Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 59 (click to see context) from:
* SceneryPorn: The sets in the 1956 film are spot on, ''especially'' the palace.
to:
* SceneryPorn: The sets in the 1956 film are spot on, ''especially'' the palace. The {{tagline}} referenced this, and the movie's status as the second and last full-length feature to use [=CinemaScope=] 55 film (''Theatre/{{Carousel}}'' became the first to use it a few months earlier), by proclaiming, "More than your eyes have ever seen! More than your heart has ever known!"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14,15 (click to see context) from:
A Broadway revival has been slated for production, with Ken Watanabe as the the King of Siam.
to:
A Broadway revival has been slated for production, with Ken Watanabe as the the King of Siam.
Siam and Broadway's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'' star Kelli O'Hara as Anna.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
* CostumePorn: Ladies, at some point you lusted after that pink silk ballgown. Admit it.
to:
* CostumePorn: Ladies, Ladies (and cross-dressing gents), at some point you lusted after that pink silk ballgown. Admit it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* OurNudityIsDifferent: During the meeting with the English ambassador, the king objects to Anna's dress, which exposes her shoulders. When Anna points out his own bared shoulders, the king responds that his clothing covers much less of him, whereas, since Anna's clothig covers so much of her, the parts that are uncovered are accentuated.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 66 (click to see context) from:
* WarElephants: The King plans to send War-Elephants to help AbrahamLincoln.
to:
* WarElephants: The King plans to send War-Elephants to help AbrahamLincoln.UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
A Broadway revival has been slated for production, with Ken Watanabe as the the King of Siam.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
That this kind of thing can happen''\\
to:
That this kind of thing can happen''\\happen\\
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4,7 (click to see context) from:
->''"On the clear understanding that this kind of thing can happen''\\
''Shall we dance? Shall we dance? Shall we dance?''"\\
''Shall we dance? Shall we dance? Shall we dance?''"\\
to:
->''"On the clear understanding that understanding\\
That this kind of thing can happen''\\
''Shall we dance? Shall we dance? Shall we dance?''"\\
dance?\\
Shall we dance?"''\\
That this kind of thing can happen''\\
Shall we dance?"''\\
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,9 (click to see context) from:
\\
''Shall we dance? Shall we dance? Shall we dance?''\\
''Shall we dance? Shall we dance? Shall we dance?''\\
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4,9 (click to see context) from:
->''"Getting to know you, getting to feel free and easy''\\
''When I am with you, getting to know what to say''\\
''Haven't you noticed suddenly I'm bright and breezy?''\\
''Because of all the beautiful and new things I'm learning about you''\\
''Day by day."''
''When I am with you, getting to know what to say''\\
''Haven't you noticed suddenly I'm bright and breezy?''\\
''Because of all the beautiful and new things I'm learning about you''\\
''Day by day."''
to:
''When I am with you, getting to know what to say''\\
''Haven't you noticed suddenly I'm bright and breezy?''\\
''Because of all
''Day by day."''
\\
''Shall we dance? Shall we dance? Shall we dance?''\\
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DigitalDestruction: The 2014 Blu-Ray has a bluer tint than previous home video versions have.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Crosswicking Private Tutor
Added DiffLines:
* PrivateTutor: Anna is hired as a private tutor for the King of Siam's children .
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EskimosArentReal: The kids have troubling believing that snow is a real thing.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
* AnimatedAdaptation: The 1999 film (see below for its tropes).
to:
* AnimatedAdaptation: [[WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI The 1999 film (see below for its tropes).film]].
