Top 10 Willy Wonka Facts That Will RUIN Your Childhood

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[@cedgson91]

Literally just watched Wonka today Perfect timing 😂

[@Reaperguy67]

​@@danielsantiagourtado3430 totally agree. Been subscribed since 2014 my self.

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[@corymorimacori1059]

“Everything in this room is eatable but I am also eatable. But that’s called cannibalism my dear children and it is frowned upon in most societies.” Willy Wonka

[@trinaq]

Haha, love this line, my favourite scene in the remake!

[@crsproductions2003]

@@trinaqThe Tim Burton film is not a remake. It has nothing to do with the 1971 film apart from adapting the same story.

[@infamouswickedjokestar]

I wonder if Mr. Beast got that idea for his chocolate brand "Feastables"

[@CatKun-2000]

I love the candy room heck there’s even a story bast on it …… part 3 of that story of Clara Van Damm before she met Emmie and Pro and Esse

[@neoAREAXIS]

Edible. But I like eatable better🎉 😊

[@dylanjbiss]

Nothing will ever ruin this movie for me. No matter how hard you try, Watchmojo

[@lois2997]

The same

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Exactly it’s a classic

[@caseymacmacl7463]

Just FYI, you may want to google what a 'snozzberry' is before making that claim. Children licking penis-flavoured wallpaper is pretty dark!

[@caseymacmacl7463]

@@RapFanatic4ever A classic with penis-flavoured wallpaper that the children are all licking.

[@BigReddSouthernGal25]

One of my childhood favorites!

[@Floymin]

About the predictable seat amounts: I'd like to think that Wonka understood human nature too well, and that children are just as capable of curiosity, gluttony, greed, and pride as any adult.

[@mackpines]

RIP Gene Wilder. You are deeply missed.

[@DrDoom77976]

Yeah, I loved him in Haunted Honeymoon. rip man :(

[@christopherjohnson1803]

Better in Blazing Saddles... "Oh boys, looky what I have here!!" 😂

[@ericcooney3765]

You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilised so you get nothing, you loose, good day sir!😡

[@trinaq]

Even as a child, I thought that the "Chocolate River" looked more like paint or sludge than actual chocolate. It looked more realistic in the remake.

[@LilFoxyCosplay]

Agreed it just looked like brown water to me

[@jmsmys13ify]

Oompa feces, which just happens to have a chocolatey aroma.

[@WatchMojo]

Did the visual impact your experience of the chocolatey fantasy?

[@trinaq]

@@WatchMojo No, not really, I still adore the movie, and it holds a special place in my heart.

[@IslaRoseAtkinson]

@@WatchMojo Please do "10 Top Worst Things Francine Smith has Done" From American Dad

[@moritod]

You're absolutely correct, the "Rachmaninoff" quip isn't a mistake. It's a joke. The viewer and presumably Wonka are supposed to know it's really Mozart, making her seem that much more pretentious.

[@Terahnee]

Yup. just like the "That's not French" and the "Is that Japanese". She's trying to pretend she knows more than she does.

[@TheTrish0395]

I agree with Dahl's criticisms of the movie. This was my first experience of reading a book, then seeing a film based on it. I adored the book when I read it at 9 years of age. When the film came out, I had all of the same frustrations that Dahl had with the film. It didn't have the same darkness. Flash to the 90s when I had my kids, and they loved it, and so did I. I've never burst their bubble about the book. Pure Imagination is one of my favorite songs to this day.

[@berniej.rucker4252]

However...should you read the book from word to word while watching the "rowing scene" each part is reiterated by Gene Wilder.

[@robertholtz]

The mother wrongly guessing Rachmaninov not Mozart and French not German and Japanese not Wonkawash spelled backwards were ALL completely intentional. It’s called humor.

[@whatever3259]

I too thought this was very obvious 😂😂

[@wojtekreliga3881]

Do you really think average American knows Mozart, German language or Japanese language?

[@AlysintheMist1107]

@@wojtekreliga3881 Imo, it just shows how average Americans are ignorant of other cultures and languages, and for basically everything that is not American.

[@MAXKIDDO8888]

I’ve always had this opinion that “Charlie ATCF” is a slasher movie disguised as kids movie. I mean if you look at the traditional format of any slasher movie it pretty much follows it to a T. The kids get picked off one by one, and Charlie is essentially your “final girl”.

