Introducing some of the chracters!

Coraline Jones

Brave, clever, curious and a self-proclaimed 11-year-old explorer.
She is aggravated by crazy adults, not being taken seriously, and people constantly mistaking her name for Caroline.

Mel Jones

Coraline's busy mother. In the movie, Mel has a neck brace around her neck. Mel is a writer working on a gardening catalog. She loves her daughter, but is very busy and doesn't always give her the attention that Coraline thinks she needs. The Other Mother has a turtleneck jumper instead.The Other Mother is the creator of the other world and its inhabitants.  

Charlie Jones

Coraline's father.
The other father is a singer-pianist, as well as a gardener. He acts like the other mother's slave, showing a scared and traumatized attitude.

Wyborne Lovat

The strange, nervous 11-year-old grandson of Coraline's landlady. Wybie is a character introduced for the film adaptation so that the viewer "wouldn't have a girl walking around, occasionally talking to herself. He wears a metallic skull mask with a three-piece turret lens as well as a handmade motorized bicycle used to patrol the woods. The Other Wybie is very sweet and has been rendered incapable of speech by the Other Mother as she thought Coraline would prefer him that way.

The cat

A nameless black cat from Coraline's world who appears and disappears at will and has the ability to speak in the Other World. He forms a bond with Coraline and acts as her guide and mentor throughout her journey.