The Coraline Parent Theory

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  • @fairymystonight1783
    @fairymystonight1783 10 місяців тому +652

    The only thing I disagree about “going out tonight” and doing fun things, is that you missed a crucial scene where coraline and her mother had some development. Coraline was mad for not getting the gloves and the mom says , something along the lines of If things go well today I promise to make it up to you. And coraline didn’t believe her because that’s what the mom always says. The mom looked genuinely sad and I think that’s why she changed her actions in the end of the movie compared to how she was in the beginning.

    • @presshusholmes9359
      @presshusholmes9359 10 місяців тому +24

      Feel the same way

    • @pixelgnarp
      @pixelgnarp 10 місяців тому +10

      yeah

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 9 місяців тому +46

      It’s not that the mom felt bad, their magazine got accepted so they had money now. The thing is Coraline (and the kids watching) don’t understand money isn’t infinite. They *just* moved. They were definitely strapped for cash and working to earn their first payday since moving.

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 Місяць тому +1

      Yep

  • @Oka.Hashininakaya
    @Oka.Hashininakaya 10 місяців тому +196

    I remember I saw a theory that the Beldam is a type of fairy/faerie, and a way to tell if a faerie is near by is the fruits and vegetables rot. That’s of course not the full theory but that part stuck out to me

    • @poppycartergraphics120
      @poppycartergraphics120 9 місяців тому +7

      @@Waffles-nc6srI recommend checking out the book if you feel you have unanswered questions? It goes into more detail about some things

    • @Yoyoterg
      @Yoyoterg 2 місяці тому

      I mean, the meat also was rotted sooo, I am not sure that's the answer to it

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 Місяць тому

      I just heard of this word a few days ago, it refers to a malicious old woman, albeit a witch

    • @crabcakie9316
      @crabcakie9316 20 днів тому

      Where did you read this?

  • @kadzle6960
    @kadzle6960 10 місяців тому +637

    I'm going completely honest i never noticed the real mums neck brace i always thought she was just wearing a turtle neck

    • @maximoesco
      @maximoesco  10 місяців тому +77

      lmaoo i always thought it was a turtle neck too until doing this video

    • @matthewwisdom9933
      @matthewwisdom9933 10 місяців тому +7

      ​@@maximoescothank you for making this video

    • @matthewwisdom9933
      @matthewwisdom9933 10 місяців тому +5

      ​@@maximoescoand thank you for making the rest of your video

    • @matthewwisdom9933
      @matthewwisdom9933 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@maximoescoand the like you're right about this Theory like it could even be pretty obvious by the ending you know how the parents are supposedly all done with whatever of the work they were doing

    • @matthewwisdom9933
      @matthewwisdom9933 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@maximoescoand like like the even the ending gives away a lot of hints and clues like how all the parents in Coraline neighbor friends come together and have a picnic or picnic like gardening and all that stuff

  • @zachbuddie8393
    @zachbuddie8393 10 місяців тому +170

    There are posters for the Shakespeare festival taking place (inspired by a real festival in the location that inspired Coraline). The kid on the stool is saying “My kingdom for a horse” and play-swordfighting. The men outside the shop are Shakespeare cosplayers. Their behaviors def make sense

    • @imaghost2961
      @imaghost2961 3 місяці тому +4

      I’m glad someone else noticed this!

  • @kristinaavila5402
    @kristinaavila5402 10 місяців тому +140

    When I was a kid, I hated her parents. Now that I’m an adult (don’t have kids) I kinda get it.. they were stressed from moving to a new house. The dad was exhausted and stressed trying to meet a deadline.
    Not all parents can be happy and bubbly and perfect.
    Also she said no to these expensive gloves while trying to spend the money they had on getting her the stuff she needed for school.. idk… I get it
    Once they were done with their work and were able to relax more, we see how much they really love her in the end.

