How did Coraline end?

Coraline overcomes great odds, defeats the evil other mother, saves her parents, and rescues the trapped souls of three children.
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What does the ending in Coraline mean?

The colourful world that Beldam created for Coraline was not real, it was just a sweet illusion to keep the young girl in the “Other World”. However, Coraline was smart enough to not fall for the trap. In the end, the girl realizes that her parents are not perfect, but at least, they are real.
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Did Coraline escape in the movie?

Did Coraline escape? The ending of both the novel and the movie shows Coraline escaping from the other world and returning to her own. Considering the film, Coraline tricks the Beldam into opening the door to the real world and distracts her while she rescues her parents in the snow globe.
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Did Coraline leave the other world in the end?

So did Coraline make it out of the Other World? The answer is no. In fact, she never left at all. In the book, when Coraline meets the ghost children, they tell her that once they saw the beldam, they never saw their true mothers again.
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What was the outcome in Coraline?

Coraline escapes the other world and rescues her parents and the three children, but it's not over yet: the other mother's hand has followed Coraline back home. The hand is on a mission to get the key to the door that connects Coraline's world to the other world, and we are on the edge of our seats.
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Did Coraline have a happy ending?

Coraline overcomes great odds, defeats the evil other mother, saves her parents, and rescues the trapped souls of three children.
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What is the deeper meaning of Coraline?

What is the meaning behind Coraline? Although the events of Coraline can be interpreted in a number of ways, arguably the most prevalent and justified reading is that the story is about abuse and generational trauma. In terms of the first, Coraline's relationship with her mother and the Beldam is turned to.
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Why is Coraline's hair blue?

In the movie Coraline, when Coraline is getting ready to go to bed after not finding her parents there's an old photo that shows her with natural brown hair. This probably means she at one point dyed it to her iconic blue hair.
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Why does Coraline's mom have a neck brace?

Mr. Bobinsky, an eccentric Russian man with a circus of dancing mice, has blue skin, the result of contamination from the Chernobyl disaster. Coraline's mother wears a neck brace for the duration of the film, the victim of an unseen car accident.
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Why did the other father help Coraline?

The Other Father is more fun and attentive to Coraline's needs than her real father (according to Coraline). It is hinted throughout the film that he is terrified of his creator, the Beldam, who wants him to hurt Coraline, which he does not want to do. The latter proves to be true in his final moments before he dies.
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Is Coraline 2 coming out?

Due to Coraline's massive success in both the Academy and theatrical arena, it naturally made fans assume there would eventually be a sequel at some point. Unfortunately, it looks as though the likelihood of a sequel ever happening has been shut down by Gaiman.
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Does the Other Mother want to eat Coraline?

Whenever The Beldam prepares seemingly normal human food, it is shown that, unlike Coraline and the other father, she eats none of it. Either having an empty plate or having no plate at all, she prefers to keep her attention on Coraline.
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Why does wybie tilt his head?

In response to sounds around him Wybie tilts his head to the side, giving the impression that he is constantly in a state of being startled, since most people do not react with so much motion to common sounds.
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What did the other mother want from Coraline?

The other mother doesn't want the mushy kind of a love, she wants the "it's mine to enjoy" kind of love. She looks at kids, and everyone around her, as objects to control, and this type of love ends up destroying people.
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Is Coraline about death?

Coraline is the story of a little girl who can't accept the death of her parents.
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Why is there only one key Coraline?

By Neil Gaiman

There's only one key to the door between the other world and our world. And the other mother and Coraline both want to control that key. The appearance of the key can help us understand what it represents. Compared to the other keys, it's "the oldest, biggest, blackest, rustiest key" (1.51).
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Was there a car accident in Coraline?

Either way, a car accident happened. The car that the Jones family owns sits out in the front driveway. It's seen a few times, such as when Coraline goes to get her pink flowered suitcase and when Coraline tries to look for her kidnapped parents.
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Who is the real villain in Coraline?

The Beldam (also known as The Other Mother when disguised as her victims' mothers) is the main antagonist of Neil Gaiman's 2002 dark fantasy young adult novel Coraline, which was adapted into Laika's 1st full-length animated feature film of the same name.
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How old is Coraline now?

Coraline is 19 years old today. The book. Not the girl. She's ageless.
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Is the well in Coraline a portal?

The Well Was The Original Portal To The Other World

According to legend, entering a fairy ring can lead to any number of unpleasant consequences, such as getting spirited away to the world of the fairies, never to return. The first thing Coraline does when she finds the well is step within the fairy ring.
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Is the other father a warning in Coraline?

Later on in the film, the Other Father turns into a pumpkin-like human (this was hinted when the beldam said he was as hungry as a pumpkin) with the face in a permanent frown with a monster-like voice and barely capable of speech. This was apparently his punishment for telling Coraline too much.
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Is Coraline mentally ill?

Coraline's behavior is consistent with a psychotic-dissociative cluster as evidenced by her experiencing an alternate universe as well as incorporating fixed beliefs. As these are critical parts of the plot, it is best to formulate Coraline's behavior along a psychotic-dissociative spectrum.
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What do the mirrors symbolize in Coraline?

Mirrors. The story of Coraline is a story of mirrors. When Coraline returns from the parallel universe and finds her parents missing, she discovers them trapped in the mirror. The mirror represents the parallel universe which literally mirrors Coraline's own world.
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