[@WatchMojo]

Willy Wonka's factory takes on a whole different vibe when viewed through that lens. Do you see any other classic movies in a unique genre-bending light?

[@newprophet2011]

I actually agree with Roald Dahl that the music and Gene Wilder's performance stole the edge from the movie, although, the boat and office scenes did lean hard toward the malicious. But, maybe, that was the point. The movie was marketed to kids, after all.

[@infamouswickedjokestar]

Reminds me of The Greatest Showman

[@Jeff_deitz]

I think that home alone and the fact that Kevin being jigsaws John Cramer or whatever his last name was... Anyway it is said that way thanks to the traps.

[@yellohammer8571]

Hey, don't think those fates those kids got were like something from a horror movie--they practically got what was coming for them, as a result of their greed and gluttony, brattiness, constant chewing, and TV addiction.

[@4plus20isHappy]

“Everything in this room is edible. Eatable. You can eat it.” A few minutes later; “You horrible glutton. How dare you drink from my river of chocolate.”

[@charliedegiulio9951]

He did say eat, not drink.

[@berniej.rucker4252]

If anyone notices at the very first meeting between the children and Wonka, Wilder's character is already "sizing them up" outside the factory. Veruca is demanding right off the bat; Augustus is eating; Violet is chewing; Mike shows an act of unrealism brought about by television watching. Thus making it VERY easy to "entice" each child to misbehave along the way. So...the number of seats in each "vehicle" is/was PERFECTLY PLANNED by Wonka with each room they went into. Or...to put it ANOTHER way....the author pre-planned the "demise" of each child even in his book.

[@northnick3317]

I'm confused, how will "The Oompaloompas became friends" ruin my childhood? That actually improved it :)

[@59771006]

Here’s another fact about the movie it’s about the scene in Wonka’s office at the end of the movie Gene wanted to warn Peter Ostrum (the kid who played Charlie) that he was going to yell at him but the director Mel Stuart wanted Peter’s reaction to be genuine so he told Gene that he couldn’t warn Peter

[@condemned1982]

Gene Wilder always portrayed this as HIS choice, not Mel's. He knew he would likely frighten Peter, but he felt it was important to get an authentic reaction from him.

[@aztecwrrior1997]

This movie isn't ruined for me it's forever a classic

[@aidanhever3369]

As a kid, I always knew the river was more like sewer water than chocolate compared to Tim Burton's version.

[@meahdahlgren5875]

Right

[@yellohammer8571]

Oh, you know... Tim Burton wanted to use more practical elements everywhere, rather than just CGI.

[@awesomegirl5190]

Same

[@stuartaaron613]

What I love about the Wonka Mobile scene is that while Mike and Mrs. Teevee are freaking out Charlie and Grandpa Joe are having a blast.

[@Disneygirlie]

I'm pretty sure its intentional that Mrs. Teevee got the reference wrong. You know, she tried to show off but unknowingly failed. Also, does anybody know why Mr. Teevee's only scene apparently took so many takes? I mean, he only had one line :/

[@TheJBrennan17]

Yeah, Mr. Salt looks at Mrs. Teevee like she's an idiot. I'm pretty sure Mrs. Teevee being a teacher is the punchline. At the inventing room door, after Womka delivers the line in German, Mrs. Teevee days, "That's not French."

[@rbj8387]

My guess is he wasn't really an actor and sometimes it doesn't matter how few/simple lines you have; if you can't act you can't act. Or maybe Mel Stuart was in his Kubrick era that day.

[@SmokingEagle]

Yes it was meant to be a joke, it's funny because she thought she knew what she was talking about. So scratch that one off the list

[@CasualKillZz]

That tunnel scene still kinda scares me as an adult, the music, the way he is slightly screaming out his lines really sells it for me 😂

[@brandonlopez2881]

The Rachmaninoff reference is actually the start of a running joke in the movie that Mike TV's mom being a teacher always had the wrong answer.

