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Willy Wonka is an eccentric entrepreneur, owner a large candy manifesting company. He is the deuteragonist of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Background[]

Wonka was born the son of the dentist Wilbur Wonka. His father was overprotective and never allowed him to have any candy, even during Halloween, when he would throw it in the fireplace. This caused Willy, after tasting his first piece of chocolate, to grow obsessed and want to become a chocolatier. His father found out, demanded him not to be a chocolatier. He angrily ran away from home, only to return and find out that his father's building had vanished. He later achieved his dream and built his factory, but his painful past had caused him to hate parents and families altogether.

After accomplishing his dream, Wonka the world's most famous and wonderful chocolatier. He owns the largest chocolate factory in the world, fifty times as big as any other. He also specializes in making other fantastic candy such as chocolate birds, never melting ice cream, three-course chewing gum, candy balloons, strawberry-flavored chocolate-coated fudge, everlasting gobstoppers, hair toffee, three course meal chewing gum, and exploding candy. 

Personality[]

Wonka is portrayed as childish, uninterested, sometimes depressive, hyper, forgetful, kind, lonely, sometimes insensitive and manipulative, defiant, nonchalant, troubled, enigmatic, innovative, flamboyant, stubborn, arrogant, authoritarian, narcissistic, demanding, schizotypal personality disorder, paranoid, eccentric, philosophical and sympathetic throughout the film. He could be described as "a little off his rocker" as well.

Physical Appearance[]

He is a tall, slender man with brown hair. He usually wears a plum colored overcoat that went down to his knees over a black shirt with a W-shaped pin, a tall, black hat and golden chain (which seemed to be for a pocket watch).


Role in the Film[]

Noticing that he is aging, Willy Wonka hides five golden tickets in five of his Wonka Bars for five lucky children to find. He sent out golden tickets, hidden in Wonka Bars to find an heir, and that the child who was the "least rotten" would be the winner.

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