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5	''Trapp Family Story'' is a 1991 anime produced by Creator/NipponAnimation and part of ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' series. It is based on the memoir ''[[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic The Story of the Trapp Family Singers]]'' written by Maria Augusta von Trapp. It ran for 40 episodes, airing every Sundays in 1991. The anime shares the premise similar to the book: Maria arrives in Nonnberg Abbey to become a nun. However, she is ordered by Mother Abbess to be the governess of one of Baron von Trapp's children. When Maria arrives in the mansion, she the meets the Baron as well as his seven children who have distrust towards her. Maria learns that the children have lost their mother from sickness few years ago and the Baron plans to engage another woman.
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7	While the anime is generally based on the first section of the book with some mix of the plot from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', the show has several subplots and twists incorporated that made it somewhat different and all of their own. The characters are aged down similar to ''Anime/MyDaddyLongLegs'', the names of the Trapp children are correct but their birth order is changed and the time period changed from [[TheRoaringTwenties 1920s]] to 1936.
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9	!! The anime (in addition to those shared with memoir and movie) provides examples of:
10	* AdaptationExpansion: The anime expands on the scenes where the Trapp children occasionally getting the focus on them for at least an episode each. It also includes Maria's backstory before she arrived in Nonnberg.
11	* AdaptationNameChange: In the memoir, the name of Maria's uncle is "Franz" but changed to "Siegfried" in the anime [[OneSteveLimit to avoid confusion]].
12	* AdultsAreUseless: The reason why the children (especially Hedwig) hate Maria is because they think that the governesses they met compete each other in front of Baron and Matilda.
13	* AgeGapRomance: [[spoiler: The Captain is twenty years older than Maria.]]
14	* AgeLift: In the book, Raphaela is an old nun who assists Maria to leave Nonnberg. In the anime, she becomes young and acts as Maria's best friend.
15	* AllPeriodsArePMS: Hedwig suffers from bad stomach cramps in Episode 22. Maria said to Hedwig that she's becoming a woman and isn't ready to be independent.
16	* AloneInACrowd: Hedwig does this when [[spoiler:she runs away from home and then lost her money.]]
17	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The first Japanese opening theme is based on "Do-Re-Mi" song in the movie version.
18	** The Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish version use the adapted version of the first Japanese opening theme while the German version uses its own version of Japanese version's second opening theme. The French and Italian version have their own opening song.
19	* AmbiguouslyJewish: [[spoiler:Dr. Vortmann. Episode 38 confirms that he is captured by the Nazis.]]
20	* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [[spoiler: The Nazi secret police invites the Trapp family to sing at Hitler's birthday party.]]
21	* AristocratsAreEvil: Downplayed. Matilda ensures the children ''and'' the Baron to have good manners proper to a true aristocrat, not above giving them DeniedFoodAsPunishment. The captain himself can't stand it, and mentions how he moved out of high society life because of it.
22	* ArrangedMarriage: Georg and Yvonne. [[spoiler: Towards the end of Episode 29, Yvonne breaks their engagement after Georg admits that he loves Maria and realize that Maria is more suitable being a mother to the children.]]
23	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: The last scene in Episode 40 shows [[http://i.imgur.com/ZvDnvq5.jpg the von Trapp family at the picnic with Maria holding her newborn baby]].]]
24	* BabyTalk: Martina and Agathe speak this way by imitating the last few words from their siblings.
25	* BattleInTheRain: In Episode 14, Rupert and Anton duel each other by fencing outside von Trapp's mansion.
26	* BerserkButton: In Episode 16, Martina gets angry at people who touches her teddy bear.
27	%%* BigEater: Werner.
28	* BigSisterInstinct: Hedwig is over protective of her siblings against the governesses until she meets Maria. She's also the first one who objects her father in engaging Yvonne.
29	* BluntYes: In Episode 30, Maria is asked by the children [[spoiler: whether she likes their father, and she accidentally responds yes much to the children's delight.]]
30	* BlushSticker: Agathe and Raphaela. Martina has this when she becomes sick in Episode 15.
31	* BodybagTrick: [[spoiler: In Episode 40, the family hides Hedwig, Johanna, Martina and Agathe inside the coffin in order to avoid the Nazis.]]
32	* BookDumb: Werner and Johanna are slacker in school sometimes.