[@TheCatBilbo]

I saw Dahl at a bookshop signing back in the 80s, in the UK. He was smoking a roll-up cigarette whilst some kids milled around him. He looked thoroughly miserable & probably didn't want to be there. It's known that some children's authors aren't actually big fans of kids! But, why are we surprised? He was known to be a bit of a grumpy man, to start with.

[@szon1990]

He was also an antisemite. Not to mention the oompah loompahs were originally little black people wonka took as slaves, but the book publishers told Dahl to change it. He was apparently not a very nice person at all. Love his work but Dahl was an arsehole

[@lissybearx3]

That scene where Violet turns into a blueberry disturbed me as a kid!

[@toainsully]

Not to mention, there's a whole community around this type of thing which just adds salt to the wound

[@Gnxrpy_on_pawzz]

​@@toainsully Blueberry fetishists are the worst mfs

[@stereohype1]

Mrs Teavee getting many factoids wrong was indeed a deliberate character choice. She's meant to be a critque of the American education system. The character prides herself as a teacher so she always thinks she's right, but rarely is, thus makes her just a clueless "know it all". She's allegedly a satire of percieved American arrogance, stupidity and insular unworldliness. The character's lack of self awareness is truly biting. That being said, actress Dodo Denny did a phenomenal job in this role. She chews up every scene shes in and her facial expressions and reactions to everything happening around her are just a delight to behold. Despite Mrs Teavee's faults, you can't help but enjoy her presence in this film.

[@jessicakey-olmsted9838]

Agreed. She did so wonderful playing this character that it's hard to hate and easier to laugh. My biggest example has always been when she says "I serve all of his TV dinners right here, he's never even been to the table." With the biggest fucking grin on her face lmao, I would always say, man, she looks so proud 😂

[@stereohype1]

@@jessicakey-olmsted9838 Dodo clearly understood the assignment

[@animechic420]

Nothing can ruin my childhood.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Exactly

[@Reaperguy67]

The original movie was such a fantastic thing to watch. I know it was part of a lot of peoples childhood. When it comes to the newest one. It looks like it's going to be just as good as the original. When it comes to it, i think a real life version of the factory needs to be built.

[@SBloomXX]

Yes, then you will come out with diabetes.☠️

[@Reaperguy67]

​@@SBloomXXha ha true. I can't imagine eating that much chocolate or different candy during a long tour of it .

[@SBloomXX]

@@Reaperguy67 if I was a kid I could probably do it, but now as a adult 🤢

[@Reaperguy67]

@@SBloomXX same here. I couldn't as well

[@infamouswickedjokestar]

Candy land

[@Jayforeman3047]

By far THE darkest fact associated with this film is that they had trouble finding a big group of actors to play the Oompa Loompas because of, erm, let's just say lingering effects from Nazi atrocities in WW2.

[@yellohammer8571]

Well, the entire movie was filmed in Bavaria, so...

[@alexmeyer5260]

@@yellohammer8571 After they finished filming, Liza Minnelli and the cast of Cabaret filmed in the same locations!

[@maxcardun]

All versions of Willy Wonka knew he wanted to eleminate contestants, but the one thing Gene Wilder's Wonka has over the book and the Johnny Depp version, is that he made the contestants sign a contract where they forfit the liftime supply of chocolate if they violate "The Rules". In the book and possibly the Johnny Depp movie the kids still got the lifetime supply of chocolate, and if we want to take it up a notch, they probaly sued Wonka for damages. That's just speculation mind you, but if they attempted to sue Gene Wilders Wonka it would have been forefit in court.

[@cixelsyd40]

children can't sign contracts and as the adults never sign so the contract would be null and void.

[@maxcardun]

@@cixelsyd40 Children can sign the contract with a legal guardian present. This would probably release Sam Buregarde as he was the only one of one in a half to strongly disagree to violet signing. The other half being Mr. Salt, though he may be liable as he did whatever Veruca wanted anyhow.

[@DaveTexas]

"eleminate"? "forfit"? "forefit"? Are you nine years old?

[@maxcardun]

@@DaveTexas Only mentally, but you must admit there are worse grammatical misteaks, out there.

[@nv4699]

😂

[@WTheW_gaming]

I watched this movie again a couple of years ago. I was surprised at how well it has held up after 50 years!

[@RWAC685]

The Original Is A Classic. Always Has Been, Always Will Be.

