

Coraline breaks into a room and finds the door to be blocked by the Other Mother. Coraline attempts to leave by walking away from the house, only to be where she started. Horrified, Coraline pretends to be tired and hurries off to bed, only to find herself still in the other world when she awakens. She disregards his warnings until the Other Mother invites her to live in the Other World forever if she can sew buttons over her eyes. He warns her that this place is not a "dream come true" and that the "Other Mother" is not a "mother" at all.

During her third visit, Coraline encounters a black cat from her own world (who has the ability to speak in the Other World), who warns Coraline of danger. Angry with her mom after not getting a pair of mittens, Coraline returns to the Other World. Bobinsky who runs a circus and young Miss Spink and Miss Forcible who are great actresses. Coraline falls asleep in the Other World, but when she awakens the next morning, she finds herself back in her old world.ĭespite warnings from her neighbors, Coraline continues to venture to the Other World at night to escape the doldrums of her real life, and is entertained by button-eyed "Other" versions of her neighbors, including a muted Other Wybie, a fun Mr. These beings prove to be warmer and more attentive than Coraline's real parents. Coraline goes through it and finds herself in the Other World, a fantastical version of the Pink Palace inhabited by copies of her parents, called the " Other mother" and "Other Father", who strongly resemble her parents, but have buttons for eyes. That night, Coraline is awakened by a mouse and follows it to the small door, where she discovers a long, dark corridor in the brick wall's place.

With her parents perpetually working on a gardening catalog, thus unable to spend much time with her, Coraline decides to explore their new home, meeting Wyborn "Wybie" Lovat, the grandson of the apartments' landlady who she repeatedly insults while exploring, Coraline finds a small door only to be sealed off by a brick wall. Coraline Jones moves with her parents from their home in Pontiac, Michigan, to the Pink Palace, a Victorian mansion renovated into apartments in Ashland, Oregon, which is also occupied by retired actresses Misses Spink and Forcible, and eccentric Russian acrobat Mr. During the opening credits, hands are seen re-making a doll to resemble an 11-year-old girl.
