Sally Ann Howes: Truly Scrumptious

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Truly Scrumptious

Jeremy: I'm so glad you came. It's much more fun with two grown-ups.
[laughs]
Jemima: Truly Scrumptious. You know, even if we didn't know your name, we could have guessed it.
Truly Scrumptious: Oh?
Jemima: You had to be called something lovely.
Jeremy: Like Yum-Yum!
Jemima: Or Angel Cake!
Jeremy: Or Toot Sweets!
Jemima: Yeah, Toot Sweets!
Truly Scrumptious: [laughs] Or Toot Sweets! Oh, no!

Caracticus Potts: Truly! Heh, I'm sorry about the children. I hope they didn't embarrass you.
Truly Scrumptious: In what way?
Caracticus Potts: Why, that silly joke about us getting married. Well, you know what kids are like.
Truly Scrumptious: Oh, yes. I understand.
Caracticus Potts: I mean, I don't think they realize how ridiculous that would be.
Truly Scrumptious: Ridiculous?
Caracticus Potts: Well, yes. I mean, you live in that big house and... your father and the factory and all. It's... it's a different world, Truly.
Truly Scrumptious: You know, if I said something like that, you'd... you'd call me a snob.
Caracticus Potts: Well, look, I-I didn't mean...
Truly Scrumptious: Goodbye!

Caracticus Potts: What are they staring at?
Truly Scrumptious: I don't know. It seems to be the children.
Caracticus Potts: Well, what's the matter with them? Haven't they seen children before?
Truly Scrumptious: Haven't you noticed? There AREN'T any children. Not one.

Truly Scrumptious: What's your name?
Jemima: I'm Jemima.
Jeremy: And I'm Jeremy.
Jemima: What's yours?
Truly Scrumptious: Truly.
Jemima: That's a very pretty name.
Truly Scrumptious: Now, where is your house?
Jeremy: Oh, we don't live in a house.
Jemima: We live in the castle on top of the hill.
Truly Scrumptious: [laughs] A castle? I didn't know there were any castles around here.
Jemima: Well, it isn't a castle exactly.
Jeremy: That's what Daddy calls it. He says King Alfred used to live there hundreds of years ago.
Truly Scrumptious: And does your Daddy know you aren't in school?
Jemima: Oh, he won't mind. He never does.
Jeremy: Anyway, he's awful busy.
Truly Scrumptious: Is he? Well, he'll have to find time to see me because I have a few things to say to him.

Truly Scrumptious: [referring to helping the children] It's a beautiful dream Caractacus, but... I don't see how it's gonna help them.
[Truly looks at the children around them and Caractacus stands up]
Caracticus Potts: [confident] Do you know what we're gonna do? We're gonna get up into that castle!
Toymaker: [incredulous] It is impossible!
Caracticus Potts: [confident] Well, we'll see.
[Caractacus runs up to a large water channel and looks at the children watching]
Caracticus Potts: [loud and clear] Now, everybody listen to me! You wanna get out of here, don't you?
[the children cheer and Caractacus moves behind the water channel]
Caracticus Potts: [loud and clear] Tomorrow is Baron Bomburst's birthday, yes?
[the children boo with their thumbs down]
Caracticus Potts: [proud and confident] Well, we're gonna give him a birthday party he'll never forget!
[the children cheer and gather around as Caractacus makes the plan]

Truly Scrumptious: So dreams can come true.
Caracticus Potts: Yes, they can. Yes, they can. But you have to be practical, too.
Truly Scrumptious: What?
Caracticus Potts: You have to face the facts. A man has to see things as they really are. After all, a man with responsibilities can't walk around with his head in the clouds all the time. A man should keep his feet solidly on the ground. Oh, a man should have his dreams, but a man has to learn to put those dreams to some practical use; not just sit around and think about them all the time.

Caracticus Potts: And so, after that, Vulgaria became a free country, and all the children laughed and played in the sunshine, and they were very, very happy. And Chitty flew high over the mountains back to England, everybody safe and sound, and...
Jemima: And Daddy and Truly were married.
Jeremy: And lived happily ever after.
Jemima: Yes!
Truly Scrumptious: Is that how this story ends?
Caracticus Potts: [pauses] It's getting late. We better get back.
[Caractacus gets out to restart the car]

Truly Scrumptious: Don't you know where we're going?
Caracticus Potts: No, I don't but... Chitty does. I think we're in pretty good hands.

Jemima: Tell us a story about pirates, daddy.
Caracticus Potts: A story about pirates, huh? Let me see...
Jeremy: [looking through his paper telescope] A boat! I can see a boat!
Caracticus Potts: [getting an idea] A boat? Did you say a boat? That isn't just any old boat out there.
Jemima, Jeremy: No?
Caracticus Potts: [Germanic accent] No - zat is ze pirate yacht of ze notorious Baron Bomburst!
Jemima, Jeremy: Baron Bomburst?
Caracticus Potts: You have never heard of Baron Bomburst? Ruler of Vulgaria? Ze most evil man in ze vorld!
Jemima, Jeremy: Oh!
Caracticus Potts: Ja! Und he has sailed all ze vay to England... because he has heard tell of a fantastic motorcar, built by zat brilliant inventor, Caractacus Potts!
Truly Scrumptious, Caracticus Potts, Jemima, Jeremy: Hooray!
Caracticus Potts: Yes hooray! Und, he has come to steal ze car, und take it back to Vulgaria with him...
[the story begins]

Caracticus Potts: [singing] It's uncategorical, A fuel-burning oracle, A phantasmagorical machine
Truly Scrumptious: It's more than spectacular, To use the vernacular
Caracticus Potts: It's wizard
Truly Scrumptious: it's smashing!
Truly Scrumptious, Caracticus Potts: It's keen...

Caracticus Potts: You know something else? The kids were right. There's nothing so ridiculous about the idea of getting married.
Truly Scrumptious: Well, whoever said there was?

Truly Scrumptious: What's this gadget?
Caracticus Potts: Well, that's not quite right yet; but, eventually I hope to transmit moving pictures by wireless.
Truly Scrumptious: Oh really?
Caracticus Potts: Yes, really!

Caracticus Potts: If you would be so good as to take yourself off in that fancy automobile of yours and go do good somewhere else.
Truly Scrumptious: Well, I've never been...
Caracticus Potts: Spoken that way before? Well, maybe it's about time!