Deleted line(s) 22 (click to see context) :
* [[BannedInChina Banned in Thailand]]: Not surprisingly, the film is rather disliked in UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}}. What's worse is that no matter how the filmmakers rework the story, it ''always'' ends up getting banned in that country. A key part of the problem is that there are '''very''' strict laws about ''lese-majeste'' (basically, insulting the monarch) in Thailand; it wasn't so long ago that the king was literally revered as a god, and he still has a very special status. King Mongkut is viewed by today's Thai people with the respect that Americans would have for, say, AbrahamLincoln[[note]](The present holder of the throne, King Bhumibol, who's reigned for over 60 years, is greatly beloved in Thailand)[[/note]]. The fundamental problem that modern directors seem to be missing is that no matter how respectfully the King is portrayed, the basic story still requires that Thailand be a backwards country in dire need of being civilized by Westerners, and ultimately that their King is ''wrong''.
Deleted line(s) 43 (click to see context) :
* NonSingingVoice: In the 1956 film, Marni Nixon dubbed Deborah Kerr, who played Anna, Leona Gordon dubbed Rita Moreno, who played Tuptim (Moreno did her own singing for "Small House of Uncle Thomas"), and Rueben Fuentes dubbed Carlos Rivas, who played Lun Tha. The 1999 film also includes some non singing voices, noted below.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
See also: ''AnnaAndTheKing''.
to:
See also: ''AnnaAndTheKing''.''Film/AnnaAndTheKing''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The King dies, he and Anna never act on their love, and she and his advisor are the only ones who notice. But his son promises sweeping changes, including ending slavery and prostration before the king.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* RuleOfThree
** "Who ''who'' '''who'''?"
** "Eateateat!"
** "Put it on finger." Putiton putiton putiton!
** "Down down down!"
** "Who ''who'' '''who'''?"
** "Eateateat!"
** "Put it on finger." Putiton putiton putiton!
** "Down down down!"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 48 (click to see context) from:
* SceneryPorn: The sets for Siam, especially the palace, in the 1956 film are spot on.
to:
* SceneryPorn: The sets for Siam, especially the palace, in the 1956 film are spot on.on, ''especially'' the palace.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 48 (click to see context) from:
* SceneryPorn: The sets for Siam, especially the palace, in the 1956 film sure are something.
to:
* SceneryPorn: The sets for Siam, especially the palace, in the 1956 film sure are something.spot on.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 47 (click to see context) from:
* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Anna pleads with the king not to kill Tuptim.
to:
* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Anna pleads with the king not to kill Tuptim.Tuptim.
* SceneryPorn: The sets for Siam, especially the palace, in the 1956 film sure are something.
* SceneryPorn: The sets for Siam, especially the palace, in the 1956 film sure are something.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 12,13 (click to see context) from:
In 1956 the musical was adapted into a movie starring Creator/DeborahKerr and YulBrynner. In 1999, it was yet again made into a movie, this time animated, that [[WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI has its own page]].
to:
In 1956 the musical was adapted into a movie starring Creator/DeborahKerr and YulBrynner.Creator/YulBrynner. In 1999, it was yet again made into a movie, this time animated, that [[WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI has its own page]].
Changed line(s) 16,17 (click to see context) from:
!!''TheKingAndI'' contains examples of:
to:
Changed line(s) 20,21 (click to see context) from:
* BaldOfAwesome: The King's original Broadway actor, YulBrynner, had his head shaved at the makeup artist's recommendation. Brynner carried this trope on into the movie, and several of his successors have tried to accomplish this in revivals.
** Additionally, YulBrynner carried this trope into every other project he did for the rest of his life.
** Additionally, YulBrynner carried this trope into every other project he did for the rest of his life.
to:
* BaldOfAwesome: The King's original Broadway actor, YulBrynner, Yul Brynner, had his head shaved at the makeup artist's recommendation. Brynner carried this trope on into the movie, and several of his successors have tried to accomplish this in revivals.
