CHARACTER PROFILE: Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat

 "Oh I definitely heard someone... Wy-were-you-borne."

-Coraline Jones

Description:

• Wybie is Coraline's new neighbor who, in her opinion, "talks a lot." His grandma owns the "Pink Palace" (the split house rented out to the Jones and their neighbors) He is the only other person who knows of this parallel world that Coraline visits. Wybie also introduces Coraline to the feral neighborhood cat who plays as both a sort of threshold guardian AND a mentor in the story.

Voice Actor:  

• Robert Bailey Jr.

Archetype: 

• Sidekick- Wybie helps Coraline every step of the way, whether it's helping Coraline escape the Beldam's mirror, or defeating her all together, he was there to provide assistance.

Wybie was not originally in the book, but Selick put him in so that Coraline wasn't this young girl running around just talking to herself. (They had three options - 1) Putting in another character (Wybie), 2) Having Coraline Narrate the story herself, or 3) Coraline breaking the fourth wall and talking to the audience. They believed adding in Wybie was their best option, and Neil Gaiman understood and loved it.