    • @Aimai.37
      @Aimai.37 8 місяців тому +7

      Yep, it's all natural and I don't see them as bad parents at all. Life can be hard and it's hard/not healthy to force yourself to seem happy or high spirited aha

    • @periwinkle_fairy
      @periwinkle_fairy 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Aimai.37 my 12 yr old self watching this blames coraline more. I did not see the parents really ignoring her intentionally they really are just tired and occupied by work and changes that they dont have time to chat with coraline (the father is making the best left efforts he had so points for him) it was really all on coraline

    • @Aimai.37
      @Aimai.37 6 місяців тому

      @@periwinkle_fairy exactly, they just seem exhausted to be keeping up so much at once. Coralline being young wants more attention but obviously doesn't understand how much her parents have to do to sustain the modest (or however it would be called) life that they have

    • @Aimai.37
      @Aimai.37 6 місяців тому +1

      @@periwinkle_fairy also Coraline's dad is so caring that even his "other version" loved Coraline, which was tragic but showed enough

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 Місяць тому

      They were trying to make a better life for their daughter

  • @Adam-326
    @Adam-326 10 місяців тому +102

    haven’t seen the movie in a while, so I’m probably missing something. I would like to know, though, why the Beldam would leave the snow on the parents when they “got back home”. One extra layer to make Coraline believe that it all really *did* happen and the parents were saved?
    3:44 She was probably just inspecting them or looking for the price tags. Everyone else, though, was pretty strange.
    Again, haven’t seen the film in a while, but when her parents say “finish the catalog”, I’m pretty sure that they just meant that they’d finish writing it and drop it off wherever they needed to. It’s not like her parents hate her or anything; they’re just busy with the moving and the work and the mother’s injury. It makes sense that with the work done, they could have time to go out.
    Well, the cat *is* magic, or at least implied to be, so that’s why he disappears like that. Otherwise, why would the Beldam do make it do that when nobody’s around to see it?

  • @SmoeStopMotion
    @SmoeStopMotion 9 місяців тому +28

    I thought the mom was actually just wearing a silly neck accessory 😭 I can't believe I didn't put two and two together when she mentions "the accident'

  • @sanstheskeleton5900
    @sanstheskeleton5900 10 місяців тому +57

    That actually is an interesting thought especially the food that's the first time I'm ever seeing something about that it's one of those scenes you forget

    • @maximoesco
      @maximoesco  10 місяців тому +10

      honestly i’ve watched this movie sooo many times and this was the first time I actually thought about the food being rotten as well

  • @Christian_H3rnand3z
    @Christian_H3rnand3z 6 місяців тому +35

    I really like how you close your theory videos with "I don't know, I'm probably overthinking." Instead of "But hey, that's just a theory."

  • @star-pi1bh
    @star-pi1bh 10 місяців тому +16

    btw the kid who rides down the stairs on a stool says "my kingdom for a horse"

  • @ryleejam
    @ryleejam 10 місяців тому +16

    Good theory like 10/10
    but have you ever been to Oregon?
    Weird people are everywhere
    When i was in elementary and taking a field trip to the city someone screamed at my group that we were all going to die

  • @maymay5600
    @maymay5600 10 місяців тому +17

    hey bro, you and the fangirl need to collaborate on this because i didn't even consider that notion in the movie!
    also i recommend both the fangirl and the theorizer because there's so many stuff we miss
    remember that clothes shopping scene, the fangirl video brought this up that the belldam was spying and got coraline the clothes, but i forgot they were indeed in the snow globe

  • @Christian_H3rnand3z
    @Christian_H3rnand3z 6 місяців тому +6

    How did I barely realize that the real mother has a neck brace?!?!?!?! I always thought it was a removable turtle neck that came with her sweater. It does partially explain her attitude in the beginning of the film, I think.

  • @amandapike2477
    @amandapike2477 10 місяців тому +20

    Neil Gaiman has debunked this one pretty thoroughly. Rule of thumb, if your "Theory" requires ignoring scenes in the movie, it's just an edgelord mess.

