Top 20 Best Hidden Details in Coraline

[@CarolHardesty]

One detail you forgot was the fact that the old well was located in a fairy ring (ring of mushrooms) that Coraline unwittingly stepped in. In European mythology, stepping in a fairy ring is bad luck. The fairies punish the human who does this by trapping them in their realm forever.

[@Cyn_elliot]

And that makes me think that the other mother is a curse for Stepping in the fairy ring

[@ASCENSI0N22]

or she ate the mushrooms and went on a wild trip

[@JaydonDunkley]

Wow I remember noticing that she was in a ring of mushrooms. IK about fairy rings but I never put 2 and 2 together. Thanks

[@DanGamingFan2406]

This movie is so good. A great introduction to horror for younger viewers, and still absolutely spine-chilling for adults. The stop motion is incredible, Dakota Fanning voices Coraline to perfection, and the Other Mother is perhaps the creepiest animated villain ever.

[@MERCHIODOS]

And if you read the book, its even more scary

[@MartinMata-wq3ik]

From what I have heard the books are always better than the movies is that true?​@@MERCHIODOS

[@Tomie_k013]

It still baffles me that everytime I watch a Coraline trivia video, there will always be at least one trivia that I’ve never heard of before. Just shows how much a treasure trove of secrets Coraline is

[@rockfireman2943]

There is the easter egg about the Coraline doll. When Coraline falls asleep in the other world, and her other parents are there, the Beldam is sitting in the chair. When it fades to the morning back in the real world, the doll is sitting in the chair, same as the Beldam. It's a hint that what the doll sees, the Beldam sees, they're connected.

[@chelseacanales8763]

Keith David who voiced the cat in the movie really did a great job. His voice is unique but in good way.

[@lucindamobley5492]

An ally in Coraline, a father in 'There's Something about Mary', and a villain in The Princess and the Frog. Very versatile.

[@Dabrownman1812]

​@@lucindamobley5492and thingmatized in "the thing."

[@lucindamobley5492]

@@Dabrownman1812 HOLY CRAP I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS HIM!

[@Dabrownman1812]

@@lucindamobley5492 yeah, if I didnt just do a thing quick review I wouldnt have realized myself lol. Funny seeing him young. Like seeing young johnny depp and lawrence fishburne in freddy krueger movies

[@thomasmurrell9832]

​@@lucindamobley5492 don't forget, the arbiter in Halo, and nowadays Husker in Hazbin Hotel

[@DarciousMaluki]

my fave goes back to the cake. There is a double loop on the O in home but not on the O in welcome. meaning that Coraline is a welcome guest but she is not home.

[@nightmare_queen8486]

My favorite theory about Coraline is that she never left the other world, that the Pink Palace is kind of a place of limbo between worlds. I don’t know if I believe it, but it’s certainly fascinating

[@charliejoson9145]

Ooh that's a good one!

[@J.P.Robles]

The Beldams face is seen on the garden at the end but it’s also there in the beginning as well

[@JaxonFletcher-jm9qh]

I have a related theory maybe the second floor of the house is a portal itself but it only works on kids

[@bababanana2862]

My favorite lil easter egg is that in the real world, the most vibrant colors are on the PEOPLE, but when it comes to the other world, all the color is in the world itself instead. The people in the other world are covered in gray.

[@ethanol1586]

Another detail is that after Mrs. Spink warns Coraline she is in danger and to not wear green, Coraline wears green pants the next day

[@cgmanning]

I love that scene because they argue about whether the stone is used to see bad things or lost things. It's actually both because the stone shows the other world as being grey and bad, while also helping Coraline find the lost eyes of the ghost children.

[@johnseelinger9803]

Another hidden detail that has been pointed out was when the Beldam was cracking an egg into the bowl, if you look closely at the yolk, it resembles Jack Skellington from "The Nightmare Before Christmas," which is another movie directed by Henry Sellick.

[@estebangutierrez160]

I think when the Beldam does that Tapping Fingers things, shows how impatient she is about Coraline's response to the point where she might snap at her.

[@everythingcollectibles]

They need to make a prequel miniseries of the other ghost children and how they eventually became unfortunate victims of the Beldam.

[@estebangutierrez160]

Or at least a prequel of Ms Spink and Forcible.

[@Peleski]

No suprises there though

[@franzrogar]

9:02 More interesting than the pattern is the color. That color is probably Scheele's Green or Emerald Green, meaning it contains the deadly cyanide and touching it will harm you. It was used in Victorian times and later into wallpapers, book covers, etc.

[@killyou2morrow898]

first time hearing this one, thanks for the new trivia!

