The Oompa Loompas during Augustus Gloop's song in the 2005 film adaptation.

Oompa-Loompas are dwarves in Roald Dahl's fictional books Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. They come from Loompaland and are the only people Willy Wonka will allow to work in his factory due to the risk of industrial espionage. They are only knee-high, and are paid in their favourite food, cacao beans. Image File history File links OompaLoompa2005. ... Image File history File links OompaLoompa2005. ... This page is about a mythological race. ... Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... Original book cover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with illustrations by Joseph Schindelman For the 1971 film, see Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. ... Original book cover of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator with illustrations by Joseph Schindelman Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a childrens book by British author Roald Dahl. ... This article may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Binomial name Theobroma cacao L. For the town in French Guiana see Cacao, French Guiana Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is a small (4-8 m tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae), native to tropical South America, but now cultivated throughout the tropics. ...

History

The Oompa-Loompas were first featured in Roald Dahl's 1964 children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The original book first portrayed Oompa-Loompas as black pygmies from "the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been before". After the book's U.S. release, complaints of racism caused Dahl to rewrite the characters as dwarves with "golden-brown hair" and "rosy-white" skin. In the 1971 musical film adaptation, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the characters were again reinterpreted as orange-skinned and green-haired - similar to the Munchkins of 1939's The Wizard of Oz. In the 2005 adaption, restored to its original title of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Oompa-Loompas are small, with short dark hair and bronzed skin, and all played by dwarf actor Deep Roy. Roy's stature was diminished on screen to an apparent height of about two feet, using digital compositing and forced perspective. Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Original book cover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with illustrations by Joseph Schindelman For the 1971 film, see Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... Motto: Official (Latin): E pluribus unum (1789 to 1956) (Translated: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government  â€¢ President  â€¢ Vice President Federal... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a musical film adaptation of Roald Dahls classic book for children Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ... Alternate meanings: see Munchkin (disambiguation) Munchkins are the natives of the fictional Munchkin Country in the Oz books by L. Frank Baum. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A dwarf (plural dwarfs or, more recently, dwarves -- see under Tolkien below) is a short humanoid creature in Norse mythology, fairy tales, fantasy fiction and role-playing games. ... Deep Roy as an Oompa Loompa. ... Forced perspective is a filmmaking technique employed to make larger objects appear smaller to the viewer or vice versa, depending on their relationship to the camera and each other. ...

Armen Land

Oompa-Loompas live in Loompaland, an uncharted place full of Snozzwangers, Horn Snolgerlers, and wicked Whangdoodles, three classes of extremely dangerous creatures.

Songs

The Oompa Loompas after Veruca's downfall in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Oompa-Loompas are notable for their witty, moralising songs and dances about the mischievous children who have been invited to tour the factory. Four songs are presented in the form of a simple puzzle which are intended to make adolescents think about the consequences of their behaviour: the Augustus Gloop Song, about a greedy boy who tried to drink up the chocolate river only to fall in and get sucked up into a pipe headed for the fudge room; the Violet Beauregarde Song, about a chronic gum-chewing girl who eats an experimental gum, causing her to turn blue, expand into a human-like blueberry, and be taken to the juicing room to keep from bursting; the Veruca Salt Song, about a spoiled brat who winds up going down into a garbage chute for her wanton greed; and the Mike Teevee Song, a song about a boy who watches too much television, only to get shrunken down to size by a matter condenser, and sent to the taffy room to be stretched back to normal. Image File history File links OompaLoompas1971. ... Image File history File links OompaLoompas1971. ... For the 1964 childrens book, see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ... Michael Bollners portrayal of Augustus Gloop in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). ... Violet in the 1971 movie Violet Beauregarde is a fictional character from the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its film adaptations, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ... For the 1990s alternative rock group, see Veruca Salt (band) Veruca Salt in the 1971 film Veruca Salt is a character from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, written by Roald Dahl. ... A spoiled or spoilt brat is a child whose parents let it get its way in most things and thus worsen greed, selfishness, and arrogance in the child. ... This article is about Mike Teavee, his parents are not listed on this page. ...

The songs written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1971 film are radically different than the songs in the book (each beginning and ending with the now-iconic Oompa-Loompa-Doompa-Dee-Do), while the 2005 adaptation uses the book's lyrics to the point where Roald Dahl is listed in the 2005 movie credits as having written the lyrics for the songs. Leslie Bricusse (born January 29, 1931) is a British lyricist. ... George Anthony Newley (b. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the 2005 version of the movie, it is pointed out by a character as being highly suspicious that the children's names were already in the songs, suggesting that they already knew that the incidents (Augustus Gloop getting sucked up the pipe, for example) were going to happen.

