Why did the grandma let Coraline move in?

Somehow, the grandmother also learned of the use of the doll, which spy on the Other Mother's newest victim. Therefore, she allowed Coraline and her family to move in when the doll was safely in the trunk back at home, thus, the Other Mother could not spy on Coraline and create a world around her.
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Why does the Other Mother want Coraline to stay?

The other mother wants to keep Coraline in her world forever and tries to entice her with delicious food, remarkable toys, and the promise that Coraline can live by her own rules.
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Why did wybie's grandma have the doll?

Even when her twin sister went missing, Mrs. Lovat kept the doll that used to belong to her sister in a trunk, perhaps for sentimental purposes. The doll, which used to look like her sister, was altered by the Beldam to look like Coraline, as seen in the beginning of the film.
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Why did Coraline move to the Pink Palace?

When Coraline realizes that she hasn't actually escaped the Other Mother's needle-finger clutches and that the Beldam has kidnapped her real parents, she goes to the other adults in the Pink Palace for help.
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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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Why does the beldam tap her eye?

But when Coraline asks for a clue for her parents the other mother simply taps her button eye peculiarly. I think that is her hint, that the Beldam is trying to tell Coraline that she is Coraline's mother and she was the mother of all the other children too.
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Why is the beldam evil?

At first, the Beldam seems to genuinely love her victims, caring for them and giving them a world that they cannot afford in the real world. When she reverts to her true nature, the Beldam still loves her victims but in a much more perverted and disturbing way.
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What mental illness does Coraline have?

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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Why did Coraline move houses?

She moved from Pontiac, Michigan with her parents to the Pink Palace Apartments in Ashland, Oregon. With her parents perpetually working and offering little attention to her, Coraline becomes increasingly bored and neglected and thus, decides to become an explorer of their new living location.
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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 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 did the Other Mother sew Wybie's mouth?

Other Wybie told The Cat that the Other World is a dangerous place and the Cat had to pass it on to Coraline. The Beldam catches him looking upset about tricking Coraline and when he refuses to smile, she stitches his mouth into a horrific grin instead.
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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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Is the Other Mother a demon?

The Beldam (also known as the Other Mother, in reference to her other motherly disguise) is the main antagonist in the 2002 book, Coraline, as well as the 2009 movie of the same name. She is a demonic, shape-shifting entity who lures children into another dimension with the goal of taking their soul.
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Will Coraline become the next Beldam?

The ending to the Coraline story is truly horrific and not because Coraline will be taken by the Beldam, no, the ending is horrific because the Beldam is dead and Coraline will become the next Beldam, being forced to drag in and murder little children for eternity as her body rots away without dying.
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What does the rats symbolize in Coraline?

Shortly after moving into her new house, Coraline can hear them singing at night—their song is an ominous one, and its lyrics suggest that the rats are an eternal, immortal presence waiting for the “fall” of the real world, humanity, or both.
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Is the Beldam still alive?

So, Coraline didn't make it out of the Rat Beast limbo world. But she was able to get away from the Other Mother. Without Coraline, the beldam died.
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How old is Coraline 2021?

Coraline is 19 years old today.
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What does the ending of 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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Why did the other father and other wybie help Coraline?

The other residents are replaced by monsters when things become unfriendly, so they are no help. Therefore Wybie is the only one who can help her because he is the only one with the freedom to do so.
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What is Coraline Zodiac?

Consequently, Coraline (Dakota Fanning), who travels back-and-forth between her family and her Other World family, is definitely an Aries.
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Who is the real villain in Coraline?

The Beldam (also known as "The Other Mother") is the main antagonist of Laika's 1st full-length animated feature film Coraline, which was based on the novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman.
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