History WMG / WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory

[[WMG: Wonka is the father of [[Film/{{SAW}} John "Jigsaw" Kramer]].]]

* Charlie wants to by Grampa Joe's tobacco? Sure go a head.

* His factory is a kind of artficial bardo, something like a cross between a regular Bardo and an Unamada field, within which his

* Charlie was

* When Charlie got that "Wonka pie" for his birthday, he offered some to everybody else but they refused in sheer horror.

* Arthur Slugworth, president of Slugworth Chocolates, Inc. introduces himself to Charlie, offering him untold wealth if Charlie can get hold of [[MacGuffin an everlasting gobstopper]] and deliver the goods. At the end, Wonka lividly tells the Buckets that they're just as bad as the others, and they violated the agreement they first signed. According to the contract, they stole fizzy lifting drinks and hit the ceiling which now needs cleaning and sterilizing. The Buckets forfeit everything. Afterwards, Charlie knows that Wonka was right when he found out, with no excuse. He feels so guilty, because giving the Gobstopper to Slugworth would add insult to injury. Charlie apologizes, knowing that AsTheGoodBookSays, a gentle answer turns away wrath. Charlie gently and quietly puts the Gobstopper on Wonka's desk, Wonka was madder than a wet hen, and hess so ashamed of what he just said, bluntly blaming Charlie and Grandpa Joe. How could Charlie could do such a thing to Wonka, who was so generous until they figured out something was wrong. Wonka is pacified by Charlie's generosity, quickly cools off, and introduces them to [[spoiler: Mr. Wilkinson]] and who works for Wonka, saving the best for last.

The other children were all picked to be stooges (hence Slugworth was always in the vicinity when one of them found a golden ticket - he was Wonka's employee and knew in advance) to give the impression of a legitimate competition (and also to sell a few billion extra Wonka bars - the man runs a business after all) and all were supposed to fail. Note the very specific mishaps they suffer, as if every room they went into was tailor made to trip one of them up. Chocolate-loving Augustus is shown a chocolate river with no guard rail and a slippery bank. Gum-chewing record holder Violet is presented with a stick of magic gum, then told not to try it. SpoiledBrat Violet who gets everything she wants and already owns an entire zoo of exotic pets is shown a golden goose, then told she can't have one. TV-obsessed Mike is shown a TV teleporter, then half-heartedly warned not to use it.

John's real name is John Wonka. He changed his surname to Kramer when he abandoned the Wonka family & fortune because he couldn't stand being associated with the Wonka company. John used his father Willy Wonka's talent for endangering factory guests to stop them from spilling trade secrets for a plan of world domination via booby traps and murder.

John's real name is John Wonka. He changed his surname to Kramer when he abandoned the Wonka family & fortune because he couldn't stand being associated with the Wonka company. John used Wonka's talent for endangering factory guests to stop them from spilling trade secrets for a plan of world domination via booby traps and murder.

Wonka is an eccentric, and has an image to maintain. Real factories have lots of noisy machinery and a dull environment, and are not something that would grab the interest of children. Plus, he wouldn't want any children with their poor impulse-control around the delicate machinery. Instead, he showed them a glorified sound-stage which he billed as his 'factory'. Lots of special effects present that would give the children a neat experience that they would be talking about for years, but not put them in any real danger. The "Oompa-Loopas" are probably dwarf actors under an NDA that he hired for the day. At the end of the day, everything was torn down and disposed of. If any government officials showed up later to investigate, they wouldn't find anything.

The fellow was probably sorted Syltherin, but had little use for Ministry of Magic politics or blood purity ideals (he's possibly "mudblood" or from a family that isn't held in high esteem, meaning he had to be even more cunning and devious than your average Slytherin), and figured he would use his ambition on the fringes of the Wizard world to try and work on breaking a {{Masquerade}} that he believes holds the Wizarding world back and endangers the {{Muggles}} needlessly. He has a little too much contact with {{Muggles}} to be acceptable by Wizard society, likely following the ''letter'' of any Muggle contact law, while [[LoopholeAbuse abusing any and all loopholes he can find]] just to piss his fellow Wizards off. His factory is a fusion of Wizarding spells and Muggle technology, putting his philosophy into practice. As such, his tickets were sent to young kids with magical talents ''before'' Hogwarts (or other schools) would have conscripted them into the hidebound path he was glad to sneak away from.

