Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (2017)

Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a Warner Bros Movie based on the novel by Roald Dahl is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013).

Character

 * Charlie Bucket - is a title character and the protagonist of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it's sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, and the film adaptations of these books. He is depicted as a kind-hearted, nice, selfless, sweet, brave, but poor boy that lives with his mother, father and four bedridden grandparents. In 1971, he has a newspaper route after school. He and his family follow the progress of the hunt for the Golden Tickets in newspapers, in films, and on television. Unlike the first four finalists, Charlie is honest and generous. In the 1971 movie, Charlie was portrayed by Peter Ostrum, in his only film appearance. In the novel, at the end of the tour, Wonka declares Charlie heir to the factory for his refusal of vice, and Charlie's family are permitted to move into the factory. In the 1971 film, Charlie wins the factory when he returns an Everlasting Gobstopper given to him by Wonka, thereby passing Wonka's moral test. In the 2005 film, Wonka initially refuses to allow Charlie's family to join them in the factory, and Charlie rejects Wonka's offer. When Charlie helps Wonka reconcile with his father, the family move into the factory and Charlie becomes Wonka's partner.
 * Grandpa Joe - is one of Charlie's four bed-ridden grandparents. He's usually stubborn, senile, and paranoid, but still kind, caring, grandfatherly, excitable, and supportive. He tells Charlie (and the reader) the story of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and the mystery of the secret workers. When Charlie finds the Golden Ticket, Grandpa Joe leaps out of bed in joy, and later accompanies Charlie on the factory tour. In the sequel book, Grandpa Joe accompanies Charlie, Willy Wonka, and all members of Charlie's family in the Great Glass Elevator and assists the rescue of the Commuter Capsule from the Vermicious Knids Grandpa Joe's age is given as "ninety-six and a half" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", making him the eldest of Charlie's grandparents, but in the musical it is stated he is almost ninety and a half. The character was played by Jack Albertson in the 1971 film adaptation Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In this film, he is often excitable, paranoid, stubborn and appears anxious that Charlie win the contest, and becomes angry when Charlie is dismissed without reward, despite the fact that they both broke the rules by stealing Fizzy Lifting Drinks and not following the tour, which meant that Charlie breached the contract, not realizing that Wonka had found out what they had done. He tells Charlie that he expects him to find all five Golden Tickets and most certainly expects Charlie to find one when he receives a Wonka Bar for his birthday. The character was played by David Kelly in the 2005 film adaptation, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Veteran actor Gregory Peck was originally selected to play the role, but he died in 2003 before filming began. This version of the character is written as more calm than the 1971 version. An original backstory to Grandpa Joe's past was added to Tim Burton's film, wherein it is said that Joe worked for Wonka until the latter fired all his workers from his factory. When he returns to the factory with Charlie for the tour, Wonka asks if he was a spy working for a competing factory before he humbly welcomes him back.
 * In the novels and films, Willy Wonka - is the odd owner of an extremely prosperous chocolate factory. The inciting action of the story occurs when Wonka holds a contest, hiding five Golden Tickets within the wrappers of candy bars, promising their discoverers a tour of his factory and a lifelong supply of his creations. Implications stand in all three versions that he allows four of his five finalists to disgrace themselves, in hope that one does not. In the book, Wonka is described by Roald Dahl as having a goatee and "marvelously" bright eyes, a high and "flutey" voice, a face "alight of fun and laughter", and quick little jerky movements "like a squirrel". He is enthusiastic, eccentric, charming, talkative, and friendly, but at times insensitive, and has been given to glossing criticisms of himself. In the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, he is portrayed by Gene Wilder. While his personality remains generally the same as in the original, he is more melancholy here, and frequently quotes books and poems, including William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet ("Is it my soul that calls upon my name?") or John Masefield's "Sea Fever" ("All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by"), and the famous "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker" from "Reflections on Ice Breaking" by Ogden Nash, among many others. Toward the end of the film, he tests protagonist Charlie's conscience by pretending to deny him any reward, but assumes an almost paternal role when Charlie proves honest. In the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he is portrayed by Johnny Depp. In this version, a back-story was added that Willy Wonka's father (being a dentist) would not let him eat candy because of the potential risk to his teeth, and that the young Wonka left home to become a chocolatier. The conflict was so bad on young Wonka (portrayed by Blair Dunlop), that he took no interest in the kids when they arrived and couldn't even say the word "parent". He later gains a soft spot for Charlie and offers him a spoon from the chocolate river. Toward the end of the film, Charlie reconciles the two.
 * Tuffy Mouse - a grey mouse, Jerry's Ward; In this movie, He wear the Oompas Loompas in the Factory.
 * Oompas-Loompas - are small humans who would end up being preyed upon or attacked by the various predators that also reside in Loompaland before Wonka invited them to work at his factory and are paid in their favourite food, coco beans, which were extremely rare on their island. The Oompas-Loompas are also mischievous, loving practical jokes and singing songs which, according to Wonka, they are very good at improvising. With each misbehaving child's exit, the Oompas-Loompas sing moralizing songs of the child's folly. In early editions of the novel, the Oompas-Loompas (originally called "Whipple-Scrumpets" before publication) are shown as African Pygmy before Dahl rewrote them to be white-skinned and golden haired. In both editions, despite working in the factory, Oompas-Loompas insist on maintaining their native clothing: men wear skins, women wear leaves, and children wear nothing. In the 1971 film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, they were written to be played by actors with Dwarfism and are portrayed as orange-skinned, green-haired men in striped shirts and baggy -like pants. Prominent portrayers: Angelo Muscat, Rusty Goffe, George Claydon, Rudy Borgstaller, Jo Kilkenny, Andy Wilday, Malcolm Dixon, Ismed Hassan, Norman Mcglen, Pepe Poupee, Marcus Powell, and Albert Wilkinson. In the 2005 film, all of the Oompas-Loompas are played by Indian actor Deep Roy. They wear their tribal clothing during their time in Loompaland, and typical factory worker uniforms in Wonka's Factory. Some of the female Oompas-Loompas like Doris work in the administration offices.
