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* SameLanguageDub: In TheSixties, Disney re-released this movie with Albert Sharpe and Jimmy O'Dea dubbed over by actors with less thick-sounding accents. The DVD, [=iTunes=] digital copy, and Blu-ray restored the original vocals. However, sometimes the redubbed version resurfaces on TV; Creator/DisneyPlus also posted it instead of the original version.



* SameLanguageDub: In TheSixties, Disney re-released this movie with Albert Sharpe and Jimmy O'Dea dubbed over by actors with less thick-sounding accents. The DVD, [=iTunes=] digital copy, and Blu-ray restored the original vocals. However, sometimes the redubbed version resurfaces on TV; Creator/DisneyPlus also posted it instead of the original version.
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He sings in Dr. No, which every fan of his James Bond run has likely seen


A major source of NightmareFuel, due to the banshee. And possibly also because this is one of the only times, if not ''the'' only time, you will ever see Creator/SeanConnery sing on-camera. No, seriously, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTwmjOySDjA see for yourself]]. Reportedly, it was Connery's role in this film that helped him land the part of Film/JamesBond in ''Film/DrNo'' three years later, after the Bond producers saw the fight between him and Kieron Moore at the end.

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A major source of NightmareFuel, due to the banshee. And possibly also because this is one of the only times, if not ''the'' only time, times that you will ever see Creator/SeanConnery sing on-camera. No, seriously, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTwmjOySDjA see for yourself]]. Reportedly, it was Connery's role in this film that helped him land the part of Film/JamesBond in ''Film/DrNo'' three years later, after the Bond producers saw the fight between him and Kieron Moore at the end.

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* AlwaysABiggerFish: King Brian may wield powerful magic, but even he can't drive away the ''cóiste-bodhar''.

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* BettyAndVeronica: In a GenderFlipped example, the sober, mild-mannered Michael [=McBride=] is the Betty to the Veronica that is the violent, drunken Pony Sugrue. Katy (the Archie) chooses Michael.



* TheRival: King Brian to Darby. Definitely of the [[FriendlyRivalry friendly sort]].

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* ShipperOnDeck: Darby and King Brian work together to get Katy with Michael.
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* TheTeetotaler:
** Darby, to the surprise of some, isn't a drinking man. He goes to the pub to hang with his friends and tell stories.
** Michael isn't a drinker, either. The one time Pony tries to make it look otherwise, it's not hard to figure out the deception.
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* TheAlcoholic: Virtually every man in Rathcullen can be found drinking in the tavern during non-work hours.

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* TheAlcoholic: Virtually every man in Rathcullen can be found drinking in the tavern during non-work hours. Darby himself, however, is not a drinking man, but simply goes to the pub for the social interaction.



** Darby pulls a rather devious one of King Brian. Knowing that Brian will be coming by to force him to come back to the Leprechaun Cave, he brings out a pot of poitín, knowing His Majesty is definitely not the type to turn down a drink. And since Brian loses in powers during the daytime, he gets the monarch drunk until dawn, then captures him.
** Earlier, Darby tricks the leprechauns into letting him leave Knocknasheega. Knowing their fondness for the hunt, he plays a traditional hunting song to whip them up into a frenzy, upping the tempo until they're ready to charge out into the wild. The leprechauns sound the horn and open the pathway to the mountain, leaving the path open for him to escape.

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** Darby pulls a rather devious one of on King Brian. Knowing that Brian will be coming by to force him to come back to the Leprechaun Cave, he brings out a pot of poitín, knowing His Majesty is definitely not the type to turn down a drink. And since Brian loses in powers during the daytime, he gets the monarch drunk until dawn, then captures him.
** Earlier, Darby tricks the leprechauns into letting him leave Knocknasheega. Knowing their fondness for the hunt, he plays a traditional hunting song to whip them up into a frenzy, upping the tempo until they're ready to charge out into the wild. The leprechauns sound the horn and open the pathway to the mountain, leaving the path open for him to escape.escape - though unfortunately, he doesn't have time to bring any of their treasure with him.



* TheBully: Pony Sugrue. He may act AffablyEvil but he's a real son of a bitch (literally). His main hobby is picking on and intimidating people.
* CantMoveWhileBeingWatched: Not completeley immobile but captured leprechauns can't run away if they're being watched.

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* TheBully: Pony Sugrue. He may act AffablyEvil but he's a real son of a bitch (literally).bitch. His main hobby is picking on and intimidating people.
* CantMoveWhileBeingWatched: Not completeley completely immobile but captured leprechauns can't run away if they're being watched.



