Coraline (animation)/Characters

Coraline Jones
"Played By: Dakota Fanning

"I'm Coraline Jones. I've got so much to tell you.""


 * Badass Adorable
 * Big Eater
 * Bluenette
 * Bob Haircut
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hazel Eyes
 * Hates Being Touched
 * Kid Hero
 * Little Miss Snarker
 * My Name Is Not Caroline
 * Nice Hat
 * Plucky Girl
 * Strange Girl
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Youthful Freckles

The Cat
"Played By: Keith David

"I'm not the other anything. I'm me.""


 * Blue Eyes
 * Cats Are Magic
 * Cats Are Snarkers
 * Cats Are Superior
 * Chekhov's Gunman
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Mysterious Animal Senses
 * Mysterious Protector
 * Non-Human Sidekick
 * No Need for Names
 * The Obi-Wan
 * Talking Animal

Coraline's Mother/Mel Jones
"Played By: Teri Hatcher"


 * Adults Are Useless
 * Hartman Hips
 * Hot Mom
 * Parents As People
 * Parental Neglect
 * Parental Obliviousness
 * When You Coming Home Mom?

Coraline's Father/Charlie Jones
"Played By: John Hodgman"


 * Adults Are Useless
 * Bumbling Dad
 * Lethal Chef
 * Papa Wolf
 * Parents As People
 * Parental Neglect
 * Parental Obliviousness
 * When You Coming Home, Dad?

Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat
"Played By: Robert Bailey Jr

"Hm. It's not real scientific, but I heard an ordinary name like Caroline can lead people to have ordinary expectations about a person.""


 * Adorkable
 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Black and Nerdy
 * Canon Foreigner
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Green Eyes
 * Messy Hair
 * Punny Name
 * Unfortunate Name
 * The Watson

Miss April Spink
"Played By: Jennifer Saunders

"Never wear green in your dressing room.""


 * Crazy Dog Lady
 * It May Help You On Your Quest
 * I Was Quite a Looker
 * Redhead
 * Taxidermy Is Creepy

Miss Miriam Forcible
"Played By: Dawn French

"Well, not to worry, child: It's good news. There's a tall, handsome beast in your future.""


 * Blonde
 * Dead Doggies At The Table
 * Gag Boobs
 * I Was Quite a Looker
 * Parallel Porn Titles

Mr. Bobo/Alexander Sergei Bobinsky
"Played By: Ian McShane

"I am the Amazing Bobinsky! But you--call me Mr. B. Because, amazing, I already know that I am.""


 * Adaptation Name Change
 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Acrofatic
 * Character Exaggeration
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Crazy Mouse Man
 * Fake Russian
 * Funny Foreigner

The Other Mother/Beldam
"Played By: Teri Hatcher

"They say even the proudest spirit can be broken...with love.""


 * Affably Evil
 * Big Bad
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
 * Button Eyes of Evil
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * Evil Counterpart
 * Evil Matriarch
 * The Fair Folk
 * Femme Fatalons
 * Hartman Hips
 * Helping Hands
 * Hot Mom
 * Hot Witch
 * Lean and Mean
 * Living Doll Collector
 * My Beloved Smother
 * One-Winged Angel
 * Please Don't Leave Me
 * Self-Made Orphan
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Supreme Chef
 * Wicked Stepmother
 * Wicked Witch
 * Yandere

The Other Father
"Played By: John Hodgman

"All will be swell, soon as Mother's refreshed. Her strength is our strength...""


 * Apologetic Attacker
 * Body Horror
 * Extreme Doormat
 * The Grotesque
 * Henpecked Husband
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Minion With an F In Evil
 * Piano Key Wave
 * Punch Clock Villain
 * The Dragon/Dark Chick
 * Tragic Monster

The Other Wybie
"Played By: Robert Bailey Jr"


 * Creepy Child
 * Cute Mute
 * Face Revealing Turn
 * Glasgow Grin
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Minion With an F In Evil
 * Punch Clock Villain
 * The Speechless
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Token Good Teammate
 * Tragic Monster

The Other Miss Spink
"Played By: Jennifer Saunders"


 * Bawdy Song
 * Body Horror
 * Evil Redhead
 * Fan Disservice/Fan Service
 * The Grotesque
 * Hartman Hips
 * The Dark Chick
 * Sirens Are Mermaids
 * Vapor Wear

The Other Miss Forcible
"Played By: Dawn French"


 * Art Imitates Art
 * Bawdy Song
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Body Horror
 * The Dark Chick
 * Fan Disservice/Fan Service
 * Gainaxing
 * The Grotesque
 * Impossible Hourglass Figure

The Other Mr. Bobo/Bobinsky
"Played By: Ian McShane"


 * The Brute
 * Voice of the Legion
 * The Worm That Walks
 * Tragic Monster

The Ghost Children

 * Creepy Children
 * Cute Ghost Children
 * Died Happily Ever After
 * Fate Worse Than Death
 * Ghost Amnesia