History YMMV / ChittyChittyBangBang

** One of the inventors being held captive claims that, before Baron Bomburst put him on the rack he was a midget. A more politically correct term like "little person" or "person with drawfism" would be used for that joke today (though since most would agree that "I was a little person" doesn't sound nearly as funny, the line might just be dropped altogether).

* ValuesDissonance: You just would not have all of those cracks about female drivers in a modern film.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The German dub contains one during "Roses of Success," substituting Alexander Graham Bell with Wilhelm Röntgen.

* ValuesDissonance: You just would not have all of those cracks about female drivers in a modern film. Grandpa's colonialist GentlemanAdventurer fantasies would also be less likely to be presented as glorious (though it helps that they're just that -- ''fantasies'', and clearly silly ones at that).

* ValuesDissonance: You just would not have all of those cracks about female drivers in a modern film. Grandpa's colonialist GentlemanAdventurer fantasies would also be less likely to be presented as glorious (though it helps that they're clearly just that -- ''fantasies'').

* ValuesDissonance: You just would not have all of those cracks about female drivers in a modern film.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Adventures In Tinker Town,'' an {{edutainment}} PointAndClickGame from the mid 90s. While the game itself has absolutely nothing to do with the movie outside of the general theme of tinkering and mechanics and features none of its characters outside of a SuddenlyVoiced [[SentientVehicle sentient Chitty]], it's still pretty fun.

* AdaptationDisplacement: In general, odds are that if you ask most people familiar with the movie if they've read the book, they'll be surprised that there ''is'' a book in the first place. Said book also has the family go to France on an impromptu holiday, where they end up breaking up a crime ring.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Even dedicated fans of the movie tend to fast forward through "Lovely Lonely Man," as it's generally agreed to be the weakest song in the whole movie. This is also why it was cut from the stage musical and most TV airings.

* IdiotBall: Yes, Jeremy and Jemima, go with the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything creepy man offering you candy and ice cream]] though the window in the cellar where you're hiding, the same one who ''just tried to kidnap you'' who just [[PaperThinDisguise put on a different coat and hat]], even after your father has ''specifically'' told you not to leave. [[SarcasmMode He seems trustworthy]]. Granted, this is a story-within-a-movie being told by their father and children aren't known for making good decisions, especially where bright colors and promises of sweets are involved.

** Between Baroness Bomburst's flashy outfits (like the bizarre combo of lingerie, beret, and over-long pigtails during the duet with her husband), blond hair, and over-the-top demeanour, she's like an evil {{Ruritania}}n version of Music/LadyGaga -- and a literal [[AristocratsAreEvil lady]] in this case!

** Between Baroness Bomburst's flashy outfits (like the bizarre combo of lingerie, beret, and over-long pigtails during the duet with her husband), blond hair, and over-the-top demeanour, she's like an evil {{Ruritania}}n version of Music/LadyGaga -- and an actual [[AristocratsAreEvil lady]] in this case.

** Between Baroness Bomburst's flashy outfits (like the bizarre combo of lingerie, beret, and over-long pigtails during the duet with her husband), blond hair, and over-the-top demeanour, she's like an evil {{Ruritania}}n version of Music/LadyGaga -- and an actual [[BlueBlood lady]] in this case.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Adventures In Tinker Town,'' an {{edutainment}} PointAndClickGame from the mid 90s. While the game itself has absolutely nothing to do with the movie outside of the general theme of tinkering and mechanics and features none of its characters outside of a SuddenlyVoiced [[SentientVehicle sentient Chitty]], it's still pretty fun.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Subverted with ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Adventures In Tinker Town,'' an {{edutainment}} PointAndClickGame from the mid 90s. While the game itself is fun, it has absolutely nothing to do with the movie outside of the general theme of tinkering and mechanics and features none of its characters outside of a SuddenlyVoiced [[SentientVehicle sentient Chitty]].

