"Coraline Theorists" Are Completely Unhinged

A while back I did some videos on Coraline. Because I would consider Coraline to be a stop motion horror movie, and I found it interesting to analyze. As you are probably aware, when you show interest in a topic online, YouTube will recommend more videos on that topic. And this is how I became acquainted with “Coraline Theorists”. –[The Theorizer] I have some theories… some good ones. –[RandomCritique] I’m pretty sure “The Cat” is actually a fairy. –[The Theorizer] If Mr. Lovat's corpse was plac

ed in- the empty apartment next to Coraline’s… –[Chloe] What if Coraline’s parents purposely chose the house because they had known about the history of children disappearing there and wanted her gone? –[The Theorizer] …and being resurrected in the form of a cat to protect his great-grandson. –[Bel Pepper] He was there to help clean up the Chernobyl disaster. And his skin is blue because of the radiation. –[abitfrank] This being is powerful. –[RandomCritique] Is that maybe Coraline has schizophr

enia… –[Jessii Vee] The Beldam and the Cat used to be real human beings… and they were married! –[The Theorizer] …and how there’s possibly two cats trapped in one body, but both them are not real cats. One of them is the spirit of Wybie’s grandma’s father, and the other one is either the son of the Other Mother or the spirit of the other world. Coraline Theorists are what I refer to as a strange set of individuals focused on finding hidden meanings and secrets in the 2009 stop-motion animated fi

lm Coraline, and in some cases, the 2002 book that it was based on. If you’re not familiar with the story, it follows 11 year old Coraline Jones, who, due to boredom, discovers a passageway in her new house leading to a parallel dimension called The Other World, where she’s entertained by more ideal versions of her parents and neighbors with buttons for eyes. As they tend to her, she realizes her Other Mother is actually an evil creature known as The Beldam, sometimes pronounced Bell-Dam, who i

s trying to lure her in to steal her soul. When The Beldam kidnaps her real parents, she challenges the wicked entity to a game to win them back and escape back to her world. When I made my Coraline videos, I was mostly able to stay disconnected from the Coraline Theorist community. But every now and then I would notice strange comments. Like this one. “There’s a shed next to the Pink Palace. What is it for? Please make a video about it." For reference, the Pink Palace is the apartment complex t

hat Coraline’s family moves to, and the shed, is just this. It may actually be a barn, but it’s just a building you see in the background. I don’t really think there’s a story behind it. So why would someone ask for me to make a video about it? Well, I eventually found out it’s because other creators have been scrubbing the entire movie looking at every last frame for potential clues to incorporate into their insane theories. And these people are some of the most deranged individuals you will ev

er find on the internet. To learn which Coraline Theorists belong on a government watchlist stick around to the end of this video. This video is spons by aud. That's just short for sponsored by Audible. Click my link for a free trial. ♪ Metal Music ♪ The first thing you need to know about Coraline Theorists, is that it’s essentially an addiction and vicious cycle. Let’s just say I didn’t find any who stopped after just one theory. There are two reason for this. One. It’s a great movie. Every sce

ne is important and everything you see is handcrafted and put there for a reason. For example, the dining room in the Other World contains framed silhouettes: two girls and one boy. It looks wholesome enough, but on rewatch you may come to a dark revelation: that these represent the Beldam’s victims -- the ghost children we meet later consist of two girls and one boy who fit these silhouettes. The movie is filled with hidden meaning, leading people to re-examine every last frame, oftentimes look

ing for messages that probably aren’t actually there. Reason #2 is that Coraline is proving to be timeless and popular. When a creator makes a Coraline video, it usually get a lot of views, and brings that person a lot of attention, thus incentivizing more Coraline content. And more. AND MORE. In fact, it seems like everyone who’s made one seems to have a whole collection. –[RandomCritique] So I've made a few theories here and there of Coraline… And by a few I mean a lot like I've made a lot. –[

The Theorizer] Coraline, the animated film by the company LAIKA is a movie that I’ve made so many videos on. –[The Fangirl] You guys love Coraline theories so much that I want to give you what you want. I’ve even experienced this myself to some extent. I initially planned on doing 3 videos when I first decided to cover Coraline on my channel. And you’re currently watching video number 8. So today I’m going to be going over some of the most UNHINGED Coraline theories ever created. And I’m gonna s

tart with a topic that first made me take notice of the so-called Coraline Theory Community. Title Card: DON’T TRUST THE CAT (The True Villain) –[RandomCritique] I know I look like a mess, I don’t want to hear it from any one of you. OK? Because I went to school and I got back at like almost 1AM and now I'm recording this and I'm very tired and I don’t want to hear it. Thank you goodbye. (deadpan) Oh yeah, you look like such a mess. I mean clearly you didn’t just put on a full face of makeup and

curl your hair so it has that perfect DNA strand look. I can’t even believe you would put yourself on camera looking like this. It’s honestly kind of insulting to your audience. But I guess I’ll try to look past that, let’s hear why she thinks the Cat is the true villain of Coraline. –[RandomCritique] The cat is very very strange. He hates the Beldam, but it doesn't seem like he likes Coraline all that much. Yeah, I mean that’s what a character arc is. At the beginning he’s skittish around her,

but then they build some trust and team up in the end. –[RandomCritique] All he really does at the beginning is instill fear into her, make smart remarks, and he doesn’t even directly tell her to leave. Who is the Cat? What is the Cat?” (laughing) Pretty sure we know what it is. It’s a cat. That much is in the name. –[RandomCritique] You will know that I believe that the Bell dam is actually a fairy. Oh yeah, this is something these Coraline theorists love to talk about. The Beldam being a fair

y. In European folklore, fairies are magical beings, not necessarily the small winged creatures depicted in pop-culture. Traditional fairies are often shapeshifters that use their magic for mischief, deception or even malevolence. They’re also known for making deals with humans, like the deal the Beldam makes with Coraline to win her parents back. So while this theory is mostly based on sound folklore, there is one major problem that makes the Coraline Theorists who support it look kind of unhin

