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* [[Denied Food As Punishment]]: Mr. Brown tries this on the children, but it doesn't work. |
* [[Denied Food As Punishment]]: Mr. Brown tries this on the children, but it doesn't work. |
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* [[Disappeared Dad]]: the premise of the sequel. |
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: the premise of the sequel. |
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* [[Eek! A Mouse!]]: Faked by Celia in the sequel to keep her aunt from signing Phil's contract to sell the farm. |
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* [[Expy]]: Nanny McPhee is [[Mary Poppins]]. Only more interesting. |
* [[Expy]]: Nanny McPhee is [[Mary Poppins]]. Only more interesting. |
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* [[Fake Brit]]: Maggie Gyllenhall proudly takes her place on the list of "American actors who can actually do a convincing English accent". |
* [[Fake Brit]]: Maggie Gyllenhall proudly takes her place on the list of "American actors who can actually do a convincing English accent". |
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** {{spoiler|1=[[Fridge Brilliance]] Because Nanny McPhee made it happen with her magic. It was lesson four - To Be Brave.}} |
** {{spoiler|1=[[Fridge Brilliance]] Because Nanny McPhee made it happen with her magic. It was lesson four - To Be Brave.}} |
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* [[Gasshole]]: A crow's habit of eating putty turns it into one. [[Running Gag|Consistently.]] |
* [[Gasshole]]: A crow's habit of eating putty turns it into one. [[Running Gag|Consistently.]] |
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* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: A few ''[[Harry Potter]]'' actors star in these movie, including Imelda Staunton (Dolores [[The Umbridge|Umbridge]]) as The Chef, Kelly MacDonald (The Grey Lady/Helena Ravenclaw), Dame Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall), Rhys Ifans (Xenophilius Lovegood) and {{spoiler|Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort)}} in the sequel, and Emma Thompson (Professor Trelawney) as the eponymous nanny. |
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** Hey, it's that kid from [[Love Actually]]! |
** Hey, it's that kid from [[Love Actually]]! |
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** [[Angela Lansbury]]? |
** [[Angela Lansbury]]? |
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* [[Missing Trailer Scene]]: Some of the trailers for the sequel film included quite a bit of material that didn't make into the final cut of the film, though some of it was included in deleted scenes. |
* [[Missing Trailer Scene]]: Some of the trailers for the sequel film included quite a bit of material that didn't make into the final cut of the film, though some of it was included in deleted scenes. |
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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 this sequel film. It's her first ever children's book and it takes the form of a movie filming diary mixed in with the actual story. The book was praised by reviewers as being more than a simple tie-in. The audiobook version of the novelization is narrated by Emma. |
* [[Novelization]]: There's one for ''Nanny McPhee Returns'' and it's written by Emma Thompson, who plays Nanny McPhee and was the writer for this sequel film. It's her first ever children's book and it takes the form of a movie filming diary mixed in with the actual story. The book was praised by reviewers as being more than a simple tie-in. The audiobook version of the novelization is narrated by Emma. |
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* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]: In the sequel, the girls have to prevent Isabel from signing the deed to the farm, and the country girl successfully filches the uncle's pen. When the uncle finds three more in a drawer, Nanny McPhee intervenes by bringing back [[Brick Joke|the baby elephant]] to snatch the three pens without him knowing. And then he finds the first pen on the country girl... |
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: In the sequel, the girls have to prevent Isabel from signing the deed to the farm, and the country girl successfully filches the uncle's pen. When the uncle finds three more in a drawer, Nanny McPhee intervenes by bringing back [[Brick Joke|the baby elephant]] to snatch the three pens without him knowing. And then he finds the first pen on the country girl... |
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* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] Implied. Nanny McPhee asks Norman to not lose her stick as the paperwork to replace it is unbelievable. |
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] Implied. Nanny McPhee asks Norman to not lose her stick as the paperwork to replace it is unbelievable. |
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* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "I did knock." Although it is more like a borrowed (by Simon) [[Catch Phrase]]. |
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "I did knock." Although it is more like a borrowed (by Simon) [[Catch Phrase]]. |
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* [[Playing Sick]]: The children try this on Nanny McPhee, but she doesn't buy it for a second. {{spoiler|And she punishes them for it by making them sick for real and physically unable to get out of their beds. Ouch!}} |
* [[Playing Sick]]: The children try this on Nanny McPhee, but she doesn't buy it for a second. {{spoiler|And she punishes them for it by making them sick for real and physically unable to get out of their beds. Ouch!}} |
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** {{spoiler|They also Played Attacked-By-Bees at the wedding. It worked.}} |
** {{spoiler|They also Played Attacked-By-Bees at the wedding. It worked.}} |
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** Revisited in the sequel, {{spoiler|involving a [[Eek |
** Revisited in the sequel, {{spoiler|involving a [[Eek! A Mouse!|"mouse"]].}} |
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* [[Rags to Riches]]: {{spoiler|Evangeline, who gets taken in by Aunt Adelaide in place of one of the children.}} |
* [[Rags to Riches]]: {{spoiler|Evangeline, who gets taken in by Aunt Adelaide in place of one of the children.}} |
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* {{spoiler|[[Really 700 Years Old]]: If the fact that she's the same in both movies despite a possible time difference of ''60 years'' is any indication.}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Really 700 Years Old]]: 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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