* EarWorm: With Robert and Richard Sherman at the helm, this is unavoidable.
** "Oh, you, pretty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you..."
** "You're my little chu-chi face!"
** "Oh, the POSH, POSH traveling life, the traveling life for me!"
** "Me ol' bamboo, me ol' bamboo, you better never bother with me ol' bamboo!"
** "Toot sweets, toot sweets..."
** The rhythmic sound effect which earns Chitty her name.

* NarmCharm: The film is ''very'' much a product of it's time, made in an era in the late 60s when movie studios were making a last ditch effort to keep campy movie musicals alive and popular. Not everyone is on board with it (see "TastesLikeDiabetes"), but those who are love it specifically because it's so campy and cheerful.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Subverted with ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Adventures In Tinker Town,'' an {{edutainment}} PointAndClickGame from the mid 90s. While the game itself is fun, it has absolutely nothing to do with the movie outside of the general theme of tinkering and mechanics and features none of it's characters outside of a SuddenlyVoiced [[SentientVehicle sentient Chitty]].

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Part of why the film was not a success in it's time and to this day still has a fair amount of detractors. While it's fans love it's [[NarmCharm innocent camp]], non-fans don't care for the perceived sentimentality of its main characters -- the children especially -- and "pip pip, cheerio" British attitude. Intentionally subverted with "Chu-Chi Face". The lyrics are sugary sweet, but they're undermined by the Baron repeated trying to kill his wife throughout the number.
* TearJerker: "Hushaby Mountain", in more ways than one. It's a beautiful lullaby, but it's haunting tune and minor key really help the already somber moment. The stage version makes it even more poignant by mentioning that Jemima and Jeremy's MissingMom always used to sing it to them. Then there's the DarkReprise: when Caractacus is singing this to the children of Vulgaria, shortly after his own children have been taken from him, he stops in the middle, too hopeless to continue.

* VindicatedByHistory: Was one of several big-budget Hollywood musicals which flopped upon it's release, with diminishing returns and scathing reviews, and helped kill the musical movie genre. In the decades following, it found it's audience and became a childhood staple.

* AllAnimationIsDisney: A non-animated example, due to its similarities to Film/MaryPoppins. Both have Creator/DickVanDyke in a starring role, two young children as main characters, an English setting, songs written by Music/TheShermanBrothers, and a mostly normal world with fantastical elements thrown in.

* TearJerker: "Hushaby Mountain", in more ways than one. It's a beautiful lullaby, but it's haunting tune and minor key really help the already somber moment. When Caractacus is singing this to the children of Vulgaria, shortly after his own children have been taken from him, he stops in the middle, too hopeless to continue.

* AllAnimationIsDisney: A non-animated example, due to its similarities to Film/MaryPoppins. Both have Creator/DickVanDyke in a starring role, songs written by Music/TheShermanBrothers, and a mostly normal world with fantastical elements thrown in.

* AllAnimationIsDisney: A non-animated example, due to its similarities to Film/MaryPoppins. Both have Creator/DickVanDyke in a starring role, songs written by Creator/TheShermanBrothers, and a mostly normal world with fantastical elements thrown in.

* AllAnimationIsDisney: A non-animated example, due to its similarities to Film/MaryPoppins. Both have DickVanDyke in a starring role, songs written by TheShermanBrothers, and a mostly normal world with fantastical elements thrown in.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Part of why the film was not a success in it's time and to this day still has a fair amount of detractors. While it's fans love it's [[NarmCharm innocent camp]], non-fans don't care for the perceived sentimentality of it's main characters -- the children especially -- and "pip pip, cheerio" British attitude. Intentionally subverted with "Chu-Chi Face". The lyrics are sugary sweet, but they're undermined by the Baron repeated trying to kill his wife throughout the number.
* TearJerker: "Hushaby Mountain," in more ways than one. It's a beautiful lullaby, but it's haunting tune and minor key really help the already somber moment. When Caractacus is singing this to the children of Vulgaria, shortly after his own children have been taken from him, he stops in the middle, too hopeless to continue.

* VindicatedByHistory: When the film originally came out, it lost money at the box office and was panned by critics. Somewhere along the line, it became a classic.