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* ChristianityIsCatholic
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** In Austria, it is.
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**ChristianityIsCatholic: In Austria, it is.
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* BerserkButton: Captain Von Trapp manages to control his temper when confronting Nazis and Nazi sympathizers, but when the otherwise inoffensive Max expresses a blase "what's going to happen is going to happen" attitude about the impending Anschluss, the Captain becomes '''furious'''.
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* DawsonCasting: A 21-year-old Charmian Carr played 16-year-old Liesl.
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* OneSteveLimit: In real life, one of Captain von Trapp's daughters was also named Maria; in the musical, she becomes a Louisa instead.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory
** In reality, Georg and Maria were married in 1927, and she had borne two other kids by the time they left. Not only that, but they simply got on a train to Italy.
** The depiction of Georg von Trapp as a stern disciplinarian annoyed his wife, as he was the exact opposite in real life--it was Maria who was the strict one. (She did, however, adore Christopher Plummer.)
** Of all the exaggerations of their lives, Maria commented in her memoirs that the only thing they didn't go far enough on was her behavior at the convent. She always laughingly commented when asked if she was that bad, "I was worse!"
** In reality, Georg and Maria were married in 1927, and she had borne two other kids by the time they left. Not only that, but they simply got on a train to Italy.
** The depiction of Georg von Trapp as a stern disciplinarian annoyed his wife, as he was the exact opposite in real life--it was Maria who was the strict one. (She did, however, adore Christopher Plummer.)
** Of all the exaggerations of their lives, Maria commented in her memoirs that the only thing they didn't go far enough on was her behavior at the convent. She always laughingly commented when asked if she was that bad, "I was worse!"
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* BookEnds: The film starts and ends with a helicopter shot across the Alps.
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* BookEnds: The film starts and opens with panoramic views of the mountains, then zooms onto Maria. The movie ends with a helicopter shot across Maria and her new family hiking through the Alps.same mountains towards the safety of the border. The camera [[FlyawayShot pulls back]] to give us another panorama of those mountains.
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* FlyawayShot: How the movie ends.
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'''Rolfe:''' ''(beat, then yelling out)'' [[MoralEventHorizon LIEUTENANT! LIEUTENANT, THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE HERE, LIEUTENANT! ''(blows whistle)'']]
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'''Rolfe:''' ''(beat, then yelling out)'' [[MoralEventHorizon LIEUTENANT! LIEUTENANT, THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE HERE, LIEUTENANT! ''(blows whistle)'']]LIEUTENANT!]] ''[[MoralEventHorizon (blows whistle)]]''
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* SoMuchForStealth: They almost fooled the search party inside the abbey, then Liesl spotted Rolfe ...
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* GenreBlindness: Rolfe says to the Captain, "It's you we want, not them." Presumably he thinks the German Navy is going to trust a sub to an anti-Nazi without having his family close at hand. Also likely meant as a sign that Rolfe doesn't quite understand yet how evil the Nazis he's affiliated himself with really are.
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* GenreBlindness: Rolfe says to the Captain, "It's GentlemanSnarker: The Captain.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' Perhaps those who would warn youwe want, not them." Presumably he thinks the German Navy is going to trust a sub to an anti-Nazi without having his family close at hand. Also likely meant as a sign that Rolfe doesn't quite understand yet how evil the Anschluss is coming -- and it is coming, Captain -- perhaps they would get further with you by setting their words to music.\\
'''Captain von Trapp''': If the Nazishe's affiliated himself with really are.take over Austria, I have no doubt, Herr Zeller, that you will be the entire trumpet section.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' You flatter me, Captain.\\
'''Captain von Trapp:''' Oh, how clumsy of me -- I meant to accuse you.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' Perhaps those who would warn you
'''Captain von Trapp''': If the Nazis
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* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: "Since you've obviously stuffed|yourselves on thousands of berries you can't be hungry anymore, so I'll have to tell Frau Schmidt to skip your dinner. -->The Cpatain
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* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: "Since you've obviously stuffed|yourselves on thousands of berries you can't be hungry anymore, so I'll have to tell Frau Schmidt to skip your dinner. -->The Cpatain
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* GentlemanSnarker: The Captain.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' Perhaps those who would warn you that the Anschluss is coming -- and it is coming, Captain -- perhaps they would get further with you by setting their words to music.\\
'''Captain von Trapp''': If the Nazis take over Austria, I have no doubt, Herr Zeller, that you will be the entire trumpet section.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' You flatter me, Captain.\\
'''Captain von Trapp:''' Oh, how clumsy of me -- I meant to accuse you.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' Perhaps those who would warn you that the Anschluss is coming -- and it is coming, Captain -- perhaps they would get further with you by setting their words to music.\\
'''Captain von Trapp''': If the Nazis take over Austria, I have no doubt, Herr Zeller, that you will be the entire trumpet section.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' You flatter me, Captain.\\
'''Captain von Trapp:''' Oh, how clumsy of me -- I meant to accuse you.