** Additionally,YulBrynner Yul Brynner carried this trope into every other project he did for the rest of his life.
** Additionally,
Changed line(s) 51 (click to see context) from:
* UrbanLegend: YulBrynner dancing with Deborah Kerr after having a lung surgically removed. Unfortunately, one of the Rodgers and Hammerstein tributes on the ''Sound of Music'' Blu-Ray speaks of this legend as something true.
to:
* UrbanLegend: YulBrynner Yul Brynner dancing with Deborah Kerr after having a lung surgically removed. Unfortunately, one of the Rodgers and Hammerstein tributes on the ''Sound of Music'' Blu-Ray speaks of this legend as something true.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 41,42 (click to see context) from:
* {{Mooning}}: The King's wives perform a quite accidental version thanks to Anna dressing them up in huge hoop skirts to greet the English ambassador. When the King arrives and they all prostrate themselves before him as usual, Anna, standing behind them, gets a first-hand reminder that she [[VaportWear forgot to provide them with undergarments]]. With no time to correct the mistake, all she can do is instruct them to "keep your backs to the wall". Later, when the ambassador arrives, they see his [[HighClassGlass monocle]] and become frightened of "the evil eye", lifting their skirts as they run away.
accidentally do this to some visitors from England. One of the visitors accidentally scared the wives away with his monocle, causing them to lift up their skirts and run away. (Anna forgot to make them undergarments.)
accidentally do this to some visitors from England. One of the visitors accidentally scared the wives away with his monocle, causing them to lift up their skirts and run away. (Anna forgot to make them undergarments.)
to:
* {{Mooning}}: The King's wives perform a quite accidental version thanks to Anna dressing them up in huge hoop skirts to greet the English ambassador. When the King arrives and they all prostrate themselves before him as usual, Anna, standing behind them, gets a first-hand reminder that she [[VaportWear [[VaporWear forgot to provide them with undergarments]]. With no time to correct the mistake, all she can do is instruct them to "keep your backs to the wall". Later, when the ambassador arrives, they see his [[HighClassGlass monocle]] and become frightened of "the evil eye", lifting their skirts as they run away.
accidentally do this to some visitors from England. One of the visitors accidentally scared the wives away with his monocle, causing them to lift up their skirts and run away. (Anna forgot to make them undergarments.)away.
accidentally do this to some visitors from England. One of the visitors accidentally scared the wives away with his monocle, causing them to lift up their skirts and run away. (Anna forgot to make them undergarments.)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
In the scene with the monocle they\'re holding the skirts up in front, but it probably still counts
Changed line(s) 41 (click to see context) from:
* {{Mooning}}: The King's wives accidentally do this to some visitors from England. One of the visitors accidentally scared the wives away with his monocle, causing them to lift up their skirts and run away. (Anna forgot to make them undergarments.)
to:
* {{Mooning}}: The King's wives perform a quite accidental version thanks to Anna dressing them up in huge hoop skirts to greet the English ambassador. When the King arrives and they all prostrate themselves before him as usual, Anna, standing behind them, gets a first-hand reminder that she [[VaportWear forgot to provide them with undergarments]]. With no time to correct the mistake, all she can do is instruct them to "keep your backs to the wall". Later, when the ambassador arrives, they see his [[HighClassGlass monocle]] and become frightened of "the evil eye", lifting their skirts as they run away.
accidentally do this to some visitors from England. One of the visitors accidentally scared the wives away with his monocle, causing them to lift up their skirts and run away. (Anna forgot to make them undergarments.)
accidentally do this to some visitors from England. One of the visitors accidentally scared the wives away with his monocle, causing them to lift up their skirts and run away. (Anna forgot to make them undergarments.)
Changed line(s) 58 (click to see context) from:
----
to:
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 47 (click to see context) from:
* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Anna pleas that the king doesn't kill Tuptim.
to:
* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Anna pleas that pleads with the king doesn't not to kill Tuptim.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Stairway to Heaven example
Added DiffLines:
* StairwayToHeaven: Little Eva dies, is given wings, and ascends an onstage staircase, up through the clouds, to Buddha.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
*YourNormalIsOurTaboo: Is it EVER. Just to name a few examples, we have the King's promise to give Anna a house adjoining the palace, which he conveniently forgets; normal for a Siamese monarch, but apparently not for a British one. Anna also sees polygamy as this (perhaps erroneously, considering her own country's history of polygamous monarchs). Then there's the whole beating-of-Tuptim arc--definitely a European taboo. On the other side of the coin, the way Siamese women dress would be considered a European taboo, as would the fact that they apparently don't normally wear undergarments.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Clarification of minor points
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
* BarefootPoverty: The entire population of UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}} except for the king, and his wives in the scene where they are introduced to the British imperialists.
to:
* BarefootPoverty: The entire population of UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}} except for the king, and his wives in the scene where they are introduced to the British imperialists. imperialists.
