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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: The prank that the Brown children intended to put their great-aunt off adopting one of them - dressing up the donkey - goes wrong and causes Chrissie to run right into Aunt Adelaide... who up to that point had decided ''not'' to adopt one of the girls after all and was about to leave.
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* RevoltingRescue: In the sequel, Eidelwiess the [[TalkingAnimal talking crow]] accidentally saves Uncle Phil by burping so hard he blows Phil's would-be killers away.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played with. It's more like "goodness equals beauty", as Nanny [=McPhee=] grows progressively beautiful as the families she cares for become better people.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played with. It's more like "goodness equals beauty", as Nanny [=McPhee=] grows progressively beautiful as the families she cares for become better people. She initially starts out as a CreepyGood herself and her transformation is reflective of the family's, as she loses first a hunch, then a snaggle tooth and finally a mole.
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* MistakenForFlirting: Cedric Brown plans to marry Selma Quickly, but he's not in love with her; his aunt is pressuring him to get married or else she will send some of his kids to the workhouse. When the children are [[KidsPlayMatchBreaker setting up pranks around the house]] and he is trying to protect her from them, she thinks his leaning on her, grabbing her hand, etc. are attempts at seduction.
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* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: Mrs. Docherty, the endlerly lady in the second movie, was Baby Aggie in the first movie. Yet Nanny [=McPhee=] still looks the exact same.]]
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* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: Mrs. Docherty, the endlerly elderly lady in the second movie, was Baby Aggie in the first movie. Yet Nanny [=McPhee=] still looks the exact same.]]
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* CanonForeigner: Selma Quickly did originate from the Nurse Matilda books.
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* CanonForeigner: Selma Quickly did not originate from the Nurse Matilda books.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: "Great-Aunt Adelaide Stitch was a terrible old person…" however, she does want what she believes is best for her family—through disagreeable means.
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* MissingMom: Mrs. Brown in the first movie is dead. Her death is crucial to the plot as her aunt is threatening to cut off Cedric unless he marries before Adelaide’s deadline ends.
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* MissingMom: Unlike the books, Mrs. Brown in the first movie is dead. Her death is crucial to the plot as her aunt is threatening to cut off Cedric unless he marries before Adelaide’s deadline ends.ends…by the end of the month.
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* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: Mrs. Docherty, the endlerly lady in the second movie, was the baby in the first movie. Yet Nanny [=McPhee=] still looks the exact same.]]
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* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: Mrs. Docherty, the endlerly lady in the second movie, was the baby Baby Aggie in the first movie. Yet Nanny [=McPhee=] still looks the exact same.]]
* CanonForeigner: Selma Quickly did originate from the Nurse Matilda books.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In the original book, Mrs. Brown was alive and well. She's dead prior to the events of the film version, and this was the main driving point for it as Mr. Brown is forced to be remarried.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In the original book, Mrs. Brown was alive and well. She's dead prior to the events of the film version, and this was to give the plot a main driving point for it as Mr. Brown is forced to be remarried.
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* FreudianExcuse: Mrs. Quickly implies that the reason why the Brown kids are so rambunctious is because of their motherless state.
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* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: Mrs. Docherty, the endlerly lady in the second movie, was the baby in the first movie. Yet Nanny [=McPhee=] still looks the exact same.]]
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* BabysittersNightmare: The seven Brown children are such terrors that they take pride in having scared away 17 different nannies.
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!!Tropes specific to ''Nanny [=McPhee=] Returns''
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!!Tropes specific to ''Nanny [=McPhee=] Returns''and the Big Bang''
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* KickingMyOwnButt: Nanny [=McPhee=] casts a spell on the Greens and their cousins, which causes them to fight themselves rather than each other while Vincent gets compelled to destroy their valuables, and will end uo destroying their father's letters if the scene goes on. She promises to lift the spell if they apologize for hurting each other.
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* KickingMyOwnButt: Nanny [=McPhee=] casts a spell on the Greens and their cousins, which causes them to fight themselves rather than each other while Vincent gets compelled to destroy their valuables, and will end uo up destroying their father's letters if the scene goes on. She promises to lift the spell if they apologize for hurting each other.
