Willy Wonka

Willy Wonka
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character
First appearance	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Created by	Roald Dahl
Portrayed by	Gene Wilder (1971) Johnny Depp (2005)

Willy Wonka is a fictional character in the 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the subsequent film adaptations.

He likes nuts

gay

i dont speak spanish

Personality

According to Roald Dahl, the idea he got for the story was "What if there was a factory that shipped out marvelous things... and there was a crazy man running it all." The crazy man whose character he created, Willy Wonka, is enormously successful, selling his delicious candy worldwide, but his personality is shrouded in mystery. Seen through the eyes of Charlie and his grandfather, he turns out to be an eccentric, showing excessive enthusiasm where candy is concerned and a manipulative streak in human relationships.

The book and the 1971 film adaption both show this eccentricity rather vividly (to the point that Veruca commented, "He's absolutely bonkers!" with Charlie replying "That's not bad."). In the 2005 film adaption Willy Wonka's eccentricity is viewed more sympathetically, as an expression of his creativity. At the same time Wonka's rudeness is shown to stem mainly from his self-imposed isolation rather than deliberate malice, despite his constant teasing of the children. Mike Teevee in particular seems to fire his mean streak and even Charlie seems a target at one point, although at the end it was revealed that he didn't tease Charlie at all, since he was the least rotten of all the children. These negative aspects of Wonka's personality are explained in Burton's version by a strained, perhaps even abusive, relationship with his father Wilbur Wonka.

See also

• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
• Oompa Loompa
• Charlie Bucket
• Veruca Salt
• Violet Beauregarde
• Augustus Gloop
• Mike Teavee

External links

• Veruca Salt's memorabilia from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory film"
• "Willy Wonka" the stage musical
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film website
• The Willy Wonka Candy Company