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There is no mention of Willie's father. |
Willie mentions his father was a dentist and disapproved of candy. Willie left his father and hadn't spoken to him since. Charlie helps him reconcile with is long lost father. |
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Augustus gets stuck in the pipe, the pipe leaks out chocolate and Augustus shoots up the pipe. Then Augustus gets stuck again near the top of the pipe but finally shoots up the rest of the way. |
Augustus gets stuck in the pipe, the pipe leaks out chocolate and Augustus shoots up the pipe. Then Augustus gets stuck again near the top of the pipe. He struggles around in the pipe and finally shoots up the rest of the way.
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Veruca and her parents emerge from the factory completely covered in garbage. It is hinted that they are going to permanently smell like rotten trash, but again, they can be clean and normal again once the garbage washes off from them. |
Veruca and her father leave completely covered in garbage. It is hinted here also that they are going to permanently smell like rotten trash, but again can be clean and normal again once the garbage washes off from them. |
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Veruca and her parents emerge from the factory completely covered in garbage. It is hinted that they are going to permanently smell like rotten trash, but again, they can be clean and normal again once the garbage washes off from them. |
Veruca and her father leave completely covered in garbage. It is hinted here also that they are going to permanently smell like rotten trash, but again can be clean and normal again once the garbage washes off from them.
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Mike chooses to go to the Television Room. Along the way, the group sees Fudge Mountain and an Oompa Loompa village. |
Wonka presses a button to demonstrate the elevator. The group sees Fudge Mountain, pink sheep being sheared, the Puppet Hospital and Burn Center, the Administration Offices, and an exploding candy firing range. |
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Willie says he is much older than he looks. Has an always happy face. Pointed, black, goatee. Wears a black top hat, plum-colored velvet tail coat, bottle green trousers, gray gloves. Carries a gold-topped cane |
Very young looking. Has bobbed dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. Pale, slightly grayish skin (lack of sunlight). Perfect white teeth. Wears a plum-colored velvet jacket, black vest and pants, paisley shirt, a black top hat, and purple latex gloves
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Two permitted per child except for Charlie in the novel. |
Only one permitted. |
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The four bad children's interaction with Charlie doesn't happen in the novel. |
Violet puts down Charlie as a "loser". Augustus taunts Charlie by offering him a Wonka Bar and then snatching it away. Mike and Veruca are the nicest to Charlie, despite their character flaws.
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In the novel, Veruca has curly blonde hair with a bow on top, and wears a frilly pink and purple tutu dress with pink gloves and purple shoes. |
In the film, Veruca wears a pink dress with white tights and black Mary Janes. A pink change purse hangs askew around her waist. She has brown hair styled in oversized ringlets and pulled back with two hair clips. |
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In the novel, Violet has curly red hair and wears a purple T-shirt and dark blue jeans. |
In the film, Violet has short blonde hair in a bowl cut/ bob hairstyle, and wears a light blue tracksuit and sneakers.
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We meet the Bucket family. |
Willy Wonka is seen making chocolate, and placing the five golden tickets in five Wonka Bars, which are then shipped across the world (with a darker, more foreboding theme.) |
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Violet's father accompanies her to the factory. His occupation is never stated. |
Violet's father is not seen or mentioned. Violet's mother is likely a single parent; at one point she flirts with Wonka.
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Willie offers mugs of chocolate to Charlie and Grandpa Joe while in the boat when he notices how starved they look. |
Willie offers Charlie and Grandpa Joe a ladle full of chocolate. They share it. |
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A Russian woman named Charlotte Russe claims to have the second Golden Ticket, but it turns out to be a forgery. |
In the film, Charlie overhears a conversation about the fifth Golden Ticket being found in Russia; a newspaper in a newsagent later reveals the fifth ticket as a forgery. The forger is never named.
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Veruca's father is a fat man with a moustache. |
In the film Veruca's father is a stereotypical rich old English man named Rupert. |
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Willie Wonka declares Charlie to be the heir to his company. They board the glass elevator that bursts through the roof and flies to Charlies house. |
Willie wants Charlie to be the heir, but he must leave his family behind. Charlie refuses and leaves Willie behind. A short time later, Willie seeks Charlies help with his own family. He helps him reconcile with his father. Charlie then is set to inherit the company.
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