  • @PaxTheCat
    @PaxTheCat 7 місяців тому +8

    The more you analyze the Film the worse/creepier it would be. I love the effort put into the Film, to make it so open(theories, details)

  • @Sewlexii
    @Sewlexii 8 місяців тому +3

    I think this theory is actually true, they practically told us she never made it out with the cat at the end.

  • @mask_vids9834
    @mask_vids9834 10 місяців тому +23

    neighbors being nice to a kid they'll probably have living in whats basically their house is pretty normal especially if they want that kid to behave themselves.

  • @PeachyCatty
    @PeachyCatty 10 місяців тому +35

    y'all just hate happy endings i think 😭

    • @Littlestarnaii
      @Littlestarnaii 2 місяці тому +1

      Fr

    • @meijimeijii
      @meijimeijii Місяць тому

      I'm tryna make it depressed and scary because I ain't NOT used to happy endings 😔

  • @GrilledCheese_Master
    @GrilledCheese_Master 10 місяців тому +38

    I would’ve thought this video was from a larger channel based on the quality of this video

    • @maximoesco
      @maximoesco  10 місяців тому +2

      thats means a lot thank you! 🤞🏼

  • @Donout_76
    @Donout_76 10 місяців тому +16

    6:19 "wHaT's GoTtEn InTo YoU cOrAlINe" 🤣

  • @blaisewinterhalter2758
    @blaisewinterhalter2758 3 місяці тому +1

    3:10 something medieval is going on in the town and it's a Shakespear festival. When the boys are going down the stairs they quote some Shakespear line about Death, or Time or something like that which gives us more evidence that Coraline might be in a simulation after that first night.

  • @mrkaji8913
    @mrkaji8913 10 місяців тому +42

    They Could’ve had their memories lost after Coraline saved them

  • @Wild_HeartLove
    @Wild_HeartLove 2 місяці тому +1

    Here’s my theory (well it’s more of an idea but whatever): What if they made a Coraline 2, and in it, it starts off as Coraline waking up in her bed, but when she goes downstairs there is something off about her parents, they start to want to go out and do fun things with her, so Coraline doesn’t feel safe with them because of their behaviour, and later on she finds out that the whole time she’s been back from the other world, she hasn’t been with her ACTUAL parents, and they are really just creations of Beldam. Beldam somehow comes back and she can go into the real world now. Back to the creations, they are smarter and stronger, and Beldam has become smarter and stronger aswell. She captures Coraline again, except this time Wybie comes with her to investigate. They both get caught and are put into the mirror. But now there are more souls, 3 more souls than last time. They help Coraline and Wybie to escape but they come across the cat, except the cat is on Beldam’s side (She made him work with her) and tries to get them without hurting them. They end up running away but they find ANOTHER door. This means that the old door is gone, (the one they came in through) and there is a new door now. The door leads to the Between. Between the real world and the other world. In the Between, all the houses and objects are normal, everything. Like the Real world….except for the people. There are people who Coraline loves, but they have become monsters, they want to capture Coraline as well, (just a quick heads up, Coraline is the victim in this because everyone thinks she’s special in a way, except for the people HELPING her). Coraline finds the Real world. But she’s been in the Other world too many times that everyone is gone in the real world. The only people there are Coraline’s parents. They are gone though…There’s nothing she can do about it. But she finds her parents crawling into the Between. She tries to stop them but they don’t notice her. The door SLAMS behind them and the door disappears. Then Coraline 3 comes along! (I’m not explaining the story of Coraline 3 😭✌️) anyways sorry it’s so long. It might be confusing but again, it’s just an idea. Bye!

  • @Sharkz-dCskq
    @Sharkz-dCskq 3 місяці тому +1

    The beldam made an illusion of coraline’s parents being abusive; she used that to her advantage so she could portray herself as the best mom ever so coraline would go to the other world more so she can kill her

  • @poppycartergraphics120
    @poppycartergraphics120 9 місяців тому +5

    This one girl did a complete breakdown on this theory based on scenes from the book as well. I wish I could remember her channel name, I feel like these two videos would work well together because they both cover such interesting details

    • @sciencewizard2861
      @sciencewizard2861 2 місяці тому

      i think the channel could be Abitfrank im not sure though

  • @KingSkibidi
    @KingSkibidi 9 місяців тому +10

    This is literally overthinking 😂

  • @SPAnComCat
    @SPAnComCat 10 місяців тому +18

    I am Absolutely Speechless!🤯
    This Theory is Fascinating to Dissect, And the Video is Well-Made!

