Mel Jones

Coraline's real mother is named Mel Jones and is a gardening catalogue editor and writer.

Mel is hard working, and very tired, and does not have time to entertain Coraline because of it. She does not particularily enjoy cooking, which she leave to her husband, or dirt, despite managing a gardening catalogue. She also wears a neckbrace from a car-accident that Coraline might have caused. Mel loves her family, even if she doesn't show it much, as evidenced by her worry over Coraline's moodiness during part of the film. She is the one who opens the door to the Other World, and tells Coraline not to go inside the door after she cleans it out and finds cobwebs and rat droppings behind it. She and the Real Father are captured by the Other Mother and trapped in the Other World. They contact Coraline through the mirror in their hallway and write "help" backwards on it. It is later revealed that they are trapped in the snowglobe on the Other World's mantle. Coraline saves them, and her parents come back in the Real World, with no recollection of the events that took place. Mel is later seen planting flowers in their garden in a bit of a better mood. She and the Other Mother are both voiced by Terri Hatcher.

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Coraline's Real Mother is a gardening&#160;catalogue&#160;editor and writer whose name is Mel Angela Jones. She is hard working, and very tired, and does not have time to entertain Coraline because of it. She does not particularily enjoy cooking, which she leave to her husband, or dirt, despite managing a gardening catalogue. She also wears a neckbrace from a car-accident that Coraline might have caused. Mel loves her family, even if she doesn't show it much, as evidenced by her worry over Coraline's moodiness during part of the film. She is the one who opens the door to the Other World, and tells Coraline not to go inside the door after she cleans it out and finds cobwebs and rat droppings behind it. She and the Real Father are captured by the Other Mother and trapped in the Other World. They contact Coraline through the mirror in their hallway and write "help" backwards on it. It is later revealed that they are trapped in the snowglobe on the Other World's mantle. Coraline saves them, and her parents come back in the Real World, with no recollection of the events that took place. Mel is later seen planting flowers in their garden in a bit of a better mood. She and the Other Mother are both voiced by Terri Hatcher