He is only in the film adaptation, with the reason being that the viewer "wouldn't have a girl walking around, occasionally talking to herself." During the struggle, Wybie appears and fights the hand, which in turn, retaliated by pushing Wybie to the well. If we accept the theory discussed below that Coraline arrived well after the Other Mother's regular feeding schedule, it could be that the Other Mother acted too quickly because she was starving. so you can see stars in the middle of the day. We’ll look at the hidden meaning of the movie Coraline. Though Coraline’s efforts to stop it fail, Wybie manages to … Neil Gaiman’s Coraline is a remarkable book. Coraline turns on the light and looks in the mirror. The main issue with /u/OrganicKermistry's theory is that it disregards other, great options presented with many, many other Coraline theories. Fortunately, Wybie arrives to aid Coraline and, after a brief struggle, crushes it with a large rock. Coraline was […] ... “you can see a sky of stars in the middle of the day” which kind of brings the ‘well is a portal’ theory to the table. Okay so I read a theory that the fairy circle surrounding the well in Coraline was used trap a dairy child. Well, Coraline may have triumphed against evil, but she did it alone. -1 from me, I'm afraid. While the film appears to be aimed at young people, Coraline’s imagery tells a hidden story: The programming of a mind control slave at the hands of a sadistic handler. Meanwhile, Coraline tries to save Wybie by grabbing the hand with a blanket. Coraline wakes with a start to find the cat batting at her face with its paws. Coraline asks the cat if it knows where her parents are—it blinks in response. Warning: Gigantic spoilers ahead! A term that The Fangirl coined was that Coraline was trapped in a limbo in between the Beldam’s lair and the real world. Naturally, given its appeal to children and adults as well as its handsomely creepy narrative, somebody was going to … – user7812 Nov 22 '15 at 8:58. Having overcome this cycle at the end of the movie by achieving enlightenment, Connors is able to return to the world, as does Buddha, in order to teach others the truth of the universe and how to reach Nirvana. The next day, Coraline has a garden party with her parents and neighbors, content with living in her new home. So I learnt many things about Coraline from "The Hidden Meaning of the Movie “Coraline” Basically it looks like a normal fantasy animation movie, but it actually has a deeper meaning. In fact, she may well have never returned to the real world since the first time she visited the ‘other world’. Wyborn, otherwise known as Wybie, is the geeky and anxious eleven year old grandson of the owner of The Pink Palace Apartments. (Coraline [Theory]) The Beldam and The Cat's relationship, and the empty flat. Another theory suggests that Connors is a metaphor for Buddha, and that Punxsutawney represents the endless cycle of life and rebirth. No one else even knows what happened to Coraline: her parents don't remember their time trapped by the other mother and the neighbors didn't notice anyone was missing. She and Wybie drop the shattered hand and the key into the well, ridding their world of the Other Mother's influence forever. Coraline is a popular stop-motion movie released in 2009. Likewise, there's a very good theory as well that Coraline never actually left the "Other World" at the end of the film. ... An interesting fan-theory, but not one that is backed up by the film or the source novel. the other world it’s always night. The main point here is that Coraline never returned to the real world at the end of the movie. In the book, one of the 3 lost children was described to have butterfly-like wings and she only ate flowers at the picnic in the end. Coraline asks the cat to take her to them, and the cat leads Coraline down the hall to a large mirror that has been hanging on the wall since the Joneses moved in. And now she has to enjoy her victory alone, too.