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''I know I will hear what I've heard before.''
''My heart will be blessed with the sound of music,''
''And I'll sing once more.''
The famous musical by [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]], based on the story of
Features nuns, [[Those Wacky Nazis]], and ''not'' the Austrian national anthem. The film is virtually unknown in Austria itself, which is odd considering the English-speaking world knows Austria as "that country from ''The Sound of Music''".
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Has enough pop culture references and pastiches to fill a small article on [[The Other Wiki]], although there actually isn't one.
For those who have still managed to live under a rock (or in Austria) for the past
Unfortunately the Anschluss happens while the two are on their honeymoon and when they return Georg is "asked" to accept a command in the new German navy. Being strongly opposed to Hitler, the family resolves to leave Austria for Switzerland using the pretext of attending a local folk music festival for cover. But the Nazis are not so easily bamboozled and the von Trapps will not get away quite that easily...
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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Some productions present Uncle Max as such.
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: Rolfe is obsessed with being important and that is what corrupted him. You can see it from the beginning and one wonders whether he cared about Liesl or cared that she was a "von".
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** Louisa- Brawn.
* [[Beta Couple]]: Liesl and Rolf are a tragic version.
* [[Blithe Spirit]]: Maria in the von Trapp household.
* [[Bothering by the Book]]: Dettweiler says, "Heil Hitler" in a manner quite lacking in enthusiasm.
* [[Bowdlerize]]: The French dub removed the renditions of "Maria" and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" sung by the nuns as they thought it was sinful for nuns to be singing non-religious songs. As such only the reprisals of them were heard. And the subtitles don't show the lyrics to them.
** Only on TV broadcasts. The Home Video releases (at least the VHS ones) have these two songs dubbed.
* [[Brawn Hilda]]: Such a woman wins third place at the concert, and won't get off the stage so she can keep soaking up applause.
* [[The Butler Did It]]: Somebody must have told the local Nazis they were sneaking out of the house. In the film, Franz the butler (who the von Trapps never told about their impending escape) collaborates with Rolf, and later is shown watching the family's escape attempt and subsequent apprehension.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Maria had some difficulty trying to realize her feelings for Captain von Trapp and tell him that she loved him. The things that girl has to do to get a kiss.
* [[Children Are Innocent]]
** The song "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" demonstrates that while
*** Unless you subscribe to an [[Alternate Character Interpretation]].
***Given how domineering Rolfe tries to be, "innocent" isn't quite the word. "Inexperienced" works better. However he certainly does not know much about the world and he would have been better off if he had indeed settled for being "innocent as a dove".
* [[Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends]]: When the baroness realizes how much the captain loves Maria, she suddenly realizes the captain isn't the man for her, either.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: How the nuns perceive Maria.
* [[Confessional]]: In the last lines of the film, two nuns turn to the Reverend Mother Superior and say, "Forgive me, Reverend Mother, for I have sinned." They then reveal that they stole the
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Arguably, the Reverend Mother Superior of the convent. She instinctively knows that Maria's calling is outside the convent and she realizes that Maria is in love with the captain. Not to mention when Maria, at first, told the Reverend Mother she left because she was "frightened". To which the Reverend Mother said, "Frightened, were they unkind to you?" The tone which she said indicated she is very protective of the nuns. One could almost call her a [[Badass Preacher]].
* [[The Cutie]]: Maria.
* [[Dance of Romance]]: The Laendler, aka The Scene Where Our Two [[Oblivious to Love|Oblivious Protagonists]] [[Love Epiphany|Finally Figure It Out]].
* [[Death Glare]]: Captain von Trapp's [[Death Glare]] is so awesomely deadly that it should be outlawed by the Geneva Conventions.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: The Captain.
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Captain von Trapp treats his children that way at the beginning.
* [[Even Beggars Won't Choose It]]: Maria's dress...that even the poor didn't want.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Liesl's boyfriend Rolfe does this at the end when he joins the Third Reich. He threatens to shoot the von Trapps when he catches them trying to escape, but the Captain confiscates the gun and then says:
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'''Rolfe''': (beat, then yelling out) LIEUTENANT! LIEUTENANT, THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE HERE, LIEUTENANT! (blows whistle)
* [[First Kiss]]: Liesl gets hers in the gazebo. She then runs into the rain and squeals in delight. "[[Squee|Whee!]]"
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Where did all those nuns come from? Oh wait they would most of them have taken their vows when Salzberg was [[World War I|short on available men.]]