[@Reaperguy67]

you are right ,

[@WatchMojo]

Absolutely! The original Willy Wonka is a timeless classic that holds a special place in the hearts of many. Gene Wilder's portrayal of the eccentric chocolatier is iconic, and the whimsical journey through the chocolate factory is forever etched in cinematic history.

[@briancoy297]

I can't really imagine anyone else in the role of Wonka but Gene Wilder.

[@BigLee1901]

I agree, in my opinion Gene Wilder is Willy Wonka

[@robertk617]

Jack Nicholson 😝

[@RapFanatic4ever]

I always wonder why the candy man gives all the kids in his shop free candy but makes Charlie pay for it even though he most likely knows about Charlie’s poverty . Nevertheless I loved this movie since I was a kid

[@SmokingEagle]

I think the other children probably had a running tab in their parents names so he could just pour candy and chocolate nonstop and then charge the parents whatever he felt was owed. But I agree he could have let Charlie have that chocolate bar for free, especially since he spent almost all of his money on his Grandpa's tobacco.

[@nv4699]

Maybe it's to help Charlie feel like he's earned it unlike the other children.

[@WinsberryEntertainment]

I always wondered about this. Singing and letting the kids go wild is nice and everything. But how does his business make a profit if he doesn't keep track of what's been eaten?

[@ving3642]

This video ruined nothing, my childhood is safe because these weren’t bad facts.

[@KaizerTheFightingDemon]

Ha the classic "Ruin your Childhood" shtick it just doesn't go away.

[@Josh0222]

I heard differently that they actually tried to make most things edible in the chocolate room. With the exception of the river. I know that the kids weren't shown the finished chocolate room until they filmed them seeing it for the first time to get a real reaction. Great movie. It gets better over time because you appreciate and understand some of the jokes, sarcasm and nuance as you get older. Gene Wilder was fantastic

[@crypticghost21]

I already pieced it together that the chocolate river wasn't really chocolate. It looked like 💩 water

[@WatchMojo]

Haha, you've got a keen eye for chocolate authenticity.

[@mikejohnson8391]

That right in Tim Burton version was Hershey’s milk chocolate mixed water. In 1961 it was European chocolate, mixed with water at start scene because they where running behind schedule by end scene it was all pour European chocolate.

[@Goodiesfanful]

Dahl was also put out Spike Milligan was not cast as Wonka, another reason he disowned the film. Still, Wonka is still regarded as Wilder’s finest hour.

[@shiningglowingglasses4885]

I loved reading this book as a child with my grandmother (RIP). I got my first cavities eating numerous chocolate bars while reading. Cue dentist rolling eyes... 😅I also loved the movie. That cannot be ruined. 😛

[@alexmeyer5260]

Denise Nickerson (Violet Beauregarde) developed cavities on nearly all her teeth because of the amount of gum she had to chew.

[@highping1786]

They forgot to mention grandpa's cocaine scooper pinky nails.

[@Floymin]

What Roald Dahl didn't understand about insane people is that most of them refused to grow up and had difficulty adjusting to adult life. Gene Wilder's interpretation may have been sugar-coated, but it was more accurate than the author's pessimistic outlook.

[@Highkingofgondor]

Dahl was just angry because the movie was infinitely better than his book. His interview made him seem like an out of touch blowhard, which he was.

[@nv4699]

​@@HighkingofgondorEgo much? Yeah, I agree with you! His attitude was bad. He should have considered himself lucky that they were even making a movie out of his book and for someone as wonderful as Gene Wilder to get that role.

[@berniej.rucker4252]

Another tidbit about Gene Wilder: He chose to do the "fake gimp/somersault" scene himself telling his director, "It will subtly show that Willy Wonka ISN'T as he appears." Thus STARTING the "sweetly" bumping off kids as the tour continues. Which...in itself...is quite sinister and disturbing but only older people would notice.

[@nv4699]

@@berniej.rucker4252 Darn it now I want to re-watch the original

[@Floymin]

@@berniej.rucker4252 Wonka didn't bump them off in the book, though. At the end when Charley is riding the GGE, he looks down to see the 4 other kids emerge, but in strange forms. They movie probably skipped that part because it would have taken SFX they didn't have yet.

