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[[folder:Agatha Docherty]]

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[[folder:Agatha Docherty]]Docherty (neé Brown)]]

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* ChickMagnet: When meeting Topsy and Turvy, he initially flirts with them before he learns they were sent by the casino to get either his family's farm or his ''kidneys''.

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* ChickMagnet: When meeting Topsy and Turvy, he initially flirts with them and they seem rather flattered before he learns explaining who they were sent by the casino to get either his family's farm or his ''kidneys''.are.



* TrappedByGamblingDebts: He lost the Greens' farm (his legal half of it anyway) at a casino whose owner sends Topsy and Turvy to get either the deed or Phil's ''kidneys'' .



Two women who Phil made a bet with, who keep threatening to kill him. Played by Sinead Matthews (Topsy) and Katy Brand (Turvy).

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Two women who employees of Mrs. Biggles, a casino owner whom Phil made a bet with, owes, who keep threatening are sent to kill him.collect the farm. Played by Sinead Matthews (Topsy) and Katy Brand (Turvy).
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Cyril and Celia's father and a high ranking officer at the millitary office.

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Cyril and Celia's father and a high ranking officer at the millitary office. Played by Creator/RalphFiennes.
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--> "There is something you should know about the way I work. When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you need me, but do not want me, then I have to go."

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--> "There is something you should know about the way I work. When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you need want me, but do not want need me, then I have to go."
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[[folder:Mrs. Docherty]]

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[[folder:Mrs. [[folder:Agatha Docherty]]
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*StrongFamilyResemblance: To her great aunt Adelaide.
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*CoolUncle: When reuniting with his family at the end, he meets his nephew and niece Cyril and Celia and welcomes them to the family.


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*HappilyMarried: With Isabel, as she remembers happy their wedding day, becomes heartbroken when believing Rory to be dead. [[spoiler: They embrace when reunited at the end.]]
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*ChickMagnet: When meeting Topsy and Turvy, he initially flirts with them before he learns they were sent by the casino to get either his family's farm or his ''kidneys''.
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*AloofBigBrother: To his sister Isabel, whom he criticized for her marriage to Rory and also initially refused to help to find information about Rory's whereabouts until Cyril criticized him.
**Also Aloof Uncle, as he's distant from his nephews and niece, to the point he didn't recognize Norman until Cyril told him.

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* PetTheDog: After being criticzed by his son over his neglect, he agrees to investigate about his brother-in-law Rory's status and reveals to Norman and Cyril that Rory was actually missing in action, not dead, thus revealing they got a fake telegram and also preventing his sister Isabel from selling her husband's farm. Also he gives his son a handshake and tells him that farm life did well on him

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* PetTheDog: After being criticzed by his son over his neglect, he agrees to investigate about his brother-in-law Rory's status and reveals to Norman and Cyril that Rory was actually missing in action, not dead, thus revealing they got a fake telegram and also preventing his sister Isabel from selling her husband's farm. Also he gives his son a handshake and tells him that farm life did well on himhim.
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[[folder:Lord Gray]]
Cyril and Celia's father and a high ranking officer at the millitary office.
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*ParentalNeglect: Sends his children to live in their cousins's farm under the pretext to protect them from bomb attacks, but Cyril reveals to him, he's aware his parents are getting divorced.
*PetTheDog: After being criticzed by his son over his neglect, he agrees to investigate about his brother-in-law Rory's status and reveals to Norman and Cyril that Rory was actually missing in action, not dead, thus revealing they got a fake telegram and also preventing his sister Isabel from selling her husband's farm. Also he gives his son a handshake and tells him that farm life did well on him

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He might start off as snobbish, but as he spends time helping the Green family, he proves he does have a sense of loyalty, and will step up accordingly. Sooner or later, he happily accepts his cousins as his family, and would do anything for them.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He might start off as snobbish, but as he spends time helping the Green family, he proves he does have a sense of loyalty, loyalty towards his family, and will step up accordingly. Sooner or later, he happily accepts his cousins as his family, and would do anything for them.
** When the family gets a telegram saying that Rory, the cousin’s father and aunt’s husband, was killed in action, the first thing Cyril does is offer his condolences. When Norman wants to prove his father’s still alive, Cyril suggests they visit his [[{{ParentsAsPeople}} estranged father]] in the War Office.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He might start off as snobbish, but as he spends time helping the Green family, he proves he does have a sense of loyalty, and will step up accordingly.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He might start off as snobbish, but as he spends time helping the Green family, he proves he does have a sense of loyalty, and will step up accordingly. Sooner or later, he happily accepts his cousins as his family, and would do anything for them.
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* TookALevelOfKindness: Like Celia, over the course of the movie, Cyril becomes more responsible and better mannered, and even drops his previously established classism.

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* TookALevelOfKindness: TookALevelInKindness: Like Celia, over the course of the movie, Cyril becomes more responsible and better mannered, and even drops his previously established classism.

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* CatchPhrase: Boasts several times, "My father is very high up in the war office!".

