10 More Subtle Signs Movie Characters Weren't Telling The Truth
8. The Double-Looped "O" - Coraline
Coraline is one of those wonderful animated films absolutely jam-packed with slight visual details the vast majority of people will never, ever notice.
Chief among them? When Coraline (Dakota Fanning) ventures to the Other World and meets the button-eyed doppelganger of her mother (Teri Hatcher), the "Welcome Home!" cake features a noticeable tell that everything isn't as idyllic as it seems.
Namely, the word "home" has a double loop through the letter "o," which handwriting experts typically earmark as an indication that somebody is lying.
It's especially noteworthy given that the o in "welcome" isn't double-looped, suggesting that Coraline is most certainly welcome in the Other World, but she's not home, because of course she isn't.
Though graphology (aka handwriting analysis) is largely dismissed as junk science in reality, it's nevertheless a neat indication that the Other Parents aren't being fully forthcoming, and that for as much as they want Coraline there, it isn't where she belongs - and they know it.