[@darthrage8673]

Still not as bad as The Wizard of Oz facts.

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

Bruh, I just found out about the cowardly lion. 💀

[@rwwilson21]

It's scary how much the actress who played Veruca looked like my mom when my mom was that age.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

You don’t say!

[@will345davis]

Was there anyone that really thought that river was chocolate? It’s not exactly a shocker. That shit looked like ditch water.

[@edwinmartinez7821]

The last one I thought was obvious to eliminate all the bad kids or "bad egg" it was meant so the last one remaining avoided all temptation of the factory

[@condemned1982]

The last "elimination" was Mike Teevee getting shrunk. Veruca (the bad egg) was gone already.

[@kryptonianpowers]

*Interesting fact:* Denise Nickerson, Violet's actress was actually considered for the role of Regan MacNeil in *The Exorcist* and she also auditioned for it, too. But her parents forbade her from accepting the role because they read the script and didn't like it.

[@robcreel4257]

I remember seeing this when it first came out at the Highland movie theater in Albuquerque in 1971. I was 9 at the time. I loved it. Nothing in this video would ruin anything about it.

[@onionbubs386]

You left out the part where Roald Dahl didn't like Gene Wilder because Wilder was Jewish and Dahl was pretty open about his antisemitism.

[@yellohammer8571]

I find it somewhat ironic that Dahl was antisemitic, because during WWII, when he was serving in the Royal Air Force, he once visited Palestine, where he met an entire family of Jewish orphans. He himself, as he puts it, had no idea that the Holocaust was going on at the time, and that he didn't know about the head of the family's "battle that has been onging since the time of Christ". In that same book, he discussed with the Jew about having a country of their own, rather than emigrating to another country (if that wasn't enough, before flying to Palestine to set up an RAF camp for his squad, he roadtripped from Alexandria, Egypt, and crossed Suez, Gaza and even Jerusalem, so that he could arrive in Haifa, Iraq.)

[@crsproductions2003]

I don’t think that was the reason why. Roald Dahl's first choice for Wonka was Spike Milligan, not Gene Wilder. More importantly, Roald Dahl also hated the finished project (as mentioned in the video) for how unfaithful it was to his original story.

[@alexmeyer5260]

Fun fact: Jean Stapleton was offered the role of Mrs. Teavee, but she had to turn it down because she had already accepted a role in a TV pilot, which ended up becoming the TV show All In The Family.

[@GamingFanactic911]

It's crazy to think that only the kids from the original movie exist outside Violet's voice actress and people in the crowd

[@mikememine1423]

The licking of the Snozberry wallpaper is twisted, because Roald Dahl refers to Snozberries as testicles in one of his books... you are welcome

[@yellohammer8571]

I have a feeling it's in Someone Like You, his collection of short stories. Or it could be My Uncle Oswald.

[@TheRetroScene]

This film will always be great 😊

[@Reggie2000]

Oompa: I'm crushing it at steering this boat! Director: Its on rails. Oompa: 😢

[@williambilyeu9801]

Quaker made so very good candies under the Willy Wonka brand name. Although their chocolate bar was not very good, they made some very good other candies, especially the Gobstopper jawbreaker. I worked at a store and remember the the short run of Willy Wonka candy. 😊😅😂

[@TheWitchofCrows]

I thought the “blue makeup” was a rumor and they actually used a blue light to give the allusion of her turning blue.

[@stuartaaron613]

I think that the blue light was for the transformation, but once inflated they used blue makeup.

[@FallnAngel07]

I went to the Alamo Drafthouse for a Willy Wonka movie party and met Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Themmen. It was so cool.

[@michaellynes3540]

The portrait of Martin Bormann in the film is probably a good little Easter egg.

[@MsNotzi]

These facts were very interesting, but nothing will ever ruin the film for me. As far as my childhood, the facts you gave didn't ruin it, but someone in the comments mentioned what a snozzberry really is (apparently it's a peen), and the fact that Veruca is another name for a wart. That ruined it a bit. 😂 Still love the movie.

