Wybie was put in the movie so Coraline had someone to talk to because in the book she spends a lot of time monologuing by herself.

The screen writters stated that they made Wybie so Coraline wont be talking with herself the whole movie. So they made him as a way to develope Coraline kinda. I honestly loved the movie and actually liked Wybie.

The reason her hair is blue in the movie is because her parents let her dye it to convince her to move to the pink palace (in the movie, her hair was originally brown)

Another reason I like Wybie being in the movie is there's a theory I read that his presence is why his grandmother lets Coraline's family move into the Pink Palace apartments despite not usually letting families with kids move in. The grandmother is trying to protect Wybie from being targeted by the other mother by bringing another child to be stolen instead. It's a super dark theory and I love it.

I kind of like how selfish Coraline was in the movie. It shows that she’s still immature and childish because well she’s still a child. It also makes her brave enough to face the other mother head on. Also Coraline is my favorite movie! Side note: love your hair color

The reason Wybie is in Coraline from what the writers said was in the book she narrates to herself cause she's alone and they wanted her to talk to someone instead of just thinking to herself. It makes it easier for them.

hearing that The Beldam/Othermother's hair floats around like 'plants under the sea' makes me think she drowned in the well that acts as a wormhole to her pocket dimension where she now lives off the souls of unhappy children

It makes me a little emotional thinking that they put Wybie in there so Coraline would have a friend... and then she pulls out the "why-were-you-born" line. I'm glad they were able to save each other in the end (I know people didn't like that because she's supposed to be strong and independent, but I think being kinder and selfless to others is a strength in itself.)

"Her teeth were too long" Y'see that's the confirmation that she's evil. It means she's bri'ish

There's actually a graphic novel of coraline written by Neil Gaiman, it's genuinely unsettling. Something i found interesting is that without even having seen the graphic novel, your rendition of the other father was horrifically similar. Coraline and the other mother in the graphic novel both have brown hair though, iirc. It's interesting seeing how just from one text, two completely different depictions can have such differences and similarities without having seen one another.

The other dad in the book sounds more sad than scary. I wanna give other father in the book, a hug. 😢

Honestly, I just feel really bad for the other father in the book. The poor thing only was made to make Coraline happy, and tried to do that even in its last moments. Absolute must read for me, thanks for giving me something to look forward to reading!

What really got me as a kid were that all of the Other People like the Other Father and Other Wybie were clearly sentient and not just puppets and the Other Mother created sentient life with the express purpose to lure in Coraline and then discard them when she's done.

I love how you brush over the horrifics of the other-father and was like "Here's the entire family together haha" 14:30

I like how you made Coraline focusing on her mother looking a little scared while the dad is just disintegrating.

In the film there is a photo where Coraline has brown/black hair. I think the blue hair is her want to stand out (which is more emphasized in the film), which we see in her discussing with her mum about buying the gloves. She mentions how everyone will have boring grey uniforms and no one will have her gloves.

As a kid I was really scared abt Coraline I never finished the ending. And still have not 😭😭

Lavendertowne: *traumatizes us with horrific drawings* Also Lavendertowne: Here's the whole family together! So happy and cute!!

I love how they're all set up in the end like "Family photoshoot! Definitely not creepy at all!"

As an Italian a “By the Book” episode I’d like to see is a canonical rendition of Pinocchio and you know having some of the real creepy characters from the original story like the black rabbits that come to put Pinocchio into a coffin at a certain point of the book

Actually, I saw a video by the costume designer for Coraline. She did talk about differences between the mothers, which are subtle but important in my opinion. Coraline's real mother has a neck brace, crooked nose, and messier clothes, while the Other Mother has a turtleneck sweater, straight nose, and better fitting clothes. I think there's more than that, but this is just a little bit about how their appearances actually are different. Oh, and the Other Mother has buttons for eyes! 😉

I was so excited to see this because I love both the book and the movie. The bit with the other father in the book gave me the chills and was so much creepier than the pumpkin man in the movie. I would love to see a second part with Miss Spink, Miss Forcible and Mr Bobinski.

Fun fact! Coraline actually has brown hair in the movie, she just colored it to be blue! You can see in a picture frame of her and her parents in the movie that her hair is originally brown like her fathers!

I remember reading the book, and when coraline discovered the other father, I was terrified. The way you drew him is EXACTLY how I imagined him to be! Amazing work!

I think Wybie was added in the movie for one other reason: so you could tell what was passing through Coraline's mind when she was supposed to be "alone" in the book. Instead of having her talk to herself, they made a character for her to talk to and help us understand her.

