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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mary Poppins.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mary Poppins.Poppins is stern, snappish, and doesn't like showing affection, but it's clear she cares about the children in her own way.
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* SpecialOccasionsAreMagic: The first book reveals that animals [[FunnyAnimal become anthropomorphic]] on Mary's birthday, but only if it falls on a full moon.

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* ShipTease: Mary Poppins and the Match-Man often have one.

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* %%* ShipTease: Mary Poppins and the Match-Man often have one.one.
* SmallParentHugeChild: A woman named Mrs. Correy is only about 5'2", but has two adult daughters, who are about 6'4".
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* SmallParentHugeChild: Mrs. Correy is only about 5'2", but has two adult daughters, who are about 6'4".
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* SmallParentHugeChild: Mrs. Correy is only about 5'2", but has two adult daughters, who are about 6'4".
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* FullNameBasis: It's rare for anyone to use less than Mary Poppins' full name. Travers comments on this in ''Film/SavingMrBanks'', where she instructs the film's screenwriter that is "never, ''ever', just 'Mary'".

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* FullNameBasis: It's rare for anyone to use less than Mary Poppins' full name. Travers comments on this in ''Film/SavingMrBanks'', where she instructs the film's screenwriter that is "never, ''ever', ''ever'', just 'Mary'".
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* FullNameBasis: It's rare for anyone to use less than Mary Poppins' full name.

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* FullNameBasis: It's rare for anyone to use less than Mary Poppins' full name. Travers comments on this in ''Film/SavingMrBanks'', where she instructs the film's screenwriter that is "never, ''ever', just 'Mary'".
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* MuggleInMageCustody: The Banks children have a genuinely loving relationship of this kind with Mary. Most of the time, she takes them on exciting adventures, but when they misbehave, she can punish them by transporting them into a decidedly unfriendly magical world.
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* IntentionalMessMaking: Michael deliberately knocks over the maid's tray. The maid calls him clumsy, and he replies, "I ''meant'' to!".
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* PrankPunishment: Mary is the queen of this trope, often on the extreme end of it. Locking a rude BabysitterFromHell in a bird cage to make her apologize and sending the children she cares about to hostile fantastic worlds to teach them a lesson are her usual methods.

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* BrokenRecord: In the first book, the Bird Woman speaks only in the phrases, "Feed the birds! Tuppence a bag!" The sequels reveal that she can also speak other words, when not selling birdseed.


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* OneWordVocabulary: In the first book, the Bird Woman speaks only in the phrases, "Feed the birds! Tuppence a bag!" The sequels reveal that she can also speak other words, when not selling birdseed.
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Disney's [[Film/MaryPoppins 1964]] and [[Film/MaryPoppinsReturns 2018]] film adaptations use some events and characters from the first three books, but also have less episodic plots and some different characterizations (eg, toning down Mary Poppins' sternness in the first movie).

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Disney's [[Film/MaryPoppins 1964]] and [[Film/MaryPoppinsReturns 2018]] film adaptations use some events and characters from the first three books, but also have less episodic plots and some different characterizations (eg, toning down Mary Poppins' sternness in the first movie). [[Theatre/MaryPoppins The stage adaptation]], produced by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, is a hybrid of the 1964 film and the books.

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