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[[caption-width-right:350:"Yeah, let him sleep. Let him have one last dream.”]]
* In this adaptation, Charlie's father is deceased, as evidenced by Grandma Josephine remarking, "If only his father were alive."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95P1P6t9dAw "Cheer Up, Charlie"]] Oh, the feels...
* The scene where Charlie and Grandpa Joe open a Wonka bar together only to find nothing inside except the chocolate.
-->'''Charlie''': You know? I bet those Golden Tickets make the chocolate taste terrible.
* The (fake) fifth ticket being found. [[HeroicBSOD Charlie cries in his bed]], his mother and grandparents not knowing he's still awake.
-->'''Grandpa Joe:''' The little boy's got to have something in this world to hope for. What's he got to hope for now?
-->'''Grandma Georgina:''' Who's going to tell him?
-->'''Mrs. Bucket:''' Let's not wake him. He'll find out soon enough.
-->'''Grandpa Joe:''' Yeah, let him sleep. Let him have one last dream.
* The scene in Wonka's office, when Wonka tells Charlie and Grandpa Joe that they didn't win. Obviously, it's devastating to Charlie, and this in turn hurts Grandpa Joe, but Wonka's real purpose for the contest [[FridgeLogic makes you wonder]] if he was angry because they "stole" from him, or if it was a more personal disappointment in Charlie.
-->'''Grandpa Joe:''' I just wanted to ask about the chocolate - Uh, the lifetime supply of chocolate... for Charlie. When does he get it?
-->'''Wonka:''' He doesn't.
-->'''Grandpa Joe:''' Why not?
-->'''Wonka:''' Because he broke the rules.
-->'''Grandpa Joe:''' What rules? We didn't see any rules! ''Did'' we, Charlie?!
-->'''Wonka:''' [[SuddenlyShouting WRONG, sir! '''WRONG!!''']] Under section 37B of the contract signed by him, it states quite clearly that all offers shall become null and void if - and you can read it for yourself in this photostatic copy - "I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained," et cetera, et cetera... "Fax mentis incendium gloria cultum," et cetera, et cetera... "Memo bis punitor delicatum"! It's ALL there! BLACK and white, clear as CRYSTAL! You STOLE fizzy lifting drinks! You BUMPED into the ceiling which now has to be WASHED and STERILIZED, so you get...''NOTHING!'' You '''LOSE!''' Good DAY, sir!
-->'''Grandpa Joe''' ''(clearly shocked)'': ...You're a crook... you're a CHEAT and a SWINDLER...! '''THAT'S''' WHAT YOU ARE!! [[WhatTheHellHero How can you do a thing like this?!]] Build up a little boy's hopes and then SMASH all his dreams to pieces?! [[YouMonster YOU'RE AN INHUMAN MONSTER!!!]]
-->'''Wonka:''' '''I SAID GOOD''' '''''DAY!!!'''''
** In rehearsals, Wilder downplayed Wonka's anger as a TranquilFury, and then on the first take of the blow-up wound up exploding with disgust and anger as seen in the film. He did this [[EnforcedMethodActing without telling Peter Ostrum what he was planning]], and his look of fear and sadness is completely genuine. The poor kid looks like his world is falling apart.
** Charlie, feeling guilty for how he betrayed Wonka, doesn't take his grandfather's advice to sell the Everlasting Gobstopper to Slugworth. Instead, he silently walks back to Wonka's desk, meekly addresses him, and then leaves the candy on the desk and walks away. It's a very quiet moment that really captures Charlie's true empathy.
* It's hard not to feel sorry for poor [[NervousWreck Mr. Salt]], as bratty Veruca pouts over not getting her Golden Ticket on the first day of the contest and [[{{Hypocrite}} berates him for being a "rotten, mean" father]].
** Mr. Salt's initial lack of concern after his ''own daughter'' fell down the chute could've hit home, even though as misguided as may be, it was in fact, the parents' own fault their child was an unbearable brat in the first place.