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

😱These facts totally changed my view on Willy Wonka! 😢

[@Supreme-Fishy]

I just saw the new wonka movie and I can proudly say It was scrumdiddlyumptious ESPCIALLY how Willy met the Oompa Loompas hugh grant played well the Oompa Loompa

[@49ers_red_and_gold2]

Even though I was born in 1986, I love this movie ❤️‍🔥

[@Anti-Santa86]

I was also born in 1986 and I actually enjoy the movie when I was a kid.

[@jstmarton]

I'm a 32 year old who legit saw the movie yesterday for the first time prepping for the prequel. If anyone didn't already find this movie Dark then idek lol

[@WhiteWolfCub]

These dark facts may not have ruined my childhood, but the Oompa Loompas still freak me out to this day.

[@Ian-lf4do]

The Mom: “MY CHILD!” Wonka: “MY BEAUTIFUL CHOCOLATE!!” the mom again: “DONT JUST STAND THERE DO SMTH!” Wonka again: “Help, Please, Murder!”

[@jbeauzieux3915]

As a kid I didn’t think that the river of chocolate looked very delicious

[@Anti-Santa86]

Same here I always knew there was something off about that water

[@mikememine1423]

Roald Dahl's reported last words, after receiving an injection for pain medication, were "Owww, f..."

[@henrikharbin5521]

Peter Ostrum (Charlue) is the last actor who is still alive today from the movie. He left acting to become a vet for horses.

[@jabberwock6]

it's his only film role

[@chrisdymmel2934]

The actors who played Mike Teevee, Veruca Salt, Augustus Gloop and at least one of the Oompa Loompas are all still alive. Most are still acting as well.

[@alexmeyer5260]

While it's true that most of the adult actors have passed away, most of the child actors are still alive. Denise Nickerson (Violet) sadly passed away in 2019, but Michael Bollner (Augustus), Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca), Paris Themmen (Mike) and Peter Ostrum (Charlie), are still alive and still really good friends.

[@krisherman3513]

He is a large animal vet and actually mostly takes care of cattle.

[@QuaintMelissaK]

⁠@@chrisdymmel2934The actor who played Mike TeeVee, was a contestant on Jeopardy!

[@BigLee1901]

I have my own dark twist that the Oompa Loompa's are actually cannibals and Willy Wonka and Mr. Wilkerson are held against their will (similar to the Rusty Rex character in Tales Of Halloween) and Wonka makes the plan to send out the golden tickets to find someone to take his place while the other contestants and their parents get eaten by the Oompa Loompas, Wonka convinces Charlie that he and his family can move in only to end up being the new servants of the Oompa Loompas while Willy and Wilkerson wash their hands of the whole issue so they can be free

[@jessicakaemery]

Reasons why Grandpa Joe's the main villain: - He was "bedridden" until Charlie found his golden ticket, and then got out of bed and started leaping dancing around. Now, that sounds like benefit fraud. - To add to that he nominated himself to take Charlie to the factory- even though for 20 years he claimed he couldn't walk. Instead of giving the opportunity to someone more deserving, like Charlie's mum or dad. - He also had money for tobacco and chocolate, whilst the rest of his family struggled to buy food (and fix their house). - He didn't contribute financially, and willingly chose to be a burden on the family. - He makes Charlie winning the ticket all about him, and how he used to work there. Like, we know?? According to the book, you used to tell Charlie that story frequently- like give the poor lad his moment, you've already overshadowed him by showing everyone you can walk. - It was Grandpa Joe's fault that Charlie almost didn't win his prize, because of his need to drink the fizzy lifting drink - He's just as bad as any of the other parents at the factory, but doesn't suffer any consequences because of it. - Grandpa Joe nearly got Charlie killed by being sucked into a giant fan. The death of his only grandson is caused by his greed. - Grandpa Joe doesn't take any accountability for his actions, and instead argues back at Wonka- even though he broke one of his rules. - Grandpa Joe's sympathy after his fight with Wonka is unearned. Like we get it dude, stop playing the victim. Charlie's the one who almost got killed.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Reasons why Violet could have won the chocolate factory: - Her interest in gum is a very fitting personality flaw, because while it’s not chocolate, it’s still a type of candy. - During her interview, she said that in order to find her golden ticket, she temporarily gave up gum and switched to chocolate. This shows that she has at least some self-control and actually put in the effort to find it. (Sure, so did Charlie, but he found his by chance, in the end.) - She’s incredibly business savvy, courtesy of her father. - She would make for a good boss for the Oompa Loompas.When Veruca starts whining about wanting one, Violet is quick to shut her up. Furthermore, when Violet tastes the three course meal chewing gum, it shows that she’s ready and willing to put herself on the front lines instead of making any employees do the hard parts. - When Violet ate gum, she caused damage to herself, but not to the room she was in, unlike the other three. Not to mention, it’s not like she knew what the gum would do to her! - When Violet correctly guessed what the chewing gum was, Wonka told her she was wrong, just to mess with her, so can you blame her for ignoring his warnings not to eat it?

