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Arthur Slugworth is the overarching antagonist of Roald Dahl's 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its movie adaptations. He also serves as the main antagonist of the 2023 prequel film Wonka.
The president of Slugworth Chocolates Inc., he's a rival candy maker who successfully sends a spy into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, stealing the recipe to the Candy Balloons that can be blown to incredible sizes.
Background (Wonka)
Slugworth grew to become one of the most famous chocolatiers in the galleries gourmet and joined the Chocolate Cartel with his rivals Gerald Prodnose and Felix Fickelgruber where they blackmailed anyone with chocolate to get out of trouble. Slugworth and the other cartel members store and captivate their chocolate in a large reserve under a cathedral run by the corrupt Father Julius and his "chocoholic" monks. One night he was approached by Dorothy Smith, the lover of his deceased brother, who asked for his help in getting a doctor for her sick infant daughter. Realizing that his hold on his family fortune could be challenged by his niece, Slugworth took the child in his care before secretly dumping her off at Scrubbit's and paying her to watch over the child before returning to Dorothy and claims that the infant died before a doctor could arrive causing Dorothy to break into tears before Slugworth tossed a few sovereign coins to her and had her escorted off his property.
Novel
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 for them. Having obtained these, he began making candy balloons that a consumer blows up to incredible sizes, and then causes to burst before eating them; a plagiarized invention. The work of Slugworth (along with the other rivals) came close to ruining Wonka's factory. Wonka was forced to close his factory and fire all of his workers. A few years later, Wonka's factory began working again (operated exclusively by Oompa-Loompas), and his work continued to dominate the candy industry, with no rival able to plagiarize his work. Using the Oompa Loompa as his workers enables Wonka to operate his factory without regular employees and keeping it off-limits to the public, so none of the spies can infiltrate. Slugworth is never heard from again, but it is stated that Slugworth, Prodnose, or Fickelgruber would each give their front teeth to enter Wonka's inventing room (a laboratory) for 5 minutes. It's presumed that Slugworth, alongside Prodnose and Fickelgruber, may have continued their businesses, but as Willy Wonka stopped hiring human employees, it's likely they no longer were able to produce special treats like those of Wonka.
1971 film
In the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Slugworth's company is in business. Inside Bill's Candy Shop, Wonka's products and signs are the most visible, but Slugworth's Sizzlers are also prominently displayed, and one is even sold to a child called June Marie. Things that are also seen are signs for Fickelgruber's candy. Grandpa Joe describes Slugworth as the worst of Wonka's rivals, telling Charlie that he was one of those who sent his spies in dressed as Wonka workers to steal Wonka's Recipes. A man calling himself Slugworth is a prominent character later in the film, where he was portrayed by the late Günter Meisner. As each Golden Ticket is found, he approaches the finder and whispers something into his or her ear. After Charlie finds the last ticket, the same man then approaches Charlie as well, and he delivers what is presumably the same speech he has given the other children. He introduces himself as Arthur Slugworth, president of Slugworth Chocolates Incorporated, and bribes the child to bring one piece of the newly invented Everlasting Gobstopper to him so that he can discover and plagiarize the formula. Two of the children respond to Slugworth's bribe. Veruca Salt crosses her fingers behind her back when Willy Wonka asks the children to promise not to show the Everlasting Gobstopper to anyone else. Mike Teevee asks his mother what secrets they can sell to Slugworth; his mother is also heard telling her son to keep his eyes peeled and his mouth shut. Grandpa Joe also responds near the end of the movie. After Willy Wonka snaps at him and Charlie Bucket for violating the rules by stealing Fizzy Lifting Drinks and bouncing off the ceiling, which needs to be washed, as a reason of why Charlie didn't get the prize, Joe threatens to give Slugworth the Gobstopper. However, Charlie can't bring himself to betray Wonka and thus returns the Gobstopper to Wonka. Touched by this display of selflessness, Wonka forgives the theft of the Fizzy Lifting Drinks and reveals that the man isn't actually Slugworth, but a non-Oompa Loompa Wonka's trusty worker named Mr. Wilkinson, and that his "offer" was a morality test. The movie doesn't explain how the real Wilkinson/false Slugworth was able to approach each winner so soon after they found their tickets. However, it's implied that Wonka somehow managed to keep track of each ticket's destination, and then he told Wilkinson where they are most likely to be found. This seems likely, as in the 2005 film, Wonka personally places the tickets on the candy bars, and they are then shipped to specific locations.
•In 1971 and 2017 animated (Tom & Jerry) version, Wikinson is true hidden duetagonist who pretend as an false antagonist (Slugworth).
•Arthur Slugworth at Roald Dahl Wiki
Mr. Slugworth : I congratulate you, little boy. Well done. You've found the fifth Golden Ticket. May I introduce myself. Arthur Slugworth: President of Slugworth Chocolates, Incorporated. Now, listen carefully because I'm going to make you very rich indeed. Mr. Wonka is at this moment working on a fantastic invention: the Everlasting Gobstopper.
In the book, Arthur Slugworth is one of Willy Wonka 's rival chocolatiers. Slugworth, alongside Wonka's other main rivals Mr. Fickelgruber and Mr. Prodnose, sent in spies to steal the secret recipes to Wonka's treats where they manufactured their versions of it nearly ruining Wonka's factory.
Budget. $3 million [4] Box office. $4 million [4] [5] Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart from a screenplay by Roald Dahl, based on his 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It stars Gene Wilder as chocolatier Willy Wonka.
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