Mel Jones

Mel Jones is the tritagonist of the 2009 film Coraline.

Coraline
Mel Jones was the mother of Coraline Jones and the wife of Charlie Jones, having moved into the Pink Palace with her family. As a result of cataloging plants, Mel has little time for her daughter, leaving her feeling neglected. Mel, prompted by Coraline, uses a key to open a small door in a wall, but finds it blocked off. However, Coraline later enters the door at night, leading her to the Other World where all the inhabitants have button eyes. Coraline meets the Other Mother, a doppelganger of Mel, who is attentive to Coraline, unlike Mel. Though Mel derides Coraline's encounter in the Other World as a dream, Coraline soon begins to favor the Other Mother to Mel.

Mel and Coraline go out shopping one day, but Mel refuses to by mittens for Coraline, leaving her dejected. As a result, Coraline enters the Other World once more, where the Other Mother attempts to convince Coraline to remain on the condition that she have buttons sewn in her eyes, Coraline refuses and is locked in a mirror by the Other Mother. While Coraline is trapped, the Other Mother abducts Mel and Charlie and imprisons them in the Other World as well. Coraline manages to escape, but discovers her parent's kidnapping and is forced to venture into the Other World to save them.

Coraline is forced to have to find the eyes of the ghost children and her parents in order to leave the Other World. Coraline, with help from The Cat, succeeds and escapes into the real world with her parents. However, Mel and Charlie don't appear to remember their kidnapping once freed. Despite this, they later finish their work and are thus able to spend time with Coraline afterwards.