History YMMV / AnnaAndTheKing

** Lady Tuptim, who yearns to be with her loved one, and shortly after joining the monastery to be with him, is put on trial [[spoiler: and eventually beheaded.]]
*** Even if this had happened, Tuptim would simply have been dismissed. In any event, Mongkut's father had established a rule that any wife or concubine who wasn't happy could return to her family as long as she didn't have kids. All she'd have had to do was submit a petition.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor General Alak]] causes havoc in Siam's countryside by leading Burmese troops to brutally murder civilians. When King Mongkut sends his brother with Alak to investigate the crimes, Alak fatally poisons everyone with him and escapes to rouse an army from Burma. In his desire to become king, Alak knows Mongkut has to die, but his true cruelty extends even further: Alak intends to [[WouldHurtAChild kill all of King Mongkut's young children]], who number in the dozens, so there are no obstacles to the throne. When Mongkut ends up besting Alak, he decides to spare his treacherous former adviser so Alak will know the shame of his betrayal forever. Alak simply attempts to shoot Mongkut InTheBack, blinded by hatred, greed and rage. This sequence was entirely fabricated for the movie and has no basis whatsoever in real life.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor General Alak]] causes havoc in Siam's countryside by leading Burmese troops to brutally murder civilians. When King Mongkut sends his brother with Alak to investigate the crimes, Alak fatally poisons everyone with him and escapes to rouse an army from Burma. In his desire to become king, Alak knows Mongkut has to die, but his true cruelty extends even further: Alak intends to [[WouldHurtAChild kill all of King Mongkut's young children]], who number in the dozens, so there are no obstacles to the throne. When Mongkut ends up besting Alak, he decides to spare his treacherous former adviser so Alak will know the shame of his betrayal forever. Alak simply attempts to shoot Mongkut InTheBack, blinded by hatred, greed and rage.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The whole soundtrack, but special mention to the theme when Anna returns to the palace.

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Tuptim's]] trial, and the reason it can't be appealed.
** Tuptim was real, but the incident depicted in Anna's ''Romance of the Harem'', the Margaret Langdon book, and all three films, did not happen. Anna admitted much later that she'd written a fantasy based on "a few bits of palace gossip". In fact, [[http://www.washington.edu/alumni/images/partnerships/libraries/201006henchy_large.jpg Princess Vudhichalerm Vudhijaya]] (left, green dress), the sister of the late King Bhumibol, is [[https://www.ilab.org/eng/documentation/931-the_king_and_lie.html a descendant of the real Tuptim]].
* TheWoobie: Princess Fa-Ying, the king's beloved young daughter, who becomes sick and tragically dies from cholera. [[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrmondol Princess Chandrmondol]]'s story is unfortunately quite real.[[/note]]

*** Even if this had happened, Tuptim would simply have been dismissed. In any event, Mongkut's father had established a rule that any wife or concubine who wasn't happy could return to her family as long as she didn't have kids. All she'd have had to do was submit a petition.

* TheWoobie: Princess Fa-Ying, the king's beloved young daughter, who becomes an IllGirl and tragically dies from cholera. [[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrmondol Princess Chandrmondol]]'s story is unfortunately quite real.[[/note]]

** None of this happened in reality. Alak was just the royal secretary/librarian and not a bad man at all. The king's brother held the traditional role of ''maha uparaja'', kind of a vice-king who'd step in if something happened to His Majesty. Then Mongkut made him Second King, equal to himself. [[http://www.soravij.com/royalty/wangna/pinklao.html Much more about the Second King and how their system worked here.]]

* TheWoobie: Princess Fa- Ying, the king's beloved young daughter, who becomes an IllGirl and tragically dies from cholera.
** Lady Tuptim, who yearns to be with her loved one, and shortly after joining the monastery to be with him, is put on trial [[spoiler: and eventually beheaded.]]

* CompleteMonster: (The following was completely made up for the 1999 film and has no basis in reality): [[EvilChancellor General Alak]] causes havoc in Siam's countryside by leading Burmese troops to brutally murder civilians. When King Mongkut sends his brother with Alak to investigate the crimes, Alak fatally poisons everyone with him and escapes to rouse an army from Burma. In his desire to become king, Alak knows Mongkut has to die, but his true cruelty extends even further: Alak intends to [[WouldHurtAChild kill all of King Mongkut's young children]], who number in the dozens, so there are no obstacles to the throne. When Mongkut ends up besting Alak, he decides to spare his treacherous former adviser so Alak will know the shame of his betrayal forever. Alak simply attempts to shoot Mongkut InTheBack, blinded by hatred, greed and rage.

* TheWoobie: Princess Fa Ying and Lady Tuptim.

