History Literature / CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator

* FrictionlessReentry: While the book is full of ArtistLicense in regards to physics, this Trope is nearly inverted completely, because reentry does cause friction here. The mistake made, however, is that Wonka claims it is the reason that the Knids cannot invade Earth (saying they would burn up in the atmosphere if they tried) but they were able to invade Mars and Venus without this problem. If anything, Venus would be an even bigger problem for this reason, and they wouldn't be able to invade Mars either.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The President of the United States was RichardNixon at the time of this book's writing, but here he is called "Lancelot Gilligrass."

You'll probably be unsurprised to hear that this book was/is a lot less popular than the original ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. It has never had a film adaptation, since Dahl hated ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' enough to refuse all rights to make this book into a film. The 2005 Creator/TimBurton adaptation has complete closure, negating the circumstances of this book. However, Richard George adapted it into a play, and there's been two unabridged audiobook versions, read by [[Creator/MontyPython Eric Idle]] (2004) and Douglas Hodge (2013), respectively.

A sequel to ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' by Creator/RoaldDahl, beginning directly where the previous story left off. The previous book has ended with Charlie, having just inherited ownership of Wonka's factory, crashing through the roof of his home to pick up his family in a huge glass elevator (it can go in any direction, not just up and down). Having spent the past 20 years in bed, Charlie's grandparents (except for Grandpa Joe, who was already out) refused to get out of bed, so Wonka, Charlie, and Joe just pushed the bed into the Elevator.

This book opens with Wonka flying the Elevator really high, with the intention that they will then shoot straight down through the roof of the chocolate factory. However, Grandma Josephine accidentally causes them to fly into space, where they end up in orbit around the Earth.

You'll probably be unsurprised to hear that this book was a lot less popular than the original ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. It was never made into a film adaptation, since Dahl hated ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' enough to refuse all rights to make this book into a film. In addition, the 2005 Creator/TimBurton adaptation has complete closure, negating the circumstances of this book. However, Richard George adapted it into a play, and there's been two unabridged audiobook versions, read by [[Creator/MontyPython Eric Idle]] (2004) and Douglas Hodge (2013), respectively.

Dahl was working on a third book, ''Charlie in the White House'', but when he died, only one chapter was complete, hence the lack of real closure at the end.

* {{Hellevator}}: The Great Glass Elevator is able to travel to a subterranean land that effectively "hell without heat" to facilitate an OrpheanRescue.

* {{Defictionalization}}: Robert Bigelow of Budget Suites of America is now working on a space hotel (and actually has two small prototypes already in orbit, so it's not just a pipe dream). No word on whether he's worried about "Mr Hilton" sabotaging it, though.

* ChewToy: Grandma Georgina, making her the standout character among the grandparents.

A sequel to ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' by Creator/RoaldDahl, beginning directly where the previous story left off. The previous book has ended with Charlie, having just inherited ownership of Wonka's factory, crashing through the roof of his home to pick up his family in a huge glass elevator (it can go in any direction, not just up and down). Having spent the past 20 years in bed, Charlie's grandparents (except for Grandpa Joe, who was already out) refused to get out of bed, so Wonka, Charlie, and Joe just pushed the bed into the Elevator.

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: the first part of the book deals with the elevator going into space and the people meeting the Vermicious Knids. The other part deals with the effects of Wonka-Vite on the grandparents.

* MistakenForAliens
* MistakenForSpies

** I seriously doubt "Mr. Hilton" will try anything funny, since he died over 30 years ago. Besides, hasn't [[ParisHilton his great-granddaughter]] embarrassed the family enough?

* SacrificialPlanet: The Vermicious Knids are said to have eaten the former inhabitants of Venus and the Moon. The only reason why they haven't devoured Earth yet is because they can't survive the friction heat from plummeting through the atmosphere.

You'll probably be unsurprised to hear that this book was a lot less popular than the original ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. It was never made into a film adaptation, since Dahl hated ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' enough to refuse all rights to make this book into a film. In addition, the 2005 Creator/TimBurton adaptation has complete closure, negating the circumstances of this book. However, Richard George adapted it into a play, and there's been two unabridged audiobook versions, read by [[Creator/MontyPython Eric Idle]] (2002) and Douglas Hodge (2013), respectively.

You'll probably be unsurprised to hear that this book was a lot less popular than the original ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. It was never made into a film adaptation, since Dahl hated ''WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' enough to refuse all rights to make this book into a film. In addition, the Burton remake has complete closure, negating the circumstances of this book. Dahl was working on a third book, ''Charlie in the White House'', but when he died, only one chapter was complete, hence the lack of real closure at the end.

* NarrativeProfanityFilter: "The President said a very rude word into the microphone..."

* DeathByGluttony: Grandma Georgina barely avoids this when she is stopped from taking ''six'' Wonka-Vite pills, which would have made her minus 22 years old! (Not that four isn't too many for her anyway, but with six Georgina would have ''really'' been screwed.)

* ChewToy: Georgina.

* StupidEvil: The Vermicious Knids twist their stretchy bodies in to the letters "S-C-R-A-M," thus frightening off their victims and depriving themselves of a meal, because, as Mr. Wonka explains, "They're tremendously proud of being able to write like that."