Coraline

Coraline:
I can't believe it. You and Dad get paid to write about plants, and you hate dirt.

Coraline:
[Singing] Oh my twitchy witchy girl, i think you are so nice, I give you bowls of porridge and I give you bowls of ice...

Coraline:
EVIL WITCH!! I'M NOT SCARED!!''

Coraline:
[To Wybie] And I don't like being stalked! Not by psycho-nerds, or their cats!

Other Mother:
Now you're going to stay here forever.

Other Mother:
DON'T LEAVE ME! DON'T LEAVE ME! I WILL DIE WITHOUT YOU!

Other Mother:
Coraline, How dare you disobey your mother?!

Other Mother:
I thought we'd play a game!

Other Mother:
I'll give you to the count of three! 1,2,3!

Cat:
You probably think this world is a dream come true... but you're wrong.

Sweet Ghost Girl:
Be clever, Miss. Even if you win, she'll never let you go.

Octopus Toy:
Yeah! I wanna hug your face!

Coraline:
I almost fell down a well, yesterday, Mom.

Other Mother:
You know I love you.

Coraline:
You...(braces herself) have a very funny way of showing it.

Mr. Bobinsky:
Caroline, wait! The mice asked me to give you message.

Coraline:
The jumping mice?

Mr. Bobinsky:
They are saying, "Do not go through little door." Do you know such a thing?

Coraline:
The one behind the wallpaper? But it's all bricked up.

Mr. Bobinsky:
Ah. So sorry, is nothing. Sometimes mice are little mixed up. They even get your name wrong, you know? They call you "Coraline" instead of "Caroline." Not "Caroline" at all! Maybe I work them too hard.

Wybie:
The (tilts his head) Cat? Uh, okay, I'll just tell grandma (hops over Coraline's bed and heads for the exit) that you couldn't find the doll...

Coraline:
You're NOT LISTENING TO ME!

Wybie:
That's 'cause you're CRAZY! Aahhh! (almost gets hit with a shoe)

Coraline:
You creep!

Wybie:
CRAZY! (hops on motorcycle and speeds off)

Coraline:
CRAZY?! YOU'RE THE JERKWAD THAT GAVE ME THE DOLL!!

Coraline:
(about the Other Mother) Why does she want me?

Cat:
She wants something to love, I think... something that isn't her. (pauses) Or maybe she'd just love something to eat.

Coraline:
Eat? That's ridiculous, mothers don't eat... daughters.

Cat:
I don't know. How do you taste? [chuckles]

Other Mother:
You came and you brought vermin with you.

Coraline:
No I brought a friend.

Other Mother:
You know I love you.

Coraline:
Well you have a very funny way of showing it.

Spink:
Ready to break a leg, Miriam?

Forcible:
Our lives for the theatre, April!

Forcible:
What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason!

Spink:
How infinite in faculty! In form and moving, how express and admirable!

Forcible:
In action, like an angel!

Spink:
In apprehension, how like a god!

Forcible:
The beauty of the world!

Spink:
The paragon of animals!

Other Mother:
Now,you're going to stay here for ever.

Coraline:
No....I'm....NOT! (throws cat at the other mother)

Other Mother:
NO! YOU HORRIBLE CHEATING GIRL!

Be Careful What You Wish For.

An Adventure Too Weird For Words.

Coraline:
How can you walk away from something and still come back to it?

Coraline:
I almost fell down a well yesterday, Mom.

Mel:
[unconcerned] Uh-huh.

Coraline:
I could've died.

Mel:
That's nice.

Coraline:
Hmm. So, can I go out? I think it's perfect weather for gardening.

Mel:
No, Coraline. Rain makes mud. Mud makes a mess.

Coraline:
But, Mom, I want stuff growing when my friends come to visit. Isn't that why we moved here?

Mel:
Something like that. But then we had the accident.

Coraline:
It wasn't my fault you hit that truck.

Mel:
I never said it was.

