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A [[{{Disneyfication}} very loose]] AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein's [[Theatre/TheKingAndI musical]] released on March 19, 1999 by Creator/WarnerBros Family Entertainment and animated by Pentamedia Graphics and Rich Animation Studios, in association with none other than Creator/RankinBassProductions. The looseness of the adaptation includes such additions as a magical illusion-creating gong, dragons, an EthnicScrappy, evil statues, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and a monkey]]. The result was unrecognizable enough that the estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein have refused to allow any of their other musicals to be made into animated films.

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A [[{{Disneyfication}} very loose]] AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein's [[Theatre/TheKingAndI musical]] released on March 19, 1999 by Creator/WarnerBros Family Entertainment and animated by Pentamedia Graphics and Rich Animation Studios, in association with none other than Creator/RankinBassProductions. The looseness of the adaptation includes such additions as a magical illusion-creating gong, dragons, an EthnicScrappy, evil statues, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and a monkey]]. The result was unrecognizable enough that the estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein have [[NoAdaptationsAllowed refused to allow any of their other musicals to be made into animated films.
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* AdaptationalContextChange:
** One of the film's most infamous scenes is its depiction of "I Whistle A Happy Tune". In the original musical and its other adaptations, Anna sings the song to Louis when they first arrive in Siam, encouraging him not to be afraid about coming to a new country and meeting its intimidating King. In this version, Anna, Louis and the sailors on the ship sing the song, with the original lyrics completely unchanged, to scare away a magical sea dragon attacking their ship.
** In the musical, Mongkut - on his deathbed - names Chulalongkorn the new King of Siam, and succumbs to his illness immediately after. A similar scene is included in this adaptation, except that Mongkut is merely injured after his hot air balloon crash, and he only temporarily passes his royal duties to Chulalongkorn until he recovers, [[SparedByTheAdaptation which he does]].



* DenserAndWackier: The original musical, and most other adaptations of it, is completely grounded in a realistic setting, in part due to being loosely inspired by the true story of Anna Leonowens and her time in Siam. This version explicitly adds magic, dragons, animal sidekicks and various other fantasy elements, and the tone is much more lighthearted and comedic.



* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: So are dragons just another one of every sailor's many nuisances at sea in this version?
** Also, does Mongkut ''not'' notice the giant, sentient statues that are slowly menacing upon him, or is he too wrapped up in his inner thoughts to care?

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: So UnusuallyUninterestingSight:
** The sailors in the opening
are dragons just another one of every sailor's many nuisances at remarkably casual about seeing a magical sea in this version?
dragon appear out of thin air to attack their ship.
** Also, does While Mongkut ''not'' notice is singing his rendition of "A Puzzlement", Kralahome summons the giant, sentient giant statues that are slowly menacing upon him, in the room to come to life and attack him. While his pet panther manages to hold them off, it seems Mongkut either doesn't notice them, or is he simply too wrapped up in his inner thoughts to care?care.

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Missing Steps Plan is In Universe examples only. The actual gaps in the Kralahome's plan are a case of Didn Think This Through.


* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kralahome is ''constantly'' changing his plans for how to usurp the throne from the King, and by the end has not taken the precautions necessary to make sure he is not caught in the act of murdering the monarch. Him locking himself in the guard tower atop which he launches fireworks to shoot down the King's balloon proves to be the last straw as he is quickly captured without a struggle.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Throughout the film,
Kralahome plots to convince Anna that the King is ''constantly'' changing a ruthless barbarian, hoping that she would then prompt Sir Edward to come and depose him. However, Kralahome's various schemes usually involve directly putting Anna herself in life-threatening danger, such as summoning a dragon to attack her ship before she's even arrived, despite the fact that her death would be directly counterintuitive to his plans for how to usurp plans.
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the throne from the King, and by the end has not taken the precautions necessary to make sure he is not caught in the act of murdering the monarch. Him locking himself in climax, Kralahome goes up into the guard tower atop which and locks the gate behind him, in order to prevent anyone from following or interfering as he launches sends fireworks to shoot down the King's balloon proves balloon. It doesn't occur to be the last straw him that this locked gate was also his only escape route, as he is quickly captured cornered by Sir Edward's men and arrested without a struggle. struggle.



