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List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters


The following is a list of characters in the Roald Dahl book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator", and the former's film adaptations, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971) and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005). Listings include actors that have played the characters in various media. In the novels and films, Willy Wonka is the eccentric owner of the world's largest candy factory, making candy and chocolate. Wonka holds a contest
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The Wonka Bar is both a fictional chocolate bar, introduced as a key story point in the 1964 novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl, and a consumer chocolate bar inspired by the fictional confection. Wonka Bars appear in both film adaptations of the novel, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971) and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005), and the play "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical" (2013) each with different packaging. Varieties of Wonka Bars
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Willy Wonka is a fictional character who appears in Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and its sequel "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator". The eccentric owner of the Wonka Chocolate Factory, he has been portrayed by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp in film. In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Wonka has hidden five Golden Tickets inside his chocolate bars. The finders are rewarded with a tour of his factory (with an adult of their choice) and a lifetime supply of
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Roald Dahl published a children's novel titled "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The novel centers on a poor boy named Charlie Bucket who takes a tour through the greatest chocolate factory in the world, owned by Willy Wonka. Two film adaptations of the novel were produced. The first was "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", a 1971 film which later became a cult classic, and spawned the real world Willy Wonka Candy Company, which produces chocolate products to this day. Thirty-four years later, a
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory


Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy family film directed by Mel Stuart and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the 1964 novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. Dahl was credited with writing the film's screenplay; however, David Seltzer, who went uncredited in the film, was brought in to re-work the screenplay against Dahl's wishes, making major changes to the ending and adding musical numbers. These changes and other decisions made by the
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and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. Wonka Bars appear in both film adaptations of the novel, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971) and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005). Wonka Bars were subsequently manufactured and sold in the real world, formerly by the Willy Wonka Candy Company, a division of Nestlé. The world's largest chocolate bar was produced as a stunt by Thorntons plc (UK) on 7 October 2011. It weighed and measured 4m by 4m by
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Fry and the Slurm Factory


Best Episodes of "Futurama". The episode, including its title, is a parody of "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", a movie adaptation of the novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. The characters whom the factory paid to pretend to be workers, the Grunka Lunkas, resemble the Oompa Loompas from the film version of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and the tour guide, Glurmo, also wears a Willy Wonka-like attire, and speaks in a Gene Wilder-
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Factory". "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka" is a musical that combines elements of both Roald Dahl's book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and of the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" with newly created material. The musical has several versions: the original version which premiered in 2004, the Junior version, the Kids version, and the Theatre for Young Audience version. All are owned by Music Theatre International, the company that owns the Willy Wonka license. The Estate of Roald Dahl sanctioned
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all of the adventures that are to come. The play opens with Willy Wonka introducing himself, revealing that he's looking for an heir to run his legendary chocolate factory ("The Candy Man"). Wonka disguises himself as the storeowner of a local candy shop, which quickly attracts the attention of the town's residents and candy- obsessed Charlie Bucket. Despite having no money to spend on sweets, Charlie frequents the shop regularly and befriends the owner, unaware that he is Willy Wonka. Charlie tells him about Wonka's
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Elevator, which goes high into the sky as Wonka reveals that the grand prize is really the entire factory and business, which Charlie will get when Wonka retires, and in the meantime Charlie and his whole family will move into the factory. Wonka reminds Charlie not to forget what happened to the man who got everything that he ever wanted: "He lived happily ever after." Willy Wonka (portrayed by Johnny Depp, Blair Dunlop as young Willy Wonka), the owner of a famous chocolate factory, has long closed
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other media, including games, radio, the screen, and stage, most often as plays or musicals for children – often titled "Willy Wonka" or "Willy Wonka, Jr." and almost always featuring musical numbers by all the main characters (Wonka, Charlie, Grandpa Joe, Violet, Veruca, etc.); many of the songs are revised versions from the 1971 film. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" has undergone numerous editions and been illustrated by numerous artists. The cover photo of the 50th anniversary
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but received mixed to negative reviews when compared with the original 1971 film. A direct-to-video animated crossover film adaptation starring Tom and Jerry, entitled "Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", was released in 2017. It stars JP Karliak as Willy Wonka and is dedicated to Gene Wilder, who died less than a year before the release. In October 2016 it was confirmed that Warner Bros are planning a prequel film depicting Willy Wonka's "early adventures" prior to the events depicted in
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Starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Deep Roy as the Oompa-Loompas, the film generally took a more faithful approach to the source material than the 1971 adaptation, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", although some liberties were taken, such as adding Wonka's issue with his father (played by Christopher Lee). "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film made over $207 million domestically. Filming proved difficult
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin, 11 months later. The book has been adapted into two major motion pictures: "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" in 1971, and "Charlie and the
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Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (musical)


Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka is a musical that combines elements of both Roald Dahl's book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and of the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" with newly created material. The musical has several versions: the original version which premiered in 2004, the Junior version, the Kids version, and the Theatre for Young Audiences version. All are owned by Music Theatre International, the company that owns the Willy Wonka license. After getting approval from the Dahl estate, Tim McDonald and
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in 1967. "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" is the sequel to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", continuing the story of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 1972, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1973. "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" is a 1971 musical film adaptation of the 1964 novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory


city, Wonka reveals that his actual prize is the factory; Wonka created the contest to find a worthy heir and Charlie and his family can immediately move in, including Tom and Jerry. The film was met with overwhelmingly negative reviews, with some critics questioning its existence. Ryan Scott of Movieweb described it as "just the latest in a long line of these uncalled for mashups." Beth Elderkin of Gizmodo wrote: ""Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is not just stupid, it's
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Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble is the eighth studio album by American rock group Primus. The album is a re-imagining of the soundtrack of the 1971 film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". The album was released on October 21, 2014. It is the first full-length album with Tim "Herb" Alexander since 1995's "Tales from the Punchbowl". Lead singer and bassist Les Claypool told "Rolling Stone" of his fascination with "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"
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items in Wonka's factory — bubblegum trees and lollypop flowers — also look cheap. Nothing in the factory is appealing." Jan Dawson of "The Monthly Film Bulletin" wrote that after a slow start the second half of the film was "an unqualified delight—one of those rare, genuinely imaginative children's entertainments at which no adult need be embarrassed to be seen". By the mid-1980s, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" had experienced a spike in popularity thanks in large part to repeated television broadcasts and
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at the factory, several comic interludes were also shot. Uncredited screenwriter Robert Kaufman wrote several short humorous scenes related to the Wonka Bar hysteria. Stuart lamented in his book "Pure Imagination: The Making of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", that his favorite scene was cut due to poor test screenings. In the scene, which took a lot of preparation and money to film, an English explorer climbs a holy mountain to ask a guru the meaning of life. The guru requests a Wonka Bar. Finding no golden
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career ("Willy Wonka! Willy Wonka!") and remarks that he would do anything to see inside the factory, giving Wonka an idea. Charlie returns to the decrepit shack he lives in ("The Candy Man Reprise"), which he shares with his mother and four bed-ridden grandparents: Grandpa George, Grandma Georgina, Grandpa Joe, and Grandma Josephine. Charlie and Grandpa Joe play a pretend game recalling how the latter became Wonka's security guard ("Charlie, You and I") before
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sold to Nestlé). Wolper persuaded the company, which had no previous experience in the film industry, to buy the rights to the book and finance the picture for the purpose of promoting a new Quaker Oats "Wonka Bar". David L. Wolper and Roald Dahl agreed that the film would be a children's musical, and that Dahl himself would write the screenplay. However, Wolper changed the title to "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". Screenwriter David Seltzer conceived a gimmick exclusively for the film that had Wonka
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poor boy who lives near the Wonka Candy Company. The company's owner, Willy Wonka, has for long closed access to his factory due to problems concerning industrial espionage that led him to fire all his employees, among them Charlie's Grandpa Joe. One day, Wonka announces a contest, in which Golden Tickets have been placed in five random Wonka Bars worldwide, and the winners will be given a full tour of the factory as well as a lifetime supply of chocolate, while one ticketholder will be given a special prize
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disappears with a group of children who go to Bill's Candy Shop. The shop owner gives the children free candy while Tom and Jerry continue their antics in the shop. Charlie Bucket, a poor paperboy, stops Tom from eating Jerry and befriends them by offering them a loaf of bread. While Charlie rushes home to his widowed mother and bedridden grandparents, Tom and Jerry steal a box of Wonka Bars from the shop. Grandpa Joe reveals to Charlie that Willy Wonka locked his famous chocolate factory because other candy makers, including
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, as his chaperone. The next day, Wonka greets the ticket winners and leads them inside where each signs a contract before the tour. The factory includes a candy land with a river of chocolate, edible mushrooms, gummy bears, candy canes, chocolate and more sweets. As the visitors sample these, they see Wonka's workers, small men known as Oompa-Loompas. Augustus falls into the chocolate river and is sucked up in a pipe to the Fudge Room. Afterwards, Wonka takes the remaining guests on a
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Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory


Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a 2017 American animated direct-to-video musical fantasy comedy film starring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment Co., It is the first "Tom and Jerry" direct-to-video film to be distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment internationally and is also the final "Tom and Jerry" direct-to-video film to be involved with Warner Bros. Animation's founder Hal Geer, who died
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mother and bedridden grandparents. Later that night, Charlie tells his Grandpa Joe about what the tinker said and Grandpa Joe reveals that Wonka locked the factory because other candy makers, including his rival Arthur Slugworth, sent in spies to steal his recipes. Wonka disappeared, but after three years resumed selling candy; the origin of Wonka's labor force is unknown. The next day, Wonka announces that he has hidden five "Golden Tickets" in chocolate Wonka Bars. Finders of the tickets will receive a factory tour and a lifetime
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Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory


on January 26, 2017. The film is an animated adaptation of the 1971 film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (which in turn is based on the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl) with the addition of Tom and Jerry as characters and seen through their point of view. The film was released via digital media on June 27, 2017, and released on home media on July 11, 2017. Tom and Jerry chase each other all over town while searching for food until Jerry
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Wonka Bar


film). The consumer product Wonka Bar was a chocolate bar inspired by the novel and the films "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The Quaker Oats Company, which financed the 1971 film with US$3 million, originally created a chocolate bar in time to publicize the 1971 film. In the documentary "Pure Imagination", producer David L. Wolper claims the bar was released to stores, but quickly recalled due to a production problem. Made by Nestlé and sold under their
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rival Arthur Slugworth, sent in spies to steal his recipes. Wonka disappeared, but for three years resumed selling candy; the origin of Wonka's labor force is unknown. Tom and Jerry arrive at Charlie's home with the box of Wonka Bars, but Charlie convinces the two that stealing is wrong and they should return the box. The next day, Wonka announces that he hid five "Golden Tickets" in Wonka Bars. Finders of the tickets will receive a factory tour and a lifetime supply of chocolate. Four of
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director led Dahl to disown the film. The film tells the story of an only child, Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), who receives a Golden Ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 30, 1971. With a budget of just $3 million, the film received generally positive reviews and earned $4 million by the end of its original run. The film became highly
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)


repeated television airings and home video sales. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is a 2005 film adaptation of the 1964 book of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film was directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. The storyline concerns Charlie, who takes a tour he has won, led by Wonka, through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world. Development for another
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Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory


home with the Golden Ticket and chooses Grandpa Joe as his chaperone. The next day, Tom and Jerry rush to the factory with the Golden Ticket that Grandpa Joe forgot. Once the children enter the factory, the movie plays in the same order of the source material with the occasional interjection of Tom and Jerry interacting with the factory. Once only Charlie and Grandpa Joe remain, Wonka dismisses them without the promised chocolate. A small Oompa-Loompa named Tuffy warns Charlie that Slugworth and Spike have stolen a Gobstopper and are on
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)


adaptation of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", filmed previously as "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", began in 1991, 20 years after the first film version, which resulted in Warner Bros. providing the Dahl Estate with total artistic control. Prior to Burton's involvement, directors such as Gary Ross, Rob Minkoff, Martin Scorsese and Tom Shadyac had been involved, while Warner Bros. either considered or discussed the role of Willy Wonka with Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith and
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under discussions for portraying Willy Wonka, but lost interest. Warner Bros. president Alan F. Horn wanted Tom Shadyac to direct Jim Carrey as Willy Wonka, believing the duo could make "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" relevant to mainstream audiences, but Roald Dahl's widow Liccy Dahl opposed this. After Tim Burton was hired as director in May 2003, Burton immediately thought of Johnny Depp for the role of Willy Wonka, who joined the following August for his fourth collaboration with the director. Burton and screenwriter John August worked together in
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Wonka Bar


were subsequently manufactured and sold in the real world, formerly by the Willy Wonka Candy Company, a division of Nestlé. These bars were discontinued in January 2010 due to poor sales. In Roald Dahl's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and its film adaptations, a Wonka Bar is a brand of chocolate made by Willy Wonka, and is said to be the "perfect candy bar". The wrappers of the 1971 version are brown with an orange and pink border with a top hat over the "W"
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a year before the release. An episode of "American Dad!" entitled "Jeff and the Dank Ass Weed Factory", released May 13, 2019, featured Snoop Dogg as the Willy-Wonka like owner of a marijuana factory who is looking to give it away to a lucky contestant, with Stan Smith and Jeff Fischer as finalists. The film was also parodied in the "Futurama" episode "Fry and the Slurm Factory" which first aired in 1999 and the "Family Guy" episode "Wasted Talent"
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Willy Wonka


back to Wonka's factory. Wonka then goes with Charlie and his family to the White House in the United States. Willy Wonka (portrayed by Gene Wilder) has hidden five Golden Tickets amongst his famous Wonka Bars. The finders of these special tickets will be given a full tour of his tightly guarded candy factory, as well as a lifetime supply of chocolate. During the tour, Wonka tempts each of the bad children to disobey his orders with something related to their individual character flaws. One by one, each child
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Chocolate Factory" (1971, as Mrs Curtis) and "The Woman Inside" (1981). Following the death of Diana Sowle who played Charlie Bucket's mother in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, She is now one of the eight surviving uncredited cast members along side with Tim Brooke-Taylor who played the Computer Operator, Shin Hamano who played the Japanese Candy Store Owner, three Oompa Loompas: Rusty Goffe, Malcom Dixon and Albert Wilkinson, Bob Roe who played Peter Goff and Mel Stuarts daughter Madeline Stuart who
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Nördlingen in Bavaria. Production designer Harper Goff centered the factory on the massive Chocolate Room. According to Paris Themmen, who played Mike Teevee, "The river was made of water with food coloring. At one point, they poured some cocoa powder into it to try to thicken it but it didn't really work. When asked [what the river was made of], Michael Böllner, who played Augustus Gloop, answers, 'It vas dirty, stinking vater. In addition to the main scenes set in town and
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)