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* ArcWords:"He took her lovingly by the hand" from ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
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* ArcWords:"He ArcWords: "He took her lovingly by the hand" from ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
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* ArcWords:'"He took her lovingly by the hand."'' from ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
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* ArcWords:'"He ArcWords:"He took her lovingly by the hand."'' hand" from ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
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* AccidentalPervert: When Mrs. Quickly has tea with Cedric, [[KidsPlayMatchBreaker the kids have laced the room with nasty pranks]] and Cedric spends the whole tea trying to block or hide them to prevent Mrs. Quickly from noticing. Due to this, he ends up tackling and embracing her in a variety of ways, causing her to think he's being driven mad with lust until she can't take it anymore. She even remarks when the children come to apologize that this perceieved lust explains why there are so many of them.
* AdaptedOut: In the original ''Nurse Matilda'' books, there even more children in the Brown family. In the film, there are only seven.
* AdaptedOut: In the original ''Nurse Matilda'' books, there even more children in the Brown family. In the film, there are only seven.
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* AccidentalPervert: When Mrs. Quickly has tea with Cedric, [[KidsPlayMatchBreaker the kids have laced the room with nasty pranks]] and Cedric spends the whole tea trying to block or hide them to prevent Mrs. Quickly from noticing. Due to this, he ends up tackling and embracing her in a variety of ways, causing her to think he's being driven mad with lust until she can't take it anymore. She even remarks when the children come to apologize that this perceieved lust explains [[TakeThat why there are so many of them.
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* AdaptedOut: In the original ''Nurse Matilda'' books, there are even more children in the Brown family. In the film, there are only seven.
* AdaptedOut: In the original ''Nurse Matilda'' books, there are even more children in the Brown family. In the film, there are only seven.
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** When one of kids is PlayingSick, Nanny [=McPhee=] makes it real.
** In the sequel, the farm kids refuse to share their beds with the city kids, claiming they'd rather share their beds with the farm's goat and cow. Then the smallest farm kid blurts out "elephant" as his choice, leading up to Nanny [=McPhee=] trying to hide a literal ElephantInTheLivingRoom.
** In the sequel, the farm kids refuse to share their beds with the city kids, claiming they'd rather share their beds with the farm's goat and cow. Then the smallest farm kid blurts out "elephant" as his choice, leading up to Nanny [=McPhee=] trying to hide a literal ElephantInTheLivingRoom.
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** When one of the kids is are PlayingSick, Nanny [=McPhee=] makes it real.
** In the sequel, the farm kids refuse to share their beds with the city kids, claiming they'd rather share their beds with the farm's goat and cow. Then the smallest farm kid blurts out "elephant" as his choice, leading up to Nanny [=McPhee=] trying (and succeeding) to hide a literal ElephantInTheLivingRoom.
** In the sequel, the farm kids refuse to share their beds with the city kids, claiming they'd rather share their beds with the farm's goat and cow. Then the smallest farm kid blurts out "elephant" as his choice, leading up to Nanny [=McPhee=] trying (and succeeding) to hide a literal ElephantInTheLivingRoom.
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* CopycatMockery: When sabotaging the wedding, two of the kids put on wigs that resemble Mrs. Quickly's hair and copy her line about calling them "small things" from earlier.
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* CopycatMockery: When sabotaging the wedding, two of the kids put on wigs that resemble Mrs. Quickly's hair and copy her line about calling them "small things" from earlier. She takes this [[WouldHurtAChild as well as you'd expect.]]
** In her defense, this is apparently [[SeenItAll not the first time]] the children have feigned illness in order to obtain "jellies and ice cream, raspberry cordial and God knows what else."
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* FullNameBasis: We're given no alternative address for Nanny [=McPhee=] herself, and nobody refers to her as any less than her full title.
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* FullNameBasis: We're given no alternative address for Nanny [=McPhee=] herself, and nobody refers to her as any less than her full title. [[spoiler:An army recruit and former 'patient' of hers in the second film refers to her as "ma'am," but ''only'' after providing the complete title first.]]
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* INeverToldYouMyName: One of Nanny [=McPhee=]'s oddities is that it seems she never needs to be told someone's name. In the first film, the kids try to mess with her by introducing themselves with silly and rude names and she shows no sign of surprise or offense, but then she turns around to leave the room and bids them all goodnight by their real names. They're duly unsettled.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: One of Nanny [=McPhee=]'s oddities is that it seems she never needs to be told someone's name. In the first film, the kids try to mess with her by introducing themselves with silly and rude names names, and not only does she shows show no sign of surprise or offense, but then once she turns around to leave the room and she bids them all goodnight by their real names. They're duly unsettled.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While Adelaide isn’t a pleasant woman, she is right in that the Brown children were uncontrollable prior to Nanny [=McPhee=]’s arrival.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While Adelaide isn’t a pleasant woman, she is right in that the Brown children were uncontrollable prior to Nanny [=McPhee=]’s arrival. [[spoiler:They were ''not'' an utterly lost cause, however, as she seemed to believe.]]
