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* PowerProfitPotential: When Professor Brown discovers that the magic spells he's been selling are real, and that protagonist Eglantine Price can actually perform them, his immediate reaction (once he gets over his initial shock) is to invoke this by suggesting that they go into business together as a magic act, combining his showmanship and silver tongue with Eglantine's abilities to rake in a fortune. Defied by Eglantine herself, who has absolutely no interest in using her powers for personal gain, only agrees to consider the idea just to secure Brown's cooperation, and never brings it up again.
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* CasualDangerDialogue: Mr. Browne repeatedly tries to dismiss Swinburne and getting pretty annoyed, thinking him to be an unscrupulous peddler of stolen goods, but as soon as he pulls a switchblade, Mr. Browne almost jovially responds: "Aah, now you've got my attention!"
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* StockFootage: The football game on Naboombu reuses a lot of animation clips for the spectators, the elephant goalkeeper and the players running back and forth as the ball flies over their heads.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Mundane is subjective since it takes place during a truly awesome call to arms, but the visors on the suits of armour snapping down one at a time at the build-up to the Substitutiary Locomotion battle is a very nice touch.
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* {{Brownface}}: The Indian dancers during the "Portobello Road" sequence are white actors in dark makeup that isn't even done particularly well.
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* BadassAdorable: Mr. Browne manages to avoid Nazis and infiltrate a heavily fortified castle to rescue Miss Price and the children. And he does all of this after [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turning himself into a fluffy white bunny.]]
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sources differ on whether Miss Price's cat is named "Cosmic Creepers" or "Cosmic Creepus", like a taxonomic name. "Cosmic Creepus" is used is the subtitles on Disney+, and the phrase appears, with ambiguous context, in the original book.
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* OldSoldier: The home guard is entirely made up of elderly and middle-aged volunteers who likely fought in the first world war like their commander but are now too old to serve in conventional forces.

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* OldSoldier: The home guard is entirely made up of elderly and middle-aged volunteers who likely fought in the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI first world war war]] like their commander commander, but are now too old to serve in conventional forces.
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The number of German troops in the movie is nowhere near battalion size. A German Army platoon is 30-40 troops, close to the number in the film.


* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The Nazis are, of course, bad guys. However, due to the nature of the movie, they aren't shown doing much real warfare or [[FinalSolution any of the other things]] they were infamous for. Even though, during the climax, a battalion of them is conducting a small-scale invasion/operation of sabotage on British soil, they almost never directly use their weapons on a human. The climactic battle is fought against possessed armor and furniture.

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* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The Nazis are, of course, bad guys. However, due to the nature of the movie, they aren't shown doing much real warfare or [[FinalSolution any of the other things]] they were infamous for. Even though, during the climax, a battalion platoon of them is conducting a small-scale invasion/operation of sabotage on British soil, they almost never directly use their weapons on a human. The climactic battle is fought against possessed armor and furniture.
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Correct a misquote in You Are Better Than You Think You Are; rewrite the Power Echoes entry to be more concise.


* PowerEchoes: It's subtle, but throughout the movie when Miss Price and even Mr. Browne attempt to cast a spell, you can always tell when the magic is actually going to stick by whether or not their voices echo inexplicably.

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* PowerEchoes: It's subtle, but throughout the movie when Miss Price and even Mr. Browne attempt to Whenever a spell is cast a spell, you can always tell when successfully (which is not always) the words will echo noticeably to indicate the magic is actually going to stick by whether or not their voices echo inexplicably.working.



-->'''Mr. Browne''': ''(to himself in the mirror, after initially failing the spell)'' Come on old boy, for once in your life, you have to believe in something... That's right, good lad. ''(concentrates and succeeds at the spell, [[spoiler: turning himself into a rabbit]])''

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-->'''Mr. Browne''': ''(to himself in the mirror, after initially failing the spell)'' Come on old Now come along my boy, just for once in your life, you have you've got to believe in something... That's right, it, good lad. ''(concentrates and succeeds at the spell, [[spoiler: turning himself into a rabbit]])''
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* TechnicianPerformerTeamUp: The song "Eglantine" centers around Emilius Brown proposing such a partnership with Eglantine Price. Eglantine, with her genuine magical powers, would be the technician; and Emilius, with his showmanship and and silver tongue, would be the performer. Eglantine, who needs the rest of Emilius' spells, agrees to discuss the proposal if he helps her obtain them. Ultimately subverted, as while they do team up for the rest of the film, it's not in a way that really showcases the dynamic as Emilius had envisioned.
-->''Let us strike a bargain''
-->''You possess a gift''
-->''But I can speak the jargon''
-->''That will give your gift the needed lift''
-->''You possess the know-how''
-->''And I command the show-how''
-->''Oh, how successful you could be with me''
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''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' is a Creator/{{Disney}} film from 1971, based on [[Literature/BedknobAndBroomstick a pair of novels by Mary Norton]]. The film is often regarded as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/MaryPoppins'' -- a live action fantasy musical with a substantial segment incorporating animation, with the same production company, same director, same scriptwriters, same songwriters, one actor in common, etc.

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''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' is a Creator/{{Disney}} film from 1971, based on [[Literature/BedknobAndBroomstick a pair of novels by Mary Norton]]. The film is often regarded as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/MaryPoppins'' -- a live action fantasy musical with a substantial segment incorporating animation, with the [[ProductionPosse same production company, same director, same scriptwriters, same songwriters, one actor in common, common]], etc.
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Darkier And Edgier than what? Itself? This trope is when an existing work is retooled (either through remakes or later installments) to be more "Mature"


* DarkerAndEdgier: The movie is set in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, after all.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Lennie Weinrib based the voice of King Leonidas on that of Creator/RobertNewton's portrayal of Long John Silver from Walt Disney's live-action ''Film/TreasureIsland1950''.
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When the witchcraft school abruptly closes, leaving Miss Price without the all-important Substitutiary Locomotion spell she needs, she and the children travel to London via bed. They discover the "professor", Emelius Browne (Creator/DavidTomlinson), is a fraud who was just selling her the pages of an incomplete spellbook. So begins a greater journey, from the market at Portobello Road to the Isle of Naboombu (land of animated FunnyAnimals), in search of the spell. Once Miss Price learns it, she'll have to use its power to bring inanimate objects to life to save her hometown from none other than ThoseWackyNazis.

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When the witchcraft school abruptly closes, leaving Miss Price without the all-important Substitutiary Locomotion spell she needs, she and the children travel to London UsefulNotes/{{London}} via bed. They discover the "professor", Emelius Browne (Creator/DavidTomlinson), is a fraud who was just selling her the pages of an incomplete spellbook.spellbook, which he didn't even know was ''working''. So begins a greater journey, from the market at Portobello Road to the Isle of Naboombu (land of animated FunnyAnimals), in search of the spell. Once Miss Price learns it, she'll have to use its power to bring inanimate objects to life to save her hometown from none other than ThoseWackyNazis.
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