The pond her car was partially submerged in was also pretty dirty. In fairness to Truly, she was wearing a very fancy, white, ankle-length dress, and Mr.Truly: "WHAT? In THIS dress? Oh, don't be ridiculous, Mr. Potts: "Well, it looks as though you'll have to walk. Truly: "Well never mind about that! How am I supposed to get out of here?" Potts: "I think you'll find a slight squeeze on the hooter an excellent safety precaution, Ms.
Big "WHAT?!": After Truly crashes her car into the lake for the second time, the following exchange happens between her and Mr.She is married to a baron and lives in the capital of a barony. Unlike most examples, this Baroness is in fact an actual baroness. However, it can also refer to Truly feeling restricted by the position and expectations associated with her social stature. Baleful Polymorph: Taken literally, "Doll on a Music Box" claims that the doll (actually Truly in disguise) was once human and cursed to become a mechanical object of amusement, and that only love's first kiss can break the spell.Retreat! Retreat!: The Vulgarian admiral following behind the cavalry, when the gates close behind him. Ash Face: Happens to the Vulgarian agents where their dynamite stunt backfires.Though averted with Truly Scrumptious, who is, well. Aristocrats Are Evil: Baron and Baroness Bomburst, the leaders of Vulgaria.This last example also demonstrates how it wouldn't have seemed so far-fetched that there might be clockwork creations that could sing and dance (although it was achieved in largely the same way). There was one that could play the flute, a mechanical duck that could eat and digest food, several that could write, and a chess-playing hoax so ingenious and masterfully crafted that it is still worth mentioning. Of course, they were never able to imitate humans singing, but at the time it seemed like anything was possible with them. unless you already knew about 18th century clockwork automatons. You'd think that this is an example of an egregiously Paper-Thin Disguise. Aluminum Christmas Trees: To an extent, the Baron's birthday presents which are actually Caractacus and Truly in disguise.Whether this all really happened or not is left up to the viewer's imagination. All Just a Dream: Subverted, as the second half of the film is set up as a story being told by Caractacus however, the film ends with Truly and Caractacus flying away in Chitty.Adaptation Expansion: While the original film relegates the Vulgarian subplot to a story Potts tells his children while they're at the seaside, it gets expanded in the stage version Vulgaria and all its denizens (evil or otherwise) are real, and they're introduced at the beginning of the show, as opposed to roughly halfway through.Adaptational Ugliness: Just when you thought he couldn't get any scarier, both the West End and Broadway productions of the stage musical portray the Child Catcher as a much more ghoulish-looking character with a pointier nose, large goblin-like ears, and pale skin.Adaptational Nice Guy: The Baron genuinely loves his wife in the stage version, and never tries to kill her during "Chu-Chi Face".Bomburst: Ah, well, I'll get her next time.