* DrunkenSong: King Brian comes looking for the escaped Darby, who offers Brian a jug of poitín (the Irish version of moonshine), with Darby and Brian making up short rhyming song verses between cupfuls.

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* DrunkenSong: King Brian comes looking for the escaped Darby, who offers Brian a jug of poitín (the Irish version of moonshine), with Darby and Brian making up short rhyming song verses between cupfuls. Darby, however, isn't actually drinking any of it, and is only pretending to be drunk.



* FallenAngel: In the companion Series/WaltDisneyPresents episode, "I Captured the King of the Leprechauns" it's explained that the Little People were angels who were cast out of Heaven by Gabriel, because although they were against Satan's rebellion they didn't fight (they believed they were too small to fight so they hid until the fighting was over).
* ForcedPerspective: Used to make the leprechauns look so small.

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* FallenAngel: In the companion Series/WaltDisneyPresents episode, "I Captured the King of the Leprechauns" it's explained that the Little People were angels who were cast out of Heaven by Gabriel, because although they were against Satan's rebellion they didn't fight (they believed they were too small to fight so they hid until the fighting was over).
over). None of this is touched on in the film itself, however.
* ForcedPerspective: Used to make the leprechauns look so small. For a 1959 movie, it looks pretty good.



* MouseWorld: The domain of King Brian and his people - they some how have tiny horses for them to ride.

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* MouseWorld: The domain of King Brian and his people - they some how somehow have tiny horses for them to ride.



* ShootTheMessenger: Played with. Darby is ready to use violence against the banshee to protect Katie, but the banshee herself is just trying to warn him about Katie's possible death. The banshee, or ''bean-sídhe'', in Gaelic means "woman of the [[TheFairFolk fairy folk]]" and she is a guardian spirit to the old Gaelic families; the sound of her wail is distressing, but it is only a [[DeathWail warning to the family that one of them will soon die]] and she herself means no harm. That the banshee has traditionally had her human counterpart, the [[OneWomanWail keening-woman]], who is a professional mourner hired to lament for the deceased and lead the community through their grief, the banshee herself is in a very real sense mourning the pending death.
* SameLanguageDub: In TheSixties, Disney re-released this movie with Albert Sharpe and Jimmy O'Dea dubbed over by actors with less thick-sounding accents. The DVD, [=iTunes=] digital copy, and Blu-ray restored the original vocals. However, sometimes the redubbed version resurfaces on TV; Creator/DisneyPlus also posted it instead of the original version.

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* ShootTheMessenger: Played with. Darby is ready to use violence against the banshee to protect Katie, but the banshee herself is just trying to warn him about Katie's possible death. The banshee, or ''bean-sídhe'', in Gaelic means "woman of the [[TheFairFolk fairy folk]]" and she is a guardian spirit to the old Gaelic families; families (namely, those families whose surnames begin with "Mc", "Mac", or "O'"); the sound of her wail is distressing, but it is only a [[DeathWail warning to the family that one of them will soon die]] and she herself means no harm. That the banshee has traditionally had her human counterpart, the [[OneWomanWail keening-woman]], who is a professional mourner hired to lament for the deceased and lead the community through their grief, the banshee herself is in a very real sense mourning the pending death.
* SameLanguageDub: In TheSixties, Disney re-released this movie with Albert Sharpe and Jimmy O'Dea dubbed over by actors with less thick-sounding accents. The DVD, [=iTunes=] digital copy, and Blu-ray restored the original vocals. However, sometimes the redubbed version resurfaces on TV; Creator/DisneyPlus also posted it instead of the original version.
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* [[MeddlingParents Meddling Parent]]: Pony's mother, Sheelah Sugrue.

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* DopeSlap: Darby swats Michael upside the head to wake him upwhen he finds him unconscious and reeking of booze. He immediately changes his tune from annoyed to concerned when Michael wakes up far too alert and clear-eyed to be drunk.
* DirtyCoward: Despite having at least half a foot and a good 20 pounds on Michael when they brawl, Pony still has to [[GrievousBottleyHarm grab a whiskey bottle as club]] for backup.

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* DopeSlap: Darby swats Michael upside the head to wake him upwhen up when he finds him unconscious and reeking of booze. He immediately changes his tune from annoyed to concerned when Michael wakes up far too alert and clear-eyed to be drunk.
* DirtyCoward: Despite having at least half a foot and a good 20 pounds on Michael when they brawl, Pony still has to [[GrievousBottleyHarm grab a whiskey bottle as a club]] for backup.



