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* The family looks confused when Uncle Max announces to the audience that the Von Trapps will be performing an encore, suggesting they weren't expecting to. But he was there when they performed "So Long, Farewell" at the party, and they end up performing again as result of their encore. Thus, that encore announcement may have been a BatmanGambit by Uncle Max to covertly tell them "Try to escape after leaving the stage" by planting the idea in their head through the song. Quite impressive for a guy who otherwise seemed to be TheQuisling.

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* The family looks confused when Uncle Max announces to the audience that the Von von Trapps will be performing an encore, suggesting they weren't expecting to. But he was there when they performed "So Long, Farewell" at the party, and they end up performing again as result of their encore. Thus, that encore announcement may have been a BatmanGambit by Uncle Max to covertly tell them "Try to escape after leaving the stage" by planting the idea in their head through the song. Quite impressive for a guy who otherwise seemed to be TheQuisling.



* When the nuns sing the reprise of "Maria" during her wedding to Captain Von Trapp, the lyrics take on a whole new meaning: He is able to do what the nuns weren't, to encourage her to stay with him ("how do you make her stay and listen to all you say/how do you keep a wave upon the sand?") because she ''wanted'' to rather than out of a sense of obligation.

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* When the nuns sing the reprise of "Maria" during her wedding to Captain Von von Trapp, the lyrics take on a whole new meaning: He is able to do what the nuns weren't, to encourage her to stay with him ("how do you make her stay and listen to all you say/how do you keep a wave upon the sand?") because she ''wanted'' to rather than out of a sense of obligation.



--> '''Rolf:''' "Don't tell your father. He's so Austrian."
--> '''Leisl''': "Well, we're all Austrian."
--> '''Rolf''': "Well, some people think we should be German, and are angry at those who don't think so."

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--> '''Rolf:''' -->'''Rolf:''' "Don't tell your father. He's so Austrian."
--> '''Leisl''':
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'''Leisl:'''
"Well, we're all Austrian."
--> '''Rolf''':
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'''Rolf:'''
"Well, some people think we should be German, and are angry at those who don't think so."



--> '''Baroness''': "Oh, darling, he's just a boy."
--> '''Georg''': "Yes, and I'm just an Austrian."

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--> '''Baroness''': -->'''Baroness:''' "Oh, darling, he's just a boy."
--> '''Georg''':
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'''Georg:'''
"Yes, and I'm just an Austrian."
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* Rolf delivers another telegram and does the Nazi salute to the Georg, who becomes angry and commands Rolf to leave.

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* Rolf delivers another telegram and does the Nazi salute to the Georg, who becomes angry and commands Rolf to leave.
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* Liesl is the only one of the children to get a song, "Sixteen Going On Seventeen", before Maria teaches them all how to do it properly. At sixteen, she's the only one who's old enough to remember singing and dancing with their mother. And in other scenes, she's seen playing guitar and leading the others in singing when Maria isn't there.
** That's also why Liesl is the only one who sings outside the group harmonies - in "Eidelweiss" as well. The others have only been taught how to do it as part of a group, while Liesl would remember from before.
* The performance of "Do Rei Me" at the festival is much longer than the one that Maria teaches the children, with more harmonies before it ends. Perhaps they were padding the song to give themselves as much possible time to work out how to escape the theatre.
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* Why is Leisl and Leisl alone singing the echo to Edelweiss when the Captain first sings it? Because she is the only one old enough to remember their mother singing it with their father before she died.

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* Why is Leisl Liesl and Leisl Liesl alone singing the echo to Edelweiss when the Captain first sings it? Because she is the only one old enough to remember their mother singing it with their father before she died.
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* Why does Captain von Trapp accidentally call Maria "Captain" when they argue? Probably because the last time someone dared talk to him like this was a fellow Captain in the Navy. His children are somewhat scared of him and lonely without him, The Baroness just wants to get along, Max wants things from him, and the housekeepers work for him.
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** As they start singing, a thunderstorm starts, foreshadowing the stormy turn their relationship ultimately takes.