* MissingStepsPlan: Kralahome's plans to get the throne smack of this, especially the first one:
-->'''Phase 1''': Invoke a dragon to to scare Anna away or to kill her son.
-->'''Phase 2''': ???
-->'''Phase 3''': Make the King look like a Barbarian to Anna and somehow get to usurp the throne from this result.
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* MissingStepsPlan: Kralahome's plans to get the throne smack of this, especially the first one:
-->'''Phase 1''': Invoke a dragon to to scare Anna away or to kill her son.
-->'''Phase 2''': ???
-->'''Phase 3''': Make the King look like a Barbarian to Anna and somehow get to usurp the throne from this result.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Though still commented on, the King's temper and his insistence on following tradition is downplayed in this adaptation, allowing him to be more easily redeemed. While he does still come close to flogging Tuptim, he is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone much more remorseful]] after deciding against it, then goes out of his way to rescue her and Chulalongkorn in the climax.



* DisneyDeath: Unlike in the musical, the King survives his hot air balloon crash.

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* DisneyDeath: Unlike in In the musical, climax, the Kralahome shoots down the King's hot air balloon, and everyone but the King survives manages to jump out to safety. The family mourn him after finding his hot air balloon crash.body in the wreckage, but he turns out to be alive.


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* SparedByTheAdaptation: The King's illness as depicted in the original play is AdaptedOut. The scene where Anna and his children mourn him is still included, [[AdaptationalContextChange when he's presumed dead after his hot air balloon crashes]], but he [[DisneyDeath turns out to be okay]].
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* ArrangedMarriage: The King plans to invoke an old tradition his son's future wife, but unknown to him, Chulalongkorn wants to marry Tuptim.

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* ArrangedMarriage: The King plans to invoke an old tradition of choosing his son's future wife, but unknown to him, unaware that Chulalongkorn wants to marry Tuptim.
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* ArrangedMarriage: But Chulalongkorn wants to marry Tuptim.

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* ArrangedMarriage: But The King plans to invoke an old tradition his son's future wife, but unknown to him, Chulalongkorn wants to marry Tuptim.
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* SecretRelationship: Prince Chulalongkorn and Tuptim fall in love, but are forced to keep their relationship a secret because of their social status until they are eventually outed by Kralahome in his plot to rule the kingdom for himself.
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* RoyalHarem: Downplayed compared to the stage version, since Anna doesn’t explicitly denounce the King for being a polygamist. However, multiple wives still appear ([[TopWife but only one of them gets any dialogue]]). The harem itself is the site of a humorous misunderstanding involving Anna’s “exotic” hoop skirt confusing the other women.
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* Dancing With Myself: During “Shall We Dance”, Anna dances with the ghost of her dead husband, who it’s hinted no one else can see (and who she may just be imagining).

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* Dancing With Myself: DancingWithMyself: During “Shall We Dance”, Anna dances with the ghost of her dead husband, who it’s hinted no one else can see (and who she may just be imagining).
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* Dancing With Myself: During “Shall We Dance”, Anna dances with the ghost of her dead husband, who it’s hinted no one else can see (and who she may just be imagining).
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* BlatantLies: Anna tells the King she is 150 years old, then claims to have been born in the 18th century. This was likely because she was offended at being asked her age (as she hints at during the scene), but it’s still a weird moment.

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A [[{{Disneyfication}} very loose]] AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein's [[Theatre/TheKingAndI musical]] released in 1999 by Creator/WarnerBros Family Entertainment and animated by Pentamedia Graphics and Rich Animation Studios, in association with none other than Creator/RankinBassProductions. The looseness of the adaptation includes such additions as a magical illusion-creating gong, dragons, an EthnicScrappy, evil statues, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and a monkey]]. The result was unrecognizable enough that the estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein have refused to allow any of their other musicals to be made into animated films.