33	* BornInAnElevator: In Episode 5, Maria reveals to Matilda and Clarine that she was born in a train boarding from Tyrol to Vienna.
34	* {{Bowdlerise}}: The French dub edited the last five episodes due to appearance of [[spoiler:[[NoSwastikas Nazi]] symbols and Hitler]]. Made worse when it cancelled some complete episodes.
35	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Hedwig. In Episode 8, she gets over it when she watches her siblings enjoy singing with Maria.
36	* TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler: Hans. In Episode 38, he revealed that he joined the Nazis in 1936.]]
37	%%* ButtMonkey: Matilda is this sometimes.
38	* CanonForeigner: Thomas, Nastassja, Anton and Karl.
39	* CelebrityCameo: In Episode 38, Maria and Georg encounter [[spoiler:Hitler at the restaurant]]. In RealLife, they actually met him.
40	* CharacterNarrator: Maria serves as this, which is appropriate considering that she's the author of the memoir.
41	* CharacterTics: Maria touches her neck every time she is confused or nervous. She also touches her head using her left hand to indicate that she's very happy or doesn't know what to do.
42	* ChekhovsGun:
43	** Georg's Navy knife in Episode 24. [[spoiler: In Episode 39, the knife is used in slicing Han's Nazi flag.]]
44	** Mr. Wagner's business card in Episode 36.
45	%%* ChristmasEpisode: Episode 23 and 24.
46	%%* CheerfulChild: Johanna but she can also be a crybaby. Agathe is this, as well.
47	* ClifftopCaterwauling: Maria does this in the opening sequence. Then in Episode 1, she tells Raphaela that she decided to become a nun after she watched the sunset in the Alps.
48	%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Maria qualifies this sometimes.
49	* CompanionCube: Martina and her teddy bear Nikola.
50	* CorporalPunishment: Agathe gets spanked by Matilda twice from her mischievious behavior. In Episode 28, Maria spanks Agathe as a last resort to discipline the child from playing the scissor.
51	%%* CosmeticCatastrophe: Johanna in the ending credits.
52	** In Episode 10, Johanna and little Maria attempted to wear make-up. Maria finds them hilarious.
53	* ADayInTheLimelight:
54	** Episodes 4 and 5 focuses on Little Maria trying to cope and move on from the loss of her mother.
55	** Episode 6 has Johanna being lost on the road. She is also focused in Episode 37 where she's trying to follow her father's belief in [[spoiler: distrusting the Nazis.]]
56	** Episodes 13 and 14 are centered around Rupert trying to gain Nastassja's friendship before she leaves to Russia. Then in Episode 25, he's trying to make a decision whether he will follow his father's footsteps or not.
57	** Episode 15 is all about Martina and her teddy bear.
58	** Episode 17 and 18 are devoted to Werner taking care of a wounded fawn and his struggle being a child of an aristocratic family.
59	** Episode 7 is all about Hedwig's behavior in distrusting adults. Then in Episode 22, her attempts in becoming independent and experiencing puberty.
60	** Episode 28 has Agathe showing her behavior to other adults.
61	* DeadpanSnarker: Maria does this around few times, like in Episode 11 where she made snide comments about Matilda after being kicked out in the latter's room.
62	* DeniedFoodAsPunishment:
63	** Maria experienced this several times when she was in the abbey.
64	** Happens twice to Werner. In Episode 6, he is told by Matilda not to take lunch from losing Johanna. Then in Episode 18, he doesn't get lunch because he keeps a fawn in secret.
65	* DeliveryGuy: One of the male passengers on the train volunteered to help Maria's mother give birth. He does a commendable job and he admitted that he learned it from delivering his own children from his wife.
66	* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: In Episode 1, Maria whistles a small tune of the ending theme while picking some potatoes.
67	* DistantFinale: The ending of the show takes place [[spoiler: a year later after the von Trapp's escape.]]
68	* DivingSave:
69	** In Episode 1, one of the nuns saves Maria from falling down the abbey using the laundry.
70	** In Episode 20, Maria managed to grab Yvonne from falling down the stairs. However, this causes Maria to have concussions and ended up in hospital.
71	** Maria does it again in Episode 28 but this time she rescued Agathe by catching her from falling in the fountain and then getting away from the scissor.
72	* DrawingStraws: Some of Rupert's male classmates does this to decide who will face Anton in fencing. Rupert drew a straw with red tip.