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proposal is that The Beldam is a fairy, and our messy theorist here -- she’s just such a mess -- points out that the well that Coraline throws the Beldam’s remains down is situated inside of a “fairy ring”, or a circle of mushroom that occurs in nature. –[RandomCritique] There’s a literal fairy ring in the movie. When people step into it, that’s when the Beldam traps them. What is with this girl and her erratic body movements? I feel like she’s about to punch me in the face. She’s like that kid

on the playground in 3rd grade who’s constantly doing this towards your face, and then he’s like “made you flinch! Made you flinch!” Like yeah, I flinched at the fist coming towards my face. Sorry for having basic survival instincts. At least my parents didn’t name me Spike. Anyway, after pointing out some of the characteristics that fairies share with the Beldam, like interdimensional travel, shapeshifting, giving gifts, and the power of names… –[RandomCritique] Names hold a lot of power in th

e fairy kingdom. If you know a fairy's name you'd be able to control them. That's why we never get to know the Beldam’s name. Her real name. Or it could just be that she’s an ancient creature from the 1700s, and is probably named Eleanor or Clementine or something. Not quite as intimidating as The Beldam. Mabel or Jane does not have me shaking in my rainboots when I hear it. You can probably figure out where Messy Maria is going with this whole “fairies don’t reveal their names” idea though. –[R

andomCritique] Doesn’t this sound a lot like one of our other characters in Coraline? The Cat. Yes, The Cat. I’m pretty sure “The Cat" is actually a fairy. (laughing) OK. That’s an interesting theory. When it comes to the “Beldam is a Fairy Theory”, I don’t find it to be too far fetched, but it’s not correct, because the author, Neil Gaiman did a Q&A which is *in the book*, where he’s asked if Coraline is a fairy tale and specifically says: “Well, the only fairy in Coraline has been dead for hun

dreds of years, and some people read the book and never notice her at all.” But again, The Beldam at least shares traits with fairies, so let’s hear her out on why she thinks the Cat is actually a fairy. –[RandomCritique] He travels in and out of the dimension, we don’t know if he’s able to shapeshift, but… Wait, hold up, hold up. I feel like if he was able to shapeshift on command, then he would have done it… at some point. Like maybe when he was trapped in the Other World, or when his life was

threatened by the Beldam. He could have turned into a giant spider eating lizard. But he didn’t do that. Let’s face it: he can’t shapeshift. A big part of her argument seems to be that the Cat doesn't give Coraline his name. But just having things in common with fairies doesn’t *automatically* make the Cat a fairy. We could say the same about Valak from the Conjuring: a shapeshifter who travels between dimensions and obscures its name because knowing the name gives someone power over it. But Va

lak is a demon, not a fairy. They just happen to share a few traits. But again, it’s not that harmful of a theory. It doesn’t ruin the story or anything if you believe it. But this next part certainly does. –[RandomCritique] At first, I was like, hmmm… is the Cat actually working with The Beldam? Uh, no! Why would you ever think that? The Cat tries to help Coraline at every opportunity. And in the book, there are specific details of the Cat being scared while entering the Other World, and avoidi

ng the Other Mother whenever possible. In my video on the Cat, I actually mention how they are most likely enemies, and the Beldam spends time trying to fix up the secret passageways that connect the two worlds in order to keep the Cat out. The Cat even kills one of her rat minions. Don’t think he’d do that if they were working together. I even have a theory of my own about the missing piece of the Cat’s ear most likely the result of a close brush with the creepy Odre Madre. The Other Mother (my

Spanish is not great). Now to her credit, Maria does admit that Cat working with the Beldam makes no sense, but her alternate theory isn’t much better. –[RandomCritique] I mean we already established he could possibly be a fairy as well. What does this Beldam fairy want? Her soul. And what does this Cat fairy want? Probably her soul too. Yeah, I mean never mind the fact that when Coraline is trying to find the souls of the three ghost children so that she can win her game and get her parents ba

ck, the Cat helps her get one of the souls and gives it back to her. If there’s one thing I’ve noticed with Coraline Theorists, it’s that they will ignore very overt facts that are actually in Coraline, but pay very special attention to random stuff that they made up. –[RandomCritique] And The Cat seems more interested in scaring her than saving her. I think she’s overthinking the fact that the Cat is the one to show her that her parents are trapped in the other world. –[RandomCritique] He encou

rages her to go back. Who does that? Why can't you just do it yourself? Why can't you just get her parents back yourself instead of encouraging like an 11 year old girl to go back into a hell? Maybe. Just maybe… the reason he can’t do that is because… I know this is gonna sound crazy… because he *is* a cat. He doesn’t have hands he can’t do anything about it. I don’t see how it would be his responsibility to save the parents of some random girl who just showed up in Oregon to begin with. –[Rando

mCritique] Yes, he helps her win, but also he hates the Beldam. You know, the more you talk, the more I believe you’re wrong. I feel like I’ve dwelled on this one enough, but her other evidence is pretty unhinged too. There’s this object in the tunnel as Coraline is escaping back to her world, which Maria describes as “the turtleneck of one of the Cat’s victims” without really any evidence. Then she says the reason the Cat was OK with Coraline throwing the key down the well, is because the well

is actually a portal to some other dimension. But they’re already in the Cat’s dimension according to her. So does the Cat have two dimensions? What’s going on here? –[RandomCritique] I think Coraline is now in danger. She is the cat’s victim now. (interior monologue) Just smile politely y’all. This girl is honestly terrifying though. In her first Coraline video she has this cartoon avatar where she’s wearing a shirt that says “HUG DEALER”. (laughing) And there’s something very unsettling about

that. In addition to the erratic body movements I mentioned earlier, every now and then, she’ll cut away to movie footage, and then come back, and be *so close* to the camera. Shouldn’t you be trying to move away from the camera? … You know, because you’re such a mess? –[RandomCritique] I know I look like a mess. Her next theory would be 10 times crazier. (IMPACT) Title Card: Coraline Isn’t Real!! Coraline isn’t real, huh? “SHE MADE IT ALL UP” and “None of this is real!” huh? Alright let’s do th

is. –[RandomCritique] Let’s get onto the video. (spliced frame) OK so… Hold on, what was that spliced frame right there? I honestly can’t tell if that’s an editing mistake, or if it’s her trying to be scary by putting in a creepy image for just one frame. She’s obviously trying to be spooky with her presentation style and the music, so… I don’t know. Anyway, onto the theory. –[RandomCritique] I don’t think she moved to Oregon. I don’t think this ever even happened. This theory proposes that the

entire movie is actually a hallucination being produced by Coraline’s brain. The basic gist is that there was a car accident before the events of the story, putting Coraline into a coma where she hallucinated the family moving to Oregon and her discovering the Other World, behind this door in their new house. In the movie, her mom is in a neck brace but Coraline is fine, which is meant to provide contrast between her boring disabled mother in the Real World vs. her exciting “Other Mother” in thi