** Actually, as the title picture shows, even the king.
** Actually, as the title picture shows, even the king.
Added DiffLines:
** The King has some fun with this and eventually (in his mind) trips her up
Added DiffLines:
** Partially subverted in that he learns ''very'' quickly and uses what he knows to tremendous advantage.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:345:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/King_and_I_resized_5714.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:345: Shall we dance?]]
->''"Getting to know you, getting to feel free and easy''\\
''When I am with you, getting to know what to say''\\
''Haven't you noticed suddenly I'm bright and breezy?''\\
''Because of all the beautiful and new things I'm learning about you''\\
''Day by day."''
Originally conceived as a vehicle for actress Getrude Lawrence, {{Rodgers and Hammerstein}}'s sixth musical tells the story of Anna Leonowens, a schoolteacher from Wales who travels with her son to Siam to teach the children of the King. It covers their entire history. From the beginning, at least according to Anna's account, they had repeated clashes personally, professionally, and culturally. The last two are related, since she was hired to teach his children, wives, and concubines about Western culture and bring Siam up to date, which is difficult when the King believes she is wrong. All the while, in the greatest tradition of adversarial love stories, they fall in love with each other.
In 1956 the musical was adapted into a movie starring Creator/DeborahKerr and YulBrynner. In 1999, it was yet again made into a movie, this time animated, that [[WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI has its own page]].
See also: ''AnnaAndTheKing''.
----
!!''TheKingAndI'' contains examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: The movie, widely considered to be the best of the [[RodgersAndHammerstein R&H]] screen adaptations (or at least second only to ''TheSoundOfMusic''), taking a Best Picture nomination at the 1957 Oscars. Oscar Hammerstein II called it the finest work he and Richard Rodgers ever produced.
* AnimatedAdaptation: The 1999 film (see below for its tropes).
* BaldOfAwesome: The King's original Broadway actor, YulBrynner, had his head shaved at the makeup artist's recommendation. Brynner carried this trope on into the movie, and several of his successors have tried to accomplish this in revivals.
** Additionally, YulBrynner carried this trope into every other project he did for the rest of his life.
* [[BannedInChina Banned in Thailand]]: Not surprisingly, the film is rather disliked in UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}}. What's worse is that no matter how the filmmakers rework the story, it ''always'' ends up getting banned in that country. A key part of the problem is that there are '''very''' strict laws about ''lese-majeste'' (basically, insulting the monarch) in Thailand; it wasn't so long ago that the king was literally revered as a god, and he still has a very special status. King Mongkut is viewed by today's Thai people with the respect that Americans would have for, say, AbrahamLincoln[[note]](The present holder of the throne, King Bhumibol, who's reigned for over 60 years, is greatly beloved in Thailand)[[/note]]. The fundamental problem that modern directors seem to be missing is that no matter how respectfully the King is portrayed, the basic story still requires that Thailand be a backwards country in dire need of being civilized by Westerners, and ultimately that their King is ''wrong''.
* BarefootPoverty: The entire population of UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}} except for the king, and his wives in the scene where they are introduced to the British imperialists.
* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: The author swears it's true. It isn't.
* BetaCouple: Lun Tha and Tuptim.
* BlatantLies: When Anna tells the King, doubting her wisdom, that she is ''much'' OlderThanSheLooks.
