History Film / BedknobsAndBroomsticks

* OldSoldier: The home guard is entirely made up of elderly and middle-aged volunteers who likely fought in the first world war like their commander but are now too old to serve in conventional forces.
-->''For we wrote the story of the old brigades''
-->''We know the glory of yesterday's parades''

* OminousLatinChanting: Well, it becomes ominous after Eglantine and company quit singing it: ''[[AC:Treguna, Mecoidis, Trecorum Satis Dee.]]''

It's August 1940 in the British coastal village of Pepperinge Eye, and among the children evacuated here from the ongoing [[UsefulNotes/TheHomeFront Battle of]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Britain] are three orphaned siblings: Charlie, Carrie, and Paul. They're reluctantly taken in by Miss Eglantine Price (Creator/AngelaLansbury), a spinster who's secretly taking mail-order witchcraft lessons in hopes of being able to aid the war effort with magic. Miss Price doesn't want the kids and the kids don't want Miss Price, so they try to get rid of each other as quickly as possible. But when the children see her flying on a broom at night, they strike a bargain: in exchange for keeping her secret, the children get to live their lives at Miss Price's home any way they like. To seal the deal, Miss Price gives little Paul a transportation spell which enchants the big bed into a magical travelling bed.

It's 1940 in the British coastal village of Pepperinge Eye, and among the children evacuated here from the ongoing UsefulNotes/{{London}} [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Blitz]] are three orphaned siblings: Charlie, Carrie, and Paul. They're reluctantly taken in by Miss Eglantine Price (Creator/AngelaLansbury), a spinster who's secretly taking mail-order witchcraft lessons in hopes of being able to aid the war effort with magic. Miss Price doesn't want the kids and the kids don't want Miss Price, so they try to get rid of each other as quickly as possible. But when the children see her flying on a broom at night, they strike a bargain: in exchange for keeping her secret, the children get to live their lives at Miss Price's home any way they like. To seal the deal, Miss Price gives little Paul a transportation spell which enchants the big bed into a magical travelling bed.

That will give your gift the needed lift.\\

* LastNameBasis: Miss Price insists on being addressed only as such. But then, if your name was ''[[UnfortunateNames Eglantine]]'', so would you.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Mr. Browne can't use spells himself because, as far as he's concerned, "They're just nonsense words from an old book." [[spoiler:At least until near the end of the film when he manages to transform himself into a rabbit.]] That's not the whole story however; when the house with all its various magical nick-knacks is bombed all of the spells run down like their batteries died.

* HypocriticalHumor: Miss Price, on the name of her cat:

* MustacheVandalism: Paul does this to a clay bust, then accessorizes it with a top hat.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Hold on, are those women who approach Mr. Browne, while singing "You'll meet all your chums in the Portobello Road", ''hookers''? Sneaky, Disney, sneaky.
** And since Mr. Brown feels so awkward at them approaching him (and that they would even approach him when he was surrounded by children) makes it seem that he knows these two particular ones as well.

** Professor Brown, after having already been turned into a rabbit once before, continues to annoy Miss Price with his constant coaxing, after she warns him several times to stop. Let's just say, after she was done with him, he ''[[LamePun hopped]]'' back to helping her find the book.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Mr. Browne can't use spells himself because, as far as he's concerned, "They're just nonsense words from an old book." [[spoiler:At least until near the end of the film when he manages to transform himself into a rabbit.]] That's not the whole story however; when the house with all it's various magical nick-knacks is bombed all of the spells run down like their batteries died.

* HaveAGayOldTime / AccidentalInnuendo: The characters going on and on about Paul's knob is bound to inspire a few giggles nowadays.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis / MakeMeWannaShout: At the end of the soccer game after King Leonidas sees the ball blowing into the air, he roars "STOP... THAT... '''''BALL!!!'''''" so loudly that he literally blows everyone away.
** Then after the game after Miss Price, Brown and the children take the star and placed the whistle around Leonidas' neck, and the Secretary Bird tries to tell him so:
-->'''Leonidas''': ''(to the Secretary Bird, laughing)'' Don't be ridiculous. What do you think ''this'' is? (''shows the whistle without noticing'')
-->'''Secretary Bird''': (''blows the whistle, making Leonidas realize he's been had'')
-->'''Leonidas''': (''roars'') '''''WHY! DIDN'T! YOU! SAY SO?!?!?!?!''''' (''blows the Secretary Bird away'')

* ShootingSuperman / [[PunchPunchPunchUhOh Bang Bang Bang Uh Oh]]: The Nazis take a while to get it through their heads that shooting AnimatedArmor is not very effective.
** Also a case of ''Stabbing'' Superman, for the one who tried to stick an animated suit with his bayonet ''four times'' before it got tired of dodging via DetachmentCombat and bonked him on the head.

** GirlishPigtails: Carrie has these.