History Film / ChittyChittyBangBang

* ManChild: Baron Bomburst, ironically. To the point that he's singlehandedly keeping the toymakers in business.

The book it's based on was written by Creator/IanFleming. [[Literature/JamesBond Yes,]] ''[[Literature/JamesBond that]]'' [[Literature/JamesBond Ian Fleming]]. The movie itself was produced by Creator/AlbertRBroccoli, [[Film/JamesBond of the same fame]] (though not produced by Creator/EonProductions this time around). Additionally, Creator/GertFrobe (who'd played [[RuleOfThree Auric]] Film/{{Goldfinger}}) appeared as Baron Bomburst, while Creator/DesmondLlewelyn (aka Q) played Coggins. The screenwriter was Creator/RoaldDahl (who, to continue the ''Bond'' ProductionPosse, also wrote the screenplay to ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''). And Creator/BennyHill was the Toymaker.

* SmugglingWithDolls: In a way. The Vulgarian soldiers unknowingly smuggle Caractacus and Truly into Baron Bomburst's castle disguised as human-sized dolls in large boxes, under the pretense of the Toymaker delivering the Baron his birthday presents.

* VehilcularKidnapping: The Child Catcher lures Jeremy and Jemima out of hiding with the promise of sweets, directs them into his trap which is a horse-drawn wagon disguised as a candy stand, locks them inside and drives away with them, and imprisons them with the rest of the children of Vulgaria, who have all been kidnapped as well.

* SmugglingWithDolls: In a way. The Vulgarian soldiers unknowingly smuggle Caractacus and Truly into Baron Bomburst's castle disguised as human-sized dolls packaged in large boxes, under the pretense of the Toymaker delivering the Baron his birthday presents.

* SmugglingWithDolls: In a way. The Vulgarian soldiers unknowingly smuggle Caractacus and Truly into Baron Bomburst's castle disguised as dolls packaged in boxes, under the pretense of the Toymaker delivering the Baron his birthday presents.

* SmugglingWithDolls: In a literal sense. The Vulgarian soldiers unknowingly smuggle Caractacus and Truly into Baron Bomburst's castle disguised as dolls packaged in boxes, under the pretense of the Toymaker delivering the Baron his birthday presents.

* SmugglingWithDolls: The Vulgarian soldiers unknowingly smuggle Caractacus and Truly into Baron Bomburst's castle disguised as dolls packaged in boxes, under the pretense of the Toymaker delivering the Baron his birthday presents.

** It's played straight in the ScreenToStageAdaptation, where they Baron and Baroness's relationship is rewritten so that their love for one another is entirely mutual.

* RiddleForTheAges: Was Vulgria real, or was it all just a story?

* AdaptationalDistillation: The film takes the book's basic premise of "an inventor and his two children go on a fantastical adventure in a magical motercar" and proceeds to do its own thing much like Dahl's screenplay for ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''.

The book it's based on was written by Creator/IanFleming. [[Literature/JamesBond Yes,]] ''[[Literature/JamesBond that]]'' [[Literature/JamesBond Ian Fleming]]. The movie itself was produced by Creator/AlbertRBroccoli, [[Film/JamesBond of the same fame]] (though not produced by Creator/EonProductions this time around). Additionally, Creator/GertFrobe (who'd played [[RuleOfThree Auric]] Film/{{Goldfinger}}) appeared as Baron Bumburst, while Creator/DesmondLlewelyn (aka Q) played Coggins. The screenwriter was Creator/RoaldDahl (who, to continue the ''Bond'' ProductionPosse, also wrote the screenplay to ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''). And Creator/BennyHill was the Toymaker.

* SmugglingWithDolls: The Vulgarian soldiers unknowingly smuggle Caractacus and Truly into Baron Bomburst's castle disguised as dolls packaged in boxes, under the pretence of the Toymaker delivering the Baron his birthday presents.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/MaryPoppins'', since it stars Creator/DickVanDyke with music by Music/TheShermanBrothers, and is also set in [[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian Era]] England.

* ChildlessDystopia: Vulgaria has no children running around the streets thanks to a heartless Baron and his Child Catcher aiding him get rid of those kids.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: While the Bombursts are over the top and immature villains, their [[TheDragon dragon]], the Child Catcher, has been a notorious source of NightmareFuel to younger viewers. Exaggerated in stage productions where the Child Catcher is given a more distinctly monstrous, Gothic appearance that really make him stick out in an otherwise bright and cheerful story.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lord Scrumptious and his chauffeur are captured by the two Vulgarian spies, who steal their clothes and impersonate them, but they themselves are just sort of forgotten about. They reappear just fine at the end since it was AllJustADream, but one wonders what became of them in the Story Within A Story.

* ToyDisguise: Potts and Truly disguise themselves as a life-size wind-up doll and music box doll, respectively, to hide in plain sight as they entertain Baron Bomburst at his birthday party.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Among Caractacus's not-quite-working inventions are a television antenna and a vacuum cleaner, [[AluminumChristmasTrees even though the electric-powered vacuum cleaner had already been invented]].

* AluminumChristmasTrees: To an extent, the Baron's birthday presents [[spoiler: which are actually Caractacus and Truly in disguise]]. You'd think that this is an example of an egregiously PaperThinDisguise... unless you already knew about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urcQqDqiheQ 18th century clockwork automatons.]] Of course, they were never able to imitate humans singing, but at the time it seemed like anything was possible with them. 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. 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).