* CatchTheConscience: Tuptim, at the end of "The Small House of Uncle Thomas," declares: "I too am glad for death of King. Of any King who pursues slave who is unhappy and tries to join her lover!" She almost gets carried away before a musical signal reminds her to deliver the bittersweet epilogue of the story. The King does not ignore this insult to his authority.
** In the movie, the King commanded her to end her speech with a snap of his fingers.
* CostumePorn: Ladies, at some point you lusted after that pink silk ballgown. Admit it.
* CultureClash: The King's manners against Anna's.
* DanceOfRomance: Provides one of the archetypal examples in "Shall We Dance?"
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: The King butchers English grammar.
* FieryRedhead: Anna.
* GladYouThoughtOfIt: {{Invoked}}. It's a minor plot point that Anna has to do this because she cannot be seen as offering advice to the King. So she pretends to be guessing what he's going to do - and quite naturally he says that she's guessed right, and then proceeds to do just what she "guessed" that he would do.
* LoveEpiphany: You can actually ''see'' it on both their faces as the King puts his hands on Anna's waist when they begin dancing.
* MightyWhitey: When you get down to it, this is basically the premise (and the reason why Thailand will never see this or any adaptation of ''The King and I'').
* MoodWhiplash: As Anna and the King waltz in a moment of shared happiness, a guard reports the capture of Tuptim, creating a heated debate between Anna and the King over whether or not Tuptim deserves a whipping.
* {{Mooning}}: The King's wives accidentally do this to some visitors from England. One of the visitors accidentally scared the wives away with his monocle, causing them to lift up their skirts and run away. (Anna forgot to make them undergarments.)
* NonSingingVoice: In the 1956 film, Marni Nixon dubbed Deborah Kerr, who played Anna, Leona Gordon dubbed Rita Moreno, who played Tuptim (Moreno did her own singing for "Small House of Uncle Thomas"), and Rueben Fuentes dubbed Carlos Rivas, who played Lun Tha. The 1999 film also includes some non singing voices, noted below.
* PainfulRhyme: Lampshaded in-universe when Anna sings "Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You?", mispronouncing "employee" to rhyme with "pay" and "libertine" to rhyme with "concubine"... and then correcting herself.
* PimpedOutDress: ''Oh My God.'' Anna's costumes weighed over forty pounds apiece. Creator/DeborahKerr lost twelve pounds during filming as a result.
** Crosses over with GorgeousPeriodDress - those huge skirts of the 1850s are straight out of the history books.
** However, the over-the-elbow ("opera") gloves that Anna wears during the banquet scene are totally wrong for the period in question (the 1860's). Women in that era wore wrist-length gloves for both daytime and evening; long gloves, which had last been the mode in the Regency/Romantic period (up to the 1820's), did not come back into fashion until the 1870's.
* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Anna pleas that the king doesn't kill Tuptim.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Small House of Uncle Thomas''.
* UnresolvedSexualTension
* UrbanLegend: YulBrynner dancing with Deborah Kerr after having a lung surgically removed. Unfortunately, one of the Rodgers and Hammerstein tributes on the ''Sound of Music'' Blu-Ray speaks of this legend as something true.
* VerbalTic: After Anna explains the phrase "et cetera" to the King, he acquires a tendency to insert it into several of his demands, songs, conversations, [[CatchPhrase et cetera]]. King Mongkut really did use this in his English writing, although there's no evidence either that Anna taught it to him or that he used it when speaking English.
** "What-what-WHAT!"
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The musical was based the non-fiction novel ''Anna and the King of Siam'' which was filmed in 1946. These in turn were based on two books by the real Anna Leonowens, ''[[http://www.archive.org/details/thesiamesecourt00leonrich The English Governess at the Siamese Court]]'' and ''[[http://www.archive.org/details/romanceharem00leongoog Romance of the Harem]]'', although these have been criticised due to a lack of objectivity.