[@TheCommenterDragon]

Well this is quite the coincidence, I was in the middle of watching a Coraline movie reaction video, Then out of nowhere comes a MsMojo video about Coraline. What a day. lol

[@tarryteeth]

Laika movies are quite simular to tim burton animated films

[@mellymonty02]

SAME HERE ???

[@mellymonty02]

Spilling the Milk 🥛, Nostaliga Critic now Watch Mojo ??

[@sjceezy]

Teri Hatcher is pitch perfect as Other Mother in this movie. She found the perfect tone of creepiness for the film.

[@trinaq]

I've always loved this movie, especially how it's darker than most kids' movies.

[@beez6039]

the mortuary tools that the beldam has in the opening scene and the cuckoo in the wallpaper are some of my favorite little references the cuckoo lays its eggs in another birds nest so that the chick will be raised by that bird and taken care of as if it were their own, eventually killing its “siblings” and “parents” i just like the symbolism

[@elliem7912]

Also, in the real world, Coraline places a packet of bleeding heart seeds in the windowsill. Bleeding hearts symbolize unconditional love and heart break. In the other world, we see them growing in the garden

[@estebangutierrez160]

Also Bleeding Hearts are poisonous too.

[@kevkef300]

Another hidden gem what I found while I watching this movie with my ex girlfriend is the gravy train....It's a lyrical reference to Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar ("And did we tell you the name of the game, boy? We call it riding the gravy train").

[@HeatherNickless-vt8zr]

No surprise that the Beldam is as ruthless towards her puppets as she is tricky and halfheartedly cruel to her prey. The Puppets don't actually "Eat" or starve and that is not the actual cruel part of it being placed on the other father, the part that is actually cruel to him is the fact that he is "Made" to think he is a real person, and so he is programmed to believe that he is wasting away for years apart at a time, in which he only have an idea what starving is like, and because he's been serving the Beldam for so long, that he does think he's real and starving man, on top of the fact that he is more of a dummy than the Beldam's other puppets, since he is the opposite of the more intellectually savvy Mr. Jones. That red-haired woman is not the Beldam, she is just some rando character talking on her phone, and the Beldam never uses a phone.

[@BugPlayzRoblox]

Also, there is beetle furniture in the Beldam’s spider web, like how a bug gets trapped in a web

[@Daniel-pt7ic]

I remember hearing a theory about the clothes in the tunnel, someone said that the kids got as far as Coraline and nearly escaped and that the clothes, shoes etc is how far the kids made it before the bedlam got them

[@shelbybayer200]

The Toadstools surrounding the Well is also a nod to Magic Portals. As in some Folklore Mushrooms especially Toadstools growing in a Circle like that are considered Magical Barriers to keep a Portal in one place

[@Omar-wq9dz]

I still remember the trailers and ads for Coraline when it first came out. I was in 8th grade

[@JaxonFletcher-jm9qh]

I like how even when the other father is going to die he helps coraline

[@Dremag_Gaming]

7:22 they already mentioned why he's blue and it has nothing to do with the cleanup. (he had him blue because he tends to be out in the cold most times) 16:21 The blue shelves also resemble the boxes

[@dianewood2430]

He might be blue because of the silver nitrate to counter the radiation ☢️

[@Animeguy300]

That movie was incredible and especially when the lesson is clear

[@seancollins7447]

I remember watching this on Halloween a few years ago, enjoyed it immensely

[@FinnRodgers-ce4bq]

One I haven't seen anybody point out is after Coraline escapes and frees her parents, her orange pajamas are patched up using the sweater the other mother made her

[@StuartSimon]

Can we assume that the Beldam and her accomplice can shapeshift into the forms of each of their victims’ parents?

[@J.P.Robles]

Yes What about when she says that everyone has an other mother Does that mean that there’s more of her

[@Lawson_Irwin]

​@@J.P.Robles more forms of her that is

[@aarenmackenzie1251]

I’ve seen it before but now I think I might need to watch it again. See if I can find all of these little bits. I’m definitely interested in watching it again.

[@josseline1113]

THE WINDOW IN THE BEGINNING IS THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL.

[@Juliana_Elainee]

I love this movie so much! I just got a tattoo of the key the other day🥰

[@elizabethfeuerbach5006]

Ms. Spink and Forcible are both right when they argue. With the tea leaves, Spink said there's danger, but Forcible said there's a tall handsome beast. The beldam is tall and somewhat handsome in her real form. With the stone, it's good for bad things and lost things. It was given to Coraline during a bad time when her parents go missing, and it helped find the ghost eyes. I didn't notice some of the other details like the pantone color and the pin cushions. That's awesome.