* [[Genre Blindness]]:
* [[Gentleman Snarker]]: The Captain.
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'''Captain von Trapp''': If the Nazis take over Austria, I have no doubt, Herr Zeller, that you will be the entire trumpet section.
'''Herr Zeller:''' You flatter me, Captain.
'''Captain von Trapp:''' Oh, how clumsy of me - I meant to accuse you.
* [[Good Cannot Comprehend Evil]]: Even Captain von Trapp can't. He tells Rolfe, "you'll never be one of them". Perhaps not. Perhaps he will indeed change his mind-or just be killed on a battlefield with a minimum degree of honor at least. But lots of people not much different from Rolfe were indeed "one of them".
* [[Graceful Loser]]: The Baroness, eventually. One can scarcely blame her for putting up a fight, she's been working on Georg for a long time now.
* [[Happy Ending]]: In all the versions.
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* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Captain von Trapp's defiant attitude toward Nazis which was almost Churchillian. He could be one scary dude at times.
* [[Hot Dad]]: Charmian Carr (Liesl) admitted to having "a ''huge'' crush'' on Chris Plummer, while Heather Menzies (Louisa) is on record as saying:
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* [[Intermission]]
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" is repeated over Maria's wedding to the Captain.
** Not exactly. She said the captain wasn’t for her anyway, and she needed someone with a very strong need for her, or at least for her money. That’s a bit of a [[Red Herring]] plot point, as it sounded like she was implying she was into Max...▼
* [[Intro Dump]]: The children, commanded by a whistle.
** The whistle was real, by the way. RL Captain von Trapp had a weak voice. He did '''not''' however drill them as if they were in the navy.
** The family used the whistles to locate each other and communicate across their vast property. The whistles could be heard from one corner to the other, instead of spending hours hunting down a child. They used them as an effective method of communication up until their departure from the country.
* [[
▲** Not exactly. She said the captain wasn’t for her anyway, and she needed someone with a very strong need for her, or at least for her money. That’s a bit of a [[Red Herring]] plot point, as it sounded like she was implying she was into Max...
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: Captain Von Trapp was a member of Europe's noble caste and served by tradition making him almost a literal as well as a figurative example of this.▼
***[[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Or that is the sort of thing she would say to save face for everyone. In any case, despite her worldliness and seeming cynicism she is not without a streak of kindness.
**Maria does not even think of competing for the captain. That is partly because she expects to be a nun but still.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Captain von Trapp.
▲* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: Captain
** Alternatively this could be [[Warrior Prince]].
* [[Love Triangle]]: The Captain, Maria and the Baroness.
* [[Magical Nanny]]: One of the classic examples, played by the [[Hey,
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Maria to the Captain.
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: The first time someone sings "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" to
* [[Mentor]]: The elder nun for Maria, Maria for Liesl.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Transitioning immediately from the wedding, to Nazi troops marching into Salzburg with the Anschluss.
* [[Movie Bonus Song]]: "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good".
* [[Nazi Germany]]: "To refuse them would be fatal for all of us. And joining them would be...[[Moral Event Horizon|unthinkable]]."
* [[Nazi Nobleman]]: Thankfully subverted. Captain
* [[Nuns Are Funny]]: Maria's inability to fit into both the overly strict convent and von Trapp household; the nuns themselves also run on high doses of [[The Comically Serious]].
▲* [[Nun Too Holy]]: Maria, of course, as sung by the sisters.
* [[Off to Boarding School]]: "Darling, haven't you ever heard of a delightful little thing called boarding school?"
* [[Oh Crap]]: A hilarious example happens in the middle of "I Have Confidence". Maria has been building herself up to a fantastic crescendo, "They will look up to ME! AND MIND ME!" But as she approaches the gate, the tempo slows and she gets much, much softer-- and when she reaches the gate, she looks inward and says, "Oh, help."
** Then as she passes through the gate, she gets her confidence back.
* [[One
* [[One Steve Limit]]: In real life, one of Captain von Trapp's daughters was also named Maria; in the musical, she becomes a Louisa instead.
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: The Captain in regards to Liesl; subverted when her boyfriend ends up as a Nazi.
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* [[Playing Gertrude]]: Christopher Plummer was 35 at the time of filming (more than two decades younger than his character was in [[Real Life]] at the time the story is set), with his oldest daughter played by a 21-year-old actress (playing 16...going on 17).