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* BlatantLies: When the children explain to their father where they've been after secretly trying to go see Maria. Made even funnier by the fact that he's clearly aware they're talking rubbish, and the excuses to patch up the holes in their story just get more and more absurd. Strawberries so cold they turned blue, anyone?
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* IgnoredEpiphany: [[spoiler: Rolf has a brief moment of taking the Captain up on his offer to run away with his family. Then he alerts the Nazis after rejected it.]]
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* StepfordSmiler: In the film, the Captain is a Type A Smiler when Maria leaves. He cheerfully explains Maria's departure to the children, then immediately asks [[RomanticFalseLead the Baroness]] for a drink of [[DrowningMySorrows "lemonade"]].
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!!''The Sound of Music'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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* NunTooHoly: Maria, of course, as sung by the sisters.
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'''''The Sound of Music''''' is the famous musical by RodgersAndHammerstein, based on the story of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Trapp_Family_Singers the Trapp Family Singers]]''. The musical was inspired by an earlier, now largely forgotten German movie adaption of the book and was made into a movie staring Julie Andrews in 1965. In 1991 the book was again independently adapted in a 40 episode {{Anime}} as part of the ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' series.
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'''''The Sound of Music''''' is the famous musical by RodgersAndHammerstein, based on the story of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Trapp_Family_Singers the Trapp Family Singers]]''. The musical was inspired by an earlier, now largely forgotten German movie adaption adaptation of the book and was made into a movie staring Julie Andrews in 1965. In 1991 the book was again independently adapted in a 40 episode {{Anime}} as part of the ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' series.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Liesl's boyfriend Rolfe does this at the end when he joins the Third Reich. He threatens to shoot the von Trapps when he catches them trying to escape, but the Captain confiscates the gun and then says:
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* FaceHeelTurn: Liesl's boyfriend Rolfe does this at the end when he joins the Third Reich. He threatens to shoot the von Trapps when he catches them trying to escape, but the Captain confiscates the gun [[TemptingFate and then says:says]]:
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For those who have still managed to live under a rock (or in Austria) for the past 50 years, the musical follows Maria Kutschera (JulieAndrews), a young postulant from Nonnberg Abbey, as she is sent to be a governess to the seven children of retired Navy Captain Georg von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). She soon discovers that the captain not only runs a tight ship, but also cannot bear to be reminded of his wife, meaning that he spends a lot of time in Vienna with Baroness Elsa Schraeder (Eleanor Parker), with whom he has struck up a romance. As a result, the children are rather rebellious and disdainful of any governesses (who were, as befitting authority figures of the time, rather strict). Maria is, however, kind towards them, and easily befriends the lot, teaching them songs and letting them frolic around the Austrian countryside. Captain von Trapp is, of course, rather taken aback, but soon rediscovers his pent-up happiness and begins to fall in love with Maria, who still hasn't worked out her own emotions. A brief trip back to the Abbey convinces her to go with the flow, and she returns and marries Georg.
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For those who have still managed to live under a rock (or in Austria) for the past 50 years, the musical follows Maria Kutschera (JulieAndrews), a young postulant from Nonnberg Abbey, as she is sent to be a governess to the seven children of retired Navy Captain Georg von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). She soon discovers that the captain not only runs a tight ship, but also cannot bear to be reminded of his wife, meaning that he spends a lot of time in Vienna with Baroness Elsa Schraeder (Eleanor Parker), with whom he has struck up a romance. As a result, the children are rather rebellious and disdainful of any governesses (who were, as befitting authority figures of the time, rather strict). Maria is, however, kind towards them, and easily befriends the lot, teaching them songs and letting them frolic around the Austrian countryside. Captain von Trapp is, of course, rather taken aback, but soon rediscovers his pent-up happiness and begins to fall in love with Maria, who still hasn't worked out her own emotions. A brief trip back to the Abbey -- and a cluebat expertly wielded by the Reverend Mother -- convinces her to go with the flow, and she returns and marries Georg.