[@brittanyhackett9182]

I'm not quite sure if it's been stated yet, but in the scene where Coraline first eats at the dinner table in the otherworld, the mashed potatoes and gravy on her plate resemble a skull at some point. Also, there is a moment when the Beldam mispronounces Coraline's name after she {Coraline} refuses to sew buttons in her eyes. The Beldam tries to "calm" Coraline by stating that it is her "decision" but she says her name as /Carol/-/leen/. I wonder if that is indicative of the Beldam's facade glitching, or her web unwinding because Coraline starts to see through the "spell" of sorts...?

[@Zoomer_Boi]

Coraline is the best movie to watch during spooky season! 👻🎃

[@mommabucket1]

It's incredible how much time people have to figure this stuff out LOL I could barely find time to take a nap

[@georgianagheorghe8848]

The hidden details about the soundtrack and the usage of the letter O amazed me.

[@samuelcollantes1175]

Great, A Coraline top! Thanks , Phoebe, this was a great top. Happy wednesday afternoon and God bless you, greetings from Colombia to you as well.

[@kurisuochiru5014]

just make a second movie already if it's so beloved

[@J.P.Robles]

The book doesn’t have a sequel

[@kurisuochiru5014]

@J.P.Robles I never knew it was based on a book what happens if they make a movie without a book couldn't they at least try?

[@lizabee7791]

I just watched this movie last weekend…I think I’m going to watch it again this weekend

[@valbasting]

omg, the well one almost got me thinking the same thing about the other world. glad I wasn't the only one thinking that. but I don't know if that was true or not, but it's still my thought. I don't know if it is a true theory, but I'm curious to know. but I do wanna imagine how horribly terrifying it'd be if that was the theory.

[@shelbybayer200]

Fun fact: The original book had a lot more Gory description Rats are actually torn apart and Blood is mentioned in the book Also, the Fog is a Monster too.

[@jennessabarnasroom1234]

I know there's a theory that there was 1 more kid other than the ghost kids that possibly got away and he's reincarnated as the cat don't know if u believe it but it would be cool

[@princessarwen9194]

First. I love this movie & only noticed half of these: 😍

[@CatKun-2000]

I don’t know how I didn’t pick up on that the other mother doesn’t eat ….. then again I guess I was distracted by all the food 7:57

[@ShadowGalactica]

Speaking of insects, I love Coraline's dragonfly hairpin. I had a pair of them once.

[@sylvievadimsky7515]

I think the song you’re referring to is “Exploration.” “Dreaming” is the opening credits song while “Exploration” is the song playing while Coraline is, well, exploring!

[@Just_niaxx]

Everyone is posting about Coraline and it’s amazing.😂

[@lindevoskamp4948]

Love the logic of the looping O, bc I know in my country this used to be (might still) be taught in school for handwriting. As in you had to do it either similar to or exactly like that. So.....😂

[@Akira625]

Seems every time I watch Coraline, I see something that I didn’t notice before.

[@kristinjoni]

I always double loop my O’s. Mostly because I saw a girl in high school who did it and admired her handwriting and copied it because I liked the look. I promise I’m now a pathological liar!

[@estebangutierrez160]

Reading into things too much can be a problem so I believe you.

[@marcusyates3044]

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[@myrnalarson5960]

I love this movie 🎥🍿

[@tomjackson6077]

12:48 that would add some nightmare points to The Other Mother.

[@CeltycSparrow]

I have a theory that the doll faces we see in the Beldam's pincushion are Misses Spink and Forcible...and the other face we see is Bobinsky. I think everyone who lives in the Pink Palace, except for Coraline, is actually dead. Consider the use of color in the real world....everything is very dreary and washed out, including Coraline's parents. The house appears shabby and abandoned, with rotting food and no pictures. Coraline's parents seem very lackluster. The only bright pop of color and life in the real world is Coraline, herself. She is the thing that doesn't fit in that world. Then, she goes into the Other World, and everything is bright and colorful and a perfect reflection of Coraline's idyllic life (with good food, bright clothes and a perfect, loving family) and she is the one who stands out because she refuses to put buttons over her eyes.

[@orleansartist6095]

Bob8nski doesn't even have a bed. And Spink and Forcible have pale and lumpy skin and dead eyes.