** Tuptim was real, but the incident depicted in Anna's ''Romance of the Harem'', the Margaret Langdon book, and all three films, did not happen. Anna admitted much later that she'd written a fantasy based on "a few bits of palace gossip". In fact, [[http://www.washington.edu/alumni/images/partnerships/libraries/201006henchy_large.jpg Princess Vudhichalerm Vudhijaya]] (left, green dress), the sister of the late King Bhumibol, is [[https://www.ilab.org/eng/documentation/931-the_king_and_lie.html a descendant of the real Tuptim]].

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor General Alak]] causes havoc in Siam's countryside by leading Burmese troops to brutally murder civilians. When King Mongkut sends his brother with Alak to investigate the crimes, Alak fatally poisons everyone with him and escapes to rouse an army from Burma. In his desire to become king, Alak knows Mongkut has to die, but his true cruelty extends even further: Alak intends to [[WouldHurtAChild kill all of King Mongkut's young children]], who number in the dozens, so there are no obstacles to the throne. When Mongkut ends up besting Alak, he decides to spare his treacherous former adviser so Alak will know the shame of his betrayal forever. Alak simply attempts to shoot Mongkut InTheBack, blinded by hatred, greed and rage.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor General Alak]] causes havoc in Siam's countryside by leading Burmese troops to brutally murder civilians. When King Mongkut sends his brother with Alak to investigate the crimes, Alak fatally poisons everyone with him and escapes to rouse an army from Burma. In his desire to become king, Alak knows Mongkut has to die, but his true cruelty extends even further: Alak intends to [[WouldHurtAChild kill all of King Mongkut's young children]], who number in the dozens, so there are no obstacles to the throne. When Mongkut ends up besting Alak, he decides to spare his treacherous former adviser so Alak will know the shame of his betrayal forever. Alak simply attempts to shoot Mongkut InTheBack, blinded by hatred, greed and rage. (None of this is even remotely close to the truth-there was no Alak at all.)

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor General Alak]] causes havoc in Siam's countryside by leading Burmese troops to brutally murder civilians. When King Mongkut sends his brother with Alak to investigate the crimes, Alak fatally poisons everyone with him and escapes to rouse an army from Burma. In his desire to become king, Alak knows Mongkut has to die, but his true cruelty extends even further: Alak intends to [[WouldHurtAChild kill all of King Mongkut's young children]], who number in the dozens, so there are no obstacles to the throne. When Mongkut ends up besting Alak, he decides to spare his treacherous former adviser so Alak will know the shame of his betrayal forever. Alak simply attempts to shoot Mongkut InTheBack, blinded by hatred, greed and rage. (None of this is even remotely close to the truth.)

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor General Alak]] causes havoc in Siam's countryside by leading Burmese troops to brutally murder civilians. When King Mongkut sends his brother with Alak to investigate the crimes, Alak fatally poisons everyone with him and escapes to rouse an army from Burma. In his desire to become king, Alak knows Mongkut has to die, but his true cruelty extends even further: Alak intends to [[WouldHurtAChild kill all of King Mongkut's young children]], who number in the dozens, so there are no obstacles to the throne. When Mongkut ends up besting Alak, he decides to spare his treacherous former adviser so Alak will know the shame of his betrayal forever. Alak simply attempts to shoot Mongkut InTheBack, blinded by hatred, greed and rage.

** Tuptim was real, but the incident depicted in Anna's ''Romance of the Harem'', the Margaret Langdon book, and all three films, did not happen. Anna admitted much later that she'd written a fantasy based on "a few bits of palace gossip". In fact, Princess Vudhichalerm Vudhijaya, the sister of the late King Bhumibol, is a descendant of the real Tuptim.

** Needless to say, that whole sequence of events never happened at all and there was no General Alak, not even in Anna's books. Mongkut did have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinklao a brother]], who was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Palace Second King]] (kind of a viceroy, with equal royal honors) and a NiceGuy. In fact, Mongkut was aware that English people liked his brother better than him and suspected the Thai people did too. The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese%E2%80%93Siamese_War_(1849%E2%80%9355) Burmese-Siamese War]] was for real and happened at this time.

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Tuptim's]] trial, and the reason it can't be appealed.

** Needless to say, that whole sequence of events never happened at all and there was no General Alak, not even in Anna's books. Mongkut did have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinklao a brother]], who was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Palace Second King]] (kind of a viceroy, with equal royal honors) and a NiceGuy. The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese%E2%80%93Siamese_War_(1849%E2%80%9355) Burmese-Siamese War]] was for real and happened at this time.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic - The whole soundtrack, but special mention to the theme when Anna returns to the palace.

* NightmareFuel - [[spoiler: Tuptim's]] trial, and the reason it can't be appealed.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - [[spoiler: Tuptim's]] trial, and the reason it can't be appealed.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - The whole soundtrack, but special mention to the theme when Anna returns to the palace.