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** While not prominent, Celia and Cyril's surname is Gray while Isabel's family is Green. Celia and Cyril comes from the city while Isabel's family lives on the countryside. This also ties into the themed naming from the film in general, as the protagonists from the last film have the surname Brown.
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** While not prominent, Celia and Cyril's surname is Gray while Isabel's family is Green. Celia and Cyril comes come from the city while Isabel's family lives on the countryside. This also ties into the themed naming from the film in general, as the protagonists from the last film have the surname Brown.
** Rory Green in the second movie is away serving in "[[GreatOffscreenWar the war]]," and is thus unaware of his brother Phil's attempts to con his wife Isabel out of their farm in order to pay Phil's gambling debts.
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** [[spoiler:They also pretend to be attacked by bees at the wedding. It, too, becomes more real and suceeds.]]
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** [[spoiler:They also pretend to be attacked by bees at the wedding. It, too, becomes more real and suceeds.succeeds.]]
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* SoupIsMedicine: Ms Blatherwick, the cook, claims that the best thing to cure an ill person is potato gruel with peelings in. However, the children, who are PlayingSick, hate it.
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* SoupIsMedicine: Ms Ms. Blatherwick, the cook, claims that the best thing to cure an ill person is potato gruel with peelings in. However, the children, who are PlayingSick, hate it.
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** Nanny [=McPhee=] always has five lessons to teach. What else the people she helps may learn is another matter.
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* UnconventionalFoodUsage: When the kids are PlayingSick, they use pepper to [[PepperSneeze make them sneeze]].
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* AccidentalPervert: When Mrs. Quickly has tea with Cedric, the kids have laced the room with nasty pranks and Cedric spends the whole tea trying to block or hide them to prevent Mrs. Quickly from noticing. Due to this, he ends up tackling and embracing her in a variety of ways, causing her to think he's being driven mad with lust until she can't take it anymore. She even remarks when the children come to apologize that this perceieved lust explains why there are so many of them.
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* AccidentalPervert: When Mrs. Quickly has tea with Cedric, [[KidsPlayMatchBreaker the kids have laced the room with nasty pranks pranks]] and Cedric spends the whole tea trying to block or hide them to prevent Mrs. Quickly from noticing. Due to this, he ends up tackling and embracing her in a variety of ways, causing her to think he's being driven mad with lust until she can't take it anymore. She even remarks when the children come to apologize that this perceieved lust explains why there are so many of them.
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* KidsPlayMatchBreaker: After being told he must remarry or lose his allowance from Aunt Adelaide, Cedric invites Mrs. Quickly for tea, intending to propose. The kids try to sabotage the date by putting toads and tadpoles in the pot and cups, trying to dump Jello on her head, and flinging mashed potatoes at her. It kind of works—while none of the tricks go through or touch Mrs. Quickly, Cedric’s [[AccidentalPervert attempts to rescue her give her the wrong message about his intentions]].
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* AllThereInTheManual: The film's [[Novelization}} greatly expands the backstories of most of the characters.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The film's [[Novelization}} {{Novelization}} greatly expands the backstories of most of the characters.
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* CassandraTruth: When the kids talk about [[spoiler:the pigs' amazing abilities, like synchronized swimming and climbing trees,]] Isabel tells them to stop telling lies.
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* CassandraTruth: CassandraTruth:
** When the kids talk about [[spoiler:the pigs' amazing abilities, like synchronized swimming and climbing trees,]] Isabel tells them to stop tellinglies.lies.
** Similarly, the characters laugh off Mr. Docherty's hypothetical scenario of a pilot sneezing and accidentally dropping a bomb on the empty countryside, but this is exactly what happens in the climax. Fortunately, it doesn't go off and it can be defused.
