Work in progress page for references to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a children's novel written by Roald Dahl, originally published in 1964. It has been adapted into two feature films: a 1971 film titled Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2005.
The story centers on a young boy named Charlie Bucket, whose bad luck turns around when he finds a golden ticket inside a chocolate bar, winning him a tour of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. On the tour with four other children, Charlie meets the eccentric Willy Wonka and the Oompa-Loompas who operate the factory. The other four children are ejected from the factory in unusual ways as a result of their selfish desires, leaving Charlie as the winner and heir of the factory.
The book and its film adaptations have been referenced numerous times on The Simpsons.
References to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in The Simpsons
Characters
Episodes
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6
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105
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"Lisa's Rival"
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Üter creates a diorama of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for a school contest, but eats it before the judges have a chance to look at it.
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8
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161
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"Hurricane Neddy"
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In the shoddily rebuilt Flanders house, a corridor becomes smaller before it leads to a tiny door. This is a reference to the scene in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, where Willy Wonka leads the tour through a hallway which reduces in size before it ends with a small door.
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9
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200
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"Trash of the Titans"
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Homer's song The Garbage Man is based on The Candy Man from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
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13
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277
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"Sweets and Sour Marge"
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Marge tells Homer that she saw an Oompa-Loompa at Motherloving Sugar Corp., but it was in a cage and wasn't moving. Later on, Homer sees an Oompa-Loompa smoking.
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15
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327
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"The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"
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Lisa tells Artie Ziff that when Homer read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to her, he thought it was real and has been searching for it ever since.
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16
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340
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"Fat Man and Little Boy"
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Goose Gladwell is based on Willy Wonka as he appears in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
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