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*MurderArsonAndJaywalking: When the nuns sing about Maria.
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-->Her dress has got a tear
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-->And underneath her wimple
-->She has curlers in her hair
-->I even heard her singing in the abbey
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'''Rolfe:''' ''(beat, then yelling out)'' [[MoralEventHorizon LIEUTENANT! LIEUTENANT, THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE HERE, LIEUTENANT! ''(blows whistle)''whistle)'']]
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* TheQuisling: All the Austrians who are accepting Nazi rule are this, represented by Uncle
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* DeathGlare: Captain von Trapp's DeathGlare is so awesomely deadly that it should be outlawed by the Geneva Conventions.
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* {{Confessional}}: In the last lines of the film, two nuns turn to the Reverend Mother Superior and say, "Forgive me, Reverend Mother, for I have sinned." They then reveal that they stole the wires from the Nazis' cars, thus preventing them from pursuing the von Trapps. The abbess doesn't say anything, just smiles.
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* {{Confessional}}: In the last lines of the film, two nuns turn to the Reverend Mother Superior and say, "Forgive me, Reverend Mother, for I have sinned." They then reveal that they stole the wires from the Nazis' cars, thus preventing them from pursuing the von Trapps. The abbess doesn't say anything, just smiles.
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* [[HarmonyVersusDiscipline Harmony In Love With Discipline]]: Maria is Harmony, von Trapp is Discipline.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Captain von Trapp really did use a whistle. Not because he was a DrillSergeantNasty in RealLife but because he had a weak voice and his children were scattered all over a big estate.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The ''hills'' are '''''alive'''''.....]]
->''I go to the hills when my heart is lonely\\
I know I will hear what I've heard before\\
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music\\
And I'll sing once more.''
->''"It's a nice story, but it's not my story."''
-->-- '''Maria von Trapp'''
'''''The Sound of Music''''' is the famous musical by RodgersAndHammerstein, based on the story of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Trapp_Family_Singers the Trapp Family Singers]]''. The musical was inspired by an earlier, now largely forgotten German movie adaption of the book and was made into a movie staring Julie Andrews in 1965. In 1991 the book was again independently adapted in a 40 episode {{Anime}} as part of the ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' series.
Features nuns, ThoseWackyNazis, and ''not'' the Austrian national anthem. The film is virtually unknown in Austria itself, which is odd considering the English-speaking world knows Austria as "that country from ''The Sound of Music''".
Has enough pop culture references and pastiches to fill a small article on TheOtherWiki, although there actually isn't one.
For those who have still managed to live under a rock (or in Austria) for the past 50 years, the musical follows Maria Kutschera (JulieAndrews), a young postulant from Nonnberg Abbey, as she is sent to be a governess to the seven children of retired Navy Captain Georg von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). She soon discovers that the captain not only runs a tight ship, but also cannot bear to be reminded of his wife, meaning that he spends a lot of time in Vienna with Baroness Elsa Schraeder (Eleanor Parker), with whom he has struck up a romance. As a result, the children are rather rebellious and disdainful of any governesses (who were, as befitting authority figures of the time, rather strict). Maria is, however, kind towards them, and easily befriends the lot, teaching them songs and letting them frolic around the Austrian countryside. Captain von Trapp is, of course, rather taken aback, but soon rediscovers his pent-up happiness and begins to fall in love with Maria, who still hasn't worked out her own emotions. A brief trip back to the Abbey convinces her to go with the flow, and she returns and marries Georg.
Unfortunately the Anschluss happens while the two are on their honeymoon and when they return Georg is "asked" to accept a command in the new German navy. Being strongly opposed to Hitler, the family resolves to leave Austria for Switzerland using the pretext of attending a local folk music festival for cover. But the Nazis are not so easily bamboozled and the von Trapps will not get away quite that easily...
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!!''The Sound of Music'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AmbiguouslyGay: Some productions present Uncle Max as such.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn
** Liesl -- Beauty
** Brigitta -- Brains
** Louisa -- Brawn
* BetaCouple: Liesl and Rolf are a tragic version.
* BlitheSpirit: Maria in the von Trapp household.
* BrawnHilda: Such a woman wins third place at the concert, and won't get off the stage so she can keep soaking up applause.
* TheButlerDidIt: Somebody must have told the local Nazis they were sneaking out of the house. In the film, Franz the butler (who the von Trapps never told about their impending escape) collaborates with Rolf, and later is shown watching the family's escape attempt and subsequent apprehension.
