Line #86 Characters/ChittyChittyBangBang


1	Characters from the 1968 movie Film/ChittyChittyBangBang.
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5	!! Potts Family and friends:
6	[[folder:Caractacus Potts]]
7	[[quoteright:186:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_3_4192.jpeg]]
8	->''' Played by: '''Creator/DickVanDyke
9	A down on his luck inventor and loving father who builds the titular car.
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11	* BunglingInventor: Most of his inventions don't function properly.
12	* LivingToys: Poses as a sentient rag doll to get into Baron Bomburst's birthday party.
13	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Dick Van Dyke didn't want to do an English accent again after ''Film/MaryPoppins'', so he plays the English Caractacus with his regular American dialect.
14	* ParentalLoveSong: He sings "You Two" to Jeremy and Jemima to tell them how much he loves them.
15	* TheStoryteller: During a day at the beach, he tells his children a story about an evil baron who wants to steal Chitty, and all the fantastical adventures that ensue. This tale is so massive that it takes up half the film.
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18	[[folder:Truly Scrumptious]]
19	[[quoteright:186:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_4_1453.jpeg]]
20	->''' Played by: '''Sally Ann Howes
21	Caractacus' love interest who accompanies the family on their adventure.
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23	* DefrostingIceQueen: At first she acts coldly towards Caractacus, because of the careless way he's raising his children, but soon sees that he really cares about them and warms up to him.
24	* PunnyName: Quite fitting for the daughter of a confectionary maker. The musical adaptation expands on this with having two sisters and a brother. Her sister's names are Madly and Deeply and her brother is named Seriously.
25	* SpoiledSweet: She's the daughter of a rich candy factory owner and lives in an aristocratic mansion but is actually a very humble and kind person.
26	* RobotGirl: Inverted. She disguises herself as a mechanical doll on a music box as a birthday present for Baron Bomburst in the movie's climax.
27	* WindUpKey: A wind-up key is inserted into the music box to make it start up.
28	* LivingToys: Somewhat subverted. Truly stiffly moves her upper body, head and arms while her hips, legs and feet remain stationary as she sings and rotates on the spinning disc on the box. Since she's pretending to be a doll on a music box, when her box isn't wound up, Truly stays motionless. The sentience of Truly's doll character is hinted at with words such as "you" and "people" during her song, refering to the Baron's birthday party attendees.
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31	[[folder:Jeremy and Jemima Potts]]
32	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20230220_233630_youtube.jpg]]
33	->''' Played by: '''Adrian Hall, Heather Ripley
34	Caractacus' two children.
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36	* CheerfulChild: Well, until they get kidnapped by the Child Catcher that is.
37	* ParentalLoveSong: "Truly Scrumptious", in which they sing about how much they love Truly. Granted she is only their mother ''figure'' at this point, but it still counts.
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41	[[folder:Grandpa Potts]]
42	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20230220_235238_youtube.jpg]]
43	[[caption-width-right:350:"I'm off to India, gonna have a cup of tea with the Maharajah. Cheerio." ]]
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45	->''' Played by:''' Lionel Jeffries
46	The Potts family's grandfather.
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48	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He is only known as "Grandpa".
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52	[[folder:Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]
53	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_8194.jpeg]]
54	The titular car itself, a former racing vehicle that Caractacus refurbishes into a mechanical marvel. It is capable of traveling by land, air, and sea.
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56	* AmphibiousAutomobile: By inflating a raft underneath its chassis, Chitty can transform into an instant seacraft.
57	* BigDamnHeroes:
58	** During the FinalBattle, Chitty escapes captivity and swoops in to give its family a lift.
59	** In the stage show, Chitty breaks through a portcullis and stops the Child Catcher from taking the children.
60	* CoolCar: One of the coolest cars in cinema. Not only is it a reliable roadster, it can sprout wings for air travel and spawn a raft on the fly to become a boat.
61	* EjectionSeat: It has one of the "giant spring" variety, which Grandpa uses to send the Baroness flying.
62	* FlyingCar: It isn't the current page image for nothing! The car can sprout a pair of red-and-yellow wings and take to the sky in an instant.
63	* SentientVehicle: At least in the story-within-a-story, though Caractacus believes that it talks to him and his family through its distinct "chitty chitty bang bang!" sound. The stage version of Chitty, on the other hand, is established as being sentient from the very start — it even takes a bow at the end.
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67	!! Vulgarians:
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69	[[folder:Baron Bomburst]]
70	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20230506_202812_youtube.jpg]]
71	->''' Played by: ''' Gert Frobe
72	The sadistic, yet incredibly childish ruler of Vulgaria. He has his eye on Chitty and wants to reap it for himself.
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74	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He no longer has a murderous hatred for his wife in the stage show, so their love is genuine and requited. As a result, "Chu-Chi Face" is a straight love song without the irony.
75	* BigBad: He is the main villain of the movie.
76	* CanonForeigner: One of Roald Dahl's original creations.
77	* ChildHater: He hates kids because, let's be honest, he is pure evil.
78	* LaughablyEvil: Being a tyrannical dictator with the demeanor of a spoiled child, he's guaranteed to make viewers ache with laughter.
79	* {{Manchild}}: Extremely immature and enjoys playing with toys.
80	* VillainLoveSong: "Chu-Chi Face", a [[SillyLoveSongs Silly Love Song]] that he sings with his wife… while trying to kill her at every turn.