[@OwlcityloveBooboo]

I love ❤️ the movie coraline

[@user-lv5zz7wv6l]

Coraline is the only horror movie I watch because the others are terrifying

[@krististarosta6736]

Same here. And it’s “pure”

[@user-lv5zz7wv6l]

@@krististarosta6736 i actually meant to say are terrifying

[@Taylor-vz4ot]

my favorite theory came from my insanely reilgious sister in law who said "the movie is an attempt to encourage children into witchcraft and worshipping demons". i asked her how that's the case when the "demon" in question is defeated in the end to the joy of all. she then admitted she didn't make it past the sisters performing because of their comically large busts, which she said was demeaning. i tried to clear it up for her and explain that these characters are hyperbolic in nature, therefore, body exaggerations fit perfectly with them. she of course disagreed and said something something "god" something something "sin" something something "witchcraft"

[@koldkutgirl]

the movers have more of a back story than just friend cameos. joe ranft died in a car accident in 2005, which is why “cars” is dedicated to him. it was more special than just a random cameo; it was remembering a dear friend who passed away too soon. ^he worked on cars along with many pixar films before it, among other films. it was just the last one he worked on.

[@kdk1800]

the n.18. Soundtrack is wrong. The other mother is humming 'Dreaming' the same song heard in the opening credits of the film where the doll is being made. The romantic song you're referring to is called 'Exploration' when Coraline first looks around the house

[@colehenderson518]

The extra dolls in the beginning of the movie are probably the beldam's failed attempts. Considering those three characters are alive, and to some degree are aware of the beldam.

[@orleansartist6095]

The little Blue boy with ice cream is wearing a sailor suit. And there's a little toy boat in the tunnel. Also, have you noticed that the well is quite far from the house? Wells were usually close to the house. And near the driveway, you can see a rock wall that looks like a remnant of a castle. Maybe a remnant of a time when fairies existed. One of the ghost children is a fairy. Ms Lovats sisters hair sticks up in the same way the ghost boys hair does. It's just pinned down on one side. There's a rat watching her from an empty apple basket on a table at the beginning of the film. The children say she stole their eyes, but they aren't eyes. They are just toys. Which they don't know because they've lost their eyes. One of the toys looks like the Pixar star ball. The cat tells Coraline she is meat. And the Belle Dame is always trying to fatten her up. Coraline never goes back in the tunnel. She just falls asleep in the other world. After the Belle Dame tricked her into eating, she trapped her like Persephone was trapped in the under world. The Ghost children pull a sheet up over their bodies like they do when a person dies. Wybies head cranked to the side so far makes me think he's been in an accident. He always looks guilty. I don't think the Belle Dame would paint a place pink ans call it the Pink Palace. I think that's the work of Spink and Forcible. Spink is an Old English word for a particular birds cry. As annoying as Coraline is, she may well have caused the car accident by distracting her mom. A deleted scene shows a spider crawling into Coralines moms cup. Then she takes a sip. Then the spider crawls out.

[@SkibidiDobDobDobYessYess]

1:31 The door nobs change from unhappy to happy prob from other world

[@aislinnmadayflores2813]

This is a cool hidden video of coraline I love the movie it’s my favorite movie you made me realize what was the hidden stuff your the best ms.mojo love you ❤

[@AnaFitzgerald1996]

LOVED THIS VÍDEO

[@jessicacameron3141]

All time favorite movie 🍿🎥 for LIFE ....❤❤❤❤

[@HeatherNickless-vt8zr]

"Dreaming" is actually the same as/and shortened version of "Mechanical Lullaby", in the Soundtrack for the movie; only the pauses in the chorus are placed a little differently.

[@olleselin]

Definetly the creepiest stop-motion film ever made....

[@StoryMing]

I’ve never quite understood why the Other Mother does eat the “cocoa beetles from Zanzibar”, when she supposedly ‘only’ eats the souls of thé children she traps. Also, if every detail is on purpose- what is the significance of the little dinner bell the Other Mother rings when Coraline first sits down at the table to eat?

[@orleansartist6095]

In ancient mythology a ringing bell could symbolize a magical visitation or occurence.

[@estebangutierrez160]

Since we see the Cocoa Beetles are alive, it could mean, like spiders, the Beldam only consumes anything that's living and breathing.

[@lordnightingale7346]

Some people have really studied this movie.

[@andresfelipe619]

I never noticed before but when the sisters are on the swings in their performance, for a few seconds the spotlights light up in a way that makes their shadows behind them look like irises and moving around in eye balls. I wonder if that was purposeful!

[@katiegarrison9251]

Does anyone wonder how the beldam got the doll ball to make the doll look like coralline. It was in a different house. When wynee gave it to her. It already looked like her but he found it in a house beside the pink palace

[@michaellynes3540]

That movie was messed up in the best way possible.