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* CatchPhrase: Boasts several times, "My father is very high up in the war office!". Which becomes a major plot point later in the movie.
* CharacterDevelopment: Starts off as a lazy, entitled brat, but over the course of the movie, he learns to step up and appreciate the family who opened their door for him and Celia to stay.
* FreudianExcuse: Having a strict classist upbringing with a father in the War Office, said father and mother having a divorce will have a negative influence on you.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He might start off as snobbish, but as he spends time helping the Green family, he proves he does have a sense of loyalty, and will step up accordingly.


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* TookALevelOfKindness: Like Celia, over the course of the movie, Cyril becomes more responsible and better mannered, and even drops his previously established classism.

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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Initially, he's just a desperate fool trying escape death. Then he makes [[spoiler:fakes his own brother's death to drive Isabelle to despair]] and loses all sympathy points.



* FatAndSkinny: Topsy is rather chubby, while Turvy is relatively slim.
* GreaterScopeVillain

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* FatAndSkinny: Topsy is rather tall and chubby, while Turvy is relatively short and slim.
* GreaterScopeVillainGreaterScopeVillain: They provide the incentive for Phil's villainy.



[[folder:Mr. Eidelweiss]]

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[[folder:Mr. Eidelweiss]]Edelweiss]]



* BlowYouAway: Topsy and Turvy are blown out of the Green family's farm by Mr. Eidelweiss's giant burp near the end of the film.

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* BlowYouAway: Topsy and Turvy are blown out of the Green family's farm by Mr. Eidelweiss's Edelweiss's giant burp near the end of the film.



A scattered, elderly shopkeeper. [[spoiler:Heavily implied to be Aggie from the first movie.]] Played by Creator/MaggieSmith.

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A Isabelle's boss, a scattered, elderly shopkeeper. [[spoiler:Heavily implied to be Aggie from the first movie.]] Played by Creator/MaggieSmith.



* ScatterbrainedSenior: Is elderly and commonly forgets things and makes dumb choices like putting the treacle away in the drawers.
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:She still has the rattle that belonged to her mother, and Mrs. Docherty showing that she still has it pretty much confirms that she and Aggy are indeed the same person]].

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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Is elderly and commonly forgets things and makes dumb choices like putting the storing loose treacle away in the drawers.
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:She still has the rattle that belonged to her mother, and Mrs. Docherty showing that she still has it pretty much confirms that she and Aggy Aggie are indeed the same person]].
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The eponymous nanny; a mysterious woman who babysits unruly children and gives them life lessons. She has many supernatural aspects to her, including a stick that she can bang on the ground to make magic, and warts that disappear after the children learn lessons.

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The eponymous nanny; a mysterious woman who babysits unruly children and gives them life lessons. She has many supernatural aspects to her, including a stick that she can bang on the ground to make magic, and warts that disappear after the children learn lessons. Played by Creator/EmmaThompson.



The mother and aunt of the main kid cast, whose husband is off fighting in a war.

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The mother and aunt of the main kid cast, whose husband is off fighting in a war. Played by Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal.



The oldest of Isabelle's three kids.

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The oldest of Isabelle's three kids. Played by Creator/AsaButterfield.



The second-oldest, and only girl, of Isabelle's children.

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The second-oldest, and only girl, of Isabelle's children. Played by Lil Woods.



The youngest of Isabelle's kids.

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The youngest of Isabelle's kids. Played by Oscar Steer.



The male cousin, and the mouthier of the two.

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The male cousin, and the mouthier of the two. Played by Eros Vlahos.



The female cousin, a dramatic fashionista.

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The female cousin, a dramatic fashionista. Played by Rosie Taylor-Ritson.



Isabelle's brother-in-law, and the kids' uncle, who keeps trying to get Isabelle to sell her property so he can pay off his debt.

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Isabelle's brother-in-law, and the kids' uncle, who keeps trying to get Isabelle to sell her property so he can pay off his debt. Played by Creator/RhysIfans.



Two women who Phil made a bet with, who keep threatening to kill him.

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Two women who Phil made a bet with, who keep threatening to kill him. Played by Sinead Matthews (Topsy) and Katy Brand (Turvy).



A scattered, elderly shopkeeper. [[spoiler:Heavily implied to be Aggie from the first movie.]]

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A scattered, elderly shopkeeper. [[spoiler:Heavily implied to be Aggie from the first movie.]]]] Played by Creator/MaggieSmith.



Mrs. Docherty's husband, and a police officer.

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Mrs. Docherty's husband, and a police officer. Played by Creator/SamKelly.



The husband of Isabelle, and father and uncle of the kids.

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The husband of Isabelle, and father and uncle of the kids. Played by Creator/EwanMcGregor.
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A talking crow who Nanny [=McPhee=] finds annoying.

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A talking crow jackdaw who Nanny [=McPhee=] finds annoying.



* TalkingAnimal: Is a non-anthropomorphic crow who can talk.

