History Fridge / CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory

*** Chocolate doesn't have to make sense
**** That's why it's chocolate

*** Chocolate doesn't have to make sense

* A two-fold one for the [[NightmareFuel "Nightmare Tunnel"]] sequence:
** Slugworth's appearance. The first time you see that scene, it gives the impression that the tunnel is supposed to be some kind of mind probe that shows people their greatest fears, so we assume that Charlie sees Slugworth because he was being "haunted" by the offer that he gave him. But then we learn that "Slugworth" was actually an employee of Wonka's all along...so it makes perfect sense that Wonka would be able to project his image on the tunnel.
** Consider the fact that "Slugworth" works for Wonka, and that his offer of cash was really a SecretTestOfCharacter that all four children got. If bribes of cash and the simple fear of being accosted by a creepy man in a dark alley weren't enough to scare the children into stealing Gobstoppers, something as nightmare-inducing as that tunnel would almost definitely do the trick. Charlie proved himself worthy of inheriting the factory, then, because he proved that he couldn't be intimidated into committing theft, even by something as scary as the tunnel. The tunnel wasn't such a BigLippedAlligatorMoment after all...it was just another part of the test of character. Considering how the entire future of Wonka's factory rested on that one tour, it makes sense that Wonka would try to test the children at every opportunity.
* The Fizzy Lifting Drinks room wasn't going to kill Charlie and Grandpa Joe. Notice Grandpa Joe's hand as it goes up into the rotating fan blade: it clearly hits a plate of glass, even though he tries to hide it. This must therefore be another one of Wonka's illusions.
* Slugworth offers riches for a contestant to steal an Everlasting Gobstopper. However, earlier in the film, it was established that no one entered or left the factory for three years. There's no way Slugworth would have even ''conceived'' of such a prototype [[spoiler:unless he was under the employ of Willy Wonka himself.]]

* Speaking of Willy Wonka, can we take a moment and discuss how absurdly terrifying this man is? What makes Wonka so frightening? It's not his crazy factory or the disturbing surrealist poetry readings on his boat, it's when he says at the end that the children who were shot through tubes, turned into blue berries, dropped down chutes, and microsized will be "back to their old horrid selves in no time." That's right folks, Willy Wonka wasn't trying to impart some bratty kids with a much needed [[AnAesop aesop]]; he knows they're all a lost cause. He's just tormenting them for his own personal amusement, because, well, why not?
** He also said that the kids will be a "little wiser". Suggesting that the kids will learn something from all this.

!!Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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* At first it was odd how pale Wonka/Depp was, especially since his coloring is normal in the flashbacks, then it hit me. He's been living in a factory with no natural light for years!

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** Consider the fact that "Slugworth" works for Wonka, and that his offer of cash was really a SecretTestOfCharacter that all four children got. If bribes of cash and the simple fear of being accosted by a creepy man in black at night weren't enough to scare the children into stealing Gobstoppers, something as nightmare-inducing as that tunnel would almost definitely do the trick. Charlie proved himself worthy of inheriting the factory, then, because he proved that he couldn't be intimidated into committing theft, even by something as scary as the tunnel. The tunnel wasn't such a BigLippedAlligatorMoment after all...it was just another part of the test of character. Considering how the entire future of Wonka's factory rested on that one tour, it makes sense that Wonka would try to test the children at every opportunity.

** Slugworth offers riches for a contestant to steal an Everlasting Gobstopper. However, earlier in the film, it was established that no one entered or left the factory for three years. There's no way Slugworth would have even ''conceived'' of such a prototype [[spoiler:unless he was under the employ of Willy Wonka himself.]]

** He makes it pretty clear that he doesn't think of that as a bad thing. He thought taking a child away from their family would make them much happier and ultimately better off, [[spoiler: until Charlie convinced him to talk to his father again.]]

-->'''Glen Wonka (Al Gore) to his brother [[TheWonka Willy]]:''' Wait! I almost forgot! There's that billion dollars you spent on that machine that turns giant candy bars into tiny chocolate bars. Help me wrap my brain around that one 'cause I'm missing the big profit opportunity!
** Well, it's [[TheWonka Willy Wonka]]. Hell, he's even the trope namer!