 * Mike Teavee - a boy that does nothing but watch television, is the fourth Golden Ticket finder, the last removed on-tour and one of the four main antagonists of the series. He was described as adorned with eighteen toy pistols that he ‘fires’ while watching gangsters on TV. He is bad-tempered, slothful but also intelligent. How he found his Golden Ticket is never explained in the book or 1971 film as he is too absorbed in his television viewing to talk to the press about it. In the 2005 film, he does have an explanation on how he found the Golden Ticket: he used an algorithm to find it as an intellectual exercise. In the book, both of Mike's parents tour the factory with him. During a display of miniaturization technology, used to transport chocolate, Mike shrinks himself to a tiny size, Willy Wonka has an Oompas-Loompa take the Teavee family to the Gum-Stretcher Room to get Mike stretched back to normal. Mike is last seen exiting the factory, now 10 ft. (3 m) tall because the Oompas-Loompas overstretched him. After he got shrunk when his parents lament that he won't be able to attend school, Mike happily says he can continue watching TV. His angry father then blames the TV for Mike's poor behavior and decides to unplug it and throw it out the window when they get home, much to Mike's displeasure. In the 1971 film, Mike is played by Paris Themmen and his surname is spelled "Teavee" in the credits. Mike is nine years old and accompanied to the factory by his high-strung mother. He's from Arizona enjoys Western films and wears cowboy attire. He makes constant references to television shows throughout the factory tour and comes across as somewhat of a know-it-all. Although easily annoyed, he does not have any major anger issues and gets along relatively well with the other kids. In the 2005 film, 13-year-old Mike's (portrayed by Jordan Fry) interests are updated to the Internet and video games (especially gory first-person shooters), in addition to television viewing (the book and the 1971 film predated both of these). In this version, he's from Denver, Colorado, portrayed as more disrespectful. Whenever he says anything to Wonka that criticizes the factory or Wonka's ideas, Wonka pretends not to understand what Mike is saying, despite Mike obviously speaking very clearly. He retains intelligence like the other versions as he was able to find the Golden Ticket by using math and logic, though he admits he does not even like chocolate. After the incident in the 'Television Chocolate' room, Willy Wonka has an Oompas-Loompa take Mr. Teavee and Mike to the Taffy-Puller Room to have Mike stretched back to normal. Mike and his father are later seen leaving the factory where Mike is 10 ft. (3 m) tall and incredibly thin as if a 2D shape. In the 2013 Sam Mendes London musical, Mike Teavee (now age 10) lives in a suburban neighborhood with his disinterested father Norman Teavee and neurotic, alcoholic mother, Doris Teavee. Their opening number, "It's Teavee Time!" has Mrs. Teavee presenting her family as a normal, functioning household, downplaying Mike's violent tendencies like setting a cat on fire, chloroforming a nurse, and stealing a German tank. In the Department of the Future, where Wonka transmits chocolate by television, Mike anxiously jumps into the machine and transmits himself, much to his mother's horror. Wonka summons the monitors to see on which channel Mike has ended, as the Oompas Loompas rave around the room, singing, 'Vidiots'. Near the end, Mrs. Teavee joins the rave, as they conclude that Mike still has a future on 'Mike.com'.
 * Mr. Turkentine - is Charlie Bucket's school teacher and appears in the first movie in 1971, but not in the book or the 2005 film. He has an odd sense of humor which he uses to express knowledge. He asks Charlie to assist him in making a medicine using several scientific elements for the class but the project is interrupted due to the frantic golden ticket search for Willy Wonka. Mr. Turkentine when hearing the news about the golden tickets during the project dismisses the class and runs out. Later when it is revealed that all the tickets have supposedly been found ending with a Paraguayan millionaire he decides to use Wonka bars as an example to teach his class about percentages. He uses a few students as examples for the class, including Charlie. Charlie however reveals that he only opened two Wonka bars during the search and so to help make it easier for his class, he decides to pretend Charlie opened 200. Mr. Turkentine is played by British actor David Battley.
 * Arthur Slugworth - In the book, Arthur Slugworth is one of Willy Wonka's rival chocolatiers. Slugworth, along with Wonka's other rivals Mr. Fickelgruber and Mr. Prodnose, sent in spies to steal the secret recipes to Wonka's treats, which he plagiarized, nearly ruining Wonka's factory. After Wonka re-opens his factory (operated exclusively by Oompas-Loompas), Slugworth is never heard from again, but it is stated that Fickelgruber would give each of his front teeth to enter Wonka's inventing room (laboratory/chocolate room in the book) for three minutes. Slugworth has a much larger role as an enigmatic villain in the 1971 film. Inside Bill's Candy Shop, Wonka's products and signs are the most visible; but Slugworth's Sizzlers are also prominent, and one is even sold to a child. Also seen are signs for Fickelgruber's candy. Grandpa Joe describes Slugworth as the worst of Wonka's rivals. As each Golden Ticket is found, a sinister man approaches the finder and whispers something into his or her ear. After Charlie finds the last ticket, the same man approaches Charlie as well, introduces himself as Arthur Slugworth, and bribes the child to bring him one piece of the newly invented 'Everlasting Gobstopper', allowing him to plagiarize the formula. Two of the children respond to Slugworth's bribe; but Charlie, when tempted, returns the Everlasting Gobstopper to Wonka. Wonka eventually reveals that the tempter is not Slugworth, but his own employee Mr. Wilkinson, and that his offer was a moral test of character. Slugworth/Wilkinson was played by Günter Meisner, a West Germany actor. Slugworth only makes a split-second appearance in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where he alongside Mr. Ficklegruber and Mr. Prodnose are sending spies to steal ingredients from Wonka's factory. He is here played by Philip Philmar.
 * Tin, Pan and Alley - The Three Siamese Cats. They make a non-speaking brief cameo as Mr. Slugsworth's spies who steal the secret formula during the flashback sequence.