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* TalkingAnimal: Is a non-anthropomorphic crow jackdaw who can talk.
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[[folder:Nanny McPhee]]

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[[folder:Nanny McPhee]][=McPhee=]]]
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[[folder:Nanny McPhee]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me, but no longer need me, then I have to go."]]
The eponymous nanny; a mysterious woman who babysits unruly children and gives them life lessons. She has many supernatural aspects to her, including a stick that she can bang on the ground to make magic, and warts that disappear after the children learn lessons.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Given her supernatural powers, it's unclear whether she's human.
* ButNowIMustGo: Part of "the way she works" is that she must leave when she's wanted but not need.
--> "There is something you should know about the way I work. When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you need me, but do not want me, then I have to go."
* CatchPhrase: Has several tag lines:
** "Hm."
** "Small 'C', big 'P'" on her name.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Her punishments involve things like making children unable to control their bodies and making them share beds with animals.
* DarkIsNotEvil: She's intimidating and wears all black, but she works to improve people's lives.
* MagicalNanny: As well as being literally magical, she always greatly improves her charges' behaviour and their parents' home lives.
* NoFullNameGiven: We never learn her first name.
* RadishCure: Some of her punishments involve giving the children too much of what they wanted (for instance, when the Brown children want to sleep in, she glues them to their beds all day).
* Really700YearsOld: Decades passed between the first film and the sequel, yet [[spoiler:while Aggy is a baby in the first film and an old woman in the second]], Nanny [=McPhee=] didn't age at all.
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[[folder:Isabelle Green]]
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The mother and aunt of the main kid cast, whose husband is off fighting in a war.
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[[folder:Norman Green]]
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The oldest of Isabelle's three kids.
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[[folder:Megsie Green]]
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The second-oldest, and only girl, of Isabelle's children.
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[[folder:Vincent Green]]
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The youngest of Isabelle's kids.
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* AnimalLover: He likes scratching the pigs and playing with the elephant.
* CheerfulChild: While he is rude like his siblings, he's a lot more happy-go-lucky than them, for instance, he is the only one happy when [=McPhee=] makes the children share beds with animals.
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[[folder:Cyril Gray]]
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[[caption-width-right:200:"Greetings, oh covered-in-poo people!"]]
The male cousin, and the mouthier of the two.
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* BrattyHalfPint: Has a smart mouth, for instance referring to the farm as the "Land of Poo".
* CatchPhrase: Boasts several times, "My father is very high up in the war office!".
* SweetTooth: Is of the impression that "marshmallows are always a wise choice" and eats a chocolate bar.
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[[folder:Celia Gray]]
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The female cousin, a dramatic fashionista.
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* BrattyHalfPint: She whines about her clothes being "ruined" (even though they were just dirty and could be washed) and snaps at everyone.
* TheFashionista: Yells dramatically when her clothes are dirtied, critiques all of Megsie's outfits, and fantasises about buying new shoes.
* KiddieKid: She appears about twelve, but she grabs hold of something and whines, "Let go!", which is more befitting a kid of about six.
* LargeHam: Is very prone to yelling and exaggerating. For instance, when her clothes get dirty, she shouts, "I'm in HELL!".
* NeatFreak: Hates getting dirty.
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[[folder:Phil Green]]
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Isabelle's brother-in-law, and the kids' uncle, who keeps trying to get Isabelle to sell her property so he can pay off his debt.
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* BigBad: Tries to get Isabelle to sell the farm so he can clear his gambling debts.
* EvilUncle: Of Isabelle's children.
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[[folder:Topsy and Turvy]]
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Two women who Phil made a bet with, who keep threatening to kill him.
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* FatAndSkinny: Topsy is rather chubby, while Turvy is relatively slim.
* GreaterScopeVillain
* NoNameGiven: Their first names are unrevealed.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: In a movie that is otherwise about a lighthearted adventure with a [[MagicalNanny magical nanny]], these two murderous organ harvesting loan sharks really stick out.
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[[folder:Mr. Eidelweiss]]
A talking crow who Nanny [=McPhee=] finds annoying.
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* BlowYouAway: Topsy and Turvy are blown out of the Green family's farm by Mr. Eidelweiss's giant burp near the end of the film.
* ExtremeOmnivore: One of the reasons [=McPhee=] finds him annoying is that he eats her window putty.
* {{Gasshole}}: He burps a lot, ostensibly due to his diet of window putty.
* TalkingAnimal: Is a non-anthropomorphic crow who can talk.
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[[folder:Mrs. Docherty]]
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A scattered, elderly shopkeeper. [[spoiler:Heavily implied to be Aggie from the first movie.]]
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler: She turns out to be Aggie from the first movie.]]
* ForgetfulJones: She tends to forget things.
* NoInfantileAmnesia: She claims to remember being a baby.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: Is elderly and commonly forgets things and makes dumb choices like putting the treacle away in the drawers.
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:She still has the rattle that belonged to her mother, and Mrs. Docherty showing that she still has it pretty much confirms that she and Aggy are indeed the same person]].
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[[folder:Algernon Docherty]]
Mrs. Docherty's husband, and a police officer.
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* LargeHam: He is very dramatic and animated when explaining what would happen if an enemy pilot catches a cold.
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[[folder:Rory Green]]
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The husband of Isabelle, and father and uncle of the kids.
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* DisappearedDad: Spends most of the movie away in the war and then becomes MIA. [[spoiler:He does come back at the end.]]
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