Wybie's grandma doesn't let families with kids inside the pink palace...

i also thought of this when i watched it again last night.

why the exception for the joneses?




My cat can eat a whole watermelon!

Who said she knew? If she asked, Coraline's parents might have guessed she didn't wan't kids in the apartment and just said no. Once the lease was signed there would have been nothing she could have done about it. Also I think she was getting senile.

The grandma gave the doll to Coraline (via Whybe). I think (if I allow myself to be imaginative) at some level the grandma knew that Coraline will be that one exceptional kid who will have the strength to beat the evil and set her sister free...

I wondered about that, too.

My guess is that Grandma had retired from running the family properties, and whoever was in charge of screening rentals didn't take her "no kids" rule seriously. She was a frail old thing when we saw her, after all.



"Stale pastry is hollow succor, to a man who is bereft of ostrich"

Maybe she was unaware coraline was prt of the family? Wybie seemed surprised to see her. Maybe they moved from out of town.

1.Possibly Coraline's parents didn't mention they had a child. However, I like the theory that Wybie's grandmother thought on some level that Coraline was the exception:)

2. Wybie found the doll and gave it to Coraline. The grandmother wouldn't have given it away since it still resembled her twin sister as far as she knew. The Other Mother altered the doll into Coraline, and maybe even left it intentionally where Wybie would find it and set the events in motion.

In the beginning, you'll notice that the parents don't seem concerned about Coraline because they're busy with their work so they probably forgot to tell her that they had a daughter.