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A [[{{Disneyfication}} very loose]] AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein's [[Theatre/TheKingAndI musical]] released in on March 19, 1999 by Creator/WarnerBros Family Entertainment and animated by Pentamedia Graphics and Rich Animation Studios, in association with none other than Creator/RankinBassProductions. The looseness of the adaptation includes such additions as a magical illusion-creating gong, dragons, an EthnicScrappy, evil statues, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and a monkey]]. The result was unrecognizable enough that the estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein have refused to allow any of their other musicals to be made into animated films.



!!Release Date:
* March 19, 1999 (USA)
* May 7, 1999 (Italy)
* May 20, 1999 (Malaysia)
* May 28, 1999 (UK)
* June 10, 1999 (Singapore)
* June 16, 1999 (Spain)
* June 17, 1999 (Australia)
* June 24, 1999 (New Zealand)
* June 25, 1999 (Brazil)
* December 17, 1999 (Portugal)

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!!Release Date:
*March 19, 1999 (USA)
*May 7, 1999 (Italy)
*May 20, 1999 (Malaysia)
*May 28, 1999 (UK)
*June 10, 1999 (Singapore)
*June 16, 1999 (Spain)
*June 17, 1999 (Australia)
*June 24, 1999 (New Zealand)
*June 25, 1999 (Brazil)
*December 17, 1999 (Portugal)

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Everythings Better With Monkeys has been turned into a disambiguation. Zero Context Examples and examples that don’t fit existing tropes will be removed.


* {{Disneyfication}}: All adult elements are glossed over to make them kid-friendly; add some fun [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkeys]] and we're good to go!

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* {{Disneyfication}}: All adult elements are glossed over to make them kid-friendly; add some fun [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkeys]] monkeys and we're good to go!



* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Apparently, since they gave Louis a pet monkey.

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-->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''': (singing to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]]) ''"You lack focus, Kralahome! You need some adderall!"''

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-->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''': (singing to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]]) ''"You lack focus, Kralahome! You need some adderall!"''Adderall!"''
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-->'''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic''': (singing to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]]) ''"You lack focus, Kralahome! You need some adderall!"''

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-->'''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic''': -->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''': (singing to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]]) ''"You lack focus, Kralahome! You need some adderall!"''
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-->'''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic''': (singing to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoneChristmas "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]]) ''"You lack focus, Kralahome! You need some adderall!"''

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-->'''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic''': (singing to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoneChristmas [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]]) ''"You lack focus, Kralahome! You need some adderall!"''
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-->'''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic''': (singing to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoneChristmas "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]]) ''"You lack focus, Kralahome! You need some adderall!"''
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* {{Expy}}: The movie's depiction of Kralahome is basically as [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar's]] eastern Asian cousin.

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* {{Expy}}: The movie's depiction of Kralahome is basically as [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar's]] eastern Asian cousin.

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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects
: The dancing Buddha statues in "A Puzzlement", and all the ships. Also, the rickshaws and hot air balloons.

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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects
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TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The dancing Buddha statues in "A Puzzlement", and all the ships. Also, the rickshaws and hot air balloons.
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* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: The dancing Buddha statues in "A Puzzlement", and all the ships. Also, the rickshaws and hot air balloons.

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* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects
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The dancing Buddha statues in "A Puzzlement", and all the ships. Also, the rickshaws and hot air balloons.
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* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: The dancing Buddha statues in "A Puzzlement", and all the ships. Also, the rickshaws and hot air balloons.



* ConspicuousCG: The dancing Buddha statues in "A Puzzlement", and all the ships. Also, the rickshaws and hot air balloons also count.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The King's response when Ana calls the barbaric claims against him a lie.

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The King's response when Ana Anna calls the barbaric claims against him a lie.

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