[@brauliorivera2564]

My Coraline timeline 1857: a boy was lured into the other world and was consumed by the beldam. 1907: a tall girl went into the other world and saw the beldam pretending be her mother. She loved her, but then her corpse was devoured by the beldam. 1946: wybies grandmother was born. 1950: wybies great aunt was born. 1957: mrs lovats sister went into the other world and loved the place. But she was then cunsumed by the beldam. 1969: wybies grandmother sealed the small door bricks and wallpapered over it. She moved out the pink palace after that. 1971: wybie and coralines parents were born. 1996: wybie lovat and coraline jones were born. 1999: wybie lost his parents when he was 3 and had to live with his grandmother. 2000: wybie becomes friends with the cat. 2007: the events of Coraline happened. Coraline and her parents moved to the pink palace from Michigan.

[@meinm3575]

13:44 - It actually does look like the tunnel. It just hit me now.

[@theonecommenter]

3:11 the song "dreaming" is played at the beginning of the movie the song played in the previous scene is called "exploration" this confused me lol

[@JaxonFletcher-jm9qh]

Yeah I heard somewhere on a different video where he’s blue because of thecradiation

[@Jessie-jv4oq]

The bird wall paper could also b a call back to the bird wall paper amityville and the yellow wallpaper hamlet is also quoted in the trapeez scene as the two swing they give the speach hamlet uses to sarcastically describe the nature of humans indicating another taunt that like the scene of the other fathers song is hidden in plane sight indicating how sinister of a plot the beldam has for coraline while making sure the audience is too swept up in the fun of the moment to notice

[@5FtOfAnger]

Well there is a theory that Coraline's parents actually died in a car crash. In those parents are minions for the other mother

[@marcusyates3044]

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[@LeHaFu]

there is a type of spider called spider-beetle and looks exactly like the evil mom

[@J.P.Robles]

What about when she says everyone has an other mother Was she telling the truth or lying to make Coraline feel better I know the answer sounds like it’s obviously to make her feel better or something but if not that would mean that there are more beldams out there

[@leoleonardowilliam5957]

6:21 This is definitely how I'd react if I was in this scene, lol.

[@matheusbr7340]

So Good, Algum brasileiro aqui ???

[@sarahmarx1286]

I have a theory...Coraline's parents knew about the beldame and what she would do to Coraline, but they couldn't do anything directly, they could only guide her, like when her mom told her to go tell her dream to spink and forcible she was guiding her to go and get the stone, and when her mom got really worried that Coraline would want to stay in the other world she insists its just dreams and locks the little door to make Coraline feel "safe" or when at the end of the movie when her parents return and have snow on there clothes they say there gonna celebrate there "garden catalog" but are actually celebratin' that Coraline saved them, survived the beldame.

[@hellbent-786]

Phoebe your voice is so beautiful it’s so monotonous

[@alyiafranco-craycraft6386]

The tree that unfolds in the garden is also a claw like hand

[@Bombiedude.]

Another one I find interesting is when the beldam got mad at coraline for her poor manners you could tell she wasnt actually a person just a horrifying creature that can shape shift into one

[@black-velvet98]

I think everyone and their mother covered these “things you missed” at this point, but suddenly even more are just making vids going over them again 💀

[@deannerodriguez2208]

If the well is another portal to the other world then why is the hand trying to stop Coraline? If it is then wouldn't it just pushed her into the well than dragging her away?

[@destiny8895]

Vermin is some kind of omnipotent being or god

[@gabycordova195]

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[@waittillfamewtf2385]

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[@Qusin111]

Or .... wait for it, it was all a dream and two kids playing make-believe.

[@emmaf8772]

0:01 YoU cAn AsK tHe CaT

[@Downwhorrendously]

But heeeey, that's just a theoooryyy

[@SkibidiDobDobDobYessYess]

1:14 The Other mother who is disguised as her mother Give a Creep Evil Look Wal Looking at coraline

[@sarahmarx1286]

another theory I have is that the beldame had a child of her own and loved to play games and make her child dolls/toys, one day her child fell down the well and landed in the other world, desperate to get her child back she made the little door but couldn't go into the other world herself so she would make dolls, toys and send mice and rats to look for her child and bring it back, years went past and she forgot what her child looked and sounded like even forgot their name, so every time people with children moved into the house she would take the children but after a while, she would realize it was not hers and in a fit of pain and sadness she would kill the "impostor" centuries pass and because of her luring and catching she begins to look more like a spider...JUST A THEORY!!!

[@alayla5106]

The eyes of the ghost kids are the places they loved in the other mothers word