73	* DubNameChange:
74	** In Italian dub, Agathe becomes Agatha and Nikola becomes Nicoletta. Maria's surname was changed from Kutschera to Kutschala.
75	** In Filipino dub, Georg becomes George while Agathe is named Agatha after her mother.
76	** In French dub, Little Maria becomes Anna.
77	* DueToTheDead: Towards the end of Episode 18, Georg accidentally killed a deer and buried it as a compensation.
78	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Hans. Despite being a Nazi sympathizer, he seems to have some piety towards the Trapp family. This is the reason why he hides the navy flag in Captain and Maria's bedroom instead of destroying it.]]
79	%%* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler: Hitler in Episode 38.]]
80	* EvilUncle: Maria's uncle Siegfried sometimes hit Maria and his mother-in-law using a whip. Justified that Maria said to the children that her uncle has neurosis.
81	* {{Expy}}: Maria in the anime looks like [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Julie Andrews' Maria in the movie version]], while Yvonne is similar to Baroness Elsa Schräder.
82	* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: Maria [[spoiler: especially when she's married to Georg.]] She makes more reasonable decisions than him in most scenarios.
83	* ForgetsToEat: In Episode 4, Maria went to little Maria's room to convince her student to eat with her family together. Then in Episode 6, Maria forgets to eat lunch and decides to find Johanna first.
84	* FortuneTeller: Matilda has an ability to predict people's future by reading cards.
85	* FreudianExcuse: The main reason why Yvonne hates to get along with the Captain's children is that [[spoiler: her father remarried when she was a child. It is implied that her father never paid attention to her very much after that.]]
86	%%* FriendToAllChildren: Maria, just like in other versions.
87	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Maria again. In Episode 18, she said to Werner that she enjoyed taking care of some animals such as birds.
88	%%* GagNose: Matilda, Hans and Dr. Vortmann.
89	* AGlassOfChianti: Towards the end of Episode 36, [[spoiler: Hans drinks champagne as a celebration of Nazi's arrival in Austria.]]
90	* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: In Episode 38, [[spoiler: the doctor in Munich suggests Maria and the Captain to give up having a baby because it might affect Maria's kidneys. Maria, as a religious person, is opposed by that idea. In the memoir, this actually happened.]]
91	* HandOnWomb: [[spoiler: Maria does this several times since Episode 38, which indicates that she's pregnant with Georg's child.]]
92	* HappilyMarried:
93	** [[spoiler: Maria and Georg from Episode 32 onwards and then Mimi and Karl at the end of Episode 34]].
94	** At the beginning of Episode 30, [[spoiler: Yvonne is seen engaged to a British nobleman and they'll be married next month.]]
95	* HeldGaze: Maria and the Captain share several of these ever since he thanked her for making his children happy during Christmas season, hinting that they show their growing feelings towards one another.
96	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Mother Abbess and Sister Dolores have mixed views about Maria, giving that she's not suitable in the abbey but when Maria tells them that she lost her parents when she was a child they decided to give her another chance. [[spoiler: Sister Dolores, in particular urges Maria not to give up taking care of the Trapp family.]]
97	* IJustWantToBeNormal: In Episodes 17 and 18, Georg and Werner felt this way because they can't stand living in aristocracy. [[spoiler: This is one of the reasons why Georg wants to marry Maria.]]
98	* ImagineSpot: Maria sometimes imagine about the people she will meet.
99	* InjuredLimbEpisode: In Episode 17, Werner finds a wounded fawn in the forest.
100	* InsertSong: Given that it's an anime based on a memoir about the family of singers, it has several of these such as "Wild Rose"[[note]]The Japanese version of Schubert's "Heidenröslein"[[/note]], "Mountain Feast"[[note]]Based on an Austrian folk song called "Und jetzt gang i ans Peters Brünnele" ("And So I Went To Peter's Pub" in English)[[/note]], "Carefree Monday"[[note]] Based on a certain Austrian folk song[[/note]], "Cat Days in a Week"[[note]]The only song that isn't based on Austrian or German folk song. It's an original music composed for the anime.[[/note]], and "Farewell Song"[[note]]Based on a German folk song "Muss i denn" composed by Friedrich Silcher[[/note]].