    • @maximoesco
      @maximoesco  10 місяців тому +2

      really means a lot, thank you so much :)!

    • @SPAnComCat
      @SPAnComCat 10 місяців тому +1

      @@maximoesco No Worries!

  • @americalxpez
    @americalxpez 3 місяці тому

    Also in the shop scene, there's a lady outside with teal button eyes! And as you know it is stop-motion so every scene is intentional.

  • @Nzap27
    @Nzap27 3 місяці тому +1

    the children going down the stairs are shouting "MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE" (turn on subtitles when you watch stuff)

  • @Tecboy1833
    @Tecboy1833 Місяць тому +2

    Bro the dad needs a head brace his neck 💀💀💀💀

  • @Halonugget
    @Halonugget 10 місяців тому +9

    When he said the snow part was fake I just wondered how because they were in a snowglobe that bel dam trapped them in

    • @meijimeijii
      @meijimeijii Місяць тому

      I have no evidence, this is just a guess. But I believe the Beldam tricked Coraline, making her think her parents are trapped, to make her come back. When in reality, they might've never been trapped, but it's a risky guess because the "cat" has devoted it's life to protect kids, it's hard to believe he'd sacrifice ONE child who's 100% gonna live for three who are already dead, but might get freed 🤔🤔
      I dunno, its just a guess so don't start a war or anything 😅

    • @meijimeijii
      @meijimeijii Місяць тому

      Or maybe Coraline is just schizophrenic, but probably not because her parents would know and have her on medication or AT LEAST treat her better.
      Another guess is that the Beldam made Coraline see an hallucination, ykyk and at the end of the movie they put the key in the well, which was called "A Portal to another world" or something at the start I think, so they probably just gave the key back 😭😭

  • @andrewtisler02
    @andrewtisler02 5 днів тому

    Did you know the car the Joneses drive in this movie is a Volkswagen New Beetle? That is some serious damn contribution Laika did to this movie. I love it.

  • @dylansimon6243
    @dylansimon6243 3 місяці тому

    I agree with you on the detail that they wouldn’t have been acting normal and would’ve been acting like that. She had been gone for a day, but what if their memories of the last five days were wiped

  • @kalegolas
    @kalegolas 10 місяців тому +3

    The only thing that annoys me with this kind of theorys is that the book proves them wrong, but that just me who are boring and takes the book more ”serious” than only focus on the movie 😅

  • @Llamacoints
    @Llamacoints 8 місяців тому +1

    I also wondered if when Coraline thought she went back the first time if that was fake and the other mother just made it look like her parents disappeared too draw her back and when she left the last time was the final escape. Have you done deep dives into the actual book?

  • @Smail_isma.8l
    @Smail_isma.8l 8 місяців тому +4

    0:25 is the meme

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 19 днів тому

      “You still have unpacking to do! Lots and lots of unpacking!”

  • @That.Lady.withtheYarn
    @That.Lady.withtheYarn 5 місяців тому

    Clothing stores have mirrors, so bedlam could control aspects of the town

  • @MiChan-j1n
    @MiChan-j1n 10 місяців тому +1

    Maybe the other mother made a fake tunnel and little door at the end to trick coraline. Maybe thats why the tunnel looks different?