The other children were all picked to be stooges (hence Slugworth was always in the vicinity when one of them found a golden ticket - he was Wonka's employee and knew in advance) to give the impression of a legitimate competition (and also to sell a few billion extra Wonka bars - the man runs a business after all) and all were supposed to fail. Note the very specific mishaps they suffer. Chocolate-loving Augustus is shown a chocolate river with no guard rail. Gum-chewing record holder Violet is presented with a stick of magic gum, then told not to try it. SpoiledBrat Violet who gets everything she wants and already owns an entire zoo of exotic pets is shown a golden goose, then told she can't have one. TV-obsessed Mike is shown a TV teleporter, then half-heartedly warned not to use it.

Wonka had already decided to give the factory to Charlie (this makes even more sense if you subscribe to the view that Wonka is Charlie's father). Everything that followed was just a test for him to prove his worthiness. How did they get a ticket to Charlie without arousing suspicion? The Candyman was on the Wonka payroll (or even Wonka himself in disguise) and he actually ''handed'' a golden ticket to him.

The other children were all picked to be stooges (hence Slugworth was always in the vicinity when one of them found a golden ticket - he was Wonka's employee and knew in advance) to give the impression of a legitimate competition and all were supposed to fail. Note the very specific mishaps they suffer. Gum-chewing record holder Violet is presented with a stick of magic gum, then told not to try it. TV-obsessed Mike is shown a TV teleporter that will shrink him, then half-heartedly warned not to use it. Of course SpoiledBrat Violet who gets everything she wants is going to throw a tantrum when told she cannot have a golden goose.

-->Veruca: Daddy, I want a boat like this!!
-->*after the tunnel*
-->Veruca: Daddy, I don't want a boat like this.

No, this Wonka would reward a child who saw through his game. And maybe Charlie ''did'' know. His suspicions were ''confirmed'' by Wonka, but who's to say he hadn't suspected all along? Maybe in Dahl's original book Charlie was too good to take revenge on Wonka, but this sometimes terrifying, slyly cynical adaptation wouldn't be above rewarding Charlie for having read that {{Main/MagnificentBastard}}'s book and Wilder's Wonka would agree.

* Arthur Slugworth, president of Slugworth Chocolates, Inc. introduces himself to Charlie, offering him untold wealth if Charlie can get hold of [[Macguffin an everlasting gobstopper]] and deliver the goods. At the end, Wonka lividly tells the Buckets that they're just as bad as the others, and they violated the agreement they first signed. According to the contract, [[ArsonMurderAndLifesaving they stole fizzy lifting drinks, almost got killed, loudly crying out for help, only to save themselves by burping.]] The ensuing clean-up job will take so much time to sterilize the equipment that Charlie and Grandpa Joe messsed up with their bacteria, and the fizzy lifting drinks are contaminated and worthless; Wonka has to scrap all his hard work down the drain. The Buckets forfeit everything. Afterwards, Charlie knows that Wonka was right when he found out, with no excuse. He feels so guilty, because giving the Gobstopper to Slugworth would add insult to injury. Charlie apologizes, knowing that AsTheGoodBookSays, a gentle answer turns away wrath. Charlie gently and quietly puts the Gobstopper on Wonka's desk, Wonka was madder than a wet hen, and hess so ashamed of what he just said, bluntly blaming Charlie and Grandpa Joe. How could Charlie could do such a thing to Wonka, who was so generous until they figured out something was wrong. Wonka is pacified by Charlie's generosity, quickly cools off, and introduces them to [[spoiler: Mr. Wilkinson]] and who works for Wonka, saving the best for last.
* Is there really an Arthur Slugworth, and is he real? Hmmm...

* I don't know what's worse, the fact that you people thought of this or the fact that it makes sense.
* Gross; How about "Gramps had Mom buy the Wonka Bars with his old tobacco-money while Charlie was at school", people?

[[WMG: The Oompa Loompas are [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything enslaved.]]]]
Mr. Wonka "rescued" them from Oompa Land where they were becoming endangered by the conditions there. He has them run his factory all their lives.

