History Trivia / MaryPoppinsReturns

* CastingGag: Creator/AngelaLansbury's cameo as the Balloon Lady at the end in a role many speculate was originally intended as Creator/JulieAndrews' cameo. Landbsury was actually one of the actors considered to play Mary in the original film before losing the part to Andrews.

* CastingGag: Creator/AngelaLandsbury's cameo as the Balloon Lady at the end in a role many speculate was originally intended as Creator/JulieAndrews' cameo. Landbsury was actually one of the actors considered to play Mary in the original film before losing the part to Andrews.

* TheCastShowoff: "The Cover Is Not The Book" shows off Lin-Manuel Miranda's rapping skills when Jack speeds through the Dirty Rascal's "rather long" story.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In Anthony Lane's review of the film in ''The New Yorker'', he refers to Jack as Bert's nephew. Jack was actually just Bert's apprentice and not related to him.

* ActorAllusion: Even with the need for groceries slipping his mind, Michael makes sure there's plenty of [[Film/{{Paddington}} marmalade]].

* ActorAllusion: Even with the need for groceries slipping his mind, Michael makes sure there's plenty of [[Film/PaddingtonBear marmalade]].

** Creator/EmilyBlunt replacing Creator/JulieAndrews as Mary, of course. Unless it's a case of TheNthDoctor.

* UnderminedByReality: [[https://www.avclub.com/a-spoonful-of-nostalgia-helps-the-calculated-mary-poppi-1831031216 The AV Club]] puts it best: "It’s the Poppins we know and love, back to restore our dimming sense of childlike amazement -- on behalf of a gargantuan, sinister corporation currently waging a campaign to mechanically extract every available dollar from our earliest memories." It doesn't help that the movie has Jane as a union organizer when the Walt Disney Company isn't famous for being especially labor-friendly, and the bad guy is a greedy banker when the company's products -- particularly their theme parks -- are increasingly expensive for families to enjoy, even in an age of growing economic inequality.

** Creator/JulieAndrews was offered a cameo but she refused, believing her presence would distract from Emily's performance. It became somewhat funny the day it was announced that she has a role in ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'', the main competitor of ''Mary Poppins Returns'' at the 2018 Christmas box office. It's widely suspected that the balloon seller played by Creator/AngelaLansbury[[note]]a character from the books who was AdaptedOut in the first film[[/note]] was intended to be her cameo.

** Creator/JulieAndrews was offered a cameo but she refused, believing her presence would distract from Emily's performance. It became somewhat funny the day it was announced that she has a role in ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'', the main competitor of ''Mary Poppins Returns'' at the 2018 Christmas box office. It's widely suspected that the balloon seller played by Creator/AngelaLansbury was intended to be her cameo.

* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/DickVanDyke (Bert in the original film). His RemakeCameo has him play Mr. Dawes Jr. instead.

* RefittedForSequel: A RogerRabbitEffect underwater sequence was planned for the first film and ended up scrapped.[[note]]It was actually retooled into "Beautiful Briny Sea" in ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks''.[[/note]] Decades later, one such sequence has been integrated in ''Mary Poppins Returns''.

** Creator/DickVanDyke returns but doesn't play an older Bert, he has been cast as Mr. Dawes Jr. instead, replacing Arthur Malet, who passed away of natural causes in 2013. It's also a case of ActorAllusion, since Van Dyke played Mr. Dawes Sr. in 1964.

* AllStarCast: Quite a bunch of famous British actors with Creator/EmilyBlunt, Creator/ColinFirth, Emily Mortimer, Creator/BenWhishaw, Creator/JulieWalters, Creator/DavidWarner and Creator/AngelaLansbury. As for the Americans, there's Creator/LinManuelMiranda, Creator/MerylStreep and the return of Creator/DickVanDyke.

* ApprovalOfGod: Emily Blunt was naturally quite nervous to take over such an iconic role, but Creator/JulieAndrews herself gave her her blessing.

** Creator/DickVanDyke returns but doesn't play an older Bert, he has been cast as Mr. Dawes Jr. instead, replacing Arthur Malet, who passed away in 2013. It's also a case of ActorAllusion, since Van Dyke played Mr. Dawes Sr. in 1964.

** Creator/BenWhishaw plays Michael Banks. Matthew Garber died at the age of 21 in 1977.
** Creator/JulieWalters plays Ellen the maid. Hermione Baddeley passed away at age 79 in 1986.
** Creator/DavidWarner plays Admiral Boom. Reginald Owen died in 1972 at age 85.

* RefittedForSequel: A RogerRabbitEffect underwater sequence was planned for the first film and ended up scrapped [[note]]It was actually retooled into "Beautiful Briny Sea" in ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks''[[/note]]. Decades later, one such sequence has been integrated in ''Mary Poppins Returns''.

** Creator/JulieAndrews was offered a cameo but she refused, believing her presence would distract from Emily's performance. It became somewhat funny the day it was announced that she has a role in ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'', the main competitor of ''Mary Poppins Returns'' at the 2018 Christmas box office.

* SequelGap: Comes out a whopping ''54 years'' after the original film.

* RefittedForSequel: A RogerRabbitEffect underwater sequence was planned for the first film and ended up scrapped [[note]]It was actually retooled into "Beautiful Briny Sea" in ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks''[[/note]]. A RogerRabbitEffect underwater sequence has been integrated in ''Mary Poppins Returns''.