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** 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 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.
** 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.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Captain Von Trapp.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Captain Von Trapp.
* [[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.
* [[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.
** Alternatively this could be [[Warrior Prince]].
** Alternatively this could be [[Warrior Prince]].
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* [[Recitation Handclasp]]: The children assume this posture during their recital at the festival.
* [[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..."
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The von Trapps escape their Nazi "escorts" by... walking out the door while singing "So Long, Farewell..."
* [[Revenge By Proxy]]: Sort of. In [[Real Life]], one of the von Trapp children served as a soldier in the US Tenth Mountain Division, fighting [[Those Wacky Nazis]].
* [[Revenge by Proxy]]: Sort of. In [[Real Life]], one of the von Trapp children served as a soldier in the US Tenth Mountain Division, fighting [[Those Wacky Nazis]].
** Actually, that's more like [[You Killed My Father]] except it's "you exiled my father."
** Actually, that's more like [[You Killed My Father]] except it's "you exiled my father."
* [[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.
* [[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.
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