Dr. Wilbur Wandsworth Wonka is the overarching protagonist of the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory He was portrayed by the late legendary actor Christopher Lee.
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In Willy's flashbacks, Wilbur Wonka forbids his son Willy Wonka to eat Halloween candy, but much to his disgust, Willy decides to be a candy maker and he runs away. Wilbur states that he "won't be here" when he comes back. True to his word, after Willy left, Wilbur transported himself and his house out of the street to another part of the country, to Willy's chagrin when he came back to the street.
Wilbur is next seen in the climax, where Willy and Charlie visit him in his relocated house, as Wilbur checks Willy's teeth, Charlie finds out that Wilbur has followed Willy's success. Wilbur recognizes his son and tells him "You haven't flossed". Willy replies that he didn't floss once, and they emotionally reconcile after all these years.
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Willy Wonka[]
Willy is Wilbur's defiant son of who wants to express his dreams of being a chocolatier, against his father's wishes. Willy runs away, prompting Wilbur to move himself and his house from the street. Wilbur realized his error of his ways when he sees how well Willy is selling his famous chocolate, and he reunites with his son when he visits.
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- [to his son, after he finds out that he wants to be a chocolatier] "Candy is a waste of time! No son of mine is going to be a chocolatier!"
- [in response to his son's decision to run away] "I won't be here when you come back!"
- [whilst reconciling with his long lost son] "All these years, and you haven't flossed?"