Cast
Oompas-Loompas
 * Billy West as Tom Cat
 * Samuel Vincent as Jerry Mouse
 * Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket
 * Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe
 * Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka
 * Kath Soucie as Tuffy Mouse/Tuffy the Oompas-Loompas Mouse
 * Jeff Bergman as Droopy Dog
 * Spike Brandt as Spike
 * Roy Kinnear as Henry Salt
 * Julie Dawn Cole as Veruca Salt
 * Leonard Stone as Sam Beauregarde
 * Denise Nickerson as Violet Beauregarde
 * Nora Denney as Mrs. Teavee
 * Paris Themmen as Mike Teavee
 * Ursula Reit as Mrs. Gloop
 * Michael Bollner as Augustus Gloop
 * Diana Sowle as Mrs. Bucket.
 * Aubrey Woods as Bill, the Candy Shop owner
 * David Battley as Mr. Turkentine
 * Günter Meisner as Arthur Slugworth/Mr. Wilkinson
 * Peter Capell as The Tinker
 * Werner Heyking as Mr. Jopeck
 * Peter Stuart as Winkelmann
 * Grey Ellis as Tin
 * Jess Harnell as Pan
 * Richard McGonagle as Alley
 * Dwarfism as Rusty Goffe, Rudy Borgstaller, George Claydon, Malcolm Dixon, Ismed Hassan, Norman McGlen, Angelo Muscat, Pepe Poupee, Marcus Powell, Albert Wilkinson

Trivia

 * Running Time: 99 Minutes - 96 Minutes.
 * Contains very mild slapstick violence, mild bad language, rude humour, and scary scenes.
 * From the Studio that Brought you Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz comes Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
 * Tin, Pan and Alley works Mr. Slugworth.