land back outside the factory, Wonka is immediately ready to begin working but Charlie is concerned about what will happen to his family. Wonka explains that they have already been moved in to their own room in the factory, and invites Charlie in to begin their new life as candy-making partners. †Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, Music by Anthony Newley for the 1971 film, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". ††Replaced, as of 2016, by "Queen of Pop". (^National Tour replaces this with "
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an acting company. While standing in the parking lot, the cast had to pretend to shiver in 85-degree weather. Krasinski actually slapped Wilson at Wilson's request, which Krasinski considered "one of the craziest acting experiences I've ever had." Before deciding on singing to a melody from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", Ed Helms and Daniels shot 50 different versions. Another "Willy Wonka" reference includes Andy's mention of a chocolate factory and not wishing "to fall into any chocolate river". "
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film industry, bought the rights to the book and financed the picture for the purpose of promoting their new "Wonka Bar". The name of Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" however was renamed to "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" for promotion purposes. The new brand was produced by Chicago-based company Breaker Confections (a subsidiary of Quaker Oats), which in 1975 was acquired by Sunmark Corporation of Saint Louis, Missouri. The original Wonka Bars never saw store shelves due to factory production problems
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He uses a few students as examples for the class, including Charlie. Charlie, however, reveals that he only opened two Wonka bars during the search and so, to help make it easier for his class, he decides to pretend that Charlie opened 200. Mr. Turkentine is played by British actor David Battley. Prince Pondicherry is a prince who lives in India. He appears in the third chapter of the novel when Grandpa Joe is telling Charlie a story. In the story, Willy Wonka makes him a chocolate palace in
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is one of Charlie's four bed-ridden grandparents. He is usually stubborn, senile, and paranoid. He tells Charlie (and the reader) the story of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and the mystery of the secret workers. When Charlie finds the Golden Ticket, Grandpa Joe leaps out of bed in joy, even though he was too lazy to jump out of bed when the family was impoverished. He unfortunately accompanied Charlie on the factory tour. In the sequel book, Grandpa Joe accompanies Charlie, Willy Wonka,
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The Scarecrow (2013 film)


Cultivate a Better World". The computer-animated film features a cover version of "Pure Imagination" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) by Fiona Apple, a song originally performed by Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in the film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971), itself an adaptation of Roald Dahl's book, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (1964). According to the "Los Angeles Times", Apple's performance "scores scenes of dark devastation" and offers "stark contrast
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, were adaptations of novels by Ian Fleming. Dahl also began adapting his own novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", which was completed and rewritten by David Seltzer after Dahl failed to meet deadlines, and produced as the film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971). Dahl later disowned the film, saying he was "disappointed" because "he thought it placed too much emphasis on Willy Wonka and not enough on Charlie". He was also "infuriated" by the deviations in the plot devised
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% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes with the critical consensus stating ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" is strange yet comforting, full of narrative detours that don't always work but express the film's uniqueness". The three films Wilder appeared in following "The Producers" were box office failures: "Start the Revolution" and "Quackser" seemed to audiences poor copies of Mel Brooks films, while "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" was not a commercial success, although it later gained a cult
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the film with a Broadway theatre musical after release. The studio reiterated their interest in May 2003, however, the idea was postponed by the time filming began in June 2004. The main tie-in for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" focused on The Willy Wonka Candy Company, a division of Nestlé. A small range of Wonka Bars were launched, utilizing their prominence in the film. The release of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" also rekindled public interest in Roald Dahl's 1964 book, and appeared on
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that he was "a handful". Before its release, the film received advance publicity though TV commercials offering a "Willy Wonka candy factory kit" for sending $1.00 and two seals from boxes of Quaker cereals such as King Vitaman, Life and any of the Cap'n Crunch brands. "Willy Wonka" was released on June 30, 1971. The film was not a big success, being the 53rd highest-grossing film of the year in the U.S., earning just over $2.1 million on its opening weekend.
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and the Middle East. In mid-2015 the Willy Wonka brand name was dropped by Nestlé, in favour of special "throwback" packaging before eventually renaming the entire brand as "Nestlé Candy Shop". Candies previously made by the Willy Wonka brand are now under the Nestlé brand naming, excluding the Wonka brand name on the top left corner. The Willy Wonka Candy Company was first imagined in the pages of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The "Wonka" property was licensed to film director Mel Stuart
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played by Deep Roy and are virtually identical. They wear their tribal clothing during their time in Loompaland, and typical factory worker uniforms in Wonka's factory. Some of the female Oompa-Loompas, like Doris, work in the administration offices. In the reboot, Willy Wonka explained to them how they were hired to work in the factory. The Oompa Loompas' favorite color is green. The Vermicious Knids are a fictional species of amorphous aliens that invade the "Space Hotel USA" in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and
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because of the potential risk to his teeth, and that the young Wonka left home to become a chocolatier. Charlie Bucket is the third main character of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", its sequel "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator", and the film adaptations of these books. He is depicted as a kind-hearted and selfless boy who lives with his mother, father and his four grandparents. In 1971, he has a newspaper route after school. He and his family follow the progress of the
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and all of the members of Charlie's family in the Great Glass Elevator and assists in the rescue of the Space Hotel USA's Commuter Capsule from the Vermicious Knids. Grandpa Joe's age is given as "ninety-six and a half" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", making him the eldest of Charlie's grandparents, but in the musical, it is stated he is almost 90 and a half. The character was played by Jack Albertson in the 1971 film adaptation "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
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Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory


Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory: The Complete Story of Willy Wonka, the Golden Ticket, and Roald Dahl's Most Famous Creation is a 2014 non-fiction book by Lucy Mangan. It was released at the same time as the 50th anniversary edition of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and looks at the origin and history of that story. "Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory" has generally received good reviews. The San Diego Book Review wrote, "True fans who have grown up adoring the film, and have shared
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version of the musical, lyrics in Mike's song and some of Mike's mannerisms reference Donald Trump. In the book, Arthur Slugworth is one of Willy Wonka's rival chocolatiers. Slugworth, along with Wonka's other rivals Mr. Fickelgruber and Mr. Prodnose, sent in spies to steal the secret recipes to Wonka's treats, which he plagiarized, nearly ruining Wonka's factory. After Wonka re-opens his factory (operated exclusively by the Oompa-Loompas), Slugworth is never heard from again, but it is stated
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2005 film adaptation, the 1971 film adaptation "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" used the Everlasting Gobstopper as a plot device in which Wonka's business rival Slugworth attempts to bribe the children visiting the Wonka factory to steal one for him. This is later revealed as a lie; Slugworth is actually Mr. Wilkinson, one of Wonka's workers. The proposal is a test Wonka set up to judge the worthiness of the ticket holders to take over the factory, given to all five children. The actual Everlasting Gobstopper prop used
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United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In a small town, Charlie Bucket, a poor paperboy, watches a group of kids visit a candy shop. Walking home from finishing his paper route, he passes Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. A mysterious tinker recites the first lines of William Allingham's poem "The Fairies", and tells Charlie that "nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out". Charlie rushes home to his widowed
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scary tunnel" scene. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 91% approval rating and an average rating of 7.8/10 based on 46 reviews. The site's critical consensus states: "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is strange yet comforting, full of narrative detours that don't always work but express the film's uniqueness." Dahl disowned the film, the script of which was partially rewritten by David Seltzer after Dahl failed to meet deadlines. Dahl said he was "disappointed" because "he thought it placed too
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the US and eighth-highest worldwide for the year of 2005. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 82% based on 227 reviews, with an average rating of 7.17/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Closer to the source material than 1971's "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is for people who like their "Chocolate" visually appealing and dark." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100,
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)


Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, based on the 1964 British novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket, alongside David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi Pyle, James Fox, Deep Roy and Christopher Lee. The storyline follows Charlie as he wins a contest along with four other children and is led by Wonka on a tour of his chocolate factory.
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choice to play Willy Wonka. Peter Sellers even begged Dahl for the role. When Wilder was cast for the role, he accepted it on one condition: The reason why Wilder wanted this in the film was that "from that time on, no one will know if I'm lying or telling the truth". Jean Stapleton turned down the role of Mrs. Teevee. Jim Backus was considered for the role of Sam Beauregarde. Sammy Davis Jr. wanted to play Bill, the candy store owner, but Stuart did not like
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, Wonka declares Charlie as the winner; he reveals that "Slugworth" is actually his employee Mr. Wilkinson, and the offer to buy the Gobstopper was a morality test that only Charlie passed. The trio enter the "Wonkavator", a multi-directional glass elevator that flies out of the factory. Soaring over the city, Wonka reveals that his actual prize is the factory; Wonka created the contest to find an heir worthy enough, and so Charlie and his family can immediately move in. The idea for adapting the
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the Blood of Dracula" (1970). Also in 1970 he played Mr. Perkins, Melody's father in Waris Hussein's "Melody", a puppy love story. He played the father of spoiled rich girl Veruca Salt in the film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971), an adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". He guest-starred in "The Goodies'" episode "Rome Antics" as the Roman Emperor, and in the BBC's
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Wonka Donutz