Nobody ever comes out.

HappinessInSlavery.

* "Happiness"? Just watch the movie once more. Can you see a ''single'' instance in which even one of the Oompa-Loompas is smiling or looking like he's having a good time? The Oompa-Loompas ''claim'' that they "live in happiness"; but in all the scenes they appear, they have a permanent scowl on their faces and look like they absolutely hate the world and everyone in it. Those Oompa-Loompas are one moralizing song away from declaring war on society and starting a massacre, starting with the children that annoy them so. (We only have Wonka's word for it that they were all right in the end; it's more likely that the Oompa-Loompas finished off both the kids and the parents as soon as the tour had moved on.) Willy Wonka himself is definitely next.
** You'd probably be cranky too, if you had to put up with a bunch of asshole kids interrupting your day with their stupid problems that you spent months practicing songs to shame them with.
** Perhaps since the Oompa-Loompas haven't seen human children at all, they are uncomfortable with them. Or even with humans in general, and are perfectly happy when it's just their boss.

* Is this even a wild guess?
** No, it's a damn good one. Bravo.
* It's unlikely that it's Slugworth. After all, Slugworth is still selling Sizzlers.
** It could be that the original Slugworth got bought out from his own company. It wasn't without precedent, even in 1971.
** Or better yet, Slugworth's company was bought out by Wonka. No evidence, but it's an interesting idea.

Charlie's father is supposedly dead. But the way Wonka tells Charlie he's won is suspicious ("Oh, Charlie? ...My boy. You've ''won''"). Grandpa Joe says he used to work for Wonka (wasn't it only in [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the second movie]]?, but what if he is truly his estranged father? Lacking faith in Wonka's ambitions, he and Wonka's wife betrayed Willy to a rival chocolate factory for money and were thrown out. Years later, Wonka realized he needed an heir and concocted a scheme involving five Golden tickets to test if his son was of good character.
* If that's the case, then Willy is an extraordinary dick for much abandoning his extremely young son (and his senile mother) to the streets for something that's not even his fault. It's not totally out of character for Willy, but it's still one hell of a dick move.
** It's not like it would be the only dick move he's ever made.
** How was he to know that Grandpa Joe wasn't going to land on his feet?
** It would explain why Charlie's mom says his dad is dead -- for her, that's easier to stomach than the truth.

* Arthur Slugworth, president of Slugworth Chocolates, Inc. introduces himself to Charlie, offering him untold wealth if Charlie can get hold of [[Macguffin an everlasting gobstopper]] and deliver the goods. At the end, Wonka lividly tells the Buckets that they're just as bad as the others, and they violated the agreement they first signed. According to the contract, [[ArsonMurderLifesaving they stole fizzy lifting drinks, almost got killed, loudly crying out for help, only to save themselves by burping.]] The ensuing clean-up job will take so much time to sterilize the equipment that Charlie and Grandpa Joe messsed up with their bacteria, and the fizzy lifting drinks are contaminated and worthless; Wonka has to scrap all his hard work down the drain. The Buckets forfeit everything. Afterwards, Charlie knows that Wonka was right when he found out, with no excuse. He feels so guilty, because giving the Gobstopper to Slugworth would add insult to injury. Charlie apologizes, knowing that AsTheGoodBookSays, a gentle answer turns away wrath. Charlie gently and quietly puts the Gobstopper on Wonka's desk, Wonka was madder than a wet hen, and hess so ashamed of what he just said, bluntly blaming Charlie and Grandpa Joe. How could Charlie could do such a thing to Wonka, who was so generous until they figured out something was wrong. Wonka is pacified by Charlie's generosity, quickly cools off, and introduces them to [[spoiler: Mr. Wilkinson]] and who works for Wonka, saving the best for last.

* His apparent sociopathy, SkeweredPriorities and such is mostly an act because he knows deep-down that the kid's lives aren't really in danger. The stuff about boiling fudge, furnaces and such was just to freak everyone out and the aim of the mishaps was to teach kids about the folly of their faults.

* I don't know what's worse, the fact that you people thought of this or the fact that it makes sense