Was very surprised when I learned that the Coraline book was written by Neil Gaiman, the man behind the excellent Sandman comic series.

As a child I was extremely close to my family (especially my Ma) since we moved so much so when I saw this movie the idea of another world with some creature trying to mimic my mother was extremely unsettling which gave me such a new feeling at that age that I really enjoyed the movie. Plus I remember really loving Wybie’s mask lol

In school, our class has been reading this book and by far, I like it better than the movie. It’s so… uncanny. Unlike the movie, where the turn is taken far too quick and nothing is really scary. (I mean, it’s targeted towards kids so I guess there was no other option) Also, my class has noticed that coraline still has a snappy personality, and her emotions take a moment to sink in.

I know that when it comes to animation, a lot of animators use blue highlights for hair instead of black because it's easier to animate, like- with Marinette (from miraculous ladybug) her hair is black but looks blue because it was easier for the animators and designers to get the strands. So that could be why Coraline's hair is blue in the movie and not black 0:

I love that we only got this book and movie because one little girl wanted to be brave and find out how the story would end. It just goes to show, that maybe it's okay to scare the SHT out of our kids.

12:41 The other dad is so miserably horrifying. The description of it trying to put its face together was so sad, even though its probably not feeling anything as it's programmed to try do its task like a machine till the magic fades.

The other father in the cellar has always stuck with me throughout the years! The audio book version I listened to did a fantastic job of giving me the chills. LOVE how scary it is : )

I actually cried during the Other Father scene. I felt so bad for him.

Can we all just appreciate how lavendertowme will read entire books for this series

Coralline is very much storytellers interpreting a story, and delivering the message they wanted too. To me it feels similar to Alice: Madness Returns, in how it uses the original characters, but also crests there own story and characters from its roots. I don’t think one version is better than the other, and I just want to appreciate that an important part of interpreting a story is *interpreting* it :)

Coraline now has a graphic novel and also a Neil Gaiman (hope I spelled that right) book set with illustrations (I’m not sure if it’s still sold). I kept thinking of those as I watched. Your drawings are pretty spot on and your astute attention to detail really pays off. This is really cool!

Coraline gave young me nightmares despite me denying it when I was asked. It was a great movie! I drew my OC Caroline as Coraline for Halloween haha!

I also ready the book a while after watching the movie, but I had the feeling that Wybie helped with making it so much more child-friendly. I get that it's a scary book and movie, but for a Disney-esque Vibe and advertising to children, the original would have been *way too much*. With wybie, Coraline did have someone to talk to, someone who would listen to her, while she is experiencing those horrors as her scared self, on her own in the book. That makes it so much more endurable. He helps with letting her seem stronger, and yes, showing character growth to be a better person. I never saw Wybie as a 'Token male'. No, he's the nice dude, albeit a bit annoying sometimes - that's how people, not just children are - that realises and can help Coraline when the adults just ignore her.

And this is why coraline scarred me as a kid.

From what I know, Whybie was added into the movie to give Coraline someone to talk to instead of monologing/thinking to herself like in the book. It would have been harder to naturally input long monologues into the movie while keeping the paste and atmosphere the same. I'm glad they did add him because it makes the world of Coraline feel more full and connected and adds some nice representation you didn't often see in animated kids movies back then

as someone who had both the coraline book and watched the movie, I think it's safe to say the movie really changed a lot and it felt weird to watch it again after reading the book

Althought the idea of the Other Mother being unnatural looking of the bat in the book sounds cool, I can understand why in the movie she made to look like a happier carbon copy of her mother to make the place seem more appealing to Coraline

The other day I saw a video Laika posted and was amazing to notice how different the father was to the other father in the whole face not just the button eyes, like I never noted all his features were turned so sharp and sculped-looking compared to the father's more rough and imperfect features. I loved how you interpreted all the characters that you chose from Coraline 😊

You made Coraline so cute in your style! I love your take on it! I would love to see you tackle the four siblings from The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis! One of my all time favorites!

I actually think Coralines right to be so mad in the movie since she sounds like she doesnt have many friends and is being neglected a lot. In any case i def wouldnt describe her as borderline bullying since Wybie followed and creeped her so she has a good reason to be so mean. I adore how you drw these tho! You finally put the horror into image and i especially like to see that with Other father, he looks fntastic, also dead bodies go through a stage in decomposition where they bloat, so most often i imagined a bloating other father as a corpse rather than just dough, either way seeing him here is downriight terrifying and its great you captured that horror.

8:02 Let me introduce you to Eris, from Sinbad. Her hair is constantly flowing and absolutely gorgeous in the 2d Animation.