Wonka Donutz were candies sold by Nestlé under their Willy Wonka Candy Company brand. They were donut-shaped pieces of chocolate covered in sprinkles, with a truffle-like inside. These were widely promoted ahead of the release of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2005. However, they were short-lived, and discontinued, due to low sales. The two standard versions were a double chocolate filling (the most common version) and a double fudge filling. A special edition strawberry filling was released for Halloween in 2005.
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their way out of the factory. Following a fight in the Wonkavision Room, Charlie stops Slugworth. After this, Charlie and Grandpa Joe confront Wonka on the end of the tour. Wonka coldly explains that they violated the contract by stealing Fizzy Lifting Drinks and allowing Tom and Jerry into the factory and therefore will receive nothing. Infuriated at this, Grandpa Joe attempts to protest but Wonka angrily demands them all to leave at once. Grandpa Joe then suggests to Charlie that he should give Slugworth the Gobstopper, but Charlie returns the
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Marilyn Manson


his performance as Willy Wonka in the film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Manson himself expressed interest in playing the role of Willy Wonka in the film. He had been working on his directorial debut, "", a project that has been in development hell since 2004, with Manson also set to portray the role of Lewis Carroll, author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Initially announced as a web-only release, it was later decided to give the estimated $4.2 million budget film a conventional
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his mother comes home, giving Charlie an old notebook for homework. Charlie daydreams and scribbles a letter to Willy Wonka, suggesting new candies he should consider inventing, before folding it into a paper airplane and tossing it out the window into the night ("A Letter From Charlie Bucket"). The next day before he goes to school, he finds out that Wonka has hidden five Golden Tickets inside five Wonka Bars and that the people who find the tickets will win a tour of the factory and a lifetime supply of
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chocolate. The children are unaware, though, that the tour is also a competition to test their moral character. As the tour proceeds, four of the children are eliminated, leaving Charlie Bucket the winner. At this point Wonka reveals that the real prize is the factory, as Wonka needs someone to take it over and look after the Oompa-Loompas who work there. Wonka goes aboard the Great Glass Elevator with Charlie and his family and links up with the Space Hotel USA. The Space Hotel tracks the Elevator down
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Leonard Stone


York. Based on the Thomas Wolfe novel, it won a Pulitzer Prize. One of Stone's most notable film roles came in 1971, when he played Sam Beauregarde, the father of Golden Ticket winner Violet Beauregarde, in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". He was the last surviving adult character who toured the factory in the movie; however, Diana Sowle, who played Mrs. Bucket, lived until October 2018. In 1973’s "Soylent Green" he played Charles, the manager of the building where the
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Denise Nickerson


office receptionist. Nickerson was a longtime attendee at fan conventions for both "Willy Wonka" and "Dark Shadows". In 2001, Nickerson was herself in the documentary "Pure Imagination: The Story of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" directed by J.M. Kenny. In the documentary, producer David L. Wolper convinced Breaker Confections (a subsidiary of the Quaker Oats Company at the time; then changed to The Willy Wonka Candy Company and bought by Nestlé, now known as Nestlé Candy Shop) to make a new candy bar
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Everlasting Gobstopper


in the Gene Wilder movie was sold for $100,000 to the owners of TV show "Pawn Stars". A product called Everlasting Gobstopper was introduced in 1976 by the Chicago candy company Breaker Confections. It had licensed the "Willy Wonka" name in 1971 so that their candy could be used as merchandising tie-ins for "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" film, which was released the same year. The Willy Wonka Candy Company brand was later bought by Nestlé and production has been moved to Itasca, Illinois.
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the tickets are found by Augustus Gloop, a gluttonous boy; Veruca Salt, a spoiled girl; Violet Beauregarde, a gum-chewing girl; and Mike Teavee, a television-obsessed boy. As each winner is announced on television, a man whispers to them. Charlie opens one Wonka Bar, but finds no Golden Ticket and loses hope. The newspapers announce the fifth ticket was found by a millionaire in Paraguay named Alberto Minoleta (who is played by Droopy). Tom and Jerry earn a dollar coin by recycling
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Video Days


Richter's name is then displayed while the accompanying song ("My War" by Black Flag) starts playing. Jordan then proceeds to skate primarily half-pipes and vert-based skateparks (with some footage of him skating in car parks). His part ends abruptly after he performs a no handed air and the song ends. Mark Gonzales' name is then displayed; then footage of the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is shown with Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) saying "We are the music makers
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)


Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a media franchise. It includes two books, two live-action theatrical films, two video games, and a ride. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin
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Man"), and the ending dialogue for the film. In 1996, Dahl's second wife, Felicity, commented on her husband's objections towards the film saying "they always want to change a book's storyline. What makes Hollywood think children want the endings changed for a film, when they accept it in a book?" In 2017, an animated adaptation of the film with Tom and Jerry was released. "" stars JP Karliak as Willy Wonka and is dedicated to Gene Wilder, who died less than
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the idea because he felt that the presence of a big star in the candy store scene would break the reality. Anthony Newley also wanted to play Bill, but Stuart also objected to this for the same reason. Principal photography commenced on August 31, 1970, and ended on November 19, 1970. The primary shooting location was Munich, Bavaria, West Germany, because it was significantly cheaper than filming in the United States and the setting was conducive to Wonka's factory; Stuart also liked the ambiguity and unfamiliarity of the
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were "especially rousing or memorable". Howard Thompson of "The New York Times" panned it as "tedious and stagy with little sparkle and precious little humor". Gene Siskel gave the film two stars out of four, writing, "Anticipation of what Wonka's factory is like is so well developed that its eventual appearance is a terrible letdown. Sure enough there is a chocolate river, but it looks too much like the Chicago River to be appealing. The quality of the color photography is flat. The other
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milk bottles, but lose it in a gutter after fighting over it. Charlie finds the coin and uses it to buy a Wonka Bar for Grandpa Joe. The television news reveals that Droopy has been arrested for forging his ticket; when Charlie opens the Wonka Bar, he finds the fifth Golden Ticket. While rushing home, he is confronted by the same man seen whispering to the other winners, who introduces himself as Slugworth and offers to pay for a sample of Wonka's latest creation, the Everlasting Gobstopper. Charlie returns
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book into a film came about when director Mel Stuart's ten-year-old daughter read the book and asked her father to make a film out of it, with "Uncle Dave" (producer David L. Wolper who was not related to the Stuarts) producing it. Stuart showed the book to Wolper, who happened to be in the midst of talks with the Quaker Oats Company regarding a vehicle to introduce a new candy bar from its Chicago-based Breaker Confections subsidiary (since renamed the Willy Wonka Candy Company and
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List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters


to find it as an intellectual exercise. In the book, both of Mike's parents tour the factory with him. During a display of miniaturization technology, used to transport chocolate, Mike shrinks himself to a tiny size, Willy Wonka has an Oompa-Loompa take the Teavee family to the Gum-Stretcher Room to get Mike stretched back to normal. Mike is last seen exiting the factory, now tall because the Oompa-Loompas had overstretched him. In the 1971 film, Mike is played by Paris Themmen and his
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)


" by Roald Dahl. It was directed by Mel Stuart, and starred Gene Wilder as Wonka. The film tells the story of Charlie Bucket as he receives a golden ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released on June 30, 1971. It received positive reviews, but it was a box office disappointment despite the fact that it recouped its budget. However, it developed into a cult film due to its
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Destination Failure


cover version of "Pure Imagination", a song from the musical film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". Jack Rabid of Allmusic gave "Destination Failure" three stars out of five, saying that the band "humbly offer[s] a singular style that is actually power pop in the early-'70s and early-'80s tradition — from the young Todd Rundgren to the Fabulous Poodles [...] With a singer in Josh Caterer who can make the most melancholic, fretting passage seem like a whistling, carefree, Willy Wonka-kissed day
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Wonka Vision


Wonka Vision was an American music magazine. While Justin Luczejko was attending high school, he started "Wonka Vision" with two friends in 1998; a twenty-page zine that they copied at an OfficeMax store. "Philadelphia City Paper" describes "Wonka Vision" as an "ambitious music and pop culture zine started as a creative outlet for a kid stranded in suburbia." The name comes from the 1971 film, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". In 2001 "Wonka Vision" also became a record
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the Golden Eggs Room, Veruca demands a golden goose for herself before falling into a garbage chute which leads to the furnace, with her father falling in trying to rescue her. After a messy cart ride, the rest of the group tests out Wonka's Wonkavision, used to teleport chocolate bars and Mike also teleports himself, becoming only a few inches tall. As the tour ends, Charlie, the only visitor left, asks about the fate of the other four kids, and Wonka assures him that that they will be
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restored to normal, and retreats to his office, without awarding them the promised lifetime supply of chocolate. Grandpa Joe and Charlie enter his office to ask about this, and Wonka furiously informs them that by stealing the Fizzy Lifting Drinks, they violated the contract Charlie signed, thereby forfeiting their prize, and he dismisses them. Infuriated, Grandpa Joe suggests to Charlie that he should give Slugworth the Gobstopper in revenge, but Charlie can't bring himself to do it, and returns the candy to Wonka. With this selfless act
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in the only bedroom. Charlie and his parents sleep on mattresses on the floor. One day, Grandpa Joe tells him about the legendary and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka and all the wonderful candies he made until the other candymakers sent in spies to steal his secret recipes, which led him to close the factory to outsiders. The next day, the newspaper announces that Wonka is reopening the factory and has invited five children to come on a tour, after they find a Golden Ticket in a Wonka Bar. Each ticket find is
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Diana Sowle


Diana is best known for playing Mrs. Bucket, Charlie's Bucket's mother, in the 1971 film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and her performance of "Cheer Up Charlie" in that film, although her voice in the song was dubbed by Diana Lee. Sowle joined the cast in Germany, where it was filmed. Apart from "Chocolate Factory", her only other screen roles were cameos in "Clear and Present Danger" and "Guarding Tess", both in 1994. Sowle also gave voice to
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Sweets and Sour Marge


pane and a mother and child riding a combined jet ski-stroller), the Miami Vice Theme is played. Before he agrees to hand the sugar cargo to Motherloving, Homer demands that he gets to see an Oompa Loompa, a character from the 1964 children's book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The Oompa Loompa's design is based on the version used in the 1971 film adaptation "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", which Kirkland watched in order to "get [the design] right."
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Charlie find money to buy a Wonka Bar to win a Golden Ticket. This is done at the beginning of the game while giving a tutorial of what controls will be needed during future stages. The main part of the game takes place in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory where the Oompa Loompas help the player through each level. By giving them commands Charlie finishes each challenge and progresses through the game. Each Oompa Loompa specialises in different tasks, such as harvesting, welding, and electrical work. Candy is scattered throughout the levels
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The Scarecrow (2013 film)


