THE OTHER WORLD VOID! Coraline Explained - Scene 22 | The Fangirl Scene-ic Saturdays

It's an all white space as the black cat takes Coraline on a walk through the void of The Other World, only to take her right back to the Other Pink Palace and catch a mouse in front of her...
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[@bekadavisstudios]

The scene with the cat catching the mouse caught my attention. So much symbolism in a few seconds. Cats eating mice = a harsh reality, but completely natural. Nature cannot be stopped. From mouse to rat = Both are wonderful creatures but how humans perceive them is very different. Mice are generally seen as super cute while rats are seen as little monsters. This transformation may represent a shift in perspective. Sand pouring out = The Beldame fills dolls with sand to give them life and take control of them, so the death of this rat is also freeing it from the Beldame's control. Death is a type of freedom here. It seems to me that the cat, or Beldame, is sending Coraline a message: "To be devoured is unavoidable, and nothing to fear. This is a natural process that we are all helpless to resist. But shift your perspective and you'll find freedom in allowing yourself to be consumed."

[@YasmeenMO]

Coraline chose flight instead of fight when the other father was silence by the piano hands and that's Coraline cue to hop on the nope train.

[@mistingwolf]

I still think the Cat is only in it to _win a game,_ which yes, means helping Coraline, but Coraline is definitely not making his moves easier. That's why he seems so exasperated at the window. His wording when he talks to her is, "It's a game we play," not "It's _the_ game we play." Who's to say they aren't playing more than one game at once? Like a simple bet: Cat says he can save Coraline, and Beldame says he cannot.

[@mike1008]

So Cat and Beldame are two powerful entities playing a game, and the rules limit the hints Cat can give Coraline. Cat has played before and failed with other children. Or maybe Cat has been captured and wins his freedom if he beats Beldame, just like if Coraline wins her freedom.

[@renee_is_pink]

yeah, that would also mean they're not enemies maybe they're friends

[@a.t.m873]

Maybe the cat is in the jelicle tribe. I do love the mystery behind everything.

[@johnhayward998]

Probably the beldam can manipulate the reality wherever coraline goes But with the white void itself it's true a blank space where the beldam intended for the some sort trap that coraline can't escape from because coraline doesn't realize she's playing in the web like a bug is trapped within the spider's webbing

[@orleansartist6095]

People tap their fingers like the Beldame does when they are impatient but also when they are playing a game and waiting for their turn. She gives Coraline "help" to make it interesting. Like a cat tossing a mouse into the air to play with it.

[@phoebevaughan5095]

Love these videos but I believe the cat is a good guy. Can't wait for the next episode as it is my favorite scene in the film!

[@kellyjohnson4578]

Major props to you for giving shout out to comments about even extra tasty details ❤

[@s.knaturegirl9895]

To your question of WHY doesn't the cat give a straight answer I am what I am. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, for you have been kind to me. But I am a cat, and no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer. The cat I forget his name from the movie the last unicorn

[@Em-jk1vq]

Watching this with my 2 black cats 🩵🐾

[@goodgirlwilliams158]

Ok I have a theory. What if the reason the beldam does not like the black cat is because the cat is the one controlling her or in a way has more power then she does. I'm not sure how solid of a theory it is. But I thought it was interesting.

[@BBMacsWorld]

The fact that the other worldjust turns into a white void makes me wonder if the beldams magic can only do so much? Which also kinda fits in with your theory about her being banished. Maybe the other world is just a prison and she's using what magic she has left

[@passionneal7777]

I think the apples are just for decor in case coraline visited that area

[@anonymous-vt9te]

I'm curious if the child is blinded with bottons, do you think that makes the child completely blind in general or do think the beldam is able to make them see what ever she wants them to see? Do you think she can put visions in there heads? I did see a movie once where a revengful ghost was able to give a child a vision of a story just by touching the child's face with the child's eyes closed

[@GlenHallstrom]

Uh, he's indifferent because he's...a cat?

[@snybies]

Awesome!

[@FrankiKaye]

I'm also suspicious of the cat, but... I mean, it's Kitty Kieth David, and with the right voice I'd listen to anything he had to say, vague or not

[@christopherb501]

Too easy to overlook the cat's catchiness given that voice.

