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** The running gag of Master Little losing his teeth. There are several instances where they seem to simply fall out without the monkey's help.
** Kralahome's many acts of sorcery, all resulting in an EpicFail due to one absurd interruption after another.
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** The King suggesting he'll send WarElephants to help AbrahamLincoln in the Civil War. Becomes amusing if you've seen Yul Brynner in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' where he personally acts as the cavalry.

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** The King suggesting he'll send WarElephants to help AbrahamLincoln UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in the Civil War. Becomes amusing if you've seen Yul Brynner in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' where he personally acts as the cavalry.
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** The King states he should build a fence around Siam to keep out foreign influence. This became utterly hilarious in 2015 thanks to comments made by [[Creator/DonaldTrump a certain US Presidential candidate]]. In fact, it became so funny, the King and the Kralahome now pause to let the audience laugh and applaud. The joke became even ''funnier'' after the 2016 US Presidential Election.
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** The King suggesting he'll send WarElephants to help Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War. Becomes amusing if you've seen Yul Brynner in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' where he personally acts as the cavalry.
** In the film, Deborah Kerr's Anna being shocked at multiple wives. Years earlier, Kerr had starred in ''Young Bess'' - playing Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII.

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** The King suggesting he'll send WarElephants to help Abraham Lincoln AbrahamLincoln in the Civil War. Becomes amusing if you've seen Yul Brynner in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' where he personally acts as the cavalry.
** In the film, Deborah Kerr's Creator/DeborahKerr's Anna being shocked at multiple wives. Years earlier, Kerr had starred in ''Young Bess'' - playing Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII.HenryVIII.
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** If Kralahome's plan is to make the king look like a barbarian to Anna, why does he summon a dragon to scare her away, or try to kill her son?
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** When the king finds out about his son's relationship, his "Who? Who? Who?" is hilarious.
--->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcO5a3wXb You're Daffy Duck impression could really use some work.]]

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** When the king finds out about his son's relationship, his "Who? Who? Who?" "Who, who, who?" is hilarious.
--->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcO5a3wXb You're Your Daffy Duck impression could impersonation's really use gonna need some work.]]

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* Narm: Anna and the crew warding off the dragon by ''singing and whistling''. Made even more incredulous by the fact that it ''works''.

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* Narm: {{Narm}}: Anna and the crew warding off the dragon by ''singing and whistling''. Made even more incredulous by the fact that it ''works''. ''works''.
** When the king finds out about his son's relationship, his "Who? Who? Who?" is hilarious.
--->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcO5a3wXb You're Daffy Duck impression could really use some work.]]
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* Narm: Anna and the crew warding off the dragon by ''singing and whistling''. Made even more incredulous by the fact that it ''works''.
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** The encounter with the dragon also counts, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight an incident that goes unmentioned after the fact]].

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* HilariousInHindsight: The King studying the Bible and telling Anna, "I think your Moses shall have been a fool." Five years after ''The King and I'''s Broadway premiere, Creator/YulBrynner would play both the King in the movie and Ramesses (Moses' adversary) in ''Film/TheTenCommandments''.

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The King studying the Bible and telling Anna, "I think your Moses shall have been a fool." Five years after ''The King and I'''s Broadway premiere, Creator/YulBrynner would play both the King in the movie and Ramesses (Moses' adversary) in ''Film/TheTenCommandments''.''Film/TheTenCommandments''.
** The King suggesting he'll send WarElephants to help Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War. Becomes amusing if you've seen Yul Brynner in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' where he personally acts as the cavalry.
** In the film, Deborah Kerr's Anna being shocked at multiple wives. Years earlier, Kerr had starred in ''Young Bess'' - playing Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII.

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* ClicheStorm: EvilChancellor? Check. GratuitousAnimalSidekick? Check, DisneyDeath? Check!

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* ClicheStorm: EvilChancellor? Check. GratuitousAnimalSidekick? Check, Check. DisneyDeath? Check!



* TheScrappy: Most of the animal sidekicks, especially the monkey probably qualify, as they are added to the animated feature solely for poorly-timed comedy relief.

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* TheScrappy: Most of the animal sidekicks, especially the monkey monkey, probably qualify, as they are added to the animated feature solely for poorly-timed comedy relief. relief.
* SoOkayItsAverage: While it's inferior to the original play/film for [[{{Disneyfication}} obvious reasons]], the animation in this version [[AwesomeArt is nice]], and all the classic songs are still there.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: No punches were thrown when Kralahome was finally cornered and captured as he had already locked himself in the guard tower first.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Kralahome, who constantly contradicts his own plans to take the throne and ultimately outs himself in attempting to kill the king and his son.
** Arguably, the rest of the cast for not recognizing such an obvious villain or even his magical machinations.
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* TheScrappy: Most of the animal sidekicks, especially the monkey probably qualify, as they are added to the animated feature solely for poorly-timed comedy relief.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Mister Little and the royal family have thick stereotypical accents for asian people
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* ClicheStorm: EvilChancellor check, sidekicks galore check, DisneyDeath check