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** Brian says that Death never leaves with an empty carriage, so Darby uses his last wish to [[spoiler:die in Katie's place.]]
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* BalancingDeathsBooks: Brian says that Death never leaves with an empty carriage so Darby uses his last wish to [[spoiler:die in Katie's place.]]

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* BalancingDeathsBooks: ** Brian says that Death never leaves with an empty carriage carriage, so Darby uses his last wish to [[spoiler:die in Katie's place.]]
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* BillingDisplacement: Ever since the 2004 DVD, home video covers show Michael and Katie above the title, with Darby and King Brian on the bottom, likely to attract Sean Connery fans.
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* BillingDisplacement: Ever since the 2004 DVD, home video covers show Michael and Katie above the title, with Darby and King Brian on the bottom, likely to attract Sean Connery fans.

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* BalancingDeathsBooks: Brian says that Death never leaves with an empty carriage so Darby uses his last wish to [[spoiler:die in Katie's place.]]



* CantMoveWhileBeingWatched: Not completeley immobile but captured leprechauns can't run away if they're being watched.



* MouseWorld: The domain of King Brian and his people - they some how have tiny horse for them to ride.

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* TapOnTheHead: Pony knocks Michael unconscious and pours alcohol over him, intending for Lord Fitzpatrick to find him and mistake him for a drunk then hopefully give his job to Pony.
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** Darby pulls a rather devious one of King Brian. Knowing that Brian will be coming by to force him to come back to the Leprechaun Cave, he brings out a pot of poitin, knowing His Majesty is definitely not the type to turn down a drink. And since Brian loses in powers during the daytime, he gets the monarch drunk until dawn, then captures him.

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** Darby pulls a rather devious one of King Brian. Knowing that Brian will be coming by to force him to come back to the Leprechaun Cave, he brings out a pot of poitin, poitín, knowing His Majesty is definitely not the type to turn down a drink. And since Brian loses in powers during the daytime, he gets the monarch drunk until dawn, then captures him.



* GargleBlaster: Poitin ''is'' real, folks. It's basically Irish Moonshine, and it has a massive kick. 80 proof is the ''lower end'': it usually is around 150! Brian drank about the equivalent of 15 swimming pools of the stuff, in case you were doubting his immortality.

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* GargleBlaster: Poitin Poitín ''is'' real, folks. It's basically Irish Moonshine, and it has a massive kick. 80 proof is the ''lower end'': it usually is around 150! Brian drank about the equivalent of 15 swimming pools of the stuff, in case you were doubting his immortality.

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* GargleBlaster: Poitin ''is'' real, folks. It's basically Irish Moonshine, and it has a massive kick. 80 proof is the ''lower end'': it usually is around 150!
** Brian drank about the equivalent of 15 swimming pools of the stuff, in case you were doubting his immortality.

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* GargleBlaster: Poitin ''is'' real, folks. It's basically Irish Moonshine, and it has a massive kick. 80 proof is the ''lower end'': it usually is around 150!
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* SameLanguageDub: In TheSixties, Disney re-released this movie with Albert Sharpe and Jimmy O'Dea dubbed over by actors with less thick-sounding accents. The DVD, [=iTunes=] digital copy, and Blu-ray restored the original vocals. However, sometimes the redubbed version resurfaces on TV; Creator/DisneyPlus also posted it instead of the original version.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Darby makes one [[spoiler:to save Katie's life. Not that he ends up actually sacrificing his life, though, since he makes a fourth wish which nullifies the other three wishes.]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: Darby makes one [[spoiler:to save Katie's life. Not that he ends up actually sacrificing his life, though, since he makes a fourth wish which nullifies the other three wishes.wishes, though we can credit King Brian for that: Darby fully intended to go through with his sacrifice.]]
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A major source of NightmareFuel due to the banshee. Possibly also because this is one of, if not the only, times you will ever hear Creator/SeanConnery sing on-camera. No, seriously, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTwmjOySDjA see for yourself]]. Reportedly, it was Connery's role in this film that helped him land the part of Film/JamesBond years later in ''Film/DrNo'' after the Bond producers saw the fight between him and Kieron Moore at the end.

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A major source of NightmareFuel NightmareFuel, due to the banshee. Possibly And possibly also because this is one of, of the only times, if not the only, times ''the'' only time, you will ever hear see Creator/SeanConnery sing on-camera. No, seriously, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTwmjOySDjA see for yourself]]. Reportedly, it was Connery's role in this film that helped him land the part of Film/JamesBond years later in ''Film/DrNo'' three years later, after the Bond producers saw the fight between him and Kieron Moore at the end.
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The plot revolves around Darby O'Gill (Sharpe), an old caretaker who lives with his daughter Katie (Munro) in the Gatehouse of Lord Fitzpatrick's estate. Darby spends most of his time at the pub, telling stories of leprechauns, most notably King Brian (O'Dea), who is Darby's friendly rival.