** When the kids talk about [[spoiler:the pigs' amazing abilities, like synchronized swimming and climbing trees,]] Isabel tells them to stop telling
** Similarly, the characters laugh off Mr. Docherty's hypothetical scenario of a pilot sneezing and accidentally dropping a bomb on the empty countryside, but this is exactly what happens in the climax. Fortunately, it doesn't go off and it can be defused.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Simon refuses to give Nanny [=McPhee=] any control in the kitchen scene... despite the fact that the curse they're under could cause his baby sistef to be hurled into a pot of boiling water against his other siblings' will. Naturally, everyone is screaming at him to suck it up and apologize until he does so.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Simon refuses to give Nanny [=McPhee=] any control in the kitchen scene... despite the fact that the curse they're under could cause his baby sistef sister to be hurled into a pot of boiling water against his other siblings' will. Naturally, everyone is screaming at him to suck it up and apologize until he does so.
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The pigs don't fly and I don't recall a setup of that joke.
* BlatantLies: Nanny [=McPhee=] claims to be a "government nanny" to distance herself from any agency that Cedric might be compelled to look into, though her witchy vibes make this claim clearly flimsy.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Celia refuses to go out to help catching piglets in the mud, at first it seems to her (and us) that Nanny [=McPhee=] is going to force her to go outside with magic...then she just holds up a pair of wellingtons.
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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
** On the night when things are going wrong after the cousins' arrival, someone bangs on the door and we see a familiar profile through the window. It turns out to be Phil holding a paper over his head. The next knock is actually from Nanny [=McPhee=].
** When Celia refuses to go out to help catching piglets in the mud, at first it seems to her (and us) that Nanny [=McPhee=] is going to force her to go outside with magic...then she just holds up a pair of wellingtons.
** On the night when things are going wrong after the cousins' arrival, someone bangs on the door and we see a familiar profile through the window. It turns out to be Phil holding a paper over his head. The next knock is actually from Nanny [=McPhee=].
** When Celia refuses to go out to help catching piglets in the mud, at first it seems to her (and us) that Nanny [=McPhee=] is going to force her to go outside with magic...then she just holds up a pair of wellingtons.
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* BlanketTugOWar: The baby elephant and Vincent in the sequel.
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* BlanketTugOWar: The baby elephant takes Vincent's blanket for itself.
* BlatantLies: As with before, Nanny [=McPhee=] offers a strange justification for herself, calling herself an "army nanny" in this film andVincent indulging a bit in the sequel.army motif. She does have the respect of several soldiers, but it's implied they all had visits from her.
* BlatantLies: As with before, Nanny [=McPhee=] offers a strange justification for herself, calling herself an "army nanny" in this film and
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* CassandraTruth: In the second movie, when the kids talk about [[spoiler:the pigs' amazing abilities, like synchronized swimming and climbing trees,]] Isabel tells them to stop telling lies.
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* ChekhovsSkill: From a ''bird'' of all things (in the sequel).
* ContinuityNod: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Mrs. Docherty turns out to be Aggie, the youngest Brown child from the previous movie]].
* CueTheFlyingPigs: ''Nanny [=McPhee=] Returns'' had flying pigs, referential of a similar gag in the first film in which "snow in August" was used as a phrase to describe something supposedly impossible and then did happen thanks to Nanny's magic.
* ContinuityNod: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Mrs. Docherty turns out to be Aggie, the youngest Brown child from the previous movie]].
* CueTheFlyingPigs: ''Nanny [=McPhee=] Returns'' had flying pigs, referential of a similar gag in the first film in which "snow in August" was used as a phrase to describe something supposedly impossible and then did happen thanks to Nanny's magic.
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* ChekhovsSkill: From a ''bird'' of all things (in things, whose predilection for putty comes in handy when defusing a bomb.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mrs. Docherty's a bit odd, seemingly from a mix of old age and innate whimsy. She stores loose syrup in shop drawers, decides to sit on a cow pat even after learning what it is because it looks comfortable, and when her husband, a safety marshal, faints during thesequel).
bomb defusing panic, she earnestly tries to wake him up [[ComicallyMissingThePoint so he doesn't miss the explosion]].
* ContinuityNod: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Mrs. Docherty turns out to be Aggie, the youngest Brown child from the previousmovie]].
