Dolphins (Mary Poppins)

The Dolphins are characters featured in the 2018 Disney live-action film Mary Poppins Returns. They are a group of live dolphins that appear during the "Can You Imagine That?" musical number.
==Background==
These dolphins appear during the "Can You Imagine That?" sequence where Mary Poppins transformed the ordinary bathtub the Banks children use into a magical bathtub, implying that she used magic to bring the dolphins to life. According to the deluxe novelization of Mary Poppins Returns, it is said that Mary Poppins is the one who signals the dolphins throughout the sequence, implying that the dolphins are affiliated with her.Mary Poppins Returns Deluxe Novelization - Chapter 9 (Page 34)
==Role in the film==
When Mary Poppins is discussing with John, Georgie, and Annabel about the importance of taking a bath, Mary transforms the ordinary bathtub into a magical bathtub where a dolphin suddenly emerged from the tub. As it appeared, Mary tells it, "Not yet" just as it crouches down under the bubbles, much to the Banks children's reaction upon seeing a real dolphin in their bathtub. Throughout the musical number, John, Georgie, Annabel, and Mary Poppins dive into the bathtub where they find themselves in a magical ocean; just as they explore the ocean within the bahttub, a pod of dolphins approaches the Banks children just as they swim around them, creating a whirlpool of bubbles surrounding the three, causing John, Georgie, and Annabel to be surrounded by bubbles where they float up the surface followed by Mary Poppins popping each bubble where the Banks children so they can land on the bathtub safely. They then appear again when John, Annabel, and Georgie ride on the bathtub with Mary sailing on it while having fun just as the dolphins start leaping out of the ocean together happily while Mary opens the drain plug sending the Banks children back to the real world. Later, John, Annabel, and Georgie share their experience with their parents about their adventures exploring an ocean under the bathtub. They make no further appearances after that.
==Trivia==
*Unlike in the 1964 original film which used Audio-Animatronics for the family of robins, the dolphins used in the film were created through CGI technology to add in realistic features for the dolphins rather than being created through the use of animatronic dolphins.
*In the Deluxe Novelization adaptation of Mary Poppins Returns, it is said that during the part where John and Annabel see the first dolphin that emerges from the bathtub, the novelization explicitly mentions that the dolphin was not a bath toy dolphin but rather a real, live dolphin.
**Additionally, the novelization erroneously describes the group of dolphins during the part where John, Annabel, and Georgie dive underwater at the bathtub as a school of dolphins; in real-life, dolphin groups are called pods.
==References==
Category:Mary Poppins characters
Category:Dolphins
Category:Disney characters
Category:Live-action characters
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Category:Silent characters
Category:Adults