Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Short Script
Characters:
Willy Wonka – The eccentric owner of the chocolate factory
Charlie Bucket – A kind-hearted boy from a poor family
Grandpa Joe – Charlie’s enthusiastic grandfather
Augustus Gloop – A gluttonous boy
Veruca Salt – A spoiled girl
Violet Beauregarde – A gum-chewing champion
Mike Teavee – A TV-obsessed boy
Oompa Loompas – Factory workers
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Scene 1: Golden Ticket Discovery
(Charlie enters his small house, holding a golden ticket in disbelief.)
Charlie: Grandpa Joe! Look! I found a Golden Ticket!
Grandpa Joe: Jumping crocodiles, Charlie! You’re going to Willy Wonka’s
factory!
Charlie’s Mom: Oh, Charlie, this is wonderful!
Grandpa Joe: I’m coming with you!
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Scene 2: The Factory Gates
(The children and their guardians gather at the gates. Willy Wonka steps out,
smiling.)
Willy Wonka: Welcome, dear guests! I’m so delighted to have you here.
Please, follow me into a world of pure imagination!
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Scene 3: Chocolate River
(Inside the factory, they arrive at a room with a chocolate river. Augustus
Gloop leans in to drink.)
Willy Wonka: Careful, Augustus! That river is not for swimming.
Augustus: (guzzles chocolate) Mmm… too good!
(Augustus falls into the river and is sucked up a pipe.)
Willy Wonka: Oh dear. Well, onwards!
(Oompa Loompas sing a song about gluttony.)
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Scene 4: The Nut Room
(Veruca Salt sees trained squirrels testing nuts.)
Veruca: Daddy, I want a trained squirrel!
Willy Wonka: They only choose good nuts, not bad ones.
(Veruca tries to grab one but is judged a “bad nut” and dropped down the
garbage chute.)
Willy Wonka: Oops. Next room!
(Oompa Loompas sing about spoiled children.)
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Scene 5: The Gum Experiment
(Violet grabs an experimental gum and chews it.)
Violet: Wow! It tastes like a whole meal!
(She starts turning purple and inflating.)
Willy Wonka: I wouldn’t have chewed that…
(Oompa Loompas roll her away.)
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Scene 6: The Television Room
(Mike Teavee jumps onto a machine that shrinks him into a tiny version of
himself.)
Mike: Whoa! This is cool but… I’m tiny!
Willy Wonka: Take him to the stretching machine.
(Oompa Loompas sing about watching too much TV.)
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Scene 7: The Elevator and the Prize
(Only Charlie remains. Willy Wonka leads him to a glass elevator.)
Willy Wonka: Charlie, you have won! My factory is yours!
Charlie: Really?!
Willy Wonka: Yes! You have a kind heart, and that is the greatest quality of
all.
(They soar over the city in the glass elevator, as Grandpa Joe cheers.)
THE END