Truly Scrumptious the children leave, she watches them and sings about her love for Caractacus ("Lovely Lonely Man") before returning to her family mansion. The next day Truly and the Potts family encounter some unexpected and comical attempts to take their car, before being overtaken by the airship belonging to Baron Bomburst, the ruler of Vulgaria. The Baron wants Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for his own, and kidnapped Caractacus' father under the mistaken impression that he is the one who created the unusual car. The airship is returning to Vulgaria with Grandpa Potts, where the Baron plans to hold him hostage until
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