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The Crazy Old Man Upstairs/Mr. Bobo
The other crazy old man upstairs is an alternate-universe approximation of the “real” crazy old man upstairs—but, as with everything in the other mother’s world, her version of the man has been twisted and perverted. Whereas the crazy old man upstairs in Coraline’s world is an eccentric loner who is excitedly training a mouse circus, the crazy old man in the other mother’s world is a shut-in whose body is made entirely of malevolent rats.
The Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs Quotes in Coraline
The Coraline quotes below are all either spoken by The Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs or refer to The Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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Coraline sighed. “You really don’t understand, do you?” she said. “I don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted? Just like that, and it didn’t mean anything. What then?”
“I don’t understand,” said the whispery voice.
“Of course you don’t understand,” she said, raising the stone with the hole in it to her eye. “You’re just a bad copy she made of the crazy old man upstairs.”
“Not even that anymore,” said the dead, whispery voice.
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The Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs Quotes in Coraline
The Coraline quotes below are all either spoken by The Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs or refer to The Other Crazy Old Man Upstairs. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 10
Quotes
Coraline sighed. “You really don’t understand, do you?” she said. “I don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted? Just like that, and it didn’t mean anything. What then?”
“I don’t understand,” said the whispery voice.
“Of course you don’t understand,” she said, raising the stone with the hole in it to her eye. “You’re just a bad copy she made of the crazy old man upstairs.”
“Not even that anymore,” said the dead, whispery voice.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
