looks through it, she can see [[spoiler: the souls of the ghost children]] glowing.
* ShoutOut: At the beginning ofChapter chapter 8, the illustration shows a mess of toys, including a [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pikachu]]'s head.
* SoreLoser: After Coraline finds [[spoiler:the first soul]], the Other Mother sends a roaring wind ''indoors'' to slow her down. [[spoiler:She also has no intention of letting Coraline go, whether she wins the exploring game or not.]]
* StylisticSuck:Coraline's Story.
The story that Coraline writes on her dad's computer when she discovers that her parents are missing.
--> "CORALINE’S STORY.\\
THERE WAS A GIRL HER NAME WAS APPLE. SHE USED TO DANCE A LOT. SHE DANCED AND DANCED UNTIL HER FEET TURND INTO SOSSAJES THE END."
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Theother mother Other Mother tells Coraline she shouldn't listen to ghosts because they don't exist and everyone knows ghosts are liars.
* TalkingAnimal: Thecat.
* ThresholdGuardians
* {{Toys}}
cat, although only in the Other World.
%%* ThresholdGuardians: context? not sure who's meant by this%%
* TrappedInAnotherWorld:Coraline in Near the end, the Other World (eventually and temporarily).Mother. As for the ghost children, they're stuck there until Coraline can find their souls.
*UrbanFantasy
UrbanFantasy: In an ordinary house, behind an ordinary door, there's an Other World inhabited by a witch/faerie and her servants who scheme to lure children away from their families and trap their souls forever.
* VagueAge:Seems This seems to be the case with Coraline. The illustration for the first chapter makes her look like a teenager, but the story she writes on her father's computer is the work of an eight-year-old.eight-year-old, maximum.
* RealFakeDoor: This
* SeeThruSpecs: The stone with the hole in
* ShoutOut: At the beginning of
* SoreLoser: After Coraline finds [[spoiler:the first soul]], the Other Mother sends a roaring wind ''indoors'' to slow her down. [[spoiler:She also has no intention of letting Coraline go, whether she wins the exploring game or not.]]
* StylisticSuck:
--> "CORALINE’S STORY.\\
THERE WAS A GIRL HER NAME WAS APPLE. SHE USED TO DANCE A LOT. SHE DANCED AND DANCED UNTIL HER FEET TURND INTO SOSSAJES THE END."
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The
* TalkingAnimal: The
* ThresholdGuardians
* {{Toys}}
%%* ThresholdGuardians: context? not sure who's meant by this%%
* TrappedInAnotherWorld:
*
* VagueAge:
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* WickedStepmother: The Other Mother.
* WickedWitch: The Other Mother.
* WickedWitch: The Other Mother.
to:
* WickedStepmother: The Other Mother.
Mother, in a way, as she's an evil alternate version of Coraline's real mother.
* WickedWitch: The OtherMother.Mother is a supernatural creature who uses illusions to kidnap innocent children and trap their souls forever.
* WickedWitch: The Other
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* {{Yandere}}: The Other Mother.
* YouDirtyRat: Good world = mice. Bad world = rats. Simple.
* YouWontFeelAThing: At one point the Other Parents tell Coraline this when they try to convince her to let them sew the buttons on her eyes. Coraline doesn't believe them for an instant.
* YouDirtyRat: Good world = mice. Bad world = rats. Simple.
* YouWontFeelAThing: At one point the Other Parents tell Coraline this when they try to convince her to let them sew the buttons on her eyes. Coraline doesn't believe them for an instant.
to:
* {{Yandere}}: The Other Mother.
Mother insists that she does everything she does because she loves Coraline, even as she tries to steal her soul and sew buttons into her eyes.
* YouDirtyRat: The species of the rodents in Coraline's house depends on which world she's in. Good world = mice. Bad world = rats. Simple.
* YouWontFeelAThing: At onepoint point, the Other Parents tell Coraline this when they try to convince her to let them sew the buttons on her eyes. Coraline doesn't believe them for an instant.instant, as whenever adults say that something won't hurt, it always hurts very much.
* YouDirtyRat: The species of the rodents in Coraline's house depends on which world she's in. Good world = mice. Bad world = rats. Simple.
* YouWontFeelAThing: At one