* CannotSpitItOut: Maria had some difficulty trying to realize her feelings for Captain von Trapp and tell him that she loved him. The things that girl has to do to get a kiss.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: The song "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" demonstrates that while Liesel may be innocent Rolf is certainly more so. Unless you subscribe to an AlternateCharacterInterpretation.
* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: When the baroness realizes how much the captain loves Maria, she suddenly realizes the captain isn't the man for her, either.
* CloudCuckoolander: How the nuns perceive Maria.
* {{Confessional}}: In the last lines of the film, two nuns turn to the Reverend Mother Superior and say, "Forgive me, Reverend Mother, for I have sinned." They then reveal that they stole the wires from the Nazis' cars, thus preventing them from pursuing the von Trapps. The abbess doesn't say anything, just smiles.
* CoolOldLady: Arguably, the Reverend Mother Superior of the convent. She instinctively knows that Maria's calling is outside the convent and she realizes that Maria is in love with the captain. Not to mention when Maria, at first, told the Reverend Mother she left because she was "frightened". To which the Reverend Mother said, "Frightened, were they unkind to you?" The tone which she said indicated she is very protective of the nuns. One could almost call her a BadassPreacher.
* TheCutie: Maria
* DanceOfRomance: The Laendler, a.k.a. The Scene Where Our Two [[ObliviousToLove Oblivious Protagonists]] [[LoveEpiphany Finally Figure It Out]].
* DeathGlare: Captain von Trapp's DeathGlare is so awesomely deadly that it should be outlawed by the Geneva Conventions.
* DefrostingIceQueen: The Captain.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Captain von Trapp treats his children that way at the beginning.
* EvenBeggarsWontChooseIt: Maria's dress... that even the poor didn't want.
* FairytaleWeddingDress: Maria gets one in the wedding scene that is classically pre-Vatican II Catholic, complete with a multi-layer cathedral veil.
* FaceHeelTurn: Liesl's boyfriend Rolfe does this at the end when he joins the Third Reich. He threatens to shoot the von Trapps when he catches them trying to escape, but the Captain confiscates the gun and then says:
-->'''Captain von Trapp:''' You'll never be one of them.\\
'''Rolfe:''' ''(beat, then yelling out)'' LIEUTENANT! LIEUTENANT, THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE HERE, LIEUTENANT! ''(blows whistle)''
* FearOfThunder: All the Von Trapp kids, prompting Maria to sing "My Favorite Things".
* FirstKiss: Liesl gets hers in the gazebo. She then runs into the rain and squeals in delight. "[[{{Squee}} Whee!]]"
* GenreBlindness: Rolfe says to the Captain, "It's you we want, not them." Presumably he thinks the German Navy is going to trust a sub to an anti-Nazi without having his family close at hand. Also likely meant as a sign that Rolfe doesn't quite understand yet how evil the Nazis he's affiliated himself with really are.
* GentlemanSnarker: The Captain.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' Perhaps those who would warn you that the Anschluss is coming -- and it is coming, Captain -- perhaps they would get further with you by setting their words to music.\\
'''Captain von Trapp''': If the Nazis take over Austria, I have no doubt, Herr Zeller, that you will be the entire trumpet section.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' You flatter me, Captain.\\
'''Captain von Trapp:''' Oh, how clumsy of me -- I meant to accuse you.
* GracefulLoser: The Baroness, eventually. One can scarcely blame her for putting up a fight, she's been working on Georg for a long time now.
* HappyEnding: In all the versions.
* HaveAGayOldTime
** The Baroness gives "rather gay parties" in Vienna.
** Also at one point, Uncle Max asks the children "What's the matter with you gloomy pussies?"
** And at another, Kurt says "I wonder what grass tastes like..."
* HeldGaze: Maria and the Captain have a rather intense one during their DanceOfRomance where they look deeply into each other's eyes, definitely upping the {{UST}} between them.
* HighTurnoverRate: The Captain tells Maria that he hopes she'll be more successful than the last governess, who stayed only two hours.
* HollywoodAtlas: Switzerland is not "just over the mountains" from Salzburg. To make it worse, Germany is. A bit of Germany that housed one of Hitler's holiday retreats, in fact. Not just his holiday retreat -- across the Alps from Salzburg is Berchtesgaden, which was actually his home, or the closest thing an itinerant dictator had to one. It's called Obersalzberg, meaning Above-Salzburg, and by the Anschluss had multiple SS units stationed there at all times.