s alternate dimension. But this creator explains the neck brace as a scenario that Coraline is holding onto to cope with the fact that SHE caused the car accident, and now she’s stuck in this comatose dream. That’s why when she discovers this fantasy world, she finds herself trapped in it, just like she is trapped in the coma. But this *wonderful and totally sane* YouTuber, does not just stop there. –[RandomCritique] Maybe Coraline has schizophrenia… I looked further into it. There might be some

proof. I think someone may have schizophrenia, but Coraline’s not the one I’m worried about. She talks about how people who have hallucinations have a hard time differentiating between what’s real and what is not real. Just like how Coraline doesn’t realize that the Other World is not real when she first arrives there. While discussing the list of symptoms of schizophrenia that she Googled, Maria mentions this… –[RandomCritique] Early signs of schizophrenia is they are unmotivated to do anythin

g reclusive to others and very isolated from others. They are very hostile towards others and they typically suffer from insomnia. -[RandomCritique] Coraline she's very childlike. Oh, my God, you’re right, that’s such a good point. Oh wait, maybe that’s because SHE’S A F*CKING CHILD! -[RandomCritique] When people stay awake for days on end they may start to experience hallucinations. And in the movie we rarely get to see Coraline really sleep. She falls asleep, but the second she closes her eyes

, she goes into the Other World, and in that Other World, the second she closes her eyes there she wakes up in the Real World, I guess. So really Coraline hasn't really slept in what seems like days. If that's the case maybe she's experiencing insomnia. (CZ kinda speechless) Uhh… have you ever seen a movie before? That’s… just what editing is. You don’t just leave in the full 8 hours of Coraline sleeping. You get rid of the moments that aren’t interesting. Imagine if you were making your videos

and you just left in the parts where you pause to drink a glass of water. (Sips water) OK, nevermind, you do do that. Now, to be fair, there are examples of where editing is used to show that a character got very poor sleep. Like in The Babadook, for example, where they use editing to timelapse through the night in seconds, and Amelia awakens looking exhausted. But none of that happens in Coraline, there’s no reason to believe that she has insomnia. I strongly dislike theories like this. Any the

ory where it’s like “Oh it was a dream the whole time!” “It was all a hallucination!” “The character was actually dead this whole time!" In the community of theorizing about media, you see this over and over for every piece of media. And it’s so lazy, because you can literally apply it to anything and you can’t really *dis*prove it because there’s no evidence for it to begin with. These theories have become cliche within the world of media theories and include everything from The Wizard of Oz be

ing a figment of Dorothy’s imagination when she hit her head, to the Toy Story theory that suggests Andy is actually a terminally ill child, and the toys are all manifestations of his imagination as he copes with his illness. And don’t even get me started on MatPat’s “Link is Dead Theory in Majora’s Mask.” If Link is dead as a child, how is the spirit of the Hero of Time like 6’3” in Twilight Princess Matt? But it’s so annoying, because in nearly every case, this type of theory takes away from t

he story, rather than adding to it. A good story might say something about society, or challenge your perspective on something, or maybe even just be relatable. But then if you were to say that it’s just a hallucination, then all of that no longer applies because it’s just like dream fodder. And by the way, Maria, wouldn’t accepting this theory also undo all of your other theories? How can the Cat be an evil Fairy secretly plotting against Coraline if the Cat is just a figment of Coraline’s imag

ination? Didn’t think that one through did ya? Maybe you better stick to your Cocomelon Theories. There’s really 2 theories I want to dive into with Cocomelon, and both are kind of weird and creepy. But in this video I’m gonna stick to analyzing Coraline Theories, and one of the biggest Coraline theories is the Coraline Core Theory from The Fangirl. Title Card: Coraline Core Theory Like any good piece of entertainment, she starts by complaining about her career. –[The Fangirl] But sadly I went t

o college for a degree in film studies So I actually spent good money on being trained how to pick out little details and film and write these thesis papers on them which means I've had zero job prospects since graduating. …she says, as she promotes her affiliate links. And merchandise. And other channels. However, I guess that film degree isn’t even going to good use, because she keeps complaining about how she’s not able to express her thoughts properly. –[The Fangirl] I have been very jumbled

up talking about Coraline partly because I can't fully explain it in every video. I've gotten so many comments from people who watch one or two of my Coraline theory videos and get confused, and I get it because I developed a lot of my theories throughout multiple videos. So I've watched the movie again and catch something different, or I'd have a conversation with someone and realize I am not explaining things as well as I thought I was. I’ll attempt to explain her ideas more concisely than sh

e does. So The Fangirl’s main Coraline theory is what she calls the “Core Theory” which is that when Coraline goes to sleep during her visit to the other world, she somehow wakes up in her bed back in the Real World. But this is not the Real World, this is what she calls the Pink Palace Limbo World. So although it appears that she’s going back and forth between the Real World and the Other World, she’s actually going back and forth between the Other World and this third Limbo World. At the end o

f the movie, she ends up trapped in the Limbo World, which could explain why we see the shape of the Beldam’s head in the garden. And I’m not totally against this idea, actually. I’m not going to say that it’s literally true because there are examples of characters remembering interactions from the real world. But I think the subtext of constant pleasure in the Other World vs the reality of delayed gratification in the Real World is a real theme intended by the author. And the Limbo Theory is me

ant to show that the lines between those two realities can often be blurred. But then, as is so often the case with Coraline Theorists, this creator takes it a step too far. (IMPACT) –[The Fangirl] We do see the residents in the beginning of the film which is surely in the Real World, but notice how not one person interacts with any of them? No one seems to notice that they're there as if they're in a parallel universe Hmm... And come on, you think a 300 pound old man like Mr. Bobinsky is doing

squats on the roof and no one is noticing it? No way! Something supernatural is happening here. Yeah, I think it’s more just because Coraline is a story set in a whimsical world. I don’t think there needs to be a theory about some supernatural cause for the characters to be quirky. Generally, in the medium of animation, a lot of people feel the need to take advantage of the medium by doing things that you can’t do in reality, which is probably the design philosophy behind Coraline. I’m not perso

nally of the belief that animation has to do things that live action does not. For example, a show like King off the Hill is a favorite of mine, despite never doing anything outside the scope you would expect from a typical sitcom. But Coraline does like to play with the opportunities afforded to it by the medium of animation. Even in the “Real World”. And that’s cool too. The Fangirl makes a big deal out of the fact that nobody interacts with the residents at Coraline’s apartment complex. But t

hat’s not really true. Coraline’s parents actually encourage her to go talk to the old ladies downstairs, Mr. Bobinsky receives tons of outside mail, and at one point in the book, Ms. Spink and Ms. Forcible go out for a day to visit Spink’s niece. The thing with these unhinged theorists, is most of the time instead of just thinking about what they said for a minute, and being like “oh yeah, now that I think about it… no, that doesn’t make sense.” They will cling to their theory. And they will do

anything to defend it. –[The Fangirl] Now that all sounds like it contradicts my visual aids. But it actually doesn't have to, it would actually take far less energy for the Beldam to trap residents in a parallel universe that cuts them off from the Real World, so everything would look the same, but the residents of the Pink Palace Limbo World are in a parallel universe that doesn't interact with the Real World. What reality are you living in? Maybe this YouTuber lives in an alternate reality.