* Violet's downfall. The downfall Violet suffers in the 2005 film is physically the worst, as well as the 2013 musical (in that one, her own father openly cares more about potentially publicizing her daughter after she turns into an inflated blueberry, much worse in that one actually since she does explode), but the treatment she received in this adaptation seemed a bit brutal. She seems to be the most pleasant among the naughty children (except for Augustus at times), sure she is rude and ill-mannered, but what kid is not at times? None of the naughty children seem as bratty as their other adaptation counterparts, but though Violet is still a brat in this version, she chooses not to listen to Wonka after he strongly warns not to take the gum, and she snaps at her own parents, but the way the others react to her punishment is a bit sad and a bit excessive. Willy Wonka seems to be the most unconcerned, but after dealing with a child who refuses to listen to him after he clearly warned her, what can you expect from someone. When Willy Wonka does tell her father that he tried to warn her, his invention was not ready yet, everyone looks at him shocked, but after Violet starts inflating, the other guests seem much less concerned than they were when Augustus Gloop fell in the river and got shot up the pipe (and it was his fault just as much as it was hers), for example Grandpa Joe publicly insults her at times, Mrs. Teevee suggests to stick her with a pin (maybe she think this would genuinely help, but she most likely knew what it would do; a father even originally said this from the book), and Mike Teevee pokes her belly causing her to tip back a bit, Charlie and Veruca (the kids) look quite surprised when he does this, but the adults seem not to care at all, and mind you this was happening to another child; their reactions though could be merely character perception, maybe they were concerned but did not know how else to respond being just as shocked as she was, maybe they knew Willy Wonka better now and were unmoved in his sadistic treatment towards his guests. etc. It is weird though, but perhaps a bit admirable, how the other guests seem to be concerned for her again when the Oompa Loompas start singing to her and rolling her around, she was the only child to be present during her song. Violet waddled around a bit when they started singing to her, looking utterly humiliated and defeated, and even flapped her hands up and down like crazy when they started touching her body (some even touching her in the type of places that you would not want to be touched, but they were smaller than she was, so what can you expect), they start to roll her around like a soccer ball while feeling the need to sing a song to her mocking her in its vocals, tempo, and melody, when she could explode at any moment. It does not help matters that we do not see any of the naughty children again, unlike the book and 2005 film, Charlie does ask Wonka what would happen to the other children, and he tells him not to worry about them when they leave they will be back to their old bratty selves, but hopefully a bit wiser for the wear, but considering how dubious his character is, his words do not seem all that trusting, but then again, if he trusts Charlie enough to give him his factory, he would most likely not lie to him, but to everyone else, he does not seem to be that trustworthy of a character.
** It doesn't help if you know that Creator/DeniseNickerson was utterly miserable while filming that scene. For the full blueberry effect, she was sandwiched between two halves of a styrofoam ball, which was weighed down by a cinderblock to keep her upright. It took forty minutes for her to get into the costume, which meant that removing it was a once-a-day operation over an eight-hour shoot. She couldn't get out of it for lunch, having to be rolled every five minutes by a stagehand to keep the blood circulating. Upon getting out, Nickerson said that every part of her body had pins and needles. On top of that, the costume was nearly as wide as the Oompa-Loompa actors were tall, which meant a lot of getting rolled into walls or the metal door. In her own words, the Oompa-Loompas "didn't have their blueberry driving licenses."
** Her misfortunes didn't quite end there. Upon finishing the blueberry scene, Nickerson flew home to New York. Two days later, she was sitting in math class when suddenly all the kids started staring at her. Why? Her face was turning blue! The makeup had seeped deep into her pores and resurfaced. Fortunately, unlike Violet in the book, it wasn't permanent.
* From the beginning of the movie right up to when he finds the final (real) Golden Ticket, you get to see Charlie get more and more bitter, despondent and upset at his (seemingly) hard luck at getting a ticket, not for any selfish reasons but as he hopes to find a way out of his and his family's poverty, hunger and illness. Even the promise of a "lifetime supply of chocolate" seems particularly appealing to a family for which "a loaf of bread looks like a banquet".
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