* HonoraryUncle
* HonorBeforeReason: Captain von Trapp's defiant attitude toward Nazis which was almost Churchillian. He could be one scary dude at times.
* HotDad: Charmian Carr (Liesl) admitted to having "a ''huge'' crush'' on Chris Plummer, while Heather Menzies (Louisa) is on record as saying:
-->'''Heather:''' At the time I was too young to have a crush on him, but now, ''oh my God!''
* {{Intermission}}
* {{Introdump}}: The children, commanded by a whistle.
* IronicEcho: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" is repeated over Maria's wedding to the Captain.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The Baroness, eventually. She said the captain wasn’t for her anyway, and she needed someone with a very strong need for her, or at least for her money. That’s a bit of a RedHerring plot point, as it sounded like she was implying she was into Max....
* IWantSong: The title song, "The Sound of Music", has shades of this.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Captain Von Trapp
* KnightInShiningArmor: Captain Von Trapp was a member of Europe's noble caste and served by tradition, making him almost a literal as well as a figurative example of this. Alternatively, this could be WarriorPrince.
* LoveTriangle: The Captain, Maria and the Baroness.
* MagicalNanny: One of the classic examples, played by the same actress as [[Film/MaryPoppins the other one]], no less.
* ManicPixieDreamgirl: Maria to the Captain.
* MeaningfulEcho: The first time someone sings "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" to Liesel is her crush Rolf, giving her advice about boys. The second time the song is sung to her, it is from Maria, now her mother, giving her advice about love.
* {{Mentor}}
** The elder nun for Maria.
** Maria for Liesl.
* MoodWhiplash: Transitioning immediately from the wedding, to Nazi troops marching into Salzburg with the Anschluss.
* MovieBonusSong: "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good".
* NaziGermany: "To refuse them would be fatal for all of us. And joining them would be... [[MoralEventHorizon unthinkable]]."
* NaziNobleman: Thankfully subverted. Captain Von Trapp hates the Nazis, as did most Austrian and German/Prussian aristocrats in RealLife.
* NunsAreFunny: Maria's inability to fit into both the overly strict convent and Von Trapp household; the nuns themselves also run on high doses of TheComicallySerious.
* NunTooHoly: Maria, of course, as sung by the sisters.
* OffToBoardingSchool: "Darling, haven't you ever heard of a delightful little thing called boarding school?"
* OhCrap: A hilarious example happens in the middle of "I Have Confidence". Maria has been building herself up to a fantastic crescendo, "They will look up to ME! AND MIND ME!" But as she approaches the gate, the tempo slows and she gets much, much softer -- and when she reaches the gate, she looks inward and says, "Oh, help." Then as she passes through the gate, she gets her confidence back.
* OverprotectiveDad: The Captain in regards to Liesl; subverted when her boyfriend ends up as a Nazi.
* PantyShot: Liesl during her dance with Rolf at the gazebo.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: One of the girls wants a pink one.
* ParentalSubstitute: Maria is this towards the Von Trapp children.
* TheQuisling: All the Austrians who are accepting Nazi rule are this, represented by Uncle Max and the Baroness. But the Captain refuses to budge, straining their relationship with him.
* RecitationHandclasp: The children assume this posture during their recital at the festival.
* RefugeInAudacity: The von Trapps escape their Nazi "escorts" by... walking out the door while singing "So Long, Farewell..."
* RuleOfCool
** In RealLife, they simply got on a train to Italy. The movie's method of escape gives [[SceneryPorn prettier visuals]]. But fails logic since the way they are walking is toward Hitler's Mountain retreat, and a division of SS.
** Also, in the play, Rolf [[spoiler:calls a false alarm without any actual prompting, once he realises that ''he'd bear the burden of Liesl's possible death''. In the movie, Georg has to go out and put Rolf in his place.]]
* SanctuaryOfSolitude: When Maria goes off to be alone and the song number "Climb Every Mountain" happens
* SceneryPorn: The mountains, especially the long shots of the family going over to Switzerland at the end and the introduction.
* SecondLove: Maria, for the Captain -- TruthInTelevision.
* StolenMacGuffinReveal
* TeamMom: Oh, Maria.
* TelegraphGagSTOP: Liesl sends the telegram "Dear Rolf. Stop. Don't stop!"
* ThoseTwoGuys: The Nuns at the end of the film.