    • @MiChan-j1n
      @MiChan-j1n 10 місяців тому

      And why reality is still warped

    • @meijimeijii
      @meijimeijii Місяць тому

      You're probably right, but I used to think it was like that because, as the beldam is getting skinnier throughout the movie, maybe it's always been like that but she warped it to look magical. Though she loses power throughout the movie as she's starting to starve.
      Js an opinion, prove me wrong WITHOUT a war 😭

  • @Owillowwally
    @Owillowwally 9 місяців тому +2

    Wow loved your explanations

  • @sugarpuppy11
    @sugarpuppy11 9 місяців тому +1

    i still love coraline theories

  • @PoisonelleMisty4311
    @PoisonelleMisty4311 8 місяців тому +4

    The Coraline Parent Theory is a fan theory that suggests that the "Other Mother" in the film Coraline is a representation of the neglectful and abusive parents of the protagonist, Coraline.
    The theory points to several clues throughout the film that suggest this interpretation, such as the fact that the Other Mother initially appears to be loving and caring, but quickly becomes controlling and manipulative. This could symbolize how abusive parents can often appear to be loving at first, but gradually reveal their true colors over time.
    Additionally, the Other Mother is physically represented as a tall, thin figure with exaggerated features, which could be a metaphor for the larger-than-life presence that abusive parents can have in a child's life.
    Furthermore, the Other Mother's desire to "sew buttons" over Coraline's eyes could symbolize the way that abusive parents can try to control and silence their children, preventing them from seeing the truth of their situation.
    Overall, the Coraline Parent Theory suggests that the film is not just a dark fantasy tale, but a representation of the very real horrors that some children face in abusive households. It serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of neglectful and abusive parenting, and the importance of recognizing and addressing these issues before they escalate.

    • @Nuniixo
      @Nuniixo 5 місяців тому

      chat gpt ass bot

  • @FitMuffin
    @FitMuffin 10 місяців тому +2

    Very good theory.

  • @doewithabow
    @doewithabow 3 місяці тому

    you should do the smoking lady♡ (the one from the clothes shop) btw i LOVE your videos

  • @Knights-of-Redcliff
    @Knights-of-Redcliff 10 місяців тому +10

    this theory is very good, but I just gotta at 3:40, I think she's just looking for price tags

    • @maximoesco
      @maximoesco  10 місяців тому +4

      thanks bro!! and lmaoo probably..

  • @bonesnation619sandiego4
    @bonesnation619sandiego4 День тому

    I had a theory where Mr. and Mrs. Jones were never captured by the beldam.

  • @a.t.trujillo9970
    @a.t.trujillo9970 7 місяців тому

    Honestly that could make a good sequel where Coraline realizes slowly that she isn't in her real world and that her parents are still in the other world and she needs to go and get the key from the tunnel but you got to be hard because ain't no way why are you going to actually help her out of the tunnel when she gets the key back because the other mother would not want her to go back to the other world because if she did and she did actually you know get her parents free from the other mothers grass and find the real exit then the other mother would have no way of ever becoming stronger because there would be no human children coming in because Coraline would find a way to destroy the key once and for all and also she should probably put concrete on the door to make sure that nobody can actually open it even when the other mother does her magical thing and suddenly the brick wall disappears

  • @Izisthecoolestperson
    @Izisthecoolestperson Місяць тому

    also I noticed smth kinda weird in the coffee scene after she wakes up in the “normal world” the mom is a little different as we know the beldam has a straight nose and the mom has a crooked nose as we see in the scene where the parents come back and the snow melts off of them, buttttt in the ig breakfast scene her nose is straight so yh. That’s my theory probably wrong tho

  • @rabbwit3744
    @rabbwit3744 9 місяців тому +2

    Awesome video

    • @maximoesco
      @maximoesco  9 місяців тому +2

      thank you so much :D

  • @HanalovesJumboJosh
    @HanalovesJumboJosh 10 місяців тому +1

    I think Coraline was abused by her Parents and she loves other Parents

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 Місяць тому

      Not really, they were just too busy, and Coraline wished for more nurturing parents

  • @amounguschip04590
    @amounguschip04590 Місяць тому

    Oh the shapeshift woman has a name? I just call her spider woman

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 Місяць тому

      “I’ll give you to the count of three…
      One,
      Two,
      THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE🕷️