* CueTheFlyingPigs: ''Nanny [=McPhee=] Returns'' had flying pigs, referential of a similar gag in the first film in which "snow in August" was used as a phrase to describe something supposedly impossiblemovie, and then did happen thanks to Nanny's magic.she still has her precious rattle]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mrs. Docherty's a bit odd, seemingly from a mix of old age and innate whimsy. She stores loose syrup in shop drawers, decides to sit on a cow pat even after learning what it is because it looks comfortable, and when her husband, a safety marshal, faints during the
* ContinuityNod: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Mrs. Docherty turns out to be Aggie, the youngest Brown child from the previous
* CueTheFlyingPigs: ''Nanny [=McPhee=] Returns'' had flying pigs, referential of a similar gag in the first film in which "snow in August" was used as a phrase to describe something supposedly impossible
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* EekAMouse: Faked by Celia to keep her aunt Isabel from signing Phil's contract to sell the farm.
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* EekAMouse: Faked by Celia to keep her aunt Isabel from signing Phil's contract to sell the farm. When the film cuts back to the scene, we find out that she manages to pull this off for ''thirty minutes'', screaming the whole time.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the sequel, a BritishRoyalGuard turns out to be one of Nanny [=McPhee's=] charges from the past. [[spoiler:So was old Mrs. Docherty-- known as Agatha/Aggie Brown before her marriage.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the sequel, a A BritishRoyalGuard turns out to be one of Nanny [=McPhee's=] charges from the past. [[spoiler:So was old Mrs. Docherty-- known as Agatha/Aggie Brown before her marriage.]]
* FrozenFashionSense: Nanny [=McPhee=]'s personal attire hasn't changed in the decades since the previous story, though she briefly dons a contemporary army uniform when speaking to her former charge.
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* KickingMyOwnButt: In the sequel, Nanny [=McPhee=] casts a spell on the Greens and their cousins, which causes them to fight themselves rather than each other. She promises to lift the spell if they apologize for hurting each other.
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* LighterAndSofter: The second film has a lot more whimsical, extravagant, and perhaps frivolous uses of magic, and the scary vibe around Nanny [=McPhee=] herself is reduced.
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* LighterAndSofter: The second film has a lot more whimsical, extravagant, and perhaps frivolous uses of magic, and the scary vibe around Nanny [=McPhee=] herself is reduced.reduced, with her participating in more comedic moments.
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* {{Novelization}}: There's one for ''Nanny [=McPhee=] Returns'' and it's written by Emma Thompson, who plays Nanny [=McPhee=] and was the writer for both films. It was her first ever children's book and it takes the form of a movie filming diary mixed in with the actual story.
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* {{Novelization}}: There's This film has one for ''Nanny [=McPhee=] Returns'' and it's written by Emma Thompson, who plays Nanny [=McPhee=] and was the writer for both films. It was her first ever children's book and it takes the form of a movie filming diary mixed in with the actual film's story.
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* RunningGag: "Nanny [=McPhee=]. Little 'c', big 'P'" becomes Nanny [=McPhee=]'s standard greeting.
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* TimeBomb: Of a sort. An unexploded bomb is discovered and must be defused, with the pressure of error and its potential to explode at any moment by itself.
* TitleDrop: In the sequel, a war veteran warns Isabel and family of the threat of bombings, calling it "the Big Bang". The American title averts this.
* TitleDrop: In the sequel, a war veteran warns Isabel and family of the threat of bombings, calling it "the Big Bang". The American title averts this.
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* TimeBomb: Of a sort. An unexploded bomb is discovered drops and must be defused, with the pressure of error and its potential to explode at any moment by itself.
* TitleDrop:In the sequel, a war veteran Mr. Docherty warns Isabel and family of the threat of bombings, calling it "the Big Bang". The American title averts this.
* TitleDrop:
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* ArcWords: In the first film, ''"He took her lovingly by the hand."'' from ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
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* ArcWords: In the first film, ''"He ArcWords:'"He took her lovingly by the hand."'' from ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
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* BrainyPig: Zigzagged in the sequel. The piglets do synchronised swimming and climb trees, but that was because [=McPhee=] put a spell on them. The guy who buys them claims that he knew a pig who could play Scrabble and another who could [[TalkingAnimal count to ten in French]]. He turns out to be joking for the last one, but he admits that pigs are clever animals.
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* EekAMouse: Faked by Celia in the sequel to keep her aunt Isabel from signing Phil's contract to sell the farm.