** Not to mention outright lies. The story of Tuptim, which Anna admits was "based on palace gossip", never happened. Unfaithful concubines in the time of Mongkut were simply dismissed. Anna herself was not all that she appeared to be. She took great pains to conceal from the world that she was half Indian, changing her name repeatedly and repudiating family members who could out her. Also, all the film and theatrical versions of her story are based on Margaret Landon's novelized adaptation of Anna's books, ''Anna and the King of Siam'', and not even on Anna's own work.
* WarElephants: The King plans to send War-Elephants to help AbrahamLincoln.
----
[[caption-width-right:345: Shall we dance?]]
->''"Getting to know you, getting to feel free and easy''\\
''When I am with you, getting to know what to say''\\
''Haven't you noticed suddenly I'm bright and breezy?''\\
''Because of all the beautiful and new things I'm learning about you''\\
''Day by day."''
Originally conceived as a vehicle for actress Getrude Lawrence, {{Rodgers and Hammerstein}}'s sixth musical tells the story of Anna Leonowens, a schoolteacher from Wales who travels with her son to Siam to teach the children of the King. It covers their entire history. From the beginning, at least according to Anna's account, they had repeated clashes personally, professionally, and culturally. The last two are related, since she was hired to teach his children, wives, and concubines about Western culture and bring Siam up to date, which is difficult when the King believes she is wrong. All the while, in the greatest tradition of adversarial love stories, they fall in love with each other.
In 1956 the musical was adapted into a movie starring Creator/DeborahKerr and YulBrynner. In 1999, it was yet again made into a movie, this time animated, that [[WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI has its own page]].
See also: ''AnnaAndTheKing''.
----
!!''TheKingAndI'' contains examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: The movie, widely considered to be the best of the [[RodgersAndHammerstein R&H]] screen adaptations (or at least second only to ''TheSoundOfMusic''), taking a Best Picture nomination at the 1957 Oscars. Oscar Hammerstein II called it the finest work he and Richard Rodgers ever produced.
* AnimatedAdaptation: The 1999 film (see below for its tropes).
* BaldOfAwesome: The King's original Broadway actor, YulBrynner, had his head shaved at the makeup artist's recommendation. Brynner carried this trope on into the movie, and several of his successors have tried to accomplish this in revivals.
** Additionally, YulBrynner carried this trope into every other project he did for the rest of his life.
* [[BannedInChina Banned in Thailand]]: Not surprisingly, the film is rather disliked in UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}}. What's worse is that no matter how the filmmakers rework the story, it ''always'' ends up getting banned in that country. A key part of the problem is that there are '''very''' strict laws about ''lese-majeste'' (basically, insulting the monarch) in Thailand; it wasn't so long ago that the king was literally revered as a god, and he still has a very special status. King Mongkut is viewed by today's Thai people with the respect that Americans would have for, say, AbrahamLincoln[[note]](The present holder of the throne, King Bhumibol, who's reigned for over 60 years, is greatly beloved in Thailand)[[/note]]. The fundamental problem that modern directors seem to be missing is that no matter how respectfully the King is portrayed, the basic story still requires that Thailand be a backwards country in dire need of being civilized by Westerners, and ultimately that their King is ''wrong''.
* BarefootPoverty: The entire population of UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}} except for the king, and his wives in the scene where they are introduced to the British imperialists.
* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: The author swears it's true. It isn't.
* BetaCouple: Lun Tha and Tuptim.
* BlatantLies: When Anna tells the King, doubting her wisdom, that she is ''much'' OlderThanSheLooks.
* CatchTheConscience: Tuptim, at the end of "The Small House of Uncle Thomas," declares: "I too am glad for death of King. Of any King who pursues slave who is unhappy and tries to join her lover!" She almost gets carried away before a musical signal reminds her to deliver the bittersweet epilogue of the story. The King does not ignore this insult to his authority.
** In the movie, the King commanded her to end her speech with a snap of his fingers.
* CostumePorn: Ladies, at some point you lusted after that pink silk ballgown. Admit it.
* CultureClash: The King's manners against Anna's.
