What does Oompa Loompa tan mean?

Oompa-loompa definition
A person appearing orange from fake tanning. noun.
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What is a Oompa Loompa tan?

1.1A person whose skin has an orange appearance, typically because they are very suntanned. 'pale girls look so much prettier than those over-tanned Oompa Loompas' 'although I wasn't Oompa Loompa orange, it still isn't a natural bronze'
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What is the meaning of Loompa?

An Oompa Loompa is a dwarf or short person. The term Oompa Loompa was coined by the author Roald Dahl to indicate a particular race of people who powered Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
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What color is an Oompa Loompa skin?

The Oompa Loompas are hypnotic. Their orange skin, not unlike John Forsythe on Dynasty, combined with the avocado green hair and brown striped socks are a masterpiece of tone.
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What color were the Oompa Loompas originally?

Mel Stuart's 1971 film adaptation, released in the immediate aftermath of the civil rights movement, recast the Oompa-Loompas as little people with green hair and orange skin. Their homeland is now Loompaland rather than Africa, and they are “transported” to Wonka's factory rather than “imported”.
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Are there female Oompa Loompa?

Only the male Oompa-Loompas are seen working in the factory, though in Quentin Blake's illustrations, both male and female Oompa-Loompas are shown rolling away Violet Beauregarde after her transformation into a blueberry. Presumably, the females remain in the village seen briefly from the Great Glass Elevator.
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Do Oompa-Loompas have names?

The name itself is mysterious, and in fact the Oompa-Loompas are quite the mystery themselves. These little guys and gals don't say much, but they sing, and quite well.
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Are the Oompa-Loompas black?

In 1964 British author, Roald Dahl, published the first Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book in which the Oompa-Loompas are depicted as black Pygmy people from Africa. Yet, in 1971 Mel Stuart's film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory the Oompa-Loompas are portrayed as little people with orange skin and green hair.
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Are Oompa-Loompas real?

A: There are 165 Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Interestingly though, they are all played by just one actor; one man duplicated many times by the magic of cinema and CGI. His name is Deep Roy, and at four foot and four inches he's a real life person of restricted growth.
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Do Oompa-Loompas have purple hair?

8. Orville Oompa has purple hair and is married to Opal Oompa who brags that she has the bluest hair in the valley.
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Are the Oompa-Loompas slaves?

In the 1964 book, Wonka explains that he found the Oompa-Loompas “in the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had ever been before.” They were near starvation, living on vile caterpillars, so Wonka smuggled them to England for their own good.
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How are Oompa-Loompas born?

In the first edition of Roald Dahl's book, published in 1964, the Oompa Loompas weren't fantastic or supernatural beings; they were slave laborers imported from Africa.
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Are Oompa-Loompas short and fat?

They are a species of short, fat, orange-skinned, green-haired freaks, who work for Willy Wonka in his world-famous chocolate factory. They appeared in "Paradise Found".
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What did Neil Francis say rugby?

While speaking on the newspaper's The Left Wing rugby podcast, Francis said of Smith, who is of mixed British and Filipino heritage: "A Harlequins out-half with a David Beckham haircut and an Oompa Loompa tan... you just couldn't throw him in."
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Is Charlie Bucket British?

The nationality of Charlie and the Bucket family is never revealed in the book, and has varied in film adaptations; in the 1971 film, they are American. But in the 2005 film, they are British.
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Does Wonka candy still exist?

Nestlé Candy Shop (formerly The Willy Wonka Candy Company) was a brand of confectionery owned and licensed by Swiss corporation Nestlé, but discontinued in 2018 when the individual brands were sold to Ferrara Candy Company.
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Do they still sell Wonka Bars?

Nestlé Wonka Bars. Made by Nestlé and sold under their Willy Wonka Candy Company brand, Wonka Bars sold in the United States until January 2010.
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How tall is the tallest Oompa Loompa?

In order to boost his candidacy, Jefferson had rookie point guard Kay Felder dress up like a Willy Wonka Oompa Loompa before Cleveland's game against the Pacers. Felder said he's the “world's tallest Oompa Loompa,” but he's only 5'9".
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Is it offensive to say Oompa-Loompa?

Oompa Loompa is an offensive term to call a person with dwarfism. Dahl's original 1964 Oompa Loompas are the subject of some racial controversy.
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How does Roald Dahl describe the Oompa-Loompas?

In the original book, the Oompa-Loompas are described as little people with long hair. The iconic visual representation of them having orange skin and green hair comes from the 1971 film adaptation.
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What did Oompa-Loompas eat?

The Oompa-Loompas used to live in tree houses to escape the monsters, where they ate green caterpillars, which, also according to Mr. Wonka, tasted most disgusting.
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Why do Oompa Loompas sing?

The Oompa-Loompas are mischievous, loving to play practical jokes and singing songs which, according to Wonka, they are very good at improvising. They sing a song at the end of each child's comeuppance.
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Is there a real Wonka chocolate factory?

Cadbury World is the real-life version of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. At the UK theme park operated by Cadbury, one of the world's largest confectionery manufacturers, visitors learn about how chocolate was first discovered, see how chocolates are made, and of course taste lots and lots of goodies.
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How do you spell Oompa?

From the Oompa Loompas, a group of diminutive factory workers, in Roald Dahl's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964). Described as having black skin in the original novel, in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory they were depicted with orange skin.
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What does Wonka say in German?

Meine Damen und Herren: der Inventing Room". He even pronounces the German "r" correctly, and says "Inventing Room" with a proper German accent. The speech translates: "Ladies and gentlemen, please give me your attention. You now come into the most interesting room of my factory, the most secret room at the same time.
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