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Mary Poppins Scene 13 Summary

Sacked

  • Mr. Banks arrives home and is horrified. Bert whistles, and all the chimney sweeps troop out the door.
  • George is angry, and demands that Mary Poppins explain what just happened. She cheerfully says she never explains anything and walks upstairs with the kids.
  • George gets a phone call from the bank, and its Dawes Jr. and Sr. They tell him they want to see him this very night. It sounds like they want to fire him.
  • He complains, and sadly sings, telling Bert about how he's been defeated and ruined. He blames Mary Poppins for this catastrophe.
  • Bert humors him, and sings ironically about how George has more important things to do than spend time with his kids. George starts to look pretty guilty.
  • The kids come downstairs and apologize to their father. Michael gives him the tuppence that caused the squabble at the bank.
  • It looks likes George is realizing the error of his ways. He feels bad.
  • George heads down to the bank to meet his fate.
  • Predictably, he gets fired. The bank board blames him for the run on the bank that happened earlier in the day. Dawes Jr. even punches a hole in the top of Banks' hat.
  • When Dawes Sr. asks him if he has anything to say, Banks, looking at the tuppence, says, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!"
  • Banks realizes he feels great, and tells them one of Uncle Albert's jokes, which he heard from the kids. He's eager to go out in the world and have fun.
  • After he leaves, Dawes Sr. gets the joke Banks told and starts laughing. It makes him float up into the air.