Line #17 Funny/NannyMcPhee


1	* The cook's continuous (and rather futile) insistence that the children can't come into the kitchen because ''she has it in writing!''
2	* When Nanny [=McPhee=] magically compels the kids to misbehave non-stop in the kitchen, she says she'll only stop them if they say "please", and even the gagged up Mrs. Blatherwick yells a muffed "please!".
3	* The kids make up rude names instead of introducing themselves:
4	** Simon says, "Pleased to meet you. I'm Oglington Fartworthy." If that's not hilarious enough, he then adds, "That is "[[SpellingForEmphasis F,A,R,T. FART]]-worthy."
5	** Eric calls himself Sandra, which isn't rude, just [[GenderBlenderName unusual for a boy]].
6	** Christianna declares herself Bum, but Sebastian says, "I'm Bum!". Chrissie changes her ID to "bosoms", but Agatha [[BabySeeBabyDo says, "Bum!"]]. Christianna, having been through this before, says, "YOU can't be Bum, Aggy. Sebastian's Bum. You're Poop." Aggy says, "Poop bum". Sebastian, says "You can't be Poop AND Bum!!"
7	** Something about the contrast between the relative sophistication of the three ''oldest'' siblings' fake names (Oglington Fartworthy, Booger [=McHorsefanny=], and Knickers O'Muffin), with the sheer childishness of those of the three ''youngest'' siblings (Bosoms, Bum, and Poop Bum).
8	* The following exchange, between Selma Quickly and her friend Lettie.
9	--> '''Mrs. Quickly:''' "...What do you take me for, some common-" cut off as she hears a knock at the door
10	--> '''Lettie:''' Tart?
11	--> '''Mrs. Quickly:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint No thanks, I'm bloated.]]
12	* This bit when Mrs. Quickly meets with the Brown children after she thinks [[ItMakesSenseInContext their father just wanted to ravish her]].
13	--> I know what he wanted, and it wasn't marriage! No wonder there are so many of you.
14	* The children manage to keep their Great Aunt Adelaide from taking one of them by [[spoiler:passing off the scullery maid, Evangeline, as one of their siblings, so she could be raised and given an education and the actual siblings wouldn't be broken up]]. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Mr. Brown and Evangeline finally admit their love for each other and agree to marry]]. In the midst of the congratulations, Great Aunt Adelaide gives a horrified cry of [[spoiler:"Incest!"]] This then leads to Mr. Brown having to explain to the priest that no, [[spoiler:Evangeline is not actually his daughter.]]
15	* "Come on, Simon. Bowling practice!" [[ItMakesSenseInContext Said while Mr. Brown is holding a violin like a cricket bat and his son is preparing to throw a small cake.]]
16	* After continually startling Mr. Brown by [[StealthHiBye appearing behind him from out of nowhere]] ("I did knock") Nanny [=McPhee=] then appears in the kitchen while Ms. Blatherwick is cooking. The cook turns to spot her...and instead of being startled, casually gets on with what she was doing.
17	* When [=McPhee=] says, "Do [the kids] go to bed when they're told?", Cedric Brown says, "[[RapidFireNo No, no, no, no!]] Good grief! What a suggestion!" as though his kids going to bed when they're told is a ludicrous idea.
18	* When Sebastian says, "That was my idea! I mean, my fault." [[spoiler:He was talking about the worms he put in a sandwich to scare away Mrs. Quickly.]]
19	* The children [[CopycatMockery imitating Mrs. Quickly]] during the [[{{Foodfight}} cake fight]].
20	** And during that scene the model of Mrs. Quickly gets flung off the cake.
21	* Mrs. Quickly keeps stage-whispering, "Behave!" to the kids. Agatha copies it, but pronounces it as "Beehive!", which inspires the kids to pretend there are bees.
22	** The best part is Nanny [=McPhee=] just staring at Simon the whole time the wheels are turning in his head, urging him to take the idea and run with it. She may not get involved but she's clearly NotSoAboveItAll.
23	* [[spoiler: When the kids are pretending there are bees at the wedding, Mrs. Quickly says, "Do you see any bees?" Mr. Brown replies, "I do!" and slaps her in the face.]]
24	* The dancing, whistling donkey. It needs to be seen to be believed.
25	** Made even funnier by the fact that Great Aunt Adelaide thought she was a human. Which makes it even more funny when she tells Nanny [=McPhee=] to get "her" ready to go home with her, as if talking about a little girl.
26	** When asked to put their best clothes on, Simon says, "I'm going to put MY best clothes on ... the pig!"
27	** When the pig is dressed in Simon's best clothes, Adelaide thinks it's a young girl with an ugly, bristly face.
28	** The donkey pops up at the wedding with a handkerchief, moved by the ceremony. One wonders if Nanny [=McPhee=] ever undid her spell on it.
29	* Mr. Brown trying to protect Mrs. Quickly from the pranks his kids were playing, including a toad in the teapot, worms in the sandwiches, an ''arrow'' on the chair, electric wires on the doorknob and a custard pie catapult.
30	* The kids discussing which of them goes with Aunt Adelaide is a Tearjerker but made funnier when each girl insist that ''she'' should be the one to go (Tora as the eldest, Lily because she is 'destined for tragedy,' Chrissie because Aunt Adelaide wanted her originally) and Sebastian says, "You can't ''all'' go."
31	* Aunt Adelaide is shocked/bewildered when she thinks that Cedric Brown is about to marry Evangeline, the scullery maid that the children had passed off as their sister (that Adelaide had adopted), remarking "Incest?!", but what causes her to faint is finding out that Cedric is "[[SuddenlyShouting marrying the scullery maid]]?!".
32	* Nanny [=McPhee=]'s astonishingly dry response to the children's "measles", where it is made abundantly clear that she's not buying it for a second.
33	-->'''Nanny [=McPhee=]:''' Dear me.
34	-->'''Eric:''' (stage coughs) We can't get up. We're ill.
35	-->'''Chrissie:''' Colds id our doses!
36	-->'''Sebastian:''' And kemparkurk.
37	-->'''Simon:''' We think it bight be the beasles.
38	-->'''Aggie:''' Got measig!
39	-->'''Nanny [=McPhee=]:''' [[SarcasmMode Good Heavens]]. Then there is of course no question of your getting up.

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