Lord Fitzpatrick (Walter Fitzgerald) feels that Darby is past his prime as a laborer, so he replaces Darby as caretaker with the handsome, strapping young Michael [=McBride=] (Connery) from Dublin. Michael falls in love with Katie, which is all right with Darby; but the lad has a rival in local ruffian Pony Sugrue (Kieron Moore), the son of a devious widow who wants her boy to be the caretaker. King Brian's supernatural assistance is necessary to make everything come out all right, but the sneaky leprechaun won't play matchmaker without a fight.

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The plot revolves around Darby O'Gill (Sharpe), an old elderly caretaker who lives with his daughter Katie (Munro) in the Gatehouse of Lord Fitzpatrick's estate. Darby spends most of his time at the pub, telling stories of leprechauns, most notably King Brian (O'Dea), who is Darby's friendly rival.

Lord Fitzpatrick (Walter Fitzgerald) feels that Darby is past his prime as a laborer, so he replaces Darby him as caretaker with the handsome, strapping young Michael [=McBride=] (Connery) from Dublin. Michael falls in love with Katie, which is all right with Darby; but the lad has a rival in local ruffian Pony Sugrue (Kieron Moore), the son of a devious widow who wants her boy to be the caretaker. King Brian's supernatural assistance is necessary to make everything come out all right, but the sneaky leprechaun won't play matchmaker without a fight.

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* BatmanGambit: Darby pulls a rather devious one of King Brian. Knowing that Brian will be coming by to force him to come back to the Leprechaun Cave, he brings out a pot of poitin, knowing His Majesty is definitely not the type to turn down a drink. And since Brian loses in powers during the daytime, he gets the monarch drunk until dawn, then captures him.

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Darby pulls a rather devious one of King Brian. Knowing that Brian will be coming by to force him to come back to the Leprechaun Cave, he brings out a pot of poitin, knowing His Majesty is definitely not the type to turn down a drink. And since Brian loses in powers during the daytime, he gets the monarch drunk until dawn, then captures him.him.
** Earlier, Darby tricks the leprechauns into letting him leave Knocknasheega. Knowing their fondness for the hunt, he plays a traditional hunting song to whip them up into a frenzy, upping the tempo until they're ready to charge out into the wild. The leprechauns sound the horn and open the pathway to the mountain, leaving the path open for him to escape.



* NotSoImaginaryFriend: King Brian

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* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Darby's tales of meeting King BrianBrian are dismissed as flights of fancy until Darby presents a sack with Brian stuffed in it; a glass of ale goes into the sack, the glass comes out empty, and it gets put on the shelf as proof of what the bargoers just saw.



** King Brian has one earlier when he hears the rooster crow the dawn (he loses his power during the day) and Darby's laughter turns mocking and triumphant.
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** King Brian has one earlier when he hears the rooster crow the dawn (he loses his power during the day) and Darby's laughter turns mocking and triumphant.
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* {{Oireland}}{{Oireland}}: And then some! Rustic, rural setting, carefree populace, magical creatures abound, a "begorrah" sprinkled here and there...


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* ReactionShot: Much of Pony's beating at the end is punctuated by the bargoers' reactions at how hard said beating is.

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* GuileHero: Here we see what happens when two Guile Heroes have a {{Friendly Rival}}ry. Using nothing but his smarts, Darby manages to escape the fairy mountain of Knocknasheega, dupe King Brian into getting drunk enough to get himself caught in the daytime, and then later saves Katie by using his last wish to trick the Death Coach. Then there's King Brian, who's as clever as he is ancient: despite a number of close calls and near-misses, he always manages to outfox Darby in the end, ending the movie by tricking him, and by extension the Death Coach, and making sure both Darby and Katie survive. For reference, he outwardly admits the Death Coach is a power beyond him, and he ''still'' manages to cheat it!



* TheRival: King Brian to Darby.
** Pony Sugrue to Michael.

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* TheRival: King Brian to Darby. \n Definitely of the [[FriendlyRivalry friendly sort]].
** Pony Sugrue to Michael. Definitely NOT of the friendly sort.



* VitriolicBestBuds: Darby O'Gill and King Brian of Knocknasheega may dislike each other quite often, but that doesn't mean they don't care for each other deeply.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Darby O'Gill and King Brian of Knocknasheega may dislike each other quite butt heads often, but that doesn't mean they don't care for each other deeply.

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