Where things don’t have to make sense! And I talk like this. And your name is Watered Down! That reference will be lost on most people. Now don’t get me wrong. I *like* a good film theory. I think the best ones change the way you look at the story or a certain aspect of it. The movie adaptation of Coraline came out a year before one of my favorite movies: Inception, which covers similar territory -- a character struggling to differentiate between a dream world and the real world. In Inception th

ere’s a suggestion the character Cobb is stuck in the dream world at the end, because he’s lost his ability to distinguish dream from reality. The Inception wedding ring theory posits that the presence or absence of a wedding ring serves as a visual clue to help viewers distinguish between the dream world and reality, and since Cobb is seen without the ring at the end of the movie, that means he actually has made it back to reality. You don’t have to agree with it, but it’s simple, effective, an

d if you do agree with it, it causes you to see the ending in a new light. It feels like Watered Down here is trying to capture that same magic in her Coraline Core theory. Only, it’s not working. When you have to do all this mental gymnastics and reshape reality as we know it in order to make your theory work on the most basic level, that’s what we call… what do we call that? Unhinged! That’s what we call it. But there are still 20 minutes left in this theory. It’s filled with contradictions. –

[The Fangirl] All of these clues help to support the idea that Coraline never returns to the Real World after going into the Other World. True, Coraline and her family do go shopping in the Real World, but the Other Father states in the book that there isn’t anywhere but here. This is all she made. The house, the grounds, and the people in the house. Why does that matter? Because the Other World, as small as it is, has a white space has a huge white space where the Beldam isn't creating anything

. You know, that’s actually a good point. A good point *against you* that is. If we’re going by the chronology of the movie, Coraline has already made two trips to the Other World before being taken into town to go shopping. But of course, Muh-gan, yes, she pronounces it like that… –[The Fangirl] Hey it’s Megan!” I’m Megan and welcome back to The Fangirl…” … is already bending over backwards to cover this hole in her argument. –[The Fangirl] It's because the white space is there on purpose. It'

s a way to make Coraline believe that the Beldam's powers are very limited and a way to make Coraline think that she knows the difference between the Real World and the Other World. Think about it, if you saw a place that was very off in every way, you really wouldn't notice small errors or issues in a world made to look like your home, would you? So by making the Other World and the Beldam have flaws, it makes it easier to trap Coraline in the Limbo Pink Palace. Yeah, I’m sure the Beldam was do

ing this Light Yagami level 4D chess thinking in order to try and trick an 11 year old. It doesn’t even make sense actually. If you had the ability to create a parallel world without flaws that stretches to the size of the entire city or further, then why even bother with the fake out world? Not to mention that as the Other Mother loses her soul powers, we see the Other World start to deteriorate and break down back into a void. If she also created the Limbo World, then shouldn’t that break down

too? The more you think about it, the more this “Core Theory” completely falls apart. But she just keeps trying to defend it. –[The Fangirl] There is no free will and everything with button eyes is merely a puppet for the Beldam to use to her advantage, and it's a similar issue with the ghost children. They were real people at one time, and that's how the Beldam can recreate their likenesses. But now, they're carbon copy forms are being used to make puppets that the Beldam controls. That's why

the ghost children tell Coraline to run away from the other world, because it's so dangerous. Then also ask her to linger around and free them too. So what she’s saying here is that everyone who helps Coraline escape the Other World along the way, from The Other Father to The Other Wybie to the Ghost Children were all puppets being controlled by The Beldam. The Beldam instructed them to give her warnings, so that she would try to escape from the Other World to the Limbo world, which is where The

Beldam really wants her to end up. This is my other least favorite type of cliche theory. The “everyone was in on it the entire time theory.” Like the Blair Witch Project theory that everyone in the town conspired to make up stories about the Blair Witch to drive the documentary filmmakers crazy. Or the Matrix theory that Morpheus was working for the bad guys all along. These theories are often easily explained with the same logic: everything that happens happens because the bad guys planned it

that way to manipulate the main character. It’s another lazy theory that you can slap on just about any property you want and it will work, but it will severely make the story worse. “Coraline only wins because The Beldam wanted her to win. It was part of her long term plan.” Gimme a break. If the ghost children were in on it, then what about the ending where Coraline frees their souls and they come and thank her in her dream and warn her that she’s still in danger? –[Ghost Children] You’re in

terrible danger girl! –[Coraline] But how? I locked the door? –[Ghost Children] It’s the key, miss. There’s only one and the Beldam will find it. Me-gan tries to spin this as the ghost children trying to convince Coraline to get rid of the key so that the Beldam can get it, but that’s not really what they say, as we just saw. In the book version of this scene, by the way, the key isn’t even mentioned. Her next point would be one that I’ve seen before in other theory videos on Coraline. At first,

I thought it was a strange coincidence, but as I dug deeper, I started to uncover the truth behind the Coraline Hive Mind. (IMPACT) One theme I’ve noticed throughout most of these Coraline videos is that they try to paint the picture that the movie actually doesn’t have a happy ending. –[The Fangirl] Once Coraline throws away the key it goes down to Beldam's lair, the Beldam has the key, and Coralline has effectively locked herself permanently in the limbo area. It’s funny how both unhinged the

orists I’ve discussed so far believe, without a shadow of a doubt, that the well is actually a portal. I agree that the design of the well looks a lot like the design of the portal. But I’ve always seen it as just a narrative refrain. The dropping of the Beldam’s hand in the well symbolizes returning the evil back to where it came from… it’s not *literally* a portal back to her world. If you actually watch the movie, when they throw the Beldam’s remains into the well, along with the key, you hea