[@roarinfireball]

The history of Roald Dahl is even more disturbing.

[@HarrisBanneck]

If you Google the 2023 Wonka film, there’s a common question about the film (maybe automatically generated) if it’s a horror film. I laughed at that, and maybe it could be if the chocolate cartel end up in something like the bad children in the original story.

[@nv4699]

The boat scene was number 90 on scariest horror movie scenes on AMC.

[@radrobd123]

I mean the chocolate carterl try to murder Wonka several times in the 2023 movie but it's done so comically that it's hardly scary

[@dmichelleh]

Ah, the original Hunger Games. I love this movie. :)

[@jasondavidstapleton8337]

i am so happy now there's 3 movies😀

[@jabberwock6]

supposedly there's a fourth movie coming out

[@jasondavidstapleton8337]

@@jabberwock6 oh i will happdened

[@Jocelyn_Herrick]

Can’t wait to see the new Wonka movie ❤

[@kristoferscott3677]

Wonka knew each of kids vices due to the media except for Charlie since he found the ticket the day before the tour and they didn't have enough prep time to make him fail.

[@condemned1982]

Charlie's "vice" was the Fizzy Lifting Drinks... although I guess that was done more at Grandpa's urging.

[@tyrellrichardson3078]

Willy wonka is like Monokuma from Danganronpa, he knew which kid was gonna get tempted/motivated by something and planned ahead for it

[@Jhoffa22_]

The music reference with the piano in the room was a joke that clearly went over your head...😂😢😂

[@MrRezRising]

That #1 is so _dark_ !!! Love it!

[@TonyJones-x2i]

the original is the best my mom used to rent the vhs every xmas eve while she made mince pies and butterfly cream cup cakes, me and my sister would watch it then it was bed time waiting for Santa , and going to bed with moms homemade mince pie still warm very good memories of xmas eve with willy Wonka and Charlie I still watch it as an adult at 50 and I still get the same nostalgia than when I was a kid I know every word and song from this timeless classic love it and always will

[@jessicakey-olmsted9838]

Just reading this put a smile on my face. Merry Christmas ❤

[@TonyJones-x2i]

thank you and merry xmas to you n ur family ❤@@jessicakey-olmsted9838

[@davidhill2020]

3:03 Holy crap! It's been a long time since I've seen this movie, but I don't remember THAT line!

[@JolanXBL]

1:33 The blond on the right sounds voiced by the actress for Rocky of Rocky & Bullwinkle

[@TheJManOrRiot]

Now you know why some people like me (and Roald Dahl’s estate) tend to lean more to the Tim Burton version

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Watch mojo attempts to ruin your Childhood be like: 😂

[@thegood9]

This movie scared me to death when I was a kid. I never could understand how Wonka was viewed as a "good guy". I perceived him as "evil" from the very first view, and I could never watch it again. I'll agree with Doahl that the music was stupidly antithetical to the themes of the movie. I really, truly wish a REAL remake, based on the book in tone and character, could be made. I thought that the Johnny Depp one with Burton's direction and vision MIGHT have had the chance, but alas, I think the production companies and movie houses got too involved to allow his true vision and revelation to come through.

[@dragonbattle646]

I felt the movie was very disturbing when I was a child. Then when I read the book in hs, I just confirmed my original thoughts.

[@drinny26]

The misquotes are all part of the story of Willy Wonka.

[@justingroff3682]

actually it ENHANCED and could never RUIN my good childhood

[@coldhercules6069]

Veruca's knee injury can be seen at 3:32 as there seems to be blood on her tights

[@caseymacmacl7463]

Surprised you missed the fact that a veruca is another name for a Plantar wart. And the fact that the Snozzberries tasted like wallpaper is FAR preferable to them tasting like what they are. Snozzberry is another name for a penis according to Mr. Dahl himself! The Snozzberry fact should have been your #1 in this list!