Coraline:
I can't believe it. You and Dad get paid to write about plants, and you hate dirt.

Mel:
Coraline, I don't have time for you right now, and you still have unpacking to do. Lots of unpacking.

Coraline:
[sarcastically] That sounds exciting.

Coraline:
[slides her dinner plate away from her] Why don't you ever cook, Mom?

Mel:
Coraline, we've been through this before. You dad cooks, I clean, and you stay out of the way. I swear I'll go food shopping soon as we finish the catalog. [slides Coraline's dinner plate back to her] Try some of the chard. You need a vegetable.

Coraline:
It looks more like slime to me.

Charlie:
Well, it's slime or bedtime fusspot. Now what's it's gonna be?

Coraline:
[to her doll-self] Think they're trying to poison me?

April Spink:
Miriam, really, you're holding it wrong. See? Danger.

Coraline:
What do you see?

April Spink:
I see a very peculiar hand.

Miriam Forcible:
I see a giraffe.

April Spink:
Giraffes don't just fall from the sky, Miriam.

Other Mother:
They say even the proudest spirit can be broken with love. [A bug chair scoops up Coraline and brings her to her] Of course, chocolate never hurts. [takes a candy box from the servant bug, opens it, revealing nine Cocoa Beetles] Like one? They're Cocoa Beetles from Zanzibar. [takes a beetle out of the box and bites the head off, making Coraline feel grossed out]

Coraline:
I want to be with my real mom and dad. I want you to let me go!

Other Mother:
Is that any way to talk to your mother?

Coraline:
[angrily] You aren't my mother.

Other Mother:
[sternly] Apologize at [stares deadly into her eyes] once, Coraline!

Coraline:
[stares angrily back at her] NO!

Other Mother:
I'll give you to the count of three. One, [starts growing taller] two, [grows a little more taller and a little scarier] THREE!!! [grabs Coraline by the nose and drags her to the hallway]

Coraline:
Ow! What are you doing?! Ow! That hurts!

Other Mother:
[pulls Coraline down the hallway to the mirror and shoves her through it] You may come out when you've learned to be a loving daughter.

Coraline:
The doll's her spy. It's how she watches you, finds out what's wrong with your life.

Wybie:
The doll is my grandma's spy?

Coraline:
No. The other mother. She's got this whole world where everything better. The food, the garden, the neighbors. But's it's all a TRAP.

Coraline:
You creep!

Wybie:
Crazy!

Coraline:
Crazy?! You're the jerk wad that gave me the doll!

April Spink:
[handing Coraline a seeing stone] There you go, sweetie.

Coraline:
What's it for?

April Spink:
Well, it might help. They're good for bad things sometimes.

Miriam Forcible:
No. They're good for lost things.

April Spink:
It's bad things, Miriam.

Miriam Forcible:
Lost things, April.

April Spink:
Bad.

Miriam Forcible:
Lost.

April Spink:
Bad things.

Miriam Forcible:
Lost.

April Spink:
Bad.

Miriam Forcible:
Lost.

April Spink:
Bad.

Miriam Forcible:
Lost.

April Spink:
Bad.

Miriam Forcible:
Lost!

Coraline:
Why steal this? (Coraline can be look the ghost eye of stone on garden) Wow! (They can be see first ghost eye on red mobile driver) This must be it!

Other Father:
Sorry, did you say "Sorry".

Other Father:
I'm so sorry. Mother making me. I don't wanna hurt you!

Other Father:
(Last Word) TAKE IT!

First Ghost Boy:
Bless you, miss. You found me! But there's two eyes still lost.

Coraline:
Don't worry. I'm getting the hang of it.

Coraline:
The pearl.

Other Forcible Monster:
Thief! Give it back! Give it back! Thief!

Other Spink Monster:
Give it back!

Other Forcible Monster:
Thief! Give it back! Thief! Thief! Give it back! Thief!

Other Forcible:
Give it back! Thief!

Other Spink:
Give it back! Thief!