In the book's sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, the Oompa-Loompas sing two other songs: Wonkavite, and Goldie Pinklesweet. Original book cover of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator with illustrations by Joseph Schindelman Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a childrens book by British author Roald Dahl. ...

Casting

Angelo Muscat (The Prisoner), George Claydon, and Hussien Farhat (Time Bandits) played the role of three of the Oompa-Loompas in the 1971 film. Deep Roy plays all the Oompa-Loompas in the 2005 film. Angelo Muscat was a character actor born in Italy in --?-- and who died on 10 October 1977. ... The Prisoner was a controversial 1967 UK television series, starring Patrick McGoohan, created by McGoohan and George Markstein. ... Tagline: Time Bandits (first released on July 13, 1981) is a fantasy film, produced and directed by Terry Gilliam (who created animations for Monty Pythons Flying Circus), and is one of the most famous of more than 30 theatrical features produced by Handmade Films, the London-based independent company... Deep Roy as an Oompa Loompa. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Parodies

Oompa-Loompas were once parodied on Family Guy. In the episode "Wasted Talent", which features a subplot based on the 1971 film in which Peter Griffin wins admission to a tour of the Pawtucket Pat Brewery, the "Chumba Wumbas" sing a song to Joe Swanson in which they make fun of his need for a wheelchair. Shortly afterwards, they start singing to Peter Griffin when he and Brian are forced to leave for tasting beer they weren't supposed to taste. During this song, one of them kicks Peter in his knee, making him drop down and clutch it in pain. Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ... Wasted Talent is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Family Guy Peter Lowenbrau Griffin (born July ca. ... The entrance of a brewery. ... It has been suggested that Swanson family be merged into this article or section. ... Brian Griffin Brian Griffin is a cartoon character on the TV show Family Guy and is voiced by the shows creator, Seth MacFarlane. ...

Also, in Fry and the Slurm Factory, an episode of Matt Groening's Futurama cartoon series, the "Grunka Lunkas" sing a song while the crew were touring the Slurm softdrink factory. The crew were warned not to inquire about the secret ingredient of Slurm. The Grunka Lunkas subsequently lose their bathroom breaks for singing. It is later revealed that the Grunka Lunkas are essentially slaves, working at less than half the cost of humans/lobsters/robots/mutants. They were treated incredibly badly in the show, mostly for the degrading humorous effect. Fry and the Slurm Factory is episode 13 in series 1 of Futurama. ... Matt Groening Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954 in Portland, Oregon; his family name is pronounced /greɪnɪŋ/, rhyming with raining) is an American cartoonist and the creator of the animated television series The Simpsons and Futurama. ... Futurama is an animated American cartoon series created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen (also a writer for The Simpsons). ... The Slurm logo Slurm is a fictional soft drink originating from the animated series Futurama. ...

Farnsworth: "Who are those disgusting little orange men?"

Glurmo: "Why, those are the Grunka Lunkas."

Farnsworth: "Tell them I hate them!!"

In The Simpsons episode Sweets and Sour Marge a single Oompa Loompa can be seen caged for a short time. Professor Hubert Farnsworth Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is the extremely elderly proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service in the animated television series Futurama. ... This article is about the television show. ... Sweets and Sour Marge is an episode of The Simpsons. ...

The Irate Cinema Underground made a satirical film called "Oompa Loompa Liberation" in which they protest the film release of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" due to Wonka's out-sourcing of American jobs to Oompa-Loompa slaves.

Although there are more than a few satirical webpages devoted to the freeing of Oompa Loompas, perhaps the most relevant, is PETOL (People for the Ethical Treatment of Oompa Loompas). This organization has been around since approximately 2000, and continues to be a leader in the fight for fair treatment.

Finally, in an episode of MTV's stuntshow Jackass, Jason Acuña, better known as Wee Man, does various stunts on his skateboard in an urban area, dressed up as an Oompa-Loompa. He is musically guided by remix from the Oompa-Loompa "theme song" from the 1971 film. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jackass was a half-hour television series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002 in which a group of men perform various dangerous and/or ridiculous stunts, simply for fun and comedy. ... Jason Acuña (born on May 16, 1973 in Pisa, Italy), better known as Wee-Man, is one of the stars of Jackass on MTV and the host of NESNs skateboarding show 54321. ...

External links

• PETOL - People for the Ethical Treatment of Oompa Loompas
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Movie Song Lyrics - Roalddahlfans.com
• Official Oompa–Loompa Songbook - Roalddahlfans.com
• Politically Correct Oompa–Loompa Evolution - Roalddahlfans.com
• Economics of Oompa Loompas
• Oompa Loompa Liberation Front