The Scarecrow is a 2013 animated short film and advertisement by the American restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill. The film features Fiona Apple singing a cover version of "Pure Imagination", originally performed by Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in the 1971 film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". In a dystopian world named the City of Plenty, the main character, Scarecrow, starts work at the "smoke-spewing" Crow Foods Factory. He sees a tube extracting a substance labeled "100% Beef-ish",
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that Fickelgruber would give each of his front teeth to enter Wonka's inventing room (laboratory/chocolate room in the book) for three minutes. In the 1971 movie, Willy Wonka states that Slugworth would give his false teeth to get in for just five minutes. Slugworth has a much larger role as an enigmatic villain in the 1971 film. Inside Bill's Candy Shop, Wonka's products and signs are the most visible; but Slugworth's Sizzlers are also prominent, and one is even sold to a child. Also
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the Wonka Bar and finds the fifth golden ticket, quickly catching the attention of everyone around him, before his paper route boss rescues him and sends him home. While rushing home, he encounters the same man seen whispering to the other winners, who introduces himself as Slugworth and offers a reward for a sample of Wonka's latest creation, the Everlasting Gobstopper. Returning home with the Golden Ticket, Charlie chooses Grandpa Joe, who, in his excitement, manages to rise out of bed for the first time in 20 years
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List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters


India, that melts in the hot weather, as he had rejected Willy Wonka's advice to eat it before it melted in the heat. His name derives from the city of Pondicherry (officially spelled Puducherry since 2006) in southeastern India. He is absent from the 1971 film version, but makes a brief appearance in Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", where he is played by Nitin Ganatra. His story here matches that in the book, except in depicting his wife (Shelley Conn) and stating
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wear nothing. In the 1971 film, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", they were written to be played by actors with dwarfism and are portrayed as orange-skinned, green-haired men in striped shirts and baggy lederhosen-like pants. Prominent portrayers included Angelo Muscat, Rusty Goffe, George Claydon, Rudy Borgstaller, Jo Kilkenny, Andy Wilday, Malcom Dixon, Ismed Hassan, Norman Mcglen, Pepe Poupee, Marcus Powell, and Albert Wilkinson. In the 2005 film, the Oompa-Loompas are all
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his products. When Mr. Teavee tries to reason with Mike, the boy insults Wonka. After the incident in the Television Chocolate Room, Willy Wonka has an Oompa-Loompa take Mr. Teavee and Mike to the Taffy-Puller Room to have Mike stretched back to normal. When Mike and his father are later seen leaving the factory, Mike is tall, as well as incredibly thin and flat. In the 2013 Sam Mendes London musical, Mike Teavee (now age 10) lives in a suburban neighborhood with his disinterested father
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access to his factory due to problems concerning industrial espionage that ultimately led him to fire all his employees, among them Charlie's Grandpa Joe. One day, Wonka informs the world of a contest, in which five Golden Tickets have been placed in five random Wonka Bars worldwide, and the winners will be given a full tour of the factory as well as a lifetime supply of chocolate, while one ticket holder will be given a special prize at the end of the tour. After all five of the tickets are found,
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candy to Wonka. Because of this, Wonka declares Charlie the winner. He reveals that Slugworth is really "Mr. Wilkinson", an employee of his, and the offer to buy the Gobstopper was a morality test which only Charlie passed. The trio and Tuffy enter the "Wonkavator", a multi-directional glass elevator that flies out of the factory. Tom and Jerry shrink Wilkinson and Spike for the troubles they put them through the film and use Fizzy Lifting Drinks to catch up with the others. Soaring over the
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)


1985 and another in 2005. The games are based on the book of the same name. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride is a dark ride located in the Cloud Cuckoo Land area of Alton Towers theme park, Staffordshire, England. It is based upon the famous Roald Dahl book of the same name, and takes its thematic inspiration from the illustrations of Quentin Blake. The ride is split into two segments, the first being a boat ride along the chocolate river inside Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Passengers encounter
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guy". The element of an estranged father-son relationship had previously appeared in "Big Fish", similarly directed by Burton and written by August. Warner Bros. and the director held differences over the characterizations of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka. The studio wanted to entirely delete Mr. Bucket and make Willy Wonka the idyllic father figure Charlie had longed for his entire life. Burton believed that Wonka would not be a good father, finding the character similar to a recluse. Burton said, "In some ways, he's
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