101	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Matilda may have been strict to Baron's children and hates Maria, but she shows that she likes listening to their songs sometimes and once played games with them. [[spoiler: She even goes to Maria and Georg's wedding to say goodbye to the family then [[HeelFaceTurn supports them in their concerts]].]]
102	* KidsAreCruel: Johanna's classmates seem real happy about [[spoiler:pledging alliance to Hitler and denouncing her refusal to perform the salute]].
103	* KissingDiscretionShot: Happens twice between [[spoiler: Maria and Georg]]. The only time that they are seen kissing is when they're married, and the camera just pan upwards during that scene.
104	%%* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Hitler]]
105	* LoveEpiphany: Maria's feelings became clear [[spoiler: when she finds out that the Captain is waiting for her all night to return.]]
106	%%* LoveTriangle:
107	%%** Rupert, Nastassja and Anton in Episodes 13 and 14.
108	%%** Between Maria, Georg and Yvonne.
109	* ManChild: Maria is a female version. Werner and Hedwig lampshade about her. [[spoiler: Even Georg lampshades it as well in Episode 33 by wondering if he gained another kid instead of a wife.]]
110	* MarsAndVenusGenderContrast:
111	** In Episode 19, the four older children have an argument about differences between boys and girls when it comes to accepting nobility.
112	** Lampshaded in Episode 23, when Hedwig sees Rupert and Werner having fun in snowball fight:
113	--->'''Hedwig''': "I wonder why boys are so childish."
114	%%* {{Mentor}}:
115	%%** Mother Abbess for Maria.
116	%%** Maria for the von Trapp children.
117	* MementoMacGuffin: In the last episode, [[spoiler:the Captain gives Franz his pipe as a farewell present.]]
118	* MilitarySalute:
119	** Maria and Franz use this to the Captain as a greeting sometimes. The Captain also responds with this to them.
120	** Played straight with the [[spoiler: Nazis and its supporters]] in Episode 37 onwards.
121	* MissingMom: The von Trapp children's mother died from scarlet fever around two years ago.
122	** Maria's mother died from pneumonia when Maria was two years old.
123	** In Episode 22, Thomas never mentioned about his mother. He said to Hedwig that he's living with his grandfather.
124	* MrFixit: In Episode 25, Rupert managed to fix the skiboard which was damaged by Werner.
125	* MyCard: Mr. Wagner gives his business card to Georg [[spoiler: in case his family wants to perform in America.]]
126	* {{Narrator}}: The Arabic dub has a man narrate several events about Maria's life in the abbey.
127	* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the anime, the mute, unnamed nun who asks Maria to go to Mother Abbess is named Lucia while the Mistress of Novices is Dolores.
128	* NeverSayDie: [[spoiler: Hans warns the Captain that anyone who oppose the Nazis will be "disappeared" including their families.]]
129	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Georg looks like the [[RealLife real version]] of Baron von Trapp in terms of appearance and personality.
130	%%* {{Ojou}}: Yvonne.
131	* OneSteveLimit: There are two characters named Maria. Lampshaded by Maria herself in Episode 3 and then Mimi in Episode 4. Played straight with the Captain in Episode 3 and Matilda in Episode 5.
132	** The reason why Father Wasner is called by his surname because he shares the same name from the Captain's old friend and gardener who is also named "Franz".
133	** Then, there are two characters named Hans - one of Maria's students in Nonnberg and a butler in Trapp household.
134	* OutOfCharacterMoment: Hedwig and Rupert act extremely ashamed of Werner's behavior due to their social status in Episode 17, and that's about the only time they had ever cared about their aristocracy in the series. Out of the episode, they're just as playful, scheming and willing to throw away their nobility for the sake of their family.
135	* PassingTheTorch: In Episode 32, [[spoiler: Matilda gives her watch to Maria implying that her job as a housekeeper is done and the children are happy to have another mother.]]
136	%%* TheQuietOne: Martina and Sister Lucia.
137	* RageBreakingPoint: The Captain managed to stay calm in meeting with [[spoiler: the Nazis, but when he heard his children complaining about being forced to salute Hitler at school and finds out that Hans is a Nazi symphatizer, he becomes furious.]]
138	* RaisedByGrandparents: Thomas is raised by his stubborn grandfather.
139	* ReReleaseSoundtrack: The anime originally opened with a Japanese version of "Do-Re-Mi", but reruns and the DVD change the song to "Smile Magic".