* ThoseWackyNazis: The main antagonists.
* TitleDrop: In the first line of the movie.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy Maria and Girly Girl Elsa. Tomboy Louisa and Girly Girl Liesl. Tomboy Brigitta and Girly Girl Marta. And Gretel is somewhere in the middle.
* VehicularSabotage: Two nuns reveal to their Mother that they have removed the distributor and coil (respectively) from the Nazis' automobile, the better to keep them from catching the Von Trapp family.
* TheVonTropeFamily: The TropeNamer, by way of an IncrediblyLamePun.
* WorldWarII: Austria's incorporation into the Third Reich is generally accepted by historians as the start of the countdown to the war in Europe.
* WrongNameOutburst: In a heated argument, Captain von Trapp angrily calls Maria "captain" before correcting himself.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The ''hills'' are '''''alive'''''.....]]
->''I go to the hills when my heart is lonely\\
I know I will hear what I've heard before\\
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music\\
And I'll sing once more.''
->''"It's a nice story, but it's not my story."''
-->-- '''Maria von Trapp'''
'''''The Sound of Music''''' is the famous musical by RodgersAndHammerstein, based on the story of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Trapp_Family_Singers the Trapp Family Singers]]''. The musical was inspired by an earlier, now largely forgotten German movie adaption of the book and was made into a movie staring Julie Andrews in 1965. In 1991 the book was again independently adapted in a 40 episode {{Anime}} as part of the ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' series.
Features nuns, ThoseWackyNazis, and ''not'' the Austrian national anthem. The film is virtually unknown in Austria itself, which is odd considering the English-speaking world knows Austria as "that country from ''The Sound of Music''".
Has enough pop culture references and pastiches to fill a small article on TheOtherWiki, although there actually isn't one.
For those who have still managed to live under a rock (or in Austria) for the past 50 years, the musical follows Maria Kutschera (JulieAndrews), a young postulant from Nonnberg Abbey, as she is sent to be a governess to the seven children of retired Navy Captain Georg von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). She soon discovers that the captain not only runs a tight ship, but also cannot bear to be reminded of his wife, meaning that he spends a lot of time in Vienna with Baroness Elsa Schraeder (Eleanor Parker), with whom he has struck up a romance. As a result, the children are rather rebellious and disdainful of any governesses (who were, as befitting authority figures of the time, rather strict). Maria is, however, kind towards them, and easily befriends the lot, teaching them songs and letting them frolic around the Austrian countryside. Captain von Trapp is, of course, rather taken aback, but soon rediscovers his pent-up happiness and begins to fall in love with Maria, who still hasn't worked out her own emotions. A brief trip back to the Abbey convinces her to go with the flow, and she returns and marries Georg.
Unfortunately the Anschluss happens while the two are on their honeymoon and when they return Georg is "asked" to accept a command in the new German navy. Being strongly opposed to Hitler, the family resolves to leave Austria for Switzerland using the pretext of attending a local folk music festival for cover. But the Nazis are not so easily bamboozled and the von Trapps will not get away quite that easily...
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!!''The Sound of Music'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AmbiguouslyGay: Some productions present Uncle Max as such.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn
** Liesl -- Beauty
** Brigitta -- Brains
** Louisa -- Brawn
* BetaCouple: Liesl and Rolf are a tragic version.
* BlitheSpirit: Maria in the von Trapp household.
* BrawnHilda: Such a woman wins third place at the concert, and won't get off the stage so she can keep soaking up applause.
* TheButlerDidIt: Somebody must have told the local Nazis they were sneaking out of the house. In the film, Franz the butler (who the von Trapps never told about their impending escape) collaborates with Rolf, and later is shown watching the family's escape attempt and subsequent apprehension.
* CannotSpitItOut: Maria had some difficulty trying to realize her feelings for Captain von Trapp and tell him that she loved him. The things that girl has to do to get a kiss.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: The song "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" demonstrates that while Liesel may be innocent Rolf is certainly more so. Unless you subscribe to an AlternateCharacterInterpretation.
* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: When the baroness realizes how much the captain loves Maria, she suddenly realizes the captain isn't the man for her, either.
* CloudCuckoolander: How the nuns perceive Maria.
* {{Confessional}}: In the last lines of the film, two nuns turn to the Reverend Mother Superior and say, "Forgive me, Reverend Mother, for I have sinned." They then reveal that they stole the wires from the Nazis' cars, thus preventing them from pursuing the von Trapps. The abbess doesn't say anything, just smiles.
