Mr. Bobinsky proudly wears a real-world liquidator medal awarded to the heroes of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Film/Series: Coraline

Category: Prop Costume

Timestamp: 00:18:45

Mr. Bobinsky’s bizarre blue skin and highly eccentric behavior aren’t just random artistic choices for a spooky stop-motion movie. He constantly wears a very specific, real-world medal on his chest. It is an exact replica of the Russian medal awarded to the "Liquidators"—the brave volunteers who cleaned up the radioactive fallout after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. This tiny costume detail implies that his physical mutations and strange beet diet are directly due to severe radiation exposure.

Mr. Bobinsky proudly wears a real-world liquidator medal awarded to the heroes of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. in Coraline

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