r the splash as it hits the bottom. (splash) Which is a really satisfying sound effect. It’s just like how the closing of the well is visually similar to the shadows that come over the moon as Coraline is nearly trapped in the Other World. It’s symbolic of the connection being closed, it doesn’t mean the well is a literal portal. But let’s move on. –[The Fangirl] I do really like that The Theorizer caught the fact that both the Lovat family and the cat are African-American, with the population o

f Ashland, Oregon being so sparse on this demographic. I really think there's potential for the cat to be related to the Lovats. WHAT? Are you trying to say that the Cat is related to the neighbor boy’s family because it’s a black cat? You must be more unhinged than I thought. Just to play devil’s advocate here: maybe she’s talking about the fact that the voice actor, Keith David is black? I still think that’s an insane conclusion through. OK I *have* to see this Theorizer video. She’s mentioned

him a few times to this point, and it seems like he may be the ringleader of the Coraline Theorists. The Mind Flayer to their hive mind. And at nearly 1 million subs, he certainly seems to be the big bad in this community. And he may be the most unhinged of them all. It seems that The Theorizer may also be the original Coraline theorist. His videos go back as far as 2015. His content is compiled into this 13 part Coraline mega theory playlist, so I guess the best way to go about this is to make

my way through that. Part 1 is about the well, which we’ve already covered, and part two just discusses miscellaneous secrets. Like how the button eyes are presented to Coraline in a hexagonal box which matches the hexagonal room that the spider web sits under. Although, those of us who can count have realized that this room is octagonal, it has 8 sides, not 6. Part 3 is a timeline of events though, if you want a good timeline, with some analysis, I recommend you watch one of mine. Shameless se

lf-promotion. But his timeline is fine. It doesn’t assign specific years to anything, but in terms of chronology, it seems accurate enough. Part 4 is where he has narration for the first time, and claims that some of his past theories were half baked, hoping to make up for it with this one. First he claims that the Beldam was once a human woman, now using soul magic to stay alive. Then he starts talking about the Cat, claiming that he too was once human. –[The Theorizer] The Beldam did not succe

ed in taking his soul; she didn't have a way of trapping him, and it resulted in him escaping. Of course he'd then grow old, eventually dying after 1960 and he'd be reincarnated around thirty years later to protect Wybie Lovat. This is why we see him so close to Wybie all the time: he's protecting him from the Beldam. You’re probably expecting me to dunk all over him at this point, but honestly, he’s not that far off the mark. In fact, in my own video about the Cat, I also theorized that he coul

d have been a human who went into the other world and was turned into a cat by the Beldam’s magic. At the end of this video, The Theorizer tries to tack on a few extra fun facts and… I’ll just play the clip. –[The Theorizer] The ghosts in Coraline’s dream are in a place where the backdrop is Starry Night a painting by Van Gogh. Starry Night is believed to be a representation of isolation, and Van Gogh himself called it “a starlit vault of heaven one can only call God.” Now I'm not too familiar w

ith the Bible, but according to historical research people have done on this painting, the 11 stars represents Genesis 37:9, a verse that had to do with Joseph, and historians believe that Van Gogh identified Joseph with his art because a like Joseph, he was a dreamer and had just underwent years of imprisonment. Sound insanely familiar? You know, I used to be really into theories about The Shining. My favorite movie. And I remember one time I saw a new Shining theory had been uploaded to YouTub

e, and naturally I clicked on it. I can’t the find the video anymore, but it was basically like “if you look at this jar in the background in the pantry it says Tang. And if you convert those letters into numbers you get 20-1-14-7. But if you multiply 14 and 7 and subtract 2 from 20 and also do some other stuff you get 4-15-1865. The day Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. The Shining is about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln!” And that’s basically what this feels like from The Theorizer. I me

an it’s likely that the Van Gogh painting being a reference to the biblical passage is real, but all of the other jumps he makes to make this work are so tenuous. Alright, Theory #5! Let’s go! –[The Theorizer] I realized that my three Coraline videos were the most popular on my channel. So naturally I created part 4. It got me 50K subscribers and a million views. As is often the case with Coraline theorists, their Coraline videos do well, so they want to do more Coraline videos. And if we’re bei

ng real, this is the why Coraline theories are so unhinged. They run out of things to talk about after 1 or 2 videos, so they just start making stuff up. The social media attention is intoxicating and as they make more and more theories, they get more and more bizarre, more farfetched. Is it intentional? Maybe. Maybe not. But one way or another, it just keeps escalating. The Theorizer’s Part 5 is filled with mostly pretty good mini theories. I really like the one about the key being shaped like

a button, because the key is the object that connects the two worlds, just as an actual button holds together the two sides of your shirt. Then… we get to the reason we came here in the first place. –[The Theorizer] Well prepare to maybe or maybe not have your mind blown. I came to the sudden realization that this grandmother is African-American. OK, so that in itself isn't mind-blowing, but what is, is when you realize that the Cat is black and is voiced by an African-American there are only tw

o characters in the film that are of this nationality. One, that’s not what nationality means. Two, having the same skin color as someone doesn’t make you related, and those aren’t the only characters in the film with that skin color. You don’t see anyone making the claim that these guys are related to the Lovats. Three, the reason the Cat is a black cat probably has more to do with black cats usually being associated with witches. There are a lot of instances of Coraline being compared to a wit

ch. She uses an adder stone, also known as a witch stone, in the book there’s a witch costume in her drawer, her father has a song about her where he refers to her as his “twitchy-witchy girl”, she tries using a magic dowsing rod, and Wybie even refers to her as a water witch. –[Wybie] Well, great to meet a Michigan water witch. So I’m pretty sure the black Cat is just playing into the trope of witches and black cats being companions. And I’m pretty sure Keith David was casted because he has a c

ool voice, not because they wanted someone who was black. I’ll cut you some slack here, Theorizer, because when I was younger in my Shining theory days, I actually considered that the characters Danny and Jack Torrance were intentionally casted to Danny Lloyd and Jack Nicholson respectively. That’s just not how casting works. I guess it’s *possible* that Keith David was always their guy, but if you look at casting websites for voice work, they’ll specify male or female, sometimes age range, and

that’s it. If your theory is that the Cat was part of the Lovat family, I would certainly hope you have other evidence than just the Cat is black. –[The Theorizer] For this Cat-dad theory, there is little evidence. Great! Great. Yeah, that’s all I needed to know. His only other evidence is that the Cat is friendly with Wybie. –[The Theorizer] In the early 2000s he's brought back to protect his grandson to make up for the lost daughter. And it seems like with that theory, the floodgates are open

