What is Willy Wonka?
'''Willy Wonka''' is a [[fictional character]] who ran a chocolate factory from the story ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''. His character originated from a book and his character has been in movies. == Original book == In ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' by [[Roald Dahl]], Willy Wonka started a [[factory]] to make [[chocolate]] and became rich by selling it. So other candy-makers sent [[Espionage|spies]] to steal his [[candy]] recipes. So Willy Wonka closed his factory and fired everyone. Ten years later he opened it again and started selling chocolate again. He started a [[contest]] where he put five [[gold]]en [[Ticket (admission)|tickets]] in five different chocolate bars and said that any [[Child|kid]] who bought a chocolate bar with a golden ticket would get a free tour of the factory and a lifetime supply of chocolate. At the end of the book, it turns out that Willy Wonka secretly tested all five of the kids and all of them failed except for one kid named [[Charlie Bucket|Charlie]]. So Willy Wonka tells Charlie that he's a lot older than Charlie thinks he is and wants Charlie to take over the factory when he dies. Charlie says yes. == ''Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator'' == In the [[sequel]], ''[[Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator]]'', Willy Wonka takes Charlie and his family with him to [[Outer space]] and [[United States|America]] and fights monsters. == 1971 movie == In the movie ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'', Willy Wonka is played by [[Gene Wilder]]. He hires someone to pretend to be his enemy Slugworth and try to bribe all the kids to steal a new candy from Willy Wonka. [[Charlie Bucket]] takes the candy to give to Slugworth but then decides that it's wrong to do that, gives it back to Willy Wonka and apologizes. So Willy Wonka decides that he can trust Charlie to take over the factory when he dies. == 2005 remake == In the movie ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (movie)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', Willy Wonka is played by [[Johnny Depp]].