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** As they start singing, a thunderstorm starts, foreshadowing the stormy turn their relationship ultimately takes.
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* Depending on how the song is played, Rolf's eventual turn to Nazism is foreshadowed hugely by his verse in "Sixteen Going On Seventeen". The Nazis were very much focused on promoting traditional gender roles, particularly in women, and the song is essentially Rolf's attempt to get Liesl to conform to what would be generally expected of a woman under the Nazi regime.
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* Why is Leisl and Leisl alone singing the echo to Edelweiss when the Captain first sings it? Because she is the only one old enough to remember their mother singing it with their father before she died.
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* After learning about the Captain's relationship with the Baroness, Maria gleefully declares, "So THAT'S why God sent me here! To prepare the children for their new mother!" Well, indeed, He ''has''.

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* After learning about the Captain's relationship with the Baroness, Maria gleefully declares, "So THAT'S why God sent me here! To prepare the children for their new mother!" Well, indeed, He ''has''.
''[[MarryTheNanny has]]''.



--> Rolf: "Don't tell your father. He's so Austrian."
--> Leisl: "Well, we're all Austrian."
--> Rolf: "Well, some people think we should be German, and are angry at those who don't think so."

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--> Rolf: '''Rolf:''' "Don't tell your father. He's so Austrian."
--> Leisl: '''Leisl''': "Well, we're all Austrian."
--> Rolf: '''Rolf''': "Well, some people think we should be German, and are angry at those who don't think so."



--> Baroness: "Oh, darling, he's just a boy."
--> Georg: "Yes, and I'm just an Austrian."

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--> Baroness: '''Baroness''': "Oh, darling, he's just a boy."
--> Georg: '''Georg''': "Yes, and I'm just an Austrian."
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* At the party the general Rolf mentioned earlier is there and he's angry at the Austrian flags that have been hung up. Later Georg is more rightfully angry at and destroys the Nazi flag that he finds displayed over his own doorway after his and Maria's honeymoon.
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* Rolf delivers another telegram and does the Nazi salute to the George, who becomes angry and commands Rolf to leave.

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* Rolf delivers another telegram and does the Nazi salute to the George, Georg, who becomes angry and commands Rolf to leave.
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* Rolf delivers another telegram and does the Nazi salute to the Georgx who becomes angry and commands Rolf to leave.

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* Rolf delivers another telegram and does the Nazi salute to the Georgx George, who becomes angry and commands Rolf to leave.

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--> Rolf: "Don't tell your father. He's so Austrian."



--> Rolf: "Well, some think we should be German, and are angry at those who don't think so."
* Rolf comes again with a telegram and does the Nazi salute to the Captain. Geog becomes angry and commands Rolf to leave.

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--> Rolf: "Well, some people think we should be German, and are angry at those who don't think so."
* Rolf comes again with a delivers another telegram and does the Nazi salute to the Captain. Geog Georgx who becomes angry and commands Rolf to leave.



--> Geog: "Yes, and I'm just an Austrian."

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--> Geog: Georg: "Yes, and I'm just an Austrian."
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* Rolf comes again with a telegram and does the Nazi salute to the Captain. Geog becomes angry and commands Rolf to leave.
--> Baroness: "Oh, darling, he's just a boy."
--> Geog: "Yes, and I'm just an Austrian."
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* Rolf telling Leisl about some things about to happen in Europe:
--> Leisl: "Well, we're all Austrian."
--> Rolf: "Well, some think we should be German, and are angry at those who don't think so."
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* When the butler greets Rolf at the door near the beginning, they immediately begin talking about something clandestine. The butler looks over his shoulder and shuts the door. He and Rolf were already with the Third Reich at that point and probably were talking about the Captain being made to join as a Third Reich soldier, which of course they wouldn't want the Captain to overhear.
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* After learning about the Captain's relationship with the Baroness, Maria gleefully declares, "So THAT'S why God sent me here! To prepare the children for their new mother!" Well, indeed, He ''has''.

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