for more insane sh*t. (IMPACT) The Theorizer goes on to list a lot of other ideas that he has, which are definitely kind of made up, but to his credit, not necessarily unhinged. He thinks the fog represents the unknown, and uncertainty about the future. He thinks the Beldam is able to control her subjects by filling them with this stuffing, which he calls “soul sand”. To be fair, it seems at this point, during theory 5 out of 13, he is at least a little bit self aware, and may be hinting not to

take him too seriously. –[The Theorizer] So most of those were just ideas and not actually theories. It actually seems so far, other than a weird idea here and there, and some of his theories being a bit too much of a stretch, he hasn’t really crossed into the territory of unhinged. If I were to propose my own theory for a moment here, I would say he’s more of a lead domino in a chain reaction. His theories as of Summer 2016, are just a little out there, and then he has imitators who push the en

velope a little bit further, and then someone else wants to one-up the imitators by making the craziest theory yet. And that’s how you end up with channels like Me-gan’s. The Theorizer even talks about this in his fifth Coraline video. –[The Theorizer] Then I noticed a couple other YouTubers taking what was now on the Wiki, and reposting my theory with a couple of personal changes. But it wouldn’t be long before he would become a Flanderized version of himself. For those who are not terminally o

nline, Flanderizing is when a character’s most pronounced traits are oversimplified to the point where they constitute their entire personality, as seen with Ned Flanders from The Simpsons. –[Ned] Diddly doodly. Diddly doddly oddly. But while we were all busy worrying about creepy clowns in 2016, The Theorizer was hard at work on another Coraline theory. In this one, he answers more questions sent in by fans. And he’s mostly just grasping at straws in this episode. –[The Theorizer] Where did the

Beldam’s eyes go if she used them to create the world? Well we have a few options but I'd say the best fit place would be the moon. The moon represents the Other World. It may be a big button, but it's what controls the void. It's what holds the magic. By the way, there’s something I’ve been wanting to get off my chest for a while but the opportunity has not presented itself. I can’t stand when creators make mistakes in their narration and just put a little text blurb to correct it instead of r

e-recording the line. I get it, it sucks to stop everything you’re doing while you’re editing to fix a line. You probably have to get up, set up your audio equipment, turn off the air conditioning, go into the room where you recorded it. Maybe even transfer and backup your new audio files. If you have to do that several times per video it can take up a lot of time and be really annoying. But you know what? Don’t be lazy. A lot of people are just listening, or half watching while they work on som

ething else. They may not see your correction. I obviously take content creation very seriously, and the creators I respect the most are those who also take it seriously. But anyway, soapbox moment aside, Theory #6 was mostly not very interesting, so our boy decided to go mask off for #7. This one’s called “The Cat is the Beldam’s SON?” The same cat that you said is African-American. The cat that you said is Wybie’s grandfather is also The Beldam’s son? Well, congratulations Mr. Theorizer, you’v

e made it onto the list, you’ve actually surpassed everyone else. You are the most unhinged Coraline YouTuber. –[The Theorizer] I do believe he may possibly be the boy in the picture. The blue boy who The Beldam lost long ago. Who she built an empire for. An empire for her dead child. Where all of his dreams could come true. Where he never lost his ice cream. I think maybe someone needs to build an empire for you. One where you never lost your marbles. Cause this is so insane. –[The Theorizer] A

nd what about the fact that he's a cat? Either it's out of reincarnation, or due to something terrible that happened in the Other World. Or perhaps and this makes the most sense: Her son simply died and she spends decades attempting to compensate while simultaneously trying to keep herself alive. Actually, that doesn’t make the most sense. That doesn’t make any sense. Because we don’t have any framework for reincarnation being a thing in the Coraline universe. Also, I think it’s WELL established

at this point that the Cat and the Beldam are enemies. You’re just making stuff up -- and then, to support your theory, you’re using other stuff that you made up. Which is something they all kind of do at one point or another. Imagine if I just said this lady at the clothing store is a spy for the Beldam. Wait, actually, that’s kinda good! Yo, that lady’s creepy as f-- This obviously creates a huge contradiction, because he previously said the Cat was related to Wybie and his grandmother. Is it

time to walk that one back, and admit he was wrong? No. True “Coraline Theorists” would rather chop off their own hands or gouge out their own eyes than admit they were wrong. He would spend almost a year coming up with a rebuttal. –[The Theorizer] I do know that they are at least 2 different characters. There are two cats. Coraline Theory #9. There are two cats. –[The Theorizer] It's something you actually may suspect the first time you watch the film. Afterall, the massive difference is that

the Cat can talk in the Other World. Look, I know you just created this theory because it covers up your contradiction about who The Cat is actually related to, but come on man. We literally see the Cat with her in her own world, not able to talk, then they cross through the tunnel, TOGETHER, and he starts talking in the Other World. At the end, we see the Cat go back into the tunnel that Coraline escapes through, and when they reconnect in the Real World, he looks angry with her and Coraline ap

ologizes for throwing him at the Other Mother. –[Coraline] It was all I could think of. And to tie it all together, there’s this detail in the book where the Cat blinks to say yes because he can’t talk. “Do you know where Mummy and Daddy are?” The cat blinked at her, slowly. “Is that a yes?” The cat blinked again. Coraline decided that that was indeed a yes. This happens multiple times throughout the book, and it happens in the movie too. At the very beginning, in the real world… –[Coraline] I’m

just looking for an old well. Know it? …and at the end after Coraline has recovered the stolen souls. –[Coraline] I think it’s time. Don’t you? To set them free? That’s why the address of the uniform shop address is 182. Blink-182! Coraline is looking for her parents. She can’t find them. She might be inclined to say… ♪ WHERE ARE YOU? ♪ See, I'm joking, but that is seriously not different from how some of these Coraline theorists think. And The Theorizer himself would put that on display… almos

t immediately. (IMPACT) Theory #9 truly puts The Theorizer’s self-clouded delusion on display in a spectacular way, and things would only get wilder from this point on. –[The Theorizer] If this is indeed the case, it would mean that all of my previous theories are correct to a degree, in fact, it would tie the seventh one to all the others if you know what I mean. Wow, how convenient. I’m sure you’re not going to use other stuff you made up as supporting evidence. –[The Theorizer] One Cat is the

