A character in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Grandpa Joe quotes from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Jack Albertson

Scenes with Grandpa Joe

10 scenes
Charlie Bucket

Grandpa, look at Augustus! [pointing to Augustus Gloop leaning over face down, heavily slurping from the chocolate river]

Grandpa Joe

Don't worry, Charlie. He can't drink it all.

Augustus
[slurps, but a few seconds later, he plummets into the chocolate]

Aarghh!

Mrs. Gloop

Save him!

Augustus

Help! Help! Fish me out!

Charlie Bucket
[about Violet]

Grandpa, why doesn't she listen to Mr. Wonka?

Grandpa Joe

Because, Charlie, she's a nitwit!

Willy Wonka

All aboard, everybody.

Mr. Salt

Ladies first and that means Veruca.

Grandpa Joe
[to Charlie]

If she's a lady, I'm a Vermicious Knid.

Willy Wonka
[After Veruca falls down the chute]

She was a bad egg.

Mr. Salt

Where's she gone?

Willy Wonka

Where all the other bad eggs go: down the garbage chute.

Mr. Salt
[laughs heartily]

Oh, the garbage chute. Where does it lead to?

Willy Wonka

To the furnace.

Mr. Salt
[laughs heartily]

The furnace! She'll be sizzled like a sausage.

Willy Wonka

Well, not necessarily. She could be stuck just inside the tube.

Mr. Salt
[laughs heartily]

Inside the...

Mr. Salt
[he starts suddenly in shock and runs]

Hold on! Veruca! Sweetheart! Daddy's coming!

Willy Wonka
[jumps down the chute]

There's gonna be a lot of garbage today.

Grandpa Joe

Well, Mr. Salt finally got what he wanted.

Charlie Bucket

What's that?

Grandpa Joe

Veruca went first.

Charlie Bucket

Mr. Wonka, what's gonna happen to the other kids? Augustus, Veruca?

Willy Wonka

My dear boy, I promise you they'll be quite all right. When they leave here, they'll be completely restored to their normal, terrible old selves. But maybe they'll be a little bit wiser for the wear. Anyway, don't worry about them.

Grandpa Joe

Er...what do we do now, Mr. Wonka?

Willy Wonka

Yes, well...I hope you've enjoyed yourselves, excuse me for not showing you out, you'll find the way, I'm terribly busy. Whole day wasted. Good-bye to you both, Goodbye. [quickly disappears into his office]

Charlie

What happened? Did we do something wrong?

Grandpa Joe

I don't know, Charlie... but I'm gonna find out.

Grandpa Joe

Mr. Wonka?

Willy Wonka

I am extraordinarily busy, sir.

Grandpa Joe

I just wanted to ask about the chocolate, the lifetime supply of chocolate, for Charlie. When does he get it?

Willy Wonka

He doesn't.

Grandpa Joe

Why not?

Willy Wonka

Because he broke the rules.

Grandpa Joe

What rules? We didn't see any rules! Did we, Charlie?

Willy Wonka

Wrong, sir! WRONG! Under section 37B of the contract signed by him, it states quite clearly that all offers shall become null and void IF - and you can read it for yourself in this photostatic copy! - "I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained," et cetera, et cetera..."Fax mentis incendium gloria cultum,"[the torch of the mind lights the path to glory] et cetera, et cetera..."MEMO BIS PUNITOR DELICATUM"!! [I remember the spoiled punisher twice] It's ALL there! Black and white, clear as crystal! You STOLE Fizzy-Lifting Drinks! You BUMPED into the ceiling, which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get... NOTHING!!! YOU LOSE!! GOOD DAY, SIR!!!

Grandpa Joe

You're a crook. You're a cheat and a swindler! That's what you are! How can you do a thing like this?! Build up a little boy's hopes, and then smash all his dreams to pieces?! (furiously) YOU'RE AN INHUMAN MONSTER!!

Willy Wonka

I SAID "GOOD DAY!!!"
(he goes on about his work)

Grandpa Joe

Come on, Charlie, let's get out of here. I'll get even with him if it's the last thing I ever do. If Slugworth wants a Gobstopper, he'll get one.

Willy Wonka
[puts his hand on the Evelasting Gobstopper that Charlie has just given up to him, while writing]

So shines a good deed in a weary world. [looks up] Charlie? My boy. You've WON! You DID it! You DID it!! Oh, I just KNEW you would, I JUST KNEW YOU WOULD!! Oh, Charlie, forgive me for putting you through this, please forgive me. Mr. Wilkinson, would you come in here please? [The man originally known as Slugworth walks in.] Charlie, meet Mr. Wilkinson!

Slugworth (now known as Wilkinson)

Pleasure.

Charlie

Slugworth...?!

Willy Wonka

No! That's not Slugworth. He works for me!

Charlie

For you?!

Willy Wonka

I had to test you, Charlie. And you passed the test! You WON!

Grandpa Joe

Won what?

Willy Wonka

The JACKPOT, my dear sir, the GRAND AND GLORIOUS JACKPOT!

Charlie

The chocolate?

Willy Wonka

The chocolate, the chocolate, yes, but that's just the beginning!! Come, we have so little to do and so much time! Strike that...reverse it.

Charlie

Grandpa, look over there across the river! They're little men!

Grandpa Joe

Jumping crocodiles, Charlie! Now we know who makes the chocolate.

Mr. Salt
[everyone stares in amazement at the Oompa-Loompas]

I never saw anybody with an orange face before. Funny-looking people, aren't they, Wonka?

Mrs. Teevee

What are they doing there?

Wonka

Must be creaming and sugaring time.