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** In the sequel, the girls have to prevent Isabel from signing the deed to the farm, and Megsie successfully filches uncle Phil's pen. When Phil finds three more in a drawer, [[spoiler:Nanny [=McPhee=] intervenes by bringing back [[BrickJoke the baby elephant]] to snatch the three pens without him knowing. And then he finds the first pen on Megsie]].
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Miss Topsy and Miss Turvy in the sequel, who talk about harvesting Phil's kidneys and taxidermising him with mad glee.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Miss Topsy and Miss Turvy in the sequel, who talk about harvesting Phil's kidneys and taxidermising him with mad glee.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Implied. Nanny [=McPhee=] asks Norman to not lose her stick as the paperwork to replace it is unbelievable.
* OffscreenTeleportation: A RunningGag in the first movie. Nanny [=McPhee=] will appear behind people when she wasn't even previously close at all. She casually justifies this with the line:
* OffscreenTeleportation: A RunningGag in the first movie. Nanny [=McPhee=] will appear behind people when she wasn't even previously close at all. She casually justifies this with the line:
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* PetTheDog: Cyril and Celia’s butler is just as pompous as they are and wants to leave them behind as fast as possible, but when he returns to give them some unfortunate news [[spoiler: [[ParentalNeglect involving their parents]]]] he is much softer to them and even seems to be on the verge of tears showing he does care for their well-being.
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** Revisited in the sequel, [[spoiler:involving a [[EekAMouse "mouse"]]]].
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* RadishCure: Nanny [=McPhee=]'s magic usually operates on the idea, as most of her lessons involve [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor granting the childrens' wishes exactly.]] When they cause chaos in the kitchen or fight with each other, Nanny [=McPhee=] makes it impossible for them to stop, to the point of risking serious damage, until they verbally and politely express the desire to and apologize. When they pretend to be sick to stay in bed all day, Nanny [=McPhee=] will make them sick for real and magically bind them to their beds, requiring disgusting medicine and soup to heal, making their sick day no picnic. If they say they'd rather share their beds with animals instead of their cousins, they get to enjoy cuddling with a cow or baby elephant. Pretty soon, the kids learn not to mess around.
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* RadishCure: Nanny [=McPhee=]'s magic usually operates on the idea, as most of her lessons involve [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor granting the childrens' wishes exactly.]] When they cause chaos in the kitchen or fight with each other, Nanny [=McPhee=] makes it impossible for them to stop, to the point of risking serious damage, until they verbally and politely express the desire to and apologize. When they pretend to be sick to stay in bed all day, Nanny [=McPhee=] will make them sick for real and magically bind them to their beds, requiring disgusting medicine and soup to heal, making their sick day no picnic. If they say they'd rather share their beds with animals instead of their cousins, they get to enjoy cuddling with a cow or baby elephant. Pretty soon, These methods soon earn the kids learn not to mess around.respect and obedience of the children.
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* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler:If the fact that she's the same in both movies despite a possible time difference of ''60 years'' is any indication.]]
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* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler:If the fact that she's Nanny [=McPhee=] is the same in both movies despite a possible time difference of ''60 years'' is any indication.]]
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** "I ''did'' knock" in the first film.
** "Nanny [=McPhee=]. Little 'c', big 'P'" becomes Nanny [=McPhee=]'s standard greeting in the second film.
** "I ''did'' knock" in the first film.
** "Nanny [=McPhee=]. Little 'c', big 'P'" becomes Nanny [=McPhee=]'s standard greeting in the second film.
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* RunningGag:
**RunningGag: "I ''did'' knock" in the first film.
** "Nanny [=McPhee=]. Little 'c', big 'P'" becomesknock", which Nanny [=McPhee=]'s standard greeting in the second film.[=McPhee=] uses to disarm people who have noticed her instantaneous appearance into a room.
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* SheIsAllGrownUp: In the sequel Mrs. Docherty is revealed to be [[spoiler: Aggie Brown from the first movie.]]
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* SnowMeansLove: [[spoiler:At the end of the first movie, Nanny [=McPhee=] summons snow that magically cleans up the yard and removes the garish colors for the wedding of Cedric and Evangeline.]]
* SocialClimber: In the first movie, Mrs. Quickly allows herself to become reconciled to Mr. Brown (after his disastrous first attempt at a proposal) when she finds out that his aunt-in-law is ''Lady'' Adelaide Stitch. When she finally meets Lady Adelaide, Mrs. Quickly goes into extreme ProfessionalButtKisser mode.
