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** Honorable mention goes to Henry's teacup and saucer.
* [[No Sympathy]]: The servants express more compassion for Higgins than his hapless student (Doesn't rest / Doesn't eat / Doesn't touch a crumb!) [[Description Cut|Cut]] to Higgins munching on cakes while Eliza is wasting away.
* [[Non-Singing Voice]]: Marni Nixon did most of Audrey Hepburn's singing for the movie; this is at least partially responsible for the [[Award Snub]] mentioned above. And no, Marni Nixon's name appeared ''nowhere'' in the original credits.
** However, when video of Hepburn's original vocal performances was released in the 1990's, many fans found Nixon's overdubbing to be completely unnecessary.
** Also, Jeremy Brett as Freddy was dubbed by Bill Shirley (AKA [[101 Dalmatians|Roger]] (singing) and [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Prince Philip]]).
*** Out of all of them, Brett was the one who ''could'' sing. Look him up on [[YouTube]]. But his singing voice was thought too mature for Freddy.
** Rex Harrison couldn't actually sing either, but he developed a sort of recitative to compensate.
** Julie Andrews could sing the songs just fine; after all she effectively created the role of Eliza both on Broadway and leter in London. She was passed over for the film because [[Executive Meddling|the producers insisted on having a big box-office name in the cast]]. [[My Fair Lady]] won three of the four headline Oscars (along with several others) but missed out on Best Actress, which went to [[Take That|Julie Andrews]] for [[Mary Poppins]].
* [[Nursery Rhyme]]: The title, of course, comes from "London Bridge is falling down", a snatch of whose melody is heard at the beginning of "Get Me To The Church On Time".
* [[Obsession Song]]: "On the Street Where You Live". Considering that Freddy continues to wait outside for several days: possibly weeks -- this song can get creepy for some viewers.
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