Other Taffy Monsters:
Thief! Stop! Stop! Thief!

Other Taffy Forcible:
(Last Word) Thief! Stop!

Tall Ghost Girl:
Hurry on, girl. Her web is unwinding.

Other Bobinsky as a butterfly:
By the way, I have a few more helpful hints. One side will make you find the third ghost eye...

Coraline:
One side of what?

Other Bobinsky as a butterfly:
...and the other side will make you the other mice.

Coraline:
The other side of what?

Other Bobinsky as a butterfly:
THE BALCONY! OF COURSE! (Other Bobinsky as a butterfly flies away)

Other Wybie as a butterfly:
See you back at the Shakespeare Festival! (Coraline tosses the pearl and hits Other Wybie as a butterfly and lands on the ground)

Other Bobinsky:
You think winning game is good thing? You'll just go home and be bored and neglected, same as always. Stay here with us. We will listen to you and laugh with you. If you stay here, you can have whatever you want. Always!

Coraline:
You don't get it, do you?

Other Bobinsky:
I don't understand.

Coraline:
Of course you don't understand. You're just a copy she made of the real Mr. B.

Other Bobinsky:
(Last Word) Not even that anymore.

(Coraline can be see the cat and she caught mouse on last ghost ball)

Cat:
I think I mentioned that I don't like rats at the best of times.

Coraline:
I think you might have said something like that.

Cat:
It looked like you need this one, however.

Coraline:
Thank you.

(Coraline picks it up on the last ghost eye turn the frozen ice of other house and world)

Coraline:
I'm heading inside. I still have to find my parents.

(Full eye button moon was last and now they have freezing apart other world falling and destruction and the other world was falling apart)

Coraline:
Come on, quickly!

Other Mother:
So...you're back. And you brought vermin with you.

Coraline:
No I brought a friend.

Other Mother:
You know I love you.

Coraline:
Well you have a very funny way of showing it.

Other Mother:
So where are they? The ghost eyes?

Coraline:
Hold on. We aren't finished yet. Are we?

Other Mother:
No, I suppose not. After all, you still need to find your old parents, don't you? Too bad you won't have this. (throw's the seeing stone in the fireplace and it melts)

Sweet Ghost Girl:
Be clever, miss. Even if you win, she'll never let you go!

Coraline:
I already know where you've hidden them.

Other Mother:
Well, produce them.

Coraline:
They're behind that door.

Other Mother:
Oh, they are, are they?

[Coraline talks to her parents about her dream in the kitchen]

Coraline:
It was incredibly real, Mom. Only you weren't really you. You were my other mother.

Mel:
Buttons for eyes, huh? Coraline, you only dreamed you ate all that chicken. Take your multivitamin, at least.

Coraline:
You were in the dream too, Dad. You had wild looking pajamas and orange monkey slippers.

Charlie:
[chuckling] Orange? My monkey slippers are blue. Psst! Do you think you can get me some of that magic mud? 'cause I have a serious case of writer's rash, in my - [Mel clears her throat]

Wybie:
You know, I've never been inside the Pink Palace.

Coraline:
You're kidding.

Wybie:
Grandma'd kill me. Thinks it's dangerous or something.

Coraline:
Dangerous?

Wybie:
Well, she had a twin sister.

Coraline:
So?

Wybie:
When they were kids, Grandma's sister disappeared. She said she was stolen?

Coraline:
Stolen? Well, what do you think?

Wybie:
I don't know. Maybe she just ran away.

[Coraline finds some nice looking orange gloves while Mel buys some school uniforms]

Mel:
Put them back.

Coraline:
But, Mom, the whole school's gonna wear boring gray clothes. No one will have these.

Mel:
Put them back.

Coraline:
My other mother would get them.

Mel:
Maybe she should buy all your clothes.

Coraline:
[pulls the blanket, revealing three ghost children sitting on the bed] Who are you?

Ghost Boy:
Don't remember our names. But I member my true mommy.