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83	[[folder:Baroness Bomburst]]
84	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20230221_013640_youtube_4.jpg]]
85	->''' Played by: ''' Anna Quayle
86	The baroness of Vulgaria. She loves and spoils her husband silly, though he [[UnwantedSpouse doesn't exactly reciprocate those feelings]].
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88	* TheBaroness: And an actual one to boot as she is married to a Baron.
89	* CanonForeigner: One of Roald Dahl's original creations.
90	* ChildHater: She ''hates'' and fears children for reasons that only Dahl knows and is the reason why they're outlawed in Vulgaria. Particularly strange considering how much of a {{manchild}} her husband is.
91	* PlotArmor: Taken to an astonishing extreme. The Baron attempts to kill her several times, and she narrowly avoids it every single time without even ''realizing'' it. Even after he drops her through a trap door, she just comes back through another door unscathed.
92	* ParachutePetticoat: Happens to her after Chitty's EjectorSeat sends her flying. She even provides the trope image.
93	* UnwantedSpouse: The Baron clearly doesn't like her very much and is constantly trying to kill her. If she's noticed she's not letting it show.
94	* VillainLoveSong: "Chu-Chi Face", which she sings with her husband. She gushes about their love without realizing that he's trying to kill her throughout the song.
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97	[[folder: The Child Catcher]]
98	[[quoteright:305:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_8191.jpeg]]
99	->''' Played by: ''' Robert Helpmann
100	A wicked catcher who hunts children on the streets of Vulgaria. He is tasked to capture Jeremy and Jemima.
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102	* AdaptationalUgliness: As if having a huge, pointed nose and unkempt black hair wasn't enough, the stage version exaggerates the Child Catcher's appearance even further with ghoulishly-pale skin and large ears, not unlike [[LooksLikeOrlok Count Orlok]].
103	* BreakoutCharacter: He only has about ten minutes of screentime, yet he manages to be the most memorable character in the whole film. To this day, he is considered by many to be one of the scariest villains in children's cinema.
104	* CanonForeigner: One of Roald Dahl's original creations, taking over from the Belgian criminals in the original book.
105	* ChildHater: He hates kids because, well let's face it, he's pure evil.
106	* DeathByAdaptation: In the original script for the musical, the Child Catcher implicitly dies after Truly pops him with a ''shotgun'' (the soundtrack implies that she shoots the net carrying him and he [[DisneyVillainDeath falls to his death]], though in the actual show, he explodes into confetti). This is averted in the current script, where the Catcher is apprehended like always.
107	* EvilWearsBlack: He wears black and he's a child kidnapper.
108	* MasterOfDisguise: The stage show makes the Child Catcher even ''more'' cunning through his use of disguises. He first masquerades as the Toymaker to capture Jemima and Jeremy, then he dresses up like Grandpa to trick them again in the climax.
109	* MoreDespicableMinion: Despite both The Baron and The Baroness being LaughablyEvil, he is more scary than the two of them due to the fact that he's willing to kidnap children and send them away to an uncertain fate.
110	* GenderFlip: In the musical's 2024 UK tour, the Catcher is played by a woman.
111	* HateSink: By far the most despicable villain in the story; while the Bombursts and Spies are LaughablyEvil, he's just evil. It's almost a tradition for the audience to ''boo'' him in the stage play.
112	* PunchClockVillain: His job is to capture and imprison children and he does not come off as a very decent guy, no matter how much of a quirky little bastard he is.
113	* SinisterSchnoz: He's got a big, elongated nose that grants him the ability to sniff out children.
114	* VillainSong: The stage adaptation gives him his own song, "Kiddy-Widdy-Winkies", which he sings as a warning to any child that has the misfortune of crossing his path.
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118	[[folder: The Vulgarian Spies]]
119	[[quoteright:456:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_8192.jpeg]]
120	-> '''Played by:''' Alexander Doré and Bernard Spear.
121	Two bumbling spies who are ordered by the Baron to steal Chitty.
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123	* AscendedExtra: They have a much stronger presence in the stage version, appearing as early as the second scene. They even get their own duet, "Think Vulgar" (or "Act English" in later shows).
124	* BumblingHenchmanDuo: They are the bumbling henchmen sent by the Baron to steal the car and kidnap its inventor. They keep messing up their mission, accidentally kidnapping Lord Scrumptious and Grandpa Potts instead of Caractacus Potts.
125	* ButtMonkey: With the Baron's balloon taking on too much deadweight, the Vulgarians quickly look for something to toss out to lighten the load. Any guess what, or ''who'', they decide to get rid of?
126	* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the musical, it's shown that they dislike The Child Catcher.
127	* HeelFaceTurn: In the musical, they turn over a new leaf after The Baron, his wife and The Child Catcher are all beaten.
128	* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the stage musical, they are named Boris and Goran.
129	* LaughablyEvil: Befitting their characterization as a BumblingHenchmanDuo. Their failed attempts to capture the eponymous car are just so hilarious.
130	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After they're thrown overboard from the Baron's airship, they finally make it back to Vulgaria after a long swim across the ocean. The moment they see the castle getting ambushed, they turn around and head ''back'' into the water.
131	* VillainSong: The stage musical gives them the song "Think Vulgar", which was replaced with "Act English" in later performances.
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134	!! Others
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136	[[folder:Coggins]]
137	-> '''Played by:''' Creator/DesmondLlewelyn
138	A kindly old junkyard owner who sells Caractacus the car that would become Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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140	* ActorAllusion: A old man who gives a young man a car with various gadgets he ends up using by the end of the film... [[Franchise/JamesBond Now where have we heard that before?]]

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