Once a motorsports champion that was destroyed by fire, the car is rescued from the junkyard by eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke), at the urging of his children. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was able to travel on land, sea and air Credit: Alamy. Readjusting to life, Potts and Truly make their way on a new adventure of their own. Caractacus's film character was written as a widower who develops a romantic relationship with Truly Scrumptious, the daughter of the sweets magnate, Lord Scrumptious. Caractacus Potts was a man of many talents— and many contraptions that would put the wackiest Rube Goldberg machines to shame. I'm sorry about the children. [Truly looks at the children around them and Caractacus stands up] Caractacus Pott: [confident] You know what we're gonna do?We're gonna get up into that castle! Luckily his wife, Truly, helps him realize that growing old is not so bad, if you have someone to share it with. What starts out as a family day trip to London to invite Caracticus' twin brother, Bert, to his wedding turns out to be an unexpected adventure when the Potts and Banks kids are kidnapped. Truly is promised to another man, a man she does not love. Truly Scrumptious: Yes, I understand. The family joins forces with Truly Scrumptious and batty Grandpa Potts to outwit the dastardly Baron and Baroness and their villainous henchman, the Child Catcher. The pair become attached to a car in an garage, which is due to be scrapped, and they beg their father to buy it. When his young children meet Truly Scrumptious, who is the daughter of a sweet manufacturer, she practically becomes part of the family and joins them on adventures. An intelligent, educated, opinionated woman, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. Caractacus Potts- An absent-minded and eccentric but heroic, jolly, wise, and loyal man. Caractacus Potts - Kronk (The Emperor's New Groove) Truly Scrumptious - Belle (Beauty and the Beast; 1991) Jeremy Potts - Timmy Turner (The Fairly OddParents) Jemima Potts - Kai-Lan (Ni Hao, Kai-Lan) The Broadway production closed on December 31, 2005, after 34 previews and 285 … A 'What If' scenario: AU where the storytelling part was actually real. Caractacus Potts: Truly! 12. Caractacus Potts: Why, that silly joke about us getting married. In the original 1964 book, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car, Pott is a Royal Navy Commander and eccentric inventor who lives with his wife Mimsie and their twin eight-year-old children, Jeremy and Jemima, on their hilltop farm. For the 2012 Australian production the role was played by David Hobson. I thoughtt to completley ignore the canon and write more of a love story for Truly and Caractacus, a love story for just amazingly wonderful characters. Truly Scrumptious is a fictional character in the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang film and stage production based on the children's novel of the same name by author Ian Fleming. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. She forms a … The filmmakers, including screenwriter Roald Dahl, altered a good deal of the book's details when crafting the 1968 film musical version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, in which Caractacus is portrayed by Dick Van Dyke. Potts was a quirky but loving family man who encouraged his children’s sense of wonder. Potts fixes her motorcycle, but Truly criticizes him for not putting Jeremy and Jemima in school and insults his candy-making skills. , turning her into something useful truthfully, their romance had not transpired in any conventional manner if thought... Their own was learning the trivia of the story makes several changes to his character was enough... 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