History Characters / MaryPoppins

Creator/EmilyBlunt (''Mary Poppins Returns'')

-->Julie Andrews (Film)\\

Emily Blunt (''Mary Poppins Returns'')

-->Dick Van Dyke (Film)\\

* AbusiveDad: Emotionally at least.

* NiceGirl: She's rather nice and friendly and is more she is shown to be slightly more caring and attentive to her kids than George.

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Verity Hunt-Ballard (Original Australian Cast)

* InsaneAdmiral: Played for laughs, he likes to fire off a cannon every morning from the roof of his home in suburban London.

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* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: In every scene he's in, he's working a different job: one scene, he's a one man band, one scene, he's a screeber, once scene, he's a Chimney sweep, one scene, he's a kite seller.

* Jerkass[=/=]BrattyHalfPint: In the musical, both Banks kids are naughtier than their book and film counterparts. As they soon learn, however, Mary Poppins doesn't stand for it.

* [[Jerkass]]/[[BrattyHalfPint]]: In the musical, both Banks kids are naughtier than their book and film counterparts. As they soon learn, however, Mary Poppins doesn't stand for it.

* Jerkass/BrattyHalfPint: In the musical, both Banks kids are naughtier than their book and film counterparts. As they soon learn, however, Mary Poppins doesn't stand for it.

* ParentalNeglect: Does this to Jane and Michael in both the film and stage show. The stage show mentions in passing that George's own parents neglected him, leaving him in the care of [[BabysitterFromHell Miss Andrew]] and thus leading to his personality and parenting style.

* [[NiceGuy Nice Children]]: They can be a bit mischievous at times, but they're overall very kind.
* TheHyena: Jane is prone to being giggly.

* HiddenDepths: Bert has a surprising amount of wisdom, as shown during his chat with the children and later Mr. Banks.

* BigEntrance: Mary Poppins demonstrates a knack for this in the books and among adaptations.

** In the first book (''Mary Poppins''), as well as the film and stage show, the wind blows her onto the Banks family's doorstep.

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* {{I Am Song}}/{{I Want Song}}: "Being Mrs. Banks" in the musical

* {{IAmSong}}/{{IWantSong}}: "Being Mrs. Banks" in the musical

* IAmSong/IWantSong: "Being Mrs. Banks" in the musical

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* CreatureOfHabit: In the film and stage show. "The Life I Lead"

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* NamedByTheAdaptation: Winifred had no first name in the books

Philip Quast(Original Australian Cast)

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* AllKnowingSingingNarrator: Bert's role in the stage musical is this. He moves the story along as much as he's in it.

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: Bert. The implied answer being "because he feels like it."
-->'''Bert:''' Me, I was told when I was small,\\
"Just learn a trade!"\\
So, I learned them all.

->'''Bert:''' Me, I was told when I was small,\\

Also known as the Match-Man (in the books), Bert is one of Mary Poppins' closest friends. In the film and the musical, he is portrayed as a jack of all trades, most famously as a chimney sweep.

* Adorkable: Bert has moments of this, especially when he's around Mary Poppins

In the first book (''Mary Poppins''), as well as the film and stage show, the wind blows her onto the Banks family's doorstep.
In ''Mary Poppins Comes Back'', an attempt to pull Michael's kite out of a tree results in the Banks children finding her at the other end of the string. She makes a similar entrance in the musical's second act.
In ''Mary Poppins Opens the Door'', she falls out of a firework burst on Guy Fawkes Day.