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* ClicheStorm: EvilChancellor check, sidekicks galore check, DisneyDeath checkEvilChancellor? Check. GratuitousAnimalSidekick? Check, DisneyDeath? Check!
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!!''TheKingAndI'' contains examples of:

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* HilariousInHindsight: The King studying the Bible and telling Anna, "I think your Moses shall have been a fool." Five years after ''The King and I'''s Broadway premiere, YulBrynner would play both the King in the movie and Ramesses (Moses' adversary) in ''Film/TheTenCommandments''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: The King studying the Bible and telling Anna, "I think your Moses shall have been a fool." Five years after ''The King and I'''s Broadway premiere, YulBrynner Creator/YulBrynner would play both the King in the movie and Ramesses (Moses' adversary) in ''Film/TheTenCommandments''.

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* FridgeLogic: I could have sworn that was a lake of lava in the chase scene -- Tuptim and Chulalongkorn fall in unharmed. Maybe's it's just sparking orange water?
** It appears to be a regular river of water that somehow is reddish. It's been mentioned that reddish dirt from upriver can make rivers that color.
** It's a normal river. More often than not, rivers are filled with sediments, and in the tropics, more often than not the waters are so filled with sediment that brownish colours are the norm.
** The hilariously racist butchered English. All of the royal family seem to conveniently know the exact same amount of English, none know more or less, and none of them ever speak their native tongue, even when they are alone in a room they talk in fractured English. But [[WickedCultured the main villain is fluent]].

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* FridgeLogic: I could have sworn that was a lake of lava in the chase scene -- Tuptim and Chulalongkorn fall in unharmed. Maybe's it's just sparking orange water?
** It appears to be a regular river of water that somehow is reddish. It's been mentioned that reddish dirt from upriver can make rivers that color.
** It's a normal river. More often than not, rivers are filled with sediments, and in the tropics, more often than not the waters are so filled with sediment that brownish colours are the norm.
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The hilariously racist butchered English. All of the royal family seem to conveniently know the exact same amount of English, none know more or less, and none of them ever speak their native tongue, even when they are alone in a room they talk in fractured English. But [[WickedCultured the main villain is fluent]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: The King studying the Bible and telling Anna, "I think your Moses shall have been a fool." Five years after ''The King and I'''s Broadway premiere, YulBrynner would play both the King in the movie and Ramesses (Moses' adversary) in ''TheTenCommandments''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: The King studying the Bible and telling Anna, "I think your Moses shall have been a fool." Five years after ''The King and I'''s Broadway premiere, YulBrynner would play both the King in the movie and Ramesses (Moses' adversary) in ''TheTenCommandments''.''Film/TheTenCommandments''.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto

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* AnimationAgeGhettoAnimationAgeGhetto: Mister Little and the royal family have thick stereotypical accents for asian people



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* ClicheStormClicheStorm: EvilChancellor check, sidekicks galore check, DisneyDeath check
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** It's a normal river. More often than not, rivers are filled with sediments, and in the tropics, more often than not the waters are so filled with sediment that brownish colours are the norm.
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** The hilariously racist butchered English. All of the royal family seem to conveniently know the exact same amount of English, none know more or less, and none of them ever speak their native tongue, even when they are alone in a room they talk in fractured English. But [[WickedCultured the main villain is fluent]].

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** The hilariously racist butchered English. All of the royal family seem to conveniently know the exact same amount of English, none know more or less, and none of them ever speak their native tongue, even when they are alone in a room they talk in fractured English. But [[WickedCultured the main villain is fluent]].fluent]].
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!!"TheKingAndI" 1999 musical contains these tropes:

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!!"TheKingAndI" !!"WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI" 1999 musical contains these tropes:
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* HilariousInHindsight: The King studying the Bible and telling Anna, "I think your Moses shall have been a fool." Five years after ''The King and I'''s Broadway premiere, Yul Brynner would play both the King in the movie and Ramesses (Moses' adversary) in ''TheTenCommandments''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: The King studying the Bible and telling Anna, "I think your Moses shall have been a fool." Five years after ''The King and I'''s Broadway premiere, Yul Brynner YulBrynner would play both the King in the movie and Ramesses (Moses' adversary) in ''TheTenCommandments''.
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* EthnicScrappy: Master Little.

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* EthnicScrappy: Master Little.Little.
* FridgeLogic: I could have sworn that was a lake of lava in the chase scene -- Tuptim and Chulalongkorn fall in unharmed. Maybe's it's just sparking orange water?
** It appears to be a regular river of water that somehow is reddish. It's been mentioned that reddish dirt from upriver can make rivers that color.
** The hilariously racist butchered English. All of the royal family seem to conveniently know the exact same amount of English, none know more or less, and none of them ever speak their native tongue, even when they are alone in a room they talk in fractured English. But [[WickedCultured the main villain is fluent]].
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* FairForItsDay: The Asian characters may seem slightly stereotypical today, but in 1951 (compared with the usual caricatures of Asians of the time), they were decidedly anti racist.

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