[@galaxy_angst3619]

I think the cat is just eccentric. In the books, it's more clear that he does what he does bcs...he's a cat, not human. He thinks himself superior to humans, and he goes to the other world bcs he can. He does as he pleases as most cats do. It's only when his lil spots get sealed up that he becomes scared. At the end of the film, it is curious that he manages to go through a portal, though. He could go to taunt the other mother, but tbh idk, he doesn't like being near her, plus she could trap him in there again. So, maybe at that point, the other mother has already perished?

[@panizcatish7206]

I used to think the cat was a good character trying to help coraline, but now I can't ignore the fact that each time coraline is likely to be alone in the other world the cat shows up! Maybe he really is working for the beldam and supervises coraline when she is not around.

[@hollytolbert983]

I've been watching your channels for about 5 years and I pretty much say the outro with you 😂😂😂

[@selenagomezkilldemi]

Also my theory on how the other mother is able too see into her life, even at parts where she shouldn't be able too, I just think once the door is open she's able too peer into the world. also from reading the book it does seem more like the mother is stuck there

[@Nnyrb609]

I’ve always thought the cat was vague and nonchalant because he’s tired of seeing “pathetic” children willingly get themselves into danger. But with Coraline he sees spunk, sees that she doesn’t want to be with the Beldam anymore and so he in the end, is willing to help her. Also it’s no wonder the bedlam chooses neglected and lonely children, they are the easiest target for her. Thinking about how that is true in real life is very sad 😞

[@denisejeffries2675]

Holy Other Mother 😯!!! Your comment about Wybie’s warning about the bottom of the well…and how that is EXACTLY how the sky is when she visits the Other Mother. So… it seems safe to assume that the Other Mother is trapped in limbo at the bottom of that well surrounded by the magic of the mushroom faery circle. Coraline did step inside the circle when she first found it. So then that tunnel on the other side of the little door the first time was connected to the tunnel possibly? Great video! I’ve watched Coraline so many times that I no longer get creeped, but your analysis today did give me arm shivers!

[@VelvetCondoms]

Perhaps the cat simply enjoys stirring the pot.

[@Ghuu1ish]

in my heart, i truly long for the black cat to be coralines ally, even when the evidence points against it

[@Maedelrosen]

The cat is a classic mephistopheles, and interestingly coraline a fitting faust

[@Maedelrosen]

Especially when the earlier cat's line was "it's a little game we play"

[@MAGAWITCH1990]

I've developed a theory in recent times between watching your theory videos as well as the theorizer and I tend to lead more toward the idea that the cat is some sort of Eldridge like entity and even the beldam is afraid of him, I see the Bell damn more or less like A parasite and the other world is the belly of the beast so to speak, the cat is more or less in my opinion the consciousness of the other world itself

[@macemacemace111]

I don’t know if this has been mentioned in one of your videos already but I kinda just realized the Beldam never says the names “Charlie” or “Wybie” but wrote down a note with Spink and Forcible inviting Coraline and “her ‘friend’” upstairs after dinner. I was wondering what y’all thought of this?

[@Vinylspin1]

personally, I think we shouldn't think so deep into this movie. I think coraline got back into the real world at the end and made it safe home. I also think the cat really cares about coraline and knows the beldam's plan, so he wants to help coraline survive. Why else would he go with her to fight the beldam and to free her parents right?

[@sighingsaichania7033]

I made it to the end!

[@doll9340]

Will you react to CZsWorld? I feel like he had some interesting theories that I would love to have you react to ❤ same with Theorizer

[@thegoodlife6172]

Please don’t stop these cuz of Cz’s world. I love how he’s shaming you for over-analysing a film but he literally does that himself and just released a 90 minute video about ‘secrets’ from the purge. Calling others unhinged when he literally talks about killing and death 24/7? Projection methinks

[@IsabellaManoutcharian]

I’m so lazy to watch his hour long video on the topic but what did he say? Aside him being a hypocrite about over analyzing films when that’s literally his job too..

[@kellyjohnson4578]

Major props to you for giving shout out to comments about even extra tasty details ❤