History Trivia / Coraline

** Versions of the game for the UsefulNotes/Playstation3, UsefulNotes/XBox360, and UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable were planned, but the [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames mixed critical reception]] to the Playstation 2/Wii versions put those plans on ice.

* MemeticMutation: One [[https://bitly.ws/35SPe particularly bad cutscene]] became memed to oblivion in mid/late 2021

* MemeicMutation: One [[https://bitly.ws/35SPe particularly bad cutscene]] became memed to oblivion in mid/late 2021

* MemicMutation: One [[https://bitly.ws/35SPe particularly bad cutscene]] became memed to oblivion in mid/late 2021

** Greece: "coraline: the house on the fog"

* YouLookFamiliar:
** The model of the Father was based on actor Creator/TedRaimi . He was quite ecstatic when he found out and said on twitter he even has the same Michigan State sweatshirt and windowpane sport coat.

** Russia: ''Coraline in the and of Nightmares''

* ActingForTwo: Every voice actor whose character has real-world and Other World versions. Except for [[spoiler: Other Wybie, whom the Other Mother has rendered mute because Coraline finds the real Wybie obnoxious.]]
* ApprovalOfGod: Neil Gaiman, the book's author, outright encouraged the use of creative license in the film, and by all accounts, was very pleased with the final product.
* BreakthroughHit: For Creator/{{Laika}} Animation themselves, whose success with the film led to closing their CG feature division entirely, to focus entirely on their stop motion division.
* CareerResurrection: For Creator/HenrySelick, whose last movie was the abysmal failure that was ''Film/{{Monkeybone}}'' (though much ExecutiveMeddling was to blame on this one).
* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/DawnFrench and Creator/JenniferSaunders were supposed to voice each other's parts, with the short, chubby Miss Spink having a deep voice, and the long, slender Miss Forcible having a high pitched voice. They were switched because Henry Selick thought the characters were funnier that way.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: "Creator/TimBurton's Coraline", now [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/by-way-of-preamble.html Neil Gaiman has his say]] about that lack of research. Long story short: ''Caroline'' was billed as "From the director if ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''", who many people erroneously believe to be Tim Burton, when he actually ''produced'' it.

* DyeHard: Coraline herself; an old family photo reveals that her real hair colour is a medium-brown, close to her dad's colour.

* SleeperHit: When the film came out, stop-motion animation was considered dead and the film was expected to die a quick death at the box office against ''Film/ThePinkPanther2'' and ''Film/MyBloodyValentine3D''. After a better than expected opening, the film kept on going and ended up becoming the second highest grossing stop-motion animated film domestically.
* ThrowItIn: The heroine's name was originally "Caroline", but Gaiman misspelled it, and found himself liking the typo more than the original name. This became a running gag within the film, with characters mispronouncing Coraline's name as the original "Caroline," with Coraline then correcting the character.

** The movie was originally planned as a musical with 10 songs written by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, but this idea was discarded in favor of a more conventional movie, although one of their songs (the Other Father's number) does remain in the film, and the band has said they will release the other songs written for the movie on other projects ("Careful What You Pack", for example, wound up on their 2007 album ''The Else'').
** At one point, there were plans to use two different animation techniques for the film: stop motion for the real world, and CGI for the Other World. However, when tests of this approach were attempted, it was found that the stop motion looked much more visually interesting than the CG, making the world Coraline left seem much more interesting than the world she entered. So they tried a switch, with CG for the real world and stop motion for the Other world, but this didn't look right either, so they settled with an all-stop motion technique.
* WordOfGay: [[WordOfGod According to Gaiman himself]] on his Tumblr, [[http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/96248654066/hello-i-was-reading-coraline-again-and-something-hit Miss Spink and Miss Forcible are a lesbian couple]].
* WrittenForMyKids: Gaiman's daughter was the [[http://www.npr.org/2011/12/24/144146842/author-neil-gaiman-plays-not-my-job reason]] he wrote ''Coraline''.

* TheOtherDarrin: While Coraline, Wybie, and the Cat all have their voices reprised, the rest of the characters have completely different voice actors.
* RoleReprise: Some of the voice cast from the movie return to voice their respective characters from the game. Most notably Dakota Fanning (Coraline) and Keith David (The Black Cat).

** There was also plans to have the player travel through the Other World portal on their own and freely travel between the two worlds but was cut in the console version. It did make it into the DS version, however.
** There was actually a completely orchestrated score written by Mark Watters that ultimately went unused in the console game. Some of these tracks were replaced with Midi files instead.
** Versions for the ''UsefulNotes/Playstation3'', ''UsefulNotes/XBox360'', and ''UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable'' were planned, but the [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames mixed critical reception]] to the Playstation 2/Wii game put those plans on ice.