* CoolOldLady: Arguably, the Reverend Mother Superior of the convent. She instinctively knows that Maria's calling is outside the convent and she realizes that Maria is in love with the captain. Not to mention when Maria, at first, told the Reverend Mother she left because she was "frightened". To which the Reverend Mother said, "Frightened, were they unkind to you?" The tone which she said indicated she is very protective of the nuns. One could almost call her a BadassPreacher.
* TheCutie: Maria
* DanceOfRomance: The Laendler, a.k.a. The Scene Where Our Two [[ObliviousToLove Oblivious Protagonists]] [[LoveEpiphany Finally Figure It Out]].
* DeathGlare: Captain von Trapp's DeathGlare is so awesomely deadly that it should be outlawed by the Geneva Conventions.
* DefrostingIceQueen: The Captain.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Captain von Trapp treats his children that way at the beginning.
* EvenBeggarsWontChooseIt: Maria's dress... that even the poor didn't want.
* FairytaleWeddingDress: Maria gets one in the wedding scene that is classically pre-Vatican II Catholic, complete with a multi-layer cathedral veil.
* FaceHeelTurn: Liesl's boyfriend Rolfe does this at the end when he joins the Third Reich. He threatens to shoot the von Trapps when he catches them trying to escape, but the Captain confiscates the gun and then says:
-->'''Captain von Trapp:''' You'll never be one of them.\\
'''Rolfe:''' ''(beat, then yelling out)'' LIEUTENANT! LIEUTENANT, THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE HERE, LIEUTENANT! ''(blows whistle)''
* FearOfThunder: All the Von Trapp kids, prompting Maria to sing "My Favorite Things".
* FirstKiss: Liesl gets hers in the gazebo. She then runs into the rain and squeals in delight. "[[{{Squee}} Whee!]]"
* GenreBlindness: Rolfe says to the Captain, "It's you we want, not them." Presumably he thinks the German Navy is going to trust a sub to an anti-Nazi without having his family close at hand. Also likely meant as a sign that Rolfe doesn't quite understand yet how evil the Nazis he's affiliated himself with really are.
* GentlemanSnarker: The Captain.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' Perhaps those who would warn you that the Anschluss is coming -- and it is coming, Captain -- perhaps they would get further with you by setting their words to music.\\
'''Captain von Trapp''': If the Nazis take over Austria, I have no doubt, Herr Zeller, that you will be the entire trumpet section.
-->'''Herr Zeller:''' You flatter me, Captain.\\
'''Captain von Trapp:''' Oh, how clumsy of me -- I meant to accuse you.
* GracefulLoser: The Baroness, eventually. One can scarcely blame her for putting up a fight, she's been working on Georg for a long time now.
* HappyEnding: In all the versions.
* HaveAGayOldTime
** The Baroness gives "rather gay parties" in Vienna.
** Also at one point, Uncle Max asks the children "What's the matter with you gloomy pussies?"
** And at another, Kurt says "I wonder what grass tastes like..."
* HeldGaze: Maria and the Captain have a rather intense one during their DanceOfRomance where they look deeply into each other's eyes, definitely upping the {{UST}} between them.
* HighTurnoverRate: The Captain tells Maria that he hopes she'll be more successful than the last governess, who stayed only two hours.
* HollywoodAtlas: Switzerland is not "just over the mountains" from Salzburg. To make it worse, Germany is. A bit of Germany that housed one of Hitler's holiday retreats, in fact. Not just his holiday retreat -- across the Alps from Salzburg is Berchtesgaden, which was actually his home, or the closest thing an itinerant dictator had to one. It's called Obersalzberg, meaning Above-Salzburg, and by the Anschluss had multiple SS units stationed there at all times.
* HonoraryUncle
* HonorBeforeReason: Captain von Trapp's defiant attitude toward Nazis which was almost Churchillian. He could be one scary dude at times.
* HotDad: Charmian Carr (Liesl) admitted to having "a ''huge'' crush'' on Chris Plummer, while Heather Menzies (Louisa) is on record as saying:
-->'''Heather:''' At the time I was too young to have a crush on him, but now, ''oh my God!''
* {{Intermission}}
* {{Introdump}}: The children, commanded by a whistle.
* IronicEcho: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" is repeated over Maria's wedding to the Captain.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The Baroness, eventually. She said the captain wasn’t for her anyway, and she needed someone with a very strong need for her, or at least for her money. That’s a bit of a RedHerring plot point, as it sounded like she was implying she was into Max....