You should do 'School for the good and evil' next! Netflix just made a live adaptation of the book and although I find the movie visually pleasing it is very different from what I had imagined when I read the book.

I’m glad Wybie was added, since it was Coraline talking to herself/her thoughts. Everyone knows it hard to put thoughts in a movie so it was good idea having Wybie and also Coraline in the movie has very clear blue hair so we can see it’s clearly not black hair with blue shading. Edit: Whenever I read the book, i noticed that as apposed to the movie, she actually has a lot more things to do. In the movie she just seems bored with her life and has nothing to do, whereas in the book, she *suggested by her mum* can read, draw, watch tv and play with her toys.

I think I genuinely enjoy how in both of Henry Sellick's movies (Coraline and Wendell and Wild), the lead protagonists are quite more angsty and negative compared to the typical leads in many mainstream animated movies. Its really refreshing to watch.

one thing i love about coraline is character development. she starts off as a selfish bratty child but then later on in the movie, she turns out as a brave, willing child who will do anything to save her parents and wybie.

Thank you for bringing up the other father! I was so disturbed when I first read it, and I’ve never heard anyone talk about it. I truly was freaked out about it and wondered how they would have done in the movie

You should do A Christmas Carol for Christmas. I'd love to see how Scrooge and the ghosts look

i cant wait to watch this video! you’re the whole reason i started digital art a few years ago and ive grew a whole lot since back then! thank you

The other father kinda reminds me of that one really freaky illustration of the other mother. Both have those really weird folds in places where there really shouldn't be

I remember reading the scene about the other-father as a child. To this day, it is still one of the scariest thing I have ever read. You did a great job drawing it, as terrifying as it is!!

What I love about Coraline is that Neil Gaimen( in the extras on the dvd) said he loved the adding of Wybie and the movie adaptation as a whole

That coraline is so cuuuute, your drawings are always incredible, but this one really stood out to me.

8:10 I also remember seeing something like this but in an animated movie, I think it was about Sinbad and there is a character who is kind of a goddess who appears to him and her hair is constantly moving, sometimes in a very delicate way, it depends on her mood and intonation in the scene.

I ALMOST FELL ASLEEP THROUGH THIS VIDEO SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE HER VOICE WAS SO CALMING OH MY GOD keep it up il try not to fall asleep next time

Fun fact (or maybe not so fun) about that scene with the other Father: Before she finds him she notes a smell of mouldy bread and sour wine. After a google search I found that apparently sour wine has a vinegar-like smell. It is heavily implied that the other father is made from clay and vinegar breaks down/dissolves clay. This means the other Mother’s punishment wasn’t just locking him up, she probably doused him with vinegar before, which is what causes the gooey misshapen form.

Wow. Time to see how much scarier Coraline can get. I’ve read the book, but I didn’t quite pick up on many differences, besides the personality. Let’s see what LavanderTowne can do.

Coraline scared the crap out of me as a kid, and still kinda does. I've had a occasional irrational fear of my parents not being my actual parents since lol

The other father and his description of being like a swollen grub, like wet bread or dough really stuck with me and got me into writing horror myself. That scene was amazing and literally changes my life. Neil Gaiman is amazing.

I know you might not read this but I’ve been going through a really hard time with friendships so your videos have made me feel so much better, thank you

I loved the book's creepiness and the movie was well made but it didn't hit me as hard, you analyzed the words and drew them so well!! Your Coraline version is also so cute, it would be really interesting to see a live action version ahh

Coraline is one of my favourite horror movies of all time so Its nice to see another episode of 'By The Book' for Coraline!

Oooo I loved this. Coraline is both my favourite movie, and one of my three favourite books. The part with the other father in the basement terrified me when I first read the book, so I'm very happy you did his blob version. I would love to see you do another part with Spink, Forcible and Bobinsky, or maybe the ghost children.

I feel like it'd be kinda cool if you turned the steam coming off the chicken like a skull to add to the creepy vibe, but the way you drew the designs genuinely look awesome, W artwork.

Could you do the book “The School For Good and Evil”? I read the book and watched the movie, but I’d really like to see what they’d look like based on the book :)

This is beautiful!!! I love the Coraline redesigns by the book!!!

This movie traumatized me as a kid your drawings are horrifically accurate...... good job

this is my favorite series on youtube thank you for continuing it so long you’re amazing

Yayy! I’m so glad you did Coraline! This show played such a huge part of my childhood! It’s so nice to see you do it! 💖

Gosh you know it's gonna be a good day when LavenderTowne posts. Thank you so much for the amazing content as always!

