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This was an idea I came up w/ while talking w/ Illord about other alternate takes on the Willy Wonka story. This one being where the ticket winners are the adults and Wonka is a kid (note, these aren’t based on any particular past version of the characters).

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Augustus Gloop: First up, Augustus Gloop. For him, I used Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin and Willie the Giant as inspiration. He’s selfish, greedy and doesn’t care for others. Only his own needs. Is rather stupid and pushy. Eats out nearly every other day in excess (he’s a cheapskate too). You’d think his kids would be equally as fat too, but no. His father gives them the bare minimum of every meal. He found the golden ticket in his kid’s stash of hidden candy in their rooms while they were at school. He abuses his parental power.

Veruca Salt: Here, she is a gold digger. Always on the prowl for obtaining the easy life of luxury. Has had multiple husbands before. She is constantly throwing the wildest of parties, spending hundreds of dollars on: expensive clothes, hairdos, houses, cars, drinks, foods, vacations, everything. If she needs more money, she’ll just call her father up and sweet talk him till he gives in. For Veruca, I’ve decided that she goes out of her way to buy up every last Wonka bar (w/ her father’s money of course) from every store she can find to better her own chances at winning the golden ticket. Her reasoning being so she can go on the tour and attempt to woo him, (which is why she’s dressed the way she is) for his money and fame — only to be utterly disappointed when she finds out that the chocolate maker is but a child.

Violet Beauregarde: For Violet, I figured that the best adult equivalent to her original character from the book was none other than the dreaded Karen. She is impatient, highly entitled to her opinion, loud and very obnoxious. She chews gum as an alternative to smoking. She got her ticket after making a fuss in a candy store (which her kids tried in vain to calm her down) and got the Wonka bar as compensation. As luck would have it, her kid found the golden ticket (but she claims later she was the one, but generously gave it to her kids out of the “goodness” of her heart). For this version of Violet, being the Karen she is here, she goes over the limit of family members allowed to be brought on the tour (she brings all three of her kids, again much to their dismay and embarrassment) believing that the great and marvellous Willy Wonka will make an exception just for her (which he begrudgingly does).

(A joke I just thought of is that in the inventing room, Wonka shows off a candy to act as an alternative to a vaccination shot (cause needles are scary) and for kids w/ anti-vaxxer parents (he doesn’t outright say this exactly, but it’s the general gist of it) and keep them healthy; a sort of alternate version of the everlasting gobstopper being made for children w/ little allowance money.)

Mike TeaVee: For Mike, since in all versions he and Wonka have this rivalry (mostly because he’s the 2nd longest lasting kid on the tour, so his character has time be developed) which boils down to “kids, don’t question adults”. The current equivalent of that are w/ boomers and millennials/gen Z-iers. So I took that and rolled w/ it. He constantly watches FOX news (like, a lot) always questions Wonka and pesters him throughout the tour. Asking things such as, “How does a kid know anything about running a business?” “If this was run by an adult, there wouldn’t be room for such childish nonsense going on here”, “This place makes no sense”, “You kids these days. Always screwing with what wasn’t broken. Why is everyone so desperate for change?” He’s the kind of fellah who laughs at “Women, am I right?” jokes and other offensive and outdated stuff. (Might as well go all the way and make him a bigot too). Here I’d think he’d watch nothing but FOX news, cooking shows and whatever else the older generation watches. He absolutely loathes new technology and the changing culture and ideologies of the modern era. He’s a total hypocrite and very political too (if you get what I mean).

Charlie Bucket: Charlie is mostly the same, but all the responsibilities in his life at the moment (having a job, maintaining his health, balancing his social life, dealing w/ horrible customers at said work, remembering to eat, drink, sleep, etc.) have taken their toll on his spirit. He lives in a crummy apartment w/ his family and is barely able to pay the rent/bills on time. However, through thick and thin, he is at least grateful for what little he has and the company of his family. Unable to imagine a life w/o them. He wins the last golden ticket and goes to the factory on his own (his parents are unable to join him because of their own jobs and caring for his grandparents). He and Wonka grow an almost brotherly bond w/ each other as the tour progresses.

Willy Wonka: Here, Wonka is an energetic, goofy and giddy little kid as he is always very eager to show off his newest creations to others (like a kid showing their parents a drawing they made). Like his adult counterpart, he’s a bit of a trickster and knows more than he’s letting on (but is still a kid both at heart and physically). In this storyline, the young Wonka inherited the factory from his father and has been running it for the last few months (or years, haven’t decided yet) since his death. Now, the purpose of the contest isn’t to find an heir. He wants to find someone to be a surrogate parental figure for him (along w/ helping him take care of the factory of course). I’m thinking of a similar situation from the 2005 film where Charlie declines at first because of how out of nowhere the announcement is. He later comes around to it after thinking it over (like in that film), and he and his family move in. His one condition is that he is not to be his parental figure, rather as a family member.

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The whole irony here is that it’s the kids who are telling the adults to listen to Wonka, but they choose not too because they are the “grown ups” and can do what they want. After each “accident”, the other children are escorted by the Oompa Loompas elsewhere to meet their parents afterwards.

Will probably draw more art of this idea later. Let me know what you think of it.