140	* RichesToRags: [[spoiler: In Episode 33, the Trapp family lost their fortune due to the economic depression in Austria. They resort on using their mansion as a boarding house for university students and join in singing contests to make their income.]]
141	* SadistTeacher: Johanna's teacher after the Nazis take power, [[spoiler: encouraging her students to pledge their alliance to Hitler, and encouraging the students to bully Johanna]], [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation though it could be because she's afraid of what will happen if she doesn't]].
142	%%* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Georg is the savvy guy to Maria's energetic girl.
143	* ScaryShinyGlasses: [[spoiler: Hans is this implying that he's a member of the Nazis]] in Episode 36 onwards. The [[spoiler: Nazi members who wear glasses]] are this, too.
144	* ScholarshipStudent: Part of Maria's backstory had her attending a teacher's college in Vienna because her uncle refused to give her tuition fee.
145	* ShoutOut:
146	** The opening in the anime is inspired from ''[[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic The Sound of Music's]]'' intro.
147	%%** Episodes 17 and 18 are {{Homage}} to ''Literature/TheYearling''.
148	* SittingOnTheRoof: Maria sits on the abbey's rooftop in Episode 1.
149	* SkewedPriorities: Matilda often worries more about the opportunities and repercussions of the family's aristocracy rather than their well-being, this reaches a peak in Episode 22 where [[spoiler:she denies Maria's pleas for helping Hedwig in fear it'll cancel the Baron's engagement and would create a public scandal]].
150	* SmokingIsCool:
151	** Georg, Yvonne and Franz.
152	** In Episode 23, Rupert admits to St. Nicholas that he secretly smokes in the living room.
153	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Downplayed. In the memoir, Matilda retires from housekeeping after she broke her leg from an accident, but in the anime she stays in Trapp household until the day [[spoiler: Maria and the Captain married]].
154	* SwallowedAFly: In Episode 36, [[spoiler: Johanna accidentally swallowed a mosquito during her family's concert in Vienna. Fortunately, her mother Maria cheers the audience and the concert turns successful.]]
155	* ThinkHappyThoughts: When the children are sad or worried, Maria sings at them sometimes.
156	%%* TitleDrop: "My Future as a Sister" in Episode 2.
157	* {{Tomboy}}:
158	%%** Maria is this according to Matilda.
159	** In Episode 7, Rupert teased Hedwig for being a tomboy due to her stubbornness.
160	* TragicKeepsake:
161	** Little Maria's box of ribbons which belonged to her mother Agatha in Episode 5.
162	** Agatha's violin and sewing machine in Episode 10. The former is given by little Maria from her father while the latter is used by Maria to sew her new clothes. The Captain is disappointed when his deceased wife's things are used by them, but Maria tells him that it's the only way to make little Maria more motivated instead of keeping them in the storage room.
163	* TrainStationGoodbye:
164	** At the end of Episode 14, [[spoiler: Maria and the von Trapp children sing their farewell song to Nastassja. After that, Rupert decides to give his wooden carving to Nastassja in the last minute.]]
165	** In the last episode, [[spoiler: Karl says goodbye to the Trapps when they're leaving Austria by train to escape.]]
166	* TrueCompanions: Georg and Franz. Maria lampshades about them in Episode 33 after [[spoiler: she tells her husband that Franz is the one who gave some money to them.]]
167	* TruerToTheText: Inspired from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' aside, this one is by far the closest adaptation of the memoir.
168	* TheRunaway: In Episode 22, Hedwig ran away because she couldn't stand her father's engagement with Yvonne. She tried going to her grandparents in Vienna but her money is stolen. [[spoiler: She is found by Maria with the help of Thomas and Raphaela.]]
169	** In Episode 27, Maria revealed that she left her uncle at the age of 14 to be independent and go to college.
170	* WardrobeMalfunction: In Episode 7, Hedwig pulls Maria's right sleeve to show Maria's true nature to her siblings. Instead of remorse, Maria kindly asks Hedwig to return her sleeve much to Hedwig's surprise.
171	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Raphaela is never seen again since [[spoiler: Maria married the Captain.]]
172	* WhatIsThisFeeling: In Episode 23, Maria goes through this when she experiences [[HeldGaze attraction for the first time at the sight of the Captain]]. Confused by the new feeling, she mused that Christmas gives strange feelings to people sometimes.

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