    • @amounguschip04590
      @amounguschip04590 Місяць тому

      @@leociresi4292 four

  • @deynabojeylani1852
    @deynabojeylani1852 3 місяці тому

    this gives me chills . i’m home alone

  • @KoiiDaBoii
    @KoiiDaBoii 10 місяців тому +5

    "witches can send messages through mirrors" bro who was gonna tell me I could do that

  • @laurabentz7898
    @laurabentz7898 Місяць тому

    Amazing Video🤩😮🤯🥺😊❤️

  • @nani_angel7440
    @nani_angel7440 7 днів тому +1

    THIS IS THE SHIT IVE BEEN SAYING nobody listen to me ty said every word/thought I had

  • @CyclopiayibiricaeEcho
    @CyclopiayibiricaeEcho 3 місяці тому

    What if the spiderweb tunnel it’s just a fake tunnel and the real tunnel is the one that is glowing with blue pink and purple

  • @heathervaludes6411
    @heathervaludes6411 3 місяці тому

    Your never wrong dude

  • @zorenembry2010
    @zorenembry2010 6 місяців тому

    to me when it comes what happened to Coraline’s parents I just like to think that the Other Mother must of use some kind of spell that just made them disappear from reality and into the snow globe and the figures we see of them feeling all scared and cold aren’t actually them just figures of them and the real them are just frozen in time and when Coraline free them they are just free from the frozen time of space and immediately appear back to reality and have no indication of what just happened to them and to them just feels like nothing happened to them

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 19 днів тому

      She made a combination Mother, Father doll to spy on, and eventually kidnap her parents

  • @Tyln93
    @Tyln93 8 місяців тому +2

    MK Ultra Program!!!

  • @EpicSara
    @EpicSara 6 місяців тому +1

    0:56 😂😂

  • @rxwrxd409
    @rxwrxd409 10 місяців тому +2

    This vid is SO underrated!

  • @sevith5277
    @sevith5277 3 місяці тому

    Though then if she never left then why go through all that effort. Why just immediately say Coraline stay here forever. Right now. Like why keep up the act.

  • @MelanieBellamy
    @MelanieBellamy 3 місяці тому

    No Coraline did escape and because one night when they were going shopping for school clothes, the kids there had real eyes and I’m pretty sure that those are their real parents because she did not want Coraline to go back in that door and wouldn’t they have to go to Antarctica to get to snow on their clothes? Just saying so I am pretty sure she did escape and those are her real parents!

  • @hairystyles6876
    @hairystyles6876 5 місяців тому

    this theory is interesting but i disagree with the fake tunnel part. I think that the tunnel got all weird and dirty and old looking because the bedlam had lost most of her power in the other world (the ghost children’s eyes) and she couldn’t have had more power to make a fake tunnel let alone another “real” world. i don’t know tho it’s just a theory 😭😭

  • @StuartJodie
    @StuartJodie 3 місяці тому

    but the key has a button on the top like the other mothers eye.

  • @marcellasilvey6959
    @marcellasilvey6959 Місяць тому

    I think that coralines mom is pregnant look at her when coraline come back the last time at night coraline ls mom holds her stomach.

  • @Lexie-b6i
    @Lexie-b6i Місяць тому

    Ok I have a theory what if corilines real parents died in the (axedint)

  • @TErguunee
    @TErguunee 3 місяці тому

    Is she adopted

  • @oscarfbkuin0217
    @oscarfbkuin0217 10 місяців тому +1

    Vungy

  • @oscarfbkuin0217
    @oscarfbkuin0217 10 місяців тому +1

    Pimky

  • @oscarfbkuin0217
    @oscarfbkuin0217 10 місяців тому +1

    Tonko

  • @oscarfbkuin0217
    @oscarfbkuin0217 10 місяців тому +1

    Pimfo

  • @M4piscool
    @M4piscool 10 місяців тому +2

    First

  • @MaritimeVessels
    @MaritimeVessels 3 місяці тому

    I don’t like Eminem