* They couldn’t. Human skulls are just too large and hard.

** Slugworth offers riches for a contestant to steal an Everlasting Gobstopper. However, earlier in the film, it was established that no one entered or left the factory for three years. There's no way Slugworth would have even ''conceived'' of such a prototype [[spoiler: unless he was under the employ of Willy Wonka himself.]]

* ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': When Veruca Salt is tapped on the head by a squirrel, it is determined she is a "bad nut" and so is forced down the chute to an incinerator (which fortunately is not working at the time), however if she'd been a "good nut"... the good nuts are cracked open. Also, what about Violet Beauregard? Okay, so her being pumped full of juice and squeezed out left her more flexible, but it also left her blue! For the rest of her life!

*** Thoroughly explained in the book as Willy Wonka trying to reach a new market. Back when Dahl first wrote the book, television for the general public was still a fairly new concept. It's ridiculous, yes, but then so are the Square Sweets That Look Round - Willy Wonka clearly has money to burn on ridiculous concepts like making giant candy bars and shrinking them down one at a time via an awkward giant camera setup.

* FridgeHorror: Veruca being a bad nut and being put down the shoot may seem like a very bad fate, but suppose she had been a good "nut". The squirrels CRACK OPEN good nuts. Remember, the squirrel tapped Veruca's HEAD so would they have opened that up?

* FridgeLogic: Applies to both films, really, with a bit of NewMediaAreEvil thrown in for good measure. Think about it: the Oompa Loompas are singing a morality song about TV rotting your brain... ''in a movie''. Slightly excusable in that they're kind of saying it's an '''excess''' of TV that's bad, but it's still a little "Huh?".

** The point was presumably to turn giant candy bars into ''millions'' of candy bars across the country, which would introduce the FridgeLogic of ReedRichardsIsUseless.

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** Speaking of Willy Wonka (from the film of that name, not the remake), can we take a moment and discuss how absurdly terrifying this man is? What makes Wonka so frightening? It's not his crazy factory or the disturbing surrealist poetry readings on his boat, it's when he says at the end that the children who were shot through tubes, turned into blue berries, dropped down chutes, and microsized will be "back to their old horrid selves in no time." That's right folks, Willy Wonka wasn't trying to impart some bratty kids with a much needed [[AnAesop aesop]]; he knows they're all a lost cause. He's just tormenting them for his own personal amusement, because, well, why not?

* At first it was odd how pale Wonka/Depp was, especially since his coloring is normal in the flashbacks, then it hit me. He's been living in a factory with no natural light for years!
* FridgeBrilliance: The Fizzy Lifting Drinks room wasn't going to kill Charlie and Grandpa Joe. Notice Grandpa Joe's hand as it goes up into the rotating fan blade: it clearly hits a plate of glass, even though he tries to hide it. This must therefore be another one of Wonka's illusions.

* Fridge Brilliance: The Fizzy Lifting Drinks room wasn't going to kill Charlie and Grandpa Joe. Notice Grandpa Joe's hand as it goes up into the rotating fan blade: it clearly hits a plate of glass, even though he tries to hide it. This must therefore be another one of Wonka's illusions.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** "I am now telling the computer ''exactly'' what it can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate!"
** Wonka would enjoy it if you licked his snozzberries.
** "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker." Which is an old saying about how to get a woman into bed.
** That weird machine exploding cream all over the place looks mighty suspicious. Especially when it gets Mrs Teevee right in the face.

* Fridge Brilliance: The Fizzy Lifting Drinks room wasn't going to kill Charlie and Grandpa Joe. Notice Grandpa Joe's hand as it goes up into the rotating fan blade: it clearly hits a plate of glass, even though he tries to hide it. This must therefore be another one of Wonka's illusions.

* At first it was odd how pale Wonka/Deep was, especially since his coloring is normal in the flashbacks, then it hit me. He's been living in a factory with no natural light for years!

* At first it was odd how pale Wonka/Deep was, especially since his coloring is normal in the flashbacks, then it hit me. He's been living in a factory with no natural light for years!