Mary Poppins
Oh, just try to tell me that a magical nanny who floats down out of the sky and can take your children on trippy walks through London isn’t a witch.
Don’t believe me? Fine. Let’s walk through the case and see if you don’t agree by the end of it all.
Firstly, Mary Poppins may not have a magical broom, but she does fly around with the help of a magical umbrella. Think of the later film appearance of Hagrid in the Harry Potter series and his maybe, kind-of, sort-of magical umbrella. It’s not an entirely unheard-of concept. Plus, her umbrella stick is capped off with a magical talking parrot head, which — honestly, come on. That’s nothing more than straight-up witchcraft and wizardry.
Also, consider the appearance of Mary Poppins. Before she appears, it looks as if the Banks children will have to pick from one of the four sour-faced old nannies lined up in front of their home. That is, they’re waiting perfectly nicely until a mysterious wind comes by and blows them all away (where, exactly, they go is never fully explained). Then, the younger Mary Poppins just conveniently floats down out of the sky.
Of course, we can’t forget the sequence where nanny/probable witch Mary Poppins transports her young charges and Bert the chimney sweep into a street painting. It’s charming as heck, but definitely not of the mundane world.
Oh, and all of those charming songs? Magical incantations, I tell you. At any rate, it’s a pretty well-established way of casting spells, both in fiction and in numerous real-life magical traditions. The whole “A Spoonful of Sugar” sequence involves objects magically flying across the room, apparently under the control of Poppins.
Yeah, Mary Poppins is ultimately benevolent and loving, but let’s be sure not to get on her or her umbrella’s bad side.