Beldam's son, who I claimed to be the blue boy, and the other is Wybie’s great grandfather. We will need tons of evidence to support a theory of two different cats, and don’t fear, I have a bit. (laughing) A bit? –[The Theorizer] When we look at the blue boy painting in the other world his eyes bear a striking resemblance to that of the Cat; the exact same shade of blue! Ahh yes. From the brilliant mind that brought you all black people are related comes the long anticipated sequel, all people

with blue eyes are related. So THAT’S why everyone always confuses me with Brad Pitt. I have to point out that this is also like less than three minutes after he admitted that it’s probably impossible for the Cat, who he believes is the Beldam’s son, to be the same as the boy with the ice cream cone. Let’s rewind on that. –[The Theorizer] Ice cream cones were created in 1896 by an Italian living in New York. In 1903 his patent was granted. Oo if the blue boy was the Grand Dame’s son, born in the

mid to late 1800s, then it would be incredibly unlikely for him to be so modernized like this with an ice-cream cone. The boy actually looks like he's from the 1900s. There are so many possibilities to my theories and I shall never settle on just one as it would make me a poor theorizer. Mmm… maybe it would make you a better Theorizer actually. He also talks about another hole in his theory. The cat he’s claiming to be the son of the Beldam is the one that has the voice by Keith David. It shoul

d be the other way around. But don’t worry guys, don’t worry! There’s a perfect explanation. –[The Theorizer] It means that Vermin is putting on this fake voice to mimic the spirit of Mr. Lovat. And he also acknowledges that according to his theory, The Beldam’s son would be the one to claw out his own mother’s eyes. But he’s got an explanation for that as well. It was all part of the show to trick Coraline. –[The Theorizer] Isn't it obvious? He's letting Coraline escape so that they can work th

e system all over again. The Beldam can just sew her eyes back on. Isn’t that obvious? That should have been obvious! I actually love how Coraline Theorists all use this same type of language. –[The Theorizer] Well, isn't it obvious? - And obviously, of course. - Obviously it was because they didn't need to capture her. - There's the obvious big one. - Well obviously it was a vermin. - Obviously... If you didn’t realize this convoluted theory you’re actually some kind of smoothbrain moron! What

does that even mean, “work the system all over again?” They already had Coraline trapped, what good does it do to let her escape to “work the system all over again?" Nearly everything that happens in the movie contradicts his theory, and the video is just him making up excuses to nullify all of the counterpoints. Why did Vermin give Coraline the final soul? Why would he need to further convince her at this point they practically had Coraline in their grasp? –[The Theorizer] They didn't need to t

rap her, they needed to break her spirit and the rest of their plan is something we don't know about because the movie unfortunately ends. But I have some ideas, though those are for a later video. Aww man! I hate when the movie ends right in the middle of the story. Guess we’ll have to wait for Coraline 2. What? There’s no Coraline 2? Even though the original is insanely successful and has been popular again online for the last 9 years? It’s almost like the end of the movie *is* the end of the

story! And just when I thought things couldn’t get any more convoluted with The Theorizer’s messy headcanon… Coraline Theory #10. There Are 2 Cat Souls in a Single Body. In this one he starts blabbering about the empty apartment next to Coraline’s being the hiding place Mr. Lovat’s corpse, but then says that it’s unlikely. –[The Theorizer] Whatever the case may be, we know his ghost mixed with the Other World's Soul power kept him stuck as this cat. We know this is very likely to be the case-- A

HAHA! This is very likely to be the case. Alright I’m done. (walks away) OK I’m not done. –[The Theorizer] It is not a stretch in the slightest. So remember how he said the movie ends before we figure out what The Beldam’s plan was? Well in this theory, he’s concluded that they’re going to make her school really boring so that she’s tempted to come back to the Other World. I am not making this up. So just to recap, their master plan was to have her trapped, then intentionally let her go and then

lure her back so they can trap her again. So they’re right back where they started… DO NOT QUESTION THE THEORIZER! Alright, let’s let him get to his main point. –[The Theorizer] The distinction between Vermin and Mr. Lovat becomes increasingly blurred up until the end of the film. For example, when Coraline goes through the portal to save her parents, the Cat enters it with her (presumably Vermin); suddenly he stops shakes his head out of confusion and now has the ability to speak. OK so this i

s the same scene I brought up earlier to disprove his theory. He is not going to say that the Cat has DID. If he says the Cat has Dissociative Identity Disorder, I honestly don’t know what I’m going to do. –[The Theorizer] Mr. Lovat showed anger towards Coraline despite it being Vermin she threw at the Beldam. There are clearly other things going on, because only the end of the film prominently throws the distinction between them at us. OK so he didn’t technically go for the DID argument, but it

seems like what probably happened is he saw people in his comments making the same counter arguments that I made earlier in this video, and he’s just trying to debunk them by saying “Hey! It’s magic! Anything goes”. Also, has anyone else noticed that he’s trying to make his cadence sound like MatPat? – [The Theorizer] I’m not done with Mr. Lovat though. – [MatPat] Oh ho but dear theorists, we’ve only just begun. After this, he gets way too obsessed with the geography of The Other World. Which I

find kind of boring. I don’t see why a world that you have to take a portal to should be held to very strict standards when it comes to use of space. It’s also a stop motion movie. I think he’s forgetting that these are physical sets that exist. Even though his 2 Cat Souls theory seemed to go over fine with his audience, who generally seem to not object to anything he says… it’s probably kids… he continues to defend it in his next theory video entitled “The Plight of the Seamstress.” –[The Theo

rizer] I have some more evidence for this shared body theory. In fact my evidence is actually one of points that used to be a contradiction. In the shaking head. This shaking head is not the Cat gaining the ability to speak from the portal, but rather him switching into Vermin form so that he can lure Coraline into the concept of playing a game with the Beldam. This actually makes more sense than it being from him gaining the ability to speak. I mean what would shake someone up more? Speaking ab

ility or literal personality shift? I was wrong a minute ago. He basically is saying that the cat has DID. I somehow knew this would happen. He also uses this video to comment on that piece of fabric seen in the tunnel. Remember the thing that A Random Critique called a “turtleneck of one of the Cat’s victims”? –[The Theorizer] We see… Yes, the blue boys outfit! Flipped inside out. That, or it's just quite faded… It does not even look remotely the same. How the hell does this video have nearly 1