* SocialClimber: In the first movie, Mrs. Quickly allows herself to become reconciled to Mr. Brown (after his disastrous first attempt at a proposal) when she finds out that his aunt-in-law is ''Lady'' Adelaide Stitch. When she finally meets Lady Adelaide, Mrs. Quickly goes into extreme ProfessionalButtKisser mode.
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* SnowMeansLove: [[spoiler:At the end of the first movie, film, Nanny [=McPhee=] summons snow that magically cleans up the yard and removes the garish colors for the wedding of Cedric and Evangeline.]]
* SocialClimber:In the first movie, Mrs. Quickly allows herself to become reconciled to Mr. Brown (after his disastrous first attempt at a proposal) when she finds out that his aunt-in-law is ''Lady'' Adelaide Stitch. When she finally meets Lady Adelaide, Mrs. Quickly goes into extreme ProfessionalButtKisser mode.
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* SpotOfTea: Used a few times over.
* TheStinger: At the end of the sequel, [[spoiler:the elephant gets to enjoy the Scratch-o-Matic machine that was designed for the pigs.]]
* TheStinger: At the end of the sequel, [[spoiler:the elephant gets to enjoy the Scratch-o-Matic machine that was designed for the pigs.]]
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* SpotOfTea: Used a few times over.
* TheStinger: AtLady Adelaide Stitch demands tea the end of instant she arrives at the sequel, [[spoiler:the elephant gets to enjoy Brown household, and Cedric and Mrs. Quickly have tea together, which the Scratch-o-Matic machine that was designed for the pigs.]]children do their best to sabotage.
* TheStinger: At
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* WardrobeWound: Celia shrieks more about her new clothes being dragged in the mud than during the ensuing beat-'em-up scene.
* BrainyPig: Zigzagged in the sequel. The piglets do synchronised swimming and climb trees, but that was because [=McPhee=] put a spell on them. The guy who buys them claims that he knew a pig who could play Scrabble and another who could [[TalkingAnimal count to ten in French]]. He turns out to be joking for the last one, but he admits that pigs are clever animals.
* EekAMouse: Faked by Celia to keep her aunt Isabel from signing Phil's contract to sell the farm.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The girls have to prevent Isabel from signing the deed to the farm, and Megsie successfully filches uncle Phil's pen. When Phil finds three more in a drawer, [[spoiler:Nanny [=McPhee=] intervenes by bringing back [[BrickJoke the baby elephant]] to snatch the three pens without him knowing. And then he finds the first pen on Megsie]].
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Miss Topsy and Miss Turvy in the sequel, who talk about harvesting Phil's kidneys and taxidermising him with mad glee.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Miss Topsy and Miss Turvy in the sequel, who talk about harvesting Phil's kidneys and taxidermising him with mad glee.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Implied. Nanny [=McPhee=] asks Norman to not lose her stick as the paperwork to replace it is unbelievable.
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* TimeBomb: Of a sort, in the sequel.
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* PetTheDog: Cyril and Celia’s butler is just as pompous as they are and wants to leave them behind as fast as possible, but when he returns to give them some unfortunate news [[spoiler: [[ParentalNeglect involving their parents]]]] he is much softer to them and even seems to be on the verge of tears showing he does care for their well-being.
* RunningGag: "Nanny [=McPhee=]. Little 'c', big 'P'" becomes Nanny [=McPhee=]'s standard greeting.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Mrs. Docherty is revealed to be [[spoiler: Aggie Brown from the first movie.]]
* TheStinger: At the end, [[spoiler:the elephant gets to enjoy the Scratch-o-Matic machine that was designed for the pigs.]]
* TimeBomb: Of asort, in sort. An unexploded bomb is discovered and must be defused, with the sequel.pressure of error and its potential to explode at any moment by itself.
* RunningGag: "Nanny [=McPhee=]. Little 'c', big 'P'" becomes Nanny [=McPhee=]'s standard greeting.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Mrs. Docherty is revealed to be [[spoiler: Aggie Brown from the first movie.]]
* TheStinger: At the end, [[spoiler:the elephant gets to enjoy the Scratch-o-Matic machine that was designed for the pigs.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Simon laments that his father never plays cricket with him anymore early in the film. At the wedding, when a cake food fight is started, Cedric takes up a violin by the neck and invites Simon to toss him some cake for batting practice.