Description
This was an idea I came up w/ while talking w/ Illord about other alternate takes on the Willy Wonka story. This one being where the ticket winners are the adults and Wonka is a kid (note, these aren’t based on any particular past version of the characters).

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Augustus Gloop: First up, Augustus Gloop. For him, I used Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin and Willie the Giant as inspiration. He’s selfish, greedy and doesn’t care for others. Only his own needs. Is rather stupid and pushy. Eats out nearly every other day in excess (he’s a cheapskate too). You’d think his kids would be equally as fat too, but no. His father gives them the bare minimum of every meal. He found the golden ticket in his kid’s stash of hidden candy in their rooms while they were at school. He abuses his parental power.

Veruca Salt: Here, she is a gold digger. Always on the prowl for obtaining the easy life of luxury. Has had multiple husbands before. She is constantly throwing the wildest of parties, spending hundreds of dollars on: expensive clothes, hairdos, houses, cars, drinks, foods, vacations, everything. If she needs more money, she’ll just call her father up and sweet talk him till he gives in. For Veruca, I’ve decided that she goes out of her way to buy up every last Wonka bar (w/ her father’s money of course) from every store she can find to better her own chances at winning the golden ticket. Her reasoning being so she can go on the tour and attempt to woo him, (which is why she’s dressed the way she is) for his money and fame — only to be utterly disappointed when she finds out that the chocolate maker is but a child.

Violet Beauregarde: For Violet, I figured that the best adult equivalent to her original character from the book was none other than the dreaded Karen. She is impatient, highly entitled to her opinion, loud and very obnoxious. She chews gum as an alternative to smoking. She got her ticket after making a fuss in a candy store (which her kids tried in vain to calm her down) and got the Wonka bar as compensation. As luck would have it, her kid found the golden ticket (but she claims later she was the one, but generously gave it to her kids out of the “goodness” of her heart). For this version of Violet, being the Karen she is here, she goes over the limit of family members allowed to be brought on the tour (she brings all three of her kids, again much to their dismay and embarrassment) believing that the great and marvellous Willy Wonka will make an exception just for her (which he begrudgingly does).

(A joke I just thought of is that in the inventing room, Wonka shows off a candy to act as an alternative to a vaccination shot (cause needles are scary) and for kids w/ anti-vaxxer parents (he doesn’t outright say this exactly, but it’s the general gist of it) and keep them healthy; a sort of alternate version of the everlasting gobstopper being made for children w/ little allowance money.)

Mike TeaVee: For Mike, since in all versions he and Wonka have this rivalry (mostly because he’s the 2nd longest lasting kid on the tour, so his character has time be developed) which boils down to “kids, don’t question adults”. The current equivalent of that are w/ boomers and millennials/gen Z-iers. So I took that and rolled w/ it. He constantly watches FOX news (like, a lot) always questions Wonka and pesters him throughout the tour. Asking things such as, “How does a kid know anything about running a business?” “If this was run by an adult, there wouldn’t be room for such childish nonsense going on here”, “This place makes no sense”, “You kids these days. Always screwing with what wasn’t broken. Why is everyone so desperate for change?” He’s the kind of fellah who laughs at “Women, am I right?” jokes and other offensive and outdated stuff. (Might as well go all the way and make him a bigot too). Here I’d think he’d watch nothing but FOX news, cooking shows and whatever else the older generation watches. He absolutely loathes new technology and the changing culture and ideologies of the modern era. He’s a total hypocrite and very political too (if you get what I mean).

Charlie Bucket: Charlie is mostly the same, but all the responsibilities in his life at the moment (having a job, maintaining his health, balancing his social life, dealing w/ horrible customers at said work, remembering to eat, drink, sleep, etc.) have taken their toll on his spirit. He lives in a crummy apartment w/ his family and is barely able to pay the rent/bills on time. However, through thick and thin, he is at least grateful for what little he has and the company of his family. Unable to imagine a life w/o them. He wins the last golden ticket and goes to the factory on his own (his parents are unable to join him because of their own jobs and caring for his grandparents). He and Wonka grow an almost brotherly bond w/ each other as the tour progresses.

Willy Wonka: Here, Wonka is an energetic, goofy and giddy little kid as he is always very eager to show off his newest creations to others (like a kid showing their parents a drawing they made). Like his adult counterpart, he’s a bit of a trickster and knows more than he’s letting on (but is still a kid both at heart and physically). In this storyline, the young Wonka inherited the factory from his father and has been running it for the last few months (or years, haven’t decided yet) since his death. Now, the purpose of the contest isn’t to find an heir. He wants to find someone to be a surrogate parental figure for him (along w/ helping him take care of the factory of course). I’m thinking of a similar situation from the 2005 film where Charlie declines at first because of how out of nowhere the announcement is. He later comes around to it after thinking it over (like in that film), and he and his family move in. His one condition is that he is not to be his parental figure, rather as a family member.

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The whole irony here is that it’s the kids who are telling the adults to listen to Wonka, but they choose not too because they are the “grown ups” and can do what they want. After each “accident”, the other children are escorted by the Oompa Loompas elsewhere to meet their parents afterwards.

Will probably draw more art of this idea later. Let me know what you think of it.