Chitty Chitty Bang Bang/Trivia


 * Based on a True Story: The car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was inspired by several real race cars, and the start-of-film sequence showing the car and its crash is loosely based on elements of the first Chitty's history.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!:
 * Bert the Sweep apparently stopped even pretending to have a British accent.
 * Auric Goldfinger is a toy-craving, child-hating manchild?
 * Benny Hill is the Toymaker.
 * Phil Collins (a Former Child Star) has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it role.
 * Millie the stage hand has done well for herself, marrying a baron and all.
 * Q apparently got his start as a junkman.
 * Mean Character, Nice Actor: Robert Helpman, who played the Child Catcher, was actually extremely kind, especially towards the children.
 * Not Even Bothering with the Accent: After taking a lot of criticism for his phony Cockney in Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke completely dispensed with a British accent in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, despite the fact that his character's father and two children all had one.
 * Shout-Out:
 * During breakfast, Grandpa Potts tells everyone "I got up this morning, and I shot an elephant in my pajamas.", making everyone say in unison "How it ever got into my pajamas, I shall never know."
 * To the film: The video for Barenaked Ladies's song "One Week" includes a sequence that duplicates the "dolls" scene from the film.
 * Sibling Team: The Sherman Brothers, who wrote the film's songs.