How did the Coraline book end?

In a dream, Coraline saw that the other mother's hand escaped into our world and is still alive. So, she traps it in a well after defeating it once again. The book ends with Coraline visiting neighbors who acknowledge that balance has been restored because of the disappearance of their enemy (the other mother).
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What happened at the end of Coraline the book?

Coraline overcomes great odds, defeats the evil other mother, saves her parents, and rescues the trapped souls of three children.
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Does Coraline escape the book?

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. Isn't it odd that Coraline has to use the portal door to enter the Other World, but she never goes back through it to leave?
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How does Coraline change throughout the book?

Coraline realizes in the story that her home, though imperfect, was the one she loves and would never leave. She also learns how to be strong and depend on herself to fight for those she loves. Once she has fought and regains what she had all along, she realizes how very precious it is.
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How does Coraline get rid of the other mother's hand in the book?

Coraline loudly makes a show of enjoying a picnic—after several minutes, she hears the telltale scuttling of the other mother's hand coming toward her. The hand leaps onto the tablecloth, and though it closes around the key, it pulls the cloth, the dolls, and the cups down into the well as it falls all the way down.
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Did Coraline really escape? (Coraline Theory)



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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Are Miss Spink and Forcible married?

The author, Neil Gaiman, confirmed in his tumblr that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible are a couple.
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What hint did the Other Mother give Coraline?

After Coraline returns to the copy of her flat, the Other Mother offers Coraline the opportunity to stay in the Other World forever, but in order to do so, Coraline must allow buttons to be sewn into her eyes. Coraline is horrified and returns through the door to her home.
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Where did the cat go at the end of Coraline?

In the movie, the cat's enigmatic nature is show, for example, with him showing off for Coraline by walking behind a log and exiting at a different place on that log; or, at the end of the movie where he vanishes by walking behind a sign-post and failing to reappear on the other side of it.
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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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Did Coraline actually escape the other world?

Coraline never left/escaped from the Other World. She never returned to her own world. Every time she falls asleep or use the portal/tunnel again, it's just more layers of the Other World and illusions created by the Beldam and she's going deeper and deeper.
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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 is the Coraline book scary?

Another factor of why Coraline is a terrifying children's story is how Gaiman constantly builds up the tension and the suspense by comparing Coraline's reality against a fantasy world. He sets up the scene by making the “real world” boring, frustrating, and dreary.
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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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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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Why did wybie give Coraline the doll?

Back in the Real World, Wybie asked Coraline for the doll back because it belonged to his grandmother's missing sister, and his grandmother was angry that he gave it away. This leads to Coraline's realization that the Sweet Ghost Girl was Mrs. Lovat's missing twin sister.
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Are the two old ladies in Coraline lesbians?

April Spink and Miriam Forcible (Lesbian couple) – Coraline

Based on the 2002 Neil Gaiman novel, the surrealist horror film Coraline shows an elderly couple. Often mistaken as friends and spinsters living together, Gaiman confirmed their sexuality on Tumblr.
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What happened to wybie's grandmother twin sister?

It is revealed that Mrs. Lovat's missing twin sister ran away and was stolen, by the The Beldam (Other Mother). Believing that someone "stole" her sister and possibly hearing about two other kids disappearing before her, Mrs. Lovat moved out of her childhood home and divided it into three apartments.
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What was behind the locked door when Coraline first opened it?

As she's wandering around the house, Coraline finds a weird door that doesn't go anywhere: it just has a brick wall behind it. Her mom explains that the wall is part of the flat (or apartment) next door.
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How old is Coraline 2021?

Coraline is 19 years old today.
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What's Coraline full name?

Coraline Jones is a Feisty curious adventurer and is the main protagonist of all Coraline productions. She moved from Pontiac, Michigan with her parents to the Pink Palace Apartments in Ashland, Oregon.
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