* The medal Mr. Bobinsky is wearing is one that was awarded to Chernobyl liquidators for their efforts in the clean up campaign. In fact, his efforts in that disaster are supposedly why his skin is blue.

* There was a ''lot'' of discussion about the famous Other Spink and Other Forcible performance, specifically exactly how much they could get away with. Selick said he convinced the company to let it slide because Other Forcible was not only covering her naughty bits, but was also spoofing a socially acceptable, famous painting.
* Author Creator/NeilGaiman has discussed the adaptation with director Henry Selick since before the book was published. He and his daughter Maddy Gaiman are fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.
* It is the first stop-motion movie to be produced in 3D. As the side-by-side camera rig commonly used in live-action shoots cannot fit into the miniature sets, not to mention unable to create the desired results, the camera crew solved this by building a camera rig that slightly move the camera sideways after each take and take a second picture, resulting in the 3D effect seen in the movie.
* Most of the non-stop-motion effects are either hand-drawn or shot in live action, with as few CG effects as possible.
* The character Wybie Lovat was not in the original book, and was added following producer Bill Mechanic's suggestion. The decision is approved by Creator/NeilGaiman.
* The film originally held the world record for longest StopMotion film. Being 1 hour and 40 minutes long. This record was surpassed by ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'' by a minute several years later.
* [[invoked]] When Neil Gaiman first gave ''Coraline'' to his editor, she didn't want to publish it because she thought [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids kids would be too scared reading it]]. So he made [[TheBet a bet]] and had her read the book to her daughter. The editor's daughter apparently loved it and so they published that draft. Years later, at an anniversary conference for the book Gaiman ran into the daughter. He thanked her and told her the story how she was the real reason the book got published. The daughter laughed and admitted to him "Oh, I was ''terrified'' by the story. But it was so interesting that I lied to my mom so I could learn what happens next!"

* DoingItForTheArt: A five year production, with an average quota of 3 seconds of usable footage per day.
** They made about 20 puppets for every character, each one of them taking months to make. And they replace the mouths between shots.
** The garden scene, the mice circus, the theatre, the Other Mother transforming, and the Other World disintegrating... they're not CGI. They're done with stop-motion. The mice are animated by replacement parts; every single movement needs an entirely new, sculpted mouse figure.
** The characters' hairs have to be "injected" one by one.
** The costumes are made by an impossibly patient lady with needles as small as human hairs. That lady's name is Althea Crome, and her part in the making of the film is detailed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5MFdAB7fI&feature=player_embedded# this]] video.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: "Creator/TimBurton's Coraline", now [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/by-way-of-preamble.html Neil Gaiman has his say]] about that lack of research. Long story short: it happens because ''Caroline'' was billed as "From the director if ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''", which many people erroneously believe to be Tim Burton, when he actually ''produced'' it.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: "Creator/TimBurton's Coraline", now [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/by-way-of-preamble.html Neil Gaiman has his say]] about that lack of research.

* DyeHard: [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Coraline herself]]; an old family photo reveals that her real hair colour is a medium-brown, close to her dad's colour.

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* ImageSource: For SwallowTheKey and DownTheRabbitHole.

* ThrowItIn: The heroine's name was originally "Caroline", but Gaiman misspelled it, and found himself liking the typo more than the original name.

* ImageSource: For SwallowTheKey

* FakeRussian: Creator/IanMcShane as Mr Bobinsky.

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** At one point, there were plans to use two different animation techniques for the film: stop motion for the real world, and CGI for the Other world. However, when tests of this approach were attempted, it was found that the stop motion looked much more visually interesting than the CG, making the world Coraline left seem much more interesting than the world she entered. So they tried a switch, with CG for the real world and stop motion for the Other world, but this didn't look right either, so they settled with an all-stop mo technique.
* WordOfGay: [[WordOfGod According to Gaiman himself]] on his Tumblr, [[http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/96248654066/hello-i-was-reading-coraline-again-and-something-hit Miss Spink and Miss Forcible are a couple]].
* WrittenForMyKids: Gaiman's daughter was the [[http://www.npr.org/2011/12/24/144146842/author-neil-gaiman-plays-not-my-job reason]] he wrote Coraline.

* [[invoked]] When Neil Gaiman first gave ''Coraline'' to his editor, she didn't want to publish it because she thought [[WhatDoYouMeanItsMadeForKids kids would be too scared reading it]]. So he made [[TheBet a bet]] and had her read the book to her daughter. The editor's daughter apparently loved it and so they published that draft. Years later, at an anniversary conference for the book Gaiman ran into the daughter. He thanked her and told her the story how she was the real reason the book got published. The daughter laughed and admitted to him "Oh, I was ''terrified'' by the story. But it was so interesting that I lied to my mom so I could learn what happens next!"

* ApprovalOfGod: Neil Gaiman, the book's author, outright encouraged the use of creative license in the film, and by all accounts, is very pleased with the final product.