Coraline:
Why are you all here?

Ghost Children:
The beldam.

Sweet Ghost Girl:
She spied on our lives through the little doll's eyes.

Ghost Boy:
And saw that we weren't happy.

Tall Ghost Girl:
So she lured us away with treasures.

Ghost Boy:
And treats.

Sweet Ghost Girl:
And games to play.

Ghost Boy:
Gave all that we asked.

Sweet Ghost Girl:
Yet we still wanted more.

Tall Ghost Girl:
So we let her sew the buttons.

Ghost Boy:
She said that she loved us.

Tall Ghost Girl:
But she locked us here.

Ghost Children:
And ate up our lives.

Coraline:
Well, she can't keep in the dark forever. Not if she wants to win my life. Beating her is my only chance.

Sweet Ghost Girl:
Perhaps, if you do win your escape, you could find our eyes.

Coraline:
Has she taken those, too?

Sweet Ghost Girl:
Yes, miss. And hidden them.

Ghost Boy:
Find our eyes, mistress, and our souls will be freed.

Coraline:
I… I'll try.

Dearest Coraline, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible have invited you downstairs after lunch. I hope you like the new outfit I made you. Love, Mother.

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

Is that any way to talk to your mother?

You may come out when you've learned to be a loving daughter.

Darling, why would you run away from me?

You know I love you.

You're wrong, Coraline. They aren't there. Now you're going to stay here forever.

YOU HORRIBLE CHEATING GIRL!

No! Where are you?! YOU SELFISH BRAT!

YOU DARE DISOBEY YOUR MOTHER!? [Coraline kicks her in the face]

Other Father:
[praying] We give our thanks and ask to bless out mother's golden chicken breast.

Dragonflies:
What's wrong, Coraline? Don't you wanna play?

Giraffe Toy:
Get a grip, soldier!

Friends in the Photo:
Hey! Where's your buttons, Loper? You wanna stay, don't ya?

Wybie:
Well, great to meet a Michigan water witch, but I'd wear gloves next time.

Coraline:
Why?

Wybie:
'Cause that dowsing rod of yours, it's poison oak.

Sweet Ghost Girl:
It's a fine, fine thing you did for us, miss.

Coraline:
Well, I'm glad it's finally over.

Sweet Ghost Girl:
It is over and done with for us.

Coraline:
What about me?

Tall Ghost Girl:
You're in terrible danger, girl!

Coraline:
But how?! I locked the door!

Sweet Ghost Girl:
It's the key, miss. There's only one, and the beldam will find it.

Ghost Boy:
'Tain't all bad, miss. Thou art alive. Thou art still living.

Wybie:
I'm really sorry I didn't believe you about all this evil stuff, Coraline.

Coraline:
Why did you change your mind?

Wybie:
Well, Grandma showed me this picture after I called you crazy. [takes out and shows Coraline an old photo of his twin grandmas as kids] It's her and her sister, before she disappeared.

Coraline:
The Sweet Ghost Girl.

Coraline:
[walking up to Spink and Forcible, holding a tray of pink lemonade] Thanks for helping me, Miss Spink, Miss Forcible.

Miriam Forcible:
Oh, look, April. Pink ladies!

Coraline:
Actually, it's just lemonade. How's Angus doing?

April Spink:
Oh, much better, dear, but he can't duck his wings forever.

Grandma Lovat:
Wyborne, I know where I'm going. I grew up here.

Coraline:
Welcome, Miss Lovat!

Grandma Lovat:
Oh! Hello.

Coraline:
[last lines] I'm Coraline Jones. I've got so much to tell you.

Why don't we play a game?

Black is traditional. But, if you prefer pink, or vermillion, or chartreuse. Though, you might make me jealous.

April Spink:
Oh, Caroline. Caroline, Caroline, Caroline. You are in terrible danger.

Miriam Forcible:
It's good news. There's a tall, handsome beast in your future.

Tall Ghost Girl:
You're in terrible danger, girl!