0K likes? It’s seriously hurting my brain… –[The Theorizer] A glowing orb turns into what looks like a rotting child’s body, morphed into the side of a wall. But that could really be anything if you look at it hard enough. I think that’s his entire philosophy when it comes to this channel. If you look at something hard enough, it could be anything. And this kind of carries us through his other claims in this video. That the portal is actually the esophagus of some creature, that the Beldam is re

ally an underling to an enormous alien monster and that Wybie’s Grandma is actually evil. These are all actual claims he makes in the video. And it’s all to setup a pair of bombshells, the last two in the series. (IMPACT) I’m pretty sure the Theorizer is covered in splinters at this point judging from the amount of times he’s scraped the bottom of the barrel, but that doesn’t hinder him from saying some of the dumbest sh*t I’ve ever heard in Theory #12. –[The Theorizer] When you screenshot the f

ilm the second before Coraline kicks the Beldam in the face, you get a brilliant close-up of the Beldam. And when I brightened it up, very specifically, I saw a small circular dot in the corner of the Beldam’s hair. It could be part of her spine so I brightened some more and got this. (pause) Well don’t you see it? Don’t you see it? Isn’t it obvious? What kind of IDIOT would not recognize that? There was a point earlier on where I believed that The Theorizer was kind of in on the joke, that this

had turned into some kind of post ironic humor. And the further we get into this 13-part series, the less and less I believe that he’s self aware. Some of the comments seem to be making light of all this, while others, which I image are kids, seem genuinely terrified of his quote unquote “discoveries”. And to answer the question, apparently this spot is supposed to be the eye of the Cat. Because everything goes back to the Cat. He can’t just let go of that one. But who is the cat really? –[The

Theorizer] Who is Vermin? Well quite simply, he is the Other World itself. The book is excellently in tune with this. It talks about the portal as a living entity and by extension the Other World itself as a living entity. And here, he’s actually not embellishing too much. While escaping from the Other World, Coraline touches the wall this is how it’s described: “The wall she was touching felt warm and yielding now, and, she realized, it felt as if it were covered in a fine downy fur. It moved,

as if it were taking a breath. She snatched her hand away from it. Winds howled in the dark. She was scared she would bump into something, and she put out her hand for the wall once more. This time what she touched felt hot and wet, as if she had put her hand in somebody’s mouth, and she pulled it back with a small wail.” Then, shortly after, we get the following text: “Whatever that corridor was was older by far than the other mother. It was deep, and slow, and it knew that she was there….” My

interpretation has always been that the Other Mother we see is simply an avatar created by this unseen horror. The entity of the Other World. Theorizer’s interpretation is that it’s the Cat, which once again clashes with his past theories, but more importantly, is a lot less scary than the entity being this omnipotent thing. Usually his theories try to make things more scary, but I don’t think he succeeded with this one. I guess he makes up for it at the end of this theory though, when he tells

us his ideas about Coraline’s ultimate fate. –[The Theorizer] Coraline will become the next Beldam, being forced to drag in and murder little children for eternity, as her body rots away without dying. And with that we have finally made it to the last part of the Coraline Mega Theory. “Coraline Theory #13: The Cat is Controlling the Other Mother.” –[The Theorizer] And so today, in what I hope will be the last time I hit this movie, I’m going to discuss the final theory I accidentally made when o

vercomplicating things for myself. Enjoy this Lovecraftian freakshow. And this theory has one of the most unhinged takes to be presented yet. In the last one, he tried to say the Cat was the big bad, the entity that makes the Other World tick. And while I disagree with that, he’s actually not far off the mark, because there is *a* living entity that predates everyone. But in this theory, he tries to make the argument that the Beldam is actually the virtuous hero, just a victim of this greater po

wer. –[The Theorizer] She is drastically and painstakingly sacrificing herself for eternity in order to save planet Earth from the Other World. She desperately doesn’t want to subject anyone else to the extremely unfortunate fate she lives through every single day. And she visibly does love the kids. The seamstress has only killed three children over the course of her holding the title of Beldam. If your argument is that someone is actually the hero because she ONLY killed three kids, maybe it’s

time to get off the internet, go outside, see some sunshine -- I know this sounds rich coming from me, but this is like watching A Nightmare on Elm Street and saying Freddy Krueger was the good guy because the dead kids no longer have nightmares. This is like saying Cruella de Vil was the hero of 101 Dalmatians because if she didn’t skin those puppies someone else would have. My man. You have lost. You’ve lost the plot. You’ve lost your mind. Get help. –[The Theorizer] I appreciate being called

a nutty conspiracy theorist, it is my striving passion and apparent life. Oh good, now I don’t have to feel bad. That’s the Coraline Mega Theory. But what became of the Coraline Theorists? Where are they now? A Random Critique broke down just about two years after her first Coraline video. In a vlog called “I’m Done. Let’s Talk”, she admits she kept doing more Coraline theories because her Coraline content got views, but now she’s burnt out to the verge of tears. –[RandomCritique] I’m worried a

bout how my mental health will decline if I continue doing this. So she took a break from Coraline theories, which lasted about 5 months. The Fangirl just decided to run Coraline into the ground and still hasn’t taken her foot off the gas. I guess she just loves Coraline, because the videos aren’t even getting views anymore. She’s done 44 episodes of her Coraline Theory playlist, and in addition to that has been doing nothing but Coraline Scene analysis’ for the last 3 months. She’s going scene

by scene and analyzing each scene with 20 minute videos. There are 52 scenes in Coraline, at which point her full analysis will be over 17 hours. Say it with be everyone. UN. HINGED. And then there’s the OG -- the Theorizer himself. And he actually stopped doing Coraline Theories after his Mega Theory. His last Coraline related video was just a compilation of his previous work which came out in 2019. It’s the most viewed video on his channel. So it seems they all went their separate ways. But be

fore I end this, let me pose my own Coraline theory… Could unhinged theories be a microcosm of real world conspiracy theories? Is Coraline Core Theory the stop-motion animation equivalent of flat earth theory? Are the brain activity patterns that brought us the “Cat was the villain all along theory” the very same line of thinking that gave birth to the Jewish Space Laser theory? Is the “Coraline Isn’t Real” theory just a projection of someone's own fears that we are living in a simulation? And i

s the Coraline Mega Theory just the in universe version of the ancient aliens built the great pyramids theory? Perhaps Coraline Theorists just exist as an example -- no! A warning! A warning about what happens when lunatics are left unchecked amongst themselves. When ideas bounce around in an echo chamber and get bigger, and wilder, and crazier. Maybe YouTube videos about Coraline can teach us something about the fringes of society. But hey… (pause) (laughing) Am I really gonna end it like this?

But hey! That’s just a theory! A CORALINE THEORY. Be careful what you wish for. And if I die this week… It was her! It was 100% this chick. I’ll see you in the next one, assuming we both survive.