[@jabberwock6]

charlie and the chocolate factory movie did mention that veruca was a wart

[@yellohammer8571]

"Ah yes, you must be Veruca! I always thought Veruca was a kind of wart that grows on the underside of one's foot. But I could be wrong, couldn't I?" EDIT: ngl, I had NO idea that snozzberries tasted like male genitalia, and this little fact flew over my head when I first read the book, but I wasn't too concerned about the taste.

[@MsNotzi]

Now THESE are some cool facts that are simultaneously ruining my childhood! 😂😂😂

[@nv4699]

Yeah and Violet turns violet so a lot of their names sort of told who they were inside. Mike Teevee😂

[@barkerjames1980]

Says Violet, chewing the experimental gum: "it's warm and creamy, I can feel it running down my throat" 🤣

[@onanthebarbarian9883]

As an aside, there was an alternate ending they tried for test audiences, one that had the Wonkavator land in the factory square. After landing, all the children and parents were paraded out of the factory seemingly OK, but still had the effects of their misdeeds - Mike Teevee was his regular height, but tall and thin from being stretched, Violet was regular size, but still blue, etc. Apparently test audiences didn't like this version as opposed to the version that was released. /I was part of one of those test audiences back in the day.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

ARE YOU SERIOUS?! No bullshit?! Is that true?!

[@Reggie2000]

😂 UH, NO! 😂 Not only would you never be able to confirm this, as it is 100% untrue, but it makes ZERO sense. The original ending was just Grandpa Joe going. Woopie! With a fist in the air. In the book, they land inside Charlie's house, push the bed into the massive elevator, and attempt to fly back to the factory, BUT, instead end up in outer space! Which is where most of that book takes place. They 100% did not have the budget for this dudes 💩 ending.

[@Terahnee]

In the book they do look down out of the elevator and see the other kids leaving. Mike is stretched, Violet is blue, Veruca is covered in garbage, and I believe Augustus is covered in chocolate.

[@Reggie2000]

@@Terahnee Yeah, IN THE BOOK. The 1971 film absolutely filmed no such scene.

[@Terahnee]

@@Reggie2000 I was just saying that it would have been a valid alternate ending (minus the elevator landing) since the kids leaving the factory is in the book the movie was based on. As to whether or not it was actually filmed, I can't say and I didn't say.

[@thesnare100]

1:46 Ergo, the magnificent, short in stature, tall in power, narrow of purpose and wide of vision, and he does NOT travel with peasant and beggars!

[@TheEbnk]

Good morning starshine, the earth says hello. ❤

[@buffylow68]

Gene Wilder was awesome in this role oddly so was Johnny Depp! I can’t wait to see Timothee Chalamet in this new film portray him?

[@WilliamDearthwd]

8:20 It's got more gas in it than a politician.

[@Anti-Santa86]

I don't really let anything ruin what I like when I was younger

[@michaelpolehonki]

One childs life was ruined in the "candyman" song number. when the candy man lifts the swinging counter top piece up he smacks a little kid in the face. i laugh everytime.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

I can’t believe that blunder actually made it into the Tom & Jerry crossover!

[@michaelpolehonki]

@ciarangleeson2880 omg I just watched that lol, they even added in a sound effect

[@cedgson91]

Didn’t watch this one Watched the other one 😅 And the new Wonka today 😂

[@nisselarson3227]

Mr. Dahl thought GENE WILDER wasn't "intense" enough an actor? I really can't imagine a more intense actor.

[@TreyMcDonaldAnimator]

How crazy is it the 2005 version might actually be closer to what Dahl had for seen than this version? Dahl was out to traumatize some kids lol

[@diamondsegundo]

So when does my childhood get ruined? These facts didn't ruin anything.

[@ginalynn4493]

Gene Wilder is Wonka ! Best movie of my childhood.

[@tftv7639]

Willy Wonka ITSELF ruined my childhood.

[@kbarriosrox]

I still thought this movie was a perfect classic. I’d never change my mind