Violet

Well, they can't be real people.

Wonka

Well, of course they're real people.

Mr. Salt

Stuff and nonsense!

Wonka

No. Oompa Loompas.

Group
[turn around]

Oompa Loompas?!

Wonka

From Loompaland.

Mrs. Teevee

Loompaland? There's no such place.

Wonka

Excuse me, dear lady...

Mrs. Teevee

Mr. Wonka, I am a teacher of geography.

Wonka

Oh, well, then you know all about it and what a terrible country it is. Nothing but desolate wastes and fierce beasts. And the poor little Oompa Loompas were so small and helpless, they would get gobbled up right and left. A Wangdoodle would eat ten of them for breakfast and think nothing of it. And so, I said, "Come and live with me in peace and safety, away from all the Wangdoodles, and Hornswogglers, and Snozzwangers, and rotten, Vermicious Knids."

Mr. Salt

Snozzwangers? Vermicious Knids? What kind of rubbish is that?

Wonka

I'm sorry, but all questions must be submitted in writing. [continues] And so, in the greatest of secrecy, I transported the entire population of Oompa Loompas to my factory here.

Veruca

Hey, Daddy, I want an Oompa Loompa. I want you to get me an Oompa Loompa right away.

Mr. Salt

All right, Veruca. All right. I'll get you one before the day is out.

Veruca

I want an Oompa Loompa now!

Violet

Can it, you nit!

Wonka

Must show you this. Lickable wallpaper for nursery walls. Lick an orange. It tastes like an orange. Lick a pineapple. It tastes like a pineapple. Go ahead. Try it.

Mike
[the tourists lick the wallpaper]

Mmm! I got a plum.

Charlie

Grandpa, this banana's fantastic! It tastes so real!

Wonka

Try some more. The strawberries taste like strawberries. The snozzberries taste like snozzberries.

Veruca

Snozzberries?! Who ever heard of a snozzberry?

Wonka

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
Here, Wonka is quoting Arthur O'Shaughnessy's "Ode," Music and Moonlight (1874), lines 1–2.

Grandpa Joe

Mr. Wonka?

Wonka

I am extraordinarily busy, sir.

Grandpa Joe

I just wanted to ask about the chocolate, the lifetime supply of chocolate, for Charlie. When does he get it?

Wonka

He doesn't.

Grandpa Joe

Why not?

Wonka

Because he broke the rules.

Grandpa Joe

What rules? We didn't see any rules, did we, Charlie?

Wonka
[angrily]

Wrong, sir! Wrong! Under section 37B of the contract signed by him, it states quite clearly that all offers shall become null and void if - and you can read it for yourself in this photostatic copy - "I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained," et cetera, et cetera... "Fax mentis, incendium gloria cultum," et cetera, et cetera... Memo bis punitor delicatum! It's all there! Black and white, clear as crystal! You stole Fizzy-Lifting Drinks! You bumped into the ceiling, which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get... NOTHING!!! You lose! GOOD DAY, SIR! [returns to work]

Grandpa Joe
[shocked]

You're a crook... [furiously] You're a cheat and a swindler...! That's what you are! How can you do a thing like this?! Build up a little boy's hopes, and then smash all his dreams to pieces?! [lividly] You're an inhuman monster...!

Wonka

I said "GOOD DAY"!! [goes on about his work]

Grandpa Joe

Come on, Charlie. Let's get out of here. [sets to leave] I'll get even with him if it's the last thing I ever do. If Slugworth wants a Gobstopper, he'll get one.

Charlie
[he and Charlie are about to leave, when Charlie slowly walks up to Wonka]

Mr. Wonka?

Wonka
[he places the Everlasting Gobstopper on Wonka's desk and sets off as Wonka stops writing] [puts his hand on the Gobstopper]

"So shines a good deed in a weary world." [looks up] Charlie? My boy. You've won! You did it! You did it! I knew you would! I just knew you would! Oh, Charlie, forgive me for putting you through this. Please, forgive me. Come in, Mr. Wilkinson! [The man originally known as Slugworth walks in.] Charlie, meet Mr. Wilkinson!

Wilkinson

Pleasure!

Charlie

Slugworth!

Wonka

No, no! That's not Slugworth! He works for me!

Charlie

For you?

Wonka

I had to test you, Charlie. And you passed the test! You won!

Grandpa Joe

Won what?!

Wonka

The jackpot, my dear sir! The grand and glorious jackpot!

Charlie

The chocolate?

Wonka

The chocolate, yes! The chocolate, but that's just the beginning! We hafta get on! We hafta get on! We have so much time, and so little to do! Strike that. Reverse it. This way, please!

Wonka

How did you like the chocolate factory, Charlie?

Charlie

I think it's the most wonderful place in the whole world.

Wonka

I'm very pleased to hear you say that, because I'm giving it to you. That's all right, isn't it?

Grandpa Joe

You're giving Charlie the...?

Wonka

I can't go on forever, and I don't really want to try. So who can I trust to run the factory when I leave and take care of the Oompa Loompas for me? Not a grown up. A grown up would want to do everything his own way, not mine. So that's why I decided a long time ago that I had to find a child. A very honest, loving child, to whom I could tell all my most precious candy making secrets.

Charlie

And that's why you sent out the golden tickets.

Wonka

That's right. So the factory is yours, Charlie. You can move in immediately.

Grandpa Joe

And me?

Wonka

Absolutely.

Charlie

What happens to the rest...?

Wonka

The whole family. I want you to bring them all.

Wonka
[he and Charlie embrace]

But, Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.

Charlie

What happened?

Wonka

He lived happily ever after.

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