FINALLLLYYYYY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BACK OLD SERIES

Ahh, i've been waiting for this one! I love the way you drew them!

I loved Coraline when I was a kid, I would always put it on mid halloween season :D

I love how creepy the book is, but I also love the movie. And Wybie was a great addition, too. I love him. I love the way you drew everyone, too! I always love this series haha. I totally suggest doing a The Cirque Du Freak series! More specifically the first book "The Vampire’s Assistant" because that’s what the movie was based on. However, they completely changed the ending I guess because they didn’t want to make the whole series. They rushed through several of the books just to allude to something that happens way later in the series. It was very weird. Also there’s a manga! So you could technically compare the book description to the movie AND manga appearances. I think it’s fun to see how different each one is

I love your drawings! I've loved coraline ever since I was little, I have the book and graphic novel. It was so cool to see you bring the book versions to life! You've definitely earned a new subscriber💗

all of them are absolutely stunning! great job!!

I didn’t click this fast in my whole life Edit: I Didn’t know corline have a book this is going to be great 😭😭🔥

I didn't even know that Coraline was a book, so thanks for letting me learn. Sad to hear Wybie isn't from the book, he was honestly one of my favorite characters from the movie. I think it would be cool to see your take on the characters from Deltora Quest. I grew up reading the books and found out it ended up getting an adaptation.

I love how you shaded Coraline in warm colors and then the other-mother in this cool grey, it shows that good vs. bad contrast so well!

Oh! Perfect timing! I just started listening to a Coraline audiobook a few days ago. Amazing video as always!! This series is always really fun to watch so I'm glad to see a new addition :>

I love this series, so glad to see this come back

Gotta be one of my most favorite By The Book episodes you've done so far!

I love when the other mother holds the tray of the chicken, shes using her long red nails to hold it. Awesome job.

I love these renderings of the book characters! Both the book and the movie hold special places in my heart.

Hi Lavendertowne! I just wanna say that I’ve been a fan of you for about 2-3 years? I really love your videos because I get to improve my own art from your tips and also cause ur just interesting to watch. Love your videos! Hope ur doing well! 😁

You have always made art of my favorite things and i for many years cannot express how much I love your channel.

Why is the other father so cute?! In all honesty I know it may just be the art style but like he is so adorable! Also love your vids!!!

I definitely think you should do an episode of this for Fahrenheit 451 or Lord of the Flies. They’re both fairly quick reads and they give good descriptions of character appearances :)

I've read Coraline, and one of the only parts I remember is a nightmare it gave me after I finished the book. I WAS Coraline, and I explored the basement/celler of the other mother's house. There was trash everywhere (all of it from my mom's house) and I walked into the deep concrete room for exploratory purposes. I stumbled upon and started staring at a tallish white sheet being suspended over something. I pulled the sheet back, exploring, and the swollen trash-but-human oggie boogie esque monster grunted, staring at my with loose thread where it's eyes were supposed to be. It suddenly said "No. Noo! You're not suppose to be here!" In a garbled mangled voice that you could barely make out as words. I ran, running towards the stairs, but at the time I was small (like, 8), and this creature was bigger and took bigger steps. It mauled over everything in it's path, garbage bags, boxes, everything, screaming in garbled English "Noooo, not mother. Goooooo..." And other things to a similar effect. As I ran up the creaky dark wooden stairs the monster followed me, nearly grabbing my leg as it desperately tried to make it up the stair. I slammed the door in it's face and started to cry outside of my dream (I think, this was a long time ago, I'm surprised I still remember this). Then the other mother called me away and I know there was more dream but I don't remember any of it.

omgg when i first saw your channel I immediately recognized your art style and now i know why! ive read your book 'unfamiliar' and i loved it!!

This is literally my favourite series ever, pls continue!!!! ❤️

I haven’t read this book since I was a kid, I remember it being so terrifying and I think it’s definitely time for a reread! I bet it’ll be just as spooky even as an adult

As I kid I LOVED coralline, but my mom didn’t so I couldn’t really watch it. To this day, I still LOVE horror!

You sound a lot like a friend I've had who I don't talk to anymore. Her voice calms me, and not being able to hear it makes me feel more stressed and anxious. Your voice is a close resemblence, so, your voice does a lot for me. Thank you. You have done so much. A lot more than you might think, but thank you so much.

I think the description of the other-father is just so sad. I know that he tries to warn coraline in subtle ways and it’s just depressing to see him turning into a mush.

OMG! I love this movie and book!. So happy this series is back 😊