* IWantSong: The title song, "The Sound of Music", has shades of this.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Captain Von Trapp
* KnightInShiningArmor: Captain Von Trapp was a member of Europe's noble caste and served by tradition, making him almost a literal as well as a figurative example of this. Alternatively, this could be WarriorPrince.
* LoveTriangle: The Captain, Maria and the Baroness.
* MagicalNanny: One of the classic examples, played by the same actress as [[Film/MaryPoppins the other one]], no less.
* ManicPixieDreamgirl: Maria to the Captain.
* MeaningfulEcho: The first time someone sings "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" to Liesel is her crush Rolf, giving her advice about boys. The second time the song is sung to her, it is from Maria, now her mother, giving her advice about love.
* {{Mentor}}
** The elder nun for Maria.
** Maria for Liesl.
* MoodWhiplash: Transitioning immediately from the wedding, to Nazi troops marching into Salzburg with the Anschluss.
* MovieBonusSong: "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good".
* NaziGermany: "To refuse them would be fatal for all of us. And joining them would be... [[MoralEventHorizon unthinkable]]."
* NaziNobleman: Thankfully subverted. Captain Von Trapp hates the Nazis, as did most Austrian and German/Prussian aristocrats in RealLife.
* NunsAreFunny: Maria's inability to fit into both the overly strict convent and Von Trapp household; the nuns themselves also run on high doses of TheComicallySerious.
* NunTooHoly: Maria, of course, as sung by the sisters.
* OffToBoardingSchool: "Darling, haven't you ever heard of a delightful little thing called boarding school?"
* OhCrap: A hilarious example happens in the middle of "I Have Confidence". Maria has been building herself up to a fantastic crescendo, "They will look up to ME! AND MIND ME!" But as she approaches the gate, the tempo slows and she gets much, much softer -- and when she reaches the gate, she looks inward and says, "Oh, help." Then as she passes through the gate, she gets her confidence back.
* OverprotectiveDad: The Captain in regards to Liesl; subverted when her boyfriend ends up as a Nazi.
* PantyShot: Liesl during her dance with Rolf at the gazebo.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: One of the girls wants a pink one.
* ParentalSubstitute: Maria is this towards the Von Trapp children.
* TheQuisling: All the Austrians who are accepting Nazi rule are this, represented by Uncle Max and the Baroness. But the Captain refuses to budge, straining their relationship with him.
* RecitationHandclasp: The children assume this posture during their recital at the festival.
* RefugeInAudacity: The von Trapps escape their Nazi "escorts" by... walking out the door while singing "So Long, Farewell..."
* RuleOfCool
** In RealLife, they simply got on a train to Italy. The movie's method of escape gives [[SceneryPorn prettier visuals]]. But fails logic since the way they are walking is toward Hitler's Mountain retreat, and a division of SS.
** Also, in the play, Rolf [[spoiler:calls a false alarm without any actual prompting, once he realises that ''he'd bear the burden of Liesl's possible death''. In the movie, Georg has to go out and put Rolf in his place.]]
* SanctuaryOfSolitude: When Maria goes off to be alone and the song number "Climb Every Mountain" happens
* SceneryPorn: The mountains, especially the long shots of the family going over to Switzerland at the end and the introduction.
* SecondLove: Maria, for the Captain -- TruthInTelevision.
* StolenMacGuffinReveal
* TeamMom: Oh, Maria.
* TelegraphGagSTOP: Liesl sends the telegram "Dear Rolf. Stop. Don't stop!"
* ThoseTwoGuys: The Nuns at the end of the film.
* ThoseWackyNazis: The main antagonists.
* TitleDrop: In the first line of the movie.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy Maria and Girly Girl Elsa. Tomboy Louisa and Girly Girl Liesl. Tomboy Brigitta and Girly Girl Marta. And Gretel is somewhere in the middle.
* VehicularSabotage: Two nuns reveal to their Mother that they have removed the distributor and coil (respectively) from the Nazis' automobile, the better to keep them from catching the Von Trapp family.
* TheVonTropeFamily: The TropeNamer, by way of an IncrediblyLamePun.
* WorldWarII: Austria's incorporation into the Third Reich is generally accepted by historians as the start of the countdown to the war in Europe.
* WrongNameOutburst: In a heated argument, Captain von Trapp angrily calls Maria "captain" before correcting himself.
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