* [[The Quisling]]: All the Austrians who are accepting Nazi rule are this, represented by Uncle Max and the Baroness. But the Captain refuses to budge, straining their relationship with him.
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]:
** The Captain was in the Austrian Navy. But wait, isn't Austria landlocked? It was in 1939 but ''not'' in 1914, when Austria owned Croatia and had a potent navy dominating the Adriatic Sea. The Captain was one of Austria-Hungary's most illustrious World War I heroes at sea. He commanded two submarines, the U-5 and U-14, and conducted 19 war patrols during which he sank 11 enemy merchantmen, captured a French armored cruiser and an Italian submarine, and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa.▼
** The whistles were real. RL Captain von Trapp had a weak voice. He did '''not''' however drill them as if they were in the navy. The family used the whistles to locate each other and communicate across their vast property. The whistles could be heard from one corner to the other, instead of spending hours hunting down a child. They used them as an effective method of communication up until their departure from the country.
▲** The Captain was one of Austria-Hungary's most illustrious World War I heroes at sea. He commanded two submarines, the U-5 and U-14, and conducted 19 war patrols during which he sank 11 enemy merchantmen, captured a French armored cruiser and an Italian submarine, and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa.
▲*** The Maria Theresa order, by the way, is a partial example of this trope. According to legend you get ''that'' medal by succeeding [[Military Maverick|in defiance of orders]]. That is amusing but only partly true. It is for "initiative" not disobedience. It dates back to when the good Empress thought her officers needed a lot of prodding and introduced the medal by her name.
* [[Recitation Handclasp]]: The children assume this posture during their recital at the festival.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The von Trapps escape their Nazi "escorts" by... walking out the door while singing "So Long, Farewell..."
* [[Revenge
* [[Rule of Cool]]: In [[Real Life]], they simply got on a train to Italy. The movie's method of escape gives [[Scenery Porn|prettier visuals]]. But fails logic since the way they are walking is toward Hitler's Mountain retreat, and a division of SS.
** Also, in the play, Rolf {{spoiler|calls a false alarm without any actual prompting, once he
* [[Sanctuary of Solitude]]: When Maria goes off to be alone and the song number "Climb Every Mountain" happens.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The mountains, especially the long shots of the family going over to Switzerland at the end and the introduction.
* [[Second Love]]: Maria, for the Captain - [[Truth in Television]].
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: The Nuns at the end of the film.
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: The main antagonists.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Tomboy Maria and Girly Girl Elsa. Tomboy Louisa and Girly Girl Liesl. Tomboy Brigitta and Girly Girl Marta. And Gretel is somewhere in the middle.
* [[Vehicular Sabotage]]: Two nuns reveal to their Mother that they have removed the distributor and coil (respectively) from the Nazis'
* [[Very Loosely Based
** It's a fact of local legend that after the stage musical was written, anytime it was performed within a couple hours' drive of Stowe, Vermont, Maria von Trapp ''would'' attend opening night.
** The depiction of Georg von Trapp as a stern disciplinarian annoyed his wife, as he was the exact opposite in real life--it was Maria who was the strict one.
***Even if he was such a martinet he would certainly not have raised them like enlisted men as that would have been undignified. He might have given them a harsh upbringing but it would have been one proper to aristocrats-because [[Captain Obvious|that was what they were.]]
** In the movie, Georg quickly decides to reject the offer of a Captaincy in the Kriegsmarine and leave Austria as soon as possible. He actually anguished over the decision for a while. Technology had made such big strides since [[
** Of all the exaggerations of their lives, Maria commented in her memoirs that the only thing they didn't go far enough on was her behavior at the convent. She always laughingly commented when asked if she was that bad "I was worse!"
**Austrians did not particularly dislike Nazis more than Germans. Of course there were Austrians who disliked Nazis as indeed there were Germans. And toward the end of the war a lot of people who had served Hitler's government claimed to be Austrian, [[Sarcasm Mode|for some reason.]] Nevertheless, Austria was not Poland.
* [[The Von Trope Family]]: The [[Trope Namer]], by way of an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]].
* [[Wants a Prize For Basic Decency]]: Lampshaded by Dettweiler when he congratulates Zeller on letting the music festival go on instead of shutting it down [[For the Evulz]].
* [[World War II]]: Austria's incorporation into the Third Reich is generally accepted by historians as the start of the countdown to the war in Europe.
* [[Wrong Name Outburst]]: In a heated argument, Captain von Trapp angrily calls Maria "captain" before correcting himself.
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