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* AccidentalPervert: When Mrs. Quickly has tea with Cedric, the kids have laced the room with nasty pranks and Cedric spends the whole tea trying to block or hide them to prevent Mrs. Quickly from noticing. Due to this, he ends up tackling and embracing her in a variety of ways, causing her to think he's being driven mad with lust until she can't take it anymore. She even remarks when the children come to apologize that this perceieved lust explains why there are so many of them.
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* TakeAThirdOption: In the first movie, Lady Adelaide gives Cedric [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse an offer he can't refuse]]: she will take in one of his daughters (and ''only'' daughters) to live with her. She is especially keen on taking the youngest, Chrissie, while Nanny [=McPhee=] reminds the children that they can't send away the donkey they hoped to trick their great aunt into taking. It takes some quick thinking from Simon, but ultimately [[spoiler:Evangeline is sent away, having been passed off as a daughter of Cedric's despite actually being their scullery maid]].
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* TakeAThirdOption: In the first movie, Lady Adelaide gives Cedric [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse an offer he can't refuse]]: she will take in one of his daughters (and ''only'' daughters) to live with her. She is especially keen on taking the youngest, Chrissie, while Nanny [=McPhee=] reminds the children that they can't send away the donkey they hoped to trick their great aunt into taking. It takes some quick thinking from Simon, but ultimately [[spoiler:Evangeline is sent away, having been passed off as a daughter of Cedric's despite actually being their scullery maid]]. This later happens again with similar circumstances: [[spoiler: Cedric marries Evangeline when he realizes he cannot marry Mrs. Quickly, his seeming only option]].
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** While she typically goes to households with troublesome children and helps them become better, she tends to let them do things their way as a learning experience. For example, she allowed Simon and his siblings to drive Mrs. Quickly away with their pranks so that they would realize how wrong their actions were and for them to make things right.
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** While she typically goes to households with troublesome children and helps them become better, she tends to let them do things knows when going hands-off and letting the children act on their way as a learning experience. desires can be instructive in its own right. For example, she allowed allows Simon and his siblings to drive Mrs. Quickly away with their pranks so that they would realize how wrong their actions were and for them to make things right.learn the consequences (and that the aftermath results in opened communication about why Cedric is marrying again is another welcome result).
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* PunnyName: Selma Quickly's surname, given that Cedric is under a short deadline to marry and she is the only available option. As Cedric puts it with dread, "I shall have to marry Quickly."
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* PolitenessJudo: Nanny [=McPhee=] utilizes this on occasion to throw adults off her supernatural aspects, like claiming she knocked whenever she teleports into a room because the person in the room would never want to accuse her of barging in, or gaining entry to the Brown household by catching Cedric off-guard with a direct request to come in.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: One of Nanny [=McPhee=]'s oddities is that it seems she never needs to be told someone's name. In the first film, the kids try to mess with her by introducing themselves with silly and rude names and she shows no sign of surprise or offense, but then she turns around to leave the room and bids them all goodnight by their real names. They're duly unsettled.
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* RadishCure: Nanny [=McPhee=]'s magic usually operates on the idea, as most of her lessons involve [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor granting the childrens' wishes exactly.]] When they cause chaos in the kitchen or fight with each other, Nanny [=McPhee=] makes it impossible for them to stop, to the point of risking serious damage, until they verbally express the desire to and apologize. When they pretend to be sick to stay in bed all day, Nanny [=McPhee=] will make them sick for real and magically bind them to their beds, requiring disgusting medicine and soup to heal, making their sick day no picnic. If they say they'd rather share their beds with animals instead of their cousins, they get to enjoy cuddling with a cow or baby elephant. Pretty soon, the kids learn not to mess around.
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* RadishCure: Nanny [=McPhee=]'s magic usually operates on the idea, as most of her lessons involve [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor granting the childrens' wishes exactly.]] When they cause chaos in the kitchen or fight with each other, Nanny [=McPhee=] makes it impossible for them to stop, to the point of risking serious damage, until they verbally and politely express the desire to and apologize. When they pretend to be sick to stay in bed all day, Nanny [=McPhee=] will make them sick for real and magically bind them to their beds, requiring disgusting medicine and soup to heal, making their sick day no picnic. If they say they'd rather share their beds with animals instead of their cousins, they get to enjoy cuddling with a cow or baby elephant. Pretty soon, the kids learn not to mess around.