* DanceOfRomance: Provides one of the archetypal examples in "Shall We Dance?"
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: The King butchers English grammar.
* FieryRedhead: Anna.
* GladYouThoughtOfIt: {{Invoked}}. It's a minor plot point that Anna has to do this because she cannot be seen as offering advice to the King. So she pretends to be guessing what he's going to do - and quite naturally he says that she's guessed right, and then proceeds to do just what she "guessed" that he would do.
* LoveEpiphany: You can actually ''see'' it on both their faces as the King puts his hands on Anna's waist when they begin dancing.
* MightyWhitey: When you get down to it, this is basically the premise (and the reason why Thailand will never see this or any adaptation of ''The King and I'').
* MoodWhiplash: As Anna and the King waltz in a moment of shared happiness, a guard reports the capture of Tuptim, creating a heated debate between Anna and the King over whether or not Tuptim deserves a whipping.
* {{Mooning}}: The King's wives accidentally do this to some visitors from England. One of the visitors accidentally scared the wives away with his monocle, causing them to lift up their skirts and run away. (Anna forgot to make them undergarments.)
* NonSingingVoice: In the 1956 film, Marni Nixon dubbed Deborah Kerr, who played Anna, Leona Gordon dubbed Rita Moreno, who played Tuptim (Moreno did her own singing for "Small House of Uncle Thomas"), and Rueben Fuentes dubbed Carlos Rivas, who played Lun Tha. The 1999 film also includes some non singing voices, noted below.
* PainfulRhyme: Lampshaded in-universe when Anna sings "Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You?", mispronouncing "employee" to rhyme with "pay" and "libertine" to rhyme with "concubine"... and then correcting herself.
* PimpedOutDress: ''Oh My God.'' Anna's costumes weighed over forty pounds apiece. Creator/DeborahKerr lost twelve pounds during filming as a result.
** Crosses over with GorgeousPeriodDress - those huge skirts of the 1850s are straight out of the history books.
** However, the over-the-elbow ("opera") gloves that Anna wears during the banquet scene are totally wrong for the period in question (the 1860's). Women in that era wore wrist-length gloves for both daytime and evening; long gloves, which had last been the mode in the Regency/Romantic period (up to the 1820's), did not come back into fashion until the 1870's.
* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Anna pleas that the king doesn't kill Tuptim.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Small House of Uncle Thomas''.
* UnresolvedSexualTension
* UrbanLegend: YulBrynner dancing with Deborah Kerr after having a lung surgically removed. Unfortunately, one of the Rodgers and Hammerstein tributes on the ''Sound of Music'' Blu-Ray speaks of this legend as something true.
* VerbalTic: After Anna explains the phrase "et cetera" to the King, he acquires a tendency to insert it into several of his demands, songs, conversations, [[CatchPhrase et cetera]]. King Mongkut really did use this in his English writing, although there's no evidence either that Anna taught it to him or that he used it when speaking English.
** "What-what-WHAT!"
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The musical was based the non-fiction novel ''Anna and the King of Siam'' which was filmed in 1946. These in turn were based on two books by the real Anna Leonowens, ''[[http://www.archive.org/details/thesiamesecourt00leonrich The English Governess at the Siamese Court]]'' and ''[[http://www.archive.org/details/romanceharem00leongoog Romance of the Harem]]'', although these have been criticised due to a lack of objectivity.
** Not to mention outright lies. The story of Tuptim, which Anna admits was "based on palace gossip", never happened. Unfaithful concubines in the time of Mongkut were simply dismissed. Anna herself was not all that she appeared to be. She took great pains to conceal from the world that she was half Indian, changing her name repeatedly and repudiating family members who could out her. Also, all the film and theatrical versions of her story are based on Margaret Landon's novelized adaptation of Anna's books, ''Anna and the King of Siam'', and not even on Anna's own work.
* WarElephants: The King plans to send War-Elephants to help AbrahamLincoln.
----
