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A graphic novel adaptation was released in 2008, and an [[TheFilmOfTheBook animated adaptation]] was released in 2009; tropes for the latter can be found [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} same name]].
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A graphic novel adaptation was released in 2008, and an [[TheFilmOfTheBook animated adaptation]] was released in 2009; tropes for the latter can be found [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} same name]].here]].
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-->--'''Creator/NeilGaiman''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQC0QVXa33o Koumpounophobia]]"
A 2002 novella written by Creator/NeilGaiman and illustrated by Creator/DaveMcKean. 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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TheFilmOfTheBook was released in February 6, 2009, under the [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} same name]].
A 2002 novella written by Creator/NeilGaiman and illustrated by Creator/DaveMcKean. 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...
A graphic novel adaptation was released in 2008. It follows the book almost exactly.
TheFilmOfTheBook was released in February 6, 2009, under the [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} same name]].
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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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* MatureWorkChildProtagonists: Inverted. The book ''was'' written for children, but evokes a vastly different reaction between the intended audience and the grown-ups who read it. Kids, Gaiman found out, see it as a child protagonist cleverly using their wits to escape danger. Grown-ups see a child left on her own in mortal peril.
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* AdultFear: Gaiman cites this as the reason the story is, ironically, scarier for grown-ups than for children. The {{Adult Fear}}s go over children's heads, so they read it as an adventure story with some creepy monsters, delivering familiar {{Aesop}}s such as "Be brave" and "BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor." Adults, on the other hand, get the message, "If you neglect your children, they might be [[spoiler: kidnapped, mutilated, and murdered by somebody who pretends to be you]]."
** Not to mention some of the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything creepy vibes]] the Other Mother gives off toward Coraline. The song by Azam Ali, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubFgapoPmQI ''The Cold Black Key'']], inspired by the story, actually seems to play up this side of their relationship. ''She courts you now...''
** Not to mention some of the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything creepy vibes]] the Other Mother gives off toward Coraline. The song by Azam Ali, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubFgapoPmQI ''The Cold Black Key'']], inspired by the story, actually seems to play up this side of their relationship. ''She courts you now...''
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* ParentalBonus: Gaiman cites this as the reason the story is, ironically, scarier for grown-ups than for children. The themes go over children's heads, so they read it as an adventure story with some creepy monsters, delivering familiar {{Aesop}}s such as "Be brave" and "BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor." Adults, on the other hand, get the message, "If you neglect your children, they might be [[spoiler: kidnapped, mutilated, and murdered by somebody who pretends to be you]]."
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* MuggleInMageCustody: Coraline almost becomes a foster child of the Other Mother, who turns out to be an evil witch.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: It's the tagline for TheMovie.
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* 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.
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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.]]
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* InfantImmortality: Averted [[spoiler: when the fate of the three ghost children is shown. Played straight with Coraline herself.]]
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* 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.
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** Not to mention some of the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything creepy vibes]] the Other Mother gives off toward Coraline. The song by Azam Ali, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubFgapoPmQI ''The Cold Black Key'']], inspired by the story, actually seems to play up this side of their relationship. ''She courts you now...''
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** Not to mention some of the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything creepy vibes]] the Other Mother gives off toward Coraline. The song by Azam Ali, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubFgapoPmQI ''The Cold Black Key'']], inspired by the story, actually seems to play up this side of their relationship. ''She courts you now...''
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->''What is there to be frightened of, about buttons?''\\
-- '''Creator/NeilGaiman''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQC0QVXa33o Koumpounophobia]]"
-- '''Creator/NeilGaiman''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQC0QVXa33o Koumpounophobia]]"
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-- '''Creator/NeilGaiman''',
-->--'''Creator/NeilGaiman''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQC0QVXa33o Koumpounophobia]]"
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A 2002 novella written by Creator/NeilGaiman. 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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A 2002 novella written by Creator/NeilGaiman.Creator/NeilGaiman and illustrated by Creator/DaveMcKean. 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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* LittleMissSnarker: Coraline tends to say things in a rather flat, deadpan tone.
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* ShoutOut: At the beginning of Chapter 8, the illustration shows a mess of toys, including a [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pikachu]]'s head.
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* AllTakeAndNoGive: The Other Mother just wants something to love other than herself... and feed, dress, and [[spoiler: suck the LifeForce out of.]]
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* AllTakeAndNoGive: The Other Mother just wants something to love other than herself... and feed, dress, and [[spoiler: suck take the LifeForce out of.souls of children so she can possess them completely.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: What happened to the ghost children, and what would happen to Coraline--the Other Mother fed on their love until she was sated, then locked them away in the dark. They're NotQuiteDead, referring to themselves as dried husks, and can't move on to the next life until someone saves their souls.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: What happened to the ghost children, and what would happen to Coraline--the Other Mother fed on their love until she was sated, then locked love, removing their eyes so they would be imprisoned in her world forever, possessing them away in the dark.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.
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* ReadingTeaLeaves: Spink and Forcible try and warn Coraline when they see an omen of doom in her tea leaves.
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* NoNameGiven: The cat is only ever known as "the cat". According to him, cats don't have names, and they don't need them because unlike humans, they know who they are.
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* NoNameGiven: NoNeedForNames: The cat is only ever known as "the cat". According to him, cats don't have names, and they don't need them because unlike humans, they know who they are.
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* AndYouWereThere: Everyone in the Other World. Except the Cat, that is.
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* AndYouWereThere: Everyone in the Other World.World is (deliberately) based on someone Coraline knows in the mortal world. Except the Cat, that is.
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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.
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* ParentalLoveSong: the 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.
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* RealFakeDoor: This occurs one time Coraline goes to the Other World.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Miss Spink, Miss Forcible, and Mr. Bobo mistakenly call Coraline "Caroline", despite her repeatedly correcting them. Meanwhile, their Other World counterparts always call her by her correct name.
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A 2002 novella written by Creator/NeilGaiman. C'''o'''raline 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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A 2002 novella written by Creator/NeilGaiman. C'''o'''raline 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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A 2002 novella written by Creator/NeilGaiman. 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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A 2002 novella written by Creator/NeilGaiman. Coraline C'''o'''raline 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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* TheObiWan: The cat.
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TheFilmOfTheBook was released in February 6 2009, under the [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} same name]].
The book is very, very, VERY much WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids.
The book is very, very, VERY much WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids.
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TheFilmOfTheBook was released in February 6 6, 2009, under the [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} same name]].
The book is very, very, VERY much WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids.name]].
The book is very, very, VERY much WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids.
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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.
* 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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** The self-bored stone, which proves essential for finding the Ghost Children's souls.
** The self-bored stone, which proves essential for finding the Ghost Children's souls.
* 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?]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: What happened to the ghost children, and what would happen to Coraline.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: What happened to the ghost children, and what would happen to Coraline.Coraline--the Other Mother fed on their love until she was sated, then locked them away in the dark. They're NotQuiteDead, referring to themselves as dried husks, and can't move on to the next life until someone saves their souls.
** 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.
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* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: The self-bored stone, courtesy of the Misses. They're good for bad things...or was it lost things? Anyway, it [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest might help...]]
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* 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.
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* VaguenessIsComing: Lampshaded. When Miss Spink and Miss Forcible read Coraline's tea leaves for the first time, they warn her that she's in serious danger. She asks what that danger is, and they explain that they can't tell--the leaves are good for ''general'' predictions, but don't reveal anything about specifics.
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The Other Mother is the one causing the